I agree, but it does beg the question- why is it so prevalent now? After seeing the other vids, I think it is environmental, lack of nutrition and several other factors. factors that have nothing to do with meds. I was on concerta for 12 days. It was the worst 12 days of my life. I was completely wierded out.
Thanks for a nother really cool video. Ironically it brings great focus to the entire ADD issue and reveals the “lie” that we are being told that it is a disease that requires a drug.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING ME THIS VIDEO.I TRULY AGREE AND BELIEVE THAT SAYING ADD-ADHD IS A DISEASE AND CAN ONLY AND MUST BE TREATED WITH MEDICATION IS CRAP.IT TAKES A LOT LESS WORK TO HAND OUT PILLS AND CALL IT A DISEASE THAN IT DOES TO LEARN TO MANAGE IT.JUST BECAUSE A PERSONS ACTIONS ARE BLACK AND WHITE DOESN’T MEAN THE CURE OR ANSWER IS.IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND IT THE MOST AND HAVE COME UP WITH THE BEST TREATMENTS AND SOLUTIONS ARE PARENTS, THE GUY NEXT DOOR,THE MAILMAN,ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN CRACKED A MEDICAL BOOK LET ALONE STUDIED MEDICINE AND THEY ALSO HAVE HAD THE BEST SUCCESS!THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY THINGS GETTING “ANSWERED” AND “FIXED” WITH PILLS NOW A DAYS AND MOST OF THE THINGS AREN’T EVEN “BROKE”.THEY DON’T NEED “FIXED” THEY JUST NEED ADJUSTED AND ADD-ADHD IS ONE OF THEM IT DOESN’T NEED “FIXED” IT JUST NEEDS ADJUSTED!!!
Thanks so much for sending me the info for my curiosity on ADD. I never believed in handing medication to cover up the problem V/S understanding the roots of the problem, would be an option.
But I must say the information you send me made it more clear for me in how to approach the hyper-activities.
Thanks .
Suzanne.Hoodfar
I cannot believe the same thing that is going on with my child. Same things being said by educators. i was even told I’m not being fair to my child be not putting him on meds. The pediatrician took about an hour to diagnose him, by asking US a few questions. The school pyschologist took a little more time. I can’t beleive how many people say the same thing about phone calls from school, and the child not sitting still. We had already decided against meds, but your site is helping me to help my chid.Also to realize it’s not my parenting that’s the problem, which has also been suggested.
Thank you so much!
Lorn Quevedo
Thankyou for the footage on ADHD Igrew up in a disfunctional home and in back in the sixties and it was said to my parents that I had a concertration problem while I was stil in school I wasnt a very prosperouse scholar and I didnt even finish high school , I started my apprenticeship after dropping out of High school and in those days we were forced to do military training ,well Icompleted my training in the millitary and was sent to Angola to fight a war which was senseless to me anyway getting back to civilian life was no easy task and later on in life got married and always found myself terribly unhappy , after alot of incedents which took place in my life I ended up in a mental clinic where they diagnozed me with the bipolar syndrome and during my treatment and councelling I was brainwashed into thinking I had ADHD which haunted me for years after that I was pumped full of anti des and so on , at the end of the day I was a raving drug addict I started smoking grass and sniffing coke ,taking uppers and downers and it was really not looking good at all at the end of the day I got hold of a book that Garret Le porte wrote ‘THE DAVINCI METHOD’ and I started reading this book and that ’s where I realized that ADHD is there but medication is not the answer has to learn to control your emotions and build a bridge over the past and get over it , All I am rying to say to the parents out there if some fool tries to convince you that your child has ADHD dont believe it just give that little human alot of love and attention an d go out of your way to help that child to develop into the gifted person they are
This is my son’s first year in high school an teachers have always said he does not pay attetion he is very smart but this year for some reason he just forgets everything im almost for sure he’s add,i don’t want him to keep going in the same direction how can i help him without the drugs
i am agaist the meds my oldest bot took meds since he was 4 years old till he was 17 ,at 17 he refused to take his meds,now i have my 7 year old having the same issues in school and they want me to put him on meds i refused, here is Canada we are not able to purchase the natural products like in the us any ideas.
If you can’t buy any of the natural remedies, then look at the diet. I have the same problems with my son. They diagnosed him with asbergers and spd. The school and everyone I have talked to or has seen my son, including myself, feel he has been mis-diagnosed. I am having some tests redone. With the research I have been doing, I have found a hair anaylsis will show every mineral and chemical that may be off in the body. I am having this done. I also have found that a certain CAT scan of the brain can be done to see if your child has ADD or ADHD. Look into it. Do not believe the diagnoses you have been given until you rule out other possible problems. Have your childs potassium level checked, their thyroid, and other possible inbalances that can occur in the body. I have found that other symptoms to other underlying problems can look like ADD and ADHD. Just do your research! I think the best test that would show an inbalance in the body, is the hair analysis. And it is pain free for your child. I would probably start there. Let me know what you find out. Good Luck!
