I am totally with you on this one. I don't think doctors need to show young ones the way to cope is through a drug. They had me on over 30 pills (it was like 18 different meds) a day when I was only 14. They had me on blood pressure meds at 14 to counteract the antipsychotics I was on. I was having blood pressure issues, a bleeding scalp and my symptoms were worse than they were to begin with. Fast forward 10 years later and I loathe taking meds. I'm not on any but when I do take them, all the meds I was on before created too high of a tolerance. Meds no longer work for me when I can actually use the benefits knowledgably. Not to mention the terrible side effects (oh wait I did mention a couple) and the moods it created, it was disaster to begin with. No doctor looked at me thinking "This is a 14 year old with a family history of drug abuse we need to help her cope and not rely on drugs" they just labeled me with every label and slapped meds on it to try and cover it. I didn't need meds or labels, only a way to cope.

I'm all for therapy at a young age, if it's needed. Everyone at some point can benefit from therapy. But meds need to be left to adults who have gone through the childhood and have learned to on their own cope. It should only be a last resort if the child has not made any progress in therapy. Meds put a hold on my progress when I was younger. I've also noticed a lot of those who were on riddlin as a child end up having a upper addiction as an adult. Cocaine, crack, speed etc.

It's messed up the drugs they put children on, and at such young ages as 3! My daughter is 3 and I would never think of giving her psych meds!!!!! EVER!