Dr. Mercola
September 20 2007

   

The number of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for children has more
than doubled between 1995 and 2000. This revealing documentary by Gary
Null details the devastating consequences of this excessive medicating
of our children with mind-altering drugs.

The film focuses on children who have been diagnosed with attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), even though evidence to verify
such a diagnosis is lacking.

Instead, kids are often labeled with ADHD simply for acting like kids:
fidgeting, speaking out of turn, not wanting to sit still, and being
hyper.

The diagnosis of ADHD is often made based on anecdotal evidence and
standardized assessments from parents and teachers, without giving
consideration to other potential factors like home life, diet, and
environmental toxins.

The end result for kids diagnosed with ADHD, as the video shows, is
almost always medications.

If you?ve ever wondered why kids were rarely committing suicide or
violent acts in schools when YOU were growing up, this essential video
may shed some insight.

Dr. Mercola:
I urge you to devote some time to watching The Drugging of Our Children.

This is a film that everyone with children should see.

You may have noticed the back-to-school themed advertisements for ADHD
drugs that came out just in time for parents and teachers to begin
questioning which students will ?need? these medications.

This is a carefully timed marketing scheme aimed at selling more of
these potent drugs, such as Ritalin, to your children -- and the
marketing works. Many adolescent psychiatrists report that there is a
sharp increase in prescriptions for ADHD drugs when kids start the
school year.

Some drug companies are even marketing candy-flavored versions of these
drugs.

It?s no wonder that drugs for ADHD bring in about $1 billion in sales
every year.

It is ironic that children are urged not to take drugs when it comes to
the illegal variety, but are readily supplied with mind-altering
medications as long as they are FDA-approved.

However, health professionals prescribe these drugs without warning
parents about the severe and potentially fatal side effects (psychotic
symptoms, headaches, insomnia, hallucinations, cardiac arrhythmia).

Many of the drugs used to treat ADHD are not only potentially hazardous,
but they are unnecessary if your child is treated appropriately.

How to Treat ADHD Naturally

There are plenty of safe, effective alternatives for treating this
condition, and some particularly effective methods include:

   * Using plenty of animal-based omega-3 fats like krill oil.

   * Spending more time in nature.

   * Balancing your intake of omega-3 and omega-6 fats (from vegetables
oils).

   * Avoiding processed foods, especially those containing artificial
colors, flavors, and preservatives, which may trigger ADHD symptoms.

   * Replacing soft drinks, fruit juices, and pasteurized milk in your
diet with pure water.

   * Reducing or eliminating grains and sugars from your diet.

For parents out there, I realize that many decide to put their children
on a psychotropic drug because they believe it will help them. There can
also be extreme pressure to do so, with some public schools even
accusing parents of child abuse when they resist giving their kids drugs
such as Ritalin.

What you need to know, and spread the word about, is that:

   * These drugs are potent (Ritalin is more potent than cocaine) and
produce long-term changes in your child?s brain
   * They cause serious side effects
   * ADHD is almost always related to dietary and environmental
factors, and can be cured by making the appropriate changes (outlined
above)

Another helpful tool is my three-part interview with renowned children's
health expert Dr. Lendon Smith on Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD. Dr.
Smith passed away several years ago, but was really one of the pioneer
physicians in this area.

Related Articles:

 Get Your ADHD Drug From a Patch

New Effective, Non-Drug Treatments for ADHD

The Insanity Continues as More U.S. Kids Are Taking Drugs for Behavior
and Depression

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When children are given toxic vaccinations starting at 1 & 2 days old,
fed a bunch of dead food loaded with pesticides and tons of sugar, they
end up with problems!!!  The answer is NOT more drugs.  Detox and stop
giving them what caused the problem and you then will see true changes!    
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exactly! Yet it is just what the AMA teaches the doctors to do.

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So true!

Vaccinations, diet, pharma drugs,and lack of sufficient exercise are
destroying children!
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This video also shows medical doctors receiving $ 10,000 checks as
rewards for prescribing drugs. Medical science is definetely corrupted !
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How can this be stopped at the roots? We can sit here and talk about
very sensible ways to stop the symptoms, but until the problem is
addressed politically, they are just bands-aids.

I cannot tell you how many people look for the answers in these pill
bottles or as a way to straighten up their kids....who are being kids.

What is the difference between that and trying to find it in a bottle of
booze?

I do not advocate a parental style that is a free for all for the kid
concerning his/her behavior, but to drug them to get them to comply is
evil in my opinion.

I also feel for teachers. However, classroom size has much to do with
the problems teachers experience to try to keep control.

Also, at times those indoctrinated in pharma practices are quick to
blame Scientology for anything opposing the prescribing of
antidepressants for normal behavior that is not society's current trendy
ideas of "normal".

Milquetoast cookie cutter lifestyles are not what I consider normal
.......unless one chooses this way to live for themselves. I fear for
the future of our country when labeling anything outside of this box as
undesirable.

Who makes these decisions on a persons' worth as a contributing member
of society?

The fantasy of the media?

We need answers for these things.
     
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Salient & sobering documentary.

