Re: upcoming FRONTLINE: The Medicated Child

[Guest guest]

Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

any real issues. I could scream.

I hate Frontline.

[Guest guest]

Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

any real issues. I could scream.

I hate Frontline.

[Guest guest]

My daughter is 16 and has bipolar in addition to OCD/anxiety. We were

watching a show where a girl with panic disorder went off her med because the

girl

said it made her feel like a zombie. My dd takes 4 meds, so I asked her if

her meds made her feel like that? And she said, are you kidding, I feel like a

maniac without meds. Meds make me feel normal and to be able to function

normally. So, I don't care what other people think, sometimes they are

absolutely

necessary and we all do what we need to do for our children. Kim

In a message dated 1/6/2008 8:01:00 A.M. Central Standard Time,

barbnesrallah@... writes:

As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental Illness

is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

Barb

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[Guest guest]

My daughter is 16 and has bipolar in addition to OCD/anxiety. We were

watching a show where a girl with panic disorder went off her med because the

girl

said it made her feel like a zombie. My dd takes 4 meds, so I asked her if

her meds made her feel like that? And she said, are you kidding, I feel like a

maniac without meds. Meds make me feel normal and to be able to function

normally. So, I don't care what other people think, sometimes they are

absolutely

necessary and we all do what we need to do for our children. Kim

In a message dated 1/6/2008 8:01:00 A.M. Central Standard Time,

barbnesrallah@... writes:

As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental Illness

is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

Barb

**************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

[Guest guest]

Funny, I had a similar reaction! How many children committed suicide

before there were drugs, or had no life...? I think it depends on the

severity of what you are dealing with, it is then clear.

I have said it before, at the point at which we went the drug route I

would have given our son arscenic if I thought it would work. Prior to

that point I was, and still am, big on alternative remedies. You do

what works, or helps, if only that were the end of it.... Pop a pill

and it's all better...NOT.

As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental Illness

is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

Barb

>

> Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

>

> Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

> because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

> any real issues. I could scream.

>

> I hate Frontline.

>

[Guest guest]

I think that's the main point, if you are better on the meds than

off!!! If it's not the right medication you will feel worse, but

sometimes/often it's a process to find what works, medication is no

different.

For the record I use only alternative remedies, they really work for

me, no drug has ever made me feel better(33yrs of trying), only

worse. My son, on the other hand has been helped/made worse, by

medication. He also takes vitamins and an herbal remedy(prescribed by

a TCM person) which seem to help, particularily in terms of anxiety

in general, but would not cut back the OCD on their own. So, I

believe in doing whatever works, proof is in the result.

Barb

>

> My daughter is 16 and has bipolar in addition to OCD/anxiety. We

were

> watching a show where a girl with panic disorder went off her med

because the girl

> said it made her feel like a zombie. My dd takes 4 meds, so I

asked her if

> her meds made her feel like that? And she said, are you kidding, I

feel like a

> maniac without meds. Meds make me feel normal and to be able to

function

> normally. So, I don't care what other people think, sometimes they

are absolutely

> necessary and we all do what we need to do for our children. Kim

>

>

> In a message dated 1/6/2008 8:01:00 A.M. Central Standard Time,

> barbnesrallah@... writes:

>

> As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental

Illness

> is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

> essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

> only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

>

> Barb

>

>

>

>

>

> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in

shape.

> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?

NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think that's the main point, if you are better on the meds than

off!!! If it's not the right medication you will feel worse, but

sometimes/often it's a process to find what works, medication is no

different.

For the record I use only alternative remedies, they really work for

me, no drug has ever made me feel better(33yrs of trying), only

worse. My son, on the other hand has been helped/made worse, by

medication. He also takes vitamins and an herbal remedy(prescribed by

a TCM person) which seem to help, particularily in terms of anxiety

in general, but would not cut back the OCD on their own. So, I

believe in doing whatever works, proof is in the result.

