"natural" ADD cures are silly and don't work

Anyone who suggests that "natural" treatments are effective for ADD are wrong.

They are probably selling something.
They are DEFINITELY not experts on ADD. If you know what ADD is, then you would automatically know that medication is the treatment of choice.

Think logically: If someone takes allergy medicine and their "symptoms" of ADD disappear---guess what?
They had ALLERGIES---NOT ADD.
The "symptoms" that someone was labeling as ADD were actually symptoms caused by Allergies.
You treat the allergies, their symptoms go away.

You DID NOT treat ADD. You treated Allergies.
Over 50 years of research has strongly confirmed that ADD is a chemical imbalance in the Brain and medication is the most (if not the only) treatment effective.

Anyone (regardless of their credentials, experience, and books) who doesn't know this is not an expert on ADD and you should get away from them as quick as possible.

Your childs life may depend on it.

oprahs anti-ritalin stance has harmed many kids

Oprah has helped a lot of people. Unfortunately, she has harmed more than that.
She has done programs that were anti-add and anti-ritalin on many occasions (in the 1990s).
Her good friends, scientologist tom cruise, john travolta, and kristi alley, have been on the show and said negaitve and FALSE things about ADD and ritalin.

Oprah basically agreed with them by not having an ADD expert on to correct the falseinformation.

My point: This influenced thousands of parents, and some professionals, to DENY children proper medication treatment (ie: ritalin and others).

I tried to get on the show . No response. I suggested she get other experts on the show, no response.

Today, she MAY have changed her views.
Unfortunately, this doesn't erase the influence she had on thousands of parents back then.
The harm has been done.

Oprah has a big ego like most rich celebrities. She has a hard time admitting she was wrong.

The only way she could reverse the negative influence is to do a program and state clearly that SHE WAS WRONG ABOUT RITALIN AND ADD.

This will never happen. She knows that she may be lible for giving the public false information about medication. Thousands of parents who were influenced by her, may be extremely angry that their child never received the proper treatment for ADD.

The parents who will be most angry will be those whose ADD child ended up in prison, a drug abuser, or dead.
Who knows what would have happened if they had been treated with medication?

Research answers that question. It clearly states that those NOT treated with medication are more likely to have a negative outcome than those who WERE TREATED with medication.

The rich and famous should watch what they say about serious disorders.

SUPPORT anything you want, but NEVER publicly try to influence the public to NOT seek treatment for ANY disorder.

You have overstepped your bounds

Pseudo-experts on ADD do harm to many

There are many people, some have professional credentials, that know very little about ADD.
Yet, they "give the impression " they have expertise.

Most of the time, no one has ever asked them directly: Are you an expert on ADD?

They avoid these type of questions because they know the answer: NO.

Those that propose "NATURAL" treatments know absolutely NOTHING about ADD.
If they did, they wouldn't propose such silly treatments.

Wake up people: They are SELLING something.
Before they can sell you on THEIR treatment, they first have to RE-DEFINE ADD.
They create their own VISION of what ADD is, and then tell you why THEIR product is best.

They have harmed THOUSANDS of children with their influence. They have caused professional and parents to DENY their child proper treatment (medication) just because they want to make money off their product.

more children need ritalin

Any professional that denies that medication is the most effective treatment, is NOT an expert on ADD.
You should ignore anything he says.
He is merely trying to SELL something.

Usually, they are trying to SELL their services by getting you to believe it is better than medication.

Don't you find it odd that the professionals who criticize medication, just happen to make money from the treatment that THEY happen to provide.

• Those who sell vitamins claim that this is better than medication
• Those who sell counseling, claim this is better than medication
• Those who sell hypnosis claim this is better than medication.
• Those who sell relaxation techniques claim this is better than medication.

Don't you see what is going on?

By creating fear about medication (unfounded, by the way), these people are trying to convince parents to spend their MONEY with them and their treatments instead of medication.

ADD is a chemical imbalance in the brain and medication (ritalin and others), is the only thing that will "balance" this chemical.

Enough with the ridiculous claims.

Thom Hartmann is not an expert on ADD

Thom Hartmann is not an expert on ADD. Yet, he has written several books on the topic as if he is.

It is impossible for him to be an expert on ADD because he basically doesn't think it exists.

He doesn't know the basics of ADD:

• He doesn't know ADD is a chemical imbalance in the brain
• He doesn't know that medication is the only treatment that will "balance" this chemical.
• He doesn't know the learning problems that ADD causes
• He hasn't worked with thousands of ADD families and children

Thom Hartmann is nothing but an announcer trying to make money off any topic he can.

Unfortunately, he has harmed thousands of ADD children with his influence.

His false and misleading information has caused parents and professionals to DENY proper treatment (medication), to thousands of children.

His publishers (the biggest in the world) should be held accountable for giving such false information to the public.

more children need ritalin

Contrary to what the anti-medication fanatics think, more children should be taking ritalin and other medications for ADD.
The surgeon generals report (1998-1999) confirms this. It states that ADD is UNDERDIAGNOSED and UNDER-TREATED.
In other words: A lot of kids have ADD but they are not diagnosed or treated for it.
The anti-medication fanatics have scared professionals and parents to such a degree that they don't dare give their child medication.

This is unfortunate for thousands of children.

medication critics

Those who criticize medication are un-informed and need to read.
especially scientologists like tom cruise and his friends.
If they would read a book un-related to scientology, they may learn something about the rest of the world.