This is a seperate msg to draw a conclusion to our posts (hopefully).  I
would like to ask you a few questions so we may draw some conclusion to
your msgs.
1.  You have repeated stated that ADHD, alcoholism and diet are related.
    What about most of us here who do not have alcoholism in the family?
    Your statements suggest we should put our children on diets anyway.
    Is this conclusion correct or are you ONLY referring to those who
    have alcoholism in the family?
2.  If I had a Great Great Grandmother who was an alcoholic, would it
    it affect my children?  If the child's DNA comes from both parents
    and they are not alcoholics than how easy would this tendency for
    alcoholism be? Please explain in relation to ADHD.
3.  Are you or are you not against medication for those who do not have
    alcoholism in the family?  You have never really made this clear.
    And the meds used for ADHD that children who have a tendency for
    alcoholism, how does the meds affect them?  Please try to give a
    real medical explaination such as the effect of the chemical itself.
Since this is an ADHD echo area we are only concerned with what affects
ADHD.  I don't need to know what or what does not work with children that
are FAS (unless they are also ADHD) or about Down Syndrome.  I only need
to know what effects my child according to what disorder they have.  This
is why I am in this echo and I am not in the alcohol, child abuse, or Down
Syndrome echo.  I need to know what will help my child and their problem.
You may feel this is cold, but as a nurse, you must understand that these
types of problems are not easy to deal with.  Even if you find an answer
it does not solve all the problems.  I don't have the time to try to
research what my children do not have and my children have the right for
my undivided attention focused on them.  This does not leave me much room
for everything else.
I am not saying you don't know anything nor am I saying you are ignorant,
I am sure you probably know things I do not.  What I am saying though
that you are interested in only a small percentage of what you say is high
risk.  Most of us here, at least me, are not.  I am concerened with ADHD
as a whole.
If you are not going to concern yourself with ADHD as a whole also, then
how do you expect us to look at what you are concerned with.  I have been
in this echo for quite some time.  I have a good idea how some of these
people in this echo are.  Some do quite a bit of research themselves.  I have
seen them in the internet and have seen them cite quite a bit of info, some 
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which is not what you seem to say real old.  I am sure that any posts where
you sited info some of them are either in the process of looking at it or
have.  Also I know that certain people who knew some of what you said did not
get the same meaning out of the articles as you did. And from reading the
many posts here I believe the people here are loving and caring parents that
are concerned with the issues involving ADHD and what is best for their
children.
To me some of these posts are starting to get ridiculous.  I am guilty of
it also.  I would like to see if we could all get a better clearer under-
standing on the issues here.  In my next post I would like to list what
are my concerns.  If you want to answer fine, if not fine.  But I am hoping
that we can all start sticking to the issues that concern us.  I can not
for the life of me understand an issue concerning alcohol and ADHD when
this does not seem to be an issue in most situations here.  IF, in fact,
this is a real issue, than I trust people in this situation should look
at it and draw a conclusion.  This is not to convince people to right away
go out and put their children on a diet.  It is to draw the conclusion
from properly documented medical research.  This also means more than one
so that any conclusions can be duplicated over and over again.  
Jane, you obviously have done research on addictions.  I will not argue with
you on that point.  You also obviouly strongly believe in what you have read
concerning an issue on Alcohol, ADHD, Diet.  I read little of the subject, 
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read some.  I myself did not come up with the same conclusion as you and so
did not continue to look into it further as it does not even pertain to my
situation at home.  You have every right to your opinion and beliefs. But 
going
over many of your posts again they still, in my book, have not convinced me.  
What has convinced me is my failure to be courteous in the matter.  You may
take that as an apology for being too sarcastic at times.
Regina
... "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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