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add: a dubious diagnosis? "It is refreshing to see someone with an objective viewpoint weigh on on this issue. The very idea that we would condone giving children drugs that can damage the brain of a child before the brain has even developed is in my opinion insane."

"Who do we believe? I can't figure out which of the professionals who work with children are telling the truth. I do agree the less drug interaction the better on bringing up our children. But who are we to believe– doctors who say this about ADD and support using a drug to modify the problem or doctors who point out that drugs our not needed?"

"Thank you for this wonderful program. I have a child with dyslexia who was pressured to take ritalin or leave the private school which she was attending. We were told that she was hard to teach because she had add and that we must proceed to a doctor and get a script for ritalin right away. Your video saved her from this danger by giving me the only source of unbiased information available to me at the time. She is now doing quite well in a new school and was not subjected to this abusive practice of being drugged by her school. I have since purchased this and many other of your videos. As a support parent for Family Network on disabilities I have insisted parents come over and see this show before falling for the ADD trap."

"Just because there are people out there who have abused these drugs or wrongly diagnosed a child because he/she was too energetic doesn't mean a.d.d. does not exist. I in fact have been diagnosed with the disorder since the age of six. The medication did not affect me any where close to how it affects others without the disorder. It honestly helped me to function at the pace and level of all of my other peers. Without it I do not know where I would be, academically."

 
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