hshbmom
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You'd think they'd realize that they won't get any better if they won't take their medicine or supplements.
Dd is on so many things it's a wonder she's ever hungry.
She is so afraid of getting constipated again she won't take her pain medicine either. It's sad!
Part of me just gets mad, part of me wants to just say "Forget it, it's not worth fighting about."
But really, I just want my children to be healthy again...without me nagging them all the time about their medicine.
I don't need to dole out their medicine as if they were little children, but it seems I must if I want to know they've taken it, and taken it in the prescribed time frame.
Frustrated, Nancy
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I watched the same struggle getting my grandson to take his meds. He flat out refused. They told him he would not get well....all the things you have probably said as well.
Then they found the magic key....no tv until the medicine was gone. It worked!
It is a battle. Maybe you could come up with something similar?
Good luck. nan
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I think is some ways they associate medicine with being sick. And being sick makes them feel bad, so those bad feelings get mixed with taking the meds.
And, as some of us know, taking meds sometimes makes us feel worse at first, not better. A child thinks "why take it if it makes me feel worse."
They can only think in the short term, the "now" not in the future like an adult can.
If it has anything to do with taste (like a liquid), have them hold their nose. And then swallow some juice before unblocking their nose.
I still do that!
I, as an adult, still have to force myself to take my meds. Sometimes I even cry about it. I have "rebelled" and skipped doses. ("I'm a wild one!")
Like with so many other things with children, just keep trying until you find what works!
Maybe if they know or can talk to other children who have to take meds a lot, it could help them, like talking to each other helps us.
[If all else fails, you can do what cave76 did and threaten to stuff cotton balls up their noses! hahaha, just kidding! Don't do that, it just made me laugh!]
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I told him that Chlorella Growth Factor will make him grow taller.
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hshbmom
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Hi everyone,
Thank you for the suggestions. I had a good laugh about the cotton rolls.
It's no wonder my dd doesn't want to take anything...she has a big purse full of medicine...takes 2 big handfulls of stuff a day. She's dropped all the stuff she doesn't absolutely need, but it's still a bunch.
Seems things have calmed down here & they're taking their medicine. I told my ds he didn't want to have to take handfulls of medicine like his sister, he better be thankful he's just on one thing.
Nancy
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I can identify with what you said about fighting yourself to take the medicines.
When I was on IV abx, the feeling of dread would come over me when it was coming close to the time I would do my infusion. And that never directly made me feel bad. I just knew it was stuff that would cause some bad effects at some time. (herx, yeast infections, liver, etc.) Then I would give a big sigh and do it.
The bigger fights were getting myself to take the flagyl, because that had a more direct effect on me. (Feeling of overwhelming stress and impending doom.)
Now, I struggle with taking the amoxycillin four times a day.
If I, in my 50s and supposedly mature, fight it, it's got to be much harder for children.
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I find good old fashion guilt works pretty good with my son.
I do the big drama thing with my hands on my chest, lol. I tell him "your braking my heart! you gotta take these pills, do you want to brake your mothers heart?"
I sigh, and act like my heart is braking.
Works every time.
~Ma
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char
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Some practicals we use here:
-experiment with different forms of what they need to take. Some abx can come in liquid or capsule.
-get pharmacy to try adding flavoring. Our pharmicist, who is a saint, had me bring my 13yr old to try different flavors added into his Mepron. He chose Tutti-fruity over Orange and I think taste is much improved and helps for them to have a sense of some choice.
-find the easiest to swallow supplements. They vary widely in taste, smell, size, tab or capsule. We have found ones that are more palatable than others. These are generally more expensive, but we are finding they have to take less pills.
- Chasers! My son chases the sticky Mepron down with a drink with taste like Gatorade or soda. Different flavors work better than others.
- Depending on their age and health; explaining the reason for the particular med or supplement. And the mantra- this is going to make you better. over and over. 2 yrs and they finally believe it.
- I have let them out of the less crucial ones when they were completely miserable.
Strikes me that one consolation is that they have the energy to protest!
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