Hi List,
Here is a crazy situation.  My 6 year old's teacher thinks he may have had a
mild type seizure.  After a few minutes of not speaking he was fine.  We watched
him and decided to contact the Psychiatrist who evaluated his PDD-NOS status. He
recommended seeing a neurologist sooner rather than later. Meuchedet will not
even give him an appt until they mail forms, have them filled out by all who
work with him, send them back, review them, and then set up an appt!!!
Crazy! So... we are going privately and will get reimbursed.
RECCOMENDATIONS!!!!!
In Jerusalem.

 
Thanks,
Jolie
Jolie Brody
Living Lighter Coaching Services
052-765-7396




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in modiin, have a whole bottle that we don't need anymore
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Sandy Cash
   To: ADD_ADHD_LD@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 1:58 PM
   Subject: [ADD_ADHD_LD] Ritalin LA (30 mg) to borrow TODAY in Bet Shemesh?





   Hi, list.

   I don't know if anyone will see this in time, but maybe someone can help.

   My son is leaving tomorrow for a month's trek with Derech HaTeva. Today I
found out that the kupa won't fill his prescription for Ritalin LA 30 mg until
next week.

   Right now, we have enough for about the next week and a half. But it's going
to be really hard to get these extra pills to him somewhere in a campsite on
Shvil Yisrael.

   Does anyone in BET SHEMESH have someone in the family on this medication, and
can I borrow from you until next week?

   Please be in touch - Thanks. 991-9686 or 0506 745 634.

   - Sandy

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   Sandy Cash and Buddy Lipsky
   sandy@...
   Voice: 972-2-991-9686

   Finalist, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase, 2007

   "...the power and broad interpretive style of a Bette Midler or Barbra
Streisand... Sandy Cash has a very special gift, that more than a singer, she is
an excellent storyteller." - Soundbytes Reviews, Canada

   www.sandycash.com

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Hi, list.

I don't know if anyone will see this in time, but maybe someone can help.

My son is leaving tomorrow for a month's trek with Derech HaTeva.  Today I found
out that the kupa won't fill his prescription for Ritalin LA 30 mg until next
week.

Right now, we have enough for about the next week and a half.  But it's going to
be really hard to get these extra pills to him somewhere in a campsite on Shvil
Yisrael.

Does anyone in BET SHEMESH have someone in the family on this medication, and
can I borrow from you until next week?

Please be in touch - Thanks.  991-9686  or 0506 745 634.

- Sandy


-----------------------------------------------
Sandy Cash and Buddy Lipsky
sandy@...
Voice: 972-2-991-9686

Finalist, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase, 2007

"...the power and broad interpretive style of a Bette Midler or Barbra
Streisand... Sandy Cash has a very special gift, that more than a singer, she is
an excellent storyteller."  - Soundbytes Reviews, Canada

www.sandycash.com

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from this soapbox, as the mother of a young lady who just got lost at the
kotel on a school trip, i woudl like to request that on all school tiyulim,
parents be given cell phone numbers to find the teachers AND all kid shave a
card or sticker on them withthe school name, phone number and teachers' cell
numbers.

and , school phones should be working!!

thank you


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this is from the makom meyuhad website
if you know of other camps or activities, please let them know
thanks

http://makom-m.cet.ac.il/pages/forums/news-archive.asp?Asp=403&FID=12940&Index=0\
3y0


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anyone out there have a success or non-success story about AIT to share?
thanks


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ืงืฉืจ-ืงืฉืจื™ ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช ื•ืฉื•ืชืคื™ื <yael@...>
Date: 2009/6/1
Subject: ื›ื ืก ื”ื•ืจื•ืช ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช-ื—ื™ืคื”
To: philnchanie@...


