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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child has been diagnosed with an astigmatism but I’ve heard that glasses cause headaches and can lead to further degradation of vision. I’d like to try therapy and vitamins and see if that can help before putting him in glasses. Can anyone recommend a good protocol? [/quote] PP. You are gold! All this BS about waiting and seeing or trying all alternatives is a result of stigma against ADHD and psychiatric meds. No parent is reluctant to medicate what they see as "real problems" but, sadly, many parents view developmental disorders and mental illnesses as not real or a product of poor parenting or due to moral or character weakness. [/quote] Again. Overly simplistic. ADHD is also easily and [b]overly[/b] diagnosed these days. My kids ped started asking about focus and if we had concerns when they were each not even 5. She was looking for it.[/quote] PP can you provide a citation to the "overly diagnosed". Overly diagnosed means something very specific - it is being diagnosed frequently in situations where the diagnosed person doesn't actually have ADHD. [/quote] Not PP, but adhd diagnoses are a third greater for young for grade students than old for grade ones. Doesn't that raise your eyebrows just a little?[/quote] citation please - what is the source of your stat ? Several obvious reasons why jump to mind but it's hard to address your stat without source. [/quote] There was a huge study in Canada. Canada school enrollment goes strictly by calendar year. So everyone born between jan 1 and Dec 32 is in one grade like everyone born in 2010 is in 8th grade, 2013 is in 5th grade, etc. Then the study looked at adhd prescriptions which is easy because Canada’s health care is nationalized. They found that the youngest kids -those born in the fall were far more likely to get diagnosed with adhd and prescribed medication [/quote] This is not a citation. A citation tells where the “huge study” can be found.[/quote]
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