ADD medications (with response)

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<<Hi all,

I joined this group a while back, and used it as inspiration to get

off Wellbutrin and Prozac, rather than a guideline. I've been off

Prozac since October and Prozac since February or so, and I feel

great. So thank you for the inspiration.

I am curious, however, how you all feel about the use of medications

for ADD. I realize they are a different class of medication, and they

are not meant to be mood altering in anyway, which is why I would like

to try them. Well one of the reasons. Some of the people I've talked

to think I'm taking an easy way out of dealing with my focus issues,

others tell me it's like taking heart medications for a heart problem,

why would you deny yourself that?

Just wondering what your opinions are because I'm curious.

Thanks,

Tasha>>

** It's interesting that some compare it to taking medications for your

heart because if you take one of these so-called " ADD drugs " you will probably

have to take medications for your heart for the rest of your life -- IF you

survive the experience with the " ADD drug " .

Most ADD drugs are stimulants, in other words, amphetamines. The only one

that isn't is formulated like an antidepressant. You mention that you know

these types of drugs are not " mood=altering " . Where did you get that

impression. The drug industry's efforts to get you to view these drugs as safe

and gentle have been brilliantly effective.

You're asking the question you've asked only because all psychiatric drugs

have been over-hyped by the pharmaceutical industry, conventional medicine, and

the FDA so you believe there is a drug that will magically fix what I'm sure

you've come to believe is a genetic problem.

What I'm asking myself right now is where to begin. It's astonishing to me

that the drug industry is still way ahead of the game no matter how many aricles

are published and how many people report adverse reactions in themselves, or

their children or spouses. As the FDA will very willingly tell you, only 1%

of adverse reactions are reported to the FDA. In fact, all of you can do an

experiment if you wish. Ask a doctor you see how many times they have reported

adverse effects from a drug or medical device to the FDA. Most will say they've

never made a report.

The drugs used for " ADD " are no more effective or safe than the

antidepressant drugs or any other psychiatric drug, for that matter. They are

just as dangerous. There is a tendency for people to experience paranoia,

psychotic thought as well as visual hallucinations. At one time, these drugs

were viewed as being quite benign and were prescribed for 'housewives' with

children to help them have the energy to get through the day. This ceased long

ago because of the harm caused by these drugs. Doctors said, " Oops, " and

stopped casually prescribing them.

Here is a page of in-depth articles on the drugs you would be looking at.

Most of the articles mention children because children are the population that

is most vulnerable to being drugged with these drugs.

http://breggin.com/index.php?option=com_docman & task=cat_view & gid=30 & Itemid=37

If you want to work on what you call ADD without drugs, let me know and we

can do this. It is not uncommonn for people who have discontinued any

psychotropic drugs to have difficulty focusing.

Regards,