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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because psych meds like SSRIs and anti-psychotics are very serious medications with a lot of side effects. They shouldn’t be prescribed just because your child is showing behavioral that you think is suboptimal. [/quote]

Medication shouldn't be taken lightly, of course, but behavior that significantly bothers other people isn't why you medicate. You medicate because of how a person feels. You don't want your child to experience life always feeling terrible, on edge, anxious, angry at the world. Not because the resulting behavior is "suboptimal," but because that's a miserable way to feel.[/quote]

Well if your child isn’t old enough to decide for themselves about what feels unbearable, all you have to go on is their behavior. Medicating kids just because you subjectively believe they feel terrible isn’t appropriate. [/quote]

For all parenting decisions, we can only go by what we see. My point is, externalizing behavior isn't the only reason to decide to medicate. Medicating because all signs suggest they feel terrible is appropriate.

And even young kids can communicate that something feels unbearable. Or even super unpleasant.[/quote]

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