ADHD ~ Hoax ?

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[h=1]Father of ADHD Admitted in Final Interview That Disease Was “Fictitious”[/h] Posted on May 25, 2013 by Bradlee Dean
[h=2]“ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease.”[/h]
These were the words of Leon Eisenberg, the “scientificfather of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder),” in his last interview before his death.
Leon Eisenberg made a luxurious living off of his “fictitious disease,” thanks to pharmaceutical sales. Coincidentally, he received the “Ruane Prize for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research. He has been a leader in child psychiatry for more than 40 years through his work in pharmacological trials, research, teaching, and social policy and for his theories of autism and social medicine,” according to Psychiatric News.
Yes, it was even admitted that they are his THEORIES. The medical industry is using the guise of helping children to depersonalize and disconnect our children from a healthy, normal upbringing. Parents are placing their children on these drugs and subjecting them to what the world has to offer, when in fact all these children are looking for is their parentsin hopes of being the blessing that God intended them to be.
In the United States, 1 out of 10 boys among 10-year-olds takes medication for ADHD on a daily basis … with increasing tendency. And with the help of Teen Screen surveys in public schools, they are attempting to set up the student for the fall.
American psychologist Lisa Cosgrove and others reveal the facts in their study “FinancialTies between DSM-IV Panel Members and the Pharmaceutical Industry.” They found that “Of the 170 DSM panel members 95 (56 percent) had one or more financial associations with companies in the pharmaceutical industry. One hundred percent of the members of the panels on ‘Mood Disorders’ and ‘Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders’ hadfinancial ties to drug companies.”
And they are reaping major benefits off of this “fictitious disease.” For example, the assistant director of the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School received “$1 million in earnings from drug companies between 2000 and 2007.”
Marc-André Gagnon and Joel Lexchin, a long-time researcher of pharmaceutical promotion, performed a study which shows that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spent 24.4 percent of the sales dollar on promotion, versus 13.4 percent for research and development in 2004. That is almost twice as much money on pushing their drugs on the people than research to make sure it is safe!
 
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Thanks for bringing this to attention....when my child was young ...the daycare brought a parent in who happened to be a chiropractor to speak..
His son was diagnose of this....they did extensive study....only thing they found was that he had food allergies...I wonder what lasting effect
these drugs have done to our children.......thanks for this.....
 
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J-Kay-2

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jogoldie said:
Thanks for bringing this to attention....when my child was young ...the daycare brought a parent in who happened to be a chiropractor to speak..
His son was diagnose of this....they did extensive study....only thing they found was that he had food allergies...I wonder what lasting effect
these drugs have done to our children.......thanks for this.....
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Thank you Jo for this information about the boy with food allergies.
I was thinking as I read your comment about sugar. That is something
I have watched over the years as my children and grandchildren were
growing up. I noticed if the child was not given sweets late in afternoon
or evening, they were not as antsy. They slept better too. Even I have
to watch about eating sweets late otherwise I awaken umpteen times
through the night.

When we think back to when cereal was coated with sugar, pop tarts,
were popped in toaster and the kids go out the door, there is sugar rush.
Then by 10:00 or so their system is crashing because it needs more
sugar. Sugar can make them irritable, ( it does me ) and it can cause
them to not think clearly. These are a few things I have noticed, and
I always felt it was not right to label every child as having ADHD.
Thank you for sharing. ~ J~K~2
 
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As a psychologist myself, extensive training in child development meant I did do a lot of study on ADHD. Sometimes behavioural problems in children do stem from a lack of proper nutrition, and sometimes they stem from things such as ADHD.

I suppose in countries like the USA pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals are encouraged to be drug pushers for financial gain.

In intervention though, and in New Zealand we practise with a sort of hierarchy agenda with drugs being the last port of call, especially in children. Other methods such as nutrition, an encompassing of the all areas of the child's life (home,school, friend and family etc...) are all looked at and ways are found to help the child before drugs are resorted to, because the majority of children outgrow ADHD.

However, most don't and the effects of that are harsh and can be seen in patients with CD for example.

