Our society is so controlled by so many things such as the need to feel good, look good” and “perform well.” We have turned into a society of “medicated freaks.” In this article we will try to define some of the problems we as a civilized society are faced with, in regards to the illness of bipolar and bipolar medication.
Problem One – Outside Pressures
When teachers and everybody are met with an overactive child people around are fast to advise parents for their child to go on bipolar medication. This is because we and teachers want to have a cookie cutter classroom.” Everybody has turned into what we call self taught authorities” in determining the problems with children. This is very frightening but more frightening is; more than half of parents were advised by these smart authorities that their children should go on medication. Our children are put on medicated drugs because of the amount of pressures from these non professionals.
Second Problem ” Quick Fix”
What happens most of the time, instead of helping to de-stress our lives, we take a pill when we are not feeling well and if its does not get better, we add another dose. We must give time for a headache to heal itself slowly. Another scenario, our little son coughs, we immediately rush for the their cough and cold medications. If they don’t want to take it because of the flavor, we run out and get another flavor. It is important we give our body the chance to work out the problem; its probably some dust that is stuck in the throat. But no, we pump our children up with all sort of medicine we can get our hands on.
Third Problem ” Wrong Diagnosis
For children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder ( ADHD), a lot of doctors are quick to prescribe strong drugs to young children. While this may cure the present symptom, most of the time other symptoms which were not there before surface, so more drugs. Its like a person swallowing a fly, she had to swallow the spider to catch the fly and swallow the rat to get rid of the spider, that is what the medications are for. Most doctors do not want to admit that they do not know what they are doing and so pump drug after drug, stimulants, antidepressants and antipsychotics into the chills body.
4th Problem ” Availability of Drugs
The easy excess of medication is part of the reason our society is mad with immediate gratification. Most of us (especially the rich), have the money and want it fixed NOW. We become very impatient with our body’s illness and so do not help the body use its own natural resources to fight whatever is causing the problem.
Fifth ” Money
All of us including pharmaceuticals are so obsessed with money and so want to sell to get the money whatever the cost. Most doctors dealing with medicine do not really know the real power of bipolar medications. Nearly all those who make these drugs and those giving it are all driven by making more money. While this may insult some people, but I think all of us are fed up with this money thing.
Final words
After all that is being said and before you run off to the chemist for your medications or your children s, it would be a good idea to just sit down and try another approach. It is the non medication approach which a lot of parents have done and proven successful. You bipolar children are precious that must not be pumped up by any medication we can lay our hands on.