I recently approached two children with depression and I was very worried about the children’s future.
Both children are junior high school students, a boy and a girl.
I have not seen the boy himself, but his mother came to the clinic.
Because she had seen a doctor here before, she chose to come to me for consultation.
The boy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and his mother chose to send him to a private hospital for treatment and combined medication. Although I don’t take those medicines often, I know how uncomfortable it will be to take them.
Children are actually mirrors of their parents. More often, children will imitate their parents’ temperament and character. Of course, just imitating, not copying. A child’s behavior can be properly corrected thanks to a good education.
The boy’s mother generally described the contradictions and conflicts between her and her husband, who was short-tempered. Although there are no detailed details, I can think of the conflicts and unease in the inner world before the child became ill. .
These unease in the inner world turned into his physical discomfort and abnormal behavior. Parents did not choose to face and change together rationally, but turned to drugs to change and control children.
Drugs are a double-edged sword, especially psychoactive drugs, with side effects that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Simply relying on drugs, especially psychotropic drugs, is a very irresponsible choice.
The girl was seen in the outpatient clinic a few days ago. The girl’s mother is also my old patient. She asked me about my shift time in advance and said she would take her daughter to see a doctor.
Mother accompanied her daughter to the consultation room, the daughter sat in front of me, and mother complained about the symptoms. It generally means that the quality of sleep is not good, and it is easier to be irritable.
Mom is a beautiful woman, bold and good drinker. The daughter does not seem to have inherited her beauty, wears headphones, and does not speak.
I took my pulse as usual, looked at the tongue image, and prescribed medicine. It was almost eleven o’clock, and there was still an hour before the end of get off work.
After prescribing the medicine, my mother hurried out to get the medicine. The daughter didn’t want to leave. When her mother disappeared, her daughter Ai Ai said that many of our classmates are like this, depression, understand?
To be honest, I was surprised at that moment. I only want to take one medicine, she insisted that I take two. The girl continued to speak in a very low voice, unable to tell whether she was talking to herself or if she wanted to tell me.
What kind of medicine is that? I went on to ask.
The girl turned her head, and I understood that she didn’t really want to tell me, maybe she didn’t think it was a good thing, and it was embarrassing or disgraceful to say it.
Her mother didn’t tell me directly, so I better pretend I don’t know. Just prescribe some traditional Chinese medicine to regulate the body according to their requirements.
A heart disease requires a heart medicine doctor. I am not a professional psychiatrist. Even if they all say it, I may not be able to give meaningful advice.
I can understand that in this world, many times it is easy for people to feel collapsed.
Life is a long process of spiritual practice. Usually, we have to go through most of it before we can understand it. Or, some people will not understand until they die.