Love for Life

[Note: As confirmed by Anastasia in the Russian Books called The Ringing Cedars http://www.loveforlife.com.au/node/1125, if you grew your own organic vegetables, fruit and herbs by firstly putting the seeds under your tongue to mix with saliva for 9 minutes, the seed will have become awakened with all the information about you. You then plant the seed and where possible wash your body over the seeds, particularly under your feet to allow the toxins to enter the soil and help the seed build up even more information so that when the plants produce its fruits, herbs and vegetables and are ready to be eaten, you will heal your body of all diseases and build up your immunity to stop any other diseases etc from getting in. We highly recommend reading The Ringing Cedar books so you can learn everything there is to know before you start. Any child with ADHD can get rid of the problem 100% by eating raw organic food freshly picked within 5 minutes or so and stop absorbing drugs, chemicals, toxins, poisons etc from most processed foods. Arthur Cristian]

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ADHD Testing

Matthew died at age 14

The death certificate says it was due to the use of Ritalin used for ADHD.

Info for Parents of Children who are being Pressured to Diagnose & Drug their child for ADD, ADHD, Story behind our Sons Death Caused from ADHD Drug, Ritalin.
Death From Ritalin

March 21, 2000 our fourteen-Year-old-Son Matthew died. The cause was determined to be from the long-term (age 7-14) use of Methylphenidate, a medication commonly known as Ritalin.

The Certificate of Death under due to, (or because of) reads Death caused from Long Term Use of Methylphenidate, (Ritalin).

According to Dr. Ljuba Dragovic, The chief pathologist in Oakland County Michigan, upon autopsy, Matthew's heart showed clear signs of small vessel damage, the type caused by stimulant drugs like Methylphenidate.

The medical examiners told me that a full-grown man’s heart weighs about 350 grams and that Matthew's heart weight was about 402 grams.

There were no known pre-existing heart disease or defects. The medical examiner said this type of heart damage is not easy to detect with the standard test necessary for prescription refills.

No one ever informed us of other crucial tests (echo-cardiogram) that we could have had done that would have discovered the enlargement of the heart muscle, caused from scar tissue which these types of drugs cause. The standard test performed consists of blood work, listening to the heart, questions about school behaviors, sleeping and eating habits.

It all started for Matthew, Kelly and I when Matt was in the first grade. Monica Fuchs, the school social worker in Berkley, Michigan kept calling us in for meetings. One particular morning before an IEP meeting, Monica, Kelly and I, were waiting on the others to arrive for the meeting.

Monica made us feel very threatened when she said, if you continue to refuse a follow-up which meant, "taking Matthew to the doctor with their evaluation of ADHD and their recommendation for Ritalin" "that Social Services (Child Protective Services) would charge us for neglecting his educational and emotional needs".

My wife and I were worried of the possibility of Heather and Matt being taken away from us if we refused to comply with the school, so we did. Monica happily gave us a list of a few doctors she recommended.

While visiting the doctor with the school’s evaluation and the recommendation for Ritalin, the doctor seemed frustrated and asked us to let the school know, “I am not a pharmacy.” This leads us to believe that we were not the first parents sent to this doctor, with the schools evaluations and recommendation for Ritalin.

After doing as the school recommended, or should I say threatened, the doctor did not give us a prescription for Ritalin.

Below is a copy of the letter Monica, the school social worker sent to the doctor.

Letter from school psychologist asking doctor for our six-year-old to be put on medication
11/22/91

IEP will be on December 6. We have recognized his learning difficulties. We'll likely give him maximum time in a resource room (3 hours/day).

Our concern is that his psychological testing has shown strong average intelligence. Sub-scores are weakest in the areas of attention and memory (which our psychologist believes are indications of ADHD)

He has had a long history of impulsive over-activity. We (social worker-psychologist witnessed this in Matt's pre-school at Miss Molly's, That's why we certified him eligible for PPI - pre- primary-impaired. He had his PPI year, then kindergarten year and now 1st grade.

Many environmental changes have been tried to help Matt concentrate and focus, yet he is still at a beginning kindergarten readiness. We believe his high level of distraction is even more of a handicap than his learning deficits.

We had hoped by September you and Matt's parents would have begun a trial of medication so that we could assess whether his learning would have benefited by increased focus and concentration.

Would you consider simultaneously having Matt begin his 3 hours in a resource room with a prescribed medical therapy? Parents indicate they would feel comfortable with this decision if you do.
We are so concerned that Matt has begun to see himself as "bad" and doing "bad things" I, as the school social worker, will continue to work with Matt on self-esteem and social skills.

Matthew supposedly needed this drug Ritalin because of a subjective diagnosis called ADHD until it silenced him forever on March 21, 2000, even sadder I have learned that thousands of children have died as a direct result of using psychotropic medications over the years.

