H @aol.com wrote: I got off of psychiatric drugs nine years ago after being on them 29 years. I had to go off gradually and even then I had a lot of trouble. I got pretty cranky (possibly a personality change caused by the medicine) [Fred A. Baughman Jr.,… Read more »

Connie K wrote: I have a 9 year old daughter that has been diagnios with ADHD. She had been on Aderall, Dexindrene and Concerta. Nothing is making the teachers, the doctors or my X-husband happy. What do I do? Where do I go? How can I help my… Read more »

JF J wrote: Dr. Baughman The “disease” debate detracts focus from the real issue, the 1991 Disabilities Act which pays individuals and/or institutions who handle the “disabled” [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: wrong, Sir, the entire medicalization, leading to the “disabled” designation begins with some “disease”… Read more »

R A wrote: Please help me! I was misdiagnosed with ADD so the medication worked like speed in my system for 5 years. [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: Rachel, you were not “mis-diagnosed” that is, mistakenly said to have ADD when you did not. There is no such disease as… Read more »

[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: Dear K , follow the money. As you know, narcolepsy is a real nervous system disease/abnormality, ADHD and the other DBDs are inventions, contrivances for which to rx. Ritalin and amphetamines, from which to profit. For the benefit of my website readers would… Read more »