[blparent] an update

[Tay Laurie]

Chris and everyone,
my belief is that far too many children are hasilty diagnose with add or 
adhd and placed on med that they don't need. It is a known fact, 
(medlineplus, dailymed from the NIH) that some of the medicine used for add 
or adhd are methamphetamines. I don't blame her for not wanting to shove 
that down her hchild's throat without a very good reason.
If the school is trying to force her to give her child meds that he may or 
may not need, and are refusing to try something like talk therapy first, 
then that tells me that the school is happy to have a classroom full of 
docile little robots, rather than bright, interested students.
Personally, if they're illegal for nonprescription use,and are touted as 
having those same horribe effects, why are these effects so neatly 
overlooked by the docs, pharmaseutical repts, etc, pushing these pills? Two 
and three year old aren't ADD or ADHD, they're hiper little balls of energy. 
That's normal!
CPS should, hopefully, give her a fair shake at defending herself and the 
healt hof her child by simply stating that blindly following the adivice of 
a state-sponsored doctor whose only job is to scribble prescription and go 
on ski trips isn't in her nor her child's best interest. So she has every 
right to try all other options before meds. If she has, and meds are the 
last resort, then a trial, perhaps. the maxim, lowest dose, shortest 
possible duration, means something.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris R" <chrisr at myfairpoint.net>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] an update


> First of all, it sounds to me like your dad is taking the initiative and 
> doing what needs to be done.  Secondly you don't know what's in those meds 
> and you must back up your statements before putting things like that out 
> on list.  Thirdly, if you cancel that appointment, you could very well 
> look bad in front of the school and legally that could get cps involved to 
> either make you give him the meds or the ladder and everyone knows what 
> I'm talking about.  You really need to take these things in to 
> consideration before you do something rash.  I'm sorry for being harsh but 
> this is a harsh world and not everything is done the way we want it to be 
> done.
>
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