ADHD

adhd - Drugs for ADHD

By Fred A.Baughman Jr., M.D.

ADD isn't an infection, so we can't make a vaccine and immunize the children. Be forewarned that ADD is not a real disease, but rather a contrived illusion of a disease, a marketplace tool, so you can keep your child from contacting it.

Diseases are natural occurrences caused by infections, toxins, abnormal genes, cancer, etc., and are characterized by definite, detectable physical abnormalities. They are diagnosed and described (in journals) by scientific physicians caring for affected patients.

What kind of "disease" is this ADD -invented in 1980 in-committee, at the American Psychiatric Association? What kind of science is this? Despite regular announcements that its "biological roots" have been discovered, no proof exists of a definite abnormality. It remains an illusion of a disease--a powerful, dangerous illusion. For parents to believe otherwise and allow the "ADD" label to be affixed to their child signals the end of normal childhood. Henceforth they are "diseased".

Next they [Psychiatrists] would "balance" the "chemical imbalance" of the brain, and CHADD (Children & Adults with ADD) and it's benefactor--pharmaceutical giant, Ciba-Geigy--have just the thing--ritalin ! And other amphetamines too ! Without ritalin, they warn, your child will never gain self-control, learn, graduate, mature ! Without Ritalin, ADD will last a lifetime and lead to "substance abuse disorder" (drugs and alcohol) aggression, violence and even murder ! All of this from a pencil-paper behavior checklist filled out by a second grade teacher--not one other piece of evidence can they adduce !

How could this be ? How can a behavioral check-list or any paper-pencil test prove the presence of a brain disease. The answer is that none can. Not ever ! That too, is deception.

The epidemic rages. All children are at risk. 10 to 15% nationwide, doubling every 3-4 years. In some classes 50% are on Ritalin. Invented in 1980, a half million were affected by 1988 and 4.0 million today. The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) manufacturer's quota for Ritalin rose six-fold from 3,889 lb. to 22,902 lb. in 1995.

Why does the Center for Disease Control (CDC) who's business it is to diagnose and track epidemics, refuse to tell me whether ADD is a real disease or not. Why do National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) ADD experts Drs. Peter Jensen, Judith Rapoport, Alan Zametkin and Xavier Castellanos refuse to answer whether a physical abnormality has been found or not? Why in 5 years of asking, has Ciba-Geigy provided me with no proof that ADD is a disease. Instead they push CHADD - paid spokesmen and deceived believers - to the fore-front to misrepresent ADD to be a real disease and Ritalin to be safe and non-addictive.

Should they manifest inattention, carelessness, disorganization, forgetfulness, distractibility, daydreaming, drowsiness, butting, blurting, climbing, fidgeting, talking, inability to be quiet, wait or say - Eureka! - "ADD" - a "brain disease", a "chemical imbalance of the brain" !