In a study just published in JAMA, it was found that children born to women taking certain anti-depressants during their second and third trimester are twice as likely to become autistic. Prosac, Paxil and other serotonin-inhibiting anti-depressants appear to be the major culprits.
Now, let's add to that the explosion of opioid-based pain medication that has been prescribed to young people in the past decade and the skyrocketing incidence of heroin-like addiction and you have a recipe for disaster.
Honestly, I am appalled at the medical profession's seeming ignorance of the ever-growing consequences of the attitude of, "the more drugs the better," approach to health care. I think the public bears some of the responsibility for this, too. I've heard a number of medical doctors who claim that they are often virtually "forced" into prescribing medication by patients who won't take "no" for an answer. If they don't get the desired medication from one doctor, they'll simply go to someone else who will give them what they want.
Personally, I know what I say to potential patients who come in for help and tell me exactly what the internet research has told them what I should do. Let us simply say that if they refuse to listen to my advice, they are encouraged to seek help elsewhere.
Autism is a multi-faceted problem. Pollution, illicit and prescription drug usage, high sugar, lots of soda and a pre-packaged food diet of the mother and child and a high stress environment have all been shown to be complicit in this condition. In my opinion, Autism is turning out to be the Alzheimer's of children. Both are neurological conditions that rob the person of cognition and emotional connection and can devastate the entire family.
I wonder if we'll ever wake up and take a good, hard look at our actions and the consequences of those choices.
Dr. Esther
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