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"It also seems to help some ADHD kids, even though it has the opposite action of most adhd drugs. Most of them bump up the action of the attention neurotransmitter dopamine, but Risperdal drives it down. That didn't really make sense to Liza-or to her doctor, either-and it heightened Liza's distrust of drugs. She thought that adhd drugs had too many side effects. Some of the kids who used them seemed to be zombies, and others bounced around like speed freaks. So, as Alisa had improved, Liza had weaned her off the Risperdal." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Pharmacological studies have shown that adhd drugs help normalize the activity of the cerebellum, as well as the corpus striatum, so it's clear these areas are important to attention as well as movement. Perhaps by training our brain's movement centers to improve its higher functions, we can bring about a day when we're not as dependent on medication. EARLY CLUES I have never gotten my taxes in before October. Every year begins the same way, with me resolving to beat the taxman's deadline. In early January I neatly gather all my documents for my accountant." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "An overactive cerebellum also contributes to fidgetiness in ADHD kids, and recent studies have shown that adhd drugs that elevate dopamine and norepinephrine bring this area back in balance. Exercise also increases norepinephrine. And the more complex the exercise, the better. Rats don't do judo, but scientists have looked at the neurochemical changes in their brains after periods of acrobatic exercise, the closest parallel to martial arts." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"She thought that adhd drugs had too many side effects. Some of the kids who used them seemed to be zombies, and others bounced around like speed freaks. So, as Alisa had improved, Liza had weaned her off the Risperdal. As they waited for the plane to take off, Liza and Bill let Alisa sit and color with a couple of other kids. Then Liza came to take Alisa to her seat, and Alisa started to tantrum. More precisely, in psychiatric jargon, Alisa began to cycle." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "ADHD drugs in the world are consumed in America. The rise in the incidence of ADHD symptoms closely tracks the rise in the incidence of autism. Both conditions were relatively rare until approximately the late 1980s, then rocketed upward. Some researchers and clinicians, believe that this twin spike occurred primarily because of toxic factors in modern life-possibly including toxins from childhood vaccinations-coupled with the current widespread failure to detoxify, due mostly to heavy metal overload and nutritional deficits." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Methylphenidate: The most common class of adhd drugs, including Ritalin. Mirror neuron: A particular type of brain cell, closely associated with empathy, which is often disordered in autistic people. Mites: Microscopic insects that exist in house dust, human and animal skin, and feathers. MMR: Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. Mold: A type of fungus that produces microscopic spores, often triggering allergy. Myelin: The sheath surrounding a nerve, made of fats and protein. Nebulizer: A device that turns liquid medicine into a mist." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"If there is an improvement in concentration with one of the adhd drugs and it helps your child achieve and be happy, that is what is most important. Drug Use Common, Benign Side Effects Serious Side Effects ............- Life- ! Reasons threatening [ Not Side Effects to Take ......" - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"All adhd drugs now in use in the US have serious side effects not appropriately addressed by the FDA. Cylert (pemoline), found to cause liver failure and death was banned in Canada, but not the US. Strattera, a non-stimulant addition to the ADHD armamentarium was touted as non-addictive and safe until it was discovered in recent months, after being marketed, to cause liver toxicity." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.)

