I used to be an unbeliever of this whole ADHD/Autism thing -- until our youngest came around. It's real, and it's a difficult thing for a child to deal with.
There's a real epidemic of this going around, and I firmly believe it's related to the explosion of anti-depressant use, primarily in women. My wife became hooked on these things by her doctor several years back. She was going through a tough time and doctors are pushing these drugs like crazy. When she became pregnant, the doctor told her not to stop, as the withdrawal would be difficult during her pregnancy. Our son now has demonstrable difficulties in school, and is struggling to keep his head above water.
Now before you go thinking this is a parenting problem: Just this past week our oldest son and daughter graduated from Purdue University. One has a degree in Astronautical Engineering, and the other has a degree in Biomedical Engineering. Both were carried by my wife prior to her anti-depressant use.
This is a very serious problem in our country right now. Many people are blaming vaccines for Autism and ADHD, but I truly believe that the real evil are anti-depressant drugs. And the pharma companies will continue to allow us to believe that the problems are vaccine-related, because if we ever discovered the truth, it would truly kill their golden goose.
“Many people are blaming vaccines for Autism and ADHD”
Many people blaming the vaccines are the parents of those kids too! If it were one or two parents I’d be like it’s nonsense but when it’s parent after parent after parent and these parents have very interesting stories to tell have to be inclined to believe it.
Many parents are opting out of vaccines and if you’ve noticed there have been epidemics of Measles breaking out. Don’t blame them, after stories I’ve read/heard will deal with the funny red dots rather than the nightmare these parents have to deal with.
Another thing, Amish kids are don’t get vaccines and they don’t have this crap.