tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post114270478932308055..comments2023-09-04T06:42:44.489-05:00Comments on Elyce Elucidates: You and Me and ADD Makes ThreeElycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268192471510411332noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1146863399558594712006-05-05T16:09:00.000-05:002006-05-05T16:09:00.000-05:00Okay, now we're talking controversy.As you know, E...Okay, now we're talking controversy.<BR/>As you know, Elyce, I and my son have both been diagnosed and treated via ritalin for ADD. Actually the medical condition that he and I suffer from is not even a medical condition, but Asperger's syndrome and OCD, which is a medical condition.<BR/>However with the prevalence of ADD and Ritalin it became frightening real to us.<BR/>The major difficulty, call it side effect or whatever, was the emotional separation. Ritalin took emotions out of our daily existence. That is positive emotion. We could get angry to beat the band, but we could also just turn it off. We determined that the side effects were too much, when we found over $50.00 in our son's bedroom when he wasn't getting an allowance at all. Remarkably it was all in change.<BR/>When confronted he said that while the other kids were in recess he went thru the classroom and took any and all money he could find. When asked he simply said he wanted it and knew how to get it, so he did.<BR/>There are other problems with Ritalin and they are extremely long lasting side effects, due to the medical conditions Ritalin affects. So, yes, therapy is and would have been much better treatment, if the counselor could get us to slow down long enough to do it. LOL<BR/>the Green Dragon thingie again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1144808855300494282006-04-11T21:27:00.000-05:002006-04-11T21:27:00.000-05:00Lisa,I've thought a lot about what you've written....Lisa,<BR/>I've thought a lot about what you've written. I certainly believe that whatever helps needs to be considered. But as I think about those misfit kids (I spent half of kindergarten sitting under a table (!) for talking out of turn, for example), I wonder if the school system isn't the problem -- so sad to drug kids because teachers have too many students and rigid rules about what should be expected and taught as if children do/should not differ from one another.<BR/>ElyceElycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268192471510411332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1144338235730789402006-04-06T10:43:00.000-05:002006-04-06T10:43:00.000-05:00from my cousin Lisa:hi elyce, no doubt we live in ...from my cousin Lisa:<BR/><BR/>hi elyce, no doubt we live in a hyper add society. but i would venture to guess that many people are not diagnosed with add that could really use the help. think back to when we were in grade school - the misfits - i wonder what a little therapy and medication could have done for them. there are several boys i think back about and wish that they would have had available some type of help. and where are they now?? i talk to many adults that had less than successful school experiences as children that wonder how they would have faired in the academic world with some medication. i confess i am one of those people - i don't remember anything from my education but boredom, scolding and poor performance. i know i am smart and i wonder how well i could have done in school if i had help!<BR/>having a daughter that has very clear add - there are tools to properly diagnose this brain condition and we have made use of those. add is a brain condition and a society condition. we need to seperate these and recognize the distinct differences. don't make this a witch hunt. children and adults with add are truly helped with medication. i can go on and on with lovely success stories but i will stop for now. that being said; i know elyce and chad have complete sympathy and understanding for this condition and the human experience!! lisa helfordElycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268192471510411332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1143282373633605802006-03-25T04:26:00.000-06:002006-03-25T04:26:00.000-06:00these thoughts and stories inspire me that not eve...these thoughts and stories inspire me that not everyone in our "Add culture" is blind, even if the vast majority of us are becoming increasingly unable to concentrate. and i think there is a vital political dimension here, also, that i would be tempted to take in a "conspiratorial" direction. i don't think it's one conspiracy, i know there are many and i have no doubt that these drugs are part of a very very very big one. it is too convenient...<BR/> i love your thoughts. (by the by, i don't have a cell phone and i love and cherish its absence!)irreme seshathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190162156370407494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1142777783978003922006-03-19T08:16:00.000-06:002006-03-19T08:16:00.000-06:00I'm a freak of nature, or maybe just the times we ...I'm a freak of nature, or maybe just the times we live in. I do not have ADD. I can't do two things at once, let alone multiple tasks. I am afflicted with the opposite, tunnel-vision. One thing at a time. <BR/>I realized this at a young age when I attempted to make cookies and read a book at the same time. I always burned the cookies. I can't write and listen to music at the same time. <BR/>So I leave it to the busy people of the world to get things done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com