Our son is severely autistic, and 11 years old. It horrified me when we were first finding out about autism, that when he was 4, 5, 6 years old, to different "psychiatrists" wanted to dope him up on PROZAC! One "doctor" tried to prescribe it before she had even EXAMINED my son. They had no studies to show that (a) a powerful psychotropic drug like Prozac wouldn't be harmful to my small child, or (b) that Prozac actually helps autistic children. We told them both where they can stuff their medicine.
Don't let anybody tell me that doctors arn't trying to overmedicate the population.
should read: "two different psychiatrists"
Geez I must have gotten lucky then. I've NEVER had that problem with my son's school or the doctors *knock on wood* He's in a special school program for autistic children here in VA Beach called SECEP and they've done wonders for him.