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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 500651" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I think medicating children is way different.</p><p></p><p>Adults can articulate when medication is making them feel worse. From being in a psychiatric hospital three times and in a self-help support group for years, I would say t hat from the stories I hear medications help maybe 50% of the time, depending on what is given and whether or not the diagnosis is correct. It takes a long time to get the right medication too.</p><p></p><p>My problem with kid medication is that the kids can not explain if they feel like a zombie or in a dream-like state or if they feel edgy or aggressive due to the medications. And many parents don't usually look to the medications as possibly the main reason a child has suddenly gone south, even if there has been a medication change.Combined with all the wrong diagnoses that our kids get, I think, in retrospect, it is very wise to go slow and research every single medication the doctor wants to prescribe. I would also question why any child needs more than two medications. That doesn't mean that no kids need more than two, but there are many psychiatrists who seem to try to medicate away every symptom...and that isn't possible. Now with enough medications, you CAN make a child into a sleep, spacy robot, but that isn't really helping the child. As an adult, I have had medications do this to me and it is a horrible feeling. The only thing that it does is make your caregivers have an easier time of it because you are unable to cause any disturbance.</p><p></p><p>Our kids are being used as guinea pigs. Make so mistake about it. And so are adults. Psychiatry is not an exact science, therefore everything about it, from the diagnosis to the treatment, is just one professional's best guess at what is wrong and how to treat it. Yet no treatment is bad too.</p><p></p><p>I prefer intervetions, when at all possible. JM worthless .02 again <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 500651, member: 1550"] I think medicating children is way different. Adults can articulate when medication is making them feel worse. From being in a psychiatric hospital three times and in a self-help support group for years, I would say t hat from the stories I hear medications help maybe 50% of the time, depending on what is given and whether or not the diagnosis is correct. It takes a long time to get the right medication too. My problem with kid medication is that the kids can not explain if they feel like a zombie or in a dream-like state or if they feel edgy or aggressive due to the medications. And many parents don't usually look to the medications as possibly the main reason a child has suddenly gone south, even if there has been a medication change.Combined with all the wrong diagnoses that our kids get, I think, in retrospect, it is very wise to go slow and research every single medication the doctor wants to prescribe. I would also question why any child needs more than two medications. That doesn't mean that no kids need more than two, but there are many psychiatrists who seem to try to medicate away every symptom...and that isn't possible. Now with enough medications, you CAN make a child into a sleep, spacy robot, but that isn't really helping the child. As an adult, I have had medications do this to me and it is a horrible feeling. The only thing that it does is make your caregivers have an easier time of it because you are unable to cause any disturbance. Our kids are being used as guinea pigs. Make so mistake about it. And so are adults. Psychiatry is not an exact science, therefore everything about it, from the diagnosis to the treatment, is just one professional's best guess at what is wrong and how to treat it. Yet no treatment is bad too. I prefer intervetions, when at all possible. JM worthless .02 again :) [/QUOTE]
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