An overlooked yet obvious cause of ADHD

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An overlooked yet obvious cause of ADHD (part 1) I love it when the establishment media trumpets research findings that support unpopular theories I've been putting forth for years. Not to boast, but it really shows how far ahead of the pack I am - and you are, for reading me. (OK, so I'm boasting...) That's exactly what happened this past week - a major mainstream news outlet reported evidence that adds even more credence to an assertion I've been making about ADHD ever since it became the disease-du-jour for lazy parents and even lazier psychiatrists (around 15 years ago). Of course, I'm going to tell you exactly how, but first you need a little background... If you've been a Daily Dose reader (or a Douglass Report reader) for any length of time at all, you've heard me ranting many times before about how ADD/ADHD is - in the vast majority of treated cases - a completely MADE-UP diagnosis. I've mostly been attributing

the explosion in diagnoses of this "disease" to a pair of coinciding seismic cultural shifts: First, the marginalization of traditional parenting skills - as in both tolerance AND discipline - at the hands of a "blameless society" phenomenon that's been sweeping an increasingly multicultural, welfare-state America for the last 20 years. This guiltless, anything-goes, "I'm OK you're OK" panacea movement absolves parents of almost all accountability for their childrearing, shifting blame for anyone's perceived shortcomings (parents' and kids' alike) to schools, the system, or the evils of healthy, natural competition. Second, booms in both the self-help pop psychology industry and the drug-driven psychiatric profession. After all, hack authors need crises to write books and articles about - and hack head-shrinks need "diseases" to treat, even if they have to make them up. These influences conspire to brainwash haggard parents into believing that there's

something wrong with their kids simply because the process of raising them can be trying at times. That just doesn't square with images of the child-rearing experience they see on TV, in the movies, or on the covers of Perfect Parent and Happy Kids magazines. The combined end result of both of these things is this: Perfectly normal childhood behaviors (like rambunctious-ness and a short attention span) get reclassified as ADHD, resulting in multiple addictive prescriptions being doled out - Ritalin for "unruly" kids and Valium for the "stressed-out" parents. Keep reading... Due to these two contemporary trends, our culture has all but lost sight of the dual realities that 1) Kids are supposed to be a rip-roaring pain in the rump sometimes, and 2) that parenting isn't always supposed to be a stress-free picnic for all involved. Because this plurality has vanished on a sweeping scale from the radar screens of parents and

those who advise them in the U.S. of A., a whole lot of people (psychiatrists, book publishers, and the fat cats at Big Pharma to name a few) are making a whole lot of money... Meanwhile, the poor kids who are unjustly branded as sufferers of ADHD simply because their parents are insecure and lazy - or their doctors are greedy and lazy themselves - suffer the addiction and ultimately REAL psychological effects this trendy "imbalance" has stamped into the consciousness of an entire generation of Americans. Winners: Big Pharma, the parasitic self-help industry, and mainstream medicine. Losers: American kids. OK, so now you know where I'm coming from on the ADHD issue - or you've been reminded of it in summary... In the next Daily Dose, I'll tell you why there may be yet another reason for the rampant modern proliferation of this "disease" - one that is NOT made up by industries that prey on the stress of parenting. It's a factor I haven't talked about

very much before, owing to the lack of studies that link it to ADHD diagnosis. But it's very real, and as I alluded to above, now there's some hard evidence pointing to it. Stay tuned - all the details are coming in part 2 of this essay... Giving "pop psychology" a pop in the chops, William Campbell Douglass II, M.D. To start receiving your own copy of the Daily Dose, visit: http://www.douglassreport.com/dailydose/freecopy.html Or forward this e-mail to a friend so they can sign-up to receive their own copy of the Daily Dose. "Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky Ward

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Well, don't keep us in suspense! : )

 

Do you have the next installment yet? I am eager to read what he has

to say...

 

Especially since I am the parent of such a child, and have not

abdicated by parental responsibilities as suggested in his article.

So I look forward to reading the rest.

 

I am often skeptical about opinions such as his, since they have not

experienced a life with a child like this. I also have another child,

so I am acutely aware of the difference between typical rowdy

childhood behavior and a child with problems that go FAR beyond

typical childhood behavior.