  ืฉืœื•ื ืœื›ื•ืœื,

ืื ื™ ืฉืžื—ื” ืœื”ื–ืžื™ืŸ ืืชื›ื ืœื›ื ืก ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ื‘ืžื™ื ื• ื–ื”:
*ื”ื•ืจื•ืช** ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช: ืžืกืข ื—ื™ื™ื ื•ืฉื•ืชืคื•ืช
ืขื ืื ืฉื™ ืžืงืฆื•ืข*

ื›ื ืก ืฉื›ื•ืœื• ืขืฉื™ื™ื” ืฉืœ ืฉื•ืชืคื•ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื•ืจื™ื ื•ืื ืฉื™
ืžืงืฆื•ืข - ื”ืžืขืœื” ืœื“ื™ื•ืŸ ืืžื™ืฅ ืืช ืกื•ื’ื™ื™ืช
ื”ืฉื•ืชืคื•ืช ื”ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช ื”ื–ื•.



ื”ื›ื ืก ื ื•ืœื“ ืžืชื•ืš ืฉื™ืชื•ืฃ ืคืขื•ืœื” ืžืจื’ืฉ ื‘ื™ืŸ ืฉื•ืชืคื™ื
ืจื‘ื™ื, ืฉืžืฆืื• ื ื•ืฉื ื–ื” ืžื”ื•ืชื™ ืœืขืฉื™ื™ื”
ืฉืœื”ื ื•ืœืฉื™ื— ื”ื—ื‘ืจืชื™, ื›ืœ ืื—ื“ ืžื ืงื•ื“ืช ืžื‘ื˜ื• ืฉืœื•.

ืื ื• ืชืงื•ื•ื” ืฉื‘ืขื–ืจืช ื™ื•ื ื–ื” ื•ืžื”ืœื›ื™ื ื ื•ืกืคื™ื
ื ืฆืœื™ื— ืœื”ื‘ื™ื ืœืฉื™ื ื•ื™ ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ ื‘ืงืฉืจ ื‘ื™ืŸ
ืื ืฉื™ ืžืงืฆื•ืข ื•ื”ื•ืจื™ื -  ืœื˜ื•ื‘ืช ืื™ื›ื•ืช ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ืฉืœ
ื”ืžืฉืคื—ื•ืช ืœื”ืŸ ื™ืœื“ื™ื ืขื ืฆืจื›ื™ื
ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ื™ื.



ื ืฉืžื— ืžืื•ื“ ืฉืชื™ืงื—ื• ื—ืœืง ื‘ื™ื•ื ื—ืฉื•ื‘ ื–ื” ื•ืชืคื™ืฆื•
ืื•ื“ื•ืชื™ื• ืœื›ืœ ืžื™ ืฉื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ืคื™ืง ืžืžื ื•.



ื‘ื‘ืจื›ื” ื—ืžื”,

ืชืžื™ ืงืจื™ืฉืคื™ืŸ

ืžื ื›"ืœื™ืช "ืงืฉืจ"


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from "kesher" organization for special needs families


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From: ืงืฉืจ-ืงืฉืจื™ ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช ื•ืฉื•ืชืคื™ื <yael@...>
Date: 2009/5/31
Subject: ืงื•ืžื•ื ื”- ืคื•ืจื•ื ืชืคื•ื–
To: philnchanie@...


ื”ื•ืจื™ื ื™ืงืจื™ื

ืฉืœื•ื ืจื‘

ืžืฆ"ื‘ ืงื•ื‘ืฅ ื•ื‘ืชื•ื›ื• ืงื™ืฉื•ืจ ืœืงื•ืžื•ื ื” ื—ื“ืฉื” ื‘ืคื•ืจื•ื
ืชืคื•ื–

ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื˜ื•ื‘

ืฆื•ื•ืช ืงืฉืจ


"ืงืฉืจ"
ืžืจื›ื– ืžื™ื“ืข ื”ื›ื•ื•ื ื” ื•ื™ื™ืขื•ืฅ ืœื”ื•ืจื™ื ืœื™ืœื“ื™ื ืขื
ืฆืจื›ื™ื ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ื™ื
ื•ืœืื ืฉื™ ืžืงืฆื•ืข ื‘ืชื—ื•ื


