tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post1984841734995798865..comments2023-09-23T02:16:11.746-06:00Comments on Thoughts from a Foster Family: Foster kids and medicationYondallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375966725096729570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-33968998374386997282007-04-01T15:44:00.000-06:002007-04-01T15:44:00.000-06:00Great, great, great post!I myself am BiPolar Type ...Great, great, great post!<BR/>I myself am BiPolar Type II and wasn't diagnosed until two years ago. I definitely could have been diagnosed in my late teens and it would have helped me greatly. <BR/>Unfortunately though our entire country is full of children being over medicated without really examining if it will improve the child's quality of life. It seems like so many are being drugged into submission. How can they learn? How can they grow? <BR/>Brian's doc hit it on the head by taking a year to level out his meds and make sure his dosages were correct. We need more doctors like him.<BR/>Lastly I LOVED your five advice points. NOTHING is worse that pulling anyone (overmedicated or not) off of meds cold turkey. Not only can the person feel sick (what one probably feels to detox), his or her moods can spiral out of control.<BR/>Bravo Yondalla. Thanks for gettting this great info out to folks!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049953371463392150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-2915660792994561262007-03-29T21:41:00.000-06:002007-03-29T21:41:00.000-06:00I started to respod to this, but it got too long. ...I started to respod to this, but it got too long. And my first response led to two more.Lionmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00202517405694764143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-51596783810426428732007-03-29T11:27:00.000-06:002007-03-29T11:27:00.000-06:00It is so so so great to have a supportive agency t...It is so so so great to have a supportive agency to foster through. The psychiatrist talks to us and the kids every month, and he actually listens, and the caseworkers and therapists listen as well. The psychiatrist is the first one to remind the kids that meds can't solve everything. He tried a mess of different drugs with one of our kids, and finally told her, point blank, that she was going to have problems until she worked out some of her issues. She hated him for that, but it was true. Still is, as she is still not ready to deal.cebiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050364800579829571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-71019995426156813982007-03-28T17:51:00.000-06:002007-03-28T17:51:00.000-06:00Good post. I'm always bothered when I speak to a S...Good post. I'm always bothered when I speak to a SW and/or a foster parent and ask why a certain medication was prescribed for a child and they don't know. I'm assuming that the child's doctor would know, however. <BR/><BR/>Slugger, the boy I'm soon going to committee for, was on a ton of different meds. I thank goodness for his current foster mom who recognized that he was over-medicated and fought to have two meds removed. (And she really had to fight.) He's reportedly doing so much better without them.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956114780055557451noreply@blogger.com