Posted by Racer on March 3, 2006, at 12:23:18
In reply to OFF stimulants and in class, posted by rjlockhart on March 1, 2006, at 17:31:29
What are you going to do? You mean, besides paying close attention to GG's excellent response to your question?
Guess I'd ask why your mother objects to you taking stimulants? Is she afraid that you're abusing them? Has she discussed this with your doctor? What is the problem, if they were helping you?
And what are you going to do? You're first going to think about solutions to your problems, as well as -- preferably before -- freaking out over them. Does that make sense? Instead of freaking out because your mother has said that she won't pay for your college if you take stimulants, how about asking yourself what possible solutions there are for you? I can think of half a dozen off the top of my head, starting with sitting down to discuss this with your mother, to find out what her objections are, and whether there's a compromise. Then I'd look at whether I really did need the stimulants to get through college. Maybe you do, maybe behavior mod therapy would allow you to complete college successfully without medications. And then, I'd look at my options if Mom didn't pay for college.
Cause guess what, Matt? Not everyone's parents do pay for college. I worked two or three jobs, and took all the classes I could at a junior college. It wasn't fun, but that really is an alternative for you, too. You don't have to go live in a dorm room and party on weekends in order to get a college education. Many people don't. It depends on where your priorities are.
Hope something in there helps.
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