"Researchers analyzed 2,287 studies done on drugs used as treatment for ADHD and found no evidence on long-term safety of drugs to treat ADHD in young children or adolescents; safety evidence is of poor quality; evidence that adhd drugs help adults is not compelling; the way the drugs work is not well understood; there are no trials of comparative effectiveness of these drugs for treatment of ADHD; good quality evidence is lacking on the use of drugs to affect outcomes relating to global academic performance, consequences of risky behaviors, social achievements, etc." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.) "The committee shocked the psycho-wizards at the FDA when it recommended that prominent "black box" warnings be added to the labeling of the adhd drugs. Despite the concerns raised by the committee about the mind-altering ADHD "treatments," panel member, Steven Nissen, MD., a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, said "I have grave concerns about the use of these drugs and grave concerns about the harm they may cause." Regardless of this "grave concern" the FDA apparently intends to ignore the recommendations and follow the same wait and see policy as it took on the antidepressants." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.) "Although the committee voted 8 to 7 to recommend the most serious warnings be added to the adhd drugs, Dr. Thomas Laughren, director of the Division of Psychiatry Products at the drug approval agency, (one of the "highly trained scientists") said "we don't think anything different needs to be done right now.. .we think the labeling is adequate."28 This is perfect." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.) "Despite the fact that methylphenidate has been in use since 1955, the high priests of the FDA again appear to be taking the low road, suggesting that the 25 known deaths and dozens of other reported adverse cardiovascular events associated with adhd drugs are an acceptable risk. But what has been missed by the public in all the clamor about the potentially harmful effects of ADHD "treatments" is that the cardiovascular events are NOT caused by the alleged abnormality ADHD." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"So do alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, gambling, adhd drugs, sex, excitement, and shopping. The common theme is a substance or activity that will cause a surge of dopamine, and thus a pleasure reward for the activity. When food is used as a "solution" for stress or as a source of comfort, it typically leads to excess consumption and eventual obesity. A majority of overweight individuals are literally addicted to the taste of fat, salt, sweets, additive chemicals, and/or meals far larger than are actually needed to sustain life in a healthy way." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"A 2004 prescription study reported that 1 percent of the population aged 20-64 now take adhd drugs, and the number quadrupled from 2000 to 2004 among adults aged 20-44 (Gardiner, 2005). What would bring adults to physicians seeking such a diagnosis and what spurs physicians to treat them? Several social factors appear to have contributed to the diagnostic expansion. The Prozac Era The introduction of chlorpromazine in 1955 launched a psychopharmacological revolution in psychiatry (Healy, 1997). Psychoactive medications played a major role in deinstitutionalization, and some (e.g." - Peter Conrad, The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Get the book.) "Recently, concern has been voiced about an increased cardiovascular risk from taking adhd drugs (Nissen, 2006). Most of the criticism has been about the overdiagnosis and treatment of children. Even in this context, a steady number of articles have supported treatment of the disorder (e.g., Gladwell, 1999). Only a small amount of the criticism has been directed against notions of adult ADHD. Ironically, though, controversy about ADHD raises public awareness and increases the diffusion of information about the disorder, which can indirectly contribute to diagnostic expansion." - Peter Conrad, The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Get the book.)

"Only later do we discover that, as has been clearly shown with Ritalin and all the other adhd drugs also, they provide no benefits, educationally or socially, to the children taking them. Without enhancement of the educational outcome there is no justification whatsoever to give them to the physically, medically normal children who are targeted. Dr." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.) "Indeed, the adhd drugs are quick fixes, as the majority of children who take them become subdued, over-focused, and compliant soon after taking them. [3] Between 1990 and Gene Haslip's 1996 statement, Ritalin prescriptions increased 500%; amphetamine (drugs like Dexedrine and Adderall) prescriptions for ADHD increased by 400%; 7-10% of boys in school were estimated to be on these drugs, along with a rising percentage of girls. In some districts 15-20% of the children were being diagnosed and drugged for ADHD." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.)

"Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have also severely criticized CHADD's financial ties to the manufacturers of adhd drugs. Coincidentally, more than half of the drugs promoted and endorsed on the CHADD website are manufactured by companies that fund CHADD. Another coincidence, members of the American Psychiatric Association voted ADHD to be a mental disorder and to be included in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1987, which is the same year CHADD was formed." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"This is how so many of our nation's children end up on adhd drugs. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder was simply made up by a panel of "experts" who voted it into existence. Now, millions of children are being dosed with powerful narcotics for a condition that doesn't even exist. That's the power of disease mongering. Convince enough people they have a terrible medical condition, and you can create massive profits by selling them a lifetime of patented chemicals. High profits make happy shareholders, Wall Street advisors and obscene bonus packages for Big Pharma CEOs." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Rubin, 2006) or adhd drugs raising cardiovascular risk may well depress use of those medications (Nissen, 2006). While these risk scares can increase resistance to medicalization, examples suggest that bv themselves they are unlikely to be a permanent source of resistance. The one additional source of resistance is the insurance and managed-care industries. Their resistance takes the form of not covering or reimbursing certain disorders or treatments or limiting treatments to a particular age or otherwise restricting access." - Peter Conrad, The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Get the book.) "SSRIs; concern about excess deaths with adhd drugs) (Jureidini et al., 2004; Whittington et al., 2004; R. Rubin, 2006). These are further reasons to be concerned about the widespread medicalization of the problems of children and adolescents. In this context, it is worth noting that there is some evidence of a 20 percent drop in SSRI use among children from March to December 2004 (Rosack, 2005). This is likely a result of the risk scare that SSRIs may increase suicidalitv in children and adolescents (Jureidini et al." - Peter Conrad, The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Get the book.)

