My son was just diagnosed with A.D.D i need advice ,from experienced people only thanks.??
Question: THIS IS A SENSITIVE 9 YEAR OLD EVEN THOUGH THIS DID NOT SURPRISE CAUSE IVE HAD THE GUT FEELING SINCE HE WAS 3 BUT NO ONE BELIEVED ME THEY THOUGHT I WAS OVERREACTING AND HE WAS JUST DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF 9 IS THERE ANYTHING I SHOULD DO DIFFRENT IAM TAKING ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE HELP!
Answers: The term ADHD is simply a label used to categorise a list of psychosocial traits that Psychiatry considers to be improper or abnormal in society. Psychiatry defines these traits as a mental illness , and promotes it as a disease that requires treatment .
It is not a disease , despite claims or implications made by certain psychiatric or pharmaceutical organisations. There is NO credible scientific evidence that shows the existence of what constitutes ADHD as a biological/neurological disorder, brain abnormality or chemical imbalance .
For a disease to exist there must be a tangible, objective physical abnormality that can be determined by a test such as, but not limited to, blood or urine test, X-Ray, brain scan or biopsy. All reputable doctors would agree: No physical abnormality, no disease. In psychiatry, no test or brain scan exists to prove that a 'mental disorder' is a physical disease. Disingenuous comparisons between physical and mental illness and medicine are simply part of psychiatry's orchestrated but fraudulent public relations and marketing campaign. Fred Baughman, MD., Neurologist & Pediatric Neurologist.
Chemical imbalance…it’s a shorthand term really, it’s probably drug industry derived… We don’t have tests because to do it, you’d probably have to take a chunk of brain out of someone - not a good idea. Dr. Mark Graff, Chair of the Committee of Public Affairs for the American Psychiatric Association. July, 2005.
Such behavioural characteristics that Psychiatry created this unscientific disease from are, and always have been, generally considered normal . Now, it seems, inattention or hyperactivity (Hyperactivity means 'excessively active'* -- what is excessive? On whose authority?? It's ridiculous!!) is abnormal, a mental illness .
For a rundown of the exact diagnostic criteria of attention deficit disorder visit: http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/diagn...
For information on the junkscience behind psychiatric testing for ADHD visit: http://adhdtesting.org/
For a list of what inattention COULD be attributed to (rather than some fraudulent mental illness ) visit: http://adhdparentssupportgroup.homestead...
For more information, see;
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/addad...
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/adhdf...
http://www.adhdfraud.org/
http://www.ritalindeath.com/
http://cchr.org/files/7515/child_drug_EN...
http://www.ablechild.org/
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We are not overdrugging or misdiagnosing ADHD. ADHD is a total, 100 percent fraud. The many millions of schoolchildren around the world who are being drugged have no disease. Fred Baughman, Jr., M.D. Child Neurologist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.
Parents are seldom told that Ritalin is ‘speed’—that it is pharmacologically classified with amphetamines, has the same effects, side effects, and risks. Yet this is well-known in the profession.... Dr. Peter R. Breggin & Ginger Ross Breggin, The War Against Children, P. 84.
...But because ADD is so vaguely defined, even for a psychiatric disorder, it is tailor-made for bogus claims. There are, as the American Psychiatric Association’s latest diagnostic manual concedes, no laboratory tests that have been established as diagnostic for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Richard E. Vatz, Professor, Towson State University, Attention Deficit Delirium, The Wall Street Journal, July 27, 1994
The diagnosis of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is entirely subjective… There is no test. It is just down to interpretation… The lines between an ADD sufferer and a healthy exuberant kid can be very blurred. Dr. Joe Kosterich. Chairman of the Australian Medical Association. Sydney Morning Herald.
--
Decoding Psychiatric Propaganda
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
Hi I am sorry I personally can not be of any help but try this site their board is pretty informative.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/ubbthread...
There are 3 components in ADD or ADHD: hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity. Hyperactivity is the first you may have noticed. He probably can't sit still, fidgets, etc. Impulsivity means they can't wait for their turn, they have to have something now, etc. Inattention is usually first noticed at school age. They can't pay attention in class or focus long enough to finish homework and such.
Ifg a child has true AHDH and it has been confirmed by testing performed by a licensed psychologist, they are much better off taking medication for it. You will be amazed at how much school performance is affected and how much better they will do in school while on medicine. You will also not be getting all the notes from the teacher or the phone calls from the principle about behavior problems.
