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| When children kill: Doctors warn ADHD medication and developing brains of children can create 'perfect storm' for psychotic episodes ‐ as nation is rocked by murder of 9-year-old boy by his SISTER, 12 |
| 2023-06-03 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
The footage shows the girl, who DailyMail.com is not naming, barrelling down the stairs yelling 'I'm sorry' several times in between choking sobs. As she is being placed in handcuffs, the girl sobbed: 'I'm so sorry, I don't know what happened. It's some demonic s**t.' In an interview yesterday, her mother also revealed how the girl had been taking ADHD medications shortly before the attack. She said her daughter had been put back on the medications after going back to school. But within a month, when she started cutting her arms, doctors decided to take her off them again. The young girl cut herself again the night before the attack on her brother, Zander, who had been in bed trying to sleep at the time. The boy died a short time later from his injuries. But in footage released by Tulsa Police, the mother and daughter both believe that the boy is still alive. Dr Fischer warned DailyMail.com that medications could have contributed to turning the child into a killer. He said: 'Someone who goes from needing a medication like this [ADHD drugs] to someone who is homicidal or psychopathic — this has been documented extensively since the drugs were first used many years ago.' He described it as a 'perfect storm of medicines that you could probably see some behavior change in the person that could turn 'dangerous or pathological' in extreme cases. Common ADHD medications taken in the US such as Adderall can cause a range of side effects including psychosis, where contact is lost with external reality, mood swings, depression and panic attacks. Coming off the drugs can cause a range of withdrawal symptoms as well, which addiction center the Orlando Recovery Center says includes psychosis, paranoia and hallucinations. He also said ADHD medication combined with other drugs, like asthma drugs, can have unusual interactions. Psychiatric medications meant to treat depression and anxiety, such as Zoloft and Prozac, called SSRIs, can sometimes cause suicidal thoughts as well as hallucinations and homicidal ideation. Prednisone, a steroid that relieves lung inflammation which helps people with severe asthma when they experience an attack, can also cause mood swings, psychosis, and mania. It has not been revealed whether the 12-year-old girl had recently used any other medications despite those for ADHD. Ms Lyda claimed that her daughter started having behavior issues when 'she was put back on a medication she was off for over a year'. At the same time, police reported that the young girl had a history of self-harming. Dr Fischer said: ‘People being tapered off prednisone can become very depressed. It has a psychological side effect to it. This is not alternative medicine and it’s not meant to be treated for psychiatric issues. ‘This is complicated chemistry, what [the medicine] is doing. It cannot have only good effects. It’s inconceivable that a medicine as important as asthma medicine only has a positive effect.’ The girl is in juvenile custody with the Tulsa Police Child Crisis Unit in charge of the investigation. She is being held at the Family Center for Juvenile Justice, according to Tulsa Police. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 ....they didn't take your iPhone away. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-06-03 18:38 |
| #2 When I was 13 I never thought of killing my mother and sister. Guess my parents raised me right then. |
| Posted by: jpal 2023-06-03 17:51 |