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    Jan 27, 2015, 07:32 PM
    Disobey him and let us know how far that gets you. Hang in there for a few days or a week and then see how you feel.
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    Jan 27, 2015, 07:36 PM
    I don't want to disobey him I'm just moody I suppose lack of sleep. I will speak to me dad see what he says but if he want me to keep on taking them I guess I just have too and see how I go. All I want to do right now is sleep but me brain won't stop thinking
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    #23

    Jan 27, 2015, 07:44 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Thinkaboutit View Post
    I don't want to disobey him I'm just moody I suppose lack of sleep. I will speak to me dad see what he says but if he want me to keep on taking them I guess I just have too and see how I go. All I want to do right now is sleep but me brain won't stop thinking
    Like J_9 said, take this med in the morning to avoid insomnia. Are you still going somewhere, to someone, for counseling?
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    Jan 27, 2015, 07:54 PM
    Yeah the school makes me see the school counseller once a week yah me! And I have to start seeing the phycologist (I can't spell well) the doctor referred me to again now and I still do group therapy for the drug problem I have had whatever. Lots of fun. I will take them early tomorrow
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    Jan 27, 2015, 07:54 PM
    My son has ADHD, diagnosed properly. I had him on medication for a few months, and he hated it. He didn't feel like himself. We cut out unnatural sugars, we bought games and tutorials that help him learn to concentrate better on his own. He still gets distracted, but he's a lot better than he was in grade school when he was diagnosed. He's now 16. He doesn't like the meds, so we don't make him take them, but he has to learn to manage this somehow or another.

    I frankly don't believe in meds for ADHD, I truly believe that most of it can be treated by cutting out certain things in your life, mainly certain foods. Once on the meds, you'll rely on them, and you'll never learn to deal with the ADHD. You can't be on the meds forever, so what happens when you're an adult and you're taken off them, but you still have ADHD? You won't know how to cope because you never learned how.

    Having said that, I'm not your mother, and I'm not you. Your dad and you both have to work this out, find out what's right for you. But first I'd find out if ADHD is even what's going on, because it really doesn't sound like a lot of testing was done to determine this diagnosis.
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    Jan 28, 2015, 06:50 AM
    I talked to me da about me not thinking I have ADHD, I told him that I use to take lots of other drugs last year at school and that's probably why I was always getting in trouble for not doing me work and walking out of class when ever I wanted to and not doing listening to the teachers instructions. He said he still wanted me to take them until me next appointment with the paediatrician. If I had ADHD wouldn't I have been diagnosed when I was younger not now I'm 15? I don't like taking these pills they make my mind feel like its going a million miles and I can't sleep I don't want to stay awake all night and then take more tomorrow.
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    Jan 28, 2015, 07:17 AM
    I am going to tell you straight up and direct to for once do as you are told to do for now and see how it works because having read ALL your posts you have a history of whining when you don't get your way, and some very impulsive destructive behavior when left to your own devices. You have had plenty of chances to do the right thing and be better for it but have fallen well short of the mark.

    This present issue is but more of the same behavior, about a situation YOU have brought about and looking for an easier way out than facing CONSEQUENCES for YOUR behavior. That has to STOP.

    For now, JUST DO AS YOU ARE TOLD, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT, OR NOT! You aren't giving yourself a chance to do better than you have been doing.
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    Jan 28, 2015, 07:48 AM
    Thanks guess I just needed to be told that. I do whinge a lot and try to find ways out of things. I just don't like the way these pills make me feel and I'm a little worried about getting addicted to them. After the last time I took pills. But these are prescribed by a doctor. So your right I'm just going to do as I'm told and see what happens its not like I could die from the stuff.
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    Jan 28, 2015, 07:56 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Thinkaboutit View Post
    I talked to me da about me not thinking I have ADHD, I told him that I use to take lots of other drugs last year at school and that's probably why I was always getting in trouble for not doing me work and walking out of class when ever I wanted to and not doing listening to the teachers instructions. He said he still wanted me to take them until me next appointment with the paediatrician. If I had ADHD wouldn't I have been diagnosed when I was younger not now I'm 15? I don't like taking these pills they make my mind feel like its going a million miles and I can't sleep I don't want to stay awake all night and then take more tomorrow.
    Are you back in school already? I thought it started back in February.

    I think you need to try taking them in the morning as J suggested. Give it a couple of days for your body to adjust. If you are still feeling this way, talk to your father again. Explain what you are feeling and suggest asking the doctor about adjusting the medication.

    Make certain that you are following the directions for taking the medication. Find out what foods and drinks may interact with the medication.
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    Jan 28, 2015, 01:03 PM
    Thanks cat1864, I took the tablets at 6am this morning hopefully it will make a difference. I spent the night looking up foods, drinks and perservatives, that I should avoid when taking these pills and if I have ADHD. I also started writing down how they make me feel, no sleep, so I can show doctor. So thanks everyone for advice have listened and will do as me da says and take these pills see how it goes. Oh I started school on the 27th of January this year I live in south Australia so we finish earlier than some states so we start earlier.
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    Jan 28, 2015, 01:55 PM
    Once size does not fit all. See how it goes. Often times different medications (if used) and/or different dosages will be necessary to try (obviously with your doctor's supervision). It can take some time to obtain the correct remedy for each individual... whether with medication, lifestyle changes, and often both. I've seen the night and day difference medications can make when a child truly does have ADHD... and they are usually well aware of the change too.

    One potentially telling factor would be if you have always had difficulty with attention, concentration, impulsiveness, etc. or was this just in the time frame of the drug use? How much time growing up did you spend around your father previously to moving in with him? Would he be aware of how things were for you prior to the drug use or is that pretty much all he would have to go on as an example of your behaviour?

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