JK> Found article and I quote:  "Attention lapses caused by petit mal 
seizures 
JK> be confused with ADHD".  Exactly what I have been complaining about.
You've been copmplaining about NIMH's caution not to confuse ADHD with a 
completely different condition?
JK> Then: "Restricted diet helps those with food allergies" in spite of your 
JK> denial about this  factor.
Mark Probert has never denied that restricted diet helps people with food 
allergies. He, and other people such as myself, deny that restricted diet 
helps people with ADHD.
JK> Also found a statement that ADHD is linked to both the use of alcohol and 
o
JK> cocaine during pregnancy.  As this is usually by addicts, as a chemical 
JK> dependency counselor, I object vigorously to the prescription of any drug 
f
JK> any human by anyone unless addiction in the immediate family is factored 
in
JK> the history!  It is all too evident to me that this is not being done.
I agree that many doctors are negligent in researching personal and family 
background when prescribing medications. However, there have been no known 
incidents of addiction resulting from Ritalin use in the treatment of ADHD.
JK> I also failed to find any mention of school teachers, school counselors 
and
JK> school administrators among those who were considered qualified to 
diagnose
JK> ADHD.  Those listed were all medical doctors with specialties.
Yes. This is obvious and Mark and myself have repeated the above numerous 
times. YOU were the one who was claiming that teachers and other school staff 
could diagnose and treat ADHD. They cannot and have never been able to do so.
JK> And I found this:  "Another debate is whether Ritalin and other stimulant 
JK> drugs are prescribed unnecessarily for too many children.....critics 
argue 
JK> that many children who do not have a true attention disorder are 
medicated 
JK> a way to control their disruptive behaviors."
JK> 
JK> That is something I have also stated which you object to, yet it is in 
the 
JK> article that you recommended I read.
I suggest that you do, indeed, have a problem with reading comprehension. The 
article which you quote above is clearly stating that the use opf stimulants 
has critics... which include yourself. The article is not itself critisizing 
the use of stimulant treatment.
The article states that a debate exists... it does not side in the debate.
JK> I found the information concerning the measured level of glucose found in 
t
JK> P.E.T. scans.  What was not there was any information about any other 
JK> conditions in which this is also true.
The article was not about any other conditions. However, if you believe this 
to be extremely relevant, you may feel free to research whether such 
conditions exist. And perhaps I should remind you that it is the 
comprehensive symptomology that makes up a given disorder, not any one 
isolated symptom.
JK> How many samples were positive? Since the article mentions the use of 
cocai
JK> and alcohol by mothers during pregnancy, how many of the children tested 
or
JK> the adults either were screened for chemical dependency and how many were 
JK> also screened for chemical dependency in their immediate families?
No doubt a subject for a future study.
Studies, by their nature, are limited in scope.
JK> Considering the indisputable fact that the research on alcoholism and 
fetal
JK> alcohol syndrome and the damage done by cocaine and heroin to children 
has 
JK> been documented for some time in several nations, is ADHD merely one form 
o
JK> genetic mutation of alcoholism?
There is a documented link between substance abuse in pregnancy and ADHD type 
behavior. However, the majority of people diagnosed with ADHD were born to 
parents who did NOT abuse drugs. It's important not to put the cart before 
the horse.
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