everything to do with how necessary it is... in rural Texas where the kids
had a creek to play in, hyperactivity wasn't much of an issue. In old-town
Gaithersburg MD, where they couldn't leave the apartment without me because
of the neighborhood, it was a BIG issue. Something to think about. Perhaps
the increasing incidence of diagnoses is a measure of the growing
artificiality of our lives.
Dana
Stacy Young writes:
> Ritalin is proven effective...at least in masking the problem...but it
> can't be a great solution long term. It has the same effects on the
> brain as cocaine...
>
>
>
> Stace
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: September 27, 2003 1:20 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Genetic?
>
>
>
> I agree with you guys, however -- my point is that ritalin is preferable
> to
> a constant barrage of negative reinforcement. However, strategies that
> work
> around the issue are better still... for instance, when teaching the
> kids I
> keep actual time when I am talking and they are expected to listen to a
> minimum. I encourage personal research. Etc. Nobody ever said eduaction
> ha
> to happen in 50 minute increments, or if they did they did they were
> wrong.
>
> Dana
>
> Stacy Young writes:
>
> > That's bang on. I have no idea if my previous emails made it to the
> list
> > but those were my points as well...I can also vouch for the treatment
> > first hand.
> >
> >
> >
> > Stace
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: September 26, 2003 4:34 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Geneti! c?
> >
> >
> >
> > There has been a lot of discussion on the ADHD sites about the
> extremely
> > high
> > sugar intake by today's youth.
> > Just about all prepared foods targeted to kids is loaded with refined
> > sugar.
> > ALL dry cereals, for example. Soft drinks, Kool-Aid, candy, all
> sweets,
> > all
> > canned or bottled baby foods. etc.
> > The upshot is theorized that if the Omega fatty acids were in balance,
> > refined
> > sugar consumption is reduced around 90%, and foods rich in the
> B-complex
> > are
> > added to the diet, things like ADHD, Childhood Asthma, and tons of
> > allergies
> > would disappear almost overnight. Kids should not be allowed to
> drink
> > that
> > soft drink more often that once a week, preferable longer. All boxed
> > dry
> > cereals should be eliminated from the diet no matter the brand. Read
> > t! he
> > labels! Several studies, are proving this out, and are plan ned to be
> > expanded.
> > Even childhood Autism is suspect in this area.
> > Ritalin, and associate! d products were never intended for long term
> > use, however
> > are commonly prescribed for long term use, has shown to be a cause of
> > permanent
> > neurological damage.
> > There is so much information out there both for and against, that my
> > advice to
> > anyone would be to seek out just about any effective alternative to
> > drugging the
> > kids. Join a support group, there is a wealth of knowledge available.
> >
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: Genetic?
> >
> >
> > | Could be an allergy to one of them new-fangled quantum
> uncertainty
> > | based sweeteners like the High Fructose Corn Syrup AND/OR
> Sucrose
> > | that's in my Coke :)
> > |
> > | --
> > | jon
> > | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > |
> > | Friday, September 26, 2003, 3:57:00 PM, ! you wrote:
> > | bcn> re: sugar - sucrose is sucrose is sucrose
> > |
> > | bcn> -Ben
> > |
> > | >> perhaps the combination of the sugar *and* the caffeine
> > | >>
> > | >> which would also hold true even if one puts sugar into their tea
> as
> > the
> > | >> sugar in soda is the corn syrup stuff not the granulated...
> > | >>
> > | >> of course I coul! d just be rambling...too much wine last
> > night...hard to
> > | >> concentrate today...
> > | >>
> > |
> > |
> >
> > _____
> >
> >
> >
>
> _____
>
>
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