Re: Helping kids take meds...

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if I didn't put them right in his mouth & stand there while he drinks his

water with them he wouldn't ever take them. He is 11 yrs old.

<embroidery4@...> wrote:BlankDoes anyone have advise on my child

taking his meds. He is 10 and if I tell him to take his meds I usually have no

problem. I hoping this is end of the school year mode. The last two days he

forgot to take it after I asked him 2 or 3 times. Of course I'm getting the

usual calls from the school nurse giving permission to give it.

SO next fall...anything I can implement so I can see if this is being done

before I head back to school and work.

Thanks

in NJ

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<<<<< if I didn't put them right in his mouth & stand there while he

drinks his water with them he wouldn't ever take them. He is 11 yrs old.>

, maybe my son would take it on his own (he is 10.5), but I am too sure

he would not take them when he was angry at me, angry at Asperger, just plain

tired, believed he was fine now, etc...... so I too, stand there and watch like

a hawk to see that he indeed sallowed it.I would take no chances, especially

taht we are talking Tylenol here, there cna eb adverse effects if teh med is

stopped all at onec.

Fania

<embroidery4@...> wrote:BlankDoes anyone have advise on my child

taking his meds. He is 10 and if I tell him to take his meds I usually have no

problem. I hoping this is end of the school year mode. The last two days he

forgot to take it after I asked him 2 or 3 times. Of course I'm getting the

usual calls from the school nurse giving permission to give it.

SO next fall...anything I can implement so I can see if this is being done

before I head back to school and work.

Thanks

in NJ

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>

> <<<<< if I didn't put them right in his mouth & stand there

while he drinks his water with them he wouldn't ever take them. He is

11 yrs old.>

> , maybe my son would take it on his own (he is 10.5), but I

am too sure he would not take them when he was angry at me, angry at

Asperger, just plain tired, believed he was fine now, etc...... so I

too, stand there and watch like a hawk to see that he indeed sallowed

it.I would take no chances, especially taht we are talking Tylenol

here, there cna eb adverse effects if teh med is stopped all at onec.

> Fania

I totally trust to take his pill every night without my having

to hover over him. I do, however, almost always say, " Did you take

your pill? " when he's going to bed. I never let him have all of the

pills in the bottle he takes them from. I only put about a week's

worth of pills in there...he has been known to drop the bottle and

spill the contents!!! Not a good thing in a house with cats and

dogs. I can just see me explaining to Seeing Eye, Inc. that I had to

rush the puppy to the emergency vet because he ate several Risperdal

tablets!! LOL!

I don't have to hover over because he is a rule follower Aspie.

On the other hand, if Braden ends up on meds at some point, I will

definitely have to hand him the pills, and the water and stand there

to make sure he takes it. It's all a matter of personality.

Kathy

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,

I deal with this all the time with my sixteen y/o also. I have found that the

only way to be sure that he took his meds is to have him come to me and for me

to watch him take them. He has had many people tell him the importance of

taking his meds to keep himself out of the hospital, which he hates, and still

either the TV or gameboy is more important then taking his meds. One thing that

we have tried and is working is a watch with alarm. He has his set for his 4

o'clock dose because that is the hardest for him to remember. I wanted him to

set it for everytime, but he doesn't want to reset the time on the watch for

every time. I know my father had an alarm that you could set with multiply

times, but don't know where he had gotten it from, and he has passed so I have

nobody to ask. Barb

<embroidery4@...> wrote:

BlankDoes anyone have advise on my child taking his meds. He is 10 and if I

tell him to take his meds I usually have no problem. I hoping this is end of

the school year mode. The last two days he forgot to take it after I asked him

2 or 3 times. Of course I'm getting the usual calls from the school nurse

giving permission to give it.

SO next fall...anything I can implement so I can see if this is being done

before I head back to school and work.

Thanks

in NJ

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for the help. I am keeping his meds in my pocketbook so I will

have to give it to him and watch him. Today was day three. The meds were out of

the cabinet and he said he took them but the school called again. He now has

fifths disease and told me he think taking the meds makes it worse. Hopefully

after out little talk that it doesn;t matter and that he broke out this weekend

(when he is with Dad no meds are given..Dads choice).

