At least give yourself the chance to see the other side of the story. You only have one child – read the book “Unraveling the ADD/ADHD Fiasco” by David B. Stein, Ph.D. If you are still convinced that the drug route is the way to go, follow the “1-2-3 Magic” types of parenting techniques (or have a “family meeting” and solicit input from your little child who has no tools to solve this problem), and when that doesn’t work, administer the drugs.

OK – I’ve probably made some folks angry, and I’ll concede that there are a relatively small percentage of children and adults that suffer from disorders (with symptoms like those attributed to ADD/ADHD) that are improved through these drugs, including Ritalin. But, keep in mind that in some schools 50% of the male childern are “ADHD” diagnosed and on Ritalin or similar drugs. No one in their right mind could possibly believe that 50% of children have something called ADD/ADHD that requires treatment with Schedule 2 drugs.

I’m not writing for those few percent that maybe have a real disease that is helped by drugs. I’m writing for the 95% of children who are on Ritalin and don’t need to be. This book will lead you in a direction that your child doesn’t necessarily need to go.

By the way, the book never mentions that Ritalin and similar medicines are “Schedule II” drugs, or what these are. As a parent, I hope you’ll ask your doctor – or better still – do your own research on what Ritalin does in the body and its addictive and abuse potential.

Rebut this information if you wish, but I didn’t see anything in this book expressing outrage over 33 – 50% of little children being forced to take addictive drugs because some counseler, teacher, parent and doctor didn’t want to do some hard work and rule out that the child’s behavior can possibly be remedied by something other than drugs.
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