Big Pharma has killed far more globally than Al Queda, yet I have not
yet seen one Big Pharma executive doing time in Gitmo, or hunted down as
the mass murders both groupings of soulless are.
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My daughter has high energy, never sits down and even sweats all the
time from perpetual movement.
That is how she is made, and I love it.   I would never, ever give my
child drugs so that I can "calm her down".
I cannot imagine how a parent would drug their children just to "shut
them up".!!
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change there food change the way they act! they do not need the drugs.
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mmm. I agree. This is scary stuff. What really astounds me is that these
kids are drugged to the eyeballs ,and then everyone expects them to grow
into functioning people in our society. But , I guess they can move
across to other drugs as they get older. Its a win win for the pharma
money wheel again! and a lose lose for the poor souls who are exposed to
these drugs.
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It confirms what I have felt to be true for a long time. The PigPharma
people should be charged with  child abuse and  attempted murder. What
else can you call it when they willfully withhold data that has cost so
many lives. I know most people will watch part of this and still pop
pills 'cause someone on TV said it's good for you. I will forward this  
to everyone I know. I have done something to help, my children are grown
but there are wee ones being poisoned, infuriating!
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the negative monster is in force, show your face, let us know who you
are?
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well said unc........
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It is OK Todd, I still love you!!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
     
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ADHD  is a manufactured 'disease,' based on a set of symptoms, the
perception of which is highly subjective. It is NOT hereditary. Being a
very active, physical person is NOT a disorder. Being not quite as
cerebral as other, 'normal' children, preferring to be in motion is not
a disease. These so-called experts are creating something in order to
push drugs and make money.

It enrages me to see how many school officials try to ORDER parents to
poison their child with drugs to make teaching more convenient for them.
You know what? Teaching is challenging. Children need physical activity
and in today's school, they don't get it. They need good nutrition, and
don't get it. They need rest, many don't get enough of that either.

There are so many brilliant, amazing, wonderful children whose lives are
being ruined by people who know nothing about these issues and who
adhere to a belief system that runs counter to what would create true
health.

The story of the woman from Sunnyvale is absolutely appalling. We should
not take this kind of gestapo behavior lying down. That police officer
should have been disciplined. I appreciate what Gary Null is doing and
Dr. Mercola for bringing these issues to light.

Perhaps that is one reason for the explosion in home schooling.
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excellent points & talk about hitting the nail directly on the head,
Magnolia - thank you.
It is so maddening when you know..........
it is so saddening for those at the mercy
of the drugs and the mentality of those who believe in such.
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Well said ! I would only add to that, let's not forget the criminal
psychiatrists behind the scenes almost undetected, prescribing the
drugs.
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My appt. was broken into about 8 years ago, when I lived alone in a
complex. The man responsible (he was caught because he was stupid enough
to use my stolen credit card within a mile of my apt) was in his 30's
and I was told by the DA's office that he was a meth. addict.  I
commented that he looked like he could have been on drugs (thin and
gaunt looking), but didn't seem to exhibit the shaky-nervous symptoms
that one usually associates with methamphetamine use. Instead, he seemed
much the opposite. The DA told me that they had learned that he had been
on Ritalin as a child, and that as a result, the meth actually calmed
him as the Ritalin had once done. I had never heard of this before or
since, but she explained that it was actually more common that most
people realize, as the extended use of Ritalin can alter the brain and
so consequently, uppers can have the opposite affect of what they would
have on an unaltered brain. The DA said that some of the people who are
addicted to meth, who had been given Ritalin as children, claim they
initially started taking the meth to calm them, which then led to their
addiction.  She added that it certainly didn't mean that all children on
Ritalin became drug users as adult, but she felt that there was a
disproportionate amount who did. Her information was based on arrest
records as opposed to medical fact, but it was something I never forgot.
Has anyone else ever heard this theory?  
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Kim your comment regarding the meth addicts resurfaced a comment my
father-in-law made.  His son was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed
ritalin.  He is now 18.  When he was 15 or 16 he was taken to a
specialist (I do not remember what field) and his parents were told that
he basically was brain damaged and his brain does not function as others
would.  Drugs that would give us a high calm him and vice versa.  I know
that he is using something but have no idea as to what.  He was smoking
marijuana for many years and my father-in-law did not think he was
taking anything stronger as it would bring him down.  After reading your
comments, I can now see why he would go back to stimulants.  Thanks
     
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So antibiotics, in straight layman's terms, turns off a person's immune
system and "takes over" for it, and we all know the problems this
causes.

Psychotropics, in the same way, shut down a person's reasonings,
emotions, responsiveness, and "takes over" human reasoning, and that
could be the reason why antidepressants carry a warning of suicidal
tendencies, a ridiculous notion for a halfway intelligent society.

I speak from experience about these drugs that numb a person's mind,
rendering one incapable of simple emotion unless controlled by the drug.  
Not only emotion, but logic, knowing right from wrong, sensation,
sentiment, all this is controlled entirely by the drug.  The natural
sensations are switched off so the drug can function.  Why on earth
would anyone give this to a child????

Being under these drugs, a host of them, I had to fight to keep ME in
control.  After almost two years of a drug-free life, I still struggle
to cope with some things in life, however, I am able to awaken the mind
which was turned off for nearly a year and realize I am strong enough to
function.  Our children do not need to be weakened by this.  Thanks for
letting me vent.
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You vent any time dempoolguy!

Looks like we have some Merck DINGERS here again!!!
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dempoolguy - What a beautiful and courageous story.  Keep up the
excellent work.  This community of health and well-being says welcome
....... thanks for sharing your story.  

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Succintly put: "Psychiatric drugs dehumanize, disable and kill"
     
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I saw this film somewhere else recently.  

