Hyper Campers

America is presently destroying itself----after 9/11 all the airline stock went down----same is true now
after 9/11---the entire stock market went down-----we have worse today---
after 9/11 -----the country of USA changed-----I thought they changed-----I thought they wanted to HELP
the people living in USA-----they really don't want to HELP YOU-----
They are more interested in Trapping Bipolar People, they will use Coercion and Coercive Persuasion
and put GPS on you car, so they can harass you any place in the World. It is true----we have created
harassment and hate for all the mentally ill people-----it is not a Stigma----it is In Your Face Harassment
and Hate----Online, on the phone, and with Police GPS we allowed every policeman to read you
medical records, and treat you like dog s/h/i/t----
We are not interested in HELPING YOU-----we are only interested in Destroying You-----much like the
Stock Market in the USA-----check it out------

What can and does create mental illness-----people getting hurt, people losing their MONEY----
See what is happening in the US stock market today-----it is real blood----we damaged many families
in the USA---people that invest in the US stock market and support the country of America----
Check out Freddie Mac----symbol FRE-----
Check out Fannie Mae----symbol FNM----
These two companies have mortgages on $5 trillion dollars in residential real estate in the USA----
We are destroying America
We create mental illness in the USA-----we live with more stress then any other country, we have
more divorces then any other country, we have the highest suicide rate in the World----

Well, I am entering comment without reading all entries, but I did see someone post a lead to Feingold orginization. As with the Feingold diet, I highly reccomend parents FIRST try to get as many chemicals out of your child as you possibly can before you go the drug route. ADD and ADHD are not Ritalin defficient deseases. If your brain has a chemical imbalance, doesn't it make sense to rid your body of chemical additives first? My third son went from a normal little boy into a wild man after a brain tumor scare where the doctors put a dye into his bloodstream or brain before giving him a CAT scan. Within a week he was boucing off the walls. It was several weeks before I got news of the dye being used. It was my physchiatrist who got the doctors report. I don't remember where I learned of the Feingold Institute, but when I got all the information, I put both my son and myself on the diet. Basically, it rids the body of all the chemicals that you find in food. Especially the artificial colors and preservatives that are abundant in our food supply--especially so-called "children's" food which almost without exception is highly colored. I'm not saying it was easy--mostly I had to fight freinds and family from sneaking my son forbidden foods. If I had told them he was allergic to wheat or had a Ritalin defficiency, they would have understood and helped me, but because I told them he was "allergic" to food additives, they treated me like I was commiting child abuse! Hopefully your family would be more understanding. And sometimes it was me that slipped him something he shouldn't have because I was in a hurry and did not read the ingredients lable. Once I bought an innocent looking jar of applesauce with pineapple. What could be more innocent? Well, when he started acting up--getting moody and crying over nothing--I was shocked at the return of symptons. I began to search my mind for what I had fed him that day and eventually ended up reading the back of the applesauce jar and there I read "yellow dyes 5 & 6." No one can ever convince me that those chemicals are not harmfull and our childrens diets are flodded with them--way more than when I was a child. And people wonder why there is an epidemic of behavior problems and more and more children are diagnosed with ADHD and ADD. For the sake of your child, get hold of Feingold Assoc, and look at the studies they have done on this. Diet CAN help the child if it is the chemicals in the foods that are harming him. And by following the diet your whole family will be eating much more healthily, too

I have ADHD and was on those medications from like 1982-2006. I am now 30 have a family history of ADHD and I know a thing or two about the going on and off of those medications. No child should stop taking them cold turkey the side effects are crazy. I would get lazy, depressed, sleepy and fat. Then I would start taking them again and I wouldn't eat or sleep I would start crying for no reason...NOT HEALTHY!!!! These medications are a bigger deal then most realixe.

I'm all my years at summer camp as a staff member, I've seen many cases where youth are taken off meds, for a med-vacation. If seen it work, and I've seen it crash and burn. it's really sad to see a camper stuggle to maintain composure, a balanced temper, focus, etc. because his/her meds are not on the menu for the week. Each and every year (going on 11 years) I watch campers leave camp early, due to behavior problems. Some are due to lack of much needed meds, some are due to other reasons. In any case, I want parents to know that summer camp should be a time for growth and development and without meds, some kids don't have the tools they need to fully succeed.

