ADHD Drugs Cause Hallucinations in Children; Psychiatry Pushes Hallucinogenic Drugs for Profit

January 27, 2009

http://www.naturalnews.com/025433.html

New research published in the journal Pediatrics reveals that the ADHD drugs

prescribed to millions of children are causing them to experience frightening

hallucinations. Children on these drugs hallucinated that snakes and bugs were

crawling all over them, says Reuters, and some kids taking the drugs experience

other bizarre psychotic side effects such as thinking they ran into a wall and

falling to the ground even when no wall was present.

ADHD drugs, of course, are powerful psychotropic mind-altering chemicals that

are often molecularly identical to street drugs. The industry of psychiatry is

virtually owned by Big Pharma, which hopes to drug every child, teenager and

adult with at least one mind-altering medication.

The drugs reviewed in this study include: Ritalin and Focalin XR (Novartis),

Adderall XR and Daytrana patch (Shire), Concerta ( & ), Strattera

(Eli Lilly), Metadate CD (Celltech Pharmaceuticals) and Provigil (Cephalon).

Researchers noticed that only children taking these drugs suffered from

hallucinations. Those taking placebo had no hallucinations, and the children who

stopped taking ADHD drugs saw their hallucinations cease.

Reuters reports that " …FDA researchers urged doctors to discuss the potential

side effects with parents and children to help ease their anxiety if such

symptoms should occur. " So instead of getting their kids off these drugs, the

FDA thinks parents and kids just need to " talk about the hallucinations " to ease

their anxiety.

And if that's not enough, I suppose, there are anti-anxiety drugs they can both

take in order to avoid getting too uptight about the fact that their children

are on hallucinogenic drugs.

Stop the insanity!

I'm just going to come right out and say the obvious: These children are

tripping out on hallucinogenic, mind-altering street drugs. This isn't

" treatment " for some genuine health problem; it's a legalized mass-drugging

campaign that's permanently harming the brains of children while earning sick

profits for Big Pharma.

The psychiatric pill pushers have managed to turn a generation of children into

druggies who are now demonstrating the same symptoms as a street junkie burnout.

And rather than trying to get kids OFF these drugs, the FDA, Big Pharma and

modern psychiatrists are doing everything in their power to put MORE kids on

these dangerous, hallucinogenic drugs!

That this continues in America today is outrageous. In a nation that spends

billions of dollars on the so-called " War on Drugs " -- see the Drug War Clock at

http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm -- to ignore the mass drugging of its own

children with hallucinogenic street drugs relabeled as " medication " is

unconscionable.

If there's really a War on Drugs, why doesn't that war target the biggest drug

pushers of all? Big Pharma has put more kids on drugs than any street corner

crack dealer could ever hope to achieve. In fact, the entire industry of

psychiatric medicine is little more than a legalized drug dealing network that

hides behind the jargon of " medicine " and " therapy. "

Mind-numbed parents lead to drugged children

It's not just the industry that's to blame on all this, either: Parents who

allow their children to be drugged with these hallucinogenic ADHD drugs are just

as much a part of the problem. In the same households where parents are

adamantly restricting their child's use of pot or alcohol, they will literally

feed that same kid dose after dose of hallucinogenic street drugs on the advice

of a psychiatric medicine quack who's on the take from Big Pharma.

What are they thinking? Say no to drugs, but say yes to hallucinogenic

psychotropic drugs if a corrupt psychiatrist tells you your kid needs them?

Somehow, when speed is labeled under Big Pharma's brand names, it eludes all

rational thinking by parents, doctors, pharmacists and drug war zealots. It is

one of the largest sectors of the hallucinogenic drug trade in America, and yet

it goes completely unnoticed by virtually everyone.

My latest hip-hop song takes a shot at mind-altering medications with some

disturbing, uncensored lyrics. Listen to " SSRIs - S.S.R.Lies " here:

http://www.naturalnews.com/SSRIs_S_...

The ugly truth about the War on Drugs

The War on Drugs, of course, was never really about ending drug use in the first

place. It was about eliminating the competition for Big Pharma, making sure kids

get off generic black market drugs and get onto brand-name Big Pharma drugs. To

legitimize this mass drugging of children, the industry of modern psychiatry was

created, with all its imaginary (hallucinated?) disorders and dysfunctions used

to befuddle the public with seemingly intelligent-sounding technical jargon.

