RF> In another post to Jane Kelley I concluded that our posts seem to be
 RF> getting pretty flamed.  I think I am also guilty of this.  I want to
 RF> post issues that concern me on ADHD.
 RF> Raising and Disciplining my children
 RF> Symptoms of ADHD and related disorders
 RF> Different Medications and treatments (within fair reason)
 RF> Support for parents (being able to get our frustrations out)
 RF> New research (without making it gospel truth)
 RF> Opinions (being just that)
 RF> Books and resources in helping us cope
 RF> Even post from children with ADHD
 RF> I would like to see these issues without someone forcing me to except
 RF> their views, opinions, and their research.  I don't believe that
 RF> everyone who cites some research they do can always grasp the correct
 RF> understanding in what they read.  Being a non-professional I will admit
 RF> that I don't always understand everything I read.  Being that we are
 RF> all human I don't believe professionals can claim they always can.
 RF> Now to make what I believe is my stand:  I have concluded that ADHD
 RF> has nothing to do with diet or alcohol.  I can not argue with someone
 RF> who does. I am not a professional.  I am a concerned parent who has
 RF> educated herself the best I can and am continuing to do so.  There is
 RF> no alcohol abuse in my family so this issue of high risk does not
 RF> concern me.  This issue which I at this point do not believe as a real
 RF> issue.  To me this is a theory, one of many concerning ADHD.
 RF> These are the issues I thought were what this echo is all about. I and
 RF> many others need this.  We need the support of people going through the
 RF> same thing. I need to continue to learn anything new to help my
 RF> situation, but I also need the freedom to make my own conclusions.  
 RF> This is not a blast to anyone in particular.  As I have said I myself
 RF> have been guilty of keeping an issue going I am not concerned with as
 RF> well as being more than non-courteous, including the post that were
 RF> made prior to these last two. We all have a right to an opinion, but we
 RF> do not have a right to force our opinion on someone else.
 RF> I have in the past found this echo to be helpful and would like to see
 RF> it again become that way.
 Well stated, Regina...and quite correct...we have all gotten a bit "hot
 under the collar" with some of these posts...thank you for pointing this
 out and, as you said, perhaps we can get back to the subject at hand...
 AD(H)D and how we can help each other understand and continue to support
 each other...
 Marie
... An answer is a reply, but a reply isn't always an answer. - Ta'Lon
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