Wednesday MSNBC.com reported on a study published in the CDC publication Incidence and Mortality. In it, new results of a survey of parents with children aged 4 to 17 say that the doctor or health care provider told them that their child had ADHD.
This means that 1 in 10 children today have been diagnosed with ADHD - a number that has risen sharply since 2003, and scientists have no clear understanding of why this is so. (Think about the PR campaign and advertising dollars, as well as the penetration of school systems into children).
This diagnosis is most often treated with drugs. In fact, in a new government study, about two thirds of the children who were told that they have ADHD are on medication; in particular psychostimulants. (Think Ritalin, Adderall, which are similar to street drugs, such as meth and cocaine.)
What is not reported in this article or study is how this medicine affects the lives of these young people. Imagine how well someone will survive if they use meth on the street for only a few months. In the best way, most of these ADHD tagged babies are on similar drugs - for YEARS. For most, they are trapped in a life of drug use and addiction that we would not want from our worst enemies.
Biophysical rehabilitation centers treat many of these children and young people. They find that a large amount suffers from serious side effects due to these stimulants and additionally adds to the speed and other substances due to the secondary dependencies that follow. Biophysical rehabilitation is usually a long-term rehabilitation center that focuses on getting all the remnants of the drug and other drugs out of the body’s tissues. This type of rehabilitation process frees one from the feeling that they must continue to use these stimulants to wake up, talk, think and stay on their guard during the day.
This is due to the fact that with the use of these drugs a depleting spiral of dependence develops. Initially, drugs seem to work as a focal point, and concentration increases. But as our bodies strengthen our tolerance to methamphetamines (ADHD medications or street metamers are the same), the need for large quantities develops. Large quantities open the door to trouble with food and sleep, so they resort to medicines to help them even out. Common examples of secondary addictions for ADHD are the use / abuse of sleeping pills, alcohol, marijuana, or other potent substances, such as pain tablets, heroin, and benzos. Sometimes a person lives the life of a swing, which needs a lot of stimulants to just wake up and function every morning, and then the need to counteract the stimulants so that they can sleep. This cycle will degrade to such an extent that a person will no longer feel normal, able to emotion or perform everyday everyday functions.
Ultimately, the form of cocaine psychosis begins, and the person begins to hallucinate with extreme paranoia; believers wear them, listen to calls, FBI people in the bushes, etc. Unfortunately, traditional 28-day rehabilitation simply does not help this type of addiction very well. They just say they need to sleep more and wake them up for group therapy four times a day. Biophysical rehabilitation programs seem to take on the role of a lion in this type of addiction, because they provide a more effective type of treatment that is necessary for someone to feel normal again.