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just a reminder that today, erev shavuot, is the day for biur of holy olive
oil (kedushat shviit)
if your olive oil says "heiter mechira" ask your local orthodox rabbi

hag sameah
chana


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Hello, everyone.
I did a two-part series on ADHD; the second one is already on the site:

Teenage and adult ADHD show
Go to http://rustymikeradio.com/podcast/rm_podcasts.php

and scroll to May 26, 2009:

Hazel K. Brief adhd expert talks to Nettie


Cordially,
Nettie Feldman, host
Afternoon Shmooze on www.rustymikeradio.com
"Tune in and you'll never go hungry for honest chat again"

I am looking for a tourettes support group for teenagers in the Jerusalem area.

TIA
Shelley Dunn

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Hello, everyone.
I host Afternoon Shmooze each Thursday, noon to 2 pm, on the Anglo-Israeli
Internet radio show rustymikeradio.com

On May 14 and May 21, I'll be hosting a two-part series on ADHD, from 1 to 2 pm.

1. The first segment will discuss ADHD generally and talk about the special
issues for kids.

I'm looking for parents willing to speak on air (can be anonymous) about their
own younger children who have ADHD.

2. The second segment will discuss ADHD in teens and adults and I already have
some parents for this segment.

You're also welcome to chat with me during the show by clicking the chat with
the studio button on the rustymikeradio.com website.

Tune in and you'll never go hungry for honest chat again.

Nettie Feldman, host
Afternoon Shmooze on rustymikeradio.com
pmshmooze@...
"Tune in and you'll never go hungry for honest chat again"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: faith ืืžื•ื ื” <faithemuna@...>
Date: Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Subject: [specialfrummoms] class for pdd in kfar haroeh
To: specialfrummoms@yahoogroups.com




๏ปฟ

got a forwarded emailย  from my yishuv list, in hebrew, about trying to
form a class for pdd in kfar haroeh.
if anyone is interested email me and ill send it
all the best
faith

ื ื ืœื”ืคื™ืฅ - ืชื–ื›ื•ืจืช ืžืื“ ื—ืฉื•ื‘ื” ืœืงืจืืช ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ
pleaes pass this along and hang it up in your children's schools and your shuls.
this is a message form the Rabbanim Rashiim, before lag ba'omer


if you cannot receive the attachment, hit reply
if someone  more intelligent than i can upload it to whichever group,
please and thank you
chana
rbs resident


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From: Yohai <achifa@...>
Date: 2009/5/4
Subject: ืขื“ื›ื•ืŸ ืžื™ื•ื—ื“: ืงืจื™ืืช ื”ืจื‘ื ื™ื ื”ืจืืฉื™ื™ื
ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ ื‘ ืขื ื™ื™ืŸ ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ
To: KASHRUT-UPDATES@...


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Hello, everyone.
I host the Afternoon Shmooze program on the new Anglo-Israeli Internet radio
program.

I'm planning a two-part series on kids with ADHD and would like to interview
parents as well as ADHD-specific experts on the joys and challenges of raising
our kids. The second part will deal with school alternatives.

If you're willing to be interviewed live (phone interview also possible), then
please contact me at pmshmooze@...

Tune in and you'll never go hungry for honest chat again.

Nettie Feldman, host
Afternoon Shmooze on rustymikeradio.com
pmshmooze@...
"Tune in and you'll never go hungry for honest chat again"

AstraZeneca Suppressed Information about Seroquel Link to Diabetes, Told Sales
Reps to Lie
February 27, 2009
by: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

(NaturalNews) Drug maker AstraZeneca, seller of the Seroquel antipsychotic drug,
suppressed clinical studies showing its drug significantly increased the risk of
diabetes, say internal e-mails. As Bloomberg is reporting today
(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?...), employee emails that were unsealed as
part of a lawsuit reveal AstraZeneca deliberately hid at least three studies
that established a significant link between its Seroquel drug and the onset of
diabetes in patients. This fact was blatantly admitted in a 1999 e-mail sent by
an AstraZeneca official.