My son is 9 now but when he was in the first grade he was having trouble with reading and comprehending what he was reading. Well the school did not test him for ADHD or Dyslexia until the end of second grade. Now he is in fourth grade and we have him in special education classes and he is doing wonderful with the one on one. He was on meds until we came across some Herbal vitamins and he is not on prescription meds right now. He is getting extra help in school and is making A’sand B’s in school. Now we still have a problem at home with him lashing outat his dad but we are trying to deal with that and I amto the point of I don’t know what to do anymore about it.
I truly believe that most of what you said is true. The drugs you are right. But when I WAS TOLD i had it I fought about it. But then i WAS TOLD WHAT i HAD AND IT WAS DIRECT ON YES i HAD ADHD.
People who have children diagnosed with ADHD
should consider all the other things suggested besides medication, but if these do not work and the child’s symptoms are disrupting the ability to learn, they should consider finding a homeopathic physician who can look at the entire child and suggest a homeopathic remedy which would be MUCH gentler, yet very efffective. Homeopathic medicine is a specialty and requires years of training and is sometimes looked at as being baloney by allopathic physicians. You should ask people who have been treated with amazing results. It will take time, but it is worth it. Susan
My son was told he had adhd since first grade. We tried meds with really bad experinces. So were working with social skills an behavior modifactions. What are some natural things that really help?
So it appears that the questions on the ADD/ADHA questionaire have not been altered in nearly 25yrs. why not? have there been no behavioral breakthroughs since then? In my sons elementary school the kids are allowed only a 10 minute recess 2 times a day. I seem to remember when I was kid having a much longer play break and more of them PLUS p.e. seems to me that he answer is pretty clear. The kids have a ton on natural energy that needs to be vented. Perhaps if they reinstated those recess times I ould be able to quit giving the por kid any meds at all.
i have adhd but i was able to use it to my advantage to get things done quickly it may be a learning disability but it doesnt mean im disabled i was still able to get A’s and B’s in school (without medication)
I had a counceler tell me my son is ADD ADHD and sujests we put him on medications and I simply refuse cause they he will be more mellow he is very good at sports and very fast and that would only slow him down and he won’t be as good. besides I would rather see a hyper healthy child then one that is to mellow do to medication. I think we should just be able to teach them how to pay more attention and not fidget. when I was a child you were just considered to be very healthy and active and no medicine was needed. We are teaching them that it is ok to take drugs by giving them to them.
My daughter went through a host of medications for her ADD. Each one took away her energy, her personality, her creativity. Yes her grades went up, her desk was neat, she could sit still, but she was a ZOMBIE!! No more meds!! I agree with the idea of more playtime. THESE ARE KIDS for crying out loud!! let them be KIDS!!!!
Cathy Wichita Falls Texas
this is me and i was like that when i was in school,…I am 55 yrs old and i have never taken any meds of my cond. I have just had to live with it.I do not like meds that drag me or slow me down but i still can not sit still or focus or grasp what i read..how do iget help ..The drs are way to expensive and i dont want to go around felling like i am doped up on somthing. My mother was a heavy drinker while she was pregnat with me back in 1955.My son has had the same problems all threw his school yrs but none of the couslers ever mentiond add,so we just tryed to keep him off the suger . He is 34 yrs old now.Is there affordable help for poverty sticken people as well.It is very difficult to mainatain any job that pays well .So i am a laborer. I have tryed to get my GED but it is almost inposseble to understand when i try to study for the test. I have been a horses trainer all my life but now i must seek better employment not so hard on the bones …I cant be office material or marketing or not much of any thing that requires reading and learning.I am highly skilled in labor though
The funny thing about this is nobody ever answered the question to why did’nt children 20 years ago have ADD like they say our kids today has. Will after watching these videos and reading up on this stuff, I have decided to refuse any meds and if my son needs help than it will be given with a change of diet and natural herbs. Its sad to see how many kids that are given these drugs to mellow them down and turn them into zomdies just because the teachers dont want to deal with children who needs alittle more excitement in class and want to have fun. You can make learning very fun if you try.
