OneLostGrl
I'm going against the grain- I'm going sane
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I wish, in cases of childhood suicide, there were "do-overs".
Ohh gosh, me too! I wish in all cases of suicide there were do-overs!
I wish, in cases of childhood suicide, there were "do-overs".
I will apologize right off the bat to anyone who finds my opinions to be critical,but I can't buy this BS that a young child has suicidal thoughts.This is not an inborn behavior.How could such a young child decide that suicide would be an option for their problems.But...this day and age when little children are exposed to everything under the sun,well who knows what goes through their little minds.
Ohh gosh, me too! I wish in all cases of suicide there were do-overs!
Just thinking as an old psych nurse (it's been about five years since I worked as one), but unless the panel is going somewhere I can't see from the information given, the issue of medicating foster kids doesn't seem to be all that relevant.
If anything, the side effect of suicidality is more likely to occur when the meds are not taken for a couple of days (say the child refused to take them). Anybody out there taken yourself off of antidepressants? And felt the mood swings for those first weeks or so?
The other thing is some people, even children, are so damaged, so intent upon ending their pain that there's no stopping them.
Psychotropic meds are a necessity for many people. I don't see how they are a cause unless they were NOT taken. I don't think every child/adult can be saved, though we should proceed as if we should save them all. I hope this panel does not succeed in reducing the psychotropics given to children . . .