ADD Meds/ and Tasha

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great response ! and I'm so glad Breggin updated his website...you say at the end of your response: ***It is not uncommonn for people who have discontinued any psychotropic drugs to have difficulty focusing.

I heartily agree...the last round of drug trials I did was stimulants because the other psychotropic drugs messed with my focus so bad.My focus continues to be a problem even though I'm nearing the completion of my withdrawal.

Tasha, If you used this site only as inspiration and not as guidance as you say, chances are you've gotten off drugs but not healed your body and brain from the damage done by the drugs...I highly recommend you start taking guidance here because you CAN heal yourself if you so choose. But it won't happen by taking stimulants which are extremely mood and mind-altering and will cause all sorts of additional damage to your brain and your focus too in the long run even if they make you feel good in the short term.. Speed always makes you feel good at first...

don't buy into it.

<<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,

-- Kalihttp://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/