tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post304272122122827295..comments2024-03-14T06:06:25.452-05:00Comments on Mosaic of Minds: Eye movements in ADHD: Not a "foolproof" diagnostic method, but interesting and importantE.M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-83158007503981605472021-07-23T00:45:49.302-05:002021-07-23T00:45:49.302-05:00It would be ideal to know what the actual causes o...It would be ideal to know what the actual causes of ADHD are so that we may prevent it from occurring in the future, but unfortunately there are no direct causes. For more ideal details about brain balance, visit this <b><a href="https://calis.delfi.lv/blogs/posts/57539-white-privillage-still-exist-when-getting-an-adhd-diagnosis/lietotajs/239181-ethan//" rel="nofollow">website</a></b>.<br />Alina Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438612710794896807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-21026899787254640212021-03-10T05:01:02.281-06:002021-03-10T05:01:02.281-06:00A number of studies have been carried out over the...A number of studies have been carried out over the last ten years which suggest that girls are more affected by the symptoms of ADHD than boys. It is thought that this is due to the fact that they have smaller brain areas which are responsible for controlling attention. You are curious to know more about adhd treatment for kids, <a href="https://dailygram.com/index.php/blog/854720/top-3-adhd-myths-debunked/" rel="nofollow"><b>visit here</b></a>.WilliamsDamionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06486856922034226965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-85108495468200038832015-03-20T13:36:45.783-05:002015-03-20T13:36:45.783-05:00Anonymous commenter, thanks for the links you shar...Anonymous commenter, thanks for the links you shared about psychiatry. I share your concerns about 2 and 3 year olds receiving drugs, about the awful side effects of many medications, about the blurry line between normal but unpleasant human experiences vs. mental illness in need of medication. Lastly, I agree with you that psychiatry is not and cannot be a science. That said, I think it would be as inaccurate to claim that psychiatry is uniformly harmful as it would be to say that it's uniformly helpful. Plenty of people knowledgeable about the side-effects made informed decisions to take medication and have benefited from it, as both controlled studies and anecdotes can attest. Are you arguing that more people are harmed than helped by psychiatric medication?<br /><br />As for "autism and ADHD do not exist," whether this is true depends on what you mean. If you mean that "autism" and "ADHD" do not refer to a single, meaningful condition the way, say, "malaria" refers to a real, specific condition, then I completely agree with you!<br /><br />If you mean that people with the set of traits described as "autism" or "ADHD" in the DSM do not exist, I don't see how that could possibly be true. Not only do people with these traits exist, they can't successfully regulate their attention or their social interactions just by "trying hard enough." The failure of "just trying" and such normal "solutions" is what got them their label in the first place. Their problems are certainly real, and many DO actually benefit from receiving these labels and express a wish that they had been diagnosed earlier in life (e.g., https://ischemgeek.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/tell-your-kids-theyre-autistic-dammit/). Perhaps you would prefer to describe what we call "autism" or "ADHD" as being on the lower end of the bell curve on traits such as regulating attention or social interaction?E.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-81535622200462088462015-03-20T13:20:36.570-05:002015-03-20T13:20:36.570-05:00Sorry, but what is the Confound #2 you are referri...Sorry, but what is the Confound #2 you are referring to here? If I have made some error in interpretation of the methods, I'd like to correct it. Thanks!E.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-70194083888639276012015-02-11T19:10:17.668-06:002015-02-11T19:10:17.668-06:00Confound #2 isn't a confound, it was controlle...Confound #2 isn't a confound, it was controlled for. The control group did 2 sessions with the same interval. Are you arguing that there might have been floor effects?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047687626427384887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-61194796997894577602014-08-26T04:40:32.720-05:002014-08-26T04:40:32.720-05:00There is no such thing as "autism". Psyc...There is no such thing as "autism". Psychiatry itself is a bogus science. The following articles and essays explain this:<br /><br />12 Part essay that exposes psychiatry as a bogus science<br />http://antipsychiatry.org/<br /><br />Inventor of ADHD: “ADHD is a fictitious disease”<br />www.currentconcerns.ch/index.php?id=1608<br /><br />Co-Founder of DSM admits there is no way to scientifically prove that mentall illness is real<br />www.cchrint.org/psychiatric-disorders/psychiatrists-on-lack-of-any-medical-or-scientific-tests/<br /><br />One year old babies and younger being put on psychiatric drugs<br />http://www.infowars.com/babies-on-psychiatric-drugs-crime-with-no-punishment/<br /><br />Psychiatric Drugs Shorten Life Span by 15 years on average<br />www.stopshrinks.org/reading_room/antipsych/psych_drugs_shorten_life.html<br /><br />Psychiatry is based on lies and falsehoods<br />http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/the-lying-liars-who-lie-about-psychiatry/<br /><br />Psychiatry is a fake science<br />http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/more-evidence-psychiatry-is-a-fake-science/<br /><br />http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_industrypsychiatry26.htm<br /><br />Every human emotion is now a "mental illness"<br />http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_industrypsychiatry27.htm<br /><br />Ten Myths about Psychiatric Drugs<br />http://www.metzelf.info/information/myths.html<br /><br />Studies show psychiatric drugs have no benefits and are dangerous<br />http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/three-new-studies-show-%E2%80%9Cpsychiatric-drugs-provide-no-benefit-and-are-dangerous%E2%80%9D/<br /><br />Psychiatry is now giving 3 year old children drugs<br />http://www.anh-usa.org/medicaid-psychiatric-drugs/<br /><br />Psychiatric drugs make you sicker<br />http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/03/05/are-psychiatric-medications-making-us-sicker/<br /><br />A few free eBooks talking about how psychiatry is a massive hoax<br />http://www.psychiatric-help.org/PSYCHIATRIC-HELP/default.asp<br /><br />A list of THOUSANDS of psychiatrists who have committed crimes against their patients<br />http://www.psychcrime.org/database/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-63411301887247984042014-08-24T23:19:04.664-05:002014-08-24T23:19:04.664-05:00Thanks for commenting. That's interesting you&...Thanks for commenting. That's interesting you've noticed the same association in your patients. It sounds like even with the confound, the extra microsaccades could be real.