I need some safety advice please
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| Sun, 05-04-2008 - 11:07pm |
I'm mostly a lurker, but have an Asperger's child who is almost 8 years old. She's diagnosed also with Anxiety Disorder, and has all the sensory issues and impulse control issues that go hand in hand with it all...which brings me to my point.
I'm in need of some type of box where I can lock up all our medicines. She got into nasal spray last week and this week opened up seven Prozac capsules, dumped the powder out, and ate the capsule pieces. I'm just lost and numb at this point.
I know there are regular drawer locks and whatnot out there, but I just want to hear from someone who's been there on what to do. I prefer not to get a new medicine cabinet if I don't have to. I'm not averse to taking the meds out and storing them (locked up) elsewhere. But then I'm afraid she's just going to get into other stuff that really can't hurt her (nasal spray, toothpaste) but is still not safe. KWIM?
Our cabinet has two doors that open up outwards sort of like this one: http://houses4alaska.com/images/medicine_cabin_up.jpg or this one http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=9434-444-14130&lpage=none Will those magnetic locks work on one like this?
Please help.



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I think the file box looks like a good bet. The other one looks waaay too enticing, you know? (also small so she could take it and hide it somewhere) You want something that is solid but otherwise boring as possible.
I don't know if there is any way to check if the file box is tamper-proof, so that someone wouldn't be able to just screw off the hinges at back with a standard Philips screwdriver. I don't know even if you have to think about this or how far she would go? Would she take a screwdriver or a nailfile and try and open the screws at the back?
It is bad that we have to think about these things, but I know for my daughter (not my son) a locked ...anything represents a particular challenge. Lucky she is the sensible one where medications are concerned.
Isn't life grand?...
-Paula
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Interesting you said that about the meds. My 13yo dd & 9yo ds are both using Adderall, but 13yo dd is on a higher dose. Ds is losing weight like crazy, but dd isn't. Dd sneaks food constantly (and if there's junk food in the house, watch out! she'll find it). Recently when we were talking after I caught her getting into more food, she told me she just can't help herself. She said when she sees or thinks about the food, then she just can't stop thinking about it until she gets it. That made a lot of sense to me then. The reason dd isn't losing weight is because for her it's not about hunger. It's an obsession and impulse control problem. With ds, he was eating all the time because he FELT hungry (he never felt full no matter how much he ate), but now that he's on the Adderall, he no longer feels hungry.
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