by Tess Thompson
With the incidence of attention deficit disorder increasing many
people resort to various drugs for ADD treatment. The irony of
the situation is that there is no fool-proof method of
diagnosing ADD, and many times there are normal children who
have been diagnosed and stamped as ADD and being given child
ADHD treatment while they may be normal children with maybe a
slightly higher need for attention or slightly hyperactive.
With such children and those that genuinely suffer from an
attention deficit disorder, most physicians use drugs like
Ritalin and Prozac or Zoloft. These medicines only serve to
reduce the symptoms of ADD for a certain period of time and have
numerous side effects that are harmful in the short and the long
term. The dangerous side effects of Ritalin that have been
observed include possible seizures, suppression of growth,
angina, blood pressure fluctuations, insomnia, loss of appetite,
headaches and much more.
Studies have actually shown that ADD children whose treatment
includes stimulant drugs like Ritalin are at a higher risk to
get into vandalism, crime, alcoholism and abusive substances. To
add to it, the fact that it does not seem to have been proved
that drugs like Ritalin can actually cure ADD. Dr. Robert
Mendelsohn once said “No one has ever been able to demonstrate
that drugs such as Cylert and Ritalin® improve the academic
performance of the children who take them.... The pupil is
drugged to make life easier for his teacher, not to make it
better and more productive for the child."
There are many lawsuits that have been filed against various
parties like the American Psychiatric Association, CHADD and
Ciba/Novartis Pharmaceuticals. The Ritalin manufacturers are
being charged with conspiring to promote the diagnosis of ADD to
promote their drug. And since the diagnosis is not totally
objective, the case has been a complicated one.
Parents come under the pressure of school psychologists, medical
practitioners, teachers and social workers to use these drugs
without any detailed understanding of the process of diagnosing
the condition, effects of the drugs, alternate therapies
possible and the role of nutrition and diet.
It may be a good time to mention that parents should take things
in their own hands and try and obtain a greater understanding of
the problem before blindly administering drugs to alleviate
symptoms. An herbal remedy for ADD, homeopathic treatment, diet
control and nutrition, supplements are among the various options
that you can consider and evaluate. |
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