Willy's latest update; the End! of the Medical Model for ADHD and Bipolar Disorder

[Guest guest]

Dear group:

 

For those of you who have been following my son

Willy's amazing ADHD and childhood onset (age 6)

bipolar recovery story, the following is the latest

update, one that I just received last night.

 

[A few minutes after I wrote the above copy in this

blog last night, just as I was about to continue it,

it had become clear that " my third computer " had been

hacked. All kinds of strange things were happening. I

could not use either browser that I had to send mail,

I could not use Messenger at all, and I could

not work on this blog anymore. I was cut off from

" contacting the world " in any way with this computer

last night as a result of having gotten hacked again.

This is my third time being hacked. The last time it

happened in December I lasted only 12 days online,

this time I lasted only 29.5 hours, just a little over

a day. (The Zone Alarm firewall I am using counted

over 1000 attempted intrusions in this time, four of

which were high rated.)

 

Although I am using this hacked computer to write this

and the above paragraph this morning, I don't expect

to be able to finish this blog without more computer

trouble and/or being shut down again. Please bear with

me here. I will finish this blog as soon as I possibly

can, using a library computer if I have to. Who knows,

I might get lucky this morning (I did get lucky!) and

this computer will hold up for the moment. However,

for all ostensible purposes this computer I am using

has been maliciously hacked and " is probably on it's

last legs " (and soon I won't be able to use it at

all). I am almost 100% certain of this.]

What follows is the gist of Willy's updated recovery

story, one I am sure that you will enjoy, assuming you

read his original ADHD/bipolar recovery story that was

put out across the internet last June, and that you

read his updated recovery story in Dec.

 

I went to dinner with my ex-wife and my two sons

(Willy and Max) last night. After dinner, I went over

to the house and chatted with Willy for about an hour,

while my ex and Max went to school to sign him up for

track in the spring.

 

Willy gave me the following information last night:

 

He had just received a 98 on his NYS Regents exam in

Social Studies, the only NYS Regents exam he took this

year. He was actually a bit disappointed with a 98, as

he had hoped that this grade was 100. And this from a

Ritalin drugged and very learning impaired child only

a few short years ago.

 

Willy told me that he was now able to do pull-ups with

one arm, three pull-ups with his right arm, and one

pull-up with his left arm. (He showed me this.) Willy

weighs 175 lbs. He told me that no one in his high

school can do pull-ups with one arm. I sure have never

been able to do a pull-up with one arm my entire life.

 

Willy told me that in high school, just after he had

had a real workout one day (such that he was real

" muscle-tired " ), another boy challenged him to a

push-up contest, to see who could do more push-ups in

a row without stopping. Willy knew that he was giving

up a real advantage to this boy, as the other boy had

not just had a physical workout beforehand.

Nonetheless, Willy agreed, as he felt that he could

still win. The other boy did 87 push-ups. Willy did

150.

 

Willy also told me that he is now able to do the

maximum weight that the particular exercise machine

allows at more of the exercise machines at the health

club that he goes to in order to work out.

 

And Willy told me that he was currently reading not

one, but two!, books. Willy has NEVER told me he is

reading books on his own at home. Reading is something

Willy was just not that good at, and he avoided

reading whenever he had the choice. For Willy to tell

me that " he is reading books " of his own interest and

his own choosing with his free time at home is

extremely encouraging to me. Even though Willy still

has some degree of reading impairment vs. other kids

his age, he seems to be clearly improving in this

regard. Hoorah Willy! Your reading books is the best

news you could have given me tonight.

 

And last, but not least, in the good news department,

Willy looked like " a million dollars " last night. His

health and happiness really shows, without him

uttering a single word.

 

The single piece of bad news that Willy had for me

last night is that his maximum on the bench press is

still what it was in December. He can only bench press

290 lbs. He has yet to crack 300 lbs. on the bench

press, but he hopes to do so fairly soon.

 

Knowing how compromised my son was in July of 2004,

both mentally and physically, vs. where he is today, I

cannot help but believe that Willy Darman represents

one of the most amazing physical and mental health

recoveries on the planet. And he did this in only 30

short months, by applying alternative medical concepts

(such as food allergen avoidance) and supplements

(nutrients, probiotics, and digestive enzymes) to

himself. And most amazingly, as I am a non-custodial

parent that sometimes does not see my son for a month

at a time, Willy more or less effected his own

recovery by himself. (I may have taught Willy what he

needed to do, but he did it, not me. I was not even

around to see it happen.)

 

My son Willy has become one of the healthiest persons

that I have ever known. And this occurred despite his

having a long history of being a weak and a sickly

child. Willy did not just get better from ADHD and

childhood bipolar disorder, he " got more than better "

vs. most the peers in his class. He appears to be

mentally much healthier and happier than " the norm "

for other children his age. And Willy is nearly the

strongest person in his entire high school, despite

the fact that he is only in the 10th grade (such that

he is being compared to older children, as Willy is

only 16 years old and 4.5 months or so), and despite

the fact he is being compared to some other kids that

are much larger than Willy in both size and weight.

 

Witnessing what I have witnessed in regard to my son

Willy's recovery journey, and knowing what I know

about ADHD, depression, and bipolar disorder, I can

help help but think that the medical model for both

ADHD and bipolar disorder ENDED with my son. Willy's

amazing recovery may be looked at as the turning point

for resolution and the treatment of ADHD and bipolar

disorder throughout the whole world someday. (In my

opinion, it already is just this.)

 

No wonder I keep getting my personal computers hacked

as soon as I go online with them. The drug companies

have to be scared to death about what I am saying. I

am actually quite surprised that I was able to finish

this copy this morning, without this computer messing

up so much that I couldn't do so, and therefore had to

use the public library later to complete this material

and get it out across the net.

 

Lastly, if you have not read the ongoing saga of my

son, this story makes far more sense if you first read

Willy's original ADHD/bipolar recovery story (this

came out in June 2006), and then read the first update

to his recovery story (this came out in December

2006). These are all over the net. Just google Willy

Darman to find them, or read them in my 360 blog

entries at http://360./allen_dar

 

Hoorah Willy! You continue to generate greater and

greater hope for us all.

 

Allen Darman