I am so sorry that you feel this way about people who spend more time during the day with your children and possibly 30 others including some who may have adhd. I am a teacher with add who thought of putting my daughter on meds at one time, but my mother told me that my daughter does have an attentioin deficit. She was lacking attention from me. We know you’re busy, but we are under pressure to teach all 30 children. If your child has trouble behaving in class, this is due to a lack of attention at home. Please don’t say that we don’t want to do something. We cant do what parents need to do and with 30 or more children, we just don’t have the time.
i do not agree with all that is said in the video, although, structure and order helps
alot.do not rule out medication.
My son is in his 20’s and i had an opposite problem , teachers would not listen to my concerns, Most of them simply labeled him, loud, procrastinater,having no control over what he said, mostly negative. He is very bright, haas problems sitting in classrm for long periods of times,although scores very high on tests. Now we are finally being heard ,all these yrs later.
I do believe many diagnosis’ are over uses, please do not simply say No to these, it is hard enough being a child at times, one with
a problem which can be handled is even worsr.
I was born in 1950 I am the day dreamer type I am not hyper I just don’t have the concentration capabilities of most people I studied harder than anyone I knew I just could not remember things I have that same problem today.If I have pressure put on me I stutter and swet and words will not come into my head, you never hear about these symptoms of ADD. I met a gentleman on sunday who said he is a lifecoach he explained some things to me I did not know my bad hand writing is a problem with add people for example, not only children today have this problem I am 59 years and struggle along with this everyday but as I learn more about ADD the better off I am and realise I am a normal person there are many people out there that live with being scared to try and learn new things because to fail at something really hurts me very deep.
I thank you for the video but I do believe that there is a line between active and over active. We have a 7 year old grandson that can change in the blink of an eye from very nice to be around and someone you want to go away for a while. We are looking into a change of diet and vitamins and natural alternatives to the drugs for the behavior problems.
I do not believe kids should be given meds to control their young developing minds, I do believe that our society, family life syle and what goes on has alot to do with a childs behavior. As an old saying goes, children learn from their parents, their minds are like sponges and absorb everything they hear and see even when we don’t think they can. Before meds are given I feel a Dr should check into the family schedule and emotions that are in the household and at school. All kids are full of energy and in a hurry and judgement is still developing in their brains, so of course they will make silly mistakes in school and their homework.
very thought provoking… but I got the sense that this video is suggesting that ADD is not real, and it sort of pissed me off.
I agree, but it does beg the question- why is it so prevalent now? After seeing the other vids, I think it is environmental, lack of nutrition and several other factors. factors that have nothing to do with meds. I was on concerta for 12 days. It was the worst 12 days of my life. I was completely wierded out.
Jon,
Thanks for a nother really cool video. Ironically it brings great focus to the entire ADD issue and reveals the “lie” that we are being told that it is a disease that requires a drug.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING ME THIS VIDEO.I TRULY AGREE AND BELIEVE THAT SAYING ADD-ADHD IS A DISEASE AND CAN ONLY AND MUST BE TREATED WITH MEDICATION IS CRAP.IT TAKES A LOT LESS WORK TO HAND OUT PILLS AND CALL IT A DISEASE THAN IT DOES TO LEARN TO MANAGE IT.JUST BECAUSE A PERSONS ACTIONS ARE BLACK AND WHITE DOESN’T MEAN THE CURE OR ANSWER IS.IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND IT THE MOST AND HAVE COME UP WITH THE BEST TREATMENTS AND SOLUTIONS ARE PARENTS, THE GUY NEXT DOOR,THE MAILMAN,ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN CRACKED A MEDICAL BOOK LET ALONE STUDIED MEDICINE AND THEY ALSO HAVE HAD THE BEST SUCCESS!THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY THINGS GETTING “ANSWERED” AND “FIXED” WITH PILLS NOW A DAYS AND MOST OF THE THINGS AREN’T EVEN “BROKE”.THEY DON’T NEED “FIXED” THEY JUST NEED ADJUSTED AND ADD-ADHD IS ONE OF THEM IT DOESN’T NEED “FIXED” IT JUST NEEDS ADJUSTED!!!
Thanks so much for sending me the info for my curiosity on ADD. I never believed in handing medication to cover up the problem V/S understanding the roots of the problem, would be an option.
But I must say the information you send me made it more clear for me in how to approach the hyper-activities.
Thanks .
Suzanne.Hoodfar
I cannot believe the same thing that is going on with my child. Same things being said by educators. i was even told I’m not being fair to my child be not putting him on meds. The pediatrician took about an hour to diagnose him, by asking US a few questions. The school pyschologist took a little more time. I can’t beleive how many people say the same thing about phone calls from school, and the child not sitting still. We had already decided against meds, but your site is helping me to help my chid.Also to realize it’s not my parenting that’s the problem, which has also been suggested.
Thank you so much!
