No More ADHD

Dr. Mary Ann Block, Medical director of the Block Center, is an outspoken critic of children being diagnosed ADHD and put on drugs documented to cause tics, stunted growth, heart attack, stroke and sudden death. She describes how parents are being misinformed about the medical legitimacy of ADHD and the dangers of the drugs being prescribed to treat children. She encourages parents to have their child given a full medical examination to find underlying medical problems that are being misdiagnosed as a mental disorder. To read more click here http://www.cchrint.org

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• ADHD
• Ritalin
• Concerta
• Adderall
• pscyhostimulants
• attention deficit
• mental disorder
• drugging children
• psychiatric drugs

[jezzmn]

Saddens a lot of "us"? Speak for yourself. ADHD is made up to sell drugs that have people kill themselves during intake or withdrawal.

[opelske]

Biochemistry, mineral and vitamin deficiencies, diet, where you live, ie city, farm, etc. - how you live and what you eat. All effect behavior. But children are usually fidgetty and some are dreamers. They are not diseased. And some do have poor manners. But we have become a diseased and lazy society and leave much to much up to those who could care less about us or our children. We need honest and good doctors and physicians, great and caring teachers and intelligent, loving parents.

[tsunade2466]

@faraday1945 - I know that this is a REAL mental "wiring" issue. However, what is being disputed is the use of medications for adolescents - those with side effects including death. Stimulants are NOT consistently proven. They only sometimes work yet the pharmaceutical companies push these medications about as much as OxyContin, a synthetic opiate. Psychiatric meds effectiveness all depend on the individual. I'm glad you found what works for you but for another, it may not.

[AutumnKitten]

Kids and adults have all these 'mental disorders' put on them cause being out standing as a human being is not socially exceptable anymore, is a bunch of crap. I never went to a doctor when I was a kid and teenager to be diagnosed something just to put on drugs. Being human is what it means to have all these 'mental disorders'. Being human is hard and you can't put a label on any child that is learning about their emotions and the world. Parent your child like you should and they will be happy.

[tien714]

These drugs companys and doctors are con artist. I hope they burn in hell with these harmful meds shoved down their throats for the all of eternity!!!.

[BrendieRB]

Amen for this lady speaking out!!! What a blessing for the world she is!!!

[mayhemnecrobutcher]

@CCHRInt You're trying to connect two unconnected dots here. You're basically saying that the negative effects of methylphenidate (Ritalin/Concerta) somehow negates the underdevelopment of an adhd person's neocortex. I don't understand how this makes sense to you, assuming that you are relatively intelligent. Which is of coarse a generous assumption considering your position on the topic.

[thejackpinto]

To those who believe in ADHD, AD, ACDC and whatever lable you where given... YES the down feeling excites but to believe a Drug will cure it is off the rails. I've had first hand experience with friends and not one, not one has been cure, they all were out there and

[FairNskware]

@faraday1945 Hard-wired? No!....BUT... Behavior problems? Perhaps!....We live in a society that is becoming more and more self absorbed and want quick fixes like drugs for complicated behavior issues. Instead of trying to find out **why** the child is acting out and working on solutions that may take longer and involve the whole family, they label the kid with the entire family problem. The poor kid is lead to believe he is defective. That is a sad state of affairs!

[flubblefruitstick]

ADHD is totally real, but that doesn't mean you should put kids on drugs because of it. It's a phenotype; it's just part of the genetic diversity of humanity. There are different 'types' of people. Some are more sensitive, some are more empathetic, some have lots of energy. To say you should ablate the unique attributes of these people is a fundamental type of racism, because there is a more meaningful genetic difference between genes coding for personality than those coding for skin colour.

[Sirgreaseflick]

Let's pretend we had no medicine - that we had to live with all our imbalances, our hyperactivity, our high-arching highs and our immeasurably painful lows? Would we really kill ourselves (more than the suicide rate is now), or would we ADAPT - that is, if society is progressive enough to embrace our differences? This would be idealistic, agree? The medical profession think they are progressive, and that medicine will stabilise our imbalances...yet 13 yr olds are self-harming, overdosing.Curious

[ACmetalfaceDC]

I FUCKING LOVE ADDERAL. IT IS SO BOMB, I CAN MAKE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL WHEN I SNORTS AN ADDERAL