Has your child just been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD? Are you considering placing your child on some sort of medication?
The side effects of Ritalin are often more devastating than parents are led to believe. In many cases when the child begins to suffer from the side-effects of Ritalin, other drugs are prescribed to counteract those symptoms. Before long, a whole host of devastating and sometimes irreversible side effects have occurred.
Before you begin medicating your child you need to be aware of some of these physical side effects:
Nervousness and Insomnia, Hypersensitivity,Drowsiness, Dizziness, Headaches and slowed growth and development.
Dyskinesia -which are involuntary movements similar to a tic, Blood pressure and pulse changes are also common.
Heart problems caused by Ritalin are Angina, Cardiac Arrhythmia (The heart may beat too fast or too slow and this is caused by abnormal electrical activity in the heart)- In most cases this isn't a cause for concern in itself, but there are times when a cardiac arrhythmia can lead to a cardiac arrest and death and Tachycardia- a form of cardiac arrhythmia in which the heart beats rapidly.
Abdominal Pain, nausea and Weight loss during prolonged therapy caused in part by a loss of appetite that the drug creates. In some cases it has even lead to the development of Anorexia.
These are just some of the devastating side effects that occur from the use of Ritalin. There is an excellent source of further information on the side effects of Ritalin at http://www.squidoo.com/side-effects-of-ritalin
There are so many other safer and more effective treatment options available today, that there is really no need for Ritalin to be anything but a last resort.
For a free report "The Dark and Deadly Side Effects Of Ritalin & Other Drugs" please go to http://www.maximindpower.com
A wide variety of treatment options and the pro's and con's of each are discussed in detail at http://attention-deficit-disorder-treatments.blogspot.com
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