The criminal thing about Paxil being given to teens is that NINE
different studies were done, and EIGHT showed that there were big
problems with it, higher rate of suicidal thought & attempt were the
major ones.  The drug company withheld this info, & produced only the
study which showed the benefits.

So docs, believing the published research & believing they were helping,
began giving this out.

No more to say on that:  the drug companies should be held criminally
responsible.
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Our son's close friend committed suicide at 17 years olds after being on
a variety of different types of drugs for ADHD for 10 years
- since his body was so compromised and struggling trying to deal with
ADHD, I never understood why his foods were not considered more
important.
How many children could be completely drug free if the processed foods
with high fructose corn syrup, hydrongenated oils, refined sugar,
refined flour, passed down pesticides, (passed down drugs if animal
product) were removed from their food choices and replaced with lots of
organic fruits and vegetables?

The numbers are too great too ignore.
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you probably saw it here, I know I did.

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And the criminal psychiatrists who prescibe these drugs as well.
     
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When will society start to question why all these children are being
diagnosed with ADHD, surely society will have to start delving deeper
into the reasons and make a connection to the food that is now around,
the lack of exercise that children are getting and realise that drugs
are not the answer.

My son is 4.5 and he does not stop from the moment he wakes up until the
time he falls asleep.  He rides his bike, he plays with the dog, he goes
for walks, he climbs trees, he plays ball, he helps feed the animals, he
helps me with jobs, he talks none stop and is just generally an
"energiser bunny" - its beautiful - I wish I had half his energy.

As has already been posted kids nowadays are getting fed rubbish, and
they do not get half the exercise as we used to.

It is so frustrating to me that drugs are the first thing people look
to.  Generally the answers can be found in diet.
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Right there with you ozy ness -

This line is worth repeating
"It is so frustrating to me that drugs are the first thing people look
to.  Generally the answers can be found in diet."

I believe "the answers can be found in the diet" 95% of the time.
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I am with you both all the way.
     
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Drug kids for being kids.  Crazy times we live in.  Feed 'em sugar, TV,
video games instead of putting them outside to play and feeding them a
healthy diet.  Schools have cut creative classes such as art and music,
and they've cut PE.  When do kids get to play anymore?
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P.S.  This is the first Gary Null production I've seen where he doesn't
fully push veganism.  I'm glad he's out there doing great things, but if
I were to follow his dietary recommendations, I'd be either dead or at
least in a wheel chair.  I need purines, and you can't get them from his
vegetarian diet.
     
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I personally had the worst school experience in the early years
(grades1-9), my parents were very attentive and strict.  As I got older,
several things started to come together - I was a kid who needed to
excercise prior to sitting and being lectured to - this realization
helped me increadibly.  With the inability to stay on task and sit
still, and just being absolutely board out of my mind came a gift - the
ability to hyper focus; once I got on a task I was excited about time
stopped and I could go for hours or a whole day (even w/o eating) and
get amazing amounts of work done.  Disease or Gift?  

I see this in my daugter, and krill oil has an amazing drug like affect
with her adding a small amount of excercise prior to learning times
really gives her the ability to stay on task.  

Being a health professional and raised in the mainstream - but also
having been tought to skeptically think for myself with a research
degree:  I would recommend almost never giving meds to adjust brain
chemistry unless everything, everything else has been tried, and tried
well.

Thanks to Dr. Mercola - for spreading health advice no matter what,

Dr. G

PS - I can design a study that will say/prove anything you want (as they
say - you can't always believe what you read) esp. from the drug
companies.
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When children are given toxic vaccinations starting at 1 & 2 days old,
fed a bunch of dead food loaded with pesticides, tons of sugar and
prescription drugs they end up with problems!!!  The answer is NOT more
drugs.  Detox and stop giving them what caused the problem and you then
will see true changes!    
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In addition to Dr. Null's informative Documentary, I urge you to get
this riveting, chilling Documentary called:  "Psychiatry:  An Industry
of Death"  by the Citizen's Commission on Human Rights, www.cchr.org, a
non-profit organization dedicated to exposing psychiatric violations of
human rights.  Through over a hundred interviews with doctors, attorneys
and experts in the field of mental health, the DVD exposes the truth
about psychiatry and the multi-billion dollar fraud that it is.  CCHR is
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT!  

ChildrenRourFuture
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I saw the "Industry of Death" exhibit when it was shown in Boston. Very
chilling. I was already familiar with the destructive aims of psychiatry
after having read "Freedom" magazine since the 80's, and I know of some
of the great work that CCHR is doing to bring the truth to light.  But
the person seeing the exhibit with me had always been reasonable about
psychiatry. He isn't now. He sees how there is a terrible purpose behind
all the drugs and invalidation of psychiatrists.  Since then, he's been
observing how better nutrition, excellent parenting and teachers who
make sure the students duplicate what is being taught them, can turn
around troublesome kids really quickly.

It's amazing how involved healthy children will become in their
schooling when they are exposed to subjects that actually interest them,
and which are taught at a gradient that they can easily comprehend. A
good student dictionary is worth its weight in gold.

