_[Gettingwell]_Re:_RITALIN__What_are_we_doing_to_our_KIDS_??!!

[Guest guest]

Kevin and Debra;

 

Kevin, It is far too complex to site possible causes for individual

cases of ADD. Anything from a rocky childhood to food allergies.

Nobody is qualified to pinpoint the causes--fully. And doctors are

expected to stop symptoms, so yes, they are putting a bandaid on a

gaping wound. Nutrition helps, but stress could be the culprit, as are

many other causes.

K

>

> Hello Debra,

> I agree with you. It's scary when you put your faith in a drug and a

> company that makes that drug without thinking to yourself WHY if the

> company really cared, why wouldn't they put there research efforts into

> preventive procedures instead of a drug to make things look good but

> never curing.

> Kevin Gagnon

> Debra McDuffee <deb wrote: 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

>>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

Oh, I certainly agree with you about the complexity of ADD. You bring up a

great point, and I didn't mean that the natural suggestions would help every

kid every time. My point was just that I would certainly try lots of

options (which I consider to be very simple) before I would resort to drugs.

And that I would like to see schools begin to educate the parents in

possible causes for ADD, as well as the possible solutions. Also, I

understand what you are saying about the doctors putting the bandaid on --

and all I have to say is yuck! Glad that's not my job, LOL!

Debbie

deb

http://www.bodyhealthcenter.com

 

 

> Kevin and Debra;

>

> Kevin, It is far too complex to site possible causes for individual

> cases of ADD. Anything from a rocky childhood to food allergies.

> Nobody is qualified to pinpoint the causes--fully. And doctors are

> expected to stop symptoms, so yes, they are putting a bandaid on a

> gaping wound. Nutrition helps, but stress could be the culprit, as are

> many other causes.

> K

> >

> > Hello Debra,

> > I agree with you. It's scary when you put your faith in a drug and a

> > company that makes that drug without thinking to yourself WHY if the

> > company really cared, why wouldn't they put there research efforts into

> > preventive procedures instead of a drug to make things look good but

> > never curing.

> > Kevin Gagnon

> > Debra McDuffee <deb wrote: 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

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Deb, I understood what u meant:=)

 

My son has ADD, so I piped in.

 

Shame that teachers have so much to deal with. It is quite delicate to

talk with parents about this horrible situation. Could be sugar, could

be brain chemicals, could be abuse at home. Could be all the above.

EEK!

 

Well....Back to lurkdom..

K

On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 01:29 PM, Debra McDuffee wrote:

 

> Hi Kathy,

> Oh, I certainly agree with you about the complexity of ADD. You bring

> up a