| Did you know that more than half of the 4 million | | | | educate and teach our kids. Certainly they will need |
| children with ADHD, are on psychostimulant drugs? | | | | special attention under Section 504 but it does not |
| We do not know anything about the other half or very | | | | mean that they are not intelligent, creative and bright. |
| little. But this is one of the most alarming of the all the | | | | Of all the ADHD stats out there, the most alarming is |
| ADHD stats. This would seem to suggest that they | | | | the fact that there is an extremely large percentage |
| are not being treated and or their parents are | | | | of children still being treated with powerful mind altering |
| unaware of this mental condition or simply choose to | | | | drugs which also happen to be controlled substances! |
| ignore it for financial or social reasons. | | | | The main ones on the market to-day are Concerta, |
| It also means that there is a very high percentage of | | | | Vyvanse and Adderall. |
| children carrying this condition into adulthood. The | | | | ADHD stats show us that after three years, the |
| losses and dangers to society are enormous and not | | | | effects of these drugs tend to wear off. They are not |
| only in economic terms. There are implications for | | | | the complete answer to the ADHD problem as child |
| relationships, crime, drug addiction and car accidents. | | | | behavior modification techniques have to be in place |
| There is a lot of talk about the connection between | | | | as well. |
| ADHD and food allergies. These ADHD stats are | | | | Apart from all the worry about drug addiction and |
| rather interesting in that they point up the fact that this | | | | some rather nasty side effects, parents are now |
| is a very minor cause and can only marginally impinge | | | | looking for options which are much safer and will not |
| on the condition. The latest statistic shows that only | | | | be in demand at all on the school parking lot. The most |
| 2% of ADHD cases are directly related to food | | | | promising of these treatments is homeopathy and |
| allergies or sensitivities. | | | | much scorned by the medical community. But there is |
| Another one of the ADHD stats which seems to | | | | no need to take that too seriously as the ADHD |
| contradict many educationalists is that fact that only | | | | homeopathic remedies in my website below are not |
| about 20% of all the children with ADHD have learning | | | | only manufactured in a FDA approved facility but are |
| disabilities. Most people assume that that figure is about | | | | also listed in the HPUS. Why not click through and find |
| 100%. This has enormous implications about how we | | | | out more? |