Posted by Simcha on December 19, 2003, at 0:13:12
In reply to Re: UK Has Banned Medication for Depressed Children?, posted by KarmaFairy on December 18, 2003, at 23:56:50
I did not mean to offend. I certainly did not want to be uncivil. (The Ivory Tower comment.) It's just that I have so many reasons for believing the way I believe.
When we were children... Of course, I'm assuming you are as old as me... Bad assumption, I know.. Sorry if it offends. I just have no clue what age anyone is on this board.. I'm 34...
Anyway, when I was a child we did not have much in the way of medication. The meds that we had were MUCH more dangerous than the current meds are. My brother did not do well on Ritalin...
These days he's on Celexa, Remeron, and Buspar. He manages pretty well now...
I'm on Celexa, WellbutrinXL, and Neurontin...
Not having meds as children did not prevent us from having to resort to psychopharmacology as adults.
Medication saved my brother from suicide. It's saved me from ruining my life too. Of course, now we are adults. I just wonder how different my childhood would have been if we would have had the current meds. I just wonder if it would have been as miserable of a childhood.
Simcha
> An IVORY TOWER? I WAS one of those children...I attended a school for the SED (Severely Emotionally Disturbed) and saw first and second hand how people could be destroyed by medications. My sister suffered terrible acne and weight gain from Lithium, but worse yet, she has permanent liver damage...
> There are SOME who will suffer greatly from the loss of their meds, but there are other (maybe even effective) treatments out there.
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