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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 475673" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Yeah, I have some experience in this. From 2 to 7, DD2 was medicine-<strong>PHOBIC</strong>, and this included toothpaste. Unfortunately, I had little success with her until we got to a situation where she HAD TO take medicine at 7. She worked with a therapist for 2 months, and I came up with a monstrously inappropriate reward (marshmallow peeps to get her in the dentist chair and take the prescribed antibiotics - yes, you read that right)</p><p></p><p>Yes, to the patch! If you can get his medications in patch form, do that! If not, take a deep breath and a leap of faith.</p><p></p><p>A 4 y/o Aspie is difficult enough to deal with, now add medicine aversion. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/groooansmileyf.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":groan:" title="groan :groan:" data-shortname=":groan:" /> So, how are his communication skills? Can you see some logic getting through to him as was suggested? Do you think you can negotiate a deal with him? I don't care what it might take. At this point, you really shouldn't either. I'm guessing that the peace that you would gain would be worth, say, a bowl of ice cream if he takes the medications (in an acceptable form or acceptably "hidden" to him) The ice cream is just a suggestion. Find whatever it is that will really get his compliance. Cotton candy? pizza for breakfast? trading cards? whatever. The trick is, whatever you and he negotiate, he NEVER gets at any other time except when he complies with medications. And, if you do manage to reach this negotiation, don't expect it to work right away. He may still back out of the deal a day or two, and when he finally decides to comply, you still may have to spend a lot of time comforting and urging him to comply and that it will be OK.</p><p></p><p>Oh, my heart goes out to you. I totally agree that pinning him down and forcing it on him is not a good idea. I tried that method exactly twice. Once at about age 3 with cold medicine. You know the fast melt sheets? They dissolve almost instantly after hitting the tongue. Well, I got it in her, but she managed to spit out 3/4 of it even after I kept her mouth closed for 20 seconds. ????? </p><p></p><p>by the way I know you said it was a texture thing with the beaded medicine, but does he ever eat sprinkles? Or maybe not anymore because of this? Anyway, mixing with sprinkles was my very first thought - hiding the texture within a texture. Just thinking out loud.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 475673, member: 11965"] Yeah, I have some experience in this. From 2 to 7, DD2 was medicine-[B]PHOBIC[/B], and this included toothpaste. Unfortunately, I had little success with her until we got to a situation where she HAD TO take medicine at 7. She worked with a therapist for 2 months, and I came up with a monstrously inappropriate reward (marshmallow peeps to get her in the dentist chair and take the prescribed antibiotics - yes, you read that right) Yes, to the patch! If you can get his medications in patch form, do that! If not, take a deep breath and a leap of faith. A 4 y/o Aspie is difficult enough to deal with, now add medicine aversion. :groooansmileyf: So, how are his communication skills? Can you see some logic getting through to him as was suggested? Do you think you can negotiate a deal with him? I don't care what it might take. At this point, you really shouldn't either. I'm guessing that the peace that you would gain would be worth, say, a bowl of ice cream if he takes the medications (in an acceptable form or acceptably "hidden" to him) The ice cream is just a suggestion. Find whatever it is that will really get his compliance. Cotton candy? pizza for breakfast? trading cards? whatever. The trick is, whatever you and he negotiate, he NEVER gets at any other time except when he complies with medications. And, if you do manage to reach this negotiation, don't expect it to work right away. He may still back out of the deal a day or two, and when he finally decides to comply, you still may have to spend a lot of time comforting and urging him to comply and that it will be OK. Oh, my heart goes out to you. I totally agree that pinning him down and forcing it on him is not a good idea. I tried that method exactly twice. Once at about age 3 with cold medicine. You know the fast melt sheets? They dissolve almost instantly after hitting the tongue. Well, I got it in her, but she managed to spit out 3/4 of it even after I kept her mouth closed for 20 seconds. ????? by the way I know you said it was a texture thing with the beaded medicine, but does he ever eat sprinkles? Or maybe not anymore because of this? Anyway, mixing with sprinkles was my very first thought - hiding the texture within a texture. Just thinking out loud. [/QUOTE]
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