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Category Archives: ADHD
On the Road to High School
It’s 5 p.m. and I’ve had a full day but it’s not quite over yet. I’ve already made six trips to the high school and there’s one more to go before my day is over. Here’s the twist: school doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Diet, Happiness, Parenting
Tagged chocolate milk, high school, kindergarten, man-child, school registration, school taxi, snacks, train crossing, two campuses, walking to school
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The Tale of One Family
Today, I happened upon this article. It is about a couple, Alan and Marlene Wright, residents of the U.K. who lost their only son at the age of 14. They subsequently adopted two young half-brothers who had been neglected and … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Hair Testing, Parenting, Symptoms
Tagged adhd, andrew hall cutler, carjacking, conduct disorder, ddi hair test, defiant, disorder, doctor's data, genes, genetics, hair elements, hyperactive, marlene wright, mental illness, nature vs nurture, odd, oppositional, prison, violence
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Lead Poisoning, From Where I Sit
We love to talk about nature vs. nurture, please don’t dismiss toxic environmental factors. This post has been a long time coming. It’s not the easiest of subjects, but who said progress is easy? My grand thesis statement for today’s post is this: lead … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Lead, Status
Tagged abuse, add, adhd, anger, beethoven, behavioral, bragging, cd, conduct disorder, lead poisoning, lead toxicity, lying, narcissism, odd, personality, prison, roman empire, symtom, trait, violence
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There’s the Truth and then There’s Everything Else
The latest vaccine-autism study denies a link and gets widespread media attention yet a new scientific study that shows that mercury is a factor in brain damage via vaccination gets stonewalled. With this sort of serious topic and all the emotions that go … Continue reading
Limiting Decisions and the Road Less Traveled
In July, 2002, I began a journey of relearning many things I assumed I knew about health. Earlier in March, I finished a consulting job for a big pharmaceutical company and was offered new positions by two consulting groups who had also worked on the … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Happiness, Heavy Metal Toxicity
Tagged adhd, asd, attention deficit, autism, autism spectrum, limiting decisions, mercury poisoning, road less traveled
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Blood Lead Tests for Children: Many False Negatives
Blood lead tests are recommended in my state for young children going into preschool, daycare, or kindergarten. For our community, the tests are often waved by the parent(s) and pediatrician unless there is a principal reason to suspect lead exposure. Despite my … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Hair Testing, Lead, Parenting
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ADHD and Diet: Start with an Elimination Diet
Last week I mentioned my mini-revelation years ago regarding grilled cheese vs. chicken and broccoli, along with the notion that when some kids eat sweets, they wig out (while other kids don’t). If you look at the literature, you can … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Diet, Heavy Metal Toxicity
Tagged adhd, anger, candida, gfcf, high copper, hyper, hypoglycemia, leaky gut, phenol intolerance, phenols, sensativity, sugar, yeast
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Diet and Behavior: First Clues
In 2001, I noticed that there was something universally out of sorts with our family. Among other clues, it was apparent that we had a penchant for being overly sensitive and easy to anger. In the summer of 2002, when … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Diet, Parenting, Symptoms
Tagged anger, bad behavior, diet connection, gfcf, heavy metal toxicity, sugar
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ADHD and More, Time to Think Outside the Box
This morning, I took a look around the internet to see what, if anything has changed in the mainstream literature regarding attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADD/ADHD. Truthfully, I didn’t have to look far. And frankly, what I … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Brain Healing, Heavy Metal Toxicity
Tagged acne, add, adhd, amphetamines, anger issues, anxiety, asperger syndrome, attention deficit, autism, bipolar disorder, brains chemisty, common eating disorders, conduct disorder, correlation, depression, dishonesty, distraction, doctors, dyslexia, endocrine, extreme shyness, g.i. tract, genes, heredity, homeostasis, hyperactivity, impulsiveness, indecision, insomnia, insurance, lethargy, liver, mood swings, neurological development, obsessive thoughts, OCD, oppositional defiant disorder, pervasive developmental delay (PDD), procrastination, reading problems, social maladjustment, stimulants, Tourette’s syndrome, toxins, WebMD, western medicine paradigm paralysis
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