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Darryl-Lee Prince

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135 total appearances

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No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And it's really important for parents to know.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And I'm very, very strong at telling them that.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

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.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And then you need to wean it off properly.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And I think it's too easy to just prescribe and just let it go.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

If you're older and you've got resistance, depression and anxiety, et cetera, well, sure, that's different.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

But when you're under 18, I don't want you to be on these for life.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

I want you to use them as a tool.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

so that we can get you right quicker than as if we didn't use them.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And when you do use them, I want you to understand why I'm giving it to you.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

It's part of a therapy.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

You need therapy alongside it.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

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.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

We always got a solution.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

Absolutely.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

You're right.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

You've got to be very cautious.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And children, I just don't want to over-medicate them.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And I will use it if I think it's right.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

I don't know the answer because most of the time we only know 10 years down the track.