Ew! stalker who want to know my nameof CA6:28PM September 16, 2011
I would want to see what the numbers are when you take out any subject with addiction in his/her background.
My understanding is those with alcoholic parent, uncle, aunt have 4 to 6 times the chance of developing addiction - which could certainly push the curve.
Since both addiction and ADD/ADHD are diseases of the brain, it seems logical they may be related.
CDCof WA12:10PM June 13, 2011
THANK YOU. We can teach kids 2nd languages in the 1st grade, but we can't teach them how to manage the gift that society calls a disability. While me and the other kids with ADHD weren't able to focus on one single task, we were the most creative kids in the school. We excelled in school projects because ideas flowed threw our heads like the Nile. The running backs & the sprinters on the track team were all diagnosed with hypertension. Every situation is different & your child may need medication, but it should be used as a supplement not a solution. That's my take on it.
Robertof AR2:46AM June 11, 2011
I believe if children are diagnosed early with ADHD and are put on a regimen of medication before the age of street drug experimentation they will have their emotional state and brain chemical imbalance under control and will not turn to street drugs to make them feel normal. I believe medication for brain disorders just like physical disorders need to be regulated by medication and there will be no desire to experiment with street drugs. A diabetic needs insulin to make them normal and a person with ADHD needs medication to regulate the brain chemistry to make them normal. We would not dream of telling someone with diabetes to just stop eating sugar and watch their diet the same way we should not tell someone with a chemical imbalance in the brain to just get their act together. These diseases need medication to counteract the chemical imbalances in their bodies. I don't think getting a child on medication to regulate the chemical imbalances is a definate solution to not using street drugs or alcohol but I think there is a better chance of it not happening if the brain chemistry in balanced by medication.
Janet Simmonsof NJ11:45AM June 07, 2011
Does it ever occur to anyone that maybe medicating our kids opens the door for adiction. Giving them a legal form of meth that they usually take for long periods have something to do with a higher risk of substance abuse. My husband has it, & had history with substance abuse, and it started after being diagnosed with ADHD and being medicate as a child! It's not the disorder; it's the drug we hook our kids to!
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