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NYT Article--Debate over Children and Psychiatric
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 18352"><p>Thanks for the article. It's very sad that a little girl had to die before someone started this conversation so openly.</p><p></p><p>I refused to medicate my difficult child until we had some kind of diagnosis. Noone could tell me what was wrong, but they all (including the SD who said nothing was wrong with her - interesting, huh?) wanted her on medication. I wasn't going to just medicate symptoms. She is now on Lexapro for depression and anxiety. Now they are pushing a mood stabilizer, but my difficult child is not bipolar. They say it's for the emotional regulation, but I believe her lack of emotional regulation comes from her severe anxiety. If we get the anxiety under control then she will have better control of her emotions. Mood stabilizers have so many side effects and we don't know the long term effects on kids and I'm not comfortable with it and won't do it.</p><p></p><p>I know that medication is necessary for a lot of kids, mine included, but it really bothers me that so many doctors are pushing medication so forecfully and so early. It saddens me that it has become our job as parents to learn about these medications and what they are prescribed for and any side effects when we should be able to trust the doctors to give us that information - as did, apparently, the parents of this little girl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 18352"] Thanks for the article. It's very sad that a little girl had to die before someone started this conversation so openly. I refused to medicate my difficult child until we had some kind of diagnosis. Noone could tell me what was wrong, but they all (including the SD who said nothing was wrong with her - interesting, huh?) wanted her on medication. I wasn't going to just medicate symptoms. She is now on Lexapro for depression and anxiety. Now they are pushing a mood stabilizer, but my difficult child is not bipolar. They say it's for the emotional regulation, but I believe her lack of emotional regulation comes from her severe anxiety. If we get the anxiety under control then she will have better control of her emotions. Mood stabilizers have so many side effects and we don't know the long term effects on kids and I'm not comfortable with it and won't do it. I know that medication is necessary for a lot of kids, mine included, but it really bothers me that so many doctors are pushing medication so forecfully and so early. It saddens me that it has become our job as parents to learn about these medications and what they are prescribed for and any side effects when we should be able to trust the doctors to give us that information - as did, apparently, the parents of this little girl. [/QUOTE]
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