JANE KELLEY was thinking about Ritalin and keyed into cyberspace:
JK> SP> 396/1 2255/90 I've been watching Jane "dominate" the conference
JK> SP> for quite a while now. Jane, I think it's unconscionable
JK> SP> the way you try to persuade parents to not give their kids
JK> SP> ritalin when they need it.  Yes, the school did put pressure on
JK> SP> me and I resisted for awhile, but that doesn't change the fact
JK> SP> that he has ADHD and he needs the Ritalin to be able to be
JK> SP> successful in the classroom.  BTW, the Ritalin is prescribed by
JK> SP> a very competent psychiatrist, not a GP.  Ritalin wasn't a magic
JK> SP> wand for him though. He was continuing to have problems getting
JK> SP> along with his peers. 
JK>I found (after quite a net search as Mark had left out some of the
JK>necessary  information) the article he referred to in one of his
JK>latest sarcastic posts  to me.  It can be found at:
JK>  Http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.htm
JK>         ~~~
JK>and says in part:  "Attention lapses caused by Petit Mal seizures can
JK>be  confused with ADHD".  That is exactly what I have been
JK>complaining about, the  idiots at my grandaughter's school who want
JK>to put a child with a diagnosed  seizure disorder on Ritalin in spite
JK>of what very competent M.D.'s have said  about her in the past!
If the seizure disorder is controlled, then MPH can be used.
JK>It further states:  "Another debate is whether Ritalin and other
JK>stimulant  drugs are prescribed unnecessarily for too many
JK>children.....critics agree  that many children who do not have a true
JK>attention disorder are medicated as  a way to control their
JK>behavior". 
JK>Exactly what I have been complaing about also.
JK>Further on I found this:  "Restricted diet helps those with food
JK>allergies". Mark refuses to admit that any dietary intervention at
JK>all will help. 
JK>Then I also found that it is linked to both Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
JK>and the  abuse of cocaine during pregnancy.  Just how many times does
JK>the school have  access to this information when telling a parent
JK>what to do with a child? 
Your reading comprehension stinks. It is not linked, but confused with.
JK>In fact, just who in the school system is qualified to diagnose and
JK>treat  ADHD?  I could not find any of the experts listed in that
JK>article as being  either a school teacher or a school counselor with
JK>very limited medical  knowledge.  In fact, the list contained only
JK>medical specialists who are also  medical doctors.
Shows you how good the article is.
JK> SP> Risperdal which is helping.  My point is:  if I had listened to
JK> SP> YOU, Jane, my would be labeled as a serious trouble maker and
JK> SP> probably viewed as psychotic by the school. His neurological
JK> SP> problem would have never been recongnised. He wouldn't get the
JK> SP> help he needs and would probably eventually drop out of high
JK> SP> school and end up in jail. 
JK>If you had listened to me, you would have insisted upon a complete
JK>evaluation  by someone with  medical degree who will ask questions
JK>about the health  problems of the child's parents and grandparents as
JK>well as his or her  brothers and sisters.
What makes you "think" that she did not do that? You have no evidence to 
"think" that she did not.
I've been to several new
JK>doctors over the past three  years and have yet to be given a
JK>questionaire with the kind of questions on  it that are pertinent to
JK>what is really wrong with me healthwise. 
You are incurable.
JK> SP> And yes, Jane, I'm sure there are many kids that the teachers
JK> SP> just don't want to mess with and push the parents put them on
JK> SP> Ritalin.  On the other hand, most of the teachers seem not to
JK> SP> want to believe that ADHD is a real disorder. It's very
JK> SP> paradoxical. 
JK>Teachers and school officials have long since decided that they are
JK>the real  experts in raising kids and that parents are some sort of
JK>idiots who endanger  the little darlings until the school gets hold
JK>of them.  And straightens the  parents out.
JK>The Seattle Times had an article over the weekend which documented
JK>the number  of substandard schools in that city and the measures
JK>which the man who was  recruited to straighten them out is taking.  I
JK>downloaded this and will quote  from it soon.  There are a very high
JK>percent of the total schools that have  been deemed unfit against the
JK>very much smaller number of those who are  deemed to be adequate.
JK>The citizens of Seattle have had enough and are  insisting that
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               The Few. The Proud. The Chosen.
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