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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 321192" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Yes- I agree and think you are really hitting on the issues here. I'm not anti-medication and hope it didn't come across that way. I'm anti- "treat symptoms ONLY and be too unknowing or willing to look deeper" - for psychiatrists and tdocs. Yes, there are times that even if a trauma or being raised in a sick family who couldn't/wouldn't try to teach better skills can leave a person unable to function, be safe, or access therapy without medications. (Not to mention those who really started out with a chemical imbalance). I was just trying to point out that with the scenario you portrayed, there seemed to be a lot of behavior that pointed to a bbigger issue. WTH knows what that might be- but I am a BIG advocate for us parents to push tdocs and psychiatrists to not just treat symptoms in our kids but look for underlying problems and treat those.</p><p></p><p>And, when someone has shown a tendency to compulsive behavior with drugs, they do need to be extremely careful if they replace that with a rx from a psychiatrist. It is possible to never really get appropriate help because a person just replaced an illegal drug with a legal one, so they never do anything more to get help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 321192, member: 3699"] Yes- I agree and think you are really hitting on the issues here. I'm not anti-medication and hope it didn't come across that way. I'm anti- "treat symptoms ONLY and be too unknowing or willing to look deeper" - for psychiatrists and tdocs. Yes, there are times that even if a trauma or being raised in a sick family who couldn't/wouldn't try to teach better skills can leave a person unable to function, be safe, or access therapy without medications. (Not to mention those who really started out with a chemical imbalance). I was just trying to point out that with the scenario you portrayed, there seemed to be a lot of behavior that pointed to a bbigger issue. WTH knows what that might be- but I am a BIG advocate for us parents to push tdocs and psychiatrists to not just treat symptoms in our kids but look for underlying problems and treat those. And, when someone has shown a tendency to compulsive behavior with drugs, they do need to be extremely careful if they replace that with a rx from a psychiatrist. It is possible to never really get appropriate help because a person just replaced an illegal drug with a legal one, so they never do anything more to get help. [/QUOTE]
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