05-20-2024, 08:23 PM
I agree with the Doc, most psychiatry is psuedo-science. Its all opinions and feeling with nothing measurable, and no predictable or replicable outcome in most cases. There might be certain specific areas like Schizophrenia where the meds do seem to work, but we don't know why.
I watched big pharma escalate all this stuff in the 90s. Nobody ever heard of autism, or ADD, Bipolar, etc and the next thing you know every other kid is being diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder for doing things kids have always done like not listening to their teachers and parents, getting into fights, petty theft, etc. Now its like these are scapegoat diagnoses. Oh, you have an unruly son? Well, just medicate him!
I'm not trying to be politically divisive here, but I do think there is a certain generation that really took very little interest in their own children, preferred to keep them locked away in intramurals or day care or with the babysitter so they could go about their own lives unabated. I think pharma responded with medications to essentially tranquilize the kids of parents who simply did not want to be parents.
I have a brother whom my parents discussed medicating. They felt unsure about it and asked my opinion. What I told them is that all I had observed was the unruly behavior of a typical 14 year old boy. Rebellion used to be considered a part of growing up and obtaining one's own independence. The opted NOT to medicate him. He turned out fine, grew out of it, and went to college and now works a decent job.
One might even argue that we are seeing a feminization of the United States where behavior very typical of a young adult male or males in general is repeatedly targeted and cast in a negative manner. Behavior that 40 years ago was considered 100% normal.
I watched big pharma escalate all this stuff in the 90s. Nobody ever heard of autism, or ADD, Bipolar, etc and the next thing you know every other kid is being diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder for doing things kids have always done like not listening to their teachers and parents, getting into fights, petty theft, etc. Now its like these are scapegoat diagnoses. Oh, you have an unruly son? Well, just medicate him!
I'm not trying to be politically divisive here, but I do think there is a certain generation that really took very little interest in their own children, preferred to keep them locked away in intramurals or day care or with the babysitter so they could go about their own lives unabated. I think pharma responded with medications to essentially tranquilize the kids of parents who simply did not want to be parents.
I have a brother whom my parents discussed medicating. They felt unsure about it and asked my opinion. What I told them is that all I had observed was the unruly behavior of a typical 14 year old boy. Rebellion used to be considered a part of growing up and obtaining one's own independence. The opted NOT to medicate him. He turned out fine, grew out of it, and went to college and now works a decent job.
One might even argue that we are seeing a feminization of the United States where behavior very typical of a young adult male or males in general is repeatedly targeted and cast in a negative manner. Behavior that 40 years ago was considered 100% normal.
