i wont even go into how many problems i am having with my teen. there isnt enough room here.
the problem i have right now is that my son recently decided that he wanted to take the medication for his ADD. i was skeptical b/c i thought he may want to sell it. he has been less than honest on many occasions in the last year or so. but, i took him to the dr. and purchased the medication for him. i thought he was taking it. i dont give him access to the medication and he comes in every morning to get the medication from me.
yesterday a friend of mine picked him up from school yesterday and he confided in her that he isnt taking his medication. i dont what he is doing with it. if hes palming it/cheeking it and then selling it at school. i dont know.
but more importantly, right now, how do i deal with this? i dont want to rat my friend out (she's here..im sure she will chime in) but i need to confront my son. he is on the verge of going to live with his dad b/c he has gotten in so much trouble lately. he is doing poorly in school. he has stolen. he has taken a car and doesnt have a license. you name it, he's done it in the last 6 months.
i cancelled his dr. appt. today b/c im not going to pay a copay for a dr. appt. to access how he's doing on his meds when he is claiming he hasnt even been taking them.
how would you get to this information? prefarably by not ratting out my friend?
tia
rach (who is breathign very deeply right now..i feel like hiding under the blankets right now and not comign out for awhile).
the problem i have right now is that my son recently decided that he wanted to take the medication for his ADD. i was skeptical b/c i thought he may want to sell it. he has been less than honest on many occasions in the last year or so. but, i took him to the dr. and purchased the medication for him. i thought he was taking it. i dont give him access to the medication and he comes in every morning to get the medication from me.
yesterday a friend of mine picked him up from school yesterday and he confided in her that he isnt taking his medication. i dont what he is doing with it. if hes palming it/cheeking it and then selling it at school. i dont know.
but more importantly, right now, how do i deal with this? i dont want to rat my friend out (she's here..im sure she will chime in) but i need to confront my son. he is on the verge of going to live with his dad b/c he has gotten in so much trouble lately. he is doing poorly in school. he has stolen. he has taken a car and doesnt have a license. you name it, he's done it in the last 6 months.
i cancelled his dr. appt. today b/c im not going to pay a copay for a dr. appt. to access how he's doing on his meds when he is claiming he hasnt even been taking them.
how would you get to this information? prefarably by not ratting out my friend?
tia
rach (who is breathign very deeply right now..i feel like hiding under the blankets right now and not comign out for awhile).