It's all just drug-pushing psychobabble, of course. Disorders like ADHD are

purely fictional, having no basis in reality whatsoever, and the brain shrinkage

pointed to by psychiatrists who claim ADHD causes stunted growth is actually the

result of the amphetamine drugs they put the kids on. It is well documented that

drugs like Ritalin cause stunted grown and reduced brain size

(http://www.naturalnews.com/021944.html).

The degree of quackery present in the psychiatric industry today is simply

staggering. And to think that mainstream doctors defend this quackery is yet

more evidence that modern medicine has nothing whatsoever to do with actual

science; it's all based on a Cult of Pharmacology where all drugs are considered

good and necessary, regardless of the mountain of evidence showing them to be

dangerous and medically useless.

This is where I have to challenge all the so-called " skeptics " out there who

attack natural medicine. These skeptics and self-proclaimed quack observers are,

in fact, among the greatest quacks of all. Why? Because they aren't skeptical in

the least about psychiatric medicine!

The skeptics are quacks

Where is the skepticism about this home-grown brand of legalized drug pushing?

Where are all the intelligent questions demanding proof that ADHD is a genuine

disease and not just something made up to sell more drugs? The skeptics are

silent when it comes to psychiatric medicine, and in their silence they reveal

themselves to be quacks.

Logic, reason and scientific evidence are all thrown out the window on the

subject of psychiatric disorders. The most rational-sounding skeptics are

instantly transformed into psychobabble-spouting quacks who defend the

indefensible -- the mass drugging of children with powerful hallucinogenic

street drugs as " treatment " for some imaginary disease.

Sure, the skeptics will attack meditation, crystals, prayer, intention,

chiropractic care and even herbal medicine (all of which can be healing, by the

way), but when it comes to the loopy loose logic of psychiatric medicine

inventing diseases and drugging up the children with hallucinogenic

amphetamines, they swallow the whole thing without blinking an eye!

So much for the credibility of the so-called skeptics and quack busters. It

turns out they're quacks themselves. They've simply subscribed to their own form

of quackery: Drugs and surgery for all!

The quacks are on crack, and they're supporting an industry that hands out speed

to the children. Meanwhile, the War on Drugs fills the prisons with people who

smoked a little weed while completely ignoring the psychiatric pill pushers.

Crazy, huh? I'm beginning to thinking everybody's on drugs!

Just remember, folks: If you want to sell drugs to kids, just get FDA approval

first. It keeps the DEA off your back and fools parents into thinking your

hallucinogenic drugs are " medicine. "

About the author: Mike is a natural health researcher and author with a

mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He is a prolific

writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer

guides, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are

experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. is an

honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the

third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2007,

launched EcoLEDs, a manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient LED

lighting products that save electricity and help prevent global warming. He's

also a successful software entrepreneur, having founded a well known email

marketing software company whose technology currently powers the NaturalNews

email newsletters. volunteers his time to serve as the executive director

of the Consumer Wellness Center, a

501©3 non-profit organization, and pursues hobbies such as Pilates, Capoeira,

nature macrophotography and organic gardening. Known on the 'net as 'the Health

Ranger,' shares his ethics, mission statements and personal health

statistics at www.HealthRanger.org

Love, Gabby. :0)

http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport

January 28, 2009

Seriously???

I hope we're supposed to laugh at this, and not agree with it.

From the abstract of the article in Pediatrics (located here:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/123/2/611):

" A total of 11 psychosis/mania adverse events occurred during 743

person-years of double-blind treatment with these drugs... " ELEVEN.

Events. Not even that 11 children had repeated events. There were

11 instances of psychosis/mania adverse events.

Of course, it's good to know, and terrible for those kids, and

important to address. But Mike would have you believe that

every child taking an ADHD medication is having these: " the ADHD

drugs prescribed to millions of children are causing them to

experience frightening hallucinations. Children on these drugs

hallucinated... " He insinuates that any medication prescribed by any

psychiatrist may as well be crack cocaine: " ...psychobabble-spouting

quacks who defend the indefensible -- the mass drugging of children

with powerful hallucinogenic street drugs as " treatment " for some

imaginary disease. "

I wouldn't even be responding, except I'm afraid there are people out

there who might listen to him.

Sigh. He says, " Disorders like ADHD are purely fictional, having no

basis in reality whatsoever... " He's as bad as Savage, who

said autistic kids just needed a good spank to make them shape up and

stop being brats.

