Medication/responsibility and managing

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I have a question about medication. My son has OCD, Anxiety, Depression, ADD. My

son was responsible for his medication when he was 15. Then he had a breakdown 6

mo. later with suicidal thoughts. B/C of the suicidal thoughts, we were told to

lock up the med. and I took over the med. dispensing. He is now 17 and at some

point I need to have him take over the responsibility again. Does anyone have

experience with this and not feeling like I need to always ask that he took his

medication. It is now in the bathroom cabinet, in a weekly pill dispenser, with

the original bottles in a locked safe. Another question is regarding type of

medication. He is on Prozac 40 mg., Adderall XR 30 mg., Busbar 2x/day. We added

in the Busbar in the past month and haven't seen a decrease in the OCD. His

psychiatrist said if Bus. doesn't work, he would increase the Prozac to max.

dose. He also wants to introduce booster Adderall late aft. to help with his

studying. He is exhausted and has trouble doing homework. So wondering for teens

and adults living with OCD, does it come to a point where he has to accept that

he will always have this going on all day, even with the med. and therapy. I

don't know how much patience he has left to keep trying all of these medications

with little success. He has been doing the therapy for 9 years.