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When do they take medications on their own?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 235885" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We use the weekly pill containers too. I first got one when I was put on a course of prednisone, which was a bit complicated with different numbers of tablets each day, morning and evening. And before that my mother was on many medications and used a weekly pill container system that had separate compartments for each day for morning, lunchtime, dinnertime, evening. She could slide out a day's container separately to put in her handbag, so if she went out she didn't have to take an entire week's supply with her. But my mother, at 70, couldn't make up her own pills. It was complicated, so either my father or my sister would do the job, once a week. There was a chart on the fridge that listed what had to be taken, and when.</p><p></p><p>So if my mother, who had all her wits about her, couldn't do her own medications tray, I have had to be prepared to be lenient with the kids.</p><p></p><p>However, I've been pleasantly surprised as the kids got older, at how things finally fell into place.</p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 was fairly reliable with her medications from about 15. difficult child 1, on the other hand, would often forget (and went through a phase of trying to do without medications, he tried to pretend there was nothing wrong). However, by the time he was about 16 and on long-acting pills taken in the morning only, he was getting to be fairly reliable. By tis stage he was home-schooling, so I could generally spot if he hadn't taken his medications. He also would be struggling with his schoolwork and would increasingly notice when he had trouble and check himself. These days he uses his pill container not just to check if he's had his pills that day, but also as a travel pack, so he doesn't have to pack too much if he goes anywhere overnight. Mind you, he's not going anywhere overnight these days! As far as I am aware, his wife isn't needing to remind him to take his medications. However, she does need to be the one responsible for minding his prescriptions, until they are delivered to the pharmacist. difficult child 1 is shocking at keeping his papers straight - a worry.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 has been reliable but currently seems to be going through a patch of needing to be repeatedly reminded, daily, to take his medications. He's not being obstinate, he's just being "a ditz". He's not been using his pill container, that could be part of the problem. </p><p></p><p>So do they ever learn to take their medications independently? Yes, but it depends on the difficult child, on the diagnosis, on how well they can function in a number of ways. And there are always tricks we can use to keep track of it all, and to help them be more compliant.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 235885, member: 1991"] We use the weekly pill containers too. I first got one when I was put on a course of prednisone, which was a bit complicated with different numbers of tablets each day, morning and evening. And before that my mother was on many medications and used a weekly pill container system that had separate compartments for each day for morning, lunchtime, dinnertime, evening. She could slide out a day's container separately to put in her handbag, so if she went out she didn't have to take an entire week's supply with her. But my mother, at 70, couldn't make up her own pills. It was complicated, so either my father or my sister would do the job, once a week. There was a chart on the fridge that listed what had to be taken, and when. So if my mother, who had all her wits about her, couldn't do her own medications tray, I have had to be prepared to be lenient with the kids. However, I've been pleasantly surprised as the kids got older, at how things finally fell into place. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was fairly reliable with her medications from about 15. difficult child 1, on the other hand, would often forget (and went through a phase of trying to do without medications, he tried to pretend there was nothing wrong). However, by the time he was about 16 and on long-acting pills taken in the morning only, he was getting to be fairly reliable. By tis stage he was home-schooling, so I could generally spot if he hadn't taken his medications. He also would be struggling with his schoolwork and would increasingly notice when he had trouble and check himself. These days he uses his pill container not just to check if he's had his pills that day, but also as a travel pack, so he doesn't have to pack too much if he goes anywhere overnight. Mind you, he's not going anywhere overnight these days! As far as I am aware, his wife isn't needing to remind him to take his medications. However, she does need to be the one responsible for minding his prescriptions, until they are delivered to the pharmacist. difficult child 1 is shocking at keeping his papers straight - a worry. difficult child 3 has been reliable but currently seems to be going through a patch of needing to be repeatedly reminded, daily, to take his medications. He's not being obstinate, he's just being "a ditz". He's not been using his pill container, that could be part of the problem. So do they ever learn to take their medications independently? Yes, but it depends on the difficult child, on the diagnosis, on how well they can function in a number of ways. And there are always tricks we can use to keep track of it all, and to help them be more compliant. Marg [/QUOTE]
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