Sigh again. I'm sorry, I'm sure I've offended someone, if not many

of you...that wasn't my intention. It just irritates the crap out of

me when people take one problem associated with anything (not just

medicine) and twist it into their own extreme version of " truth, "

dragging sincerely concerned people with them.

Some drugs do have negative side effects. Absolutely. But that

doesn't make the whole field " a legalized mass-drugging campaign

that's permanently harming the brains of children while earning sick

profits for Big Pharma. " Jeesh.

Carole

>

> http://www.naturalnews.com/025433.html

>

> New research published in the journal Pediatrics reveals that the

ADHD drugs prescribed to millions of children are causing them to

experience frightening hallucinations. Children on these drugs

hallucinated that snakes and bugs were crawling all over them, says

Reuters, and some kids taking the drugs experience other bizarre

psychotic side effects such as thinking they ran into a wall and

falling to the ground even when no wall was present.

>

> ADHD drugs, of course, are powerful psychotropic mind-altering

chemicals that are often molecularly identical to street drugs. The

industry of psychiatry is virtually owned by Big Pharma, which hopes

to drug every child, teenager and adult with at least one mind-

altering medication.

>

> The drugs reviewed in this study include: Ritalin and Focalin XR

(Novartis), Adderall XR and Daytrana patch (Shire), Concerta (

& ), Strattera (Eli Lilly), Metadate CD (Celltech

Pharmaceuticals) and Provigil (Cephalon).

>

> Researchers noticed that only children taking these drugs suffered

from hallucinations. Those taking placebo had no hallucinations, and

the children who stopped taking ADHD drugs saw their hallucinations

cease.

>

> Reuters reports that " …FDA researchers urged doctors to discuss the

potential side effects with parents and children to help ease their

anxiety if such symptoms should occur. " So instead of getting their

kids off these drugs, the FDA thinks parents and kids just need

to " talk about the hallucinations " to ease their anxiety.

>

> And if that's not enough, I suppose, there are anti-anxiety drugs

they can both take in order to avoid getting too uptight about the

fact that their children are on hallucinogenic drugs.

>

> Stop the insanity!

> I'm just going to come right out and say the obvious: These

children are tripping out on hallucinogenic, mind-altering street

drugs. This isn't " treatment " for some genuine health problem; it's a

legalized mass-drugging campaign that's permanently harming the

brains of children while earning sick profits for Big Pharma.

>

> The psychiatric pill pushers have managed to turn a generation of

children into druggies who are now demonstrating the same symptoms as

a street junkie burnout. And rather than trying to get kids OFF these

drugs, the FDA, Big Pharma and modern psychiatrists are doing

everything in their power to put MORE kids on these dangerous,

hallucinogenic drugs!

>

> That this continues in America today is outrageous. In a nation

that spends billions of dollars on the so-called " War on Drugs " --

see the Drug War Clock at http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm -- to

ignore the mass drugging of its own children with hallucinogenic

street drugs relabeled as " medication " is unconscionable.

>

> If there's really a War on Drugs, why doesn't that war target the

biggest drug pushers of all? Big Pharma has put more kids on drugs

than any street corner crack dealer could ever hope to achieve. In

fact, the entire industry of psychiatric medicine is little more than

a legalized drug dealing network that hides behind the jargon

of " medicine " and " therapy. "

>

> Mind-numbed parents lead to drugged children

> It's not just the industry that's to blame on all this, either:

Parents who allow their children to be drugged with these

hallucinogenic ADHD drugs are just as much a part of the problem. In

the same households where parents are adamantly restricting their

child's use of pot or alcohol, they will literally feed that same kid

dose after dose of hallucinogenic street drugs on the advice of a

psychiatric medicine quack who's on the take from Big Pharma.

>

> What are they thinking? Say no to drugs, but say yes to

hallucinogenic psychotropic drugs if a corrupt psychiatrist tells you

your kid needs them?

>

> Somehow, when speed is labeled under Big Pharma's brand names, it

eludes all rational thinking by parents, doctors, pharmacists and

drug war zealots. It is one of the largest sectors of the

hallucinogenic drug trade in America, and yet it goes completely

unnoticed by virtually everyone.

>

> My latest hip-hop song takes a shot at mind-altering medications

with some disturbing, uncensored lyrics. Listen to " SSRIs -

S.S.R.Lies " here: http://www.naturalnews.com/SSRIs_S_...

