Sickening! Skyrocketing Psychiatric Drugs - Dangerous & Unapproved for Children - Comment!

I fail to understand why drugs are even being considered - except oh yeah, the money. There are so many simple solutions for kids these days that are being completely overlooked such as nutrition.

There is no spam on this page. Scientology is good for something. :D

In May I went into in-patient at my local hospital for suicidal ideations. During my first meeting with the psychiatrist I was told, "We are going to see how Zoloft works on you." I questioned it but she said the less I cooperate, the longer I would be in there. Eventually I caved, I ended up taking the Zoloft for 9 days, 4 days after the in-patient program, I stopped because of sexual dysfunction, insomnia, depersonalization, derealization, memory loss, loss of mental imagery, and increased anxiety. It has been 7 months and I am still not back to normal.

Unimatrix0 – I can’t speak for everyone here, but I am a Scientologist. As evident of the astronomical number of child deaths, I do not support the drugging of children - mind altering, scheduled II, amphetamine, determined by the FDA to be as addictive as cocaine or heroin.

I do not support the illegal marketing of drugs, convincing parents of the unsubstantiated and supposed "Chemical Imbalance" theory.

What exactly do antidepressants address (physically) besides masking symptoms and increasing the propensity of death and/or depression (stoke, heart palpitations, suicide thoughts, etc)?

If you perhaps thought (quote and unquote) “Chemical Imbalance”; which chemical is out of whack? Serotonin maybe? Ask any doctor. With extant medical technology, there are no means to measuring Serotonin. Take your pick of any atypical psych drugs - do people have a mis-balanced of Lexapro, Ritalin, Adderall or Wellbutrin?

Don’t be fooled. If a doctor attempts to label you or a loved one with a mental disorder (schizophrenia) and seeks to have you begin taking a mood stabilizing medication (antipsychotic, antidepressant, etc), ask to see the blood or urine test. Find out what underlying physical problem they’re seeking to correct. If anyone ever attempts to use medication to treat a problem, ask to see proof (e.g. where’s my cavity?). What person in their right mind wouldn’t insist on a battery of tests if their MD suspected cancer? Why expect less?

Thank you everyone for your posts.

There is a great deal of uninformed ignorance on this thread.

Some make a religion out of bashing psychiatric drugs (Scientology) and this post looks like it is just more disguised Scientology propaganda.

actual parenting is so last century, so give them drugs instead of being a parent!

I'm currently writing a paper on marijuana and its pharmaceutical uses, can anyone tell me if there is any medications that would utilize medical marijuana as a medication for minors to combat things like adhd, depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia?

Even though I'm repeating myself,let me ask?

If a foreign country tried to drug our nation’s brightest and smartest children with cocaine, PCP, or some similar mood stabilizing/altering drug, would we as Americans let this happen? It’s a silly question - of course we wouldn’t!

Why do we tolerate it from our own then?

Hasn't it always been the case.....
Government approves, pharma companies create, insurance companies dictate and the doctor prescribes - the patient is thus victimized. And if you are under 18, the better. If you are helpless, even better.
Gone are the days when doctors served, now it is all about :
no.of sick patients = more money.

