Comments on: How to Make Boys Docile: Ritalin (Part of “The School System: A National Lab Project”) http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/ African-American culture, news commentary, politics Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:31:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: elizabeth http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/#comment-7031 elizabeth Thu, 24 May 2007 20:18:00 +0000 /?p=215#comment-7031 So, who do we trust for an honest-to-goodness diagnosis? I just had a conversation with my new next-door neighbor, a young 20-something mother of two boys--one, a two-year-old and the other, a 1st grader. She mentioned her older son wears "a patch" (Ritalin) that fell off so she had to go to the school to give him a replacement. She mentioned that he never eats lunch because of the patch (isn't hungry at noon) but comes home famished. I asked her what he's like without Ritalin, and she said, "unfocused"--and I thought, How focused does a 1st grader need to be, really?! I am not trying to throw caution to the wind and say let's go "au naturel" for the masses; I agree that sometimes, the body seems to fare better with a supplement/Rx--but overall, I eat a very pure diet and try to exercise regularly--and I am inclined to think these many boys that are being dosed with drugs might fare better with these two "prescriptions". Anyway, whom do we trust? Is there an outfit in the Midwest that has experts we can rely on? So, who do we trust for an honest-to-goodness diagnosis? I just had a conversation with my new next-door neighbor, a young 20-something mother of two boys–one, a two-year-old and the other, a 1st grader. She mentioned her older son wears “a patch” (Ritalin) that fell off so she had to go to the school to give him a replacement. She mentioned that he never eats lunch because of the patch (isn’t hungry at noon) but comes home famished. I asked her what he’s like without Ritalin, and she said, “unfocused”–and I thought, How focused does a 1st grader need to be, really?!

I am not trying to throw caution to the wind and say let’s go “au naturel” for the masses; I agree that sometimes, the body seems to fare better with a supplement/Rx–but overall, I eat a very pure diet and try to exercise regularly–and I am inclined to think these many boys that are being dosed with drugs might fare better with these two “prescriptions”.

Anyway, whom do we trust? Is there an outfit in the Midwest that has experts we can rely on?

]]> By: Marisa http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/#comment-7030 Marisa Fri, 11 May 2007 15:42:11 +0000 /?p=215#comment-7030 i'm doing a project at school on Ritalin and i was wondering if mabye you could tell me the ingredients it's one of the five things my Teacher wanted to know for the project .... so if you can tell me the production i'dd be really GLAD.... you can E-Mail them to me at hot-stuff-22@hotmail.com thank you Marisa i’m doing a project at school on Ritalin and i was wondering if mabye you could tell me the ingredients it’s one of the five things my Teacher wanted to know for the project …. so if you can tell me the production i’dd be really GLAD…. you can E-Mail them to me at

hot-stuff-22@hotmail.com

thank you

Marisa

]]> By: Terrance http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/#comment-7029 Terrance Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:26:46 +0000 /?p=215#comment-7029 Just remember it's not <i>all</i> boys you're talking about. I was pretty much the opposite of what's described here. I also suffered from untreated ADD. Minus the H. I didn't have hyperactivity. Mine is called "inattentive type" ADD. So, I wasn't disruptive enough to get the attention that might have lead to diagnosis and treatment. I just quietly failed, and nobody noticed or knew what was wrong. It took 32 years before I got the help I needed. The medicine I'm on has made it possible for me to focus more, so that I can <i>use</i> the other tools and strategies to manage to rest of my ADD symptoms. The <a href="http://www.republicoft.com/index.php/tags/addadhd/" rel="nofollow">impact on my life and career</a> has been entirely positive. I just want to add the perspective that there <i>are</i> people who are helped by these medications, and there <i>are</i> boys who don't fit the typical mold as described in this post. We're the minority, yes, and thus we tend to be forgotten. I just don't want people to forget. Just remember it’s not all boys you’re talking about. I was pretty much the opposite of what’s described here. I also suffered from untreated ADD.

Minus the H. I didn’t have hyperactivity. Mine is called “inattentive type” ADD. So, I wasn’t disruptive enough to get the attention that might have lead to diagnosis and treatment. I just quietly failed, and nobody noticed or knew what was wrong.

It took 32 years before I got the help I needed. The medicine I’m on has made it possible for me to focus more, so that I can use the other tools and strategies to manage to rest of my ADD symptoms. The impact on my life and career has been entirely positive.

I just want to add the perspective that there are people who are helped by these medications, and there are boys who don’t fit the typical mold as described in this post. We’re the minority, yes, and thus we tend to be forgotten. I just don’t want people to forget.

]]> By: mechi http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/#comment-7028 mechi Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:07:01 +0000 /?p=215#comment-7028 i feel your disgust michael, i'm disgusted w/pharmaceutical companies too. i feel your disgust michael, i’m disgusted w/pharmaceutical companies too.

]]> By: ray a deas http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/#comment-7027 ray a deas Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:01:16 +0000 /?p=215#comment-7027 Its really bad when schools have to drug boys and endanger their health, something has to before its too late Its really bad when schools have to drug boys and endanger their health, something has to before its too late

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]]> By: michael hammond http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2004/06/08/how-to-make-boys-docile-ritalin-part-of-the-school-system-a-national-lab-project/#comment-7025 michael hammond Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:59:52 +0000 /?p=215#comment-7025 The pharmaceutical industry makes billions of dollars drugging school children and this is a form of genocide: condemning millions of young lives to a drug addicted future. They employ “experts” and lobbyist and hire ex FDA personnel and retired congressman to get pro-drug legislation passed. Newspapers and magazines receive billions of dollars a year in advertising, and investment firms make big bucks touting the latest snake oil; so it would be a rare article indeed that went against Big Pharma. The industry is motivated by the bottom line and shareholders not Science. A Google search of Ritalin and Cocaine, Prozac, school shootings, will show even the most skeptical that something is horribly wrong when 6 million school children ( plans are in place to increase this by 40% each year) are on anti-depressant drugs prescribed to handle “disorders” created to sell the drugs. Michael Hammond The pharmaceutical industry makes billions of dollars drugging school children and this is a form of genocide: condemning millions of young lives to a drug addicted future. They employ “experts” and lobbyist and hire ex FDA personnel and retired congressman to get pro-drug legislation passed. Newspapers and magazines receive billions of dollars a year in advertising, and investment firms make big bucks touting the latest snake oil; so it would be a rare article indeed that went against Big Pharma. The industry is motivated by the bottom line and shareholders not Science. A Google search of Ritalin and Cocaine, Prozac, school shootings, will show even the most skeptical that something is horribly wrong when 6 million school children ( plans are in place to increase this by 40% each year) are on anti-depressant drugs prescribed to handle “disorders” created to sell the drugs. Michael Hammond

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