Why do some people not believe in giving their kid meds or taking meds?

[trumpetplayerforlife]

ok I've been taking meds since I was three because when I was three it was so bad I made my mom lock herself in her bathroom and cry I was three so I started taking ADHD meds, sleeping meds, and over the years I've added more and more difrrent kinds of meds no I also take mood swing meds, and anxiety meds today I take four and a half pills in the morning which three of them are mood swing pills one is hbhd and the half of one is my anxiety at two o'clock I take one more which is an adhd pill and at night I take four and a half sleeping pills. And with out all of those meds I don't feel ok I don't feel like myself I crying when I don't take my pills because I get so upset that I can't focus and even when I was 14 and I didn't take them I would throw a fit no matter where we were. And I get parents don't want their kid to not have their personality but if you get the right meds in you your a happier person and you feel better.

[AdamThomas]

I'm against these things because they're unnatural and I think you're always better off if you sort things out naturally if possible, and if you stay on them for too long you end up completely reliant on them, especially things like sleeping meds, which is what has happened to you. That's why you don't feel right without them.

I also think it's often the lazy option. Often young kids are misdiagnosed with ADHD because parents and teachers can't handle their boisterous nature so they just put them on Ritalin to calm them down, but some young kids are boisterous and full of energy, that's just a kid being a kid. It isn't an illness. I know a little girl who was diagnosed as having ADHD and put on meds, while on the meds she'll start crying for nothing, doesn't know how she feels, they make her feel like shit, but teachers and her parents feed them to her anyway because it's easier for them. I think that's fucked up.

I'm not saying any of this to insult your Mother as I have no idea how bad you were or whether you really did need the meds obviously, but in the large majority of cases I believe this to be the case, and that's why I'll try to give my kids as few meds as possible.

[TripleAce]

Short answer is if you can find a alternative way to solve the problem, that would be prefered over meds.

Meds are not so harmful in the short term , but long term you could get bad side effecgs and yur liver has to work harder on a regular basis to process the meds.

[apple24]

Why do some people not believe in giving their kid meds or taking meds?
My mom! hahah Thats all I have to say! My mom doesn't believe in meds and I been depressed for years... hahaha She just thinks its make me worse and cause more issues. She believes doctors don't no apples. I think I need it because It me me less emotional and that can be very stressful...

[Southernman1]

Because taking that much medication is bad for your liver. More the often that not the medication doesn't do anything. It's all placebo.