-=> Quoting Jane Kelley to Regina Finan <=-
 RF> JK> By making zombies out of them?  That is not integration into social
 RF> JK> situations as far as I am concerned.  The same effect can also be
 RF> JK> obtained by tying the kid up and gagging him or her.
 
 RF> Where do you get off telling people they are making them into "zombies".
 RF> If a child is acting this way it is because either the dose is too high,
 RF> which will be lowered or the wrong medication for that child.  It is 
ike
 RF> antibiotics.  Sometimes they do not work for that particular infection 
r
 RF> body chemistry as something else has to be used.  We don't know before 
hand
 RF> because all of our body chemistries are different.  This is not experi-
 RF> mentation it is a FACT.
 JK> It is a FACT that some kids should not be put on Ritalin. Period. Do
 JK> you have the wisdom to know the difference?
 Yes, I do know that Ritalin does not work for everyone.  You have said
 that diet helps 30% of the people.  This suggests that diet also does
 not work for everyone.
 JK> The trend to put every patient on a drug "to see how it works" is
 JK> causing problems in modern medicine and needs to be discouraged.
 Every doctor I have talked to (and I will admit there are quacks out there)
 has not done this.  Usually the doctor and the patient consult and to what
 the course of action should be.  Is the child mildly ADHD?  If so why put
 the child on meds.  Is the child so disruptive that neither the parent or
 school can manage them?  Sometimes certain medications do not work as 
octors
 hope them to.  This is suggested not only by Ritalin, but antibiotics, heart
 medications, insulin and so on.
 JK> THAT MEANS PARENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME INFORMED AND ALSO STAND
 JK> UP TO PROFESSIONALS WHO DO NOT TAKE THE TIME TO DO A PROPER HISTORY.
 I have not ran into a doctor that does NOT take a proper medical history.
 JK> If you are afraid to ask questions of anyone you go to for health
 JK> care, you deserve the results you are going to get.
 I have never been afraid to ask questions.  As a matter of fact, I don't
 even like my husband going to the doctor without me, as I have always
 found him not to be able to ask the questions I feel necessary.
 
 What point are you making in all this?  That because my opinion is different
 than yours (due to the professionals I have talked to and my research) and
 I will not conform and accept your opinion I deserve the results, which
 by the way have been fine so far, I get?  Well then I must be doing 
omething
 right.  My kids are not on Meds.  I handle this without at this point.  That
 does not suggest I am against it though. My now 12 year old was on Ritalin.
 For financial reasons after a year he was taken off.  Due to that particular
 school district this child learned how to focus.  He learned how to manage
 it.  With that I was able to take this child who's IQ score is very low and
 have managed to raise his performance level very high, of course, it threw
 him right out of special ed.  My now 9 year old is ADHD/ODD.  He has never
 been on meds.  He does not have a low IQ or learning disability.  The only
 foods that bother him are the combination of carbonation/caffeine and sweet
 potatoes.  He is not on meds becsause I can not financially afford it.  So I
 deal with it and research how to help him without it.  I also homeschool
 my children so I see exactly how this all affects them.  I am not a quiet
 person.  I fought the school district to get my children help along with
 a proper diagnosis.  So you want to tell me my opinion doesn't count? That
 you suggest maybe I do not want to help my kids?  If that were so I would
 not have bothered with any of this including this message area.
 Regina
... "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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