I admire your courage and it is wonderful that TM helps out. Out of curiousity and if you don't mind answering, did you ever try medication, and if so - did it help in any way?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > IMO, hyperactivity is a bit more complicated that avoiding sugar and eating > > a better diet. > > The brain and nutrition and genetic predisposition are probabloy all > > involved in ADHD. > > However, much like autism, there is lots of research going on, but no real answers...yet. > If > > it was so easy to fix ADHD, I am sure that all the many wonderful and > > concerned parents > > would have gotten successful outcomes without resorting to ritalin or other > > similar > drugs. > > Seriously ADHD children (as opposed to the more mild cases where medication > > is > probably > > a mistake) are not pleasant to be around - for family, friends or teachers. > > They disrupt > > family life terribly, end up with few if any friends, get bad grades, often > > "give up" by > early > > adolescence in school. They lose everything, don't turn in the homework > > that they do > > manage to complete, can be rude and unkind (not intentionally) and have a > > bad time of > it, > > make learning by classmates almost impossible. These kids need help and > > relief, and if > > after trying all the natural stuff in the world they are left on the > > fringes, unable to learn > or > > have relationships, a bit of ritalin everyday seems like a good thing to > > me. > > while I do not have children with ADHD, I know several people who do and > > have watched > > things unravel over the years. In adulthood, this can be much worse than a > > learning > > disabiity in reall life of working and earning money and having a basic > > life. > > > > I resemble this remark. One reason why I'm still doing TM is because the > contrast between > TM and not-TM, between doing it every day and forgetting to do it, is so > dramatic. First > thing my mother would ask me over a 30 year period when I got out of control > was: "did > you meditate today?" > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
