In Opelousas, LA, Kyle Warren at 18 months has started taking a daily antipsychotic drug orders from his pediatrician to try to control his severe temper tantrums. The disorders that affect him are autism, bipolar disorder, hyperactivity, insomnia, and oppositional defiant disorder. His daily pill routine is to take antipsychotic risperdal, antidepressant, two sleeping pills, and one pill for attention deficit disorder. The boy has been taking all these medications by the age of 3. The drugs side effects caused Kyle to alter a different personality, sedated him to where he was drooling, and overweight. Today, Kyle is six year old and weaned off his medications. His family agrees that Kyle is much better, even though he is rambunctious but he is making remarkable progress and in school he is scoring higher on tests.
My view on this story is that I think children should not have to rely on medication to function on a daily basis. Doctors put children on medications so they can be controlled but any child is going have a lot of energy and going to be rambunctious. Yes children can also be aggressive but parents that can't handle their kids desperately take them to the doctor for help. Medication is just a simple solution for a complex problem that doctors use as an easy way to get them out of their hair.
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