5 Facts About Adhd And Homeopathy

For a study showing that homeopathy can achieve significant improvement in the symptoms of ADHD, please see:

www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/articles-...

In the U.S. Ritalin and Adderall are included in the Drug Enforcement Agency's Class II schedule of drugs along with morphine and opium because of their high potential for abuse leading to severe psychological or physical dependence.

www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.ht...

Here is a second study published in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Pediatrics. It compared homeopathic treatment of ADHD to placebo and concluded that homeopathy is effective in treating ADHD (beyond placebo). It references other studies also coming to the same conclusion.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16047154

CRedd wrote:

Here is a second study published in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Pediatrics. It compared homeopathic treatment of ADHD to placebo and concluded that homeopathy is effective in treating ADHD (beyond placebo). It references other studies also coming to the same conclusion.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16047154

Quote: "Two publications, a randomised, partially blinded trial and a clinical observation study"

In other words these are preliminary trials that require further, better controlled studies. What usually occurs is as better controls in the trials are implemented, the positive results vanish. Once again CReddulous is clutching at straws.

For those of us that have seen spectacular results from homeopathic treatment of ADHD and other problems typically ill treated with conventional medicine, there is no need for studies. That said, there are publications full of studies, Mark. You just need to get yourself beyond your own nose.

"It is alarming to learn that ADHD drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) are not fully understood as regards how they actually work..."
Very funny statement coming from a homeopath.

satxskeptic wrote:

"It is alarming to learn that ADHD drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) are not fully understood as regards how they actually work..."
Very funny statement coming from a homeopath.

The author of this article is identified only as the "father of a child with ADHD" who is writing about news, information and research. His name and any medical credentials he has, if any, are not given. Pretty hard to conclude from the fact that he is the father of a child with ADHD that he is also a homeopath.
Professional people, including homeopaths, always sign written work with their names, credentials and office addresses along with phone numbers.

There Are NO tests for "Chemical Imbalances"

American Psychiatric Association admitted it lied to the American Public

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp...

Without a test for chemical balance the mental health (psychiatry) is limited in the ancillary tests of medicine like an EKG, EEG, blood work or other tests in the diagnoses of a patient. They aren't needed in Psychiatry. Psychiatry wouldn't know a good chemical balance from a bad chemical balance or an imbalance of chemistry in the brain. It was a fraud designed to drug and addict the American (world) population and to create a mentally compromised person for political and financial reasons.

The psychiatric diagnosis is made on the basis of behavior and hearsay at the discretion and feeling of the therapist (psychiatrist) who makes money from the prescription drugs and office visits.

If we respect metabolic changes based on daily dietary habits, weight gain / loss , terms of the survival of the organisms as a person age along with physical conditioning, physical illness, electrolyte level, gender differences , body temperature, I don't see where the Mental Health Industry could conform to any consistency in data with consideration to the above to state a person has a mental disease or illness based on chemical imbalance.

The fraud has been going on for more then 40 years since H W Bush was CEO, Eli Lilly and before his VP under the Reagan Presidency (1980's) when the essential Amino Acid "Tryptophan" was limited in the food chain by the FDA and Prozac entered the market place. Lots of people compromised under the fraud of mental health services with made to order mental illnesses with mind altering drugs as the capitalist & political solution for some.

There Are No "Chemical Imbalances"

"The hypothetical disturbances of neurochemical function that are said to underlie "mental illness" are just that: hypothetical. No experiment has ever shown that anyone has an "imbalance" of any neurotransmitters or any other brain chemicals. Nor could any conceivable experiment demonstrate the existence of a "chemical imbalance," simply because no one, least of all the biopsychiatrists, has the slightest idea what a proper and healthy chemical "balance" would look like."

"...the views and beliefs of biopsychiatry have nothing to do with the answers to scientific questions in any case: the hunt for biological "causes" of "mental illness" is an entirely fallacious enterprise in the first place; the non- existence of data to support its assertions is quite beside the point."

