Comments on: ADD Shocking Truths

By: CAROLYN D. SHOCKNESS

CAROLYN D. SHOCKNESS — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:53:42 +0000

This video was very helpful for me. My son is ADHD/ Major Depression and has been prescribed VYVANSE 20mg and Citalopram 20mg. I am really against medication but my school was calling everyday concerning my son not participating in class and not doing his class work or homework. I really think that my son is Depressed but I also think that he has a neurological problem. He just has this blank awkward atare and I am really just reaching out for some help with him. Please, If you have any other suggestions, let me know.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:38 +0000

WOW! My 6 year old was just ‘diagnosed’ with slight ADHD – very borderline. He also was diagnosed (last year) with a mood disorder. He is currently on Depakote which has made a huge difference with his anger. It has not changed HIM. However, I am not wanting to add another medicine on him. I am so excited to try this 1 week allergy diet to see what happens.

By: BobbiJo Charloux

BobbiJo Charloux — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:38:25 +0000

We tried Vyvance when my son was about 7 years old and my son had terrible side effects. He actually started pulling hair out of his head to a point he had a big bald spot on his scalp and I can’t say it helped him focus any better. We went back to concerta and have been very successful (my son is now 11) but I am now very interested in getting him off all meds eventually. By the way, as soon as we took him off the Vyvance, all the side effects stopped.

By: lili

lili — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:23:04 +0000

HOOO MY GOD, is been the most shocking experince watching this videos and comments. I’m a mother of 8yrs son with this ADHD epidemic. I would like to know what you think of the alternative of Biofeedback. And the book that is mention on the comment is the one of the video or another one. Please help me to help my child.
Thank you so much for your time and advice into my concerns.

lili

By: Bozana

Bozana — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:50:05 +0000

Jon,

I appreciate all of this great info!

By: gina

gina — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:38:54 +0000

My 7 year old was taking Vyvanse 30 mg. once daily. I recently stopped him from taking it. He wasn’t really showing much difference in his actions while taking it for over a year. I even, at one point, let the doctor “up” his mg. to 40mg and he didn’t react well at all. I am currently seeking counsel for my son…be it by diet, vitamin supplement …whatever besides the drugs. He wasn’t eating well, his eyesight started getting bad, too many negative things. The drug is not for my child. Just make sure you research completely…there are other alternatives…it just takes time and effort. Best of luck.

By: Angel Morefield

Angel Morefield — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:28:21 +0000

It breaks my heart to think about the millions of children that take ADD meds. My son was the same as all the chidren mentioned above. Personality changes,feeling sick, loss of appetite, weight loss and begging me not to give him the medication. Now that he is off of the medication he is having problems at school again. Not being able to focus, not turning his work in on time. I can’t wait to get my book. I know it will help
Angel
Warren, MI

By: kim

kim — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:13:37 +0000

before putting my son on metadate(a long acting ritalin)I had gone to family counseling,changed his diet and used ADHD suppliments etc. After seeing this video I may revisit the dietary aspect of his treatment. Perhaps I have missed something and I may be able to get him away from the Metadate.

By: Jacque Dickens

Jacque Dickens — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:31:10 +0000

Hi. I have seen the video and am alarmed. My son is on Vyvanse in the morning and Dextroamphet in the afternoon. It has been 3 3/4 years to somewhat see him normal. He had all the violence and 51/50, Hospitals, terrors, and more of what I saw on the video. Can you help us? ? ? Jacque I adopted my three grandchildren to save them not to see them harmed in any way.

