RITALIN What are we doing to our KIDS ??!!

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In a message dated 2/18/02 3:36:20 PM US Eastern Standard Time,

deb writes:

 

 

> , in one sense, I see what

> you are saying, but my feelings are that it is very sad that parents are so

> easy to give their children things that are harmful to them, drugs and diet

> included. My wish is that these people would become educated as to the

> alternatives, and maybe a school for troubled children would be the place to

> start this type of parent education. No pressure!

 

Since many times ADHD is a form of stress for children, I think that should

be eliminated in a way other than drugs. This isn't always the case, but......

And while I agree that learning is SO important, I really don't think it's

the worth putting kids of medicines that will ruin their life later or

through ill effects, if that is the case.

Wanting safer drugs all the way...

 

Erin

 

 

 

 

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Debbie,

I am a teacher and have seen Ritalin work on very few and far between

children, but for the ones it does work for, it has very positive results.

However, I do not think this drug is the answer. Have any of these parents

tried dietary changes? Epsom salt baths? Supplementation? Essential fatty

acids? All these things have been proven to help, or completely cure, ADD

or ADHD. But it certainly is a lot easier for most people to give their

child a pill twice a day, as opposed to learning the natural alternatives.

How about acupuncture? Flower essences? No dairy or wheat? The list goes

on and on. It is so much easier to pack a Lunchables and a candy bar for

lunch, today's diet just about creeps me out! So, in one sense, I see what

you are saying, but my feelings are that it is very sad that parents are so

easy to give their children things that are harmful to them, drugs and diet

included. My wish is that these people would become educated as to the

alternatives, and maybe a school for troubled children would be the place to

start this type of parent education. No pressure! ; - )

Debbie

deb

http://www.bodyhealthcenter.com

 

 

> Good afternoon to all!!

> I am responding to the post here about ritalin and what it is doing

to

> our children. I too at one time thought how wrong it was to given a child

> such drug. Well,... I now work at a school for troubled children. The

> " troubles " range from conduct disordered children to organically mentally

ill

> children. I have to say in defense of the drug... I have seen children

that

> were not learning... NOT because they didn't want to... But they couldn't

due

> to hyper activity....... many are very distraught children coming from

> dysfunctional homes. Their hyper activity is a learned response from

several

> abuses than have went on in their lives ... some are just having a

chemical

> imbalance ... WHATEVER the reason. I have seen miracles taken place when

> these children have been given this drug. I have literally seen children

that

> couldn't sit still ... bouncing off the walls ... come down after 15

minutes

> of ingesting this drug, sit in there seats and LEARN!!!!! I know if given

> the option of to take this drug or to have some other way of dealing with

> this behavior. Well, please enlighten the powers that be. For nothing has

> helped these children as this has.

>

> Debbie

>