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I have one of these overly busy children who can't sit still, has
learning disabilities, difficulty falling asleep, bed wetting, behaviour
issues related to not having the capacity to sit still and follow
instructions.  He's been this way since day one. Parenting him can be
tiring and stressful.  My problems started when he entered school and
the teachers wanted him "tested".  I took him to a paediatrician who
spent a mere 20 minutes asking questions while writing a prescription
for Ritalin.  I didn't want to be that parent who "neglected to provide
my child with treatment", so I went against my own belief that children
do not need to be medicated and put him on the medication.  Within a few
days I noticed he was having major mood swings from extreme anger to
depression and incolsolable crying.  I asked him what was wrong and he
told me he couldn't make the helecopters in his head stop.  Having
psychotic episodes was not something I wanted my 4 year old to
experience.  I took him off the poison and started looking in to
alternative treatment for his issues.  I've altered his diet after
taking note that certain foods seemed to have a drug like effect on him.  
His pupils would dialate and he would become out of control.  I believe
diet is a major contributing factor to his hyperactivity.  Other things
I have done which have been helpful is giving him Omega 3-6-9 daily.  
Keeping him away from processed foods and sugar helps too but it's hard
in today's society.  I was really angered to find out that his new
teacher this year is rewarding her kids with candy for good
behaviour...I am thinking HELLO!!!  I try hard to keep this stuff away
from him so that he can succeed and she's undermining me in the
classroom by giving him stuff that will only undo the positive behaviour
changes due to a diet without the junk.  Then she has the nerve to
complain that he doesn't sit still or follow instructions and suggests
that perhaps he should be medicated!  What's a parent to do???
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COMPLAIN TO THE TEACHER, PRINCIPAL AND ANYONE ELSE NECESSARY IN THE
SCHOOL UNTIL THEY STOP THIS BEHAVIOR!  Explain to them what they are
doing.  They are obviously ignorant.  Teachers need to be rewarding kids
with positive messages and smiley face stickers on their papers and not
with tangible rewards (especially candy).  This does nothing but
motivate children to do the right thing or a good job only if they will
receive a tangible reward.

If the teacher insists on providing a reward, there are plenty of ideas
she can use without giving out sugar/candy.  Stickers, pencils, trinkets
of all sorts...

If they don't care about the health of your child, then see if you can
put them in another school, or better yet, homeschool them.
     
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There's a girl at our church who, I have to admit, was hugely annoying
with her loud, rambunctious behavior. When she entered a room, people
usually left it. Recently, her parents switched her ADHD medication and
seem to think they've hit on the "right" one. The girl walks around like
a zombie now. Most of the annoying behavior is gone, but so is most
indication of life.

I actually feel sorry for the girl now, and I was one of the people who
used to run the other way when she appeared. The rest of us at church
(the pastor's wife in particular) had been working on teaching her when
to stop some of her annoying behaviors. She could control herself when
someone got in her face and told her to quit what she was doing. Yes,
she still squirmed in her seat, but so what? She was learning what was
appropriate or acceptable and what wasn't. Now that she's in a drug-
induced daze, there isn't much to teach her any more.

And yes, the gir's diet is terrible. She had dinner with us one Sunday
and turned up her nose at grilled steak, real mashed potatoes, and
salad. She chose not to eat much and claimed that she was full. When we
got to curch later that evening, she dove into the junk food that was
available. All her parents said in response was, "Yup. She's a terrible
eater." Personally, I'd like to have their heads examined. Medication
shouldn't be allowed as a substitute for discipline and good decisions.
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DJones3423 - Hi, and you are so correct!  

There are many lazy parents out there who just don't take the energy to
pay attention to the facts or have a clue that their childrens behavior
is a direct link to their foods.  You know, the saying "ignornance is
not an excuse" applies very well here.  There should be child abuse laws
set into place for parents (and doctors) who are too stupid to realize
foods are the cause of the childrens difficulties, the sicknesses, the
irritability, the social dysfunction and the aggressiveness - all of
these problems have been reduced greatly or eliminated completely when
processed foods with all the crap ingredients are removed from the food
choices.  
     
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I agree that ADHD is a symptom of underlying issues and not a "disease"
or even a "disorder" in and of itself, and that treating the root cause
is they key to solving the problem, not just treating the symptoms.
However, it is EXTREMELY difficult for parents to get CONCRETE advice on
what to do. Take Krill oil...great idea, we have the product, but I have
NO IDEA what the proper therapeutic dose should be for my 9-year-old
son. I can get some recommendations for dosing of fish oil, but I
understand that the fatty acids in krill oil are more easily absorbed so
is the dose the same? Or smaller? I actually e-mailed the mercola
website - twice - when ordering this and received no answer. I give my
son 2 capsules a day...too much? Too little? Who knows? I've read about
bio feedback, mercury poisoning, vitamin B deficiency, omega 3
deficiency, cerebellum stimulation, etc. etc. etc...yet I can't get his
EFA levels tested, or vitamin B level, or mercury level, without paying
for these out of pocket...with $$ we just don't have right now. There
are two excellent centers in my state (Massachusetts) that are on the
cutting edge of non-medicated ADHD treatment, but neither practice works
with insurance and the fees start at appx. $5000.

And while I play experimental-DIY-naturopath at home I still have to
work with my son every day and tell him that school won't always be this
hard, that someday the words on the page will make sense, he'll be able
to remember things, that he won't be the last to finish, and won't feel
like "the dumbest kid in the class." It's heartbreaking to watch your
kid struggle day in and day out and try one thing after another with the
hope that "maybe this will work."

