MW> CW> It baffles me why, as various empirical tests for ADD come on line,
MW> CW> some  people who should know better continue to deny it even occurs.
MW> CW> It also  baffles me that parents who wouldn't think twice before 
giving
MW> CW> insulin  to a diabetic child, or inhalers to an asthmatic child, shy
MW> CW> away from  the notion of giving appropriate medication to their child
MW> CW> with ADD.
Because there is a vast differene between the medication protocols.
Ritalin is in a class of drugs that should never be given to alcoholics
or to bipolar individuals and so is Prozac and other stimulants.  On the
other hand, they can tolerate Clonidine.
If there is any family history of alcoholism or the bipolar disorder
then medication needs to be considered only after other methods such as
remedial diet have failed to make the desired changes.
And ADD is associated with alcoholism and bipolar disorder in some
folks.
 * SLMR 2.1a * It's good fortune for politicians that people don't think
                
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