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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 187888" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>And if you have any violent tendencies before taking it, you sure shouldn't be taking it at all! I, an adult, was never violent, but on Zoloft I felt so out of control and scared of what I would do that I ended up in the hospital.</p><p>Another story: I have a Little Sister (from Big Brothers, Little Sisters) and she has bipolar. She was recently put on Zoloft. She ended up in the hospital. It is beyond my understanding why SSRIs are prescribed to children. To me, and this is JMO, mood stabilizers should be tried first. It IS true that every child who has killed was on some medication--from stims to antidepressants. My guess (just a layman's guess) is that these children had problems BEFORE the medications, but the medications put them over-the-line-of-control. Since I've taken so many medications myself I have an unusual perspective. These medications are just as often going to make you worse then better--and kids can't express it as well as adults so are often kept on incompatible drugs for longer periods of times. Our psychiatrists are very irresponsible in my opinion at handing out medications to kids. Hey, they did it to my son. "So this didn't work? Um, let's try this." I'm lucky my own son never got violent. He is better off all medications. I know some kids need medication, but they should be monitored MUCH closer and in my opinion SSRIs should be last resorts. And stims--they hand them out like candy and they are speed. I am sure Christopher acted out because of the Zoloft. He never hurt anyone before he took it. I felt like hurting myself or someone else on the Zoloft (and also on other antidepressants). You need to be so careful...vent over <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: 187888, member: 1550"] And if you have any violent tendencies before taking it, you sure shouldn't be taking it at all! I, an adult, was never violent, but on Zoloft I felt so out of control and scared of what I would do that I ended up in the hospital. Another story: I have a Little Sister (from Big Brothers, Little Sisters) and she has bipolar. She was recently put on Zoloft. She ended up in the hospital. It is beyond my understanding why SSRIs are prescribed to children. To me, and this is JMO, mood stabilizers should be tried first. It IS true that every child who has killed was on some medication--from stims to antidepressants. My guess (just a layman's guess) is that these children had problems BEFORE the medications, but the medications put them over-the-line-of-control. Since I've taken so many medications myself I have an unusual perspective. These medications are just as often going to make you worse then better--and kids can't express it as well as adults so are often kept on incompatible drugs for longer periods of times. Our psychiatrists are very irresponsible in my opinion at handing out medications to kids. Hey, they did it to my son. "So this didn't work? Um, let's try this." I'm lucky my own son never got violent. He is better off all medications. I know some kids need medication, but they should be monitored MUCH closer and in my opinion SSRIs should be last resorts. And stims--they hand them out like candy and they are speed. I am sure Christopher acted out because of the Zoloft. He never hurt anyone before he took it. I felt like hurting myself or someone else on the Zoloft (and also on other antidepressants). You need to be so careful...vent over :) [/QUOTE]
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