"The latest edition of one pharmacology text has this to say about the status of depression as a disease: "Despite extensive efforts, attempts to document the metabolic changes in human subjects predicted by these [biological] hypotheses have not, on balance, provided consistent or compelling corroboration." This is a long-winded way of admitting that not even a scrap of evidence supports the idea that depression results from a "chemical imbalance." Yet patients are told every day - by their doctors, by the media, and by drug company advertising - that it is a proven scientific fact that depression has a known biochemical origin. It follows directly that millions of Americans are being lied to by their doctors; and people surely can't give informed consent for drug treatment when what they're being "informed" is a fraud...

To sum up: there is no evidence whatsoever to support the view that "mental illness" is biochemical in origin; in other words, things like "Unipolar Disorder" and "Attention Deficit Disorder" simply do not exist."

http://www.adhd-report.com/biopsychiatry/bio_...

Psychiatric Diagnosis: Too Little Science, Too Many Conflicts of Interest [i]

Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D.

Harvard University

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The Concerns

There is a lot of pain and suffering in the world, and it is tempting to believe that the mental health community knows how to help. It is widely believed, both by mental health professionals and the general population, that if only a person gets the right psychiatric diagnosis, the therapist will know what kind of measures will be the most helpful. Unfortunately, that is not usually the case, and getting a psychiatric diagnosis can often create more problems than it solves, including a lifetime of being labeled, difficulties with obtaining affordable (or any) health insurance (due to now having a pre-existing condition), loss of employment, loss of child custody, the overlooking of physical illnesses and injuries because of everything being attributed to psychological factors, and the loss of the right to make decisions about one’s medical and legal affairs. The creation and use of psychiatric diagnosis, unlike, for instance, psychiatric drugs, is not overseen by any regulatory body, and rarely does anyone raise the question of what role the assignment of a psychiatric label has played in creating problems for individuals.[ii]

The Problematic History

These serious limitations have not prevented the authors of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), sometimes known as “the therapist’s Bible,” from making expansive claims about their knowledge and authority and wielding enormous power to decide who will and will not be called mentally ill and what the varieties of alleged mental illness will be. The DSM’s current edition is called DSM-IV-TR, and it was preceded by the original DSM (in 1952), then DSM-II (1968), DSM-III (1980), DSM-III-R (Third Edition Revised)(1987), DSM-IV (1994), and DSM-IV-TR (2000). The DSM-V is currently in preparation and slated for 2013 publication. Each time a new edition appears, the media ask whichever psychiatrist is the lead editor why a new edition was necessary, and like clockwork, each editor replies that it was because the previous edition really wasn’t scientific (Caplan, 1995). And each time a new edition appears, it contains many more categories than does the previous one. For instance, DSM-III-R contained 297 categories, and DSM-IV contained 374 (Caplan, 1995).

I served as an advisor to two of the DSM-IV committees, before resigning due to serious concerns after witnessing how fast and loose they play with the scientific research related to diagnosis (Caplan, 1995). The DSM is widely used, not only in the mental health system, but also in general medical practice, in schools, and in the courts. I have been involved since 1985 in trying to alert both therapists and the public to the manual’s unscientific nature and the dangers that believing in its objectivity poses. Since then, I have watched with interest a national trend toward gradually increasing openness to the idea that psychiatric diagnosis (A)is largely unscientific,(B)is highly subjective and political, and (C)can cause untold harm, ranging from the patients’ lowered self-confidence to loss of custody of children to loss of health insurance (because any psychiatric label can be considered evidence of a pre-existing condition) to loss of the right to make decisions about their medical and legal affairs.

More of this article:

http://awpsych.org/index.php...

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness

Every so often Al Frances says something that seems to surprise even him. Just now, for instance, in the predawn darkness of his comfortable, rambling home in Carmel, California, he has broken off his exercise routine to declare that “there is no definition of a mental disorder. It’s bullshit. I mean, you just can’t define it.” Then an odd, reflective look crosses his face, as if he’s taking in the strangeness of this scene: Allen Frances, lead editor of the fourth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (universally known as the DSM-IV), the guy who wrote the book on mental illness, confessing that “these concepts are virtually impossible to define precisely with bright lines at the boundaries.” For the first time in two days, the conversation comes to an awkward halt.

