tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post2043148655328892771..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Delayed maturation of the cortex in children with ADHDDeric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-23986012654497731922014-04-16T18:31:34.294-05:002014-04-16T18:31:34.294-05:00Dear Anonymous I was Diagnosed at an incredibly ea...Dear Anonymous I was Diagnosed at an incredibly early age with ADHD and took medication all my life until i became 18 and decided to take a different approach. it is cognitive behavioral therapy, and it has truly helped me, i am 26 now, and am no longer plagued by my symptoms. Find a good children's therapist and have your son see him once a week for at least an hour. Cognitive Begavioral Therapy, and keep at it, I still go to a therapist once a week and I Love what it has done for me! better to start younger, one must relearn how to think and behave when they have ADHD, they don't necessarily have to be medicated! theres too much of that going on, and especially in the 90s, i was a 90s child and it sucked to be medicated because my parents couldn't deal with me. and anti-depressants just made it worse!<br /><br />hope this helpedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03900818144685889041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-34545057831188835682008-10-02T23:10:00.000-05:002008-10-02T23:10:00.000-05:00I found this blog while doing research. I think I...I found this blog while doing research. I think I bring a different perspective. My son is almost 7 and has had poor impulse control since he was a toddler. It has become more and more apparent that he may fit the profile of a child with ADD/ADHD. I have been working very hard to rule other possible culprits out of the picture. He has had near to perfect health, our family has implemented the Feingold diet, and I am still working on various behavioral conditioning methods. My son did see a psychiatrist who offered to perscribe medication after only a two hour assessment. She primarily suggested anti-depressents...not quite fitting in his case. I am noticing the nudge to place him on medication because everyday is a gamble. 50/50 on good and bad days behaviorally, additude wise, etc...etc... He seems slightly behind compared to his peers however he is receiving tutoring and I am in constant contact with his teacher. The idea of giving my child a drug to change his inherit reactions to his surroundings rather then trying to teach him is appalling. Although I understand completely that there can be varing degrees of severity in cases and some may need it more then others. However, it is beyong denial that our society is using drugs to treat symptoms instead of finding solutions to problems. To touch on one of the other posts I read...I personally fought with severe asthma through childhood. I was placed on medication and steroids. I was in and out of the hospital often and I feared for my life at a tender age. Yet it was an elementary school gym teacher of all people who helped me learn how to control my asthma. He repeatedly recommended that even though exercise induced my asthma that I should jog regularly, slowly working up to longer intervals-in order to stregthen my lungs. I tried it and after awhile I went off medication and to this day I know my own body enough to know when I need to work out more. When I need to take a break to prevent an attack. I keep an inhaler for extreme situations only. I found this new information regarding delayed maturation intriguing. If this is the case then hopefully we can find improved ways of diagnosing ADD/ADHD and treating. As for my son, I will try any natural avenue possible and I am even looking into a special school for children with ADD. One post mentioned how much work ADD/ADHD is to the parents and educators. It has been my experience that anything worth doing was challenging. Helping my son to grow up to be a healthy, mature, intelligent, and self-satisfied individual...priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-68234641307512951452008-01-31T08:55:00.000-06:002008-01-31T08:55:00.000-06:00I'm appending as a comment this email I received f...I'm appending as a comment this email I received from blog reader Tricia:<BR/>The research was never really there to support the diagnosis of ADHD. What<BR/>was evident was that we could objectively measure a group of children and<BR/>10% of them would exhibit the signs and symptoms what is referred to as<BR/>ADHD. Medicating children with Ritalin in order to make them more<BR/>manageable in school became the preferred treatment for around 10% of<BR/>nations children. This lead to a higher incidence of drug abuse among those<BR/>who had been medicated with amphetamines in their youth. It also enabled<BR/>those children who had been labeled to feel somehow defective in the eyes of<BR/>the world. It also contributed to the medication of this same group of<BR/>children with antidepressants that had not yet been studied on the<BR/>developing brain. Antidepressants were only studied in the mature brain.<BR/>You don't have to look far in the media to find a case of a young adult on<BR/>Ritalin or one of it's substitutes to find side effects of not only<BR/>psychosis but also suicide. Please visit Scientific American :Smart Kids<BR/>found to Undergo Delayed Brain Development. I find it interesting that<BR/>intelligent kid's brain also have delayed development in the cerebral<BR/>cortex. May be that our nation set out to medicate those children who<BR/>displayed signs of intelligence rather than signs of a disorder. What a<BR/>tragedy.Deric Bowndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-19962726582730146692007-12-18T12:44:00.000-06:002007-12-18T12:44:00.000-06:00My reference was to inappropriate or over diagnosi...My reference was to inappropriate or over diagnosis, not to a case like yours. Whether I would leave a muscle ache or asthma attack to straighten itself out would depend on its severity and duration. I am referring to cases in which ritalin has been prescribed to curb normal childhood exuberance, for the benefit of the parents, not the children.Deric Bowndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-65728279818050200442007-12-18T10:18:00.000-06:002007-12-18T10:18:00.000-06:00Speaking as a "delayed maturer", I am sorry that m...Speaking as a "delayed maturer", I am sorry that my parents, teachers, fellow students, and fellow drivers,(among others) aren't around to tell you the effects ON THEM, of MY "being left alone to straigthen out in their own good time." Medicine was not available when my ADHD hijacked my life and lowered its quality. Along with the quality of life of those who had to endure my untreated presence. The next time you have a muscle ache or asthma attack, why don't you just leave IT alone to straighten out etc. etc. Our parents didn't have these medicines so (using your "logic") obviously you don't need them either. And if you don't think that ADHD causes pain, just ask other ADHD sufferers (like my relatives and teachers who suffered from my ADHD). As one "Ritalin kid" once said; "My Ritalin hasn't had any effect on me. But now that you mention it, it has made my parents and teachers much calmer."<BR/><BR/>Withholding inexpensive treatment that would ease pain is immoral and unethical. What your blog should have said is that new imaging technology now permits the "seeing" of the condition and the results of maturation, medication, etc. This is an important advance because it presents empirical evidence of a very real condition and assists those who attempting to treat it. <BR/><BR/>If you're not capable of contributing to the advancement of treatment and acheivement of cure, you should at least try to stay out of the way of those who are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-11353861704591841582007-12-17T23:27:00.000-06:002007-12-17T23:27:00.000-06:00it is amazing how many things you present to peopl...it is amazing how many things you present to people and still, there are so many, that think that Ritalin is the only option. <BR/>I think "being" is not something educators, parents, doctors or researches study enough. <BR/>Why is there such a need to lable? does it make us feel better or what? <BR/>I do hope many people read this article and realise we can change without "forcing" kids to be different just because it is easy for adults to handle. <BR/>great article, thank you! <BR/><BR/>Ronit Baras<BR/><A HREF="http://www.ronitbaras.com" REL="nofollow">www.ronitbaras.com</A>Gal Barashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994940621773733527noreply@blogger.com