How about some concrete advice for those trying to treat this,
essentially, alone? How much Krill oil, how often? How buch vitamin B,
and which one(s)? How much calcium and magnesium? I can certainly see
why so many desperate parents do embrace whatever provides relief for
their children.
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Thank you all fn.or your responses.

Sean, I'll check out the handle.org site - sounds like it will have a
lot of good information. My son definitely has some kind of processing
problem that we haven't been able to unlock. I am fortunate that his
school is sympathetic to this and is willing to try whatever I suggest.
They are a patient bunch! My son doens't qualify for special education
because his test scores, while low, are in the range of normal but
nonetheless his school does give him small group reading and lots of 1:1
instruction just as if he were on a special ed. plan. Perhaps this
evaluation will open us up to more techniques...thank you for the
suggestion.

Mama bear, thank you - I will probably up him to 4 a day for 12 weeks
and see what happens...he only weighs 65 lbs but so far the 2/day isn't
doing anything (and he's been taking it for months).

Coco nut, thanks for the product and book recommendations I'll
definitely check them out.

TGNMOM Ihear ya! I wish there were a good resource for how much of what
to give...the health food store I go to is great with recommendations
for adults but working with kids seems to be a black hole. Maybe that's
my million $ idea...I'll figure out what works for kids and publish a
guide...if only it were that easy, right?

Thanks again everyone!

Jen
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jstarr... yes, $$ is often what it comes down to. Desire to care, to
live well is often hampered. Unfortunately, my suggestion here will cost
money - but perhaps less than you've encountered to date?

It sounds like your son's school is having difficulty teaching him in
ways that suit him... and so might I suggest a HANDLE 'screening'?
Shouldn't cost anywhere near $5000 (about 1/12 of that here in Ireland).
You will know your son far better afterward. He will know himself better
too. And you will both know how to help increase his brain's efficiency
at doing things for him. (handle.org)

I had a screening last year and finally understood a lot about my
school, professional and romantic lives. I was never comfortable with
eye contact - esp when someone insisted on it and was talking and/or
touching me at the same time. Because I simply can't "hear" or remember
what's been said if my eyes are locked onto one point. All the more so
if the situation is emotional (imagine what that does to a relationship
when your partner thinks you're trying to avoid intimacy or hide
something!)). I always found it hard to read because my eyes ability to
track is weak due to a collapse in body (and eye) muscle tone induced by
my vestibular not being able to cope with sitting still and/or "pay
attention".  All of this was/is not helped by my being light-sensitive
(black text on white paper is difficult for me) or having a very acute
sense of smell (some books and papers simply reek of chemicals and I
can't bear to be within several feet of them).  I could go on and on...
I learned so much about myself in those few hours.

And so I gave up beating myself up for not reading, not paying
attention, not being able to sit still. I gave myself permission NOT to
look at people wh Because I finally realised it wasn't actually my
fault. And after almost a year of doing the activities suggested, I am
way better at all those and more. Also am more relaxed because I know
things are getting better!
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RE:  the dosage amount for Krill.  I have a 10 year old 86 lb daughter
who takes 2 krill daily.  My 13 yr old 106 lb daughter takes 3.  My 200+
husband takes 6 aday and I take 4.  I think if you don't see the results
you were hoping for, I would add an additional gel tab to see if that
works.  I am not sure there is a one size fits all dosage.  In the
winter (lack of sunshine months) we also add vitamin D.  Best of luck
and keep being an advocate for your child.  
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Jstarr, I too am a DIY-naturopath. There is a magnesium product made by
Peter Gillham Natural Vitality-Calm- I myself am looking to use it but
waiting for the funds. It does list recommended doses for children.  
Iherb.com, There is also a product by Green Pastures for Omega3's. I
give it to my six year old.  He likes the cinnamon flavor.   I also
highly recommend the reading of "You're not sick, you're thirsty" by F.
Batmanghelidj.  I have known his writing has been out there for years,
and wondered what a book on water could really tell me.  After reading
it I wished I would have bought it years ago.  Awesome book.  
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I totally agree with you, it is getting frustrating trying to figure out
how much omega-3's, how much vitamin D, B, C etc. . . that I should
take. I haven't even been able to start with my kids. I've been going
through a rough ride trying to balance out my own brain chemistry. The
only advise that I have is to start small,introducing one thing at a
time, and ask a lot of questions about how he is feeling. Cook a lot,
with fresh ingredients and kick everything out of the house that
contains processed unnatural ingredients.
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Hi there, just an idea - have you ever checked out salicylate and amine
intolerances on the net? It could be the answer you are looking for as
it has been for my sisters children, and myself. Now none of us have
much trouble focusing or feeling calm any more. The diet although bland,
even has a huge impact on Tourrette's Syndrome tics. My nieces and
nephews find it boring - but would rather do it than feel the way they
used to. (They are 4, 7 and 10)

Good luck.

