I find your son's behavior interesting, as I was the opposite when I was 15! I am 33 now and when I was diagnosed with asthma at 14, not much was known about it and I had a hard time getting my parents to take it seriously. I was not thrilled to take my medicine either. At the time, there were no inhalers like today and I had to crush my medication and inhale the powder through a "spinner", which made me choke...I also had to take theophylline, which gave me the jitters and made it hard to sleep. In addition, I needed allergy shots once a week and I was pretty miserable. Mixed with teenage hormones, it was not a pleasant time. Do you think your son is just tired of or depressed about the whole medication scene, or do you think he may enjoy the extra attention the "crisis" of an attack brings? You may want to get to the root of those problems, as you would think the scariness of not being able to breathe would make him take his medication seriously. I doubt he realizes how fortunate he is to have the medication and knowledge about asthma that exists today. (Being grateful is not an easily seen teenage trait!) Either way, I hope you and he can hang in there and with any luck, as he matures, his asthma will get less severe. Fortunately, mine is much more manageable now, but it took time and managing asthma is a team effort between knowing your body, your medication, trusting your doctor and those who care about you. Good luck to you...