?? feel so sad and sorry for all these k??ds. ??ts so easy to treat a symptom w??th drugs these days. no one seemed to bother abt the cause. and every profess??onal ??s try??ng to put a new label on th??ngs they f??nd (e??ther w??th sc??ent??f??c proof, stuff they dont understand etc). l??ke p??geon-hol??ng problems. ARE TODAY'S YOUNG PARENTS ready and knowledgeable enough to ra??se k??ds - LIKE HOW WE WERE RAISED BY OUR PARENTS? bec fam??ly un??ts are much smaller these days, parents are spo??l??ng the??r 1-2 k??ds rotten. AS WE SAID, SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE KID. old w??ves tales do have the??r reasons for ex??stence. ITS EASY TO BEND A SAPLING THAN A TREE. for all those parents w??th grown k??ds, ??ts too late. LIKE A GROWN TREE, IF YOU TRY TO BEND ITS BRANCH, MOST LIKELY IT WILL BREAK.

th??s ??s a wake up call for all parents and TEACHERS.

have a good l??fe

ANDREW SEOW

Reading a lot of these comments reminds me of myself 7 years ago..... when I was just having a baby. I was totally against any medication for children, and in some ways I still am. But, among many parents today I have a "special needs child." That is the lable, and it is just that..... a lable. My son needs his medications to function. Without them he cant so much as remember he needs to get dressed, eat, ect. Things just go way to fast in his brain. However... with his medications he is able to do these things, and he is very smart. A 157 IQ at age 6. He will be going into the 2nd grade and he is on a 5th grade level. I think a lot of people need to take a step back and realize no two children are the same, no two parents/people are the same, and it is not for anyone to judge your child, "normal" or "special needs."

The comment in the article that there is no scientific evidence that a regulated diet as a treatment for adhd is incorrect. There have been many studies done in Europe, especially in England. If you are interested in the facts please go to www.fiengold.org and follow the links to the reseach.

I think this article is stearing parents in the wrong direction about taking kids off the meds at all. My son has ADHD, AND PDD nos, ODD, High functioning Autistic. He is on Adderall, but he is also on Tennex, which is a blood pressure medication ment to assist the adderall in controling his symptoms. This is saying that taking children off medication is ok, and too many children are on more than just ADHD meds, and stopping those meds are very dangerous to do all of a sudden. It is just not ok to tell parents it is ok to do this. A lot of drs do put children on meds when they just need disipline but the parents and the teachers just dont want to do this. Overall parents need to talk to their childrens doctors before they do anything with their childrens medications. Parents know their kids best, but doctors know their meds best.....

mentatpsi---to answer your question-----
I don't agree with you------a Major Chemical Imbalance must be either controlled or corrected----to do nothing
is very wrong----
I am bipolar, and I have not taken drugs for over four years-----I'm not advising anyone to try it----without
knowing what I know, and being monitored by a doctor.
Neuroplasticity-------I don't feel it works----
Each individual is different-----however when a doctor says ADHD----then you have a Major Chemical Imbalance-----it must either be controlled or corrected------you have no other option----to do nothing is not an option-----
No doctor in the world can perform magic-----he must juggle drugs just to control your chemical imbalance, it is very difficult, as you must know if you are ADHD

yellowcar, i have ADHD, i think i understand. Getting off the medication doesn't kill. What you seem not to realize is there is room for growth. Perhaps at a certain age the child is overly hyperactive due to lack of proper brain utilization, but as one ages it is somewhat possible to "grow out of" the disorder (depending on the individual) by developing certain habits. Heard of Neuroplasticity? The brain has the ability to rework itself given mental discipline. There is also a spectrum for ADHD, what you speak of might fall under ADHD with Hyperactivity, but are you aware that there's an ADHD inattentive type? Either way, the disorder is way too broad to fall into generalizations. You can't conclude that everyone suffering from it is incapable of functioning without medication. Each individual is different.

yellowcar, i have ADHD, i think i understand. Getting off the medication doesn't kill. What you seem not to realize is there is room for growth. Perhaps at a certain age the child is overly hyperactive due to lack of proper brain utilization, but as one ages it is somewhat possible to "grow out of" the disorder (depending on the individual) by developing certain habits. Heard of Neuroplasticity? The brain has the ability to rework itself given mental discipline. There is also a spectrum for ADHD, what you speak of might fall under ADHD with Hyperactivity, but are you aware that there's an ADHD inattentive type? Either way, the disorder is way too broad to fall into generalizations. You can't conclude that everyone suffering from it is incapable of functioning without medication. Each individual is different.

thetodfather82------you must be a Genius-----however you can't find the answer for the mentally ill-----

So genius -----tell us how you are helping the mentally ill people-------

Time to go------the TESTER are taking over this web site-----they hate when people talk about the Real Truth.
We have criminal justice people and drug companies monitoring this web site------they like to destroy
any meaningful conversation------it is real Harassment and Hate----Online

Psychskill ---your comments are Harassment and Hate-----please go away-----
Who do you work for--------are you working criminal justice or working for a drug company?
Why are you on this web site?
Who are you?