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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 108072" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Sara, perhaps we should agree to disagree. My disagreement with you isn't necessarily in your opinions or conclusion about theses drugs, but in that you present them as known fact that doctors are too stupid to know. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is absolute, extreme, unfounded, and untrue in my case and my children's case. It may be true in <em>some</em> cases. It may be true in <em>many</em> cases. To say it "is" is unreasonable and irresponsible.</p><p></p><p>Please remember that this discussion began with my asking if your conclusions were based upon studies or anecdotal reports. You stated they are "pretty much anecdotal", based on "logic and common sense", "may be followed by", "Could be... merely a swing from hypomania." This would not be so bothersome to me, and maybe I'm the only one who notices it, but you do not present your conclusions with these qualifications unless pressed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Can you please site a reputable source for that comment? If what you are speaking of is 'anecdotal, based on common sense, may be, could be, etc.' are your posts in response to confused upset parents couched in terms of absolutes really any better than alleged reports that haven't been written or published?</p><p></p><p>Please note that I haven't made any comment on my views on medicating children. I am very concerned that drugs have and are being wrongly prescribed and overly prescribed. I tried therapy for M for 5 years before I allowed medications in spite of repeated recommendations. In <em>my</em> case I shouldn't have waited. If you are going to give these parents information with which to protect their children, shouldn't you site case studies so that the psychiatrists don't think they're nuts who got rumors off of the internet, or at least be up front and say "it's possible" instead of "it is"? Our battles with these so called "professionals" are difficult enough without looking like we're trying to trump their medical degree with anecdotal evidence from a woman on the internet who heard something from their friend who heard it from their doctor in England. It just plain doesn't impress them, and makes them less likely to listen to the parents.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I've made my point and don't feel a need to debate it with you further. You either can see the other side of the coin or you can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 108072, member: 99"] Sara, perhaps we should agree to disagree. My disagreement with you isn't necessarily in your opinions or conclusion about theses drugs, but in that you present them as known fact that doctors are too stupid to know. This is absolute, extreme, unfounded, and untrue in my case and my children's case. It may be true in [I]some[/I] cases. It may be true in [I]many[/I] cases. To say it "is" is unreasonable and irresponsible. Please remember that this discussion began with my asking if your conclusions were based upon studies or anecdotal reports. You stated they are "pretty much anecdotal", based on "logic and common sense", "may be followed by", "Could be... merely a swing from hypomania." This would not be so bothersome to me, and maybe I'm the only one who notices it, but you do not present your conclusions with these qualifications unless pressed. Can you please site a reputable source for that comment? If what you are speaking of is 'anecdotal, based on common sense, may be, could be, etc.' are your posts in response to confused upset parents couched in terms of absolutes really any better than alleged reports that haven't been written or published? Please note that I haven't made any comment on my views on medicating children. I am very concerned that drugs have and are being wrongly prescribed and overly prescribed. I tried therapy for M for 5 years before I allowed medications in spite of repeated recommendations. In [I]my[/I] case I shouldn't have waited. If you are going to give these parents information with which to protect their children, shouldn't you site case studies so that the psychiatrists don't think they're nuts who got rumors off of the internet, or at least be up front and say "it's possible" instead of "it is"? Our battles with these so called "professionals" are difficult enough without looking like we're trying to trump their medical degree with anecdotal evidence from a woman on the internet who heard something from their friend who heard it from their doctor in England. It just plain doesn't impress them, and makes them less likely to listen to the parents. In any case, I've made my point and don't feel a need to debate it with you further. You either can see the other side of the coin or you can't. [/QUOTE]
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