[Dialogue] Fwd: Brasscheck TV: How many people do you know...

Sat Jan 10 19:04:00 EST 2009

Well said, Karl.  I became convinced of the reality of chemical  imbalance 
when I saw dramatic change after medication in Terrence Wright's  bipolar 
disorder.

I also witnessed dramatic change in a second grade girl in a classroom of  
mine.  She was obviously bright, from her verbal skills, but she had never  been 
able to sit still long enough to learn to read.  Within a few weeks of  
medication she went from non-reader to fluent reader.  In the past that  child 
might have been diagnosed as retarded because she could not learn to  read.

Karen Bueno

In a message dated 1/10/2009 4:42:55 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
khess at apk.net writes:

Searches  for root causes tend to end in infinite regression -  for 
Christians back  to the Garden and the apple. So I don't find that a very useful 
question.  I do think it is worth distinguishing three elements, although it is  
mostly theoretical and real cases are mixed.   I think it is pretty  likely that 
for the first million years or so, hyperactive children were  likely more 
successful at avoiding dangerous animals.  Pondering a  rustling in the grass 
could easily be fatal.   So genes for hyperactivity  would possibly have been of 
survival value.  Clearly they are not of  value in a contemporary school.  

Then there is the question of psychodynamic aspects and the communities  the 
kids live in. And then there is also the element of chemical pollution of  the 
environment which fetal or child brains can be extremely susceptible to.  The 
commonest known of these is lead which is poisonous in doses far  lower than 
the government is willing to admit.  

Karl

On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:25 PM, Tracy E. Longacre wrote:

The  thing I always wonder is – what is happening to these kids in the first  
place? I’ve no doubt that the drugs work well for those who truly need them.  
I am also extremely suspicious of their overuse. However, for me, it just  
begs the question – what’s the root cause?

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Jack,

In  my practice I saw lots of kids who seemed bright but who were getting  
failing grades.  Many of these kids' self-image was in the toilet and  they were 
about to give up on ever succeeding in school.  Some thought  they just 
weren't trying.  Some seemed to have major attentional  problems and I tried them 
on dexedrine-like medications.  Some went to  straight A's with a lot less 
effort than they had been expending before. One  kid's mother told me that he was 
a pitcher on the jr hi baseball team, and  on the mound just couldn't focus 
his attention on the batter.  The  first day he took the ritalin, he pitched a  
no-hitter.

Certainly  all treatments can be overused.  Much of this is the consequence 
of  primitive capitalism - the manipulated market is always right.  The  drugs 
are way overpriced. 

They  have a very valuable place in my experience.

Karl

On  Jan 9, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jack Gilles wrote:

Dear  Colleagues,

I  don't often forward emails of issues that I get from time to time.  But  
this one on the drug industry is one that I want people to see.  All of  us 
know if people who are being treated for mental issues through drugs,  especially 
children.  This piece will allow you to see the scam much of  this is.  I 
hope Obama's administration will change this  situation.

BTW,  this site is worth signing up for.  The vast majority of ones I've seen 
 are pretty good.

Jack

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Date: January 9, 2009  3:29:54 AM GMT-07:00

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Subject: Brasscheck  TV:   How many people do you  know...

Jack

How  many people do you know who 
have been diagnosed with  some
kind of "mental disorder"...

One that coincidentally  requires
a lifetime on drugs? 

Thirty years ago this was  incredibly
rare.

Now in countries like the US and 
the UK, it's so common, it's  practically
the norm. 

What's going on?

The  answer:

_http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/527.html_ 
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