OT: Urgent -for those opposed to the druggingof children

[Guest guest]

This is a delicate and often disturbing topic for a lot of people. I myself

have been through some really awful treatment at the hands of " professionals " .

The sad fact is that messing around with brain chemistry is such an extremely

complicated thing. I have met only one p-doc that freely admitted that. The

rest hand out pills and when the patient doesn't get better then they are to

blame.

 

It is interesting to note that just recently that many of the SSRI drugs have

come under fire for causing possible suicidal thoughts/actions in teenagers. It

is not just teenagers that are suffering from these feelings--many people that

have manic-depression cannot tolerate anti-depressants and experience hypomania,

mania, or mixed states when placed on these drugs. I found that out the very,

very hard way for several years and then it finally dawned on them that these

medications were augmenting my problems. I wonder if some of these awful

feelings for teens come from being labeled (mental illness/condition is such a

stigma even now) and 'needing' to bel placed on these medications. People will

have an idea of what is going on when they find out that someone is on Prozac,

Zoloft, Paxil, etc., or I should say, they will think they have an idea of what

is going on. In reality, they only see one dot in the mural.

 

I think that SOME of these drugs have their place. As much as I hate it, I

would have severe difficulty functioning without some of them. But, it took

education on my part and a lot of assertiveness to place a limit on how much and

even what type of drug. Many medications for manic-depression that were

believed to be effective are proving to be no more effective than placebos.

Now, why didn't they know that before the FDA approved it??

 

C-M, I was very saddened to hear about the loss of your son. I wish there could

have been some other way, some else could have been done...anything but what

happened. It is obvious that you loved and still love him very much.

 

Drae