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There's a lot of questionable medication being prescribed these days. I'm not sure if it's just because I come from a crappy background, but even a lot of the k
by kypro 4y ago
There's a lot of questionable medication being prescribed these days. I'm not sure if it's just because I come from a crappy background, but even a lot of the kids in my family seem to be on prescription medication these days. SSRIs, stimulants, sleeping drugs, etc.
I'm fairly well read on pharmacology due to problems I've had in the past with pharmaceuticals (but also because of my interest in nootropics) and the stuff they'll prescribe to children today I wouldn't touch personally. It's also surprising to me how readily certain pharmaceuticals are prescribed at all given they're not extensively studied in children.
I could give examples, but it's frankly too depressing. But from what I've observed it seems clear to me that we don't have a clear understanding of how long-term use of SSRIs might affect a developing child's brain.
- closeparen 4y agoThis seems like an odd perspective. Relative to not having medical problems, all prescription medication is bad for you. Most healthy people wouldn’t touch it. (The others are why you need a prescription). The question is how the problems induced by the medication compare to the problems solved by the medication. You don’t want to be on an SSRI, true. You also don’t want to be tortured around the clock by your own mind. Which is worse? I’m no doctor but I think the accepted answer is “it depends.”
- netizen-936824 4y agoThe problem goes a bit deeper than that. Medications are currently being used as a bandaid to cover up the symptoms of our systemic issues which lead to mental health issues. Instead of fixing the systemic issues created by our capitalistic society we just throw medications at our children