ADHD tween wants contacts

[Anonymous]

I didn’t manage my contacts super well as an ADHD tween and it made my arteries (?) grow towards my cornea (?). Something sub optimal. Make sure you start off with lots of oversight. Get the ones she takes our daily, so it’s easier to reminder.

[Anonymous]

Don’t underestimate her motivation. This could have been me. I lost everything as a kid and had a super messy room, I’m sure my parents could tell you more stories. I don’t ever remember an issue with my contacts. And these were before the days of disposable ones! I was super motivated to not wear glasses to school anymore! I wasn’t wearing them and squinting everywhere.

Ask about her options at the next appointment. The care is so much easier than it was for us with disposable ones now. If she’s motivated, she will learn quickly how to put them on and take them out. And she will wear them, be able to see in school and not break them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also-- it's because she has the kind that stop the worsening of nearsightedness and they have worked amazingly well.

OP here. Which brand? I have heard of this but don’t know much about it. But I feel like anything that would help her eyes get less worse would motivate her.

Also, re some of the other posts, part of the problem is her prescription is light and so she can function without the glasses and she tries to leave home without them on all the time. (She can’t see the board well at school without them, she has to wear them to be decent at sports, and her eyes are uneven, so she actually does need them, but she can get around in the world without them on).

I have kids who wear glasses. I buy glasses for them at places that give kid discounts and two-fers. So my oldest always had a backup pair in a case in his bookbag.