posted on Jun, 24 2006 @ 11:18 PM
Originally posted by cybertroy
A** holes allready try to get your kids on Ritalin in school, now they want to zap them. WTF is going on? I'm not Pavlov's dog and you won't be
experementing on me.
Troy
[edit on 24-6-2006 by cybertroy]
[edit on 24-6-2006 by cybertroy]
Man, the people i've known... I feel lucky that i'd regularly refuse the Ritalin because I didn't like how it would make me feel stoned.
One buddy who's now 29 was on Ritalin for years... guy had a breakdown two years ago and went psychotic. Now he's on anti psychotic meds and it
somewhat back to normal... until the anti-psychotic stuff whacks him out.
I had another buddy that was prescribed Prozac when he was only 18. Helluva guy... they shipped him off to live with his father right after he
started Prozac. A couple of days later, he shot his father in the head and killed him.
Then there is the other kid who was being fed all sorts of 'straightening out' medications when we were younger. He went totally nuts when he was
about 19 and got arrested in a child daycare center for claiming to be Jesus... I don't even know if he ever got fixed.
Sounds crazy, but I actually grew up with these guys.
I don't think anyone should mess with altering a child's mind through medication, no matter what. Wait for it to fully develop before you look for
anything wrong to fix, geez...
(Even my own Sister, whos an RN in neo-natal, actually started freaking out because my nephew didn't begin talking RIGHT when she expected him to.
It only took a little while longer than she expected, but not out of the norn. She was already calling all sorts of doctors and wondering if he was
autistic and should start seeking help...AW GEEZ... the kid is probably a friggin Genius and just had nothing good to say.)
[edit on 24-6-2006 by vinrock]