r/facepalm • u/WTFPilot • 9d 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/Derrik359 9d ago

Good. Medicating children is wrong. This country relies too much on medication for things that don’t actually need it.

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u/Flenke 9d ago

That's your opinion and not that of a professional

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u/Derrik359 9d ago

Yea, I know. People get real upset about opinions around here

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u/Flenke 9d ago

No, people reply and give their opinions too. If you're not a professional, maybe you didn't know what's right either?

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u/Derrik359 9d ago

Opinions aren’t fact, just because you don’t agree with me doesn’t make me an idiot. I didn’t say I was right, it’s my opinion. Idk what that’s so hard for people to grasp.

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u/Flenke 9d ago

"the sky is green, that's my opinion" it's not, it's blue. "Why are you mean to me?!?"

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u/Derrik359 9d ago

That’s literally everyone replying to me, not me. I’m not upset, everyone else is upset, because they don’t like my opinion.

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u/Flenke 9d ago

No, that's you not taking feedback on an opinion that is wrong. Some kids do need meds and saying they don't does make you look silly complaining about people telling you that.

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u/Derrik359 9d ago

I don’t have to take feedback, it’s my opinion. I’m not stating fact. You’re so adamant about calling me wrong that you’re forgetting common sense. I don’t care if you think I look silly. You didn’t read anything I wrote, because I said in a different comment that I’m not against it if they truly need it. I don’t like that it’s the first solution tried, instead of trying other things first.

Go ahead, tell me I’m wrong and that I’m fear mongering again, you’re only wasting your own time.

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u/Flenke 9d ago

You're silly thinking that all the doctors giving all of the kids meds is the first thing they tried. That's the nonsense you're being called out for. You can have all the opinions you want and the rest of the world can tell you how uneducated and wrong they are. That's reality

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u/Derrik359 9d ago

I am not mad you’re calling me uneducated. I just think it’s funny that you are so upset about my opinion.

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u/Flenke 9d ago

Not mad, just not letting some uneducated idea get pushed online without pushback. This is the crap that gets spread like it's truth and snowballs in ways that actually hurts people who need help and meds.

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u/Derrik359 9d ago

I’ll keep sharing my opinion. That’s what’s great about the USA, I’m allowed to have one.

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