By: Amipano

Amipano — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:54:52 +0000

I can sympathize with you because I have fought the public school system for the last 3 years regarding my grandson. The teachers always felt that something is wrong with him because he doesn’t fit perfectly into their scheduled classroom system. He was always recommended to see a physician for the possibility of being ADD/ADHD. Even now at 8 years old, he recently saw an MD who administered a short test and within 45 minutes or so, he was writing out a prescription for Vyvanse, which his mom declined the offer. The children today have the type of brain that is suited for our future Space Age. Our poor public school teachers are still teaching from the Industrial era. My grandson already uses the computer but our public educational system in America does not feel that computers are necessary for 3rd graders; although we are already in the Internet Age. My field is psychology and what I’ve learned to be true is that a classroom setting is not the perfect environment for highly creative intelligent children. Their brains are not given the opportunity to be creative; daydreaming is actually connected to a mode that the brain goes into when it is creating or inventing. Thomas Edison was kicked out of school in the 3rd grade, and even his own Dad thought he was stupid. Can you imagine if he lived in our time and was put on Vyvanse? That’s a scary thought. Whether you do this or not, check out K12; a home schooling program that understand the problems that exist in a classroom setting for highly intelligent children. It is free in most states, but not all. Always fight for your son’s right to be who he is! Why is it always the child’s fault? What if there is nothing wrong with the child and something is wrong with the teaching method?
Caring Grandmother

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:42:15 +0000

My 8 year old son has ADD, and has gone through Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, and is now on Vyvanse. I am extremely concerned due to the fact that his personality has changed totally. He is not sociable, he has emotional breakdowns (I associated them with what I call the coming down period) And he does not have an appetite whatsoever. His doctor prescribed a medication to increase his appetite (they give this to people with anorexia), he also has trouble falling asleep at night. Sometimes it is midnight or later before he can finally fall asleep.
When he is having his emotional breakdowns, I hear so many times “Why do you hate me?” This is not my son at all.
He is not hyper, his problem is staying focused, completing work in a timely manner, concentrating, etc in school. He is in the 3rd grade but is reading on a 6th-7th grade reading level. His teacher and the asst. principal has talked with him, and my son pretty much told them he was bored with the work they do. He is a very smart little boy and at times I feel he is not being challenged enough.
The teacher said when I started him on the Vyvanse, it was like night and day. Not that his grades were all that bad, but he was getting 90’s and 100’s after taking the meds, and his handwriting improved 100%. I don’t feel that this medicine is worth it to satisfy the teacher, when he is suffering emotionally and physically due to the fact that he will not eat. He was taken off of the Strattera due to the fact that he was losing too much weight in a short amount of time. He is also anemic, and I have read that anemia can mimic ADD symptoms.
I am wondering if it would be best to take him off these meds and allow him to be who he is, not some medicated zombie. The teachers only have these children for 8 hours, yet I see more side effects in him than the school system does. I am a single mother, and only want the best for my son.
Can someone please give me some advice that has gone through the same things that we are going through right now? In the beginning my son would beg me NOT to give him the medicine, and it would rip my heart out because I felt like I needed to give it to him so he would not suffer in school.
Thank you so much for your time and advice into my concerns.

~Lori

By: busymom

busymom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:01:39 +0000

Thank You very much I will start to look at it very soon.

By: Jon Bennett

Jon Bennett — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:09 +0000

Hi!

I just sent you an email with some information. I hope it helps!!

-Jon

By: busymom

busymom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:05:46 +0000

Hi, I just watched the video and read through the posts. My daughter has been diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed the medicine vyvanse. She has not started it yet because the insurance does not cover it until it gets pre-approved. Right now I do not have the money to buy the book that is being talked about. Can someone tell me what natural ways to help ADHD. I also don’t want my child to lose weight or lose her personality. (She’s 15)

By: Heide

Heide — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:06:43 +0000

dear Neil,
Are you a parent of a child with ADHD? Please share with me what diet and what supplement did you use for your child.
I am so distraught about my 11 yr old treatment plan that I dont know what to do ..he has been prescribed so many different meds that seem to last few weeks or not at all. I desperately need to help him help himself. He is in middle school and having difficutly listening, focusing, making friends. I gave up my nursing career, my social life, my everything to help help him. Please email me and let me k now. thank you, heidi

By: Laura Flynn

Laura Flynn — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:57:09 +0000

After my seperation I moved away and my son started to develop alot of problems with authority, so the school said he needed **something**. I took hom the doctors and of course they put him adrerall 20mg. Well his behavour did not change that much and he was doing so bad in school that social services came into my life…With tons of fights with the courts, my son who is 15 now has been taken away from me and is placed in a youth centre, and they want to place him until 18 because he doesn t listen to me. He is just a teen, who never fought with their parents. No one listens to me, and I again going to court to battle for my sons liberty.. It just not fair, if anyone has advise for me, please tell me because my heart is breaking and my son is loosing his teen years.I just want to raise my son and love him for who he is.

