People are all looking for magic in a pill...wouldn't that just all be grand? take this pill and everything will be better...the stars will be brighter, the birds will sing louder, the flowers will be prettier...blah blah blah...

The last two days on my way to work the news reports have been talking about the FDA Panel deciding on warnings for anti-depressants for children...there is a risk that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers...

NOTE: I know this is a very serious topic and that depression is a very serious problem...this is not to make light of the illness, but the thought process of the people involved...

That all being said, I have got to disagree with the people on all sides of this...this is where things get all thrown out of proportion because a cause and effect connection is incorrectly linked...how do you know that the anti-depressants were the cause of your child's (attempted) suicide?? Your child was already depressed, that's why you put them on the medication right?? Another argument is that parents are putting their kids on these drugs and don't understand all the side effects of the drug...what kind of parents put their kids on drugs and not know what it could do??

I think this is going to turn into a case for bad parenting, but let's go on...because this whole thing makes me very angry...

oh and then there are the pro-drug use people...my kid was very sad and depressed and now I've given them this pill and he's all happy again...that's all that matters...it'll solve all his issues...maybe you should figure out why he's so sad about his life and why he can't do what he wants to do without being drugged up and being drugged on medication that's not FDA approved for minors...that's another thing that bothers me about these parents and doctors, some of these drugs haven't been FDA approved for use on minors...

So, the first anti-depressant family blames the drug b/c the child was on the drug for a week and killed himself...sad and tragic, but can a pill be blamed for the incident? it's been a week, is the pill really that fast and magically? why was this child not being monitored or checked on considering that this was his first week on new (maybe life altering) drugs???

The second story makes the drug a hero...it saved the girl's life and socialization...she couldn't do anything before the drug...it took her an hour to get dress b/c she had OCD and other problems...she is now on medication and dances 4 nights a week...wonderful, right?? then you come to find out that all her siblings are on this drug too...including a NINE YEAR OLD!!!! that's all I have to say about that...well, one more thing, think back to your life when you were nine...ok, that's all I have to say...

So, here we are, pro-drug or anti-drug? you want me to chose right??? because it's not fun unless I choose to stand on one side of the fence or the other...well, I'm going to choose, alright...PIKACHU, I CHOOSE YOU!! :-D hehehe...anyway, maybe I should go on some kind of medication...all the voices...they tell me different things and all I am is angry...very ANGRY!!!

I think that the FDA did a good thing, but for all the wrong reasons...yes, there should be warnings on these drugs as with all drugs to let people know that there are side effects...you've seen the commercials...take this to help solve your gastrinal intestine problems but it can cause headaches, naseau, diarrehea, bloating, irritational, and blah blah blah...so your stomach won't explode, but all the other 30 thousand body parts and organs might...but to blame a pill for a consequence that might have happened anyway or not even related to the pill is very detrimental to the next kid who might really benifit from the medication because it was right for him, but the doctor or parent is hesistant to give the pill now...

So, I'm chalking this up to bad parenting...because on both counts I'm putting fault in the parents court...maybe I just don't understand why it's necessary to be well adjusted...I'm not and I admit it, but I'm not going onto drugs to make me fit in because really, then it's not me that's fitting in, it's the drugs...hi george, I'm prozac...angry yenny is hiding back there somewhere...now, I sound all anti-anti-depressants which I'm not, they're just not for me, I have a friend who's made quite a change on them and I'm happy for him and glad he did it and he's working on what will make him happy, but I don't know if parents are trying to escape parenting by giving their kids drugs...that's the main issue I'm having...this is just one tool in a chest of many tools to solve a problem, not the magical wand that you wave around and solve problems with...

so, I leave you with a thought: life isn't easy, what would be left for you to complain about if it was???