Pasted from <http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_dsmv... ;

There are no genetic tests, no brain scans, blood tests, chemical imbalance tests or X-rays that can scientifically/medically prove that any psychiatric disorder is a medical condition.

Child psychiatry is sick with hidden conflicts of interest
By Dr. Leonard Sax

When I first began writing prescriptions for children 22 years ago, it was unusual for a child to be taking powerful psychiatric drugs. Today it's common. How did we get here?

Dr. Joseph Biederman is part of the answer. He's an important guy. His title is "chief of pediatric psychopharmacology" at Massachusetts General Hospital, the main teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. Pediatricians and family doctors look to him, and doctors like him, for guidance about what they should do with problem kids. For the past two decades, Biederman has pushed the use of medications for treating ADHD and bipolar disorder. Over the past two decades, the use of medications for treating those disorders has soared.

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), recognizing how much influence Biederman has in promoting these medications for children, wondered whether the doctor might be taking money from drug companies. When first asked, Biederman admitted to taking perhaps "a couple hundred thousand dollars" from pharmaceutical companies. When he was asked to take another look, it turned out that Biederman and a colleague had accepted more than $1.6 million from the drug companies. And they hadn't told anybody.

Or consider the case of Dr. Fred Goodwin. After stepping down as director of the National Institute for Mental Health, Goodwin moved on to serve as the host of the NPR program "The Infinite Mind." Goodwin didn't think he needed to tell anybody that the drug companies were paying him $1.3 million, even as he reassured listeners on his program about the safety of powerful psychiatric medications for children. Last month, after his connections to the drug industry came to light, NPR canceled his program.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/12/1...

Why your kid is drugged in school

How it works:

The State Department of Education gets monies from the Federal Government (Disability) under a program called "IDEA" for each child diagnosed with a disability. A disability could be ADD/ADHD, Bi-polar disorder, Depression or any of the other mental diagnoses.

Who profits: The State Department of Education, the mental health and counseling Industry, the Pharmaceutical company and the money that is kicked back by lobbyists for politicians special interest and of course the legal profession.

All this at the cost of your child's Health and welfare.

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IDEA" Final Regulation (part 1 of 2)

300.7 Child with a disability.

(a) General.

(1) As used in this part, the term child with a disability means a child evaluated in accordance with §§300.530-300.536 as having mental retardation, a hearing impairment including deafness, a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment including blindness, serious emotional disturbance (hereafter referred to as emotional disturbance), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.
(i) The term means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child's educational performance:
(A) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
(B) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers.
(C) Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances.
(D) A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
(E) A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
(ii) The term includes schizophrenia. The term does not apply to children who are socially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have an emotional disturbance.
9) Other health impairment means having limited strength, vitality or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment, that-
(i) Is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, and sickle cell anemia; and
(ii) Adversely affects a child's educational performance
§300.24 Related services.
(a) General. As used in this part, the term related services means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability.
(9) Psychological services includes-
(i) Administering psychological and educational tests, and other assessment procedures;
(ii) Interpreting assessment results;
(iii) Obtaining, integrating, and interpreting information about child behavior and conditions relating to learning;
(iv) Consulting with other staff members in planning school programs to meet the special needs of children as indicated by psychological tests, interviews, and behavioral evaluations;
(v) Planning and managing a program of psychological services, including psychological counseling for children and parents; and
(vi) Assisting in developing positive behavioral intervention strategies.
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satxskeptic wrote:

"It is alarming to learn that ADHD drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) are not fully understood as regards how they actually work..."
Very funny statement coming from a homeopath.

The difference between homeopathy and Ritalin and Adderall is that if we don't know how Ritalin and Adderall work, we do know they create serious conditions in the patients who use them. These drugs could possibly have negative consequences no one is aware of yet simply because we don't how they work therefore we don't know what systems they may affect.

We do know that homeopathy is efficacious, and we also know that it is safe. That has been proven in many decades of use in millions of people around the world. It has also been proven in studies.