Once on medication, you can skip giving him medicine on the weekends or during the summer, that is if you can put up with the behavior. Parents are always more talerable of the bahavior than teachers of course.
To find out about options on medication management you can look up medications called stimulants like Adderall, Ritalin or Concerta on the internet. You may also look up medications like Strattera and read more on non-stimulants as a treatment option.
I think now that you now he has ADD for sure, you are half way home. The trick is to see a CHILD psychiatrist who is experienced in terating children with ADD to find the right medicine which will work for him. Read on treatment options and be as informed as possible before you see a psychiatrist. Good luck.
As an adult with ADD that was only diagnosed recently, here's some advice on dealing with your 9 year old so that he grows up confident and successful. He's probably sensitive because he's had a lot of difficulty doing things that other people can do with ease, and it's probably had some effect on his self-esteem and self-image.
- Don't treat him any differently than any other kid just because he had ADD, because he'll end up feeling like there's something 'wrong' with him and it might have very negative results on long-term self-esteem and self-worth.
- Nurture any and all interests he has, whether sports, artistic, musical, etc. People with ADD are very, very bright and can accomplish amazing things.
- Help him break down tasks like homework or chores into smaller bits that he can grasp and accomplish easily. Tasks can seem SO overwhelming, so he might just be crippled by the thought of finishing and just give up. Help to break the task down into manageable parts, and let him take breaks between parts.
- Don't punish him for making mistakes like forgetting things, losing things, missing deadlines because he got the date mixed up, etc. Those are classic ADD things to do, and if punished, he might just end up feeling like he can't do anything right. Instead, if he does things like that, just remind him that things like that happen, but you'll have to think of a better way to have it not happen in the future.
- People with ADD love novelty, not just kids. Use color-coded tabs for different school subjects, wipee boards around the house to write down reminders, colored bins for storage... there's lots of ways to get him excited about day-to-day things. Use your imagination!
- Routine is a wonderful thing, although he might tell you he hates it. Routine helps a person with ADD feel grounded. Without it, he might feel overwhelmed with all the different things he could do or he might get overwhelmed with boredom. Keep him involved in after-school activities. The busier a person with ADD is, the happier they seem.
But the main thing is to support his self-esteem, I think. A lot of damage can occur over the years after all the mistakes, forgetting, people telling you you can't do things right... sometimes the person might start believing it. If he ever says, I'm so stupid! or I can't do anything right, sit down with him and talk to him about how he feels, because it's really important to kids that their parents value their feelings.
Answers: The term ADHD is simply a label used to categorise a list of psychosocial traits that Psychiatry considers to be improper or abnormal in society. Psychiatry defines these traits as a mental illness , and promotes it as a disease that requires treatment .
It is not a disease , despite claims or implications made by certain psychiatric or pharmaceutical organisations. There is NO credible scientific evidence that shows the existence of what constitutes ADHD as a biological/neurological disorder, brain abnormality or chemical imbalance .
For a disease to exist there must be a tangible, objective physical abnormality that can be determined by a test such as, but not limited to, blood or urine test, X-Ray, brain scan or biopsy. All reputable doctors would agree: No physical abnormality, no disease. In psychiatry, no test or brain scan exists to prove that a 'mental disorder' is a physical disease. Disingenuous comparisons between physical and mental illness and medicine are simply part of psychiatry's orchestrated but fraudulent public relations and marketing campaign. Fred Baughman, MD., Neurologist & Pediatric Neurologist.
Chemical imbalance…it’s a shorthand term really, it’s probably drug industry derived… We don’t have tests because to do it, you’d probably have to take a chunk of brain out of someone - not a good idea. Dr. Mark Graff, Chair of the Committee of Public Affairs for the American Psychiatric Association. July, 2005.
Such behavioural characteristics that Psychiatry created this unscientific disease from are, and always have been, generally considered normal . Now, it seems, inattention or hyperactivity (Hyperactivity means 'excessively active'* -- what is excessive? On whose authority?? It's ridiculous!!) is abnormal, a mental illness .
For a rundown of the exact diagnostic criteria of attention deficit disorder visit: http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/diagn...
For information on the junkscience behind psychiatric testing for ADHD visit: http://adhdtesting.org/
For a list of what inattention COULD be attributed to (rather than some fraudulent mental illness ) visit: http://adhdparentssupportgroup.homestead...
For more information, see;
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/addad...
