As one with a degree in Neuropsychology I can say with authority that ADHD is a fake disease created by psychiatrists. Psychologists and Psychiatrists do not get along. We see psychiatrists as fools with minimal knowledge that throw meds at a "problem" to cover it up and not cure it nor understand it. The ADHD drugs wreck the synapse and destroy the brains of the best and brightest children. Do we see parallels after the past couple of years? Psychiatry is a schlock profession populated by diabolical halfwits.
I do not have children of my own, so I can be objective. I have often wondered WHY my generation never needed these medications and WHY ADHD is an epidemic.
The symptoms they describe seem to describe almost every prepubescent boy and many prepubescent girl's normal behavior.
They are hyperactive, annoying, have a hard time concentrating...because they are CHILDREN.
I think it's widescale poisoning of the young population.....and these young people are usually addicted for life and cannot ever stop without serious counselling and withdrawal.
If I had children of my own, no way I would allow them to be prescribed these drugs.
The teachers are always recommending them(I do have step children who have school aged children and THANK GOD they have not taken the teacher recommendations to medicate for normal behavior)
Why can't kids be allowed to be kids?
They need to run and play and be loud and annoying. They don't need to learn 5 languages by age twelve or delve into anything sexual.....why are we trying to make them into small stature adults?
Oh boy, did you hit a nerve with me on this one, so do "opposition-defiant disorder" next, Dr Malone!
I almost lost my son years ago because I refused to allow him to be put on medication for this, simply because he broke a pencil in half and tore a piece of paper in half at the front of the room, and exclaimed to the teacher that he was not going to do the baby work anymore! So, I had him tested for organic cause, EKG, etc...nothing came up, then I took him to 3 PhD's and they all said that he was bored and not to allow the school to put him in the exceptional learning program, where all of the juvenile delinquents will recruit him! So Shands told me that I could get $400/mo for his disability, by labeling him with ODD, and I was shocked, that they had the gall to mislabel and medicate an 8 yr old with a Disorder that was specific to only one environment: his school, and they got mad at me for refusing to play their ugly, evil game and try to threaten to take him away from me! Now, my son is a senior in College, straight A's, because I homeschooled him while working 60 hours/week....and taught a lot of others how to...it's a racket!
This same article could be written about antidepressants. After 30+ years of telling people serotonin imbalance was the "cause" of depression, a 2022 meta-analysis showed there is no link b/w serotonin and depression demonstrated in the literature. It was all an Rx ad campaign spun as medical reality. So...Depression, ADHD, Alzheimer's, covid. Is there anything the healthcare industry tells the truth about? I don't know what the solution to this problem of lying, manipulating, and over-medicating is, but like everything in America it will likely involve courts and lawyers.
No one was on these drugs when I grew up in the late 60's and 70's. Schools have failed - kids are bored. They need to get out of the classroom more, field trips, exercise. And be challenged in school.
Jesus. That number alone tells us this is NOT a disease - it's a personality type. That number means essentially the "condition" they are medicating is a normal part of human behavior which people find inconvenient, in other words yet another naive implementation of quasi-eugenics. Parents want to make their kids "better" so they can compete with their peers. The hubris of the medical community when it comes to defining what they claim is "better" is off the charts. As several other commenters have pointed out, these drugs, anti-depressants, and anti-anxiety drugs all fall prey to this problem. Are there serious cases where the brain gets dangerously out of balance? Absolutely. But serious cases is not 20 percent of the population. That number means we are - by definition - medicating NORMAL people (kids in this case, even worse) because the psychiatric community finds normal psychological variation to be unacceptable. Control freaks making a mess, as they do in all areas.
ADHD is utter nonsense. Boys have high testosterone in adolescence. It’s by design. Labeling normalcy as a disease, while at the same time labeling “gender dysphoria” as normal is abhorrent.
Fundamentally a normal boy with high energy needs to be drugged and a boy propagandized into thinking they are not a boy needs to be turned into a gargoyle.