As everyone is well aware, homeopathy is safe because it does not put large amounts of substances into the patient's body but, rather, works by presenting the body with a picture of the symptoms through an energy imprint from the original substance thus triggering the immune system to heal the body in the body's own natural way.

Although we do not know with 100% certainty how homeopathy works, scientific work has been and is being done which will provide the ultimate answer. In fact, the second study done by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to show that homeopathics kill cancer cells also showed the mechanism of action of the remedies in killing those cells.

Anyone interested in the science of homeopathy will be interested in the work done by Rustum Roy on the structure of liquid water.

www.extraordinarymedicine.org - scroll down to "Homeopathy's Best Research"

Luc Montagnier, 2008 Nobel Prize winner, virologist and co-discoverer of HIV, and his research team published a paper on serially diluted and succussed aqueous solutions showing that some bacterial DNA sequences induce electromagnetic waves at high dilutions. Succussion was "critical for the generation of signals." They detected the same electromagnetic signals in the plasma and DNA extracted from the plasma of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, MS and rheumatoid arthritis.

Montagnier has stated:

"What I can say now is that the high dilutions are right. High dilutions of something are not nothing. They are water structures which mimic the original molecules."

"We find that with DNA we cannot work at the extremely high dilutions used in homeopathy, we cannot go further than 10/18 dilutions or we loose the signal. But even at 10/18, you can calculate that there is not a single molecule of DNA left. AND YET WE DETECT A SIGNAL."

CeeJay wrote:

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We do know that homeopathy is efficacious,

CReddulous - stop using multiple names so people there is more than one idiot who doesn't understand that homeopathy is just water or sugar pills. Homeopaths take fairy dust and then dilute it out of (non)existence - it is pseudoscientific BS.

Psychiatry is fake science. The Thud Experiment proof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Psychiatry "No Science"

http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Psychiatry: An Industry of Death, Introduction

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Skeptics: Eat Your Heart Out!
A new study shows that 76% of U.S. health care workers, especially doctors and nurses, use CAM more often than workers in other fields.
"As insiders, health care workers understand what's missing in our medical system. They're more educated than others about orthodox and alternative medicine," said Joya Lynn-Shoen, a psychiatrist by training who instead practices alternative medicine offering patients homeopathy, nutrition and chelation therapies. Mainstream medicine will say,'Here's a pill.' or 'Have an operation.' or 'There's nothing wrong with you. You're just tired."
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archies/getDocument....

The correct link to the CAM usage by health care workers study is:

http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument...

And this article goes on to note:

"While conventional providers often treat common issues such as back pain with pain medication, holistic providers address root causes.", says Lori Knutson, co-author

This study analyzed the questionnaire responses of 14,329 working adults.

CeeJay wrote:

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The author of this article is identified only as the "father of a child with ADHD" who is writing about news, information and research. His name and any medical credentials he has, if any, are not given. Pretty hard to conclude from the fact that he is the father of a child with ADHD that he is also a homeopath.
Professional people, including homeopaths, always sign written work with their names, credentials and office addresses along with phone numbers.

Who would want to include their names and credentials when there is such anger from skeptics? Why are they angry, and why attack something they don't understand? Phone numbers? How about yours?

RJH wrote:

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Who would want to include their names and credentials when there is such anger from skeptics? Why are they angry, and why attack something they don't understand? Phone numbers? How about yours?

??????????

Your response is incomprehensible. My point is that satxskeptic is making an assumption about the identity of the writer based on nothing. What is so threatening about that?

As far as I know there are no homeopaths who are afraid to give their credentials, addresses or phone numbers to the public. In fact, here is one web site which provides a directory of homeopaths across the entire United States. There are five full pages of listings for homeopaths in California alone. Each one includes the homeopath's name, credentials, address, phone number, e-mail address and web site address along with his or her affiliations.

www.homeopathy-cures.com
www.homeopathy-cures.com/search.html

RJH wrote:

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Who would want to include their names and credentials when there is such anger from skeptics? Why are they angry, and why attack something they don't understand? Phone numbers? How about yours?

"Phone numbers? How about yours?"

Why would you want my phone number?

If I were a professional homeopath I would certainly be giving out all my information. That's how patients find homeopaths.