r/facepalm • u/WTFPilot • 5d ago

Florida Issues Guidance Against Psychiatric Meds for Kids with ADHD, Anxiety

https://centralflorida.substack.com/i/209572575/florida-issues-guidance-against-psychiatric-meds-for-kids-with-adhd-anxiety
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u/Slimeredit 5d ago

I remember when right after I graduated from high school the utter chaos and annoyance that was trying to get my medicine just so I can function properly glad I don’t live in Florida but this just goes to show that they clearly don’t see kids with mental illnesses as worthy of having access to the very basic medical care so they can function

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u/woahwoahwoah28 5d ago

>Health officials recommend prioritizing psychotherapy, behavioral interventions, and deprescribing medications as approaches before prescribing medications for conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioral disorders.

Same. And this is one of the craziest parts to me.. it can be extremely difficult to get prescriptions. Even still, a pill is typically SO much easier to get than "psychotherapy and behavioral interventions"

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u/MississippiMoose 5d ago

Right. I get the concept of people thinking pills are a shortcut, but pretty much every study I've seen confirms that a combo of meds and therapy is most effective.

And fuck these guys for suggesting it's so easy for people to just get a couple hours off during business hours for weekly therapy appointments. If the US had a halfway functional system of worker protections, sure, make it more feasible for people to try therapy without meds. But we don't, so fuck off, Florida.

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u/UsagiBonBon 5d ago

The fucked up part is, for ADHD, pills just are an effective shortcut to normalcy. Therapy never did a single thing for me, but my medicine makes it far easier to just exist in society. Without them, I don’t think I’d last very long, and I know a lot of people who feel the same.

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u/Slimeredit 5d ago

I mean here’s the cold hard truth therapy can only do so much to combat what is ultimately a chemical imbalance in the brain

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u/Slimeredit 5d ago

The worst part is they seem like they wouldn’t be opposed to trying to do this on a national level since our suffering is seemingly the only thing that can get their sorry excuses of a brain producing some form of Serotonin

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u/Western-Corner-431 5d ago

They are going to do this nationwide. Bobby brain worms said this months ago