Comments on: Lose the Labels, Find Answers On Dr. Parker TV http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/lose-the-labels-find-answers-on-dr-parker-tv/ News and Essays about Adult ADHD, with author Gina Pera Sun, 19 May 2013 00:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Georgi http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/lose-the-labels-find-answers-on-dr-parker-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-124400 Georgi Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:44:41 +0000 http://adhdrollercoaster.org/?p=1872#comment-124400 I agree with both of you but some people really need psychiatry psychiatric and thanks to them they can act completely normal. I agree with both of you but some people really need psychiatry psychiatric and thanks to them they can act completely normal.

]]> By: Dr Charles Parker http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/lose-the-labels-find-answers-on-dr-parker-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-43168 Dr Charles Parker Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:12:55 +0000 http://adhdrollercoaster.org/?p=1872#comment-43168 Hey guys, Just back from a 'completely distracting' vacation and can't tell you how much I appreciate you both! With colleagues like you folks, the entire ADHD community has a great deal to be thankful for! Thanks so much, Gina, for taking the time to help send out this message on the exceedingly limited value of making diagnosis and designing treatment strategies based upon appearances. Just because some meds work for whimsical superficial assessments doesn't justify careless pharmacology and imprecise targets for the general population - kids or adults. In 2010 the available science does take us beyond superficial games and frivolous medication adventures. ADHD is serious, the treatment requires serious thought, and throwing stimulants at someone who is "hyper" is simple Paleolithic medicine. With thoughtful folks like you stepping up to the plate with attention to real science, the world will, hopefully, soon change. These videos provide an interesting perspective as some of my colleagues think I am too out-of-the-box, "too liberal" in my different thinking. My simple answer: I'm so conservative and so precise I only appear liberal! cp Hey guys,
Just back from a ‘completely distracting’ vacation and can’t tell you how much I appreciate you both! With colleagues like you folks, the entire ADHD community has a great deal to be thankful for!

Thanks so much, Gina, for taking the time to help send out this message on the exceedingly limited value of making diagnosis and designing treatment strategies based upon appearances. Just because some meds work for whimsical superficial assessments doesn’t justify careless pharmacology and imprecise targets for the general population – kids or adults.

In 2010 the available science does take us beyond superficial games and frivolous medication adventures. ADHD is serious, the treatment requires serious thought, and throwing stimulants at someone who is “hyper” is simple Paleolithic medicine.

With thoughtful folks like you stepping up to the plate with attention to real science, the world will, hopefully, soon change.

These videos provide an interesting perspective as some of my colleagues think I am too out-of-the-box, “too liberal” in my different thinking. My simple answer: I’m so conservative and so precise I only appear liberal!
cp

]]> By: Gina Pera http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/lose-the-labels-find-answers-on-dr-parker-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-42685 Gina Pera Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:36:07 +0000 http://adhdrollercoaster.org/?p=1872#comment-42685 I agree with you, Jeff. Too much of psychiatry is muddling through 20th Century and even 19th Century paradigms, and it short-changes lives. I agree with you, Jeff. Too much of psychiatry is muddling through 20th Century and even 19th Century paradigms, and it short-changes lives.

]]> By: Jeffs ADD Mind http://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/lose-the-labels-find-answers-on-dr-parker-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-42675 Jeffs ADD Mind Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:31:08 +0000 http://adhdrollercoaster.org/?p=1872#comment-42675 These videos are great! Dr. Parker is opening up a whole new way of understanding ADHD and of understanding the mind/body interaction. (I'll ignore, for now the philosophical questions concerning the existence of "the mind.) I'm sure many other areas of psychiatry could benefit from a similar comprehensive approach. These videos are great! Dr. Parker is opening up a whole new way of understanding ADHD and of understanding the mind/body interaction. (I’ll ignore, for now the philosophical questions concerning the existence of “the mind.) I’m sure many other areas of psychiatry could benefit from a similar comprehensive approach.

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