Self Help for Depression Tips

If you are prescribed with SSRIs type anti depressants, there are a few things that your doctor may not have told you. First one is that these drugs will probably raise our levels of serotonin which is a neurotransmitter in the brain and which controls our good mood. So, we become bright and breezy ! Great ! Only problem is that the drug will also affect our appetite and our sex drive. That is the bad news !

There are lots of ways though that self help for depression can be used in getting over this illness without having to rely too much on the drugs or indeed just to reduce our dependency on them. The first self help for depression tip is to make sure that you have someone who will call you every day to see how you are doing. All the research shows that having a supportive relationship and keeping it is an essential element in preventing and treating depression.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Statistics

Figures are bandied about but whatever attention deficit hyperactivity disorder statistics you look at nowadays, the numbers are always on the increase. Some estimates put the number of children affected at up to 10% and there is also a strong possibility that up to 25% of parents who have kids with ADHD, may have the condition themselves and that they never realised it! Not to mention the money made on psychostimulants by the drug companies who are just raking it in - up to 11 billion dollars a year. If the condition is left untreated, then there is a strong possibility (30% to 60%) that children will carry ADHD into their adult lives.

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To Medicate Or Not To Medicate ?

Recent deaths caused by overdoses of ADHD medications have hit the headlines but fortunately these are extremely rare. However it does raise the question yet again about whether these type of amphetamine drugs are safe. Recently anti-depressives and blood pressure drugs have been added to the armoury but even more doubts remain. Should we really be drugging our children like this ? The answer is no, in my opinion, because the drugs will never teach a child social skills, self control or how to behave responsibly and be accountable for his actions. the only way to teach these skills is through behavior therapy, family therapy or behavior modification as it is sometimes called. Call it what you will - the fact is that without learning a few simple techniques and strategies, parents are always going to be at a loss when faced with defiant aggressive kids.

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Out Of Control Behavior - Should I Medicate My Child?

Is ADHD Medication the Answer To Bad Behavior ?

Parents often want to know what effects ADHD medications will have on their child. Hard to tell but we now know that about 20% of children with ADHD just cannot cope with the medications due to the severe side effects. In addition bad behavior is not going to be cured using psychostimulants either ! Read the article below to find what you have to do to make sure your ADHD child is going to learn how to behave . This is just one of the things you will learn if you take an ADHD behavior therapy course.

Out of Control Behavior: Should I Medicate My Child?

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Parenting ADHD Kids - Who Is The Good Cop?

ADHD kids will soon exploit any weaknesses in their parents' armour and a classic one is where one of the parents takes a different stand on discipline issues or even how to interpret certain rules. There is some confusion about what is the bottom line in parenting ADHD kids. Read the article below to see how a united stand is essential in running your family. If one of you is the 'good cop' then there is something wrong ! Read also now ADHD behavior therapy/family therapy can transform your whole family life for the better.

Good Cop/Bad Cop Parenting

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ADHD Medications - Warnings And Alarms.

Why are the side effects of ADHD psychostimulants played down by the drug companies ? Ask a silly question. We are talking about a billion dollar industry here so any side effects are played down deliberately.

Here is an example. Ritalin has been produced for 40 years. It is an amphetamine and as such can cause addiction and lead to substance abuse. The most alarming fact is that no long term research has been done on its long term effects on children. Only studies that cover two years !

Another side effect of this type of drug is that it causes stunted growth. Research has been done by Stephen Hinson of Berkeley UC who found that children on Ritalin grew shorter and weighed less than children who had not been on ADHD medications.

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