[CajunConservative]

I was put on the pill for medical reasons and let's just say it was not a good thing. I have had several bad experiences with other medications so I tend to be skeptical to all of the fantastic claims made.

Medications are rushed through the testing process in order to make money for the companies and too many of them are not as safe as they say.

[luckystarmom]

I think people also don't read the pamplets that come with medications, and then they are surprised about the side effects.

One of my daughters has brain damage, and I took her to a psychologist when she was three because she was having terrible temper tantrums. The first thing the psychologist started talking about was medications. I never went back to that psychologist, and at 9 my daughter is pretty well-behaved 90% of the time. (Still has the tantrums, but under much better control without medication.)

My other daughter has asthma, and I thank God for her medication. She would be dead without it. I do know the risks involved with her medication, and I am very careful about it. I just know that the risk without the medication is death.