I am with the scientologists to a certain extent.   I do not know the
circumstances of the girl that died and it surely is a tragedy.    AND mood
drugs have their benefits if used properly and not for every thought that
physicians decide can be managed by anti-depressants.
My objection to the stimulants are that they have a mind/body connection
that will cause one person taking a stimulant to unknowingly cause harm to
body or mind of another person in some relationship with them.   Strange,
strange, strange.   Yes, but that is the side effects of stimulants.   and
the concerned parties do not have to be in the same room for the harm to
continue, they can be miles and miles apart.    The classical example is
crohns illness and Ulcerative Colitis.    Just the escalation of persons
seeking help is an indication of something gone astray.     I am all for
anti-depressants, as I can use some, but knowing the damage they can do to
another, I must be content with Valium, which does no harm to anyone.
I am sick of writing this over and over, with no feedback.    And don't tell
me to stop writing.
This is as serious a subject in health care as any other.     Other
illnesses have signposts and respond to logic.    Crohns and UC do not.
If anyone can make any suggestions how to better inform the powers that be,
I would give anything.    Please give this some thought, before everyone is
a basket case.    Physicians and not exempt.   Many have crohns or UC.
but their ego keeps them on the scientific track, and there aint no science
with stimulants.
Gail Michael