|
![]() ![]() ![]() |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) |
![]() |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 06:57 PM Original message |
First Suicides from ProzacPaxilWellbutrin, now deaths from Ritalin! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ritalin Seems To Be Used To Control Classrooms |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Dietary modifications don't work |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. EEG biofeedback DOES work |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Links |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
102. Biofeedback has shown to most beneficial when used along with medication |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
206. It Isn't More Expensive |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
207. Self Delete=dupe |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LynneSin
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. About AD meds - they can and will work! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. EEG Biofeedback isn't Scientology n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LynneSin
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. stand corrected |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I agree they "work" or have an effect. I think they are too often abused. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. And the meds are literally life saving for kids who really need them |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Wind Dancer
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
105. Ritalin was a life saver for my son years ago. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
209. Exactly, For Kids Who REALLY Need Them! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Show me the research |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. There is no blood test, cat scan or x-ray that can. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. That's not what I mean |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. an altered diet won't solve the problem but lowering sugar intake is a |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Lowering sugar intake is good for any kid |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. are you in the field of psychology? If so I want to ask you a question. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. No I am a special ed teacher and an ADD mom |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
129. PDR, Ritalin is not to be prescribed for children less than 6 years |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
148. 2 years old on ritalin is insane!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ilsa
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
165. Why is a 2 year old on ritalin? Normal 2 year olds are busy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DemonGoddess
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. here's a link |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Feingold's work has been disproven for over 25 years now |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ragin_acadian
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. snake oil treatment? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #82 |
169. Kids who are helped by the Feingold Diet are not ADD. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
112. There is no research. In 1974, the food industry put up 7 million |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
68. See #12 n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
71. Especially reducing sugar intake |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. It is the holidays that make you hyper, not the sugar. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
125. No, it's not. And I've never been hyper. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sproutster
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Hmmm... interesting - the calming effects of taking my little spaz |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Of course there are anecdotal stories that support the diet hoax |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
122. He is not responding to the sugar. He is responding to the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
havocmom
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Have seen it work - amazing results in fact |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Put that in the form of a scientific study |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
131. Feingold mom here. Good for YOU! Time and Care. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #131 |
144. But it's a "hoax"!!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #144 |
158. Ovarian Cancer, sixteen years ago. Walked out the hospital after |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
earth mom
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
101. Dietary modifications DO work |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #101 |
133. You Rock. eom |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
earth mom
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. Wow-Thanks for making my day! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #138 |
159. You be...Most Welcome! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
151. Dietary modifications DO WORK for kids, don't buy into the Pharma hype |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
166. Wrong! Dietary modificatons DO work! Look at the data, not the Pharma |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I'm not a believer of ADD or ADHD. If you put these kids in front of |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Hyperfocusing is a characteristic of the disorder |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's very difficult for me to quit playing a fun video game but I .... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Gee that is real scientific |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. provide me with link |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Sure |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
164. Sounds like most kids I know? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chat_noir
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
180. Hyperfocusing |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Armstead
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Nah -- It's real |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. I have shown up at meetings a day early, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
100. Sounds like me. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
156. Being able to play video games doesn't rule out ADHD |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Ritalin will help anyone focus and pay attention |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. No |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Amphetamines improve concentration in anyone |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I am |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. I have seen the research on PET scans |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Here's a link for more on SPECT tests: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Thanks! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. That is a sad |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Smart pediatricians refer these kids to psychs |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Ritalin is a focusing drug |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Don't Disagree, but it is WAY over prescribed |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. I disagree that it is overprescribed |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Wow, just Wow! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
104. And I suppose you are a child psychiatrist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #104 |
204. No, and you aren't either |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bleedingheart
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #89 |
106. my son was prescribed ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #106 |
205. Great! And Kids Who Need Meds Should Take Them |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
85. It is a stimulant drug |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
