[blparent] Kids and Meds

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Right, and if medication can help you cope with different relationships and 
situations in your life--I don't know where I would be without my medication 
for depression, and now I'm taking other things for fibromyalgia--then why 
deny that to a child?  Most parents that I know who give their kids 
medication are also seeking out other avenues like therapy and modification 
of the environment.  Online school, for example, is the best thing that ever 
happened to my stepson.  Along with taking medications, the new method of 
schooling is helping him get better grades than I've seen in the nine years 
I've known him.  I only knew one parent ever who seemed to purposely give 
her son medications to slow him down so she could keep up with him, and 
although it was sad for him, I tried not to judge her because she was 
terminally ill.  I just think the attitude in our society has gotten to 
where parents who resort to medications are considered bad or lazy.  But 
what if, as in our case, the dietary changes don't seem to bring results? 
What if, as in our case, when you don't give the meds, you start having 
serious trouble with the school and eventually the law?  A lot of people 
simply need chemical help, and it's way more serious than using Tylenol to 
bring down a fever.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:55 AM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Kids and Meds

> Hi, I'm in agreement with you on this one especially the part about this 
> not being a blindness issue. I take depression medication also and i need 
> it. It doesn't make you a bad parent or crazy or anything like that. When 
> I found the right medicine I coped better with situations and 
> relationships in my life.
>
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