ADHD

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At 10:28 PM 4/27/04 -0700, Dark*Star wrote:

 

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>There still is no test which will diagnose ADD and ADHD.

 

Not true, as a child in my family has recently been diagnoses with ADHD.

It's very obvious what the behavioral pattern is.

 

> But diet has proved useful.

 

Diet has some effect, yes.

 

>This concept has been largely invented by drug companies for children to

enforce the

>bottom line...profits. Parents have been threatened with jail or losing

their children if they don't embrace Ritalin.

 

You're a little behind in your information, D*S. As I've observed, children

can inmprove their learning and behavior (toned down wildness and hysteria)

with the new Stratera (spelling?). Sure, the drug companies take advantage

of the situation by charging astronomical prices for their drugs. Ritalin

is pretty well out as a drug of choice for ADHD. Just recently there was a

big spread on adult ADD in U.S. News and World Report.

 

I've observed that children with ADHD do much better if they can be out in

nature for a time each day--lots of exercise and connection with the

open-air vibes. But the disorder is real and not invented. The brain

synapses don't work the way they should.

 

Check out the new U.S. News article. It was within the last few weeks.

Libraries will have the mag.

 

Therese

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At 07:37 PM 4/28/04 -0700, Dark*Star wrote:

>...You should know that US News Report publishes approved

>medical byline...

 

Maybe so, but since I have direct experience of ADD and ADHD in my own

family, I can recognize the symptoms quite easily. I don't need a doctor to

show me how an ADD or ADHD person thinks and behaves. I also have observed

first hand what helps these symptoms and what doesn't.

 

If you have personally worked in the medical field and experienced or

observed the ADD syndrome, then you have a lot to base your opinions or

insight on. Otherwise....where do these opinions and/or insight come from?

 

Therese