Re: ( ) Helping kids take meds...

,

I deal with this all the time with my sixteen y/o also. I have found that the

only way to be sure that he took his meds is to have him come to me and for me

to watch him take them. He has had many people tell him the importance of

taking his meds to keep himself out of the hospital, which he hates, and still

either the TV or gameboy is more important then taking his meds. One thing that

we have tried and is working is a watch with alarm. He has his set for his 4

o'clock dose because that is the hardest for him to remember. I wanted him to

set it for everytime, but he doesn't want to reset the time on the watch for

every time. I know my father had an alarm that you could set with multiply

times, but don't know where he had gotten it from, and he has passed so I have

nobody to ask. Barb

<embroidery4@...> wrote:

BlankDoes anyone have advise on my child taking his meds. He is 10 and if I

tell him to take his meds I usually have no problem. I hoping this is end of

the school year mode. The last two days he forgot to take it after I asked him

2 or 3 times. Of course I'm getting the usual calls from the school nurse

giving permission to give it.

SO next fall...anything I can implement so I can see if this is being done

before I head back to school and work.

Thanks

in NJ

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>One thing that we have tried and is working is a watch with alarm.

He has his set for his 4 o'clock dose because that is the hardest for

him to remember. I wanted him to set it for everytime, but he

doesn't want to reset the time on the watch for every time. I know

my father had an alarm that you could set with multiply times, but

don't know where he had gotten it from, and he has passed so I have

nobody to ask. Barb

Dear Barb and ,

There is a company called The Bedwetting Store in Olney, land

(their website is www.bedwettingstore.com) which sells wristwatches

that have the capability of setting multiple alarm times with one of

the watches with the capability of alarming on a vibrate mode so that

no one else (i.e. other students) knows that it is alarming. My dd's

urologist recommended this for her incontinence problem to remind her

to go to the bathroom every two hours. We still have yet to order the

watch but will very soon. Hope that this is helpful.

Lydia

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WOW...Thanks

Re: ( ) Helping kids take meds...

>One thing that we have tried and is working is a watch with alarm.

He has his set for his 4 o'clock dose because that is the hardest for

him to remember. I wanted him to set it for everytime, but he

doesn't want to reset the time on the watch for every time. I know

my father had an alarm that you could set with multiply times, but

don't know where he had gotten it from, and he has passed so I have

nobody to ask. Barb

Dear Barb and ,

There is a company called The Bedwetting Store in Olney, land

(their website is www.bedwettingstore.com) which sells wristwatches

that have the capability of setting multiple alarm times with one of

the watches with the capability of alarming on a vibrate mode so that

no one else (i.e. other students) knows that it is alarming. My dd's

urologist recommended this for her incontinence problem to remind her

to go to the bathroom every two hours. We still have yet to order the

watch but will very soon. Hope that this is helpful.

Lydia

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Lydia,

((((((((((THANKS))))))))))))))))))))) so very much for this info! I am tired

of reminding him, and I'm sure he is tired of hearing me also. Once again

THANKS! Barb

ljcsoghmomaws <nlme.paraskevas@...> wrote:

>One thing that we have tried and is working is a watch with alarm.

He has his set for his 4 o'clock dose because that is the hardest for

him to remember. I wanted him to set it for everytime, but he

doesn't want to reset the time on the watch for every time. I know

my father had an alarm that you could set with multiply times, but

don't know where he had gotten it from, and he has passed so I have

nobody to ask. Barb

Dear Barb and ,

There is a company called The Bedwetting Store in Olney, land

(their website is www.bedwettingstore.com) which sells wristwatches

that have the capability of setting multiple alarm times with one of

the watches with the capability of alarming on a vibrate mode so that

no one else (i.e. other students) knows that it is alarming. My dd's

urologist recommended this for her incontinence problem to remind her

to go to the bathroom every two hours. We still have yet to order the

watch but will very soon. Hope that this is helpful.

Lydia