I am not saying that Abbie shouldn’t be medicated. I am 100% pro medication for kids that need it and especially for behaviors and needs.For me it is not how much they drink... it is when. Several times They have shown P having a few drinks and then driving. This after saying (may or may not be true) that P is tipsy afte a few sips of low proof beverage. Or both having large drinks while out eating and, again, getting behind the wheel. Also, them both knocking them back while carrying for Abbie. These things endanger others around them... not just their own bodies and well being.
As for the over medicating... I think they do on occasion. Not daily... and she for sure needs the meds. The first time that it was blatant to me was when Isaiah had college friends come stay at the house. Ab was zombie like and barely moving both at home and out of the house. It was such a drastic difference it was scary. But I don't think it is a regular thing... if so it would throw some big flags up at the doctor... either the doctor would think they are over medicating or that someone in the house was abusing the meds for themselves.
(Sorry if I am not making the most sense, high seizure activity day lol)
But, recently since the change to the new psychologist, there has been increasingly amounts of time here Abbie seems to be completely zoned out and almost non-responsive. That is when I always called a major issue, when the medication no longer allowed the child to think and respond appropriately.
I have seen it so much recently, where Abbie barely could respond because she seems so out of her mind and that is completely not what medications are for, unless behaviors got to the point of being dangerous and then emergency medications were used and new appointments were set up to figure out what was going on…
We never allowed doctors to constantly prescribe medications to keep at constant zombie status when taken.