Helping Teens and Parents Make Informed Decisions about Mental Health and Medication

Rethinking How We View Emotional Pain

More than one in six American children are prescribed psychiatric medication.

For many in Gen Z, sadness and anxiety are increasingly framed as medical disorders, often explained with the “chemical imbalance” theory, which has never been conclusively proven. Medication is introduced early, with limited discussion of long-term tradeoffs, side effects, or the difficulty of stopping.

Medication isn’t always wrong. For some people, in certain situations, it can be helpful. But medication also comes with real costs.

Patients report emotional blunting, changes in personality, sexual and sleep disturbances, and trouble discontinuing treatment. Too often, these experiences are under-discussed, yet prescriptions are only getting easier to obtain.

UnScripted exists to challenge the medication-first culture by demanding informed consent and alternative solutions. Human emotion should be viewed as guides, not as innate problems requiring prescriptions.

Psychiatric medication should not be used as a first line of defense, nor as a one-size-fits-all solution.

It's time to build a culture that embraces emotion, not erases it.

Our Core Beliefs

Building a future where young people thrive without unnecessary medication

Rejecting Diagnoses

Emotional Resilience

Informed Consent

Emotions are not signs of a broken brain, but a natural part of being human.

Families deserve full information about side effects, alternatives, and the chance to heal without medication.

Labels create self-fulfilling prophecies and strip away self-agency.

Our Mission

UnScripted is dedicated to raising awareness to youth and their parents about the all that comes with psychiatric medication, both the positive and the negative. We provide comprehensive information that is often missing, allowing young people and their parents to make an informed decision.

Our Vision

We envision a world that doesn’t view human brains as being broken. Instead, we envision a world that treats each individual as a unique case, without pathologizing or rushing to prescribe medication as a blanket solution

Our Future

1. We are in the process of turning UnScripted into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

2. Launch educational programming for both students and teachers at schools, clubs, and other youth organizations

3. Lobby Congress to pass laws that require all medical practitioners to provide full informed consent when prescribing psychiatric medication, including side effects, withdrawal information, and alternative treatment options.

"Emotions make us human. Denying them make us beasts."

-Victoria Klein