#Children and #psychotropic
drugs:
Sounds simple enough,
doesn’t it? But wait, there’s more.
#By
Frances Harris
Cause of death – Died from anxiety. That’s what is likely to
be on the death certificate of 7% of the population, (one person in 14),
a child or adult with unreceptive liver enzymes after the psychotropic drugs
went wrong. Side effects means there is a steady residual build-up of unprocessed
medication, until the patient is overwhelmed. They can be seriously injured,or die.
Anxiety: in hospitals is code for, died from side effects of
medication that overwhelmed them. None can dispute it, because no one tests for
it. If you look at the statistics of many hospitals, it's amazing how many people have anxiety as the recorded cause of death. At
major hospitals sometimes it is the leading cause of death above all others. I
was baffled by this until I saw what happens first hand, then the file notes
were revealed. If you have a child or adult in your family, and you are
thinking of this type of psychotropic drug therapy are you scared yet? You
should be!
How am I qualified to comment? I’ve been a carer for sixteen years
and seen the effects first hand, but luckily I was able to intervene before it
went to the final step. I was informed and aware where while others are not. Most
unsuspecting parents would never know. I have seen under the covers of
psychiatry and it’s not a pretty sight.
Now many people have children they can no longer control. We,
being many of the adults, might have unwittingly made them that way. So we go
to the doctor to give the kid a pill to make it better faster; sedate him out
and life can go back to normal. Seemed alright at the time but was it? - Perhaps
not – Short term gain then more likely long term pain is on its way.
Life issues and divorce do traumatize kids, especially if
their part hasn’t been handled right. Dad or mum is replaced by a new partner,
so continuity of emotional attachments are left behind. We run them off their
feet trying to catch up while emotions are raw, then there is the everyday
stuff, homework, out of school activities and countless others. There’s no real
time to play without rules and timeframes so they can have time to strike their
own balance and their own thoughts. They go into survival mode, sometimes
leaving empathy for others behind. It seems to make them unappreciative, uncaring.
But however much we don’t like it; we were probably greatly and unintentionally
the cause.
Somewhere along the line, personal identity of the child or
adolescent can be fractured and in the confusion they become sad, they feel
alone and then scared and eventually left on the fringes to make their own way.
The result is understandably anger and rebellion. It’s a normal reaction, and
we forget sometimes these unpleasant reactions happen to adults too. Because
they are smaller or powerless it is easy to pass responsibility to a doctor to
fix it with a pill. They are not in a position to know, or resist. Parents are
understandably distressed too. But think a bit about what this means. Some of
the kids are not psychotic, but psychiatrists and even general practitioners
are dealing out these drugs like candy. Often they don’t know the deal either. They
think they make good sedatives. I suppose they do, but not for the reasons you
might think. When the child or adult becomes drowsy, that is the beginning of
possibly dangerous side effects from the medication that can lead to further
complications.
It’s not too bad if the effects are subtle and don’t continue,
but it can lead to other things. When side effects become apparent in some
people, it means there is a residue of medication building up in the
bloodstream with every dose because the liver does not have the capacity to
process it. If the adult or child happens to be the unfortunate one person in
fourteen who does not have sufficient liver enzyme to metabolize the dose, they
can quietly slip into a coma and die, or develop a potentially lethal heart
arrhythmia, or Creatin Kinase elevation that can blow out the kidneys,
requiring a transplant. I convey this information because I have been directly
in the middle of such a crisis. The patient could have these events happen at
night leaving the parents unaware till morning. If the patient begins to sweat
more than usual, alarm bells should ring.
Then there is the matter of changes to the dopamine receptors
on the growing brain. D1 dopamine receptor is where many of the antipsychotics
target, either steadily reducing or elevating their numbers. So when the child
becomes an adult don’t be surprised if he or she is different to others and has
trouble fitting in. You may not recognize that lovely little person you used to
know, and be sure they are not coming back. It’s when you may reject them and
their feelings are hurt beyond belief, they will resort to unsociable
behaviours, and possibly in some unusual cases, revenge. I don’t feel the need
to go into that, I believe you can work it out.
So this is it, there is no magic pill to substitute for parenting,
and I don’t include the children who are diagnosed with a serious personality or
genetic disorder, they have no choice. Resist while you have the opportunity if
you can, and if your children are acting up, and if it is within your means, give them a spontaneous hug, take them out of town for a spot of fishing, a laugh and an ice cream. You won’t
regret it.
