Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Biotech / Medical : The Fraud of Biological Psychiatry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (58)	8/9/2000 2:28:02 PM
From: SmoothSail	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 444

I have four nephews. All 4 were diagnosed with ADD. The older 2 were put on ritalin 35 years ago. The younger 2 were not. Of the older 2, the oldest is an alcoholic, the next one is a drug addict and alcoholic whose life is in ruins because of his addictions. Both of them were alcoholics as teenagers. Both of their parents are tall. Their 2 younger brothers are 6'2" and 6'5". The 2 older ones are 6' and 5'11". The 2 younger ones do not have either drug or alcohol problems. The 2 older ones blame ritalin for the problems that they have. Their entire childhood was controlled with some form of drugs to keep them in line. Ritalin to calm them down. Coffee to give them energy. (Eight-year-olds drinking coffee in the morning to wake up.) They were taught to take pills and liquid drugs to maintain their life.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (58)	8/9/2000 4:59:30 PM
From: Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 444

I have seen Ritalin and other drugs fail every time in the case of my nephew who is diagnosed with ADHD. Apart from the fact that ADHD is over-diagnosed not everyone with a specific diagnosis responds to the same drug. I'm manic-depressive. Lithium, the standard treatment help but caused other problems. The anti-convulsants, the second line of treatment, all either stupified me or did nothing for me. I didn't get a really successful treatment until trying the anti-psychotics, which is currently pretty much the end of the road. It's also true that the early stages of manic-depression are misdiagnosed as ADHD. Ritalin, being a stimulant, is not something you want to give to a manic-depressive. And it's also true that currently, there are some people that do not respond to any known treatment. just because you have two data points; aberrant behavior and abnormal brain development or chemistry, does not mean that you have identified the causal relationship. When changing the chemistry changes the behavior in a significant number of people, you've got to begin thinking in terms of cause and effect.