CatsPHiddle, when my daughter was in the hospital, they wanted to put her on anti-depressants - I told them, she's six, dammit, and she's hurt, and you're poking her and prodding her, bothering her day and night and subjecting her to all kinds of uncomfortable and alarming attentions, not to mention the indignities and the invasion of her privacy, and you want her to be pleasant so you don't have to feel uncomfortable? I told them that I thought under the circumstances she was being pretty damned polite, that she ought to be yelling and screaming, and that she was damn well entitled to express herself however the hell she wanted. The subject didn't come up again, but it still pisses me off to think about it. Here's my rant - prescribing mood-altering drugs to small children is just plain irresponsible.


Tell your doctor next time she says it doesn't hurt that she's lost her credibility and you're going to need some pain medication before she even lays a finger on you.