The Wall Street Journal is also reporting today that "AstraZeneca instructed its
U.S. sales representatives to tell doctors that its powerful psychiatric drug,
Seroquel, didn't cause diabetes even though a company physician had at one point
stated years earlier that such a link was probable in some individuals."
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123...)

Today, AstraZeneca remains in spin control, once again apparently lying about
its past behavior by saying, "None of the documents can obscure the fact that
AstraZeneca acted responsibly and appropriately as it developed and marketed
Seroquel." (spokesperson Tony Jewell, reported in Bloomberg.com)

AstraZeneca currently faces over 9,000 lawsuits over Seroquel, involving more
than 15,000 people who say the company lied about the diabetes risks of taking
the drug. It is well known in the natural health industry that antidepressant
and antipsychotic drugs disrupt blood sugar metabolism and promote diabetes, but
drug companies and the FDA have seemingly conspired to prevent the public from
learning this fact (the FDA routinely approves drugs like Seroquel by trusting
the clinical trial data provided by the very same company selling the drug!).



Why Big Pharma's "science" is pure junk
What AstraZeneca did with suppressing some clinical trials while highlighting
others is called "cherry picking" the study data. It's a red flag that
scientific fraud is underway, and no self-respecting scientist would ever
support any conclusion derived from clinical trials that were selected in this
manner.

Cherry picking the science is a routine practice at drug companies: They might
commission ten (or so) studies on their drug, compile the results, then throw
out all the studies showing their drug to be dangerous or deadly. The rest of
the studies -- which magically show the drug to be safe and effective -- are
then forwarded to the FDA for "review." The FDA, which conducts no scientific
studies on its own, completely trusts the drug trials funded by the drug
company, so it declares the drug to be "safe and effective" and gives it the
stamp of approval for nationwide consumption.

This is how drugs get approved in America today. It is laughingly called the
"gold standard of evidence-based medicine" by drug pushers and FDA bureaucrats.
Anyone familiar with this process, however, realizes the whole drug approval
system is based on scientific fraud and has nothing whatsoever to do with
rigorous science or consumer safety (but it has everything to do with profits).


How many patients have been harmed by antipsychotic drugs?
There's no telling exactly how many patients have become diabetic or obese
thanks to Big Pharma's dangerous drugs. The drug companies, of course, refuse to
admit their drugs have caused even a single case of diabetes, and the FDA --
always in bed with Big Pharma -- continues to defend the scientific fraud
demonstrated here by AstraZeneca.

In a reasonable world, all of AstraZeneca's drugs should be immediately pulled
off the market for further review, and the company should be banned from selling
drugs in the United States for a minimum of three years. But the FDA does
nothing. Scientific fraud is no concern at the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration... it's business as usual!

Can you imagine the outcry if a vitamin were found to cause diabetes? The FDA
would go crazy over the story and probably try to ban the vitamin. Or what if an
herb were discovered to cause diabetes and the herb manufacturer knew it but
lied about it? The FDA would ban it and outlaw its importation into the United
States.

Have you noticed all the outcry over Peanut Corp. and the fact that it knew its
peanut butter was contaminated but sold it anyway? Practically the whole country
went nuts over the peanut story, accusing the company of endangering the safety
of consumers (which it clearly did). Many tens of millions of products were
recalled and people lost their jobs. But get this: When Big Pharma knowingly
sells a dangerous product and gets caught, nothing happens! Nobody loses their
jobs. No products are recalled. The FDA remains utterly silent. Nobody gets
prosecuted. No investigations. Just complete silence.

Why is selling dangerous peanut butter a crime but selling dangerous
pharmaceuticals is openly tolerated by virtually everyone? What's wrong with
this picture?