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This story made me sad. My middle grandchild just started school, and
I'm sure he'll manifest the signs of whatever combination of letters is
popular this year. I know that diet has a lot to do with his behavior,
but he's also just a "real boy". I have had a lot of success with unruly
kids from just looking them in the eyes and listening to them. Speaking
in a low tone, slowly, will bring them to a peaceful state often times.
It angers me when I am out and I see (and hear) mothers yelling at their
bouncy children as if this will control them. Well, now, that's
certainly off subject! (I once stopped a young mother and told her I was
sorry her son was deaf, that it must be challenging. I only got a glare
in response, but I was amused.) We need to love and understand our
little ones, and feed them well.
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It breaks my heart to see so many normal children drugged because of
their "challenging" behaviors or incompatible environments. I have done
a lot of research on ADHD medications and children. I have yet to find
ANY solid research that suggests that medications are useful for our
children. Children need attention, skills and discipline. No drug can
provide this. Children are given these drugs on a trial and error basis
and continue to suffer from the "symptoms" of ADHD in addition to the
myriad of debilitating side effects from the medications. Please make an
effort to educate people around you about the dangers of these
medications on these little minds. I feel it is our (we that know
better) duty to inform people so that they can make healthy decisions
about their children's health.
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I have read, but i don't have the reference, that at whatever age a
child begins to use illicit drugs, they stay at that emotional age.  So
a person, say at 24, who began using at age 14, still has the
mental/emotional development of a 14 year old.

It seems to me the same may very well be true of using legal,
pharmaceutical drugs.  If these meds are keeping the children from
learning & interacting, they can not be developing.  I wonder if any of
the drug companies has thought to test THAT theory?

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kristentolbert, you are soooo right. As you say, "Children need
attention, skills and discipline. No drug can provide this."

All children are wonderful. We have the responsibility, as parents, to
give them the best of ourselves, and NEVER to blame them. Never,
never... It is our own weaknesses that create "problems". To give
medication for that??? I have no words to say how wrong I think this
is...

I read all comments on this article with tears in my eyes.

God bless us all
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I work in the public school system in a position where I must evaluate a
child's ability to perform in the regular classroom environment compared
to his / her peers.  In a standards-based system where teachers and
schools (loss of federal funds if you don't make the stats) are being
held accountable by the government to increase test scores, there is a
pressure to get kids to perform -- to perform to a standard that some
children can not obtain.  It is a huge, status quo movement.  And when a
handful of children can not sit still and listen to explicit, intense
direct instruction (and then regurgitate back in unison), an evaluation
on that child is requested.  This involves formal observation, filling
out clinical checklists and then writing letters to pediatricians asking
for support with medication trials.

This is the reality, people.  Parents have no choice except to fight it.  
And that makes life a living hell for the child in school.

During my earlier years in education, before the creation of the NCLB
and standards based performance issues, I used creative and fun
classroom management strategies to get my kids to behave and perform.  I
can't remember one student for at least 10 years during my teaching in
the 80's who was on drugs for behavior.  In any given classroom in the
elementary school I now work at, there are at least 5 kids on some form
of mind altering drug.  When my own children were born, I actually quit
working and kept one of my sons out of the public education system and
home-schooled him until he was in the 2nd grade and knew how to read and
write.  I taught him to monitor his behaviors, I altered his diet and
loved him fiercly and unconditionally.  When I put him into school, he
did marvelously.  I know without a doubt that he would have been labeled
and treated poorly due to his hyper behaviors and our life would have
been living hell.

NCLB + poor diet + toxic environments = increased diagnoses and
obsessive controlling of child behaviors.
     
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When we begin to take responsibility for having children and spend the
time that is needed in rearing those children, rather than leaving it up
to the State, then and only then, can we take back our rights as parents
and rear healthy, emotionally and physically, children.  As it stands,
the State not only owns our children and gives the children the
appearance that they have certain "rights" as individuals,  it also
mandates vaccinations, drugs, privacy and all sorts of insane laws, that
only separate parents from children.  Thus children become lonely,
unguided, and undisciplined.  Children are brainwashed when very young
that is why the State recommends all this "early schooling" baloney.  
To "Honor thy mother and thy father" is politically incorrect and it
doesn't take much to see the results of this way of thinking.  Life is
not perfect and all children can be unruly, dreamy, and bad mannered at
times, but this is life, and certainly part of childhod-- THAT IS WHY WE
HAVE PARENTS -- to teach by example and instruction.  And, it takes
time, lots of time spent with and being there for our children.  So,
lets take back our children from the State and take responsibility for
their upbringing -- we owe it to them!
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It's interesting, when I was treating patients in Japan, I had one young
boy, age 9 who was hearing the clouds talking to him and misbehaving in
school. When I ran a full allergy panel on this kid he had an allergy to
Buckwheat and Rye.

The Japanese diet is heavy in grains so was it any wonder this kid was
having issues?

With my own children, I've had equally interesting experiences. All of
my kids are in the top 10% of their class and some speak multiple
languages. All of my kids could read, write and perform simple
arithmetic before getting into Kindergarten.

I had a teacher tell me, "I think by the fact that they complete their
tasks and then stare into space, they have ADD and need to be placed in
Ritalin."  

I smiled and asked, "Her grades are well yes?" The teacher agreed.  
"She knows her material?"  Again, the teacher agreed.  "Where did you
graduate medical school?", I asked. She looked confused for a moment and
said, "I have a BA in Sociology from XYZ College."

"You just made a medical diagnosis and prescribed a protocol for
treatment. You're not a physician so I would resist the temptation to do
that again." I told her.

What arrogance! Not asking maybe we should have her tested but declaring
she knew what the answer was.

Parents, do not let teachers bully their way around with you and your
kids. They are NOT doctors and do NOT have the training to make a
diagnosis nor prescribe treatment. In speaking to other parents, many
have had similar experiences.

