I noticed a HUGE change in Jordan about a month ago.. I think I found out why..

Sunday morning I went in the kitchen about 20 min after I had told Jordan to take her meds (they are in one of those m-f containers so I can make sure she took it without counting). I went over to the sink to rinse out something and look down and find one of her ADHD meds sitting on the little black thing in the drain over the garbage disposal. So I ask her how long she has been throwing her meds down the drain and she said a long time probably a month...

Hmmm... not taking meds for a month... having a bunch of problems at school in the mornings before she takes her noon meds for the nurse there...

Now to just figure out how to stop being mad at her... I am watching her take her meds now and even making her open her mouth to make sure that she swallowed them...

By Cat on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 11:30 am:

Oh, boy. Fortunately that's something Robin's never done. I'm usually in the room with him when he takes his pills. I don't know if maybe he's just never thought of throwing them out instead of taking them. He's one of those kids that if he doesn't want to take them, he'll just refuse to take them! lol Sounds like you've got a sneaky one there. Watching her will probably get them in her, but remind her how they help her and how she does much better on them--gets into less trouble and such. As far as being mad, I guess all you can do is let it go. It could be much worse--always remember that. I'd be tempted to punish, too. She needs to understand that she's violated your trust. That's pretty serious. Good luck and lots of hugs.