I am a mother of an "ADHD" child. He was briefly medicated, despite my concerns about the side effects. After a year, whilst he was definately doing better at school - more concentration and focus, and increased grades, the side effects of Ritalin were horrendous! He became suicidal and when i asked the "experts" for an alternative solution, I was told that there wasn't one and, I was told that, without medication, he would have no job, no prospects and no friends. We ditched the drugs and..... instead of seeing his "issues" as a problem, we worked together, him and I, to concentrate on the positives of his ability to think outside of the box. We generally ignored the things he wasn't very good at. That was over ten years ago. He has become an amazing adult with incredible abilities (mainly to do with engineering) a fantastic group of friends and is one of the most empathic people I know. I dread to think what would have happened if I had listened to the "experts". You are correct Dr Malone, there are much better solutions and absolutely one size does not fit all. Edited to add, I should say that he absolutely acknowledges that he struggles to read body language, and this is down to the way his brain works, but the people who know him love him, encourage him and explain to him when he messes up. They also acknowledge that he has some genius ideas that they would never consider. We are all different and we all have something special to offer the world.
ADHD itself is an invented "syndrome" and "diagnosis" - invented to create a demand for drugs and to provide huge money to schools. Schools get tens of thousands of dollars for each child diagnosed with ADHD - much like hospitals received thousands or tens of thousands for each covid patient. This is the incentive to "diagnose" as many children as possible with ADHD. Then of course there are the billions in profits from the sale of ADHD drugs.
90% or more of "ADHD symptoms" are caused by (1) nutritional deficiencies, (2) too much sugar and food additives, (3) no knowledge of how to study properly, or (4) lack of outdoor activities and exercise.
I recommend books by such doctors as "No More ADHD" by Dr. mary Ann Block and "Is This Your Child" by Dr. Doris Rapp. These doctors cover the ADHD scam in detail.
Have a family member who was ridiculously focused as a toddler. Was put on Ritalin as a young/teen and now is diagnosed with autism in 30s. Was always super smart but I believe overmedicated and essentially impaired now for life. Criminal.
Amen. ADHD meds have been pushed by big pharma and yes, docs have gotten pay offs for endorsing them. Sound familiar?
All anyone needs to do to debunk the ADHD crowd is to read the research of Jaak Panksepp. He was the one who found that the brain has 7 emotional systems. One of these systems as described by Panksepp is the "Play" system. What he found in rats was that the use of the ADHD drugs was very effective in muting the play system. It simply slowed down their interest in play. We also know that the play system for boys is instrumental in their psychological development. So by administering these drugs to boys we are literally stopping up their development. Here's a link to Panksepp's book that outlines this in great detail. https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Mind-Neuroevolutionary-Interpersonal-Neurobiology-ebook/dp/B007HXFCIS
For the record, Rush always said, "ADHD used to be called bad behavior". Who knows, with the ever evolving childhood vaccine information (look at Bobby Kennedy's C.H.D.F. autism charts), ADHD might just be another consequence of unnecessary childhood vaccines.
Just like the SSRI 's are over prescribed the pharmaceuticals for ADHD are as well. My daughter suffers from depression and is smart enough to refuse to take what was prescibed after extensive research and has focused instead on diet and exercise. Convenience and profit are the primary driver for many of todays SOMA alternatives. My good friend has complained to me often about his nephews who are both on medication for ADHD and tells me they are normal rambunctious boys not defective and worries what these drugs are doing to perfectly healthy boys. Given what has happened with Covid and the constant lies from pharma companies it's a wonder there isn't a CDC mandate for SSRI's for all who disagree. Overcoming the struggles of life is what creates determination, builds charachter and breeds success, There is no free lunch or easy path to success and no Liberty without the sacrifice and inconvience of holding our government accountable.