 

Don't get me wrong...I definitely think that there can be a reason for

this problem that is outside the realm of what the medical

establishment has examined.

 

However, when the child was " hyperactive " literally since birth, and

in fact, even in utero (I recall my OB laughing at the briefness of my

kick counts & how she could rarely get a good heartbeat reading on the

baby because she kept moving), I doubt that it reflects on my

abdication of parenting responsibilities or on my general laziness.

 

So...hit us with the next installment when you have it. Can't wait.

And if someone has real-life experience with this type of child & what

worked for you, I'd be happy to read your account.

 

Warmly,

Andrea

 

, Rocky Ward

<rachelleward2 wrote:

>

> An overlooked yet obvious cause of ADHD (part 1)

>

> I love it when the establishment media trumpets research findings

that support unpopular theories I've been putting forth for years. Not

to boast, but it really shows how far ahead of the pack I am - and you

are, for reading me. (OK, so I'm boasting...)

>

> That's exactly what happened this past week - a major mainstream

news outlet reported evidence that adds even more credence to an

assertion I've been making about ADHD ever since it became the

disease-du-jour for lazy parents and even lazier psychiatrists (around

15 years ago). Of course, I'm going to tell you exactly how, but first

you need a little background...

>

> If you've been a Daily Dose reader (or a Douglass Report reader) for

any length of time at all, you've heard me ranting many times before

about how ADD/ADHD is - in the vast majority of treated cases - a

completely MADE-UP diagnosis. I've mostly been attributing the

explosion in diagnoses of this " disease " to a pair of coinciding

seismic cultural shifts:

>

> First, the marginalization of traditional parenting skills - as in

both tolerance AND discipline - at the hands of a " blameless society "

phenomenon that's been sweeping an increasingly multicultural,

welfare-state America for the last 20 years. This guiltless,

anything-goes, " I'm OK you're OK " panacea movement absolves parents of

almost all accountability for their childrearing, shifting blame for

anyone's perceived shortcomings (parents' and kids' alike) to schools,

the system, or the evils of healthy, natural competition.

>

> Second, booms in both the self-help pop psychology industry and the

drug-driven psychiatric profession. After all, hack authors need

crises to write books and articles about - and hack head-shrinks need

" diseases " to treat, even if they have to make them up. These

influences conspire to brainwash haggard parents into believing that

there's something wrong with their kids simply because the process of

raising them can be trying at times. That just doesn't square with

images of the child-rearing experience they see on TV, in the movies,

or on the covers of Perfect Parent and Happy Kids magazines.

>

> The combined end result of both of these things is this: Perfectly

normal childhood behaviors (like rambunctious-ness and a short

attention span) get reclassified as ADHD, resulting in multiple

addictive prescriptions being doled out - Ritalin for " unruly " kids

and Valium for the " stressed-out " parents. Keep reading...

> Due to these two contemporary trends, our culture has all but

lost sight of the dual realities that 1) Kids are supposed to be a

rip-roaring pain in the rump sometimes, and 2) that parenting isn't

always supposed to be a stress-free picnic for all involved. Because

this plurality has vanished on a sweeping scale from the radar screens

of parents and those who advise them in the U.S. of A., a whole lot of

people (psychiatrists, book publishers, and the fat cats at Big Pharma

to name a few) are making a whole lot of money...

>

> Meanwhile, the poor kids who are unjustly branded as sufferers of

ADHD simply because their parents are insecure and lazy - or their

doctors are greedy and lazy themselves - suffer the addiction and

ultimately REAL psychological effects this trendy " imbalance " has

stamped into the consciousness of an entire generation of Americans.

>

> Winners: Big Pharma, the parasitic self-help industry, and

mainstream medicine. Losers: American kids. OK, so now you know where

I'm coming from on the ADHD issue - or you've been reminded of it in

summary...

>

> In the next Daily Dose, I'll tell you why there may be yet another

reason for the rampant modern proliferation of this " disease " - one

that is NOT made up by industries that prey on the stress of

parenting. It's a factor I haven't talked about very much before,

owing to the lack of studies that link it to ADHD diagnosis.

