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Megan · 07-05-2007, 02:20 PM

Old Soul, thank you for that excellent article!

It helped me personally, actually, because I am one of those people who have giftedness in some areas and learning disabilities in others, and have never seen this addressed.

I hope parents will be extremely cautious about allowing their children to be put on psyche meds. These medications can make some people worse in the long term, sometimes drastically, dangerously worse.

I realize that that is a controversial statement at present, but I think we will be hearing a lot more about this issue in coming years. I'll post some links about that later.

Edit: I realize just how controversial Peter Breggin is also, but here is a link to his HuffPo blog:

Dr. Peter Breggin - Politics on The Huffington Post

The spiritual dynamic in giftedness and mental illness is simply not factored in by modern psychiatry, nor can it be, given a materialist worldview.

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Megan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 525	Old Soul, thank you for that excellent article! It helped me personally, actually, because I am one of those people who have giftedness in some areas and learning disabilities in others, and have never seen this addressed. I hope parents will be extremely cautious about allowing their children to be put on psyche meds. These medications can make some people worse in the long term, sometimes drastically, dangerously worse. I realize that that is a controversial statement at present, but I think we will be hearing a lot more about this issue in coming years. I'll post some links about that later. Edit: I realize just how controversial Peter Breggin is also, but here is a link to his HuffPo blog: Dr. Peter Breggin - Politics on The Huffington Post The spiritual dynamic in giftedness and mental illness is simply not factored in by modern psychiatry, nor can it be, given a materialist worldview. Last edited by Megan; 07-05-2007 at 02:37 PM.