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<blockquote data-quote="cscokd" data-source="post: 2020802" data-attributes="member: 5609">We are fools if we think we understand the human mind well enough to apply chemicals to fix a problem.&nbsp; Unlike other sciences, most of the cause/effect relationships of medications are discovered by chance.&nbsp; And that process is still applied at the individual patient level- take this, if it doesn&#039;t work, we&#039;ll try something else.&nbsp; My daughter is having upper GI issues and that is the prescribed process we are going through right now, and the latest drug they prescribed could cause permanent, uncontrollable muscle twitching.&nbsp; Really?&nbsp; Who thinks that is worth it?&nbsp; There is no way I would allow any &quot;doctor&quot; to play guessing games with her mind.As stated previously, many of these kids have real issues, but how many of those foundation issues are comparable to the possible side-effects?&nbsp; Were they already sociopaths?&nbsp; The drug industry&#039;s favorite retort is &quot;Correlation does not mean causation&quot; because it&#039;s nearly impossible to get to a definite causation when dealing with the mind. I&#039;m not saying that psychotropic drugs will cause someone to snap, but when combined with all the other influences, are we destroying that last little bit of restraint?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cscokd, post: 2020802, member: 5609"] We are fools if we think we understand the human mind well enough to apply chemicals to fix a problem. Unlike other sciences, most of the cause/effect relationships of medications are discovered by chance. And that process is still applied at the individual patient level- take this, if it doesn't work, we'll try something else. My daughter is having upper GI issues and that is the prescribed process we are going through right now, and the latest drug they prescribed could cause permanent, uncontrollable muscle twitching. Really? Who thinks that is worth it? There is no way I would allow any "doctor" to play guessing games with her mind. As stated previously, many of these kids have real issues, but how many of those foundation issues are comparable to the possible side-effects? Were they already sociopaths? The drug industry's favorite retort is "Correlation does not mean causation" because it's nearly impossible to get to a definite causation when dealing with the mind. I'm not saying that psychotropic drugs will cause someone to snap, but when combined with all the other influences, are we destroying that last little bit of restraint? [/QUOTE]

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