I believe that as of 2004, when i did my thesis on Ritalin, most people on ritalin end up having to take anti-depressants and hard-core psychotropic drugs to counteract all the side-effects of the Ritalin and anti-depressants. Then these kids end up with mental illnesses brought on by the medication and the idea that taking a pill makes problems go away. Now we have studies saying that the biggest type of drug abuse by youngsters in America is prescription drug abuse. I wonder why.
Also, children under the age of 18 aren’t medically cleared to take Prozac because of a greater incidence of “suicidal ideation.” And ritalin also causes heart defects and makes kids under the age of 10 die of heart attacks.
What’s scary is we have atleast one generation of LITTLE kids on this junk. Moms love it. They don’t have to discipline their kids. ALL kids act out. That’s where a loving parent comes in and corrects them - not pop a pill in their mouth.
Friends of ours HORRIFIED us. Their daughter was “depressed”. They put her on PROZAC at age 16. The doctors told her they didn’t know how the drug would affect a developing brain but she must be put on it AFTER they gave her SHOCK TREATMENTS or she’d kill herself.
They totally freaked the parents out. They scared them into SHOCK TREATMENT and PROZAC. How I wish they’d called us - they were embarrassed. The daughter is now an “art major” in college, trying to “find herself”. Rolling my eyes ... . She’s a very screwed up girl.