Posted by linkadge on June 3, 2004, at 14:28:10
In reply to Re: my 12 yr old was prescribed ritalin today.. » Chairman_MAO, posted by zeugma on June 3, 2004, at 14:15:09
Doing a simple MRI can determine which children have and which ones do not have genuine ADD.
With a child with ADD/ADHD there is extremely low activity in the left prefrontal cortex. This hypoactivity is seen throuought a variety of tasks. This is not BS created by the drug companies to make money, nor is it an excuse to make kids docile. When the medication works in a child it turns on these hypoactive areas, and its not the drug which calms them down but rather the activation of their own prefrontal cortex.
Remeber when Dr. Kramer described an ocasional case of AD,s makeing people better than well?? After this book was released, saying you were on prozac had absolutely no merrit. People thought you were just trying to get a legal buzz.
You have to realize that just like true depression exists, true ADD exists and we must not condem the drug but rather the misuse of it.
If your child responds to dietery aproaches, great. But some don't respond to it.
It's just like the dweens who point out the dangers of ECT. Any baffoon can raise a flag. But I would like to see one person with a genuine and functional solutuion for those who do not respond the the fairy approaches.
These kids cannot concentrate because the part of the brain that concentrates is not working. And sitting around and doing nothing for them is only going to amplify the situation down the road.
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