Released on = February 8, 2006, 7:59 pm

Press Release Author = Celebrate! ADHD

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = Children with ADHD should be celebrated, not medicated as a
first option. It is tragic that 75 of 100 kids who walk into a psychiatrist's office
for the very first time walk out with a prescription in hand for a stimulant
medication to treat ADHD.

Press Release Body = (Washington, D.C.) February 10, 2006 - Children with ADHD
should be celebrated, not medicated as a first option.

Yesterday\'s admission by the government that 79 people had either died suddenly or
suffered serious cardiovascular problems after taking drugs to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder has caused great alarm among parents.

It is tragic that 75 of 100 kids who walk into a psychiatrist\'s office for the very
first time walk out with a prescription in hand for a stimulant medication to treat
ADHD.

Kirk Martin, Founder of educational organization Celebrate!ADHD, insists, "We must
change everything else-our attitudes and expectations, diet and nutrition, the way
we reach and teach kids-before we change our children through medication."

Martin asserts the following:
· Children with ADHD are often medicated as a first option for the convenience of
adults who want to make them compliant.

· Kids with ADHD don\'t need to be changed - Celebrate!ADHD has witnessed an 85%
reduction in use of Ritalin by working with a child\'s nature instead of against it.

· Children with ADHD possess superior traits their peers do not possess. In fact,
society desperately needs the energy, creativity, imagination, passion and
persistence that only children with ADHD possess.

The gravest danger of overmedicating is destroying a child\'s confidence, self-worth
and sense of identity.

"When we seek to change our children by first medicating," Martin insists, "we send
the insidious message that they are inherently inferior and incapable of
self-control. We should not tell our children that they can be successful only if we
change who they are."

Contrary to the prevailing fatalistic view of ADHD, Celebrate!ADHD celebrates and
cultivates the advantageous qualities specifically afforded by ADHD. The
organization advocates positive strategies to increase focus, improve school
performance and build confidence.

Martin adds this advice for parents. "Your attitude is more potent than any
medication."

For a free newsletter filled with practical tips to help parents of children with
ADHD, please visit www.celebrateADHD.com or email
Kirk Martin at ADHDcamp@aol.com .

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Kirk Martin is Founder of Celebrate!ADHD and author of four books. He can be reached
at ADHDcamp@aol.com .


Web Site = http://www.celebrateADHD.com

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