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/adhdf...
http://www.adhdfraud.org/
http://www.ritalindeath.com/
http://cchr.org/files/7515/child_drug_EN...
http://www.ablechild.org/
--
We are not overdrugging or misdiagnosing ADHD. ADHD is a total, 100 percent fraud. The many millions of schoolchildren around the world who are being drugged have no disease. Fred Baughman, Jr., M.D. Child Neurologist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.
Parents are seldom told that Ritalin is ‘speed’—that it is pharmacologically classified with amphetamines, has the same effects, side effects, and risks. Yet this is well-known in the profession.... Dr. Peter R. Breggin & Ginger Ross Breggin, The War Against Children, P. 84.
...But because ADD is so vaguely defined, even for a psychiatric disorder, it is tailor-made for bogus claims. There are, as the American Psychiatric Association’s latest diagnostic manual concedes, no laboratory tests that have been established as diagnostic for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Richard E. Vatz, Professor, Towson State University, Attention Deficit Delirium, The Wall Street Journal, July 27, 1994
The diagnosis of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is entirely subjective… There is no test. It is just down to interpretation… The lines between an ADD sufferer and a healthy exuberant kid can be very blurred. Dr. Joe Kosterich. Chairman of the Australian Medical Association. Sydney Morning Herald.
--
Decoding Psychiatric Propaganda
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
Hi I am sorry I personally can not be of any help but try this site their board is pretty informative.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/ubbthread...
There are 3 components in ADD or ADHD: hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity. Hyperactivity is the first you may have noticed. He probably can't sit still, fidgets, etc. Impulsivity means they can't wait for their turn, they have to have something now, etc. Inattention is usually first noticed at school age. They can't pay attention in class or focus long enough to finish homework and such.
Ifg a child has true AHDH and it has been confirmed by testing performed by a licensed psychologist, they are much better off taking medication for it. You will be amazed at how much school performance is affected and how much better they will do in school while on medicine. You will also not be getting all the notes from the teacher or the phone calls from the principle about behavior problems.
Once on medication, you can skip giving him medicine on the weekends or during the summer, that is if you can put up with the behavior. Parents are always more talerable of the bahavior than teachers of course.
To find out about options on medication management you can look up medications called stimulants like Adderall, Ritalin or Concerta on the internet. You may also look up medications like Strattera and read more on non-stimulants as a treatment option.
I think now that you now he has ADD for sure, you are half way home. The trick is to see a CHILD psychiatrist who is experienced in terating children with ADD to find the right medicine which will work for him. Read on treatment options and be as informed as possible before you see a psychiatrist. Good luck.
As an adult with ADD that was only diagnosed recently, here's some advice on dealing with your 9 year old so that he grows up confident and successful. He's probably sensitive because he's had a lot of difficulty doing things that other people can do with ease, and it's probably had some effect on his self-esteem and self-image.
- Don't treat him any differently than any other kid just because he had ADD, because he'll end up feeling like there's something 'wrong' with him and it might have very negative results on long-term self-esteem and self-worth.
- Nurture any and all interests he has, whether sports, artistic, musical, etc. People with ADD are very, very bright and can accomplish amazing things.
- Help him break down tasks like homework or chores into smaller bits that he can grasp and accomplish easily. Tasks can seem SO overwhelming, so he might just be crippled by the thought of finishing and just give up. Help to break the task down into manageable parts, and let him take breaks between parts.
- Don't punish him for making mistakes like forgetting things, losing things, missing deadlines because he got the date mixed up, etc. Those are classic ADD things to do, and if punished, he might just end up feeling like he can't do anything right. Instead, if he does things like that, just remind him that things like that happen, but you'll have to think of a better way to have it not happen in the future.
- People with ADD love novelty, not just kids. Use color-coded tabs for different school subjects, wipee boards around the house to write down reminders, colored bins for storage... there's lots of ways to get him excited about day-to-day things. Use your imagination!
- Routine is a wonderful thing, although he might tell you he hates it. Routine helps a person with ADD feel grounded. Without it, he might feel overwhelmed with all the different things he could do or he might get overwhelmed with boredom. Keep him involved in after-school activities. The busier a person with ADD is, the happier they seem.
But the main thing is to support his self-esteem, I think. A lot of damage can occur over the years after all the mistakes, forgetting, people telling you you can't do things right... sometimes the person might start believing it. If he ever says, I'm so stupid! or I can't do anything right, sit down with him and talk to him about how he feels, because it's really important to kids that their parents value their feelings.
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