Truth is, it's just another day in the corrupt pharmaceutical industry. Business
as usual for Big Pharma and the FDA.


Do something about it!
If you're tired of seeing these criminal behaviors by drug companies and the
FDA, sign my Health Revolution Petition (www.HealthRevolutionPetition.org) which
demands real changes that would end the corruption and criminal behavior in the
pharmaceutical industry and at the FDA. With over 8,000 signatures already, this
petition is gaining strength. It needs your support to help reform our health
care system and end the fraud and corruption that dominates the pharmaceutical
industry today.

Below, you'll find some shocking quotes about antipsychotic drugs and diabetes.
This is must-read information. You will be absolutely astonished by these
quotes...


Authors' Quotes on Diabetes and Antipsychotics
Below, you'll find selected quotes from noted authors on the subject of Diabetes
and Antipsychotic. Feel free to quote these in your own work provided you give
proper credit to both the original author quoted here and this NaturalNews page.

Additionally, some of the new antipsychotics cause rapid and intense weight
gain, leading to high rates of diabetes. Two massive government studies released
in 2006 on the real-world efficacy (as opposed to that reported in clinical
trials) of both antidepressants and antipsychotics showed that most patients do
not get better taking the drugs. Only about a third of patients taking
antidepressants, for example, improved dramatically after a first trial.11 For
antipsychotics, the story was even worse.
- Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation by Charles Barber
- Available on Amazon.com

In the case of Zyprexa and other newer antipsychotics, long-term use revealed
that many patients were at higher risk of developing elevated blood sugar,
diabetes, pancreatitis, elevated cholesterol, and considerable weight gain. Some
patients gained over 60 pounds a year, and several died from these
complications. In his clinical and forensic practice Peter Breggin has evaluated
several cases of rapid death caused by acute Zyprexa-induced diabetes and
pancreatitis.
In 2004, the FDA mandated that newer antipsychotics carry a warning about the
risk of hyperglycemia and diabetes.
- Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs by
Peter R. Breggin and David Cohen
- Available on Amazon.com

For example, two side effects of antipsychotics which have received much
attention include significant weight gain and the hugely increased risk (4 to 6
times) for developing diabetes. Yet, a nationwide survey of 300 psychiatrists
chosen at random found only half (51%) had any knowledge that taking
antipsychotics can cause their patients to develop diabetes. Only a little over
half (59%) were aware that these drugs cause weight gain.
- America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've
Been Deceived by Dr. Timothy Scott
- Available on Amazon.com

Other second-generation drugs that came on the scene after clozapine --
including Risperdal, Zyprexa, and Seroquel -- bypass the already mentioned side
effects but pose a whole new dilemma: weight gain and metabolic changes linked
to an increased risk of high cholesterol and diabetes. Beyond the known side
effects, there is question about the relative effectiveness of these drugs.
According to a 2006 study published in the Archives of General Psychology, there
was no reported clinical advantage to the more expensive and highly touted
second-generation antipsychotics when compared with the first.
- The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to
Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing by Gary Null and Amy McDonald
- Available on Amazon.com

Antipsychotic drugs may cause diabetes, but the FDA still allows their sale.
Some prescription drugs are so dangerous that even health-related industry
groups feel compelled to speak out against the drugs in order to protect the
health of patients. In this case, a joint report by the American diabetes
Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Association of Clinical
Endocrinologists, and the North American Association for the study of Obesity
complained that an entire class of antipsychotic drugs increases the risk of
diabetes. Take the drugs for your head, and lose your pancreas.
- Natural Health Solutions by Mike Adams
- Available on Amazon.com

Although confirmatory research is still needed, a body of evidence from
published peer-reviewed epidemiology research suggests that Risperdal is not
associated with an increased risk of diabetes when compared to untreated
patients or patients treated with conventional antipsychotics. Evidence also
suggests that Risperdal is associated with a lower risk of diabetes than some
other studied atypical antipsychotics. In other words, the DHCP letter sent to
physicians and the package inserts that come with their drug have very
contradictory statements.
- America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've
Been Deceived by Dr. Timothy Scott
- Available on Amazon.com

