[miss marmelstein]

No one should self-medicate, least of all kids! But a good doctor, along with therapy and/or medication, can help a depressed or ill kid. But when I hear ignorant people like Sean Hannity inveighing against some of the wonderful drugs that are available for the mentally ill, I just wanna tell him to shut up.

I wonder if we’ll ever find out about this man’s background. The spelling of his first name is curious, too.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Self medicate = booze, pot, recreational drugs of any sort they get hands on to experiment or alter the mental state.

[nickcarraway]

A lot of psychiatric medication is not appropriate for kids. I have a friend who is a doctor and his ex took him to a doctor and he was put on such a medication. My friend freaked out when he found out, because it causes suicidal ideation in children. The ex took him back to the doctor, who doubled the dose. Sure enough, the child attempted suicide. Fortunately unsuccessfully.

I am not against psychiatric medication, but too much it's prescribed sloppily and unscientifically. And it should never be prescribed without therapy.

For example, Serotonin reuptake inhibitors will not help people who have normal amounts of serotonin. Quite the opposite. But that's not how they've been prescribed.