ADHD is Not an Illness and Ritalin is Not a Cure:A Comprehensive Rebuttal of the (alleged) Scientific ConsensusYaakov OphirTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Everyone has occasional highs and lows in their moods. But people with bipolar disorder have extreme mood changes. They can go from feeling very sad, despairing, helpless, worthless, and hopeless (depression) to feeling as if they are on top of the world, hyperactive, creative, irritable or ...
This is almost entirely false. Actually, lower IQ isn't specifically related to ADHD. People with ADHD are often perceived to have low intelligence because they work differently than the rest of the population. Does autism run in families? ASD has a tendency to run in families, but the inhe...
This is how a child with ADHD feels when told to tidy their room. (Though, to be fair, many adults with ADHD feel this way, too.) It’s a baffling, insurmountable task with no real beginning or end. After all, a room has different areas, different furniture, and lots of different ...
Today millions of Americans use acupuncture each year, often for chronic pain, but there has been considerable controversy surrounding its value as a therapy and whether it is anything more than placebo. Research exploring a number of possible mechanisms for acupuncture’s pain-relieving effects is ...
“Studies show that the average child with ADHD has one to two negative interactions per minute with parents, peers, and teachers,” says Pelham. “If you extrapolate, that’s half a million negative interactions a year. Either you sit back and let your child have those negative experiences,...
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) alters the pattern of information processing in children with ADHD: Evidence from drift diffusion modeling. Neurophysiol. Clin. 2022, 52, 17–27. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Galimberti, A.; Tik, M.; Pellegrino, G.; Schuler, A.L. Effectiveness ...
In a hadith narrated by Umm Salamah (Radeyallahu 'Anha), the wife of the Prophet Muhammad (S allallahu 'alayhe wa alehe wa sallam), reports that he once said: "Allah has not placed a cure for your diseases in things that He has forbidden for you."[7] In another hadith, Abu ad...
Hyperactivity disorders. Regulation of melatonin production in kids with hyperactivity disorders, like ADHD, has been shown to be impaired. While melatonin should not be used to treat ADHD, parents can consult their pediatrician about low-dose melatonin supplementation as a means to helping their chil...
Itcan raise blood pressure, especially in people who already have some degree of elevation. It is not recommended for chronic use. The second issue is whether your girlfriend has a condition like ADHD, and if so, if pseudoephedrine is a useful treatment. ...