Just a couple quick OT comments
I have "5 or 6 screaming kids" LOL. 5 of them are boys and i swear cannot be quiet for 30 seconds and i also do animal rescue we are very concientious of how our pets are treated by our children. Most other large families i personally know are the same way. A lot of times our 5 or 6,7,8 kids act better than the families with 1, or 2 kids. Don't generalize please
Also meds can cause strange reactions depending upon the person. I had post partum depression after my first 1st 2nd and 3rd children, so I decided to try meds with the 4th, after 48 hrs of taking wellbutrin i started having horrible scary hallucinations. seeing thing flying at my face, seeing blood etc... FREAKY stuff. Obviously i stopped taking it and they went away. But my Dr. said she'd never heard of that reaction before.