My suggestion is to see a physician that practices Functional Diagnostic
Medicine if you are experiencing problems with your kids.

All the best,

Nick
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Japan? Really? I would love to see that country someday.  I just want to
say Thank You for putting that teacher in her place.
     
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Many thanks to Dr Mercola for promoting this video that exposes the evil
mongering pharmaceutical industry and the psychiatric criminals.

Thanks also to Dr Mercola for promoting good nutrition as a REAL safe
and effective solution.
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Did you know that schools get money for each child they have on Ritalin?  
They encourage the use of it due to that fact!
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The real reason our full society around the world are suffering from
unnessary reactions and actions, boils down to this,   the new world
order is in their 3rd stage of distruction.  They began this insidious
program in deep secret back in the 18 hundreds.

Today, these neo-cons-elits, have bought , most of the worlds
governments, corporations, medical profession, etc.

What our children are going threw has been in the plan for a very long
time.

Please listen to Alex Jones   www.infowars.com    plus his other
websites, and click on -- listen.  His radio show is on 24/7.  He
broadcast once a day and is repeated until his next live one the
following day.

Please check  www.ronpaul2008.com    He needs to be our next president.    
This is very serious.  A lot is going on behind your backs.  What you
are seeing and for some experiencing, is a major sign.

Please get extremely educated now, before it is to late.  We do not have
much time left.
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*** I meant, persons who appear to have been former members of the Third
Reich.... (?)
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When you hear in this video that a child can be forcibly taken from her
mother because she refuses to drug him with Ritalin, the inescapable
conclusion is that there are REAL *** runing our government. It needs to
change!
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annapavlova42 - We don't have much time - you are so correct.  Ron Paul
is a definitely good candidate to be going for, but don't forget Dennis
Kucinich - he's a constititional upholder also, as well as peaceful.  
He's already been talking peace with some in the Middle East.

As slimy as most politicians are, I think either one of these two is a
great choice.  At least they have morals and integrity.  And believe and
vote for how the constitution is set.
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I wrote a question to the Ron Paul people through that web site several
weeks ago. I have yet to hear back from them, which doesn't exactly make
me have the warm fuzzies about him as a candidate.
     
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One item to also look for in hyperactive children is cleaning products.  
Have you ever seen how dryer sheets affect a child?  In many cases they
bouce off the walls from, well, Bounce!  Tide is also a culprit in some
of the so-called ADD/ADHD prognosis.  (See "Is This Your Child?" by
Doris Rapp, MD)

Food additives and artificial colorings in food are also huge.  Just
last night I looked like the bad mom because I refuse to allow my
children to eat the snack at church choir - Fruit Roll-Ups (no fruit at
all!), Yogos (UG!) and so much other junk.  It makes me crazy.

I love this forum where I can vent with other like minded folks!  
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Along with proper diet and exercise many ADHD kids need an eye exam. I
used to work at an optometrist office and we saw several kids who were
diagnosed with ADHD and as soon as they got their eyes checked, and got
glasses, they were "fine" behaviorly.

What happens is that kids don't know that they can't see. If they can't
see the board at school- they can't learn and they become bored. They
are bored so they "act out" and then this cycle continues until finally
they see a counselor who trys to medicate them. It's SO unneccessary!!!
If your child is having behavioral problems, the first thing you should
do is take them to have an eye exam. And I mean a good, in depth eye
exam, not  the "cheapest" one you can find. Walmart/Target/etc doctors
don't give as indepth of an eye exam that an independant optometrist
does.  Lack of eye sight may not be the underlying problem, but I'd
rather try that then put my kid on meds.
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Your post just reminded me of something...when my son (9 year old with
AH/HD-Primarily Inattentive) was in Kindergarten he had a terrible time
copying anything, including being able to copy his own name from the
name card on his desk. Copying from the board was impossible. His
teacher suggested an eye exam, and we had a full workup done that showed
that his vision was better than normal.

When he was in second grade, a friend mentioned something known as
"Irlen Syndrome," a kind of lousy name for a vision problem related to
how we "see" text on a page. For some people, the text can seem to
shake, vibrate, or form "rivers" where black characters clump together
and the white spaces connect to form rivers. It has something to do with
a problem of processing the black text on bright white, often glossy
paper. His school happened to have a staff member was was certified to
screen for this and sure enough, he responded well the the remedy, which
is to use a colored transparent overlay when reading. When my son reads
or write from a turquoise page, he's able to see the text better. When
he works with black on white, he has a tendency to block the light, read
in very dim light, and slowly rotate the page away from him so that he's
reading on an angle or upside-down. It would be great if an optomotrist
could screen for this because I'm sure many people haven't heard of it
and probably fewer schools have qualified screeners.

