My 12 year old son will run straight into the street after his soccer ball without looking if he doesn't take his meds. It is like watching a 4 year old. I've learned to keep 2-3 extra pills in my purse in case spends the night at a friend's house last minute, etc.

Anonymous wrote:This sounds crazy, my son has ADHD and he goes weekends without his pill. He is more annoying and forgetful etc, but we never give him meds on vacation. Start parenting.

There is a wide range of ADHD behaviors, and there can be other medical reasons for those behaviors besides the ADHD diagnosis that the child may have been given for early diagnostic and insurance purposes.

I would have done the same thing. It sucks, but sometimes you do what you have to do....

Thanks, all. My husband took the hit and drove home for the medication. I think we all would have been miserable with out. It's so hard to tell, sometimes we can get by without it and it's not a total disaster. Other times, not so much.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This sounds crazy, my son has ADHD and he goes weekends without his pill. He is more annoying and forgetful etc, but we never give him meds on vacation. Start parenting.

Not OP, but this is not helpful. It's great that your child doesn't need meds in the weekend but not all kids are like yours. My child cannot function without his meds.

OP -- it might be a long weekend. I'm so sorry about this.

As a mom with a kid who has signs of ADHD, I'm curious what you mean about "not being able to function" without meds. What does that look like?

Not OP, but my DD has severe ADHD. Without medication, she is completely unable to sit still, unable to comply with the simplest directions, extremely irritable and impulsive to the point of being a danger to herself and others.

Thank you for answering my question. That sounds stressful!

This is our DD too. It's like a tale of two kids for us. And we resisted medication for so long. Until that one day she nearly drowned because despite knowing how to swim she couldn't control her impulses to do something the older kids were doing. We pulled her out of the pool, called the psychologist the next day, got an emergency appt with a psychiatrist and she's never had that problem again. Funny thing is that on meds, she also does great in school, has good friendships and is confident. Good luck OP.

Urgent care might write him a one day rx. You might have to beg though. And have them verify with your local pharmacy. Or have his regular doctor's on call verify with the urgent care.

You know your kid best, OP.

My child with severe inattentive ADHD cannot safely cross the street without his meds, which is why he takes them daily, but he's otherwise compliant and passive, so I would NOT return home to pick up his pills just for a weekend getaway.

I suppose your child is more of a hyper type and can potentially ruin everyone's weekend?

Tough choice. Perhaps if you explain he has to make a special effort he will hold it together long enough?