Thanks,
Laura Flynn
Quebec

By: angie sikes

angie sikes — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:28:55 +0000

My grandson was taking concerta and resperdone.He developed a kind of gasping and facial ticks.I found out both have pretty much the same side effects..so what was causing the problem is anyones guess.I’m taking him off both.How long before the facial tics went away with your child.Is he better now?

By: NEIL DAVIS

NEIL DAVIS — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:12:08 +0000

I AM GLAD THAT YOUR SON IS OFF STRATTERA. MY SON IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND HE WAS OFFERED THE DRUG. HE TOOK IT FOR EIGHT DAYS AND HE WOULD NOT TAKE IT AGAIN. HE WOULD ACTUALLY FIGHT WITH ME NOT TO TAKE IT. HE HAS EPILEPSY. HE TAKES HIS MEDICINE WITHOUT HESITATION. THE STRATTERA WAS LIKE A CROSS TO A VAMPIRE.

NO DADDY, PLEASE I DON’T WANT IT. I AM NOT TAKING IT. NOPE, I DON’T LIKE IT. HE WOULD RUN AWAY FROM ME. OUT THE DOOR AND DOWN THE STREET HE WENT. I SAID WHY DON’T YOU LIKE IT? HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? HE WOULD NOT ELABORATE. HE JUST REFUSED TO TAKE IT. I USED TO MIX IT WITH YOGURT. HE ACTUALLY SPIT IT OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES I GAVE IT TO HIM. HE MIGHT OF ONLY TAKEN IT FOR SIX DAYS.

NO MORE. I SAID I AM SORRY SON. IF YOU DON’T WANT IT YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE IT. HE USED TO COMPLAIN OF HEART SCARES WHEN HE WAS ON ADDEROL, AND STRATTERA. SIX/SEVEN YEARS OLD AND HE WOULD DESCRIBE A PAIN IN HIS HEART AS A HEART SCARE. THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME. THESE ARE CALLED PHYSCHO-STIMULANT DRUGS. THE HUMAN BODY DOES NOT PRODUCE SO CALLED PHYSCHO-STIMULANT DRUGS. THESE KIDS DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT HAVE A PHYSCHO-STIMULANT DEFICIENCY.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DO NOT MAKE MONEY FROM PRESCRIBING A BETTER DIET OR VITAMINS OR SUPPLEMENTS. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. NOBODDY FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRY GOES TO THESE DOCTORS AND SAYS ADVISE MORE PEOPLE TO EAT MORE VEGETABLES AND FRUIT AND I WILL GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES PROFIT.

DRUG SALESMEN DO THIS. THAT IS WHY THEY GIVE AWAY SAMPLES. DRUG SALESMEN ARE ALWAYS AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE WITH THIER BIG BAG OF GOODIES TO SHOW THEM. THEY SHOW UP AT THE CONVENTIONS THAT THE MEDICAL PROFESSION HOLDS EACH YEAR IN LAS VEGAS, PUERTO RICO, AND OTHER EXOTIC LOCATIONS.

DO YOU THINK THAT THESE DOCTORS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS DRIVE AROUND IN BMW’S AND MERCEDES BECAUSE THEY ARE NICE PEOPLE? NO. THEY NEED MONEY TOO. THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN STUDENT LOANS TO PAY OFF. MEDICAL SCHOOL IS EXPENSIVE. I DON’T BLAME THEM.

THE BOTTON LINE IS ABOUT THE MONEY. NOT ABOUT MAKING SOMEONE HEALTHY. DO NOT USE DRUGS, DON’T, DON’T, DON’T. WHAT DOES IT MATTER TO THEM IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER DIES? KIDS DIE EVERYDAY. IT WOULD ONLY AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. NOT THIERS. THEY MIGHT BE SAD FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN BUSINESS AS USUAL. NOT MY KID. NOPE, NOT MY KID AND I
HOPE NOT YOURS.

