Medicine's big new battleground: does mental illness really exist?

[timdog44]

160. And you are right.

There is definitely a gray area. There are some medications that are a necessity. My beliefs are that those kinds of meds have all been discovered. The new medications are for perceived diseases. For instance, cholesterol. When I first started my nursing career a level of 300 was considered normal. Then 280, then 250, then 200, then 180 and now they want to give this poison to children. The big pharma companies have found a substance they can test for and then created a medication that can adjust it to some ethereal blood level. So many of the "pills" we are given is so the patient (and doctor) don't have to deal with things organically. So much of what is wrong with the human body is the "food" we put in it.
For those whose pancreas does not produce insulin, the cure is no doubt insulin. Same with the thyroid. This all takes me to a new tack. The reason for all Americans to be on insurance is so regular doctor visits can occur and the organic element addressed. I know there are other difficult mountains to climb in this area, but it would be a start. My wife and I, and she is a nurse also, call what happens in the USA, sick care and not health care.
Sorry for the on and on.