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Does anyone ever wonder if the professionals REALLY know what is wrong with our kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 530649" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>In the US...no elephant...no supports. </p><p></p><p>The problem I see with treating the symptoms (and I see this a lot) is that child X may have four labels and two drugs for every label in an attempt for Dr. X to medicate away every single symptom rather than addressing the big picture. I am against overmedicating, and I think a lot of our kids are on enough medications to knock out an elephant. In rare cases it's probably necessary (such as if a child has childhood schizophrenia), however in most cases, I really flinch at a kid who takes one pill for attention, one for sleeping, one for irritability, one for rages, one for allergies, one for impulsivity, etc. etc. etc. Those are powerful drugs (I have taken many of them) and even one can knock you out or make you very spaced out. I wish they'd medicate the worst symptoms (such as depression) and try to teach coping skills for the other ones. I also wish they'd use medications as a last resort. They don't do that enough in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>We have so much still to learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 530649, member: 1550"] In the US...no elephant...no supports. The problem I see with treating the symptoms (and I see this a lot) is that child X may have four labels and two drugs for every label in an attempt for Dr. X to medicate away every single symptom rather than addressing the big picture. I am against overmedicating, and I think a lot of our kids are on enough medications to knock out an elephant. In rare cases it's probably necessary (such as if a child has childhood schizophrenia), however in most cases, I really flinch at a kid who takes one pill for attention, one for sleeping, one for irritability, one for rages, one for allergies, one for impulsivity, etc. etc. etc. Those are powerful drugs (I have taken many of them) and even one can knock you out or make you very spaced out. I wish they'd medicate the worst symptoms (such as depression) and try to teach coping skills for the other ones. I also wish they'd use medications as a last resort. They don't do that enough in my opinion. We have so much still to learn. [/QUOTE]
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