The Truth Behind ADHD

I give Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD all the credit for teaching me about the truth behind ADHD. Who is Dr. Fred Baughman

Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD has been an adult & child neurologist, in private practice, for 35 years. Making "disease" (real diseases--epilepsy, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, etc.) or "no disease" (emotional, psychological, psychiatric) diagnoses daily, he has discovered and described real, bona fide diseases.

Labels like ADHD, ADD, ODD, LD etc are in no sense true diseases. There are no reliable diagnostic methods. Psychiatrists cannot even agree among themselves about how to diagnose ADD/ ADHD.

It is this particular medical and scientific background that has led him to view the "epidemic" of one particular "disease"--Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)--with increasing alarm. Dr. Baughman describes this himself. Referring to psychiatry, he says:

"They made a list of the most common symptoms of emotional discomfiture of children; those which bother teachers and parents most, and in a stroke that could not be more devoid of science or Hippocratic motive--termed them a 'disease.' Twenty five years of research, not deserving of the term 'research.,' has failed to validate ADD/ADHD as a disease. Tragically--the "epidemic" having grown from 500 thousand in 1985 to between 5 and 7 million today--this remains the state of the 'science' of ADHD."

In addition to scientific articles that have appeared in leading national and international medical journals, Dr. Baughman has testified for victimized parents and children in ADHD/Ritalin legal cases, writes for the print media and appears on talk radio shows, always making the point that ADHD is fraudulent--a creation of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical cartel, without which they would have nothing to prescribe their dangerous, addictive, Schedule II, stimulants for--namely, Ritalin (methylphenindate), Dexedrine (dextro-amphetamine), Adderall (mixed dextro- and levo-amphetamine) and, Gradumet, and Desoxyn (both of which are methamphetamine, 'speed,' 'ice').

The entire country, including all 5-7 million with the ADHD diagnosis today, have been deceived and victimized; deprived of their informed consent rights and drugged--for profit! It must be stopped. Now!

Fred Baughman's video page reads: What is ADD / ADHD, Is it a disease? Or a Fraud?, And what is the cause of the recent increase of senseless violence in our schools? Who benefits from labeling kids with ADD? (Let's "follow the money"...)

We'd like you to watch a video by Dr. Fred Baughman. He will give you some very controversial information in this video.

Watch Video Here: http://www.adhdfraud.org/frameit.asp?src=http://www.adhdvideo.org
What is ADD / ADHD ?
Thank you to Fred and his family

I give Peter R. Breggin, M.D. and his wife Ginger all the credit for teaching me about the dangers of giving psychotropic drugs to children. Their website can be found at: www.breggin.com

Confirming the Hazards of Stimulant Drug Treatment

By Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

Until recently, no studies have systematically examined the rate of psychotic symptoms caused by routine treatment with stimulant drugs such as methylphenidate (Ritalin) and amphetamine (Dexedrine, Adderall). Doctors who prescribe stimulant drugs often seem oblivious to the fact that they can cause psychoses, including manic-like and schizophrenic-like disorders. Without providing a scientific basis, the literature often cites rates of 1% or less for stimulant-induced psychoses (reviewed in Breggin, 1998, 1999). Recently on television I debated a well-known expert in child psychiatry who took the position that prescribed stimulants "never" cause psychoses in children.

The rate of psychotic symptoms that first appear during stimulant treatment has recently been investigated in a 5-year retrospectives study of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Cherland and Fitzpatrick,1999). Among 192 children diagnosed with ADHD at the Canadian clinic, 98 had been placed on stimulant drugs, mostly methylphenidate. Psychotic symptoms developed in more than 9% of the children treated with methylphenidate. According to Cherland and Fitzpatrick, "The symptoms ceased as soon as the medication was removed" (p. 812). No psychotic symptoms were reported among the children with ADHD who did not receive stimulants.

The psychotic symptoms caused by methylphenidate included hallucinations and paranoia. The authors conclude that, due to poor reporting, the rate of stimulant-induced psychosis and psychotic symptoms was probably much higher.

In my practice of psychiatry, I am frequently consulted about children who are taking three, four, and sometimes five psychiatric drugs, including medications that are FDA-approved only for the treatment of psychotic adults. The drug treatment typically began when the children developed conflicts with adults at home or at school. In retrospect, the conflicts could easily have been resolved by interventions such as family counseling or individualized educational approaches. Usually under pressure from a school, the parents instead acquiesced to put their child on stimulants prescribed by psychiatrists, family physicians, or pediatricians.

