The weekly meeting of Basket Weavers Anonymous was invariably a dismal failure and always ended in a sordid, unwholesome orgy of weaving. ~Daze of Our Lives: State of the Art 19th Century Humor
A Mind Boiling Over
The weekly meeting of Basket Weavers Anonymous was invariably a dismal failure and always ended in a sordid, unwholesome orgy of weaving. ~Daze of Our Lives: State of the Art 19th Century Humor
oddly funny
Aloha Catatonic Kid,
Thank you for the “stumble upon”
Liza
Basket Weavers Anonymous
Have you seen the Bloggers Anonymous Blog? Quite hilarious
Have a nice weekend.
I’ll have to check that one out, Liza! You have a good weekend too, and thanks for stopping by =)
lol, clever ☺
Hee hee!
Hi there,
I have wondered the same thing – often – about anti depressants and the developing brain (both of my sons taking them).
I had one excellent doctor that explained everything in the best way, and wasn’t scared to say “I don’t know” which is a rare one.
He suggested that by taking the meds at a younger age the neural pathways needed have a chance to develop and the meds may not be needed later in life – as apposed to those that struggle until they are late 30’s early 40’s and then start on the medication.
I don’t know how right he is, I guess I won’t know til my guys are older – but it helps me to feel better about it.
Teenage life is hard enough without struggling with depression and anxiety I think.
Best wishes,
G
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….and I’ve just my previous comment in the wrong spot…..!
G
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@G – Hey =)
I like when doctors aren’t afraid of saying ‘i don’t know.’ It’s not a bad answer, really. IDK is fine as long as it goes along with ‘I’m not going to give up trying to find out’.
The current thinking is along those lines, the earlier the intervention the better – be it medication, therapy or both, which is reassuring on the one hand but still, you wonder. You’re so right that adolescence is hard enough so all the help that’s on offer is the best of some none too pleasant choices really. And because it’s your brain, or even harder in some ways, your kids’ brains it feels so very different to just any other sort of medication.
It comes back to that “what you can’t see” thing.
That’s o.k. when it’s the sufferer – it’s the people that refuse to understand that make it harder (I think they are corn chip eaters!)
The medicate or not decision was torturous for me, especially with my son’s ADD.
.) “If he had diabetes you wouldn’t hesitate to give him the medication” all true.
Having now seen it done both ways (me: medication and mainstream school vs friend: non medication and Steiner school) I am so relieved that I made the right choice.
As my Doc used to say (he’s now retired
He used to say “I don’t know” followed by – let’s research this and see what we can find out – or I’ll make a few calls for you…priceless.
I learnt heaps from him – he was so outside of the box and unconventional he wasn’t well liked in the medical ‘circle’ – I think he liked that too!!
Nice to have ‘met’ you!
I will read some of your other posts and catch up a bit!
And maybe even comment on the correct post!! Doh!
G
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LOL They’re definitely corn chip eaters!
What a shame that Doc is retired – he sounds great! But still, there are other doctors with the same attitudes out there. They just tend to hide their lights under bushels for some reason unknown to me.
Yeah, the whole treating depression like any other disease thing is true, by and large. I’m planning a post on that one so I’ll leave it alone for now
Nice to have met you too! I’ll look forward to your comments =)
takecare,
CK