<br /><br />Now that I think about it, I have ADHD as well, and when I participated in an EEG study in college, the research assistants told me I made an unusually high amount of microsaccades while they were calibrating the equipment.<br /><br />The mechanism you've described sounds fascinating! It doesn't seem particularly ADHD-specific, but it sounds like a possible cause for a *lot* of developmental disorders. (Or at the very least, ADHD, autism, and dyslexia, all of which have been reported to involve issues with eye movements, balance or coordination, and sensory integration). <br /><br />I wouldn't have guessed chiropractic work would have any effect on ADHD symptoms. That's really interesting. Maybe I should learn more about chiropracty. Anything you'd recommend reading?E.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-78147316553696883302014-08-24T23:06:09.725-05:002014-08-24T23:06:09.725-05:00Andrew, I'm unfamiliar with the ADHD rate rese...Andrew, I'm unfamiliar with the ADHD rate research you're talking about, and it sounds interesting. I'm curious though, how long has ADHD existed as a diagnosis--did it exist when your generation were children? I was under the impression that ADHD dates back to maybe the '80's--before that, the labels were "minimal brain dysfunction" and "Hyperkinetic" which are much narrower and more pejorative. One would think it'd be hard to make a direct comparison. How are people comparing ADHD rates across generations? And are they taking into account those in your generation not diagnosed until adulthood?<br /><br />I suspect a gene-environment mismatch is involved whether the prevalence has increased or not, since being maladaptive for the environment is what makes ADHD a definable disability and not a "normal" human trait.E.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-13940116975114115522014-08-24T22:59:31.758-05:002014-08-24T22:59:31.758-05:00Rose, it's funny you mention Thom Hartmann, as...Rose, it's funny you mention Thom Hartmann, as I have his book and was just looking at it the other day. I'm sympathetic to the idea, though I should note the research in it is not his and very old. There's also a lot of, well, "woo" stuff in the later chapters.<br /><br />I've heard of that sort of early alertness and steady vision also being a gifted thing, though I can't remember where. Even if that's not true, it sounds like a great positive perspective for kids. How did Ben like the book?E.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07258276540400935661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-27043688511507901112014-08-24T17:55:15.561-05:002014-08-24T17:55:15.561-05:00Rose,
the rate of ADHD is rapidly increasing, esp...Rose, <br />the rate of ADHD is rapidly increasing, especially in areas of high social distress and dislocation, such as the United States and Brazil. Within Australia, ADHD is much more common in the cohort of my friends children (most of my friends have tertiary education) than it was amongst our generation when we were children.This is not consistent with a primarily genetic disorder. It is much more consistent with a gene - environment mismatch.Andrew Kinsellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347705850812381107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-37918172423133189082014-08-24T08:45:24.465-05:002014-08-24T08:45:24.465-05:00"When viewed as an advantage, it implies that..."When viewed as an advantage, it implies that people with ADHD may be better at noticing and directing their attention to changing and salient things in their environment."<br /><br />This was interesting, what I understood. Colloquially, ADHD has been differentiated from non-Adhd as the ADHDer's being hunters, the non-adhd being farmers. (http://www.thomhartmann.com/articles/1994/01/hunters-our-schools-and-offices-origin-adhd) <br /><br />Strangely, I referred to Ben's keen eyesight, he did not have the wobbly eyes of the typical infant, it seems he could focus at birth, as "eagle eyes" in his baby book. There was a book written for ADHD kids to help them feel better by the same name: (http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Eyes-Childs-Paying-Attention/dp/0982198213) which we read when he was about 8. <br /><br />Like autism, if we look at the genome, there are definite advantages to ADHD. Just not in the public school system.<br /><br />Simple RoseUsethebrains Godgiveyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026223483117357541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733902656011255269.post-72273094122889095652014-08-24T00:08:54.204-05:002014-08-24T00:08:54.204-05:00I entered a much longer post here - which unfortun...I entered a much longer post here - which unfortunately failed to register.<br />Briefly- Science Daily has overstated the results of the study as a "foolproof diagnostic test", and the authors of the paper do not present a good model of the possible mechanism. <br /><br />Re the issue of the confound re repeated tests and learning, I would comment that I have observed the overactivity of microsaccades in my many ADHD patients, and the subsequent improvement on stimulant medication very frequently, but struggled to make sense of the association.<br /><br />I also have ADHD, and have had chiropractic work to correct an upper cervical spine alignment problem and to restore normal brainstem reflexes. This has got my ADHD to the point where I rarely need medication and has improved my eye tracking (and reduced my back and neck pain).<br /><br />I believe the mechanism is probably a distortion of afferent proprioceptive data from the body to the brain- which overloads the sensory processing system causing issues with balance, coordination, eye movements and sensory integration. At least that is the most economical model i can propose.Andrew Kinsellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347705850812381107noreply@blogger.com