>

> The ugly truth about the War on Drugs

> The War on Drugs, of course, was never really about ending drug use

in the first place. It was about eliminating the competition for Big

Pharma, making sure kids get off generic black market drugs and get

onto brand-name Big Pharma drugs. To legitimize this mass drugging of

children, the industry of modern psychiatry was created, with all its

imaginary (hallucinated?) disorders and dysfunctions used to befuddle

the public with seemingly intelligent-sounding technical jargon.

>

> It's all just drug-pushing psychobabble, of course. Disorders like

ADHD are purely fictional, having no basis in reality whatsoever, and

the brain shrinkage pointed to by psychiatrists who claim ADHD causes

stunted growth is actually the result of the amphetamine drugs they

put the kids on. It is well documented that drugs like Ritalin cause

stunted grown and reduced brain size

(http://www.naturalnews.com/021944.html).

>

> The degree of quackery present in the psychiatric industry today is

simply staggering. And to think that mainstream doctors defend this

quackery is yet more evidence that modern medicine has nothing

whatsoever to do with actual science; it's all based on a Cult of

Pharmacology where all drugs are considered good and necessary,

regardless of the mountain of evidence showing them to be dangerous

and medically useless.

>

> This is where I have to challenge all the so-called " skeptics " out

there who attack natural medicine. These skeptics and self-proclaimed

quack observers are, in fact, among the greatest quacks of all. Why?

Because they aren't skeptical in the least about psychiatric medicine!

>

> The skeptics are quacks

> Where is the skepticism about this home-grown brand of legalized

drug pushing? Where are all the intelligent questions demanding proof

that ADHD is a genuine disease and not just something made up to sell

more drugs? The skeptics are silent when it comes to psychiatric

medicine, and in their silence they reveal themselves to be quacks.

>

> Logic, reason and scientific evidence are all thrown out the window

on the subject of psychiatric disorders. The most rational-sounding

skeptics are instantly transformed into psychobabble-spouting quacks

who defend the indefensible -- the mass drugging of children with

powerful hallucinogenic street drugs as " treatment " for some

imaginary disease.

>

> Sure, the skeptics will attack meditation, crystals, prayer,

intention, chiropractic care and even herbal medicine (all of which

can be healing, by the way), but when it comes to the loopy loose

logic of psychiatric medicine inventing diseases and drugging up the

children with hallucinogenic amphetamines, they swallow the whole

thing without blinking an eye!

>

> So much for the credibility of the so-called skeptics and quack

busters. It turns out they're quacks themselves. They've simply

subscribed to their own form of quackery: Drugs and surgery for all!

>

> The quacks are on crack, and they're supporting an industry that

hands out speed to the children. Meanwhile, the War on Drugs fills

the prisons with people who smoked a little weed while completely

ignoring the psychiatric pill pushers. Crazy, huh? I'm beginning to

thinking everybody's on drugs!

>

> Just remember, folks: If you want to sell drugs to kids, just get

FDA approval first. It keeps the DEA off your back and fools parents

into thinking your hallucinogenic drugs are " medicine. "

>

> About the author: Mike is a natural health researcher and

author with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the

public He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of

articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, impacting the

lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing

phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. is an

honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on

the third-party products he writes about or the companies he

promotes. In 2007, launched EcoLEDs, a manufacturer of mercury-

free, energy-efficient LED lighting products that save electricity

and help prevent global warming. He's also a successful software

entrepreneur, having founded a well known email marketing software

company whose technology currently powers the NaturalNews email

newsletters. volunteers his time to serve as the executive

director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a

> 501©3 non-profit organization, and pursues hobbies such as

Pilates, Capoeira, nature macrophotography and organic gardening.

Known on the 'net as 'the Health Ranger,' shares his ethics,

mission statements and personal health statistics at

www.HealthRanger.org

>

> Love, Gabby. :0)

> http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

>

> " I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical.

