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When do they take medications on their own?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 235794" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have worked with each of my kids from the time they started taking medications. Taught them to recognize each medication by sight, to question if the medication looks different. Also taught them what each medication is supposed to do and to tell me if they are feeling strange, and to be descriptive about HOW they feel as opposed to just telling me "I feel strange".</p><p></p><p>With thank you we started before preschool with the food allergies. We taught him to recognize things he was allergic to, even to recognize the words of the food he reacts too. We also taught him to recognize his allergy and asthma medications. At age 9 he usually remembers his medications, and if he needs the asthma medications he tells his teacher and goes to the office. They do a pulse ox measurement before they give the albuterol and he is ALWAYS right at the point where they administer medications. Only once was he far below that.</p><p></p><p>We do check with him to make sure he has taken his medications, but since he has done it since he was very little it is just part of life to him.</p><p></p><p>Wiz takes his medications all by himself. He knows what they are, and when to take them and what they do. Gpa only puts a couple of days out so that he can check to see if Wiz has taken them. He very rarely misses a dose. He has a couple of doses of each medicine at school so that if he does miss a dose he can take one as soon as he remembers or Gpa catches it and calls school. The medications are actually at bothm the high school AND at the technical school. So that wherever he is he can get his medications if forgotten.</p><p></p><p>Jessie forgets her antiseizure medications more often than either of the other 2 forgets theirs. I check with her twice a day to be sure she has taken hers. She usually has, and she keeps track of when to increase her medications all by herself (using a copy of the schedule the neuro writes out). She also sets up her pill box by herself so she doesn't get confused. She is far more likely to forget the aleve she is taking for her knee and back, and then get to a point where she hurts really BAD. But seh is getting better. </p><p></p><p>Even after the horrible reaction to the elavil (the all over shaking that lasted for weeks) she is not purposely balking at medications. I am not sure I would be as compliant. </p><p></p><p>Part of our success getting the kids to take some ownership of their medications is to teach them about the medications and to listen to their input on how the medications make them feel and help them or don't help them. And starting at an early age also helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 235794, member: 1233"] I have worked with each of my kids from the time they started taking medications. Taught them to recognize each medication by sight, to question if the medication looks different. Also taught them what each medication is supposed to do and to tell me if they are feeling strange, and to be descriptive about HOW they feel as opposed to just telling me "I feel strange". With thank you we started before preschool with the food allergies. We taught him to recognize things he was allergic to, even to recognize the words of the food he reacts too. We also taught him to recognize his allergy and asthma medications. At age 9 he usually remembers his medications, and if he needs the asthma medications he tells his teacher and goes to the office. They do a pulse ox measurement before they give the albuterol and he is ALWAYS right at the point where they administer medications. Only once was he far below that. We do check with him to make sure he has taken his medications, but since he has done it since he was very little it is just part of life to him. Wiz takes his medications all by himself. He knows what they are, and when to take them and what they do. Gpa only puts a couple of days out so that he can check to see if Wiz has taken them. He very rarely misses a dose. He has a couple of doses of each medicine at school so that if he does miss a dose he can take one as soon as he remembers or Gpa catches it and calls school. The medications are actually at bothm the high school AND at the technical school. So that wherever he is he can get his medications if forgotten. Jessie forgets her antiseizure medications more often than either of the other 2 forgets theirs. I check with her twice a day to be sure she has taken hers. She usually has, and she keeps track of when to increase her medications all by herself (using a copy of the schedule the neuro writes out). She also sets up her pill box by herself so she doesn't get confused. She is far more likely to forget the aleve she is taking for her knee and back, and then get to a point where she hurts really BAD. But seh is getting better. Even after the horrible reaction to the elavil (the all over shaking that lasted for weeks) she is not purposely balking at medications. I am not sure I would be as compliant. Part of our success getting the kids to take some ownership of their medications is to teach them about the medications and to listen to their input on how the medications make them feel and help them or don't help them. And starting at an early age also helped. [/QUOTE]
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