Over Medicating Our Bipolar Children And Why?
Our society today are so obsessed with so many things including how we feel, look and perform in public. It is the reason we have turned into a people who are “medicated freaks.” In this article we will try to give some reasons and problems our society are faced with in regards to bipolar and the use of bipolar medication.
Problem One – Outside Pressures
When teachers and everybody are met with an overactive child people around are fast to advise parents for their child to go on bipolar medication. This is because we and teachers want to have a cookie cutter classroom.” Everybody has turned into what we call self taught authorities” in determining the problems with children. This is very frightening but more frightening is; more than half of parents were advised by these smart authorities that their children should go on medication. Our children are put on medicated drugs because of the amount of pressures from these non professionals.
2nd Problem ” Quick Fix
The second problem is; we do not work to de-stress our lives, instead we take a pill and if its not working within an one hour or so , we take another dose. What we are actually doing, we are not giving time for our body do deal with the problem slowly. Another example, our little child sneezes we immediately rush for the children s medications. If they don’t like it we must run to our local chemist to get the flavor that is right; it may be from some dust, which just needs some time to get out of the system, instead we put in drugs and medication.
Third Problem ” Wrong Diagnosis
We find that a lot of doctors are fast in prescribing strong medication to very young children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder ( ADHD). In a lot of cases it may cure the present illness, sometime other symptoms which were not present resurface, so other drugs is given. This can be compared to the person who swallowed a fly and to get the fly she had to take in the spider to catch the fly and the rat to get rid of the spider. Most doctors are too proud to admit that they they are lost in their diagnosis and so pump medication after medication, stimulants and ant stimulants, antidepressants and antipsychotics into the young child’s body.
Fourth Problem ” Availability of Drugs
Because the present society is hooked with immediate gratification, the easy excess of drugs adds wood to the fire. Most of us who have the money to burn want the fix it NOW problem. Instead of becoming patient, we become very impatient to what is happening in our body.The body must be helped to use its own natural ability to fight its problems.
5th ” Money
All pharmaceuticals are wanting to sell their drugs whatever the cost. Most doctors do not know the real strength of bipolar medications so familiar with outcome. Sometimes those who make the drugs and those prescribing it are all driven by money. This may offend some people, but aren’t we fed up with system.
Parting words
After all that is said I believe that before we run of to get medications for our children, why don’t you sit down and try the non medication approach which many parents have proven successful. Do you want your child to be a walking chemist plus bipolar symptoms?
