Ok not sure this is the right forum...not sure where else to put it. I have been looking into it lately because I know I went through it a a kid.
I had ADHD and basically what was explained to my parents was I was being given legal speed while in elementary school to balance me out.
I am having a hard time understanding the fact I was being pumped full of amphetamines. As a kid I know I had insane emotional swings on this crap. Crying in class, anger, confusion. Also hallucinated, and developed nightmares and some OCD.
WTF, thinking back with what memory I do have of growing up(very little) I remember having to overcome chemically induced depression, withdrawal from medications once my parents finally told the doctors and school to FK off, OCD, paranoia, etc,etc. Had to do it all by myself mentally.
They still give this crap to kids! Just looking for some chemistry based majors, or someone with medical background to check in. I also trust some of you more advanced steroid users to chime in, since usually your studies cover a large variety of bodily interactions.
I know drinking a cup of coffee can either stimulate me or put me to sleep depending on what I want nowadays.
The chemical damage that gets done is a joke. In all reality my entire life my thoughts have always been flighty, I cant hold a thought for too long. I cant see images in my head, which is why I basically have no memory. I know it happened, but I have to imagine what it musta looked like.
Because I was hyper in school I had to go through all of that for 5-7 years, and still deal with the memory issue? Do they still prescribe this as wide spread to kids? Are parents educated enough to know whats going on?
I just dont get how they can justify this. Over medicating our kids is retarded.
I had ADHD and basically what was explained to my parents was I was being given legal speed while in elementary school to balance me out.
I am having a hard time understanding the fact I was being pumped full of amphetamines. As a kid I know I had insane emotional swings on this crap. Crying in class, anger, confusion. Also hallucinated, and developed nightmares and some OCD.
WTF, thinking back with what memory I do have of growing up(very little) I remember having to overcome chemically induced depression, withdrawal from medications once my parents finally told the doctors and school to FK off, OCD, paranoia, etc,etc. Had to do it all by myself mentally.
They still give this crap to kids! Just looking for some chemistry based majors, or someone with medical background to check in. I also trust some of you more advanced steroid users to chime in, since usually your studies cover a large variety of bodily interactions.
I know drinking a cup of coffee can either stimulate me or put me to sleep depending on what I want nowadays.
The chemical damage that gets done is a joke. In all reality my entire life my thoughts have always been flighty, I cant hold a thought for too long. I cant see images in my head, which is why I basically have no memory. I know it happened, but I have to imagine what it musta looked like.
Because I was hyper in school I had to go through all of that for 5-7 years, and still deal with the memory issue? Do they still prescribe this as wide spread to kids? Are parents educated enough to know whats going on?
I just dont get how they can justify this. Over medicating our kids is retarded.