CHANGE THE DIET. I GAVE MY SON MAGNESIUM SUPPLEMENTS TWO DAYS AGO AND HIS BEHAVIOR IN SHCOOL AND AT HOME WAS EXCEPTIONAL. IT WAS THE BEST TWO DAYS HE HAS HAD IN SCHOOL ALL YEAR. THE SCHOOL STAFF ASKED ME WHAT I DID AND I JUST SMILED AND SAID WATCH WHAT I CAN DO. GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARENTS, I WILL TAKE AN OVERACTIVE, HAPPY, VIBRANT, HEALTHY, CREATIVE, KID OVER A DEAD KID ANY DAY. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL.

SINCERELY,

NEIL F. DAVIS
XXXNFD@AOL.COM

By: Leia Erickson

Leia Erickson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:51:33 +0000

I took Vyvanse, and it was good for a few months but I became seriously underweight. I dropped from a healthy 130 to 112 at my lowest. Everybody noticed how “skinny” I was and they weren’t saying it in a good tone. No matter how much I tried to eat I couldn’t gain any weight and my boyfriend became very concerned for me. I am also in the military and I tested positive for amphetamine and had to submit all kinds of paperwork proving that I was taking it legally. Imagine taking a meth derivative legally? It also took down my libido so I slowly eased off of it and have been much happier. Taking supplements has definitely helped and without the awful side effects of medication.

By: Veronica Corlew

Veronica Corlew — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:21:45 +0000

Try getting off of wheat gluten It cleared up my asthma. It was even in some underarm deodorants.

By: athena777

athena777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:06:58 +0000

Hello. I have actually been prescribed Vyvance and it was no different then Adderall. It even felt like it was stronger then Adderall and it is just another drug name for an amphetimene. LOL…..

By: EFTcharlotte

EFTcharlotte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:06:54 +0000

Wow, that is a great powerful message. I do treat kids with ADHD and ADD symptoms with EFT and/ or NLP, plus a sugarfree and additive free diet. (If you're interetsed: EFT4ADD.com, free manual & lots of free info video's etc). EFT plus diet has a 80% success rate, but I will definitely look into the allergies as well. I got rid of my own allergies by using a combination of NLP and EFT; I was on an elimination diet for 20+ years before that. For most kids a simple histamine-low diet would probably work, and then tackle the allergies for example with NLP and/or EFT? Thanks so much for sharing this and for making parents aware! PS. Vyvanse actually is an amphetamine;

Lisdexamfetamine (L-lysine-D-amphetamine; sold as Vyvanse) is a psychoactive drug and stimulant prodrug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes. (a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisdexamfetamine">Wikipedia)

By: momofthree

momofthree — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:58:23 +0000

This video was soo helpful! We have just finished taking our son off of Strattera. I am ashamed to say that he had been on this med for about six years. He is doing just fine although he is a little impulsive at times. What 11 year old isn’t? His grades at school are okay. We have started him on Omega 3, a good multivitamin, extra magnesium, and cleared the sugar out of his diet. He still has asthma and I would like to get whatever books I can to help me with further figuring out what else maybe causing allergy type problems. What books do you recommend? I want to say to everyone out there. STAY as far away as possible from the drugs that are being pushed at our kids. Kids are dying from this stuff.

By: Jon Bennett

Jon Bennett — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:33:20 +0000

Yes, Strattera was supposed to be the safer “non” stimulant ADD drug, but many doctors are moving away from Strattera because it has show to cause serious liver damage. There are a bunch of class action lawsuits. google it – Jon

By: Reena

Reena — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:27:42 +0000

Hi, I am new to this site, in fact just purchased the book so have not read it yet. I have an 8 year old son who was recently diagnosed with mild form of ADHD. Doctors are suggesting drugs and I am still not sure on what to do. Has any one used or given to their children a drug called “Strattera”? It is supposed to be a non stimulant drug. Thanks.