Ritalin Cures Next Picasso

[Vesayen]

WORCESTER, MA-Area 7 year old Douglas Castellano's unbridled energy and creativity are no longer a problem thanks to Ritalin, doctors for the child Friday.
"After years of failed attempts to stop Douglas' uncontrollable bouts of self-expression, we have finally found success with Ritalin," Dri Irwin Schraeger said. "For the first time in his life, Douglas can actually sit down and not think about lots of things at once." Castellano's parents reported that the cured child no longer tries to draw everything in sight, calming down enough to show interest in television.


If you didnt know I think medicating children with these kinds of drugs is a REALLY bad idea........where were all these problems 50, 100 years ago? Parents want a quick solution for not parenting, and in most cases children with these kind of problems grow out of them at puberty, if they havent grown upon a dependency for a drug.......

[Dauphin]

Forget Ritalin, I'd follow the Bush plan, just stick kids in boxes 'til they grow out of it.

[General Ludd]

Re: Ritalin Cures Next Picasso

Originally posted by Vesayen
WORCESTER, MA-Area 7 year old Douglas Castellano's unbridled energy and creativity are no longer a problem thanks to Ritalin, doctors for the child Friday.
"After years of failed attempts to stop Douglas' uncontrollable bouts of self-expression, we have finally found success with Ritalin," Dri Irwin Schraeger said. "For the first time in his life, Douglas can actually sit down and not think about lots of things at once." Castellano's parents reported that the cured child no longer tries to draw everything in sight, calming down enough to show interest in television.

You made that up, right?

right?

[Bereta_Eder]

If the child suffers from hyperactivity syndrom or any other child psychological "disorder" a trained profesional can deal with it in the medium term and aleviate the problem.
Stuffing him with drugs is unheard of. At least here.

[Vesayen]

Of course I wrote that.

Actuall its from theonion heh.

[spartak]

Originally posted by paiktis22
If the child suffers from hyperactivity syndrom or any other child psychological "disorder" a trained profesional can deal with it in the medium term and aleviate the problem.
Stuffing him with drugs is unheard of. At least here.

Wasn't there a case in the states where a parent was prosecuted for REFUSING to put their sprog on the the stuff?

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by paiktis22
If the child suffers from hyperactivity syndrom or any other child psychological "disorder" a trained profesional can deal with it in the medium term and aleviate the problem.
Stuffing him with drugs is unheard of. At least here.

It isnt here....every fifth kid in American schools is on some kind of drug, Ritalin or the like.......kid dosent like to do his homework? Give him Ritalin!

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Taz
Wasn't there a case in the states where a parent was prosecuted for REFUSING to put their sprog on the the stuff?

I don't know. Of course there are no absolutes and I'd guess that at some extreme cases some medication might be required. But for the vast majority of cases of children with say hyperactive syndrome, drugs are not used, at least here.
It is just a matter of recognizing the problem and getting adequate help, which in most cases is a professional child therapist, who would also give advice to the parents.

[Graag]

Another instance of drugs being used to cure symptoms of a greater, deeper psycological problem. The figures for number of children on uppers, housewises of tranquilisers and young people/working men on anti-depressents (sorry to sterotype, but those are the most common) are astonishing. There is no war on drugs, there is a war on drugs the government/pharamcutical industry doesn't like. More people take drugs of one kind or another to get through their lives now than ever before.
If adults want to get prescribed chemicals so they can live their lives in doped out nothingness thats fine by me, but shoving chemicals into children to get them to do what you want is bordering on abusive behaviour.

Though this isn't a new thing, in the 1800s opium syrup was marketed as 'mother's little helper' to keep children out of mischief! I forget the figures but an awful lot of british children spent their childhoods doped up to the eyeballs.

[Jac de Molay]

Maybe if the US schools would quit cutting Phys-Ed programs all the time, these kids wouldn't be either so obese or hyperactive.

Instead, they fry their cerebral cortex with stimulants like Ritalin.

[Provost Harrison]

It's all neurochemical, who is to say what is an appropriate perception. The depression and anxiety I get can be extremely unpleasant, so antidepressants should make things a little easier (when they kick in).

[chequita guevara]

You're just a sack of chemicals anyway. What difference does it matter to you if you chems are balanced by talking (not as successful) of by pharmaseuticals (much more successful?

I love how people think brain disorders can be cured by will power or some such, but then don't deny the power of alcohol to make people drunk.

[Jac de Molay]

I dont like the idea of personality-shaping by chemicals.

The fact that Prozac is the 2nd or 3rd leading prescribed drug in the US leads me to beileve that depression is a symptom of our screwed up society, and not an affliction in and of itself.

Same with these kids. It strikes me as odd that this ADHD or whatever is only a phenomen in a few western, industrial countries, where kids are exposed to constant stimulus like TV, video games, and computers. Haven't heard of any kids in Nepal or Brazil with ADHD.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You're just a sack of chemicals anyway. What difference does it matter to you if you chems are balanced by talking (not as successful) of by pharmaseuticals (much more successful?

I think it makes a big difference. And how succesful one is, is up for debate, as is how harmful each is.

Also we are talking about cases where drugs are not needed but are forced down the throat of children.

A professional child therapist is to make that decision.

And most hyperactive syndromes need proper care by said professional and proper behavior from the parents and they are dealed with.

A prerequisitive for all this "trouble" of course, is love and adequate information.

[Bereta_Eder]

And also time for one's children.