No offense to most people, bust most people do not even understand how the drugs work, or how the brain does for that matter. Personally, I spent my whole childhood and early adult life suffering from dysthymia (life-long depression). It was a hell I would not wish on any one. There was nothing my parents could have done to parent it away. Most truly depressed people are hard to spot. They learn how to fake it, yet are in a life of emotional pain. Your brain is an organ, and sometimes it has a defect, just like a heart, kidneys, liver, etc. We have accepted this with those organs, but we also temper it with knowing eating McDonald's constantly will increase the odds of a heart to become defective. What I am saying is that when people point at how society is raising their children, as the main culprit of the rise in ADHD, I tend to agree, but not 100%. Just as McDonald's increases ones risk for an otherwise healthy heart to fail, behavioral pacifiers (such as TV, video games, internet, cell phones) can cause an otherwise healthy brain to fail. With that being said, some people don't need McDonald's to increase their heart risk, because they were already born with a predisposition. Some people (not as many as are diagnosed) have something in their brain that is off. Society needs to take a long look in the mirror, and realize we use technology as junk food for the mind far too often. Society also shouldn't swing to the other extreme, and ban all these meds. Doing so would be cruel to the population of people who's problems are not a byproduct of failed parenting or a junk food of the mind society. People no longer believe schizophrenia is caused by parenting, but by a brain failing the person afflicted. Until we start taking a hard look at how we use technology with children, then med prescriptions will not go back to the lower percentage of people that truly need them. I have zero desire to return to the way I was before medicine. As I said early, it was a hellish existence I would not wish upon my worst enemy. Also, it didn't turn me into a compliant zombie either. Just read my comments in the article for proof. Society is sicker than people admit at the moment, and my meds do not cloud my judgment on that one bit.

Parents dont want to be parents anymore, they just want a quick fix. Discipline your children and soon you will notice you dont need the drugs, pull that stick out of the closet and they will shape up real fast. Spare the rod, spoil the child!

Oh i was a child in the psychiatric system for a long time, and you wouldn't believe half the shit i would tell you about how fucked up these drugs are, and the methods of prescribing. When i was 17 i noticed i had a pill addiction and that i have had one for over 7 years. I have been handed 3 30 days prescriptions for various amphetamines to all be taken on the same day for deppression. And that's just the tip of the ice berg.

it is easier for a so called parent to dope the child up than it is to work at being a good parent. why wor at it wen you can take the child to a so called doctor and say my child wont sit still after I give it suger all day and the child won't behave in the car when I give it suger all day and the child won't do want I ask of it when I am not consistent in my raiseing of said child. So what kind of pill do you hav so I don't have to be a hands on parent?

Let's just make up diseases that need prescription drugs. ADHD is a fictitious ailment, depression medications foster suicidal tendencies. If you are a human being, you suffer from symptoms for ADHD. In all of my years in school, I never met a kid with a legitimate Ritalin prescription. The kids with Ritalin eventually learned that you can get jacked from snorting it, and sold their prescriptions to other kids. Exercise and diet are far more affective for dealing with behavior issues. Doctors who prescribe ADHD medication should lose their medical license, they can not be trusted to give adequate care. Why not give your child pot if you are willing to feed them Xanax, Prozac, and Ritalin? Pot, when ingested, not smoked, has a lot fewer adverse side affects and would calm children in a more affective way. It may sound ridiculous, but it is less ridiculous than the status quo.

This problem is much more complex than just drug profiteering. The skyrocketing is due to the current state of society. Busy parents pacify their children with video games, television, and computers. Such stimuli lead to behavioral associations that do not lend themselves to long attention spans. When people do not receive the reward tied to their behavioral associations, they become agitated (e.g. temper associated with smoking cessation). Therefore, teachers are sent children who's behaviors may appear calm and compliant at home, but then become unruly and inattentive in school. The drugs are treating a real problem, but they are just masking a real problem. Yes, some ADHD patients show attention deficits as early as infancy, and therefore need medication, regardless of behaviorism. The rest of these children in the skyrocketing data are a byproduct of a very misguided society. Technology is a wonderful thing, but as in all new concepts humans comes in contact with, they must acknowledge the bad side as well. Which thus far has only been done faintly. Someone is dumbing us down, whether it be those who benefit by doing so, ourselves, or most likely, a combination of both. We can start fixing the problem when we acknowledge our compliance to the problem.

Good posts...I've been preaching this info to anyone with children for years...What response do I usually get? "Oh you're just fear mongering".... "but our doctor prescribed it, it must be good" or the grand daddy of responses..."there you go again with the conspiracy stuff". Honest to jesus it sickens me how bloody stupid people can be. Wake the hell up people and research the side effects of anything you deem fit to give to your child!!!!

and we allow this?