Without going into all of the details, my son is 12, diagnosed with ADD by his doctor and now that he has entered into junior high, his grades, attitude, and general behaviour are severely slipping. I tried to get my ex to agree to meds early in the summer but she would not. The doctor is adamant that this condition needs to be addressed before our son gets any further in his teen years but my ex refuses to medicate. Our doctor is puzzled as to why she will not agree.
Our doctor told us to give him a month in his new school and see how he progresses and to this point, he is not adapting well at all. We are going back to see the doctor and I know he will be pushing hard for my son to be medicated.
My question is, what happens in a joint parenting arrangement if my ex does not agree to medicate? Her and I are trying our best to help our son but there is something definitely off and it has been getting worse the older he gets. I really want him to suceed in school and by not acting I know that we are failing as parents. Has anyone on here gone through something similar.
Unfortunately my ex has told my son terrible things about the medication so that he is opposed to taking it already. He is afraid that all he will do is sleep or walk around like a brain dead zombie when he takes the pills.
Our doctor told us to give him a month in his new school and see how he progresses and to this point, he is not adapting well at all. We are going back to see the doctor and I know he will be pushing hard for my son to be medicated.
My question is, what happens in a joint parenting arrangement if my ex does not agree to medicate? Her and I are trying our best to help our son but there is something definitely off and it has been getting worse the older he gets. I really want him to suceed in school and by not acting I know that we are failing as parents. Has anyone on here gone through something similar.
Unfortunately my ex has told my son terrible things about the medication so that he is opposed to taking it already. He is afraid that all he will do is sleep or walk around like a brain dead zombie when he takes the pills.
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