136. Vitamin R. It is used now well into the twenties. Doctors |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. It also clearly carries a health risk. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. No, people should do what is best for them |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Diet changes don't work |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. So the risk is irrelevant to you. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. The risk is minor |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
137. It's not minor to those whose kids have died. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
168. you keep saying diet doesn't work -- but that ignores the data!!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
109. No health risk for adults, unless you consider coffee a health risk |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. On an episode of "House" last night they claimed Ritalin was is cocaine... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SPKrazy
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Methylphenidate vs. methyl-benzoyl-ecgonine |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Well that is what I was trying to say. They both have same "properties" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LynneSin
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ritalin is like a class III drug that is considered highly addicted |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Class 2 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hedgehog
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
182. Well, if they said it on a network TV show |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Angry Girl
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bush's New Freedom Initiative - read this to protect you & your kids! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LynneSin
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What better way to control the proles from questioning the adminstration |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Angry Girl
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Can you say Solzhenitsyn? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Imagine My Surprise
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was on Ritalin once for several weeks... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Placebo effect |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
88. What you said |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Beaverhausen
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. oh boy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Initech
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Good thing I stopped using those drugs a long time ago... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sendero
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ritalin and Adderal... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Sorry |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Didn't Einstein have ADHD/LD? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
91. It doesn't mellow you out |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sendero
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Sorry .. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. Medications |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
90. This stuff IS an amphetamine |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sendero
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. Well... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Some kids can't tolerate it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
149. Banned in Sweden, and much tighter controls in UK, Germany and |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sendero
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #149 |
160. I hear ya.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
92. ADD makes kids unavailable for learning |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I have relatives on this stuff and asking them to consider getting off of |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
93. No it has been around longer than most other meds on the market today |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. No kidding; I just stopped using Adderall yesterday after over a month |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Adderall |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #74 |
95. I liked Adderall beter than Ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
94. I take it you didn't consider reducing your dosage? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
135. Please READ the post you responded to. I said I cut it in half. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #135 |
155. Sorry |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
157. Thanks goodness you weren't a child unable to articulate that while being |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kath
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #157 |
172. Good point, mzmolly. From the article I linked below: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #172 |
175. That's my biggest issue. My husband had awful side effect from ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Catchawave
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is really scary news.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HeeBGBz
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. They are trying to put my 5 y.o. grandson on Ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Go to a neurologist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flashdebadge
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I agree. Have brain scan done. If it comes out normal...HE'S NORMAL! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. They don't work |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HeeBGBz
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. But why go through all that? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
97. Good luck finding an insurance company that will pay for that brain scan |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Danieljay
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Why are we a nation of drug addicts? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Beaverhausen
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Follow the money. eom |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tsuki
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
153. And Ciba has made a bundle. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
162. ritalin is generic |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
98. Kids all over the world are ADD and take Ritalin |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jeffrey_X
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
118. I ask that question all of the time.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
167. People have always taken drugs, nothing new |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Taxloss
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
75. Onion headline: "Ritalin cures next Picasso" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. FYI |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Taxloss
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I know Ritalin is not an SSRI. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. Ritalin works |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
114. May I ask what it does? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. Nope, it washes out of your system in 4 hours |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #119 |
132. I dunno, I think I'll stick to coffee. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:48 PM Response to Reply #132 |
142. Absolutely, but if coffee works for you stick with it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #142 |
150. I'm sold now! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #142 |
152. Gee |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
145. On the other hand, Johnny Cash was a speed freak |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
KT2000
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
83. We are destroying |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bleedingheart
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
87. Imagine having a depressed 6 year old that talks of killing himself |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
99. "admitted deaths" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. Ritalin has been around for 50 years, it's as safe as coffee |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Helping kids stay focused and attentive is completely different from |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. Ritalin is used to make boys act more like girls in the classroom |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. LOL |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #124 |
