IMPORTANT FACTS

1. There are no objective scientific criteria confirming the medical existence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

2. Dr. Louria Shulamit, a family practitioner in Israel, says, “ADHD is a syndrome, not a disease. The symptoms … are so common that we can conclude that all children … fit this diagnosis.”

3. In 1987, ADHD was literally voted into existence by American Psychiatric Association committee members and enshrined in the DSM. Within one year, 500,000 American children were diagnosed with this; today, an alarming 6 million have been falsely labeled with it.

4. “Hyperactivity is not a disease,” wrote psychiatrist Sydney Walker III. “It’s a hoax perpetrated by doctors who have no idea what’s really wrong with these children.”

5. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says the main stimulant used to treat “ADHD” can lead to addiction and that “psychotic episodes, violent behavior and bizarre mannerisms had been reported” with its use.

CHAPTER THREE The Hoax of Learning ‘Disorders’

In today’s world, there are very few families or teachers whose lives have not been interrupted in some way by the widespread drugging of children with prescribed, mind-altering drugs.

For the millions of children around the world now on these drugs, trusted advisors were ready to answer their parents’ concerns about their children’s disorder necessitating the “medication.” Commonly, a psychiatrist or psychologist told these parents that their child suffers from a disorder affecting his or her ability to learn—commonly known as a Learning Disorder (LD). The disorder is also labeled Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), or most commonly today, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In Sweden it is known as DAMP (Disorder in Attention, Motor control and Perception), although this is now widely discredited.

Certainly parents were told that these are well-recognized, medical problems demanding continuous, prescribed medication. Wanting only the best for their child, and believing the advisors, these parents agreed to the drug treatment as the best solution available. However, as many parents have found to their tragic loss, the worst thing to do is to ignore their instincts in the matter and give in to the psychiatric propaganda.

What are the facts?

There are numerous risks associated with the prescription of mind-altering drugs for so-called behavioral or learning disorders. A short list of these follows:

In 1995, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said the main stimulant used to treat “ADHD” could lead to addiction and that “psy- chotic episodes, violent behavior and bizarre manner- isms had been reported” with its use.

A 2001 Journal of the American Medical Association study found the stimulant to be more potent than cocaine.

Known amongst children and teens selling drugs on the playground as “Vitamin R,” “R-ball” and the “poor man’s cocaine,” this stimulant is abused by grinding up the drug and snorting or injecting it.

Suicide is a major complication of withdrawal from this stimulant and similar amphetamine-like drugs.

Studies have found that children who take amphetamine-type or other prescribed, mind-altering drugs do not perform better academically. In fact, children who take these drugs fail just as many courses, and drop out of school just as often, as children who did not take them.

Psychiatrists misleadingly argue that ADHD requires “medication” in the same way that diabetes requires insulin treatment. On this, Dr. Mary Ann Block, author of No More ADHD, is adamant: “Let me clear this up right now. ADHD is not like diabetes and Ritalin is not like insulin. Diabetes is a real medical condition that can be objectively diagnosed. ADHD is an invented label with no objective, valid means of identification. Insulin is a natural hormone produced by the body and it is essential for life. Ritalin is a chemically derived amphetamine-like drug that is not necessary for life. Diabetes is an insulin deficiency. Attention and behavioral problems are not a Ritalin deficiency.”

Clinical psychologist Ty C. Colbert says that when behaviors are “viewed as pathology, however, doctors will prescribe drugs under the guise of balancing a chemical imbalance. Yet because there is no imbalance, all the drugs do is chemically restrict the brain’s capabilities.” Ritalin, he says, restricts blood flow to the brain: “Blood flow delivers the necessary energy source (glucose) to the brain. The brain cannot function without glucose. It has been observed that many children who take Ritalin (or other stimulants) exhibit zombie-like behavior.”

In his book, The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses , John Breeding, Ph.D., states, “Even the most ardent Ritalin/ADHD enthusiasts find absolutely no positive long-term outcomes on anything in their research reviews. Short term there is only one—conformity in the classroom.”

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