ABC news reported 1 in 40 infants are depressed. Hello??
Doctors are suggesting Prozac for infants. Would you give your baby Prozac?
I suppose the pharmco's are backing this.
You can vote on the ABC poll
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=2640591&page=1
2006-11-10 00:56:33 · 10 answers · asked by CAT 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Sick!!!!!!!
2006-11-10 01:01:33 · answer #1 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yah, I think today's general population is highly overmedicated.
I was a victim of the ADD craze when I was in elementary school. I had to take a ritalin pill twice a day until 4th grade then I was switched to dexadrin (stronger) because I was still "falling behind" spending from the minute I got home from school to the time I went to bed (which was usually late) By 6th grade I'de had enough of all this. I felt the pills were doing nothing but making me tired and depressed and refused to take them.
Surprise of surprises I did WAAAAAY better in school after that. I was usually able to finish my schoolwork during class and my homework during lunch break. I felt like I was thinking more clearly, learning much more, and was able to focus better without being drugged to the gills with ADD medication. And I graduated highschool medication free with a GPA of 3.8.
***Just like my enegetic, short attention-spanned 4 year old behaviour was misdiagnosed as ADD, I'm sure doctors are misdiagnosing colic, constipation, gas, and general baby fussiness as "depression".***
2006-11-10 04:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by Chels 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not! There is NO WAY I would give Prozac to an infant for depression.
2006-11-10 03:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by dmommab@sbcglobal.net 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate doctors who think they solve problems w/ pills!!!!! Just plain pisses me off. Now they are attacking innocent babies!
First people get an F*ing clue! We need to start taking responsibility for our own health!!!!! If I had listened to the 2 stupid doctors who told me I was menopausal and had the hysterectomy they suggested. I wouldn't be pregnant now with my first child.
Doctors are NOT gods! they are human beings...susceptible to the same every day crap as we are. They are not immune from the weaknesses that so many suffer and will accept kick backs in the form of $$ or gifts to prescribe medications from pharmaceutical companies. Illegal it may be, but it happens. And what Dr. couldn't use a new set of golf clubs?????
Not to mention, a friend of mine is a nurse and told me of one neuro-surgeon she worked with who took a couple of shots of jack daniels before each surgery. Not to mention shes a pill popper herself....its a little scary to think that these are the people hands' whom you are putting your life and/or well being.
I'm not saying they are bad, but they don't have super powers and you should always weigh your options.
2006-11-10 01:58:43 · answer #4 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WTF! Babies cant be depressed! Just b/c the cry all the time isn't b/c they are sad or depressed! This is bull. A babies body is to Young to be putting that kinda stuff into it! Ummm....HELLO can you say brain damage?! For the parents who are putting there new born on those pills needs to have there child taken way b/c to me that's abuse! How do u tell your child "Oh hey honey yeah when your were born the doctor said you were depressed and we put u on some pill and that's why your in "special classes"......" can babies even swallow pills?? This is sick! These ppl need to be slapped!
2006-11-10 01:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by kornbabe1988 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
omg I never heard of this . How the heck do you know a baby is depressed. Thats just sick and another way a Dr can make more money and pushing to medicate everyone
2006-11-10 01:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is crazy... prozac for infants. Why not just get some crack and put it in their milk... I would never put that junk in my infant or child. That is for adults and an adult can make that call if they need it.
2006-11-10 01:37:55 · answer #7 · answered by cecilia m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my goodness! I can't believe that. No I would never give my child....much less an infant prozac.
2006-11-10 01:08:10 · answer #8 · answered by saved_by_grace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, strange article. No way would I be giving my child a drug like this. It seems like most 'depressions' in children are caused by inattentive parents... fix the parents, dont drug the child.
2006-11-10 01:07:24 · answer #9 · answered by MaPetiteHippopotame 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes i have heard this.....I am opposed to this. But they do medicate kids starting at the age of 3 also...Not in favor of that either....lol
2006-11-10 01:05:20 · answer #10 · answered by danial w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the world coming to when we diagnose our babies with depression?!?!
2006-11-10 02:10:58 · answer #11 · answered by totspotathome 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