Even God had some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all

spin. " ~ Jerry Newport

>

January 28, 2009

OK, goes a bit far in his fanaticism, true, but he does have a point. I

recently took Josh for his first appt (he's 10yo) with a shrink and before we

even really sat down, the doc was recommending Celexa and DDVAP (for

bedwetting). I've always been opposed to the use of meds, seeking instead to

find more holistic and therapeutic interventions for some of Josh's behavior

issues (he's always done the " fight " of the " fight or flight " response to

sensory input). Doc made a point that we've tried 10 years of such and it's

still going on, but, really, almost everything I've read is that the use of meds

such as Celexa (in particular) for anxiety in kids simply has not been

researched enough. And, the use of those types of meds that are really

anti-depressants for kids under 18 has led to some extremely serious

consequences (suicidal ideation, etc.). I'm still struggling with the idea and

am seeking out as much input as I can get on the use of

the meds (BTW, I did try the bed-wetting med and Josh got sick as a dog two

days after starting it - lowest dose possible - I've stopped it and I'm just

hanging onto those coupons for Depends!) but it is something that scare the hell

(sorry for the language) out of me! These are SSRIs or psychotropic meds we're

dealing with, and our children's brains, futures, and possibly lives - it's not

anything to laugh at either way.

Sherry

________________________________

From: cbwildes <cbwildes@...>

Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:00:47 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: ADHD Drugs Cause Hallucinations in Children;

Psychiatry Pushes Hallucinogenic Drugs for Profit

Seriously???

I hope we're supposed to laugh at this, and not agree with it.

From the abstract of the article in Pediatrics (located here:

http://pediatrics. aappublications. org/cgi/content/ abstract/ 123/2/611):

" A total of 11 psychosis/mania adverse events occurred during 743

person-years of double-blind treatment with these drugs... " ELEVEN.

Events. Not even that 11 children had repeated events. There were

11 instances of psychosis/mania adverse events.

Of course, it's good to know, and terrible for those kids, and

important to address. But Mike would have you believe that

every child taking an ADHD medication is having these: " the ADHD

drugs prescribed to millions of children are causing them to

experience frightening hallucinations. Children on these drugs

hallucinated. .. " He insinuates that any medication prescribed by any

psychiatrist may as well be crack cocaine: " ...psychobabble- spouting

quacks who defend the indefensible -- the mass drugging of children

with powerful hallucinogenic street drugs as " treatment " for some

imaginary disease. "

I wouldn't even be responding, except I'm afraid there are people out

there who might listen to him.

Sigh. He says, " Disorders like ADHD are purely fictional, having no

basis in reality whatsoever.. . " He's as bad as Savage, who

said autistic kids just needed a good spank to make them shape up and

stop being brats.

Sigh again. I'm sorry, I'm sure I've offended someone, if not many

of you...that wasn't my intention. It just irritates the crap out of

me when people take one problem associated with anything (not just

medicine) and twist it into their own extreme version of " truth, "

dragging sincerely concerned people with them.

Some drugs do have negative side effects. Absolutely. But that

doesn't make the whole field " a legalized mass-drugging campaign

that's permanently harming the brains of children while earning sick

profits for Big Pharma. " Jeesh.

Carole

>

> http://www.naturaln ews.com/025433. html

>

> New research published in the journal Pediatrics reveals that the

ADHD drugs prescribed to millions of children are causing them to

experience frightening hallucinations. Children on these drugs

hallucinated that snakes and bugs were crawling all over them, says

Reuters, and some kids taking the drugs experience other bizarre

psychotic side effects such as thinking they ran into a wall and

falling to the ground even when no wall was present.

>

> ADHD drugs, of course, are powerful psychotropic mind-altering

chemicals that are often molecularly identical to street drugs. The

industry of psychiatry is virtually owned by Big Pharma, which hopes

to drug every child, teenager and adult with at least one mind-

altering medication.

>

> The drugs reviewed in this study include: Ritalin and Focalin XR

(Novartis), Adderall XR and Daytrana patch (Shire), Concerta (

& ), Strattera (Eli Lilly), Metadate CD (Celltech

Pharmaceuticals) and Provigil (Cephalon).

>

> Researchers noticed that only children taking these drugs suffered

from hallucinations. Those taking placebo had no hallucinations, and

the children who stopped taking ADHD drugs saw their hallucinations

cease.

>

> Reuters reports that " …FDA researchers urged doctors to discuss the

potential side effects with parents and children to help ease their

anxiety if such symptoms should occur. " So instead of getting their

kids off these drugs, the FDA thinks parents and kids just need

to " talk about the hallucinations " to ease their anxiety.

>

> And if that's not enough, I suppose, there are anti-anxiety drugs

they can both take in order to avoid getting too uptight about the

fact that their children are on hallucinogenic drugs.

