There is a Worldwide shortage of ADHD Medication.

originally posted by: starviego
ADHD is a made-up disease to begin with. In my day, Dr. Mom solved this dread condition with three words: "Go Play Outside!"

My 4-year-old took off to walk to the beach a mile away.

Dr. Mom has had no real experience with an ADHD child -- or she'd never just say "Go Play Outside".

a reply to: nugget1

maybe its so you get so desperate....

that you will TRY ANYTHING THEY GIVE YOU..
so beware of AFFORDABLE MEDS..

its the stuff thats expensive, or illegal
THAT ACTUALLY WORKS like IVERMECTIN

originally posted by: Annee

originally posted by: starviego
ADHD is a made-up disease to begin with. In my day, Dr. Mom solved this dread condition with three words: "Go Play Outside!"

My 4-year-old took off to walk to the beach a mile away.

Dr. Mom has had no real experience with an ADHD child -- or she'd never just say "Go Play Outside".

So you believe no amount of responsible parenting will guide a child? It’s all nature (they have a condition! The child is not responsible and the parent in turn is not responsible, it’s the gosh darn condition!) no amount of nurture will place the child in the right path through proper guidance?

originally posted by: ITSALIVE

originally posted by: Annee

originally posted by: starviego
ADHD is a made-up disease to begin with. In my day, Dr. Mom solved this dread condition with three words: "Go Play Outside!"

My 4-year-old took off to walk to the beach a mile away.

Dr. Mom has had no real experience with an ADHD child -- or she'd never just say "Go Play Outside".

So you believe no amount of responsible parenting will guide a child? It’s all nature (they have a condition! The child is not responsible and the parent in turn is not responsible, it’s the gosh darn condition!) no amount of nurture will place the child in the right path through proper guidance?

You want to try reading what I posted - again?

My ADHD kid and Autistic (high functioning) grandson -- were not medicated when they were young.

I had an amazing doctor for my kid. He was anti-meds unless absolutely necessary. He told me "you fit your home to your child's needs -- I don't care if you have to remove every piece of furniture and pad the walls". Which is exactly what I did.

In addition we had to cut her bedroom door into a Dutch-door -- and safety proof her room just so I could get anything done. What did she do? The only thing I missed was the rail latch on the crib side against the wall. Yep! She crawled under there, hit it with her head, and still has a scar above her eye today.

Had to cover outlets, put high locks on all the doors & drawers in the kitchen. She rode her tricycle down an outside flight of stairs straight into the swimming pool. She set her room on fire. She got in a car that was parked in the driveway, put it in gear, it rolled backwards down the hill. She took off walking to the beach, I caught her 2 blocks away.

I was a stay at home mom. I had to be.

Others (not me) that don't know what they're talking about give "advice" -- like all they need is a good spanking or send them out to play.

a reply to: ITSALIVE

There's alternatives to drugs. When I was a kid they went to a special class and if they still acted up they went to a special school. Little prodigies of the criminal life style from what I remember. I've never looked at the statistics but I cannot imagine they paint a good picture in regards to the future prospects of their attendants..

Schools were always meant to be places to "indoctrinate" kids to be functioning members of society. Unruly kids would get the paddle at school and the belt or slipper at home. I wouldn't be able to say "I love history" if I didn't raise the issues of the day when public schools came about though would I? In the "good ol' days" you had to work whether it was for a wage or a (work)house and it cannot be understated that the possibility of any sort of familial vocation was fast approaching nought. The school was the only prospect of engaging worthwhile paid work in later life for the majority.

Systems of necessity.

Violence nor drugs are the answer. It’s clear few understand what it is to be a role model.

I agree wholeheartedly, we have a serious lack of role models. I don't blame the individuals working within the system though, I have hope that we all attempt to do the best with what we have. It's too easy to blame anyone who's payload has increased whether it's doctors, parents or teachers. I find it absolutely depressing that kids are actually developing psychological issues earlier and earlier in life and it is our system/society that's driving this and yes I do see it as one entity because they've seemingly developed a symbiotic relationship. I cannot see a society without the system and obviously the system needs a society.

Can you think of solutions without demanding people be more responsible? I can't. I also know the majority have a lot on their plate regardless so asking more of others sounds counterintuitive or even outright offensive.

a reply to: RAY1990

Parents who seem to think the system should accommodate their “little darling” are delusional.

Expressing the importance of time to an Autistic is frustrating but necessary.

Any job you have, being consistently on time is important.

That’s just one issue of fitting the system.

a reply to: Annee

Parents who seem to think the system should accommodate their “little darling” are delusional.

I'd say it depends on what's being asked of the system. It's a two way street and most modern nations demand mandatory schooling. Here in the UK a normal teacher shouldn't be expected to deal with incontinence, feeding tubes, breathing apparatus, hoists etc etc, kids with needs like that go to a special school and yeah often enough disabled kids have neurological issues too.

Should normal schools be more accommodating of psychological issues and mental illness? In my opinion within the UK I would say yes however I draw the line at actually raising their kids for them. The way I see it many of the milder issues around psychological problems in kids tend to be developed from toddler age. The way they think and act has a lot more to do with nurture rather than nature. I'd love to be wrong but I'm seeing it with some of my nephews.

Expressing the importance of time to an Autistic is frustrating but necessary.

Any job you have, being consistently on time is important.

That’s just one issue of fitting the system.

Intense and difficult was what came across from a friend with a high functioner son. She held him back a lot out of fear but she also had a similar opinion about the world not having a duty to accommodate him.