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24 Nov 2010 @ 4:10 PM
Chrysalis68 Join Date: Thu 14th May 2009
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My grade 9 daughter refuses to take her meds but she is failing!!

My grade 9 daughter thinks that she is just fine without the meds but her marks are the worst that they have ever been. She thinks that she is concentrating no problem but even with the bad marks that she is getting she refuses to take any meds thinking that she is just fine. She has no motivation to want to do well. She is capable of good marks but puts very little effort into it. I have a tutor for her but even at that I can tell that basically she doesn't really care.

She was also on a very mild antidepressant and won't take that. I don't think that it is a case of her being depressed, but it did help with bursts of anger. As much as I try and tell her that she is going to end up having to do summer school, its not registering. I have limited the computer time, that doesn't help. Any suggestions please??

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30 Nov 2010 @ 12:30 PM Reply # 1
Tess Messer Join Date: Tue 19th Jan 2010
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Oppositional Defiance and Convincing her to take the medication

It sounds as though she has Oppositional Defiance Disorder along with the ADHD and slight depression. I have a 10 year old son exactly like this and he sometimes claims that he will not take his medication. My son and I use an elaborate reward system that involves his following through on all his responsibilities. He gets up to $5.00 a day if he does EVERYTHING he is supposed to do but he rarely makes more than 23.00 a week. His list includes chores, homework, taking his medicine, daily hygiene, acts of kindness, etc. Taking his medicine is one of the easy things on his list and this will earn him a dollar a day. This has worked for us. Punishing him has never worked but reminding him that he would like to buy that Bionicle has helped him stay the course of pretty good behavior.

If this will not help you might try yoga or meditation for her, as strange as it is to believe, some of these kids become much more agreeable and less inattentive with daily meditation practice. You can find more information on the research behind that at: http://primarilyinattentiveadd.com

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