Luke 21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 
Yet another reason to NEVER turn children over to the government.
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Lol! This article is a joke. ADD is real and the medications offer a crutch while people try to find other coping strategies. It has literally changed peoples lives and for the better. I'm not in favor of government requiring anything, but Ritalin is not a poison...
We had a cure for ADD/ADHD when I was growing up. Its called spanking. Worked every time.
No. One of my kids was on it for many years. It saved his life as far as we are concerned. He was having a horrible time in school and nothing we did at home helped.
He eventually graduated from one of the top universities in the country with great grades and is working for a software company. This article is full of a lot of BS.
The government had nothing to do with putting him on it. He was at a private school and it was our decisions and wasn't even suggested by a teacher. When he started on it, the change in his schoolwork was instant and dramatic. It was a stable school and we are a stable family. Nothing was driving him nuts. He was born that way and we could tell immediately afteer he was born that he was going to be different. He never slept more than 6 hours in one day until he was in high school. He never took a nap. These are NOT exaggerations.
We are thankful for the help received from a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic.
The author is:
Tom DeWeese is president of the American Policy Center and Editor of The DeWeese Report , 70 Main Street, Suite 23, Warrenton Virginia.
(540) 342-8911
Not a doctor. I am quite sceptical of widespread use of drugs like Ritilin.
Psychologists can't write prescriptions. They need an MD to do that.
So I for one, would be far more convinced by medical facts from a doctor, than from political ramblings from somebody jumping all around about Hillary Clinton.
As if she was behind the Ritilin abuse situation.
The article is both right and wrong, there are many people who these drugs, such as ritalin, are godsends. They allow the person or student to focus on tasks and be productive when they would normally not be able to do so. I've worked in a pharmacy and was able to see the changes in people first hand (I sware half the people I worked with were medicated at times).
On the other hand I also had the druggies push their wares on me when I was in high school and jr high. The first diagnosis for depression was completely misdiagnosed, and after tossing the medication six months later my grades actually improved by a letter grade. The second diagnosis was more on point ADHD/Anxiety, and at the very least the anxiety part was correct. However I realized even as a freshman in highschool any medicating of the problem would eventially end up being a crutch and one that I wouldn't want to depend on. It was better to deal with it in the short term, and not have to worry about medicating it in the future.
Luke 21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
It's really up to the parents to be informed about these drugs. And if you think the psychologist is a quack, then just don't go back and continue to get bad advice. Not all psychologists are the same, so you really have to find one that's right "for you" or "for your kid".
You don't have to choose drug therapy, but in some cases, it is beneficial.
A lot of problems would be solved if kids got enough exercise. Kids just need to burn it off. Sitting in classrooms all day and then in front of the TV or X-box or whatever isn't going to help.
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There is a highly similar group of disorders that can produce ADD/ADHD type behavioral and learning issues but is not ADD/ADHD nor can it be treated with such drugs as Ritalin. Central Auditory {Visual} Processing Disorders are very real and have been proven to exist by Audiologist and Vestibular Researchers. Audiologist can not prescribe any medications. Here's a few links.
Or to better understand what is going on this article helps also. COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
The behavioral aspects in this are triggered by audio and visual environment. The epidemic is born of largely the technology boom. The disorders have been there but did not really cause issues until our newer technology got to the point of being on the edge of what many kids and adults can handle. It is also a major cause of Adult Panic Attacks or General Anxiety Disorder and it gets overlooked. Unfortunately the underlying cause {Vestibular Disorders} gets overlooked by shrinks and many GP's and the wrong treatment protocols began with SSRI's making the patients condition worse.
7 million?
I would have thought the number would be higher.
I have read of Dr. Baughman recently. I'm currently reading a book by David. B. Stein, Ph.D., titled Unraveling the ADD/ADHD Fiasco, and I read his other book Ritalin is Not the Answer. He references Dr. Baughman's work, and Dr. Baughman has a testimonial for Stein's work on his website, www.drdavestein.com
My boys are just 2 and 4, but I can foresee the day when they are in school, the school will likely want to diagnose them as ADHD, but to me, they seem to be typical boys. I don't like the idea of putting medications into my boys just to control them! That's why I picked up Stein's books, he has a non-medication program called the Caregivers' Skills Program. Have you heard of it? I am trying to find out if anyone else has used it...but if my boys were ever diagnosed, I'd use his program before I'd give them thosemedications. I read on Stein's site that the FDA is considering putting "black box" warnings on the bottles. That is scary to me!
Woo Hoo! I own lots of pharmaceutical stock.
ADHD is real. The drugs help. I didn't believe before but I do now.