do you wish your parents put you heavy anti psychotics at age 7
nothing like poltergiest kids
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The trouble is that you don’t know any different. I had ocd behavior in first grade of school but I just lived my life with it and didn’t know I was different. Even in high school I got by. Sure I thought something was up but I’d give it other names. Shyness, lonliness, certainly not depression or positive symptoms.
I tend to think that they should educate kids in high school. If I’d known about sz and it’s pathology way back in high school I may of gotten help a lot sooner!
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Why do you say sooner
did you really want to be diagnosed at age 16 when everyone around you was dating, partying, and doing sports and activities.
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I had hallucinations when I was young. I probably would have had better times growing up. My parents didn’t realize that there was something seriously wrong with me. I don’t blame them. I would have liked to receive treatment in my younger years.
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I wish I’d have gotten the right diagnosis sooner.
I didn’t care about being normal, I just wanted an explanation to what was happening to me, reassurance I wasn’t alone, proper treatment, and for my parents to know how to deal with me.
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why would you want your parents to be pro psychiatry on a child?
I started partying after I got on meds and my first drink was 16 
were you doing pot before that.
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Never did pot! Partying to me was mixing vodka with Gatorade lol and walking around drunk at 3am with friends
@Daze why did you think I did pot??
I was showing signs of sz at 8, but my parents pushed aside any help. My school sent letters and my parents ignored them. I was left to “get over it”. I was running around with kitchen knives, trying to kill my little brother, because of the voices. I had unusual thoughts, beliefs. I definitely needed help. My parents to this day think there’s nothing wrong with me. Or they’re in denial. I keep telling them I seem normal on medication. Without meds, I’d be a paranoid mess. Oh I didn’t mention. When I was in high school my parents use to blame drugs on my behavior. I never touched any drugs.
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idk, just wondered. it’s not always natural in adolescents.
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I started hallucinating at 14. I definitely wish I’d gotten proper help at that age, rather than waiting until my life was so screwed up that I was homeless. Maybe not meds, because a lot of medications are unpredictable on bodies that are going through puberty. But I at least wish I’d been taught reality testing and coping skills.
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Oh I had triggering events, the summer b4 my break, I pushed away my friends by losing there trust, and then I went into my junior year and not one single person in class/grade talked to me. I started isolating, not bc I wanted to, and then I started hearing voices in school, talking out loud to them, sleeping on the desk… got delusional as the voices got worse. Then kids from a grade lower were the party type and that’s all who accepted me so I stuck with them. On my senior graduation it was depressing. Not one person said anything to me/took a pic. When I waited in line to go on stage, the kid alphabetically next to me said “you must smoke a lot of pot” and little did he know I had psych issues and my meds were really strong
I didnt have clear sz symptoms, but i had issues. I wish i would have gotten decent therapy as a kid and social skills training. Maybe placed out of my home for a while. I would have hated it if they had put me on meds, but i didnt have clear delusions, so it wasnt really needed. If i had gotten good treatment back then, i think my illness might have been preventable.
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If my child needed medication in order to have a successful and happy life I would give it to them. Just like one of my children has asthma and uses an inhaler as well as steroids and antibiotics. I would give him whatever he needs to be healthy and functional. Without those meds he would die. It’s just the same for a child who has a mental illness.
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I just want to tell you, I have nothing to say. but thanks.
We disagree but are we still friends? 
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Psych meds should be the last resort to bad parenting. Hope it makes everyone feel better.
Psych meds have nothing to do with bad parenting,
If you need medication, you need medication.
Not getting your child the help they need would be the bad parenting.
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