tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post8488442930020426597..comments2023-05-29T06:37:18.535-05:00Comments on Shades of Grey: A Note From A Child PsychiatristSkyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198283033410908267noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-12394785960509760522009-03-04T07:02:00.000-06:002009-03-04T07:02:00.000-06:00Yes Brazen, I do believe that there truly are some...Yes Brazen, I do believe that there truly are some people who are ADD etc., just not as many as are diagnosed in today's world.<BR/><BR/>Definitely Kudos to your parents for helping you out the way they did, that's what good parents do! I wish my parents had been as supportive of my interest in the arts, but thats a whole other story altogether!<BR/><BR/>I however wasn't such a good parent. If you scroll back through my blog, you'll find the other posts a few pages back. That will help to explain why I believe parents need to take back the job of parenting and pay more attention to exactly what it is that their children are doing.Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198283033410908267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-69514553107991994622009-03-03T13:50:00.000-06:002009-03-03T13:50:00.000-06:00I am absolutely without a doubt ADD. I have read a...I am absolutely without a doubt ADD. I have read about it, taken evaluations, and spoken with medical professionals.<BR/><BR/>ADD was just emerging in the 1980's when I was school bound, and my parents didn't feel much pressure from my school or society at large to get me tested.<BR/><BR/>And I struggled. I surely did. And even though I barely made it out of high school with a 2.3 GPA, I got into a good state college, I was a talented artist, reader and writer... and I landed a 29 on my ACT's... <BR/><BR/>And I did it all connected to myself... rather than Aderoll. Kudos to Mr. and Mrs. Brazen- to them I indebted for their loving support in the midst of teacher conferences, forged report cards, and quite possibly the messiest room in northeast ohio.This Brazen Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924652859389870978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-43110979105240816922009-03-01T11:44:00.000-06:002009-03-01T11:44:00.000-06:00"Too many kids are whacked out on all these drugs ..."Too many kids are whacked out on all these drugs - no wonder they have issues."<BR/><BR/>Not only that, but the pharmaceutical drugs are addictive and soon don't do any good. Hense the "upgrade" to pot, cocaine, heroin, etc. It's a vicious cycle, one that needs to be stopped!Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198283033410908267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-75790256493453013772009-03-01T08:16:00.000-06:002009-03-01T08:16:00.000-06:00Hi Skye,My own experience was with the schools - w...Hi Skye,<BR/><BR/>My own experience was with the schools - when I told our doctor he laughed out loud (I had a good doc). The school insisted and long story short he was out of that place the next year - where he happily went about his learning...<BR/><BR/>I think too it's an easy fix for parents that don't want to discipline properly and set guidelines for behaviour. <BR/><BR/>Wake up people - parenthood is no walk in the park, sometimes we can't be 'friends' to our children - sometimes it's better to be the PARENT - with all the hardness that entails.<BR/><BR/>Too many kids are whacked out on all these drugs - no wonder they have issues.<BR/><BR/>:(Magdelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915263164804985540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-45717794124242208302009-02-28T07:38:00.000-06:002009-02-28T07:38:00.000-06:00It is sad Etta, my daughter was one of them as I p...It is sad Etta, my daughter was one of them as I posted here in my blog earlier. You can find them under the same label of Kids On Meds. It's horrible what I had done to my daughter under the advise of doctors. <BR/><BR/>Thankfully, she is a perfectly normal child now all due to the man in my life, Silverfish. I don't know where I'd be today if he hadn't taught me how to be a parent!Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198283033410908267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-88791421925773916652009-02-28T07:32:00.000-06:002009-02-28T07:32:00.000-06:00I know Penny, I didn't know a single kid with add,...I know Penny, I didn't know a single kid with add, adhd, bipolar disorder or any other's of those made up crap-shoot big pharma created problems. It seems 3 out of 5 kids are now diagnosed with it simply because parents aren't allowed to spank their kids anymore. Some kids are just naturally calm and don't need the dicipline that other's do, but then there are kids like Munchkin (my youngest), she was a holy terror. As I've already posted the whole situation, I won't go back into it, but thank god Silv got to me when he did!<BR/><BR/>Good for you for not putting your kid on meds, and hurray for your doc being old school!Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198283033410908267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-33254668327427191942009-02-27T10:02:00.000-06:002009-02-27T10:02:00.000-06:00Good article. It is funny that when society said w...Good article. It is funny that when society said we can't spank our children any more, the temper tantrums started and the medical community says our children are all ADD riddled Bi-Polar idiots. It is so sad when I think of a child living while under a drug induced daze.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178737973585191754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064100155585547583.post-44543260144328117102009-02-27T07:15:00.000-06:002009-02-27T07:15:00.000-06:00A subject I feel strongly about.medicating kids is...A subject I feel strongly about.<BR/>medicating kids is a lot of bullshit.<BR/>but big pharma loves it.<BR/><BR/>when I was a kid, no kids were adhd, or bipolar, or any other labels.<BR/><BR/>my own kid was busy, I mean super busy, I think I ran miles behind her daily when she was younger.<BR/><BR/>And I am not kidding!<BR/>I recall one gal at the time saying, you don't have a play pen for her<BR/>No<BR/>god, if anyone needs one, you do for that kid.<BR/><BR/>she meant well, but. No thanks.<BR/><BR/>My MiL, told me my daughter was hyperactive, repeatedly. I was beside myself. She had raised three kids, me, that was my only.<BR/>Thankfully the old school doctor, said, bollocks to that, she is not hyperactive she is active and interested.<BR/>Man did I tell my MiL, she is not hyper, she is active and interested and that is dam good, now could you stop saying that to me, repeatedly.<BR/>god, sometimes these people really undermine a new mom's confidence.<BR/>Cause I didn't think she was, I knew she was a "go go girl"<BR/>that's what I called her, but dam I liked that better then some lethargic kid.<BR/>she always loved everything and was enthusiastic about it all<BR/>ya know what I mean?<BR/>I am always so glad, this doc was old school!Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.com