[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: I agree with every word written here by Anne, a confessed Ritalin/speed freak. And today we have Novartis, itself and Russell Barkely and Joseph Biederman, and Tim Wilens, all of CHADD, created by Novartis, for Novartis trumpeting the their fraudulent research that asks parents/the public to… Read more »
What follows is a letter from Diane Booth, a single mother, who, about 3 years ago had her only child, Vincent, then 6, court-ordered into a psychiatric hospital when she refused to accept, for him, a diagnosis of ADHD or a prescription of Ritalin….
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: What follows is a letter from Diane Booth, a single mother, who, about 3 years ago had her only child, Vincent, then 6, court-ordered into a psychiatric hospital when she refused to accept, for him, a diagnosis of ADHD or a prescription of Ritalin. Today, Vincent… Read more »
dear dr. baughman, my son is 10 years old and has been diagnosed with adhd,ocd,anxiety and dyslexia by a dr. of psychiatry and a number of teachers oh yes and psychologists………. …….they all have different opinions on my sons treatment but all want him to be medicated
lisa ******* dear dr. baughman, my son is 10 years old and has been diagnosed with adhd,ocd,anxiety and dyslexia [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: FB: not one is a disease due to a known, demonstrable abnormality in your son] by a dr. of psychiatry and a number… Read more »
Dear Maria, I’m providing one more e-mail that details one of the saddest cases I know of concerning a little boy that was removed from his mother because the school said he had “ADHD”, and the mother refused to put him on Ritalin.
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: Dawn, today I mailed this letter to the Judge Edwards, and copies of both letters with a “SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE REPORT” to the Santa Clara County Child Protective Service and the state. The mother, Diane Booth traveled into Washington State from Canada, was arrested and, today,… Read more »
My daughter was diagnosed with ADD when she was a child. I let her take Ritalin for 2 semesters & then stopped entierly. She started drug use several years later …
michelle wrote My daughter was diagnosed with ADD when she was a child. I let her take Ritalin for 2 semesters & then stopped entierly. She started drug use several years later [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: Novartis, and Dr. Biederman at Harvard and Barkley at the U. of… Read more »