Is ADHD A Real Disease?

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Article Title: Is ADHD A Real Disease?

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The vast majority of Ritalin and Adderall is given to school

children in America to treat an alleged disease called ADHD.

Children who suffer from ADHD are said to be inattentive,

impulsive, and hyperactive. They often get bored easily in

class, squirm in their seats, are always on the go, or don’t

get along with other students or the teacher.

In other words, many children diagnosed with ADHD may simply be

bright, normal kids, full of energy and bored out of their minds

sitting in public-school classrooms.

In his testimony to the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy

Committee, Bruce Wiseman, National President of the Citizens

Commission on Human Rights, stated that “thousands of children

put on psychiatric drugs are simply ‘smart.’” He quoted the

late Sydney , a psychiatrist and neurologist, as saying,

“They’re hyper not because their brains don’t work right, but

because they spend most of the day waiting for slower students

to catch up with them. These students are bored to tears, and

people who are bored fidget, wiggle, scratch, stretch, and

(especially if they are boys) start looking for ways to get

into trouble. "

Boredom is not the only reason children can exhibit symptoms of

ADHD. Perfectly normal children who are over-active (have a lot

of energy), rebellious, impulsive, day-dreamers, sensitive,

undisciplined, bored easily (because they are bright), slow in

learning, immature, troubled (for any number of reasons),

learning disabled (dyslexia, for example), can also be

inattentive, impulsive, or hyperactive.

Also, many factors outside the classroom can stress or

emotionally affect children. Some of these factors are: not

getting love, closeness, or attention from their parents; if a

parent, friend, or sibling is sick or dies; if the parents are

divorcing and there is anger, shouting, or conflict at home;

domestic violence at home; sexual, physical, or emotional abuse

by parents or siblings; inattention and neglect at home;

personality clashes with parents or siblings; envy or cruelty

directed at a child by classmates or by siblings at home, and

many other factors.

Also, many other medical conditions can cause children to mimic

some or all of ADHD’s symptoms. Some of these conditions are:

Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), allergies, learning

disabilities, hyper or hypothyroidism, hearing and vision

problems, mild to high lead levels, spinal problems, toxin

exposures, carbon monoxide poisoning, metabolic disorders,

genetic defects, sleeping disorders, post-traumatic subclinical

seizure disorder, high mercury levels, iron deficiency,

B-vitamin deficiencies (from poor diet), Tourette’s syndrome,

Sensory Integration Dysfunction, early-onset diabetes, heart

disease, cardiac conditions, early-onset bipolar disorder,

worms, viral and bacterial infections, malnutrition or improper

diet, head injuries, lack of exercise, and many others.

Because these medical conditions can cause some or all of

ADHD’s symptoms, it becomes next to impossible for any teacher,

principal, or family doctor to claim with any certainty that a

child has ADHD. To be certain, a doctor would have to test the

child for all these other possible medical conditions. Since

parents or doctors rarely do this, every diagnosis of ADHD is

suspect, to say the least.

Any of these medical conditions, normal personality variations,

emotional problems, or outside-the-classroom stress-factors can

disturb a child’s attention, natural enthusiasm, or desire to

learn in class, and make the child exhibit symptoms of ADHD.

Yet, as psychiatrist R. Breggin, author of " Talking Back

To Ritalin, " and director of the International Center for the

Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, notes, “These are the types

of [normal] children who get diagnosed as suffering ADHD and who

get subdued with stimulants and other medications.”

Many reputable authorities, such as Dr. Breggin, deny that

ADHD, the disorder for which Ritalin is most commonly

prescribed, even exists. Researchers have found no valid

physical evidence of the disease or laboratory medical tests to

prove it exists.

Parents, do not fall for the ADHD propaganda that public school

authorities are now attempting to force on you and your

children. While some children can have ADHD-type " symptoms " for

various reasons, ADHD itself turns out to be a bogus or unproven

disease. Many public schools now use this bogus disease as a

convenient excuse to pressure parents to give their normal but

bored or high-energy children mind-altering drugs. I also urge

you to read Dr. Breggin's book, " Talking Back To Ritalin. "

Article Copyrighted © 2005 by Turtel.

About The Author: Turtel is the author of “Public Schools,

Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie To Parents and Betray Our

Children. " Website: http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com, Email:

lbooksusa@..., Phone: 718-447-7348.

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