Lorn Quevedo
Thankyou for the footage on ADHD Igrew up in a disfunctional home and in back in the sixties and it was said to my parents that I had a concertration problem while I was stil in school I wasnt a very prosperouse scholar and I didnt even finish high school , I started my apprenticeship after dropping out of High school and in those days we were forced to do military training ,well Icompleted my training in the millitary and was sent to Angola to fight a war which was senseless to me anyway getting back to civilian life was no easy task and later on in life got married and always found myself terribly unhappy , after alot of incedents which took place in my life I ended up in a mental clinic where they diagnozed me with the bipolar syndrome and during my treatment and councelling I was brainwashed into thinking I had ADHD which haunted me for years after that I was pumped full of anti des and so on , at the end of the day I was a raving drug addict I started smoking grass and sniffing coke ,taking uppers and downers and it was really not looking good at all at the end of the day I got hold of a book that Garret Le porte wrote ‘THE DAVINCI METHOD’ and I started reading this book and that ’s where I realized that ADHD is there but medication is not the answer has to learn to control your emotions and build a bridge over the past and get over it , All I am rying to say to the parents out there if some fool tries to convince you that your child has ADHD dont believe it just give that little human alot of love and attention an d go out of your way to help that child to develop into the gifted person they are
This is my son’s first year in high school an teachers have always said he does not pay attetion he is very smart but this year for some reason he just forgets everything im almost for sure he’s add,i don’t want him to keep going in the same direction how can i help him without the drugs
i am agaist the meds my oldest bot took meds since he was 4 years old till he was 17 ,at 17 he refused to take his meds,now i have my 7 year old having the same issues in school and they want me to put him on meds i refused, here is Canada we are not able to purchase the natural products like in the us any ideas.
If you can’t buy any of the natural remedies, then look at the diet. I have the same problems with my son. They diagnosed him with asbergers and spd. The school and everyone I have talked to or has seen my son, including myself, feel he has been mis-diagnosed. I am having some tests redone. With the research I have been doing, I have found a hair anaylsis will show every mineral and chemical that may be off in the body. I am having this done. I also have found that a certain CAT scan of the brain can be done to see if your child has ADD or ADHD. Look into it. Do not believe the diagnoses you have been given until you rule out other possible problems. Have your childs potassium level checked, their thyroid, and other possible inbalances that can occur in the body. I have found that other symptoms to other underlying problems can look like ADD and ADHD. Just do your research! I think the best test that would show an inbalance in the body, is the hair analysis. And it is pain free for your child. I would probably start there. Let me know what you find out. Good Luck!
My son is 9 now but when he was in the first grade he was having trouble with reading and comprehending what he was reading. Well the school did not test him for ADHD or Dyslexia until the end of second grade. Now he is in fourth grade and we have him in special education classes and he is doing wonderful with the one on one. He was on meds until we came across some Herbal vitamins and he is not on prescription meds right now. He is getting extra help in school and is making A’sand B’s in school. Now we still have a problem at home with him lashing outat his dad but we are trying to deal with that and I amto the point of I don’t know what to do anymore about it.
I truly believe that most of what you said is true. The drugs you are right. But when I WAS TOLD i had it I fought about it. But then i WAS TOLD WHAT i HAD AND IT WAS DIRECT ON YES i HAD ADHD.
People who have children diagnosed with ADHD
should consider all the other things suggested besides medication, but if these do not work and the child’s symptoms are disrupting the ability to learn, they should consider finding a homeopathic physician who can look at the entire child and suggest a homeopathic remedy which would be MUCH gentler, yet very efffective. Homeopathic medicine is a specialty and requires years of training and is sometimes looked at as being baloney by allopathic physicians. You should ask people who have been treated with amazing results. It will take time, but it is worth it. Susan
My son was told he had adhd since first grade. We tried meds with really bad experinces. So were working with social skills an behavior modifactions. What are some natural things that really help?
So it appears that the questions on the ADD/ADHA questionaire have not been altered in nearly 25yrs. why not? have there been no behavioral breakthroughs since then? In my sons elementary school the kids are allowed only a 10 minute recess 2 times a day. I seem to remember when I was kid having a much longer play break and more of them PLUS p.e. seems to me that he answer is pretty clear. The kids have a ton on natural energy that needs to be vented. Perhaps if they reinstated those recess times I ould be able to quit giving the por kid any meds at all.
i have adhd but i was able to use it to my advantage to get things done quickly it may be a learning disability but it doesnt mean im disabled i was still able to get A’s and B’s in school (without medication)
I had a counceler tell me my son is ADD ADHD and sujests we put him on medications and I simply refuse cause they he will be more mellow he is very good at sports and very fast and that would only slow him down and he won’t be as good. besides I would rather see a hyper healthy child then one that is to mellow do to medication. I think we should just be able to teach them how to pay more attention and not fidget. when I was a child you were just considered to be very healthy and active and no medicine was needed. We are teaching them that it is ok to take drugs by giving them to them.