>

> Stop the insanity!

> I'm just going to come right out and say the obvious: These

children are tripping out on hallucinogenic, mind-altering street

drugs. This isn't " treatment " for some genuine health problem; it's a

legalized mass-drugging campaign that's permanently harming the

brains of children while earning sick profits for Big Pharma.

>

> The psychiatric pill pushers have managed to turn a generation of

children into druggies who are now demonstrating the same symptoms as

a street junkie burnout. And rather than trying to get kids OFF these

drugs, the FDA, Big Pharma and modern psychiatrists are doing

everything in their power to put MORE kids on these dangerous,

hallucinogenic drugs!

>

> That this continues in America today is outrageous. In a nation

that spends billions of dollars on the so-called " War on Drugs " --

see the Drug War Clock at http://www.drugsens e.org/wodclock. htm -- to

ignore the mass drugging of its own children with hallucinogenic

street drugs relabeled as " medication " is unconscionable.

>

> If there's really a War on Drugs, why doesn't that war target the

biggest drug pushers of all? Big Pharma has put more kids on drugs

than any street corner crack dealer could ever hope to achieve. In

fact, the entire industry of psychiatric medicine is little more than

a legalized drug dealing network that hides behind the jargon

of " medicine " and " therapy. "

>

> Mind-numbed parents lead to drugged children

> It's not just the industry that's to blame on all this, either:

Parents who allow their children to be drugged with these

hallucinogenic ADHD drugs are just as much a part of the problem. In

the same households where parents are adamantly restricting their

child's use of pot or alcohol, they will literally feed that same kid

dose after dose of hallucinogenic street drugs on the advice of a

psychiatric medicine quack who's on the take from Big Pharma.

>

> What are they thinking? Say no to drugs, but say yes to

hallucinogenic psychotropic drugs if a corrupt psychiatrist tells you

your kid needs them?

>

> Somehow, when speed is labeled under Big Pharma's brand names, it

eludes all rational thinking by parents, doctors, pharmacists and

drug war zealots. It is one of the largest sectors of the

hallucinogenic drug trade in America, and yet it goes completely

unnoticed by virtually everyone.

>

> My latest hip-hop song takes a shot at mind-altering medications

with some disturbing, uncensored lyrics. Listen to " SSRIs -

S.S.R.Lies " here: http://www.naturaln ews.com/SSRIs_ S_...

>

> The ugly truth about the War on Drugs

> The War on Drugs, of course, was never really about ending drug use

in the first place. It was about eliminating the competition for Big

Pharma, making sure kids get off generic black market drugs and get

onto brand-name Big Pharma drugs. To legitimize this mass drugging of

children, the industry of modern psychiatry was created, with all its

imaginary (hallucinated? ) disorders and dysfunctions used to befuddle

the public with seemingly intelligent- sounding technical jargon.

>

> It's all just drug-pushing psychobabble, of course. Disorders like

ADHD are purely fictional, having no basis in reality whatsoever, and

the brain shrinkage pointed to by psychiatrists who claim ADHD causes

stunted growth is actually the result of the amphetamine drugs they

put the kids on. It is well documented that drugs like Ritalin cause

stunted grown and reduced brain size

(http://www.naturaln ews.com/021944. html).

>

> The degree of quackery present in the psychiatric industry today is

simply staggering. And to think that mainstream doctors defend this

quackery is yet more evidence that modern medicine has nothing

whatsoever to do with actual science; it's all based on a Cult of

Pharmacology where all drugs are considered good and necessary,

regardless of the mountain of evidence showing them to be dangerous

and medically useless.

>

> This is where I have to challenge all the so-called " skeptics " out

there who attack natural medicine. These skeptics and self-proclaimed

quack observers are, in fact, among the greatest quacks of all. Why?

Because they aren't skeptical in the least about psychiatric medicine!

>

> The skeptics are quacks

> Where is the skepticism about this home-grown brand of legalized

drug pushing? Where are all the intelligent questions demanding proof

that ADHD is a genuine disease and not just something made up to sell

more drugs? The skeptics are silent when it comes to psychiatric

medicine, and in their silence they reveal themselves to be quacks.

>

> Logic, reason and scientific evidence are all thrown out the window

on the subject of psychiatric disorders. The most rational-sounding

skeptics are instantly transformed into psychobabble- spouting quacks

who defend the indefensible -- the mass drugging of children with

powerful hallucinogenic street drugs as " treatment " for some

imaginary disease.

