Overnights away | ADHD Information

Ah, the new questions that come up with each developmental stage and ADHD!

My DS, age 10, has a lot of friends and they trade overnight visits quite often. Which is fine, although his medication wears off before they go to sleep.

But the problem is when he's away, getting him to take his medication in the morning. He wants to be able to deal with it himself and not have me hand meds over to the other mom, but he will not remember to take it.

And when I have given it to the moms, sometimes they don't give it to him, or they give it to him way too late and by then things are swirling out of control and they don't have a clue as to why.

This happened on a camp overnight too, and I'm pretty sure it's because the person in charge didn't "believe in" medication and/or ADHD. Of course he didn't have to deal with DS the whole day after.

Would they do that if you sent them with an antibiotic that needed to be taken at breakfast?

Anyway, as you can tell, DS just got back from a long overnight with no meds and lots of artificially colored candies, so we are having a lovely day. I actually had him drink a cup of coffee when he got home. Helped a little.

Any ideas for the overnnights and med?
Give him a reward to earn if he takes his meds the minute he wakes up.My son need to be monitored closely with his meds. He would never remember to take them on his own He is almost 11. When on Boy Scouts go camping my husband has to go because he can't even remember to go to the bathroom before bed and pees in his sleeping bag. We have sleepovers at our house for the most part that takes care of the medication issue.My daughter is not on meds for ADHD, but she does have asthma medications that she needs to take before bed and in the morning, along with her vitamins and supplements. She's pretty good about taking them when she has sleepovers, but it can be hard to remember when you're having fun and not following your regular routine. Often I make a phonecall to check to be sure she's taken her meds and remind her if she hasn't. My 9 yr old son had his first non-family sleep over this year.  It reallly helped that the other boy is also medicated and the parents totally got it.  My son is just not ready to be relied on to take his meds independently.  Maybe next year. 

Maybe get him a watch that has an alarm?  When the alarm goes off, it's time to take the meds.

My child needs supervision taking his meds.  I couldn't rely on him to take them on his own.  Last summer, he faked taking it when his grandfather handed him the pill and ended up putting the pill behind the piano.  That day my inlaws learned how much the medication is necessary for him.  They never really questioned it, but they clearly didn't understand.  They get it now!

Regarding the friend's parents, I can see forgetting to give the medicine because they're not used to it, but I can't believe someone would knowingly not give it to him!  That's terrible.