Posted on 03/18/2014 10:29:27 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
The child would daydream in class, his elementary-school teachers said. He often just didnt pay attention the way they would have liked. This was before the age of prevalent ADHD diagnoses and Ritalin, so no remedy was at hand, either. If one had been, though, who knows what he might have been?
Perhaps not co-valedictorian of his school which he was.
I was that child. And were I attending school today and especially if my behavior had been worse, its likely Id have received that fashionable diagnosis. And why not? It seems everyone now could have ADHD.
This point is made by Dr. Richard Saul, who has been practicing behavioral neurology for 50 years and is the author of the new book ADHD Does Not Exist. In a March 14 Time piece he writes:
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
my dad is the same way but just keep in mind that the laxative effect is BECAUSE it’s not absorbing. Once you ramp up on a good, absorbable for like glycinate, you’ll see the same effectives but it will be due to relaxing the muscles and increasing the peristalsis (sp) affect.
Those who wish to be respected here usually prepare to back up their opinion with links. My earlier post did contain a link to the point I made about the effects of minimal brain disfunction.
You would have to go to the source to get that information, as I did not conduct the study. As the link said, the study was published by the Mayo Clinic. From the description at the link, it appears they examined the statistical incidence of ADHD (or symptoms resembling the approximate clinical signs of ADHD) in a sample group of children, and compared it to the incidence and length of general anesthesia during infancy in the study sample; and by this means identified a measurable trend, but not an absolute causation.
“ADHD certainly exists for those who struggle with it.”
I agree based on my personal experience! My son was only able to do his homework and participate constructively in class if he stayed on his ADHD meds. This was true from middle school all the way through college.
I am with you! My son DEFINATELY has ADHD. Naysayers, come live in our world (well disciplined , I might add) and tell me that it all made up!
bkmk
Ritalin is big in MLB too.
Oh it's not concern, it's contempt for someone who horns in on subjects they are only tangentially related to, then uses their adopted children for human shields.
Do you think you're the only FReeper to adopt a problem child?
You know I didn't write the original comment you were attacking, right?
Until the FR biddies get their beaks out of joint.
Please save the lectures, I've been here far longer than you, an need no condescending lectures from one of the most prominent of said biddies.
So you posted a link that may have been applicable to a subset of the subject. It confers no more credibility to you than a kid faking a foreign accent.
That would be your speciality.
Kindly refrain from posting to me.
You're kidding, right? Didn't you learn anything from Lois Lerner?
You don't get to give your side AND plead "the fifth." If you don't want to hear from me...stop posting.
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