>

> Sure, the skeptics will attack meditation, crystals, prayer,

intention, chiropractic care and even herbal medicine (all of which

can be healing, by the way), but when it comes to the loopy loose

logic of psychiatric medicine inventing diseases and drugging up the

children with hallucinogenic amphetamines, they swallow the whole

thing without blinking an eye!

>

> So much for the credibility of the so-called skeptics and quack

busters. It turns out they're quacks themselves. They've simply

subscribed to their own form of quackery: Drugs and surgery for all!

>

> The quacks are on crack, and they're supporting an industry that

hands out speed to the children. Meanwhile, the War on Drugs fills

the prisons with people who smoked a little weed while completely

ignoring the psychiatric pill pushers. Crazy, huh? I'm beginning to

thinking everybody's on drugs!

>

> Just remember, folks: If you want to sell drugs to kids, just get

FDA approval first. It keeps the DEA off your back and fools parents

into thinking your hallucinogenic drugs are " medicine. "

>

> About the author: Mike is a natural health researcher and

author with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the

public He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of

articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, impacting the

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January 28, 2009

Sherry, you are absolutely right, it is definitely a serious

matter...my question of laughing was just at some of ' ludicrous

conclusions and generalizations.

I totally agree, these can be dangerous meds, and the decision to try

them should never be taken lightly. And I agree that many

psychiatrists jump to medicating as 'the' solution WAY too fast, and

they seem to often discount the value of trying non-medicinal things

first. Sometimes, though, medication IS the only solution.

Sometimes several have to be tried to see if they're beneficial at

all or have negative side effects. I hate that about medicines; they

react differently to everyone. This is true of all medications, not

just psychotropics. The scariest part is that the side effects of

the psychotropics could, as you said, cause things as terrible as

suicide attempts. (shiver)

Ugh, it's all so difficult and scary, trying to help our children!

Because there are those kids who were failing school, relationships,

everything until they got the right medication...and who are now

successful students with friends.

I know there are parents out there who just toss medications at their

kids just to make their (the parents') lives easier. But I know that

everyone on this board is working their hardest to figure out and do

what is truly best for their children. Maybe what made me so mad

about this article, besides the extremes he created out of nothing,

is how he talked about parents. None of the parents I know of are

throwing 'street drugs' at their kids. Keeping your child from

alcohol and pot is absolutely compatible with giving them a

medication that they need, even if it's a psychotropic medication.

But equates all psychotropics with crack, and comes across as

thinking pot is better.

Sigh. I worry that a parent who is giving their child a psychotropic

medication will read ' article and decide to stop the medication

without talking to their doctor first -- it can be very dangerous to

do that, but if I had been convinced by this article, I certainly

wouldn't be calling my (apparently corrupt drug-dealing) doctor for

directions!

I apologize for seeming to laugh about the underlying issues here; I

should have taken more time too 'cool off' a bit before writing!

Carole

>

> OK, goes a bit far in his fanaticism, true, but he does have

a point. I recently took Josh for his first appt (he's 10yo) with a

shrink and before we even really sat down, the doc was recommending

Celexa and DDVAP (for bedwetting). I've always been opposed to the

use of meds, seeking instead to find more holistic and therapeutic

interventions for some of Josh's behavior issues (he's always done

the " fight " of the " fight or flight " response to sensory input). Doc

made a point that we've tried 10 years of such and it's still going

on, but, really, almost everything I've read is that the use of meds

such as Celexa (in particular) for anxiety in kids simply has not

been researched enough. And, the use of those types of meds that are

really anti-depressants for kids under 18 has led to some extremely

serious consequences (suicidal ideation, etc.). I'm still struggling

with the idea and am seeking out as much input as I can get on the

use of

> the meds (BTW, I did try the bed-wetting med and Josh got sick as

a dog two days after starting it - lowest dose possible - I've

stopped it and I'm just hanging onto those coupons for Depends!) but

it is something that scare the hell (sorry for the language) out of

me! These are SSRIs or psychotropic meds we're dealing with, and our

children's brains, futures, and possibly lives - it's not anything to

laugh at either way.