As one with a degree in Neuropsychology I can say with authority that ADHD is a fake disease created by psychiatrists. Psychologists and Psychiatrists do not get along. We see psychiatrists as fools with minimal knowledge that throw meds at a "problem" to cover it up and not cure it nor understand it. The ADHD drugs wreck the synapse and destroy the brains of the best and brightest children. Do we see parallels after the past couple of years? Psychiatry is a schlock profession populated by diabolical halfwits.
Thank you for posting this!!
I do not have children of my own, so I can be objective. I have often wondered WHY my generation never needed these medications and WHY ADHD is an epidemic.
The symptoms they describe seem to describe almost every prepubescent boy and many prepubescent girl's normal behavior.
They are hyperactive, annoying, have a hard time concentrating...because they are CHILDREN.
I think it's widescale poisoning of the young population.....and these young people are usually addicted for life and cannot ever stop without serious counselling and withdrawal.
If I had children of my own, no way I would allow them to be prescribed these drugs.
The teachers are always recommending them(I do have step children who have school aged children and THANK GOD they have not taken the teacher recommendations to medicate for normal behavior)
Why can't kids be allowed to be kids?
They need to run and play and be loud and annoying. They don't need to learn 5 languages by age twelve or delve into anything sexual.....why are we trying to make them into small stature adults?
Let kids be kids!!
Oh boy, did you hit a nerve with me on this one, so do "opposition-defiant disorder" next, Dr Malone!
I almost lost my son years ago because I refused to allow him to be put on medication for this, simply because he broke a pencil in half and tore a piece of paper in half at the front of the room, and exclaimed to the teacher that he was not going to do the baby work anymore! So, I had him tested for organic cause, EKG, etc...nothing came up, then I took him to 3 PhD's and they all said that he was bored and not to allow the school to put him in the exceptional learning program, where all of the juvenile delinquents will recruit him! So Shands told me that I could get $400/mo for his disability, by labeling him with ODD, and I was shocked, that they had the gall to mislabel and medicate an 8 yr old with a Disorder that was specific to only one environment: his school, and they got mad at me for refusing to play their ugly, evil game and try to threaten to take him away from me! Now, my son is a senior in College, straight A's, because I homeschooled him while working 60 hours/week....and taught a lot of others how to...it's a racket!
This same article could be written about antidepressants. After 30+ years of telling people serotonin imbalance was the "cause" of depression, a 2022 meta-analysis showed there is no link b/w serotonin and depression demonstrated in the literature. It was all an Rx ad campaign spun as medical reality. So...Depression, ADHD, Alzheimer's, covid. Is there anything the healthcare industry tells the truth about? I don't know what the solution to this problem of lying, manipulating, and over-medicating is, but like everything in America it will likely involve courts and lawyers.
One of the big lessons of covid insanity is to question everything big pharma produces.
Foxes have been guarding the henhouse for too long.
No one was on these drugs when I grew up in the late 60's and 70's. Schools have failed - kids are bored. They need to get out of the classroom more, field trips, exercise. And be challenged in school.
20 PERCENT?!?!
Jesus. That number alone tells us this is NOT a disease - it's a personality type. That number means essentially the "condition" they are medicating is a normal part of human behavior which people find inconvenient, in other words yet another naive implementation of quasi-eugenics. Parents want to make their kids "better" so they can compete with their peers. The hubris of the medical community when it comes to defining what they claim is "better" is off the charts. As several other commenters have pointed out, these drugs, anti-depressants, and anti-anxiety drugs all fall prey to this problem. Are there serious cases where the brain gets dangerously out of balance? Absolutely. But serious cases is not 20 percent of the population. That number means we are - by definition - medicating NORMAL people (kids in this case, even worse) because the psychiatric community finds normal psychological variation to be unacceptable. Control freaks making a mess, as they do in all areas.
ADHD is utter nonsense. Boys have high testosterone in adolescence. It’s by design. Labeling normalcy as a disease, while at the same time labeling “gender dysphoria” as normal is abhorrent.
Fundamentally a normal boy with high energy needs to be drugged and a boy propagandized into thinking they are not a boy needs to be turned into a gargoyle.
