Charlie:
It's funny you wrote about this because I was having this discussion with a few people this weekend! We were saying how we feel as doctors give children medicine to "try", instead of really figuring out what their problem is. Children sometimes end up "trying" several different medications, when wouldn't it just be better to take the time and test the child to see what is really going on with them??
Last February we lost a friend to suicide. To make a long story short, from talking to his mom, I learned how he was ADD since around second grade. The doctors had him on medicine for it. The fact of the matter is, the majority of the time when someone has ADD/ADHD they really have an anxiety disorder. When anxiety disorders aren't treated the person is lead into depression. I know there are different thoughts on suicide, but I believe the fact is that those victims suffer from other mental disorders. Our friend was the last person we would think to do such a thing. He was such a strong Christian as well, which is harder to believe that someone like that could make that decision. He was the 5th person of 3 generations in their family to commit suicide. It does NOT mean that he or that family is "crazy". It simply means that this is proof that doctors should spend more time studying and getting to know their patient than just giving them something to "try". It could've saved a life.
Charlie, your post allowed me to know that there is another person who thinks the way I do. I'm not sure what your take on suicide is but with reading your blog, it reminded me of SO many things I have talked about with his mom. I'm glad to know that you realize these things and have hopefully taken care of with yourself. It's important to me that people know that there is hope to get themselves fixed.
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