ding scores increased by one whole grade level. He was now on the honor roll, and his teachers described his behavior as excellent. David looked forward to making it back to his original junior high school, at his respected grade level. He though of himself as responsive young man. David continued to experience greater success, but he also had his occasional setbacks. We know that most children that are diagnosed with ADHD do not have drug addictions running in their family. However, if this treatment can work for people like David, then it can most certainly be worth at least a try for other children with his same disorder, instead of repeatedly popping dangerous pills into their mouths, like Ritalin. Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder is a condition that many of the children of the United States are continuously getting diagnosed with more and more. This prognosis comes in combination, for the most part, with Ritalin. There has been a 700 percent increase in prescribing this drug since 1990. This statistic would not be as frightening if there was a cause for this disease, so that there would be a proper way to diagnose, so over-diagnosis did not take place. What we are doing to our children is trying to put the pieces of their life together as we see fit, like a puzzle. However, we stumble upon the situation where a piece does not fit were we want it to be. So, instead of taking our child for how they are, excepting their small differences and leaving the piece of lifes puzzle where it fits naturally, we try to smash the piece into place where it should be compared to all the other children. This is what happens when slightly different kids are diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Ritalin. The kids are manipulated into something that they are not. Hopefully, with some time, there will be a medication found that can treat ADHD without masking the childs true feelings. ...