>

> But it's very real, and as I alluded to above, now there's some hard

evidence pointing to it. Stay tuned - all the details are coming in

part 2 of this essay...

>

> Giving " pop psychology " a pop in the chops,

>

> William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

>

> To start receiving your own copy of the Daily Dose, visit:

> http://www.douglassreport.com/dailydose/freecopy.html Or forward

this e-mail to a friend so they can sign-up to receive their own copy

of the Daily Dose.

>

>

>

> " Get off your ass and take your government back. " ~Rocky Ward

>

>

>

>

>

> Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Small Business.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sheryl and Andrea..... I have experience with clearing the brain from

Mercury effects on my son, diagnosed with OCD and almost killed by two wrong

meds perscribed back to back...they made my son have grand mal seizures.

After I found the help of a Homeopath, we used oral chelating natural

substances to pull Mercury from his brain.

It took 4 years to *normalize* him again. He was in his 30's.

SO.....you with younger children may have a shorter time to pull Mercury

out and *normalize* your children.

I think any disturbance to the normal functioning of the brain is largely

due to Mercury from shots, tuna fish(we ate lots of)and silver/mercury

amalgams. And all of the other Brain Disturbances may be cleared up getting

heavy metals and syntheic substances out of the body.

Natural chelating substances are, eggs, cilantro tincture, apple pectin,

Chorella and more. A protochol was neccessary in our case and Homeopathic

remedies were also needed. My son is well and his brain functions better

than before. He was professionally tested. My big message is GET THE

MERCURY OUT. Nora G

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" sheryl_melling " <melling

 

Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:58 PM

Re: An overlooked yet obvious cause of

ADHD

 

 

> Hello Andrea,

>

> Yes, I do understand what it's like to have a child who is

> hyperactive. My child at 4 months of age had 3 grand mal seizures a

> week after his 4 month vaccines and then completely changed his

> social behavior OVERNIGHT!!! When I was literally going crazy

> trying to find answers to what caused his change in behavior I came

> across testimonials from parents of the same thing happening to

> their children who were then (later) diagnosed with AUTISM!

[Guest guest]

, " sheryl_melling "

<melling wrote:

>

> Hello Andrea,

>

> Yes, I do understand what it's like to have a child who is

> hyperactive. My child at 4 months of age had 3 grand mal seizures a

> week after his 4 month vaccines and then completely changed his

> social behavior OVERNIGHT!!!

 

We are able to trace her behavior back prior to vaccines & fortunately

neither of my kids have had negative responses to vaccines (that were

obvious or that we're aware of.)

 

Anyway there are physicians who believe that

> some of the biomedical issues that people on the autism spectrum

> have are the same issues that children with adhd have. Some things

> that have helped children on the spectrum including my son is a

> gluten-free/casein-free(milk products) diet.

 

Actually, we are seeing a pediatric endo for my daughter, as she's

recently developed hypothyroid symptoms, and he will be testing for

celiac as well, I think because she has blood sugar crashes from time

to time.

 

However, since she exhibited " hyper " behavior literally since birth

(and in utero), I don't think that food allergies are the ROOT of the

problem, but I don't deny that they may CONTRIBUTE with behavioral

manifestations.

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Warmly,

Andrea

[Guest guest]

, " angesc2001 "

<AngInfoHound wrote:

>

> , " sheryl_melling "

> <melling@> wrote:

> >

> > Hello Andrea,

> >

> > Yes, I do understand what it's like to have a child who is

> > hyperactive. My child at 4 months of age had 3 grand mal

seizures a week after his 4 month vaccines and then completely

changed his social behavior OVERNIGHT!!!

> We are able to trace her behavior back prior to vaccines &

fortunately neither of my kids have had negative responses to

vaccines (that were obvious or that we're aware of.)

> Anyway there are physicians who believe that some of the

biomedical issues that people on the autism spectrum

> > have are the same issues that children with adhd have.

> Andrea

>

 

 

To Sheryl, Andrea and all interested moms. This pdf file contains

some crucial information on ADD/ADHD.

http://www.herbalgram.org/iherb/herbclip/pdfs/120544-277.pdf

 

Regards,

JoAnn