do you lock up or hide your medications?

[Anonymous]

Things like ritalin, gabapentin, etc. that I never even considered as threatening, but now that there are teens in & out of our 1-bath condo I am considering what to do. I also have CBD and THC gummies for sleep, but someone would really have to dig deep in my bedroom closet to find those.

I trust my teen - as I'm sure most of us do - but I'm wondering if anyone here takes the precautions of locking up their medications? Or just hiding them? What do you do?

[Anonymous]

We don't at home but our dd is away at college and her friends have a lockbox box for their meds.

[Anonymous]

I locked them up when the kids were little, in case one of them thought they might be candy. Now they're teens, they each have their own medication: Adderall for my oldest, and daily meds for my youngest with an auto-immune disease. Their friends are equally responsible.

The poster above who gives you grief for a neurodivergence and sleep issues is scum of the earth.

[Anonymous]

Why do you keep your dog’s gabapentin in the bathroom? We don’t lock our dog’s medicine because it never occurred to me that any human would take it.

[Anonymous]

They are hidden and not in the bathroom - the moisture and steam from showers is not good for medication. Only medication in the bathroom is Neosporin and alcohol wipes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are hidden and not in the bathroom - the moisture and steam from showers is not good for medication. Only medication in the bathroom is Neosporin and alcohol wipes.

OP here. Good point, thank you, and makes for an easier decision. Maybe I'll just shift everything that is not first aid to another non-central location and be done with the worry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things like ritalin, gabapentin, etc. that I never even considered as threatening, but now that there are teens in & out of our 1-bath condo I am considering what to do. I also have CBD and THC gummies for sleep, but someone would really have to dig deep in my bedroom closet to find those.

I trust my teen - as I'm sure most of us do - but I'm wondering if anyone here takes the precautions of locking up their medications? Or just hiding them? What do you do?

Move the location to protect everyone.

It could be your good teen's friends, or friends of friends of friends, as tends to happen esp. in age of social media get togethers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your dog’s gabapentin in the bathroom? We don’t lock our dog’s medicine because it never occurred to me that any human would take it.

NP. Gabapentin is not just for dogs.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Nothing is locked up. Adderall is in the kitchen and other meds are in medicine cabinets. I have teens and cleaning people in the house.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I have a safe specifically for meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things like ritalin, gabapentin, etc. that I never even considered as threatening, but now that there are teens in & out of our 1-bath condo I am considering what to do. I also have CBD and THC gummies for sleep, but someone would really have to dig deep in my bedroom closet to find those.

I trust my teen - as I'm sure most of us do - but I'm wondering if anyone here takes the precautions of locking up their medications? Or just hiding them? What do you do?

Only when the house keeper or someone who is all in my things is coming. I don’t think they are addicts or thief’s and if my Ritalin is missing or misplaced I’m in trouble. I lock some of it in file cabinet (where it’s kept all the time) and tuck others away with hopes I can recall where I put it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t hide meds other than cold medicine from son. He would drink cough syrup without measuring it if he had a cough. Otherwise I don’t need to lock meds from him any more than I need to hide my cash or credit cards from him.

[Anonymous]

I lock up Aderral when a certain family member visits.

[Anonymous]

No.

DS (17) has his own ADHD meds and is super responsible about them. We have talked about never giving them to other people or letting people know he has them (he can't understand why people would want them because they don't make him feel high (since he actually has a dx appropriate for the drug.) He would never want to give them away because he hates how he feels when he isn't on them and knows that he only gets 30/month.

We have never locked up meds since the kids were little. I just had major surgery and had a decent supply of oxy sitting next to my bed for a few weeks. I didn't make a big deal about having it and it never crossed my mind to hide it.

Like PP, I typically have a few hundred dollars in cash in my top dresser drawer. My kids know it is there and know that I never keep tabs on how much is in there...and I trust them to not take it (without a discussion.)

[Anonymous]

I do have a fear in years to come they will befriend some kid who will see what meds they can steal because I've heard stories. So far, my experience has been safe to leave meds out despite assorted house guests and cleaners.