Not taking meds

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My 10 yr old dd has always given me problems taking her med. She takes

4 pills a day/ 20 mg Prozac each (because she won't take the 40 mg

pill-says it's too big). I usually get her to take it by standing

there and watching her like a hawk and usually threatening she's not

going to do what she wants to do next like watch TV. She goes through

this whole thing where she puts it in her mouth and wets it, then

takes it out, makes the process way longer than it has to be. She has

pretended in the past but it's usually easy to see when she doesn't

take it. I thought I watched her this morning but I just got a call

from the school that she came to the office with 2 pills saying she

had to take them for her legs (that's what she'll tell anyone that

sees her take her med). Of course, the school can't give them. She

must have pretended to take them and then put them in her pocket.

Maybe started feeling guilty when she got to school? I have to go in

to give them to her. I'm so upset. Now I'm wondering has she done it

before? I thought I had until the teenage years until she really

started to fight me on meds and I dread that. I'm so tired of all this

stuff everyday, every morning. Any suggestions/ thoughts to help with

her taking the meds? Love to hear your thoughts. Dawn G.