Psychiatric Drugs : Are They A Cause For The Increase Of Violence In Some Children ?

[DannyMc]

http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Educate/psychiatric_drugs_kids_who_kill.htm

 

[:GothicTickles:]

From personal experience, I can tell you that some anti-depressant drugs have caused me to feel more aggrivated, but I cannot blame it soley on the drugs. A person who takes those kind of drugs is obviously going through some mental stress, and that combination of different kinds of stress with the drugs can make anyone very angry. People have been known to kill because of anti-depressant drugs, but they have also been known to help some people. I find it funny that they will make a big deal out of anti-depressant drugs causing deaths than something more harmful like alcohol that causes thousands of deaths per day.

 

[DannyMc]

Gothic , I'm in agreement , that both can cause violence and death .

 

[4Pawz]

I take medication for my ADHD. Some types of medication can have a side effect of violent mood swings. One is Adderoll, and I wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft pole.

The rest of them, I'm not sure. I only have LD's, so I haven't researched the others.....

 

[:GothicTickles:]

In my opinion, these kinds of drugs are pointless. If a person is motivated enough, and truly wants all of their problems to go away, then they don't need the drugs to do it. Psychologists and psychiatrists will try to diagnose a human mind, but it is virtually impossible. While people who share the same "mental disease" have similar traits, there's always differences. These things make it impossible to diagnose a mind, and the only way to determine which anti-depressant is right for the person is by assumption of the doctors.

 

[4Pawz]

Wait until you have either truly dealt with it, or witnessed someone in the middle of a psychotic episode, then tell me they can control it. Not everything can be controlled by will. Some of the "diseases" out there, yeah, I agree, are kinda bogus. But a majority of them are true disorders in my mind. I deal with mental illness every day (not my own) and I'm sorry, they can't control a single aspect of their illness, other than going to their therapy sessions and taking the medication.

It's just a matter of weighing the side effects you specifically are experiencing with the desired effects of the medication. Like I said, Adderoll has way too many serious side effects for me to use it, so I switched to something that doesn't have the same ones, and they are milder in intensity.

And no, I can't control my disease. It's not a matter of just hyperactivity or attention issues, it involves hormones and chemicals in the brain, combined with impulsivity issues and some pretty nasty mood swings. I even tried to, I went off of my medication, for a good 3 years and tried all sorts of different techniques. Didn't work very well. I went back on my medication last June, and I'm doing and feeling better than ever.

The same thing can happen with depression. Lack of certain chemicals or hormones in the brain hold a significant cause in depression.

Nothing is ever as easy as it seems

 

[ChosenofMystra]

I used to be a depressed teen and was perscribed Zoloft, which only increased my antisocial behavior and depression whilst I was on it it seemed. I was never a violent chap, but I was indeed miserable.

Since going off it when I was about 17 and discovering holistic remedies, I haven't been depressed for quite some time (and I'm in great health to boot!)

I personally wouldn't place my kids on Ritalin, Zoloft or any of that other crap.