The madness continues unabated.
I am a mother of an "ADHD" child. He was briefly medicated, despite my concerns about the side effects. After a year, whilst he was definately doing better at school - more concentration and focus, and increased grades, the side effects of Ritalin were horrendous! He became suicidal and when i asked the "experts" for an alternative solution, I was told that there wasn't one and, I was told that, without medication, he would have no job, no prospects and no friends. We ditched the drugs and..... instead of seeing his "issues" as a problem, we worked together, him and I, to concentrate on the positives of his ability to think outside of the box. We generally ignored the things he wasn't very good at. That was over ten years ago. He has become an amazing adult with incredible abilities (mainly to do with engineering) a fantastic group of friends and is one of the most empathic people I know. I dread to think what would have happened if I had listened to the "experts". You are correct Dr Malone, there are much better solutions and absolutely one size does not fit all. Edited to add, I should say that he absolutely acknowledges that he struggles to read body language, and this is down to the way his brain works, but the people who know him love him, encourage him and explain to him when he messes up. They also acknowledge that he has some genius ideas that they would never consider. We are all different and we all have something special to offer the world.
ADHD itself is an invented "syndrome" and "diagnosis" - invented to create a demand for drugs and to provide huge money to schools. Schools get tens of thousands of dollars for each child diagnosed with ADHD - much like hospitals received thousands or tens of thousands for each covid patient. This is the incentive to "diagnose" as many children as possible with ADHD. Then of course there are the billions in profits from the sale of ADHD drugs.
90% or more of "ADHD symptoms" are caused by (1) nutritional deficiencies, (2) too much sugar and food additives, (3) no knowledge of how to study properly, or (4) lack of outdoor activities and exercise.
I recommend books by such doctors as "No More ADHD" by Dr. mary Ann Block and "Is This Your Child" by Dr. Doris Rapp. These doctors cover the ADHD scam in detail.
How about families spending real time together. How about attention being paid to our beautiful children?
Have a family member who was ridiculously focused as a toddler. Was put on Ritalin as a young/teen and now is diagnosed with autism in 30s. Was always super smart but I believe overmedicated and essentially impaired now for life. Criminal.
Amen. ADHD meds have been pushed by big pharma and yes, docs have gotten pay offs for endorsing them. Sound familiar?
All anyone needs to do to debunk the ADHD crowd is to read the research of Jaak Panksepp. He was the one who found that the brain has 7 emotional systems. One of these systems as described by Panksepp is the "Play" system. What he found in rats was that the use of the ADHD drugs was very effective in muting the play system. It simply slowed down their interest in play. We also know that the play system for boys is instrumental in their psychological development. So by administering these drugs to boys we are literally stopping up their development. Here's a link to Panksepp's book that outlines this in great detail. https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Mind-Neuroevolutionary-Interpersonal-Neurobiology-ebook/dp/B007HXFCIS
Thank you, Dr. Malone, for another eye-opening post.
For the record, Rush always said, "ADHD used to be called bad behavior". Who knows, with the ever evolving childhood vaccine information (look at Bobby Kennedy's C.H.D.F. autism charts), ADHD might just be another consequence of unnecessary childhood vaccines.
Just like the SSRI 's are over prescribed the pharmaceuticals for ADHD are as well. My daughter suffers from depression and is smart enough to refuse to take what was prescibed after extensive research and has focused instead on diet and exercise. Convenience and profit are the primary driver for many of todays SOMA alternatives. My good friend has complained to me often about his nephews who are both on medication for ADHD and tells me they are normal rambunctious boys not defective and worries what these drugs are doing to perfectly healthy boys. Given what has happened with Covid and the constant lies from pharma companies it's a wonder there isn't a CDC mandate for SSRI's for all who disagree. Overcoming the struggles of life is what creates determination, builds charachter and breeds success, There is no free lunch or easy path to success and no Liberty without the sacrifice and inconvience of holding our government accountable.