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Sorry ! I gave a thumbs up to Mad Dinger when I meant a thumbs down !
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Thought maybe ya'll would like some comments from a person in their 40's
who actually is adhd.  It's a sleep disorder that maybe one tenth of one
percent of the population has.  It is not a learning disorder.  If
anything, we usually are much brighter than other people.  (I had a 3.78
GPA in accounting in college.)  There are a few giveaways that you may
have it.  Anything that normally speeds someone up ie coffee, ephedrine,
methylphenidate, etc. will make you feel better.  And what I mean by
that is you are able to sleep at night and (this is hard to explain)
your life stops coming at you like a bunch of soundbites.  This is what
homeopathy is folks. A small amount of the poison resolves the problem.  
Someone who is really adhd will immediately get relief from any kind of
upper.  We're born that way.  It is not caused by taking hard drugs. WE
ARE ALREADY LIKE THIS.  Someone who is prone to hard drugs probably has
problems with histamine levels in the brain.   Real adhd does not go
away after childhood and if you really have it you probably won't be
diagnosed with it.  And if you do figure out that you have it, it will
be because you realise after a certain point that your impulsiveness and
hyperfocusing on things has made your life a real pain in the a.s and
believe me, you've self medicated until the cows come home, ie efa's,
choline, diet, blah, blah, blah.  I don't believe that children should
be medicated.  How the hell would a kid know if the stuff was working or
not?  I do think that adults should have a choice though.  As said
before, someone who has adhd will self medicate and the ritalin
(methylphenidate) is far more effective, with far less side effects than
that quadruple espresso or that ephedrine pill.  You are not inclined to
over medicate yourself with methylphenidate because it DOESN"T work at
higher dosages.  And no, your personality doesn't change, and your
creativity doesn't go away. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to
respond.
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Nasrin, I like your sense of humour. And yes, I'm on the same frequency
regarding not to medicate the children. If adults make the choice to
medicate - that's a different story.

If I may ask, in your opinion what do you think is the reason why you
were born with adhd?
     
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I feel like I watched my only nephew's life from behind half drawn
curtains.  Noone is exactly sure what led him in that path that he took.  
I  know that it started with a school mandated gateway drug called
zoloft in his freshman year because a school counselor diagnosed
'depression.'  I should have done more.  I saw and heard and felt all
the signs that things were deeply wrong at his school.  This is one of
the biggest, richest, high schools in an upper class neighborhood, yet
my nephew told me stories of kids dealing in drugs and weapons in the
school parking lot.  It was even more surreal when I found out he was
making friends with these "kids."  My nephew was too vulnerable for this
type of garbage.  I had talks with him about this, but it was as if
someone had coached his responses - he knew what to say to quell my
fears.  He had regular health problems, yet he was seeing a family
doctor - as I understand.  

The police claim that my nephew took his own life; it was a few years
ago around the same time when all those stories were coming out about
kids doing the "choking game" taught by older kids.  The autopsy report
discovered a host of prescription and recreational drugs in my nephew.  
I remember the last time I spoke with him he said that he was getting
Immetrex for his headaches.  

If all the signs are there, even if just a feeling, then speak up or do
something - or else you'll lose a vulnerable young person close to you -
the same way I did.
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I am sorry about your nephew.  I tried to stop mine from being drugged
but I was told to bud out cuz I am not his mother.  No one would back me
up.  Do not feel bad.  
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To HealingMindN - I'm so sorry. Obviously that still hurts you to this
day. Keep channeling those thoughts for the good of kids who can yet be
saved. It's powerful energy, but can bring you down if you direct it
inwardly. Your nephew's story is very sad. I know from experience that
people who are needing what you learned from your pain will be drawn to
you. You'll find healing in helping them.
     
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I wonder how many of the kids diagnosed as ADHD are not in fact, and
they are the ones that see the most benefit and improvement with the
alternative therapies? It is easy to say that if it helped one kid-it
must be so for all. We shouldn?t just assume that everyone that has
chosen to give their children the prescriptions have not tried the
alternatives. We can't beat up on those that have truly tried everything
and medications are the last resort for them.

I am not a pusher of drugs but there is always a place and time for
them. Who are we to say that someone else is a bad parent because their
child is the one that needs the medication to function; besides not all
ADHD kids are physically hyper-so how do you judge that?

These parents get beat up enough because of their child?s behavior-it's
a shame that we add to it by making assumptions that "if they would just
do this...or that...or not do this or that" everything would be OK and
they wouldn?t have to ?poison? their kids with medications . Most things
in life are not that simple!

My heart goes out to all those parents who feel misunderstood because of
the backlash for our systems over-diagnosing of ADHD kids.

Just my two cents...
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Jstarr, i know what you mean regarding what to eat & supplements to
take, especially for the kids. What are the symptoms of a protein type
who is missing purines due to his being a vegetarian? Does lack of omega
3 cause ADHD-type symptoms? I also emailed Mercola for chid dosage
guidelines of products I bought from them and received no reply. I have
spent hours online trying to track down info on each of the many
recommended products and foods many times ending up no wiser. I truly
realize each person's nutrition is unique to that individual, but even
general recommendations or lists of deficiency symptoms are frequently
absent.

Sorry for going off the topic, but feel it's important to know if our
childrens' generally healthy diet is not right for them and may be
contributing to their mild ADHD-type behaviors.

Anybody out there have any specifics, especially on the effects of lack
of purines?
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The earlier we start our citizens using drugs, the easier future usage
will be.  "Money" makes the call.  As for treating the reasons
misrepresented by the drug vendors, it can be treated with vegetable
based Omega-3, just a matter of choice, in this case.  

You see sugar is a major cause of the so called hyperactivity the drug
vendors claim to treat.  We parents are to blame.  Read the labels on
breakfast cereal.  Lots of sugar, and lots of HFCS (High Fructose
Cornsyrup).  So by the time your child gets to school, he/she is
ricocheting off the walls, not to mention the threat of developing
diabetes, because of the basic processed nature of most so called
cereals.
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How come I can never open the QuickTime  videos to these pages? Kim
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