Still working on how to describe my overnight meds. any other ideas? Thanks

January 3, 2008

I decided that OCD is NOT going to rule our house, and

we will go away for our marriage weekend, and I will find a way

to do the meds. Here is my plan: (remember its telling

a sister in law who isn't supportive and would NOT understand about

OCD). She has a brother who was hospitalized for Bi polar

and the way they described it to me was " he is crazy " . so you get the

picture of who i am talking about. I have no other options for

childcare and we have no grandparents or anything and havent been away

in nine years overnnight.

I will act like its no big deal. I think people pick up on

the stress that we can have about our kids disorders, and the

disorders

mean more to us than strangers.. I will try not to project any

shame about it. Confidently I will tell her that my older DD

takes the pills (put in a medicine day/night thing), and that

she will need to give them to her w/ water and she (being 9) will

know what to do. No need to go into what they are, what they are for

and the blow by blow of the mental health issues. If she probes, I

will

say to treat an anxiety disorder and leave it at that.

Now-- for my younger DD (6) who has to take liquids its harder.

They come in marked bottles that say clearly RISPERDONE and TRILIPTOL.

Not sure I want to go to that level of exposure.

I asked our pedicatrician what she thought--and the pediatrician said

the sameas some moms here " just say night Meds, and am meds. " .

I could just give her the bottles clearly marked with the large words

and say no more. Or I could put them in clear bottles w/ no markings

and just give the dose, or I could mask what the drugs are

and fake it as an antihistime or something. Not sure with the liquid

meds, much harder than the pills. Any ideas?

Kathy

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