[LMB] OT:AKICIF ADD

[Tzivia Adler]

From: "Azalais Aranxta" <tiamat at tsoft.com>
> On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Mark Allums wrote:
>
>> You should definitely give ADD a chance, meaning, don't dismiss
>> it out of hand.  Take the advice you've been given about making
>> sure it's not a food allergy, or some other problem, and when
>> those things are ruled out, try the medication.
>
> I personally would try Ritalin *first*.  If it doesn't work then
> ADD/ADHD is not the problem, and a few days on Ritalin is not
> half or even a quarter of the pain in the @ss that the "dietary"
> treatments for ADD are going to be.  Eliminating all processed
> sugar from a modern American diet without feeding your kid lots
> of aspartame?  Sounds virtuous.  I admire anyone who can do it
> themselves.  But um.  I have to read labels because of my own
> issues, and it's a PITA
>
i read lables to -cut down- on sugar since my kids visited the dentist a few 
years ago :)   i agree, eliminating -all- sugar would mean cooking 
everything from scratch, including snack stuff.  and i'm not such a great 
cook.

> I would personally RATHER take Ritalin than attempt any of the
> dietary 'cures' for ADD I've read about.  It clears the body
> quickly enough that most people have to take multiple doses per
> day, so if you have a bad reaction or no reaction, it's not going
> to last very long.
>
that fast?  i haven't spoken to a doc about meds yet - we're still at hte 
stage wehre the school advised us to have him checked out, and the doctors 
have busy schedules :(

thanks to all the helpful people on the list, i can at least have a list of 
quesions to ask when we get to the doctor.  although someone is sure to 
point out that the plural of anecdotes is not data, it surely is a starting 
point.

> I realise that this is the voice of the devil, in terms of modern
> American ethics, wherein it's virtuous to be skinny and eat only
> 'healthy' food and what not, and admitting you have an illness
> and taking meds is considered a bit of a copout, but you know?
> I have other stuff to think about.  And being ADD, I have a LOT
> of other stuff to think about!
>
> ~malfoy :)
>
right now, telling him to manage without outside intervention is like 
telling someone to walk on broken legs.  the only question is if the 
intervention is going to be behaviour modification or medicaiton or ... i 
really need to talk to the doc, i do.
ziviya 



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