Pills no long-term answer to stress...

[Born2BFree]

Pills alone are not the answer. Is there an endless therapy?

A physician will arrive at a diagnosis from the bias provided by his medical training. A psychologist will do the same, as will a psychiatrist. Drug companies deliberately avoided first approaching mental health specialists with these meds knowing they would hesitate to prescribe in the quantities that a medical doctor will. When a parent, or other, requests something from the medical doctor to quash the distressing symptoms of a child's culturally caused behavior disfunction, they indulge a conspiracy to derail the future of the child by denying them a normal stimulus to learning GOOD HABITS of self control. I suggest that the greater percentage of people on these meds should not be on them...and certainly not for the extended timeframes revealed in doctor reports.

Public dialog is vital to this very important issue. Many people take too much for granted and fail to become involved as they should be.

I welcome responses to this and comments...

What is YOUR experience?

Thanks.

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings,

I agree. I am often reminded of: "When the Son of Man returns shall He find faith?"

But who am I to talk, I take so many meds and supplements, I consider myself one of the biggest druggies of them all.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[apothanein kerdos]

I don't think the pills are a good long-term suppliment at all. However, for a short term, they're perfect. Sometimes certain events can cause chemical reactions within the brain to occur so that the brain is not thinking clearly. It's easy to say "place your faith in God", unfortunately sometimes these chemical imbalances cause us from even doing something so "simple" as that. Thus pills are sometimes needed in these circumstances for a short-term recovery plan.

[BobTriez]

Anti-anxiety pills should only be used in a hospital setting IMHO. Of all the drugs out there, benzodiazepines ( anti-anxiety meds like Valium, Xanax, etc. ) are by far the most hard & painful drug ( street or prescription ) to come off from once one gets addicted to them ( not if but when ). I'd always look for alternatives to this class of drug....they are always bad news

God bless,

Bob

[Guest Rootabagga]

I am one of those who takes daily medication to be able to function in day to day activities. For years I would pray to God to lift my depression and anxiety attacks with no "YES" in the near future. I have had people say "You dont have enough faith in Him and that is why you still struggle with it" and "Taking those meds are just driving you deeper into what Jesus wants to save you from". The way I look at it is that there is a reason why He has not healed me. God doesn't give us anything we cant handle, but that doesn't mean we may not need assistense from a doctor. Everything happens for a reason. My life has not been an easy one and it has also shaped the person I am today, with the Lord's help. Who knows maybe He has my past (abuse), present (medication) and future (helping/healing) as a way to reach others who struggle just like I have.

All I know is that I can now go out of my house and go in a store, school, even church now without getting sick to my stomach, literally. My first month in college was spent half in class and the other half in the bathroom. For me, medication has been the door to living life for our Father.

[Born2BFree]

Any health care provider worth hiring will consider the WHOLE picture about the patient's illness and will collaborate with other specialists needed to secure the BEST practice toward the patient's RECOVERY. Physicians who work alone without appropriate consults with psychologists ignore the fact that all biological reactions have a psychological/behavioral element that must be included in the treatment matrix. There are too many unscrupulous Dr.s out there to give unqualified trust to someone just because they wear a white coat. Every patient needs to check out their doctor. Too much is at risk to wing it on a prayer without some real wise activity to review credentials. State license boards can tell you if about complaints that may have been filed about a particular doctor and if they have been run out of another state because of malpractise. Everyone should become involved in this quality control function. Pray! Then check them out real closely...

Parents who resort to over use of pills to manage the reasonable conducts of their children who grow in response to normal stressors... should question if they should parent this child. Give the child up for adoption and commend it to the care of God who will find someone to love it appropriately. Pills and television and abundance of toys do not replace the loving interaction of a mother and a father. Children need BOTH to grow into any semblance of normal adulthood.

Hooking a child on pills while they are developing risks life long problems due to retarded brain/emotional/social development.

Parents: Give your child what they deserve... Give them YOUR prayerful interaction instead of telling them to ... "Go take your medication."

YES! Pharmacology for adults (bi-polar, etc) can save the day! God provides what is absent to help people function normally... Diabetics need insulin and God inspired doctors to provide insulin factor by prescription. This is a BLESSING of science by the Grace of God. NO! NEVER condemn someone for resorting to medical care to get what they need to survive. The critics who say "If you REALLY had faith you would be well..." are CRUEL beyond belief. Faith is needed to grant these brutal individuals Grace for repentence and for enlightenment for their ignorance about realities and the proper place/function of Faith.

Blessings!

[apothanein kerdos]

hmmm, are you talking about the over use of ridalin for ADD?

btw Roota, my apologies for leaving out long term patients. I forgot that sometimes there are chemical imbalances that can cause this for a person's entire life. I think i most cases it's temporary, however some require long-term and even permanent usage.

I say this all the while looking in my desk at the Lexipro packet the doctor gave me a few months ago. So please, do not think I am judgemental of people who use pills for depression or anxiety.

[UndecidedFrog]

This is just my opinion. You don't have to accept it if you dislike it. DISCLAIMER: I am not a christian.

Back in my parents' day, psychiatric patients who had long term illnesses were relegated to full frontal lobotomies. I think drugs is a better option.

Regards,

UndecidedFrog

[Guest tmhred]

I do not believe that just because I have a perscription for wellbutrin and take it daily makes me a big sinner. I have had much stress and depression in my lifetime. I was grouchy and angry most of the time for years. My present Dr perscribed it to help with my moods and depression. It helps a great deal. I am now much happier and focused and much easier to live with and get along with. I feel better about myself. So...is it not a sin to be be unkind to others, and if this medication helps me be a kinder and more understanding wife/mother/daughter/friend is that not a better path for all involved? God knows my heart.

[Guest tmhred]

i would like to add, however, that I am opposed to redlin if possibe to avoid it. My reasons are these. I know personally 4 individuals that were put on it as children because they were"hyperactive". They all contiued this medication throughout their childhood. Their parents said they were out of control. Their teachers complained of behavior problems. They were grounded or spanked or being punished for bad behavior at school, detentions ect all of the time. All 4 were males. meaning nothing really, except that i think males are more active children anyway. All 4 have had drug depencies as adults. None hold down jobs worth having and none can cope with relationships at all. They all are very slow tlking, unmotivated and seem tired all of the time. I think the drugs they use are a result of needing the constant downers all the time that redlin gave them as children. I also feel that the parents were responsible to keep these children disciplined at a very young age rather than to wait until they were already "out of control" at school age. I raised 2 sons and a teacher tried to tell me my oldest had ADD because she could not keep him focused. Turned out...he was bored because he was being retaught things he already had learned. Redlin would not have helped that.