I am not a doctor or even in the medical field, but I have been ADHD all my life and I have been reading seriously on it and the rest of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Autism, Bipolar, Dyslexia, etc.) for the last 6 years.
I am in the process of writing a computer program to help therapists, doctors, and parents deal with these problems.
I was on Ritalin before they knew they needed to adjust the dosages, back in 1971, and was on it for 5 years.
My son is ADHD, Dyslexic, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, and exhibits some autistic-like behaviors. My wife is Dyslexic and ADD. I am also Bipolar.
I tell you this to give you some background of where I speak from. From the research and books I have read, unless the problem was due to some kind of birth trauma, my OPINION is that these diseases are a combination of allergies, malnutrition, and some of the dumb things we do to ourselves (like give babies mega virus combinations preserved with Mercury. What rocket scientist came up with that moronic idea?)
I say malnutrition, because I have read in several articles recently how our food doesn't give us the nutrition it once did. For example, although my memory of the exact numbers may be off, the general idea is the same. I read a study recently that said it would take something like 60 bowls of spinach today to get the same amount of nutrition as was in one bowl of spinach grown in the 1920's. Don't ask me where. I can't remember exactly. That's a pretty serious falloff, isn't it?
Allergies can manifest themselves in many ways from stopping breathing to being distracted and unable to focus. Thus, they mimic and enhance the main symptoms of ADHD, sometimes.
Although I have heard of carcinogens, allergens, and other nasty stuff in cleaning supplies around the house, I have never heard of them being related to PDD diseases either by studies or by circumstantial evidence.
Russ Howard
Eagle Computer Technologies - Fort Worth, Texas
"Helping technology make sense to everyone"
russ.howard@eaglecomputertechnologies.com
Co-Leader - Ryze Home Page Helpers Network
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