ADHD - To Medicate Or Not to Medicate?

As with many other medical drugs, ADHDfood, is a potential toxin.
medicine's have a history of causing someThe job of the parent is to see to it that their
negative side effects in some patients takingchildren learn how to function in society. This
those drugs. Parents of ADHD children are facedbegins with school. Children need to be able to
with the very troubling decision of whether or notfunction in school where there are also taught
to place their children on medication. How doeshow to function in society. If they are unable to
one decide?function in school and this is not corrected, they
First, parents generally don't want to do anythingmost likely will not be able to function in society
that they know could potentially hurt their children.and the end result will be institutionalization.
So when you hear the negative side effects ofIf an ADHD child has symptoms that are
ADHD medication, it really scares you. Some havepreventing them from being able to function in
complained that children have suffered liverschool, the only options are home schooling,
damage while some have complained that theirtherapy and medication. Home schooling is simply
children stopped growing.not an option for everybody. Scientists have
However, perhaps they should do some researchproven that 70 to 80% of ADHD children do best
on Tylenol. Babies and children are given Tylenolwith a combination of medication and therapy.
at very young ages and Tylenol is also a medicineThey have also proven that therapy alone is not
with potentially deadly side effects. The fact ofsufficient enough in most cases. Therefore, if the
the matter is that the human body was notADHD child is not able to function in school, a
designed with these medications. Therefore, anyparent should choose to medicate.
substance entering the human body, including