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Originally posted by National Security Agency
I know someone with Asberger's.
In many cases, a very intelligent mind is trapped in an world unable to communicate effectively, often frustrated because they cannot express adequately what they experience.
Originally posted by SkipShipman
It is abnormal to sit still and learn, and to obey all commands. I can think of no more suffocating an experience that the demand for absolute "good behavior and focus," from the young.
Originally posted by GrendelsBacon
I would like to speak from personal experience. I have ADHD, and an IQ of 182, which is hindered in some ways by the ADHD, but it is also complimented. I have been told by others, and have noticed myself that it allows me to be quite responseful, and has enabled me to multi-task extremely well. I agree more with those that call it a blessing, and feel sorry for those who aren't able to realize the blessing that they have been given. Not a day goes by where I am not thankful for my ADHD, I don't know what I would do without it. I was more able to channel more energy into my work when I was medicated for it, but I was very reclusive and had no social ability.
Originally posted by Patriot36
I have done more to help myself control this then any pill ever could and even with my attention span being shorter than a ferret I still was valedictorian of my high school class.
So I dont agree with doctors and the drug industry saying that this cant be controlled without medication, it all depends on the environment a person grows up in and how much help and support they receive
Two years ago, a drug called Strattera became the first ADD medication approved specifically for adults. Drug maker Eli Lilly is trying to reach out to the 8 million adult Americans it believes are suffering from ADD. The drug was launched amid heavy publicity - television ads, radio spots and print ads - directing adults to be screened.
ADD isn't an infection, so we can't make a vaccine and immunize the children. Be forewarned that ADD is not a real disease, but rather a contrived illusion of a disease, a marketplace tool, so you can keep your child from contacting it.
Diseases are natural occurrences caused by infections, toxins, abnormal genes, cancer, etc., and are characterized by definite, detectable physical abnormalities. They are diagnosed and described (in journals) by scientific physicians caring for affected patients.
What kind of "disease" is this ADD -invented in 1980 in-committee, at the American Psychiatric Association? What kind of science is this? Despite regular announcements that its "biological roots" have been discovered, no proof exists of a definite abnormality. It remains an illusion of a disease--a powerful, dangerous illusion. For parents to believe otherwise and allow the "ADD" label to be affixed to their child signals the end of normal childhood. Henceforth they are "diseased".
Should they manifest inattention, carelessness, disorganization, forgetfulness, distractibility, daydreaming, drowsiness, butting, blurting, climbing, fidgeting, talking, inability to be quiet, wait or say - Eureka! - "ADD" - a "brain disease", a "chemical imbalance of the brain" !
Next they [Psychiatrists] would "balance" the "chemical imbalance" of the brain, and CHADD (Children & Adults with ADD) and it's benefactor--pharmaceutical giant...
How could this be ? How can a behavioral check-list or any paper-pencil test prove the presence of a brain disease. The answer is that none can. Not ever ! That too, is deception.
For a physician to knowingly misrepresent a condition as a disease when it is not, is a flawed informed consent and is malpractice.
Whether your child will be considered normal or not is what is at stake. like it or not, you must question all that they do. You sent your child to school to learn to read and for education and that is what teachers are there for, not to practice psychology and psychiatry.
•There is no solid evidence that ADHD is a genuine disorder or disease of any kind.
•There is a great deal of research to confirm that environmental problems cause ADHD-like symptoms.
•A very small number of children may suffer ADHD-like symptoms because of physical disorders, such as lead poisoning, drug intoxication, exhaustion, and head injury. Physical causes may be more common among poor communities in the United States.
•There is no proof of any physical abnormalities in the brains or bodies of children who are routinely labeled ADHD. They do not have known biochemical imbalances or "crossed wires."
•ADHD is a controversial diagnosis with little or no scientific or medical basis. A parent, teacher, or doctor can feel in good company when utterly dismissing the diagnosis and refusing to apply it to children.
mwm1331
The bottom line is that any supposed defect, weakness, or disability, if viewed right is the seed of an equal advantage,whether it s ADHD, Bi polar, blindness etc. If you know how to control your perception, any perceived weakness can become a strength.
Originally posted by Vajrayana
I first became very suspect of this "ADD" label when I heard Eli Lilly had developed Strattera and was sending their pep reps out to pitch...I mean provide "expertise" to help doctors identify symptoms of this "growing social phonemena.Since when did pharmco sales reps attain their PHds to be the leading authorities of the medicine world.
I would hate to see Big Pharma profiteering from zombifying the Leonardo da Vinci's of our world for no other reason than simply feeding their insatiable greed by falsely alarming parents,misleading "normal" adults,or further vexing the already insecure with the intentional mis-marketing of this thinly veiled eugenics campaign,
"All of the (migraine) cases showed pathological findings of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)"
"Morphological studies of extracranial arteries in patients with migraine" PMID: 2636957
spontanaiety,impulsiveness, animation,etc. are natural and can display a simple zest or curiosity for life, intuitive improvisation is a trait of genius, not a disease as Pharmco wants others to believe.
Until I see more compelling evidence to the contrary,I'm inclined to agree with this Dr. Fred A. Baughman Jr ...:
ADD isn't an infection, so we can't make a vaccine and immunize the children. Be forewarned that ADD is not a real disease, but rather a contrived illusion of a disease, a marketplace tool, so you can keep your child from contacting it.
Diseases are natural occurrences caused by infections, toxins, abnormal genes, cancer, etc., and are characterized by definite, detectable physical abnormalities. They are diagnosed and described (in journals) by scientific physicians caring for affected patients.
What kind of "disease" is this ADD -invented in 1980 in-committee, at the American Psychiatric Association? What kind of science is this? Despite regular announcements that its "biological roots" have been discovered, no proof exists of a definite abnormality. It remains an illusion of a disease--a powerful, dangerous illusion. For parents to believe otherwise and allow the "ADD" label to be affixed to their child signals the end of normal childhood. Henceforth they are "diseased".
How can a behavioral check-list or any paper-pencil test prove the presence of a brain disease. The answer is that none can. Not ever !
For a physician to knowingly misrepresent a condition as a disease when it is not, is a flawed informed consent and is malpractice.
•There is no solid evidence that ADHD is a genuine disorder or disease of any kind.
•There is a great deal of research to confirm that environmental problems cause ADHD-like symptoms.
•A very small number of children may suffer ADHD-like symptoms because of physical disorders, such as lead poisoning, drug intoxication, exhaustion, and head injury. Physical causes may be more common among poor communities in the United States.
•There is no proof of any physical abnormalities in the brains or bodies of children who are routinely labeled ADHD. They do not have known biochemical imbalances or "crossed wires."
•ADHD is a controversial diagnosis with little or no scientific or medical basis.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
You should learn a little about what find so hilarious.
Originally posted by cybertroy
ADHD is a label. The label given to you is suppressive, it says "you have ADHD." It gives Doc Bigneedles a reason to drug you into stupidity. You guys are smarter than this. You don't have to buy into this label.
Heck, you might find something as simple as a lack of B vitamins at the root of some of your problems. This would be a B vitamin deficiency, not ADHD.
Troy