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Besides, there are other things you can do for ADD. If I had a kid
diagnosed by the school as having ADD, I'd take him (or her, but more
likely him) to his own pediatrician, and get a referral to a disinterested
specialist, if need be. And then I'd look at what can be done besides
drugging the kid; for instance, there's a biofeedback center here in
Austin that claims some success in helping with the treatment of ADD.
(With biofeedback, you have to meet the people treating you at least
halfway; with drugs, you just have to swallow the crap.) I'm sure there
are other ways of dealing with the problem without drugging the kid.
I am in a nagging mood tonigth (just returned from Chicago from a one day
buisness trip) but it is key to differentiate between ADD and ADHD. ADD does
not respond to Ritilin. It is an amorphous entity and is much more
overdiagnosed than ADHD. They are not the same thing.
