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Quote: "Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The
difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul." R.D. Laving.
Ritalin: one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs available
Ritalin is a drug manufactured by CibaGeneva Pharmaceuticals (also known as Ciba-Geigy), which is a
division of Novartis.
In the USA and Canada this drug is being prescribed to millions of school children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The drug is highly addictive. The war on drugs is doomed to failure as long as Ritalin can be
prescribed legally.
ADHD-like symptoms are often just the result of poor nutrition. Such common things as candy, soft
drinks and other sweet items can cause those symptoms.
If your child has ADHD-like symptoms, then ensure he or she gets nutritious food. Avoid candy, sugar
and other sweet items, especially in the morning before school and during school hours. If your
child has a craving for sweet items, then it can be caused by lack of vitamin C and can be handled
by giving the child a supplement of about 500 mg vitamin C daily.
Refined food like white bread, french fries, potato chips etc. is no good.
Fresh fruit and fresh vegetables are very important items in a persons diet. They contain vitamins
and other vital ingredients.
Sufficient physical exercise is also important to maintain good health.
Hyperactivity can also be caused by a lack of certain nutritional supplements: niacinamide, B-
complex, C, zink, magnesium, chrome, manganese.
If the above does not help, then your child may be allergic to some types of food. Get your child
tested for allergy and avoid the types of food that the child is allergic to.
Get more advice at Alternative Mental Health Online Home Page
School kids are being destroyed by Ritalin. Here is some testimony:
"My son has a really hard time concentrating and is very easily frustrated. Public schools are
really not capable to handle children like this so they really force the issue of placing them on
drugs. They told me that if I continued to be resistant to the idea of placing him on ritalin that
he would fail and it would be totally my fault. They also told me that most kids with this disorder
would need anti depressants and would become addicted to drugs down the road. I feel totally lost
and I just don't know what to do. He is in a special class now and is teased unmercifully by the
neighbor hood kids. I really would appreciate any help you could give because the school
psychiatrist is absolutely no help at all."
M.B.
"As an educator and a parent, I strongly disagree with medicating students who are labeled as
"disruptive", "a behaviour problem" and/or "ADD or ADHD" with ritalin.I do not understand how some
supposedly "professional" educators could demand that parents put their children on addictive drugs
because they can't cope with a child whose behaviour isn't acceptable. The child may become very
quiet and subdued, but they won't be learning!
I have taught in two different classrooms in which there was an unfortunate child on "meds"
(specifically Ritalin) and have seen the negative affects of this doping. In each case, the child
was prescribed one pill before school and one at lunch. In the morning both of the children, one in
grade 4 and one in grade 5, were lethargic and quiet, or alternateley defiant and disruptive. In the
case of the grade 4 student, after his noon pill, he would be unfocused and his eyes became vacant
and staring. After about 2:00 pm, the child would become increasingly disoriented, frustrated and
therefore would act out by throwing things (including his desk), crying, hiding under his desk and
slamming rulers and pencils.
The grade five student had difficulty breathing and would complain of headaches and nausea after
Physical Education, although he was an athletic boy who really enjoyed the class. He would often
"crash" in the afternoon - unable to concentrate or enjoy interesting lessons and activities. The
poor boy had little or no retention of concepts and facts that he had understood the day before. He
was often reduced to laying with his head on the desk in a stupor which left him feeling "wrong". He
also complained of headaches and nausea in the afternoon even when he hadn't participated in any
physical activity. He was either stoned or coming down from the Ritalin. Ritalin is a class II
controlled substance. How could he learn?
He often complained of not being able to understand anything. He felt "stupid". I'd feel stupid,
too, if I was stoned in school ( especially by no choice of my own). He felt angry. He felt
frustrated. He felt ill.
Both of these children were "diagnosed" with ADHD and ADD respectively. I had little contact with
the parents of the grade 4 child, but in speaking with the foster parents of the grade five child, I
learned that they had looked into alternative medication and treatments, but were having difficulty
getting any cooperation from the local doctors or the Ministry of Family Services for further
testing and referrals to other Child Psychologists. One Doctor, one diagnosis, no choices.
These children are being condemned to never reaching their potential, to a life of feeling "stupid",
and all research I have read points to a predisposition for drug abuse later in life, as well as
other serious physical maladies that have been linked to this drug. Please, parents. Don't condemn
your little one. If you put your child on Ritalin you may as well just buy him a crack pipe for
Christmas."
Anonymous Teacher
Find more information about Ritalin here:
Death from Ritalin/The ADHD Truth
Talking Back to Ritalin--New Breggin Book Excerpts
Psychiatrists and Ritalin
All About ADD/ADHD, Ritalin, Attention Deficit Disorder
No More Ritalin-Treating ADHD Without Drugs, A Mother's Journey/A Physician's Approach
Psychiatry: The Ultimate Drug Pusher
Do you have testimony? Then please send it to [email protected] for posting on this web-site.
