[Grislygus]

seriously, what the fuck kind of ingrate perscribes heavy pill cocktails to an eight year old based on GUESSWORK

"well, you see, we have this list full of symptoms, and your son has quite a few of them... not enough for any ACTUAL diagnosese, no, but since he's having trouble in school it's pretty clear to me that your son has ADD, various mood disorders, and based on his family history we're going to figure that he has manic depression, too. Oh, he doesn't have manic depression? You're wrong, the problem's probably just exhibiting itself in subtle ways that you're just too dense to notice. Now, we're going to mix and match various heavy medications to SEE IF THEY WORK, just in case. Take this chart home, and start making immediate notes if he begins acting abnormally or abruptly develops severe anger problems"