My daughter went through a host of medications for her ADD. Each one took away her energy, her personality, her creativity. Yes her grades went up, her desk was neat, she could sit still, but she was a ZOMBIE!! No more meds!! I agree with the idea of more playtime. THESE ARE KIDS for crying out loud!! let them be KIDS!!!!
Cathy Wichita Falls Texas
this is me and i was like that when i was in school,…I am 55 yrs old and i have never taken any meds of my cond. I have just had to live with it.I do not like meds that drag me or slow me down but i still can not sit still or focus or grasp what i read..how do iget help ..The drs are way to expensive and i dont want to go around felling like i am doped up on somthing. My mother was a heavy drinker while she was pregnat with me back in 1955.My son has had the same problems all threw his school yrs but none of the couslers ever mentiond add,so we just tryed to keep him off the suger . He is 34 yrs old now.Is there affordable help for poverty sticken people as well.It is very difficult to mainatain any job that pays well .So i am a laborer. I have tryed to get my GED but it is almost inposseble to understand when i try to study for the test. I have been a horses trainer all my life but now i must seek better employment not so hard on the bones …I cant be office material or marketing or not much of any thing that requires reading and learning.I am highly skilled in labor though
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING ME THIS VIDEO
The funny thing about this is nobody ever answered the question to why did’nt children 20 years ago have ADD like they say our kids today has. Will after watching these videos and reading up on this stuff, I have decided to refuse any meds and if my son needs help than it will be given with a change of diet and natural herbs. Its sad to see how many kids that are given these drugs to mellow them down and turn them into zomdies just because the teachers dont want to deal with children who needs alittle more excitement in class and want to have fun. You can make learning very fun if you try.
I THINK THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH OUR KIDS ,TEACHERS JUST DONT WHANT TO DO ANYTHING AND HASAL WITH THEM.
I am so sorry that you feel this way about people who spend more time during the day with your children and possibly 30 others including some who may have adhd. I am a teacher with add who thought of putting my daughter on meds at one time, but my mother told me that my daughter does have an attentioin deficit. She was lacking attention from me. We know you’re busy, but we are under pressure to teach all 30 children. If your child has trouble behaving in class, this is due to a lack of attention at home. Please don’t say that we don’t want to do something. We cant do what parents need to do and with 30 or more children, we just don’t have the time.
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEOS!
Thank You for the video. That shows me alot about my daughters behavior in schoolthat relates to her actions.
i do not agree with all that is said in the video, although, structure and order helps
alot.do not rule out medication.
My son is in his 20’s and i had an opposite problem , teachers would not listen to my concerns, Most of them simply labeled him, loud, procrastinater,having no control over what he said, mostly negative. He is very bright, haas problems sitting in classrm for long periods of times,although scores very high on tests. Now we are finally being heard ,all these yrs later.
I do believe many diagnosis’ are over uses, please do not simply say No to these, it is hard enough being a child at times, one with
a problem which can be handled is even worsr.
Thanks
ps and thank-you Jon for this forum
I was born in 1950 I am the day dreamer type I am not hyper I just don’t have the concentration capabilities of most people I studied harder than anyone I knew I just could not remember things I have that same problem today.If I have pressure put on me I stutter and swet and words will not come into my head, you never hear about these symptoms of ADD. I met a gentleman on sunday who said he is a lifecoach he explained some things to me I did not know my bad hand writing is a problem with add people for example, not only children today have this problem I am 59 years and struggle along with this everyday but as I learn more about ADD the better off I am and realise I am a normal person there are many people out there that live with being scared to try and learn new things because to fail at something really hurts me very deep.
I thank you for the video but I do believe that there is a line between active and over active. We have a 7 year old grandson that can change in the blink of an eye from very nice to be around and someone you want to go away for a while. We are looking into a change of diet and vitamins and natural alternatives to the drugs for the behavior problems.
I do not believe kids should be given meds to control their young developing minds, I do believe that our society, family life syle and what goes on has alot to do with a childs behavior. As an old saying goes, children learn from their parents, their minds are like sponges and absorb everything they hear and see even when we don’t think they can. Before meds are given I feel a Dr should check into the family schedule and emotions that are in the household and at school. All kids are full of energy and in a hurry and judgement is still developing in their brains, so of course they will make silly mistakes in school and their homework.