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Well, So Much for That…
By Betsy Richter | 8:49 amLast night (after I slaved over this semi-celebratory post, no less), @ladeedoo quietly informed me that she wanted to start taking her ADHD medication again for this week’s summer camp.
She very clearly didn’t want to begin again — much tears and drama and ‘oh, woe is me!’ ensued after she told me what she’d decided. And she also wouldn’t give me any specifics about just why she made that decision, other than “I think I need to be a little bit more in control.”
So I packed a healthy lunch today that she’s not likely to eat, tried to make sure she got a decent breakfast, and watched as she took the lower-dose pill we’d gotten for the summer anyway.
This morning, when I told the camp director she was now on meds today, she said “oh, I’d meant to talk to you last night.” Turns out, there was a multi-girl tween altercation yesterday morning. Emotions ran high, feelings were hurt, harsh words were said. And while my kid wasn’t the instigator or the chief conspiritor, well – she’d clearly been caught in the cross-fire.
So she made the decision on her own to go back to the meds. Even though she doesn’t want to, would much rather “just be normal.”
If I had to choose between a much-desired growth spurt and the evolution of mature, responsible actions? I’ll take the latter…
…and I’ll pull out the mini-blender to move into high-volume healthy smoothie production while I’m at it!
Topics: Drama Mama | 1 Comment »
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
You must be proud of her. I’m so sorry that she had to come to that decision through an unhappy situation. Hopefully the growth spurt will happen anyway.