By doing so, you will contribute to getting this junk off the market
Quote: "Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The
difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul." R.D. Laving.
Ritalin: one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs available
Ritalin is a drug manufactured by CibaGeneva Pharmaceuticals (also known as Ciba-Geigy), which is a
division of Novartis.
In the USA and Canada this drug is being prescribed to millions of school children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The drug is highly addictive. The war on drugs is doomed to failure as long as Ritalin can be
prescribed legally.
ADHD-like symptoms are often just the result of poor nutrition. Such common things as candy, soft
drinks and other sweet items can cause those symptoms.
If your child has ADHD-like symptoms, then ensure he or she gets nutritious food. Avoid candy, sugar
and other sweet items, especially in the morning before school and during school hours. If your
child has a craving for sweet items, then it can be caused by lack of vitamin C and can be handled
by giving the child a supplement of about 500 mg vitamin C daily.
Refined food like white bread, french fries, potato chips etc. is no good.
Fresh fruit and fresh vegetables are very important items in a persons diet. They contain vitamins
and other vital ingredients.
Sufficient physical exercise is also important to maintain good health.
Hyperactivity can also be caused by a lack of certain nutritional supplements: niacinamide, B-
complex, C, zink, magnesium, chrome, manganese.
If the above does not help, then your child may be allergic to some types of food. Get your child
tested for allergy and avoid the types of food that the child is allergic to.
Get more advice at Alternative Mental Health Online Home Page
School kids are being destroyed by Ritalin. Here is some testimony:
"My son has a really hard time concentrating and is very easily frustrated. Public schools are
really not capable to handle children like this so they really force the issue of placing them on
drugs. They told me that if I continued to be resistant to the idea of placing him on ritalin that
he would fail and it would be totally my fault. They also told me that most kids with this disorder
would need anti depressants and would become addicted to drugs down the road. I feel totally lost
and I just don't know what to do. He is in a special class now and is teased unmercifully by the
neighbor hood kids. I really would appreciate any help you could give because the school
psychiatrist is absolutely no help at all."
M.B.
"As an educator and a parent, I strongly disagree with medicating students who are labeled as
"disruptive", "a behaviour problem" and/or "ADD or ADHD" with ritalin.I do not understand how some
supposedly "professional" educators could demand that parents put their children on addictive drugs
because they can't cope with a child whose behaviour isn't acceptable. The child may become very
quiet and subdued, but they won't be learning!
I have taught in two different classrooms in which there was an unfortunate child on "meds"
(specifically Ritalin) and have seen the negative affects of this doping. In each case, the child
was prescribed one pill before school and one at lunch. In the morning both of the children, one in
grade 4 and one in grade 5, were lethargic and quiet, or alternateley defiant and disruptive. In the
case of the grade 4 student, after his noon pill, he would be unfocused and his eyes became vacant
and staring. After about 2:00 pm, the child would become increasingly disoriented, frustrated and
therefore would act out by throwing things (including his desk), crying, hiding under his desk and
slamming rulers and pencils.
The grade five student had difficulty breathing and would complain of headaches and nausea after
Physical Education, although he was an athletic boy who really enjoyed the class. He would often
"crash" in the afternoon - unable to concentrate or enjoy interesting lessons and activities. The
poor boy had little or no retention of concepts and facts that he had understood the day before. He
was often reduced to laying with his head on the desk in a stupor which left him feeling "wrong". He
also complained of headaches and nausea in the afternoon even when he hadn't participated in any
physical activity. He was either stoned or coming down from the Ritalin. Ritalin is a class II
controlled substance. How could he learn?
He often complained of not being able to understand anything. He felt "stupid". I'd feel stupid,
too, if I was stoned in school ( especially by no choice of my own). He felt angry. He felt
frustrated. He felt ill.
Both of these children were "diagnosed" with ADHD and ADD respectively. I had little contact with
the parents of the grade 4 child, but in speaking with the foster parents of the grade five child, I
learned that they had looked into alternative medication and treatments, but were having difficulty
getting any cooperation from the local doctors or the Ministry of Family Services for further
testing and referrals to other Child Psychologists. One Doctor, one diagnosis, no choices.
These children are being condemned to never reaching their potential, to a life of feeling "stupid",
and all research I have read points to a predisposition for drug abuse later in life, as well as
other serious physical maladies that have been linked to this drug. Please, parents. Don't condemn
your little one. If you put your child on Ritalin you may as well just buy him a crack pipe for
Christmas."
Anonymous Teacher
Find more information about Ritalin here:
Death from Ritalin/The ADHD Truth
Talking Back to Ritalin--New Breggin Book Excerpts
Psychiatrists and Ritalin
All About ADD/ADHD, Ritalin, Attention Deficit Disorder
No More Ritalin-Treating ADHD Without Drugs, A Mother's Journey/A Physician's Approach
Psychiatry: The Ultimate Drug Pusher
Do you have testimony? Then please send it to [email protected] for posting on this web-site.
By doing so, you will contribute to getting this junk off the market