Posted by yabba on October 1, 2003, at 3:54:11
In reply to Re: My Child was prescribed Effexor for ADHD, posted by Rawudi on September 20, 2003, at 12:13:41
> Firstly, the fact of the matter is, ADHD is a made up disorder and doesn't exist. Some psychiatrist played a cruel and very S I C K joke on everyone, when he brought this baby into existence. You see he can't confront individuals being able to move freely and enjoy their abilities in a social environment. So, who best to target than little children. They can't fight back on the matter and then if they do anyway, they have another disorder called oppositional disorder!
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> The fact of the matter is your child or anyone else for that matter does not have unusual human symptons nor has it been of detriment to man down through the millennia of his whole track history and nor will it be presently or in the immediate future. There has been no research on the matter, there is no proof to the disorder; other than a showing of hands by psychiatrists stating that the condition is a valid mental illness with a great show of authority, if only said pretentiously, it is still non the less fraudulently stated.
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> Hence, prescribing anything other than natural physical exercise, diets, alongside of a full medical examination to ensure they don't have something basic out with their body - such as allergies, organ dysfunctions, etc., would be pandering to the private and commercial needs of the drug manufacturers and psychiatrists back pockets.
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> As your child is currently on these "drugs", my advise would not be to jump straight off of them. Far from it, as you would probably cause some damage. But rather, once they have reduced their current consumption down to zero, refrain from taking any further psycho-tropic drugs completely. Search out a doctor that does locate the actual cause of any symptons this "disorder" may appear to be manifesting. It will be there to be found and once found obtain natural remedies that handle the source of the problem.
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Uhh I'm afraid you're wrong. I discovered a pamphlet on ADD when I was 23 and realized that it fit me perfectly. Explain why thoughts swirl in my head constantly, explain my extreme forgetfullness. I had conversations with a couple of people about forgetfullness who had the same problem as I do and those conversations happened before I had even heard of ADD. Sometimes I'll forget my wallet so I'll go back in my room to get it only to come back out empty handed and then back in again only to come out empty handed once more. The examples like that go on and I have talked to 2 other people about it and they had the exact same problems. I also have a bad time of being anywhere on time. I get caught up in stuff and forget.Before you think, well this guy is just a whiner and he's had an easy life etc., understand that I spent 4 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and the 2 people who I had the conversations about forgetfullness with were also Marines. They also had problems being on time despite the strict reprisals that got handed out for that kind of thing. Don't get me wrong, the Marine Corps made me much more disciplined then before I joined but I still have problems.
I'm actually a pretty disciplined person now. I have notepads all over the place so that I can write down whatever comes to mind before I forget it. Obviously being forgetful is very annoying to me but no matter how hard I try to not be forgetful I just can't seem to shake it. My swirling thoughts also cause me to be very impulsive about speaking out. Unfortunately when I speak out sometimes I say stupid things because I didn't think it through but I deal with that by just not saying anything unless I have to or when I'm around people that it doesn't matter if I do act impulsively.
I have problems with anything that is boring, like writing papers. I can eventually force myself through it but I just have problems sitting still long enough. When I had 24 hour Duty in the MC it was pure hell sitting there in one spot. When I come upon a thought I just have to get up and walk around to move my body, I can't sit still and yet I was forced to sit in basically one spot for 24 hours at a time 6-7 times a month at least. I got through it but all of that Duty still didn't cure me of my problems with sitting still for a long length of time. You'd think I'd learn patience and sitting still wouldn't be a problem anymore. I did learn some patience and I can force myself to sit still better then I could in high school but really, the antsiness is still there. The discipline I learned in the MC has helped me to change my C average in HS english to an A average in college english though, since I actually force myself to do my assignments now.I've been trying my whole life to deal with my forgetfullness and my attention problems and you can't tell me that I haven't tried hard enough or that the diagnosis of ADD doesn't fit me to the bill. I'm a very skeptical person and my endorsement for the existence of ADD doesn't come lightly. I do think that ADD is over diagnosed in America these days (anxiety causes similar symptoms) but it does have it's own unique symptoms that prove it's existence.
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