Darryl-Lee Prince
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And it's really important for parents to know.
And I'm very, very strong at telling them that.
And the other thing is the need for careful titration, not just chuck it in and the need for careful monitoring and to make sure that you use it for a minimum amount of time to give all the receptors time to do what they're supposed to do.
And then you need to wean it off properly.
And I think it's too easy to just prescribe and just let it go.
If you're older and you've got resistance, depression and anxiety, et cetera, well, sure, that's different.
But when you're under 18, I don't want you to be on these for life.
I want you to use them as a tool.
so that we can get you right quicker than as if we didn't use them.
And when you do use them, I want you to understand why I'm giving it to you.
It's part of a therapy.
You need therapy alongside it.
It really does rely on a lot of expertise to be able to say, I think this would be better for you versus this for you.
We always got a solution.
Absolutely.
You're right.
You've got to be very cautious.
And children, I just don't want to over-medicate them.
And I will use it if I think it's right.
I don't know the answer because most of the time we only know 10 years down the track.