When these children developed depression, delusions, hallucinations, paranoid fears and other drug-induced reactions while taking stimulants, their physicians mistakenly concluded that the children suffered from "clinical depression," "schizophrenia" or "bipolar disorder" that has been "unmasked" by the medications. Instead of removing the child from the stimulants, these doctors mistakenly prescribed additional drugs, such as antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and neuroleptics. Children who were put on stimulants for "inattention" or "hyperactivity" ended up taking multiple adult psychiatric drugs that caused severe adverse effects, including psychoses and tardive dyskinesia.

It is time to recognize that the supposedly increasing rates of "schizophrenia," "depression," and "bipolar disorder" in children in North America are often the direct result of treatment with psychiatric drugs. They should be classified as adverse drug reactions, not as primary psychiatric disorders. Doctors need to become more expert at identifying these adverse drug reactions in children and more aware of how and why to taper children from psychiatric medications (Breggin and Cohen, 1999).

When parents are willing to take a fresh approach to disciplining and caring for their children, or when the children's school situation can be improved, it is usually possible to taper them off of all psychiatric medications. The parents are then relieved and gratified to see their children increasingly improve with the removal of each drug.

What's the answer to this widespread, unwarranted use of medication in the treatment of children? As long as we respond to the signals of conflict and distress in our children by subduing them with drugs, we will not address their genuine needs. As parents, teachers, therapists, and physicians we need to retake responsibility for our children (Breggin, 2000). We must reclaim them from the drug companies and their advocates in the medical profession. At the same time, we must address the needs of our children on an individual and societal level. On the individual level, children need more of our time and energy. Nothing can replace the personal relationships that children have with us as their parents, teachers, counselors, or doctors. On a societal level, our children need improved family life, better schools, and more caring communities.

Bibliography

Breggin, P. (1998). Talking Back to Ritalin. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press.

Breggin, P. (1999). Psychostimulants in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD: Risks and mechanism of action. International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 12, 3-35

Breggin, P. (2000). Reclaiming Our Children. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus Books.

Breggin, P. and Cohen, D. (1999). Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus Books.

Cherland, E. and Fitzpatrick, R. (1999, October). Psychotic side effects of Psychostimulants: A 5-year review. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 811-813.

Thank you Peter & Ginger

In closing we would like to say, we hope this website has enlightened you.
Sincerely, Lawrence & Kelly Smith

ADHD Testing

What method is used to diagnose children for ADHD?

The following are just a few of the Official Diagnostic Indicators used by parents, guidance officers, counselors, psychologists, doctors and psychiatrists to evaluate a child for ADHD.

· A lot of people, including his parents, complain that he just doesn't seem to listen when spoken to.
· He can't keep his mind on what he's doing for very long unless it is very exciting, or very entertaining.
· He really tries to avoid doing homework or chores.
· He gets distracted easily, or pays attention to the wrong thing.
· He is often forgetful and has to be reminded to do things often.
· He often loses things necessary for tasks or activities (e.g., toys, school assignments, pencils, books, or tools)
· He often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat.
· And He often blurts out answers before questions have been completed.

This diagnostic criteria has no justification in being used to label children with Disorders that are, normal childhood behaviours. According to Dr. Louria Shulamit, a family practitioner in Israel “ADHD is a syndrome, not a disease. The symptoms are so common that we can conclude that all children fit this diagnoses.”

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ADHD CHILD PROTECTION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

Aims;

To educate students, parents and the community as to causes, symptoms, remedies and realty of ADHD that children and students may be protected from brain damage and or violent or suicidal tendencies.

Objectives;

To hold ADHD Awareness events, film evening and talks on scientific research and findings by eminent and world renowned Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Pediatricians, Doctors and Sociologists that will reveal a deeper understanding and insight into the systems, causes, history and treatment of ADHD.

Welcome’s ADHD Awareness Campaign, educates parents and the community as to the misdiagnosis of ADHD and alternative solutions, remedies and medications to that of using SSRI amphetamine drugs. At present, Australia has one quarter of a million Children each prescribed SSRI Medication stronger than Cocaine or Speed.

ADHD symptoms may be bought about by the side affects of or resulting from;
· Food containing any of fifty preservatives, colours, emulsifiers and other dangerous chemicals found in their food.
· Saturation of fast-foods leading to a state of malnutrition.
· Excessive indulgence of violent or negative media.
· Lack of sunshine and exercise.
· Being isolated from a loving parent or parents.
· Traumatic circumstances in their lives.
· Reaction to the side effects of toxics within vaccines.

SSRI medications are psychotropic amphetamine drugs known to create brain damage to children. These drugs are banned in the U.K. to children under 16 years. In the USA they must carry a Suicide Warning. Yet in Australia they are administered to children like candy. To administer such drugs to children is Child Abuse of a most serious nature and a breach of every Childs Human Rights.

Thank you for supporting Welcome Australia’s ADHD Child Protection Campaign.
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