subject: ADD-ADHD - Before Its Time [print this page] ADD-ADHD - Before Its Time ADD-ADHD - Before Its Time
1945. My childhood and my children's (3) childhoods were before the age of ADD/ADHD. Since the 80's ADD/ADHD has gone from 0 to 3-5% of the worlds population. This is a big number of children on drugs and is big business for the drug companies.
ADD/ADHD is a condition, not a illness. There are no real test for this condition, only guesses. We observe the child actions and make guess and call this guess a fact. And then put the child on mood alternating drugs for life. Prior to this we spend the time raising our children. These mood alternating drugs make the children more controllable and we have more time for other things. The really big changes in the world in this time are in communication (TV, computers, cellphones), the 24/7 world and lifestyle ( lack of family life, peer pressures and process food).
Communication is great, but TV gives a untrue perception of real life, computer gives us access to too much bad information and cellphones have gone from a communication device to a everything machine which cut us off form the real world around us. When do we have any downtime from this 24 hour-a-day/7 day a week world we have created and if you take some downtime, how do you find the time to catch up. Life style is where we can make a real difference. Tell the truth of the numbers of retakes or do overs which make the TV screen action perfect and not related to real life. Family time need not be organized, but should be consistence and consider that the improved processing of foods causes health concerns, because of the lost of nutrition in the growing and processing, but profits are high.
These are the causes of ADD/ADHD. This pace causes us to use up neurotransmitters beyond the bodies ability to replace them with it's current supplies. Neurotransmitters are used in the communication process between the brain and the body. Shortage of neurotransmitters can cause unclear or scrambled messages to be received by the body. These confusing messages or commands are the symptoms which we identify with ADD/ADHD. This is ADD/ADHD simply explained.
There are three answers to the ADD/ADHD problem. Change the world, give them mood alternating drugs or give the body more natural nutrition for the replacement of neurotransmitters. Even with the medical field coming up with life changing and extending medications. Especially with ADD/ADHD not being a life threading condition, I would recommend the natural way instead of years of mood alternating drug.
