Dynamic Text in Menus

I’m incredibly new to ActionScript, but I know my ins and outs of Flash.

Anyway, I’m creating a simple game, and I want my dropdown menu to display the character’s HP and Money count, which already have values assigned throughout the rest of the flash. ( health = 100; and money = 5; ) However, whenever I try to make the value show in this dropdown menu, it will not display any dynamic text. I’ve had no trouble making it show anywhere else in the flash , but when I try to make it show within the menu movieclip, it won’t.

Can somebody help with this, or is there even a better way to do this? Thank you!