Anonymous
Post 04/10/2026 08:09     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
Anonymous wrote:My DD with ADHD has been wearing contacts since she was 9! She was also motivated and it was tricky to learn to put them in and take them out but it’s been great. Highly recommend daily contacts though.


Same!!!
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 09:38     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
Get dailies and only buy three months at first. Dailies are less work. Three months so she can decide not to do it and you haven’t spent that much.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 15:58     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
DS with ADHD got them at 15. Oh the confidence boost! If she's mature enough to deal with them, she will stick with it. If not, she'll likely revert back to glasses for a couple more years. It probably can't hurt to try.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 16:22     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
I have ADHD that is untreated and got contacts when I was 13. I became someone who washed hands like she was going into surgery. It took a LOT for me to stick my finger in my eye, and for a while I had to get up about an hour earlier for school. By a year later it took about 30 seconds per eye.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 16:20     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
I have 2 kids with ADHD who have been in contacts since 16y. I was skeptical, but it has been great. I am not sure my kids could manage it at 11y.

Worst case scenario, she tries, isn't successful and goes back to glasses for a few years. This is what I did 40y ago. I thought I wanted contacts at 12y, tried, struggled to get them in, went back to glasses, and then went back to contacts successfully at 16y...and never looked back.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 13:36     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
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).


https://coopervision.com/myopia-management

I know it sounds totally scammy, but it worked.

She could keep a pair in her backpack if she forgets in the morning. It's really the overnight you'd have to enforce-- she shouldn't forget to remove them.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 13:17     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
There’s not much to remember or take care of. Most contacts are daily disposables these days. The days of needing different solutions to clean your contacts, or wearing one pair of contacts for weeks or months and having to take care of them well that whole time is long over. She takes them out at the end of the day and tosses them in the trash, it’s very easy. If her prescription isn’t very high I’d be worried about her taking off her glasses for whatever reason and then forgetting them somewhere. Not a risk with contacts.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 11:15     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
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).
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 11:04     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
I think she's less likely to lose the contacts than to lose the glasses.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 10:52     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
My DD with ADHD has been wearing contacts since she was 9! She was also motivated and it was tricky to learn to put them in and take them out but it’s been great. Highly recommend daily contacts though.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 10:47     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
I tried contacts as a teen and hated them. Personally, I feel she's a bit young for contacts, but maybe as a teen? I would reinforce hygiene, mainly, because she's very young and could give herself an eye infection. Also techniques to fish out her lenses if they wander around - mine got stuck under my upper lid once and it was hell.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 10:46     Subject: Re:ADHD tween wants contacts
She can do it! Just have her practice putting them in AND taking them out BEFORE you leave the eye doctor’s office. They usually have really patient sweet nurses or the doctors who can help with this. Lots of washing hands. She’ll do great!
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 10:46     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
Also-- it's because she has the kind that stop the worsening of nearsightedness and they have worked amazingly well.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 10:45     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
Mine did because she puts them in each morning and forgets about them all day, then takes them out each night. I enforce this, but her vision is bad enough that she can't see much without them so she wouldn't forget the morning.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2026 10:44     Subject: ADHD tween wants contacts
Our DD (11) hates her glasses and is having a real lack of confidence in her appearance. She has anxiety about most things related to doctors and so has been hesitant to try contacts. But I think her preference to stop wearing glasses may outweigh the fear soon. Has anyone’s ADHD tween or teen successfully managed contacts and do you have any tips? DD is not great at personal care yet but when she is super motivated to accomplish something, she often surprises us.