Thank you for the post.

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Yes I do understand that my total dismissal of the condition is fodder for

dissent. I once again do apologise if my tongue-in-cheek charaterization

offended anyone. And my use of caps was a prop to place the term on the same

level as those monikers.

 

I have been involved with a small group whom I have encountered at least one

'diagnosed' child that turned out to need nutritional, excersize and behavior

modifications. It takes time, diligence and lots of hard work.

 

I also to the theroy that these children are not academically

challenged enough. I do believe that the classroom size, the lack of

disciplinary methods and the curricula are areas of concern. The fact that

parents now must both work in most cases, creates a void in the time parents and

children spend together. Instead, the path of least resistance is taken

regarding what the children's home activities are. I am now researching the

incidence of these 'conditions' in home schooled children. In the 124 parents

that I have contacted, not one has mentioned the same problems faced when put in

the conventional classroom setting.

 

Once again thank you for this post as it adds another element to the study.

 

 

 

Dave and Tint are BOTH right.

ADHD is real. And it is grossly over diagnosed.

 

My working hypothesis at the moment is:

We have REAL ADD, and false ADD,

that is, ADD symptoms that go away if a certain

condition is met.

 

Real ADD is an organic brain disorder.

Then there are many conditions that

cause ADD symptoms. Allergies among them.

 

But to complicate things, many people with

" true ADD " are also allergic, and/or prone to

hypoglycemia, and a host of other things that

can either mimic ADD, OR make true ADD worse.

 

The problem is that someone like Dr. Doris Rapp,

who works with the allergy/brain connection, will

then state that " ADD is NOTHING BUT allergies. "

 

Ditto for candida, hypoglycemia, different learning

styles, inconsistent parenting, not enough sleep, etc.

They all play a role. But the " ADD is nothing but "

statement really gets people's hackles up.

 

ADD is a puzzle with many pieces.

It seems that every researcher who contributes

a piece promptly concludes that he has solved

the whole puzzle. And then the ADD community

gets all defensive and refuses to look at the

piece at all.

 

Why do people have such a hard time thinking

and/and, rather than either/or?

 

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