"And on March 14, 2006, a review posted on the FDA website, listed nearly 1,000 reports of "psychosis" or mania possibly linked to adhd drugs commonly prescribed to treat ADHD, which included Adderall? Concerta? Ritalin? and Strattera?(http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0607/S00162.htm). "Psychosis" was defined by the FDA as a mental disorder characterized by the inability to distinguish real and imaginary events." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.) "Ritalin and other adhd drugs have been linked, by FDA received reports, to heart attacks, strokes, hypertension, and some of these reported cases have led to death." According to this same website, "If you or a loved one has suffered from a heart attack or stroke while taking Ritalin, you may qualify for damages or remedies that might be awarded in a possible class action lawsuit." Call toll free (866) 866-5529 for a free Ritalin?case evaluation. This might be at least one way to hold them accountable. Unfortunately, if you qualify, the damage has already been done." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"These drugs are sold to Americans by the same companies selling the adhd drugs. Most children could correct moderate attention problems by eating a good breakfast and getting some exercise at school. The sugar-laden junk sold by the big cereal makers is a major factor contributing to poor concentration, causing fluctuating blood sugar levels during school time, a condition that disrupts focus. Numerous chemicals on and in food, such as aspartame, coal-tar-derived food coloring, MSG, and pesticides, are neurotoxic and may damage the brain, yet the FDA sits by and allows their widespread use." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.) "On December 9, 2005, the British equivalent to the FDA (MHPvA - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) produced an eighty-page report on the safety of Eli Lilly's Strat-tera, one of the most widely used adhd drugs in the U.S. and European markets. The report also detailed risk information known by our FDA about Concerta. This is the kind of information that is normally kept in the "trade secret" world of drug companies and regulatory agencies." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.) "In 2005, sales of adhd drugs were $3.3 billion dollars, mostly to children. The big drugs in this category are: 1. Adderall - $1.1 billion (Shire PLC) 2. Concerta - $929 million (Johnson & Johnson) 3. Strattera - $742 million (Eli Lilly) 4. Ritalin - $ 174 million (Novartis AG) As mentioned in Chapter 2, Zyprexa and other antipsychotics may be used instead of or along with these ADHD medications. Legalized Speed Adderall, Concerta, and Ritalin are speed. They are classified as narcotics, requiring a repeat office visit to a doctor for prescription renewal." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.) "The FDA also said it would present recent data on deaths and nonfatal serious events for all adhd drugs, including Strattera, from Eli Lilly. The next day the Wall Street Journal (and many other news organizations) reported that the expert advisory panel, after reviewing the data, voted 8 to 7 to include a black-box warning to inform parents of potential cardiovascular risks from ADHD medications. This is the most serious warning that can be placed on a drug, invariably leading to decreased drug sales. The fact that the advisory panel voted for a black-box warning is very significant. " - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"When the adhd drugs interfere with sleep and cause anxiety, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills make up a new cocktail, and stronger stuff is yet to come if the child has more problems, maybe the heavy artillery, the anti-psychotics, will be trotted out. At no point is the only real disease addressed, encephalopathy (brain damage) resulting from the administration of Ritalin and each and every successive foreign compound without a target abnormality, the psychiatry polypharmacy for which they have been targeted from the first." - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey, The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children (Get the book.)

"And as with many conventional prescription drugs, the most compelling argument against adhd drugs is that they fail to address the cause of the problem. Without the underlying cause being treated, children may have to tak; Ritalin well into their twenties. There are many underlying reasons why a child may have attention or behavior problems. Studies show that frequent e ir infections and the regular use of antibiotics, as well as premature birth and family history, are associated with a greater likelihood of developing this disorder." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

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