Reply #7: My schizophrenic family member [View All]

[proud2BlibKansan]

has a reasonably normal life thanks to meds. She has received excellent care. Without meds, she would be institutionalized.

I have been angry with the Scientologists since they began their anti-Ritalin campaign. When my kids were growing up, I would have gladly sent either one to spend a week with a Scientologist without their Ritalin. :)

Yes, we may have some folks on meds who don't really need them. But both of my children greatly benefited from Ritalin. They were diagnosed accurately and survived their childhood because of it. They are in their 20s now and stopped taking stimulants in middle and high school. One is on the dean's list.

So you can't paint with the broad brush Cruise is using. There are far more kids who have been helped by meds than the number who are misdiagnosed and/or have suffered.