I just found, stashed away in S's room, dozens of her medications which she has been hiding. They were Celexas, Seroquels (which she just got taken off of a couple weeks ago), and Tenex's. She claims they were from a long time ago when she went on a medication strike (years ago), but I know that's not so. She says she is taking them now, but we have found her pills around the house--on the floor, on the stairs, etc, within recent weeks. She immediately got into her "f*** you" mode of operation so there was no reasoning with her. I asked her why she wasn't taking them and she said because she hates taking medications. I asked her why she just doesn't tell us that she won't take them and she said because everyone will think she's a screw up, which she is anyhow. I told her if she refuses to take them, she needs to be honest with psychiatrist, herself, and us because there is no point in us spending thousands of dollars on medicine that she refuses to take. She needs to be honest with psychiatrist, because she can't make sound medical decisions based on lies. psychiatrist is moving her up on medications that she's not giving a chance to work. Being on antidepressants erratically, is worse than not being on them at all. She said, good, then she can just kill herself. All this was "discussed" with her in her angry, spiteful, vindictive, shouting mind-set, which comes on like a flip of a switch.
psychiatrist needs to talk to her about this at their appointment next week. I would rather she go off everything than keep playing these games. She says she is taking her morning medications (ADD medications), and I didn't see any of them in there, so that may be true. She even commented yesterday that going up to 100 mg of Vyvanse (which started Wednesday) is really making a difference. But if she refuses to take the rest, she ought to just say so.
What's strange is that S asked psychiatrist to put her on Tenex because she wantied something to lessen her tics. Why would she ask for it if she has no intention of taking it? I do not understand how her mind works at all.
And this is a kid who expects to go away to college next year.
What do we do about all these constant lies?
Thanks,
Cory
psychiatrist needs to talk to her about this at their appointment next week. I would rather she go off everything than keep playing these games. She says she is taking her morning medications (ADD medications), and I didn't see any of them in there, so that may be true. She even commented yesterday that going up to 100 mg of Vyvanse (which started Wednesday) is really making a difference. But if she refuses to take the rest, she ought to just say so.
What's strange is that S asked psychiatrist to put her on Tenex because she wantied something to lessen her tics. Why would she ask for it if she has no intention of taking it? I do not understand how her mind works at all.
And this is a kid who expects to go away to college next year.
What do we do about all these constant lies?
Thanks,
Cory