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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 235906" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My husband has to be forcibly reminded to go to the doctor. I find it very very strange. I had to fight for several years to get him to tell his doctor he need a sleep study. But he is very good about using his CPAP machine. </p><p></p><p>But he still jerks in his sleep - rather like sleeping during a series of earthquakes every night. The doctor thinks it has nothing to do with the sleep study issues and that he needs calcium, magnesium and something else. He balks at taking any kind of vitamin. But he DOES take these. Mostly because I volunteered to shave all his hair off in his sleep if he didn't. I was really upset.</p><p></p><p>When Jessie had a weekly pill container she was HORRIBLE about taking her medications. With about 3 days counted out into a pill jar, she is just fine. Almost NO forgetting her medications. I have no clue how it works, but it does.</p><p></p><p>I have all my medications lined up in a tray in their labelled bottles. I have a really hard time opening any of the weekly pill boxes I have found. It drives me nuts. So I just use the pharmacy bottles. It seems to work for me.</p><p></p><p>thank you has a chart to check off if he has taken his medications. with-o it he is great at forgetting them. But HE drew up a chart to remind himself to take them when I said I would pay $2 a week for every week he didn't forget any doses. He just has the advair to take daily. But for any dose he misses he loses 25 cents. Of course we don't go negative to where he owes us $$. He gets reminded every morning, but it is pretty easy for him to wander off because he is working on plans for a jetpack, or how to create some kind of spy gear or something. But the financial motive works well for him.</p><p></p><p>I finally DID find a pill box I can open about 2 years ago. It is a metal box that was my grandfather's during WW2. I had it packed with the soap dish, and another container. It stays shut, but I can open it even when my hands hurt really badly. So I can keep some medications in the container, as long as I have a copy of the prescription label in my purse. </p><p></p><p>I would work on ways to help them see that their medications help them, then on ways to keep track of if they have taken them. Like a chart, or 25 cents a dose if they take it and tell you so YOU can mark it on a chart. Also have them work on being responsible for knowing what medications they are allergic to or have reactions to. </p><p></p><p>Jessie and thank you both say it makes them feel more in control of their health to know these things. This way they can tell a doctor or the school nurse or whomever if there is a problem. ANd if they are in an accident they can tell the EMTs what they are allergic to.</p><p></p><p>JEss is amazing. She took it upon herself to remember ALL the medications and foods thank you reacts to, as well as her medication allergies and Wiz' medication allergies. When thank you was in Pre-K we had to go and do doctor notes and about 4 forms so that the cafeteria would know what he was allergic to. The cafeteria lady had a grandson in Jessie's class, and knew Jessie quite well because she was just so helpful and polite (she was in 4th grade). The Pre k and kdg classes all had free breakfast. Just something that is part of our district. If they were not sure if thank you could have something and they couldn't reach me (before we had cell phones), then they would ask Jessie. She had actually gone to the cafeteria and told them if they had any questions they could ask her because she knew all his allergies! (I didn't know this until months after she had done it!)</p><p></p><p>So they CAN learn, they just need a reason to learn. </p><p></p><p>Sorry your husband needs to be reminded to take his medications. I had such a hissy fit when my husband "forgot" his medications that he doesn't do that anymore. But that doesn't work with every husband, mine just HATES IT when I get upset enough to have hissy fits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 235906, member: 1233"] My husband has to be forcibly reminded to go to the doctor. I find it very very strange. I had to fight for several years to get him to tell his doctor he need a sleep study. But he is very good about using his CPAP machine. But he still jerks in his sleep - rather like sleeping during a series of earthquakes every night. The doctor thinks it has nothing to do with the sleep study issues and that he needs calcium, magnesium and something else. He balks at taking any kind of vitamin. But he DOES take these. Mostly because I volunteered to shave all his hair off in his sleep if he didn't. I was really upset. When Jessie had a weekly pill container she was HORRIBLE about taking her medications. With about 3 days counted out into a pill jar, she is just fine. Almost NO forgetting her medications. I have no clue how it works, but it does. I have all my medications lined up in a tray in their labelled bottles. I have a really hard time opening any of the weekly pill boxes I have found. It drives me nuts. So I just use the pharmacy bottles. It seems to work for me. thank you has a chart to check off if he has taken his medications. with-o it he is great at forgetting them. But HE drew up a chart to remind himself to take them when I said I would pay $2 a week for every week he didn't forget any doses. He just has the advair to take daily. But for any dose he misses he loses 25 cents. Of course we don't go negative to where he owes us $$. He gets reminded every morning, but it is pretty easy for him to wander off because he is working on plans for a jetpack, or how to create some kind of spy gear or something. But the financial motive works well for him. I finally DID find a pill box I can open about 2 years ago. It is a metal box that was my grandfather's during WW2. I had it packed with the soap dish, and another container. It stays shut, but I can open it even when my hands hurt really badly. So I can keep some medications in the container, as long as I have a copy of the prescription label in my purse. I would work on ways to help them see that their medications help them, then on ways to keep track of if they have taken them. Like a chart, or 25 cents a dose if they take it and tell you so YOU can mark it on a chart. Also have them work on being responsible for knowing what medications they are allergic to or have reactions to. Jessie and thank you both say it makes them feel more in control of their health to know these things. This way they can tell a doctor or the school nurse or whomever if there is a problem. ANd if they are in an accident they can tell the EMTs what they are allergic to. JEss is amazing. She took it upon herself to remember ALL the medications and foods thank you reacts to, as well as her medication allergies and Wiz' medication allergies. When thank you was in Pre-K we had to go and do doctor notes and about 4 forms so that the cafeteria would know what he was allergic to. The cafeteria lady had a grandson in Jessie's class, and knew Jessie quite well because she was just so helpful and polite (she was in 4th grade). The Pre k and kdg classes all had free breakfast. Just something that is part of our district. If they were not sure if thank you could have something and they couldn't reach me (before we had cell phones), then they would ask Jessie. She had actually gone to the cafeteria and told them if they had any questions they could ask her because she knew all his allergies! (I didn't know this until months after she had done it!) So they CAN learn, they just need a reason to learn. Sorry your husband needs to be reminded to take his medications. I had such a hissy fit when my husband "forgot" his medications that he doesn't do that anymore. But that doesn't work with every husband, mine just HATES IT when I get upset enough to have hissy fits. [/QUOTE]
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