Table 1.

Reason for Stopping

	% endorsed overall (N=286)	% endorsed by child (N=115)	% endorsed by adolescent (N=171)	p*
Theme: Medicine Not Needed/Helping or Curious
I felt I could manage without it.	81.5	77.4	84.2	0.15
I wanted to find out if I could manage without it.	69.6	58.3	77.2	<0.001
I was doing so well I no longer needed it.	68.9	66.1	70.8	0.40
It was not helping me.	56.3	59.1	54.4	0.44
My parent(s) wanted to find out if I could manage without it.	45.5	53.0	40.4	0.03
My doctor wanted to find out if I could manage without it.	28.7	32.2	26.3	0.28
Theme: Side Effects
It made me feel bad physically (e.g., nauseous, no appetite, thirsty, hard to sleep, shaky, tired, and/or mouth was dry).	48.6	46.1	50.3	0.49
It made me feel ‘drugged’ (e.g., ‘zoned out,’ lifeless, like a zombie, no personality).	41.3	40.9	41.5	0.91
It made me moody (e.g., irritable, angry, anxious, restless, and/or depressed).	34.3	33.0	35.1	0.72
Theme: Logistics of Taking/Getting Medicine
I kept forgetting to take it.	25.5	16.5	31.6	<0.01
It cost too much.	6.6	7.0	6.4	0.86
Insurance stopped paying for it.	3.9	4.4	3.5	0.76
There was no doctor available to prescribe it.	3.9	4.4	3.5	0.76
My doctor refused to prescribe it anymore.	3.9	4.4	3.5	0.76
Theme: Social Concerns/Stigma
It made it hard to make friends.	17.5	13.9	19.9	0.19
I felt embarrassed.	16.8	17.4	16.4	0.82
My friends didn’t like me as much when I took it.	12.9	13.0	12.9	0.96
Theme: Other Reasons
I was tired of taking it.	67.5	59.1	73.1	0.01
My parents decided to stop it.	31.8	48.7	20.5	<0.0001
I stopped for the summer.	28.3	20.0	33.9	0.01

^*Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test (if n<5 in any cell) for difference between % endorsed by child and adolescent