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Should You Force The Pill?

Should You Force The Pill?

What if a Child that has to take regular prescribed medicine for ADHD does not want to take it on a particular day... Should You Force The Pill on her or let her decide when she is ready?

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well, from personal experience, I would say it's not a matter of choice, it is a matter of necessity, the child should be strongly encouraged to take the medication, I can't see that you can force them other than to 'pin them down and hold their nose'-- which I wouldn't encourage!
I suppose the only other way would be to crush it in some of their favorite food, and I wouldn't have a problem with that, firstly, because the medication has been prescribed for a reason!
The child obviously needs the medication or it wouldn't have been prescribed!

I have seen the effect first hand of a child skipping taking their ADHD medication, it certainly isn't something I would recommend, but I suppose at the end of the day, there are different extremities of the illness...