Posted by lorilu on February 20, 2005, at 11:40:41
In reply to Re: Paxil and kids, posted by Laura Collins on February 20, 2005, at 7:19:21
> There are side effects to every medicine - even vitamins.
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> It is still "early days" in understanding the complex interactions of individual brains and individual meds - but we are progressing every day.
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> There are fewer suicides now than before the SSRI's. Many, many people with all sorts of problems have been helped by these meds.
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> In the future, I hope, we'll be able to diagnose mental disorders with a blood test and prescribe meds based on DNA but in the meanwhile there are useful tools out there and one of them is meds.
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> All the scary publicity is based on a media frenzy around any controversy and the normal ebb and flow of scientific knowledge.
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> Laura Collins
> Laura@eatingwithyouranorexic.com
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Thanks for your insight. I really don't think my 7 year old knows what suicide is and has never talked of killing himself. He will say the medicine does "nothing" and we often have to try different ways to get him to take it. Some things are an option in the house, but medicine is not one of them. He is a very picky eater so to get anything in his mouth is a chore. Thank goodness for good therapy! (for both of us)
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