If you look at the neurobiology of a non-ADHD child vs a child presenting with ADHD you can see a difference.
The brain regions that you can see affected by ADHD on something like an MRI scan include structures like the frontal cortex,parietal cortex,basal ganglia, cerebellum, hippocampus and the corpus collosum. The behaviour seen in ADHD has a positive correlation to the compromise of these brain structures which notably control thinking,memory, behaviour etc etc. You can see a lower connectivity of neuronal connections in ADHD presenting children. Many studies have gone on to confirm anatomical distortions in neuronal connections in ADHD.
So, unless something else is being missed here, ADHD is not fictitious.

BUT in saying all that, you are SO SO SO right in saying it's not right to label every child as having ADHD. On the medical professionals part it is extremely careless because children are naturally rowdy and busy and on the go and if this is the case then a little non medical intervention such as patience and time and putting a sort of routine into the child's life including better eating habits can make a world of difference. If your physician is pushing pills and it's the first resort then definitely go get a second (or third) opinion.

Most cases are mild, but some are severe and even then drugs should be the last resort, it's good to know these things though when you have children, good on you for posting this.
 
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SabbieWabbie said:
As a psychologist myself, extensive training in child development meant I did do a lot of study on ADHD. Sometimes behavioural problems in children do stem from a lack of proper nutrition, and sometimes they stem from things such as ADHD.

I suppose in countries like the USA pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals are encouraged to be drug pushers for financial gain.

In intervention though, and in New Zealand we practise with a sort of hierarchy agenda with drugs being the last port of call, especially in children. Other methods such as nutrition, an encompassing of the all areas of the child's life (home,school, friend and family etc...) are all looked at and ways are found to help the child before drugs are resorted to, because the majority of children outgrow ADHD.

However, most don't and the effects of that are harsh and can be seen in patients with CD for example.

If you look at the neurobiology of a non-ADHD child vs a child presenting with ADHD you can see a difference.
The brain regions that you can see affected by ADHD on something like an MRI scan include structures like the frontal cortex,parietal cortex,basal ganglia, cerebellum, hippocampus and the corpus collosum. The behaviour seen in ADHD has a positive correlation to the compromise of these brain structures which notably control thinking,memory, behaviour etc etc. You can see a lower connectivity of neuronal connections in ADHD presenting children. Many studies have gone on to confirm anatomical distortions in neuronal connections in ADHD.
So, unless something else is being missed here, ADHD is not fictitious.

BUT in saying all that, you are SO SO SO right in saying it's not right to label every child as having ADHD. On the medical professionals part it is extremely careless because children are naturally rowdy and busy and on the go and if this is the case then a little non medical intervention such as patience and time and putting a sort of routine into the child's life including better eating habits can make a world of difference. If your physician is pushing pills and it's the first resort then definitely go get a second (or third) opinion.

Most cases are mild, but some are severe and even then drugs should be the last resort, it's good to know these things though when you have children, good on you for posting this.
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SW.... Thank you for a more indepth understanding. The problem here in
USA, IMO, if the child was just being a child and active, or even hyper active,
it seems as if they were given Ritalin and it would keep them quieted down.
However, we have become a Country of so much violence, it seems medication
could be major cause. I wish there had never been such a change in the way
children have been forced to grow up.
We did just have a terrible incident here in USA with a 16 yr. old school boy
using couple of knives and allegedly stabbed 20 students and teachers who
were standing in line. Everyone said he was a quiet person. Came from a
nice family and type of family where they ate meals together, etc. Last I
heard they were investigating further, of course. I do not mean to imply
medication was cause of this, I am just pointing out that there are often
times issues when there are no signs or answers. He was just a young
boy, normal looking. Some of the worse incidents were guys who had a
wild look in their eyes. I am getting off topic here. But, I think I am trying
to get across that the ADHD, when proven to be real is being treated I don't
think it causes violence, yet the medication prescribed for overly active
child or adult has side effects that one should run from. I agree with you
second or third opinions really are necessary. So many things should be
searched out before they are put on medication.
 
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