[The Right Stuff]

I wouldn't put my child on Ritalin no matter who recommended it.

[MedicalMess]

We have a theory here that ADHD and Bipolar disorder is caused by Clostridium difficile and that treatment with Ambrotose (complex sugars) and Flagyl antibiotic may stop the problem. Clostridium perfringens is known to cause sugar absorption problems and difficile is genetically real close to perfringens. Waiting to try it on a few patients. You can imagine what sugar absorption problems would do to the brain.

Check this out at www.glycoscience.com

[philman_36]

Those who oppose the legislation contend that it's negligent for an educator to refrain from helping a child who has a biologically based disease that could, if left untreated, lead to failure, accidents, and other problems.
You would think that there would be a physiological test instead of psychological tests to detect a "biologically based" disease. There aren't any.
INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRISTS
However a specific neuropsychological or physiological test for ADHD does not exist at this stage.
Dramatic Rise in ADHD Sparks Controversy
Snip...Diagnosis of ADHD is subjective and based on a child's behavior at home, school, and in other social settings. Sterman said there is a need for physicians to rely on biological markers instead of behavioral markers.
Snip...A reliable, physiological test would go a long way in refuting the contention that ADHD is a myth. But so far, brain scanning and QEEG technology is still used as a research tool rather than as diagnostic instrument.
Without a reliable tool to diagnose ADHD as a physical disorder, some believe ADHD is not a brain-based disorder, but rather a reflection of societal and family problems in the U.S. culture. But the dispute about whether ADHD is a real disorder gets personal for some whose children have been diagnosed with the disorder.
It's all Psychobabble Rap for America to Breakfast on.

[backhoe]

From a while back, but still relevant:

Rx Nation- are our children being medicated to death?

[greasepaint]

What is the standard referral fee for the drug-prescribing-
doctor to pay for a adhd 'patient'?
g.

[mewzilla]

I have four words: private/parochial/home school.

[crystalk]

This drug amounts to chemical castration of male children, nearly all of whom are being put on it as a condition of attending Satan's schools.