134. My kid has tried to chew holes in my arm, believe me I know |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:48 PM Response to Reply #124 |
141. The boy I used to babysit was on Ritalin... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
janx
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #110 |
121. Yes, that's true. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. Interesting quote I found: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #127 |
140. The question is who does it "work" for? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #140 |
154. Both my kids were grateful for it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #154 |
163. How could they tell they were succeeding in school? Praise from adults? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #163 |
173. My kids, as is true of most ADDers, were unavailable for learning |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Please read your own posts before calling mine patronizing/insulting. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #174 |
176. And your expertise would be in what field? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #176 |
177. My husband was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and my own child |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Thank you for apologizing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #179 |
181. Actually the quote is from a psychiatrist not a scientologist. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #181 |
187. It is a Scientology talking point |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #187 |
188. I don't like the tactics of the "drug pushers" or the "anti-drug" crowd. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proud2BlibKansan
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #188 |
191. Yes those drug ads sicken me. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #191 |
192. ITA on the "informed choice" point. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
janx
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #127 |
146. Watch that logic. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #121 |
130. I was diagnosed with ADHD, but only after concern for our kid |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Hmmm, not so sure it's a safe as coffee, but I agree with everything else |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. No way would I give it to my kids unless absolutely necessary |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Could be? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MakeItSo
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. The theory is that the transfats are inert junk food for the brain |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. I sure do. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #123 |
171. That certainly fits in with the fact that there seems to be less ADHD... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BiggJawn
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
113. 25 out of HOW many 100-thousand-odd scripts filled? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RB TexLa
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #113 |
185. glad things are going better for you |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BiggJawn
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. I said they were? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
October
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
116. I hear 'ya -- our son is 8 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #116 |
126. Awesome story. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
October
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #126 |
212. Sure! Sorry for the delay in responding. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Fri Feb-10-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #212 |
216. I use Core Knowledge which is the foundation for K12. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kath
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
139. VERY good article posted on Medscape this week: What Is Attention-Deficit |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. The link is broken, but it looks very interesting. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kath
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. Try this link: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kath
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #147 |
161. This link should work (from Google cache) - it looks like otherwise |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
derby378
![]() |
Wed Feb-08-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
170. Been on Ritalin for over five years with no ill effects |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
unc70
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
178. Beware the anti-Ritalin talking points -- another example |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #178 |
183. I appreciate your post, however I take issue with the following: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
unc70
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #183 |
203. It's not just Scientology |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #203 |
210. quackwatch is questionable as well, depending upon who you ask. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #210 |
211. Please find other sources than Breggin. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Fri Feb-10-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #211 |
213. There are numerous sources. David Keirsey for example. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Fri Feb-10-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #213 |
214. "Feels" is, of course, good for dinner conversation. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mzmolly
![]() |
Fri Feb-10-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #214 |
215. I would not debate anything you have had to say on this. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
savemefromdumbya
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
184. In our day kids didn't need Ritalin? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #184 |
193. It is overprescribed, and ADHD is overdiagnosed. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
savemefromdumbya
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #193 |
197. I don't remember caffeine? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #197 |
199. Indeed. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
189. Stimulants are overprescribed and ADHD overdiagnosed, to be sure. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tlsmith1963
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
190. Who Committed Suicide... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #190 |
194. Kids |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #194 |
198. No. The inference was for suicidal ideation. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #190 |
195. Just google "Prozac" and "suicide" together... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pavulon
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #195 |
196. Depression Kills |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HuckleB
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #195 |
200. Sounds like she's still depressed. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yollam
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. Yes. She doesn't know that I know. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
malaise
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
201. When one of my sister's boys was 12 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
David Zephyr
![]() |
Thu Feb-09-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
208. Thanks for news story, your thread and I agree with your comments, Yollam. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NVMojo
![]() |
Fri Feb-10-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
217. I've been taking it for 15 years. My heart is fine. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
depakid
![]() |
Fri Feb-10-06 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
218. Health Canada issued this warning a year ago |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tue Jun 18th 2024, 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) |
![]() |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC