Oh I totally agree that natural is no safer. Sorry to all the people that think natural is best. It is not. Even the FDA is realizing this when babies have died as a result of parents using a natural substance for I think it was colic or something. Saw that on the news lately. I think it had belladonna in it or something.
Medications are quite toxic. I am leery of them because of chemical sensitivity. If you went back to 1700 to live how would you feel watching all your loved ones pass away from something you saw in 2017 could be fixed with an IV fluids and fever reducer? Yea the fever reducer can kill a person that is allergic to it. So, when it comes to medication it is really important for us to consider whether or not the cure will leave us in worse shape than the illness we have. The problem with Adhd medication is it is a stimulant. It doesn't matter to me how this drug is metabolized different in children, it is not a good medication for children. However, there are children that are so very ill that they would not learn and would not function and end up with a terrible future if something wasn't done to help them. These are the children that sadly will need medication.
This is a very difficult issue. It requires a lot of consideration. It is difficult to explain this to a child. They are young and don't really need to know about all the horrors of life they will have to face as an adult.
The story of Pearl Kenrick and Grace Eldering and their struggle as scientists to save lives of children dying from whopping cough is one of my favorites. You gotta picture this scene. Moms crying bringing in children by the hundreds that can not breathe. It was an awful way to die and terrible for the parents. Kids were dying left and right. It was a crisis of huge proportions. They were trying to save them and they lost many in the process but eventually, they came up with something that has saved so many lives it is not even funny. The were known to work with arsenic back in those day mind you. Shivers at the thought. Gah
Think about polio and how it has crippled and killed so many and even the dangers of tuberculosis and how it destroyed families. These were hard times in our history. We can thank the scientists that struggled to use forms of what you would call poison to save lives. Take small pox. They actually inject you with live virus to vaccinate you with that. Entire towns were wiped out by these diseases. Just a fever could kill an entire family. Fever today is a parent grabbing Tylenol and keeping an eye on their child. Fever before was almost a death sentence. So, always have to look at it from both sides. The fact is the very cure we have will save many, but some will die from it. This is always going to be the case. I lost my friend to an antibiotic reaction. She was only 40. Booooo I guess if I had a child we would study the pioneers in science and how they have saved lives and talk about this heroic losses because the losses helped find the cures. Sigh...such a hard topic. I think I have ocd'd it to death again ROFLOL. But I am not sure I answered your question because, I was on another kick with it.
I will step down from my soap box now. ROFLOL
Oh and I just love the fact that when they invented Laudanum they had no idea it was so addictive and by the time they figured it out they had a huge crisis on their hands trying to figure out how to treat the massive amounts of people going through withdrawal. Man I want a good empty Laudanum bottle just for the history of it since I suffer from pain. The history of pain treatment fascinates me. Thank you for leaving your leeches at home!
Great topic I could go on for hours on it but I will restrain myself. Tee hee