>

> Sherry

>

January 28, 2009

Hello Everyone,

I have to jump in on this conversation. I am 34 yo. I have taken many different

types of pychotropic as well as SSRIS medications in my life as an adult for

various mental health related issues. I have to tell you all that these

two types of meds no matter what they are as names go. They are extremely

dangerous to be taking. There are significant side effects with them all to

varying degrees. Yes they were prescribed to me by a psychiatrist. The side

effects of hallucinations, suicidal ideation, tremors,confusion etc. These I

have experienced myself at one time or anther due to these types of medications.

I actually decided to go off them completely 4 years ago after having been opn

many different ones for years. I went off them due to bad side effects I was

having with them, some them are as follows one med depakote actually was eating

away my red blood cells made me very sick I was in the hospital for a long

period of time. I know depakote is

also an anti seizure med it is very good for that I hear. very bad med to

taking as a psych med. I have suffered effects on my heart from extremely low

blood pressure dangerously low and now have minor heart things going on. I now

suffer from migraines that put me in bed some days they hurt so bad. Yes these

are all the effects I now have to live with due to taking these types of meds.

Yes it has been proven medically to have been caused by the meds I took.

Plese we are talking about our children here most of thwem still pretty young

age wise. Please if you need to give them to your children get all the info you

can on them it is very important to know the side effects to look for they can

be life threatening. Please use extreme caution with them all. Even ADHD drugs

can be dangerous.

But also keep in mind that pyschotropic and SSRIs can be used safely and are

safe to be used by the right person for the right diagnosis. Some people no

choice but to take them they very lives depend on them. I know many people who

can not function without these meds.

These meds are not to be used as a first option by no means. They actually

should be considered the last option to try. So I agree with you all . Please

try something else before trying these meds on your kids. They do work

effectively if they need them.

To my knowledge some of these meds are used a lot in the medical community and

prescribed a lot by general medical doctors. thats fine for some of the meds.

But I believe that most of the psychotropic medications should only be precribed

by a psychiatrist who is familiar with these drugs. They are some very addictive

medications some of them are.

On a side note I ahve to add soemthing to you all on a comment in the article

which was mentioned.

I have taken a lot of these meds myself. Speaking from someone who has taken

some of them zoloft,risperdal,seraquel,trazadone,activan, depakote just to name

a few. These drugs are like taking COCAINE if your on high doses like I was. It

is not when you have been on them for a while. The effect is in the first 6 to 8

wks you start them. It feels like your high as a kite. They make you feel woozy

and funny,you hallucinate etc. I did this on seroquel when I first started

taking it. It felt horrible. I stopped taking it within afew days it was like

being in a trance for me. Words can not describe the experience. It was scary

and not fun. So truthfully it is not a laughing matter. The guy was actually

stating the truth on that. However it is not like taking POT at all. Never done

any drugs in my life not street ones or hard core ones at all. Just these meds

if you want to call them drugs then fine. They certainly give you the same

feeling from my

experience.

Just thought everyone would like an inside scoop on these meds from somebody who

has experience with them. I meant with actually taking them for a long period of

time. Who also took them for the reason they were developed mental health

reasons.

I hope youa ll find the right things to help your children. I hope it is an

alternative to these types of medications.

As a parent I would never ever give any of these meds to my own son who is 10 yo

for any reason at all. They actually wanted to give him one of these meds for

his attention issues at school. I told them some things that can not be

repeated. They would have to take me to court in order to do it. They backed

down fast on that one. I told trhem they could learn to deal with at school. At

home is fine and has a long attention span.

Jeanne

NH

From: cbwildes <cbwildes@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: ADHD Drugs Cause Hallucinations in Children;

Psychiatry Pushes Hallucinogenic Drugs for Profit

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 12:30 PM

Sherry, you are absolutely right, it is definitely a serious

matter...my question of laughing was just at some of ' ludicrous

conclusions and generalizations.

I totally agree, these can be dangerous meds, and the decision to try

them should never be taken lightly. And I agree that many

psychiatrists jump to medicating as 'the' solution WAY too fast, and

they seem to often discount the value of trying non-medicinal things

first. Sometimes, though, medication IS the only solution.

Sometimes several have to be tried to see if they're beneficial at

all or have negative side effects. I hate that about medicines; they

react differently to everyone. This is true of all medications, not

just psychotropics. The scariest part is that the side effects of

the psychotropics could, as you said, cause things as terrible as

suicide attempts. (shiver)

Ugh, it's all so difficult and scary, trying to help our children!

Because there are those kids who were failing school, relationships,

everything until they got the right medication.. .and who are now