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<blockquote data-quote="Jena" data-source="post: 237765" data-attributes="member: 4514"><p>hi </p><p> </p><p>Yes there is always alot of controversy over medications, and to medicate or not to medicate. I also am not a big fan of medication, yet at the same time my daughter with no medication isn't able to get through her day or her night for that matter.</p><p> </p><p>I do believe very strongly that there are certain children with whom's mental illness is too severe to function with-o medications. It's just that simple. Whether or not their tested on children or not parents as well as doctor's feel that it is a matter of choice and also a matter of quality of life. Some children experience very difficult pyschotic episodes of which actually can cause injury to the brain, and the medications even with their side effects prevent the children from "checking out" so to speak.</p><p> </p><p>I happen to agree with you that there are several cases where children are drugged simply to be compliant and better behaved, or "drugged up", yet there are alot of cases, as with here on the board where parents make the ultimate scary decision to medicate or not to medicate to give our chlidren quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>Either way you chalk it up medication is a difficult game, a difficult choice for parents and alot of unknown's for the future. I guess we as parents just have to continue doing the best we can to decide what is best for our children and what isn't. What is beneficial and what isn't. It is ultimately all of our decisions, not the various doctors and pysch doctor's.</p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry that you had a negative experience with the medication that your difficult child was on, and that there was no benficial change in behavior to help her along somewhat. </p><p> </p><p>my three cents lol. <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="Jena, post: 237765, member: 4514"] hi Yes there is always alot of controversy over medications, and to medicate or not to medicate. I also am not a big fan of medication, yet at the same time my daughter with no medication isn't able to get through her day or her night for that matter. I do believe very strongly that there are certain children with whom's mental illness is too severe to function with-o medications. It's just that simple. Whether or not their tested on children or not parents as well as doctor's feel that it is a matter of choice and also a matter of quality of life. Some children experience very difficult pyschotic episodes of which actually can cause injury to the brain, and the medications even with their side effects prevent the children from "checking out" so to speak. I happen to agree with you that there are several cases where children are drugged simply to be compliant and better behaved, or "drugged up", yet there are alot of cases, as with here on the board where parents make the ultimate scary decision to medicate or not to medicate to give our chlidren quality of life. Either way you chalk it up medication is a difficult game, a difficult choice for parents and alot of unknown's for the future. I guess we as parents just have to continue doing the best we can to decide what is best for our children and what isn't. What is beneficial and what isn't. It is ultimately all of our decisions, not the various doctors and pysch doctor's. I'm sorry that you had a negative experience with the medication that your difficult child was on, and that there was no benficial change in behavior to help her along somewhat. my three cents lol. :) [/QUOTE]
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