Posted by Jaspar on May 28, 2006, at 9:24:43
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal - Publicity, posted by musky on May 27, 2006, at 23:41:25
>My God they even have adolescents on them!!! now that's child abuse if i ever seen it....
Some of these antidepressants are used to help treat illnesses ... and NOT treating those illnesses is CHILD ABUSE. You do NOT know the whole story behind each individual's use of a medication.
The problem we should be addressing is WHY so many more of our children are so ill. There are so many more cases of Autism, Aspergers, OCD, Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Psychotic illnesses in our children... not just being diagnosed, but for REAL. These children have very real illnesses. The question is not whether to treat - these children are SUFFERING - the question is WHY. There has been a huge cover-up for so many years about the affects of modern living on both our growing fetuses and on young children. We have one baby BORM with a neurobiological brain disorder. It is NOT a "MENTAL" illness. Just because the brain is involved does not make it any less REAL as if it were the pancreas involved.
If you want to attack something, it is OK to attack the drug companies, our governement, etc... BUT DON'T ATTACK ALL PARENTS just because we try to use medication to help give our child a LIFE!! Not too long ago kids like ours were locked up in "mental" institutions. Now, with hormones, herbs, nutrition, and a slew of medications (not all of which are considered "psychotropic", they have a chance at a LIFE which the generation before US did NOT have!!!
-Jaspar
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