Yes, it does boil down to bodily autonomy, doesn't it? And, I don't know if the issue of bodily autonomy can ever be resolved in society. Who has it? When do they have it and to what extent do they have it?
Both my adolescent children have psychological disorders. One is in group DBT. The other is on Lexapro. It is *very* easy to get medications. In fact, our pediatrician pushed for me to send the daughter in therapy to a psychiatrist for medication because she was exhibiting "too much" anxiety at an annual physical and didn't want to hear that this was atypical.
I had an ex in college who was forced on prozac by his parents. He hated it, but they insisted because his OCD was causing so much weight loss, they were frightened for him. Since then, he's gotten off meds and seems to be doing well.
The other principle we should be able to agree on is to let people make their own decisions about whether to take psych drugsтАФinstead of either forcing them on people or forcibly depriving them of drugs they're reliant on.
IMO it's horrific that children are still being given SSRIs, with their well-known libido-destroying effect. What does that drug do to kids going through puberty?
Yes, it does boil down to bodily autonomy, doesn't it? And, I don't know if the issue of bodily autonomy can ever be resolved in society. Who has it? When do they have it and to what extent do they have it?
Both my adolescent children have psychological disorders. One is in group DBT. The other is on Lexapro. It is *very* easy to get medications. In fact, our pediatrician pushed for me to send the daughter in therapy to a psychiatrist for medication because she was exhibiting "too much" anxiety at an annual physical and didn't want to hear that this was atypical.
"and I didn't like the sense of dependency they fostered."
I know people who feel the same way even about things like insulin. I can say that I don't understand it at all.
I had an ex in college who was forced on prozac by his parents. He hated it, but they insisted because his OCD was causing so much weight loss, they were frightened for him. Since then, he's gotten off meds and seems to be doing well.
It's definitely a balancing act.
The other principle we should be able to agree on is to let people make their own decisions about whether to take psych drugsтАФinstead of either forcing them on people or forcibly depriving them of drugs they're reliant on.
IMO it's horrific that children are still being given SSRIs, with their well-known libido-destroying effect. What does that drug do to kids going through puberty?