Barb

>

> My daughter is 16 and has bipolar in addition to OCD/anxiety. We

were

> watching a show where a girl with panic disorder went off her med

because the girl

> said it made her feel like a zombie. My dd takes 4 meds, so I

asked her if

> her meds made her feel like that? And she said, are you kidding, I

feel like a

> maniac without meds. Meds make me feel normal and to be able to

function

> normally. So, I don't care what other people think, sometimes they

are absolutely

> necessary and we all do what we need to do for our children. Kim

>

>

> In a message dated 1/6/2008 8:01:00 A.M. Central Standard Time,

> barbnesrallah@... writes:

>

> As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental

Illness

> is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

> essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

> only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

>

> Barb

>

>

>

>

>

> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in

shape.

> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?

NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think when the diagnosis is clear, drugs are wonderful and certainly have

taken troubled lives and turned them completely around.

I have a problem when children are 2 and 3 years old, undisciplined and into

the " terribles " and they are prescribed medications. I do feel as a society, we

are way too quick to medicate our children for anything and everything. I have

been there with my son's ocd at his worst point. I agree -- I would have given

arsenic if it would just stop those darn thoughts. No one wants our children to

have to live like that. In addition, many of us simply do not live where there

are qualified therapists even remotely close and medication is the only viable

option we have.

barb <barbnesrallah@...> wrote:

Funny, I had a similar reaction! How many children committed suicide

before there were drugs, or had no life...? I think it depends on the

severity of what you are dealing with, it is then clear.

I have said it before, at the point at which we went the drug route I

would have given our son arscenic if I thought it would work. Prior to

that point I was, and still am, big on alternative remedies. You do

what works, or helps, if only that were the end of it.... Pop a pill

and it's all better...NOT.

As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental Illness

is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

Barb

>

> Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

>

> Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

> because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

> any real issues. I could scream.

>

> I hate Frontline.

>

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[Guest guest]

I think when the diagnosis is clear, drugs are wonderful and certainly have

taken troubled lives and turned them completely around.

I have a problem when children are 2 and 3 years old, undisciplined and into

the " terribles " and they are prescribed medications. I do feel as a society, we

are way too quick to medicate our children for anything and everything. I have

been there with my son's ocd at his worst point. I agree -- I would have given

arsenic if it would just stop those darn thoughts. No one wants our children to

have to live like that. In addition, many of us simply do not live where there

are qualified therapists even remotely close and medication is the only viable

option we have.

barb <barbnesrallah@...> wrote:

Funny, I had a similar reaction! How many children committed suicide

before there were drugs, or had no life...? I think it depends on the

severity of what you are dealing with, it is then clear.

I have said it before, at the point at which we went the drug route I

would have given our son arscenic if I thought it would work. Prior to

that point I was, and still am, big on alternative remedies. You do

what works, or helps, if only that were the end of it.... Pop a pill

and it's all better...NOT.

As you say most people have no idea what life with OCD/Mental Illness

is like. The drugs are certainly not perfect, and it is lousy that

essentially our kids are the guinea pigs being learned on. One can

only hope that what is learned will benefit future generations!

Barb

>

> Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

>

> Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

> because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

> any real issues. I could scream.

>

> I hate Frontline.

>

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[Guest guest]

It always seems there are extremes and/or abuses at both ends of an

issue. And that is what the media usually jumps on.

BJ

> >

> > Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

> >

> > Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

> > because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

> > any real issues. I could scream.

> >

> > I hate Frontline.

> >

>

>

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>

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[Guest guest]

It always seems there are extremes and/or abuses at both ends of an

issue. And that is what the media usually jumps on.

BJ

> >

> > Great...now the medication police will be all over the place.

> >

> > Let them live my life, that's all I can say. Yeah, I medicate my kid

> > because it makes my son nice and quiet and I don't have to deal with

> > any real issues. I could scream.

> >

> > I hate Frontline.

> >

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

It will be interesting to see if there are clear cases of successes,

or more of an emphasis on negative stories.

I used to work at WGBH (Frontline's producer) and knowing those

people, it's going to be more of an overmedication emphasis.

We'll see...

But again, please, try to live life with a previously sunny and then

suicidal child and tell me that Celexa is a mistake, you know???