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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 485449" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The foster care thread had me thinking about medication and our children. I don't want this to be a pro or anti-medication thread. I just want to know what other warrior moms/dads think about the medications situation, since medications ARE given out to young kids in both the US and Canada. Do you feel it is appropriate to give, say, an anti psychotic to a three year old? Do we give out stimulants too much? Do our doctors pull out the prescription pads too quickly?</p><p></p><p>Or are our psychiatrists doing a good job on the medication front? Do our psychiatrists see the children enough to diagnose? Are there enough good psychiatrists?</p><p></p><p></p><p>My son's psychiatrist, when he went to one, was in love with the diagnosis of bipolar and everyone I know whose child goes to him has that diagnosis. He likes to prescribe mood stabilizers and anti psychotics to even very young children. If I never took medications myself, this probably wouldn't bother me as much as it does, but I was a very disturbed child and it didn't go away as I got older so I've played the medications game myself. As an adult, though, I could express if something didn't work for me. A child can't.</p><p></p><p>Yet some kids NEED medications to function. I probably would have had a childhood of some sort if I had been on maybe a low dose of an antidepressant. So what do you think? Do we overmedicate our NOT foster care kids? Do they tend to be medicated right? Are they diagnosed right often enough?</p><p></p><p>Speak your mind <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: 485449, member: 1550"] The foster care thread had me thinking about medication and our children. I don't want this to be a pro or anti-medication thread. I just want to know what other warrior moms/dads think about the medications situation, since medications ARE given out to young kids in both the US and Canada. Do you feel it is appropriate to give, say, an anti psychotic to a three year old? Do we give out stimulants too much? Do our doctors pull out the prescription pads too quickly? Or are our psychiatrists doing a good job on the medication front? Do our psychiatrists see the children enough to diagnose? Are there enough good psychiatrists? My son's psychiatrist, when he went to one, was in love with the diagnosis of bipolar and everyone I know whose child goes to him has that diagnosis. He likes to prescribe mood stabilizers and anti psychotics to even very young children. If I never took medications myself, this probably wouldn't bother me as much as it does, but I was a very disturbed child and it didn't go away as I got older so I've played the medications game myself. As an adult, though, I could express if something didn't work for me. A child can't. Yet some kids NEED medications to function. I probably would have had a childhood of some sort if I had been on maybe a low dose of an antidepressant. So what do you think? Do we overmedicate our NOT foster care kids? Do they tend to be medicated right? Are they diagnosed right often enough? Speak your mind :) [/QUOTE]
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