>Giving amphetamines to children is certainly debatable but amphetamines are not neurotoxic. Methamphetamines are neurotoxic, especially in recreational doses,

>Giving amphetamines to children is certainly debatable but amphetamines are not neurotoxic. Methamphetamines are neurotoxic, especially in recreational doses, but non-methylated amphetamines are not. At least do your research if you're going to act so certain about something. This post has links to a few studies demonstrating said neurotoxicity - http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/47231-amphetamine-neurotoxicity-reductionprevention/ http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/47231-amphetamine-neuro... >Why? What's wrong with SSRIs? Gee, I don't know. Maybe the horrible withdrawal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome) combined with the fact that their effectiveness is statistically insignificant (http://www.science20.com/natural_medicine_101_jeffrey_dach_md/ssri_antidepressants_no_better_placebo_says_jama http://www.science20.com/natural_medicine_101_jeffrey_dach_m...).