Somewhere I heard now something like 10% of American boys are on this type of prescription mind poison.
A cynical but plausible-sounding explanation I heard is that public school teachers are feminized, can’t deal with run-of-the-mill boyhood energy and simply find working easier if such boys are anesthetized 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Yup. Oddly enough, when I suffered a nervous breakdown a few years back, the doc put me on a stimulant-based anti-depressant.
Wellbutrin. Since I had taken Amphetamine as a kid (while they screwed up diagnosing non-existent ADHD), they thought an SSRI/SNRI like Paxil or Prozac would not be a good choice.
I told them, “F**k that.” Decided to go to a Christian counselling centre. I’m fine now, by the grace of God.
OTOH, I take Ephedra for intermittent Asthma.