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» Migisi - Drugged out killer kids...

In response to Drugged out killer kids... posted by paper_turtle:
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But IMHO, the question is: WHY were all of those kids on psychiactric meds? I'm not at all convinced that the rate of mental illness is increasing that rapidly, so why were all these children being medicated? What was the *real* problem?
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We're MADE kids nuts, Paper.
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Let's imagine:
Mikey is a bit rambunctious, a tad overactive. Not a behavior problem per se, just being a healthy boy. Teacher can't, won't, or doesn't know how to, deal with his wriggling in class, and recommends a visit to the family doc for SEDATION. Rather than deal with behavior through distraction, discipline, or diet - hey, pop a pill in him. It's way easier to do that than determine what his *real* problem might be and actually do something about it.
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Or maybe Bobby is having trouble comprehending Chemistry in second grade, therefore he must have ADD. Never mind that he has a lousy teacher. Place Bobby in special ed. He's teased and ridiculed by the mainstream kids. Bobby gets upset and unruly, and refuses to go to school, so doc prescribes an antidepressant.
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Then there's Allison, who's become moody, argumentative, and uncooperative at home at the normal onset of monthly menses. Maybe she's a little depressed about having a big pimple on the tip of her nose. Oh no, we can't have that unsettling behavior!! Instead of talking it out with her, it's off to the doc for Prozac and Clonipin to 'stabilize' her. She'll be so much happier - as a zombie.
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These aren't fictional kids. They're real. I know them personally. And it's the kid living next door to you. And it's a crying shame what we've done to the next generation!! We're paying for it on so many levels.

-- posted by Migisi