In addition, the risk of side effects like diabetes and lipid elevations is
greater for older patients using these powerful drugs. The FDA recently warned
that the use of atypical antipsychotic medication doubles the risk of death in
the elderly. In some cases Alzheimer's patients can experience symptoms of
aggression, hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thoughts, and bizarre
behavior, all of which may be treatable with antipsychotic medications. However,
antipsychotic medications should only be used for Alzheimer's patients who are
psychotic.
- Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health by
J. Douglas Bremner
- Available on Amazon.com

If possible, try to address the antipsychotic agents first because they pose
severe risks including tardive dyskinesia and potentially lethal neuroleptic
malignant syndrome, diabetes, and pancreatitis. However, if the antipsychotic
exposure has lasted for several years, it may take many months to withdraw, and
therefore it becomes more practical to start with another drug that's easier to
stop. But keep in mind that your risk of getting tardive dyskinesia from
antipsychotic drugs is high and that the risk increases over time, so it's a
good idea to withdraw from these drugs as soon as possible.
- Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs by
Peter R. Breggin and David Cohen
- Available on Amazon.com

On June 15,2005, the company settled a multicase product-liability suit for 690
million dollars involving life-threatening diabetes associated with its
relatively new antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. Because the drug is directly toxic to
the insulin-producing cells, some patients are dying in hours from the acute or
sudden onset of diabetes and pancreatitis. Other patients endure a more
gradually developing and chronic insulin-dependent diabetes.
- Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health by
J. Douglas Bremner
- Available on Amazon.com

The American diabetes Association estimates that diabetes is costing about $132
billion a year. To put this cost in perspective: all the cancers together in
United States cost about $171 billion a year. We have a major epidemic, and we
are only making the problem worse. There are many secondary causes to this
pandemic. Some doctors are a little concerned, as increasing numbers of children
are given antipsychotic drugs for anxiety and conditions like autism. This is
because these drugs can promote weight gain and therefore elevate the risk of
diabetes.
- There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program by Gabriel
Cousens
- Available on Amazon.com

These medications have not, however, been without their own problems: They can
interfere with glucose metabolism, increasing the tendency to develop
adult-onset (type 2) diabetes and in rare cases ketoacidosis;19 they also
increase lipids and cause weight gain, all of which can increase the risk of
heart disease. Use of olanzepine, Clozaril, risperidal, and the atypical
antipsychotics has been associated with an increase in diabetes but less so with
risperidal. There are conflicting results for quetiapine.
- Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health by
J. Douglas Bremner
- Available on Amazon.com

The atypicals can cause substantial weight gain, disruptions in blood sugar
control, and even diabetes. Nutrients depleted: Chlorpromazine, fluphenazine,
and thiorizadine deplete CoQ10, melatonin, and vitamin B2; haloperidol depletes
CoQ10. Although there's not as much information on depletions with the newer
atypical medicines, their mode of action and side-effect profiles are similar
enough to expect that they will deplete the same nutrients as the older, typical
antipsychotics.
Needed supplements: CoQ10: 30-100 mg daily.
- Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition by
Hyla Cass, M.D.
- Available on Amazon.com

More than 90 percent of those prescriptions (all of them off label) were for the
atypical antipsychotics, newer versions of the drugs that may cause serious side
effects, such as rapid weight gain, diabetes, and a movement disorder known as
tardive dyskinesia. Among boys ages six to twelve, more than half of
antidepressant prescriptions written are intended to treat so-called conduct
disorders, like hyperactivity and attention deficit, behavior that might have
been written off a generation ago as "boys will be boys," but that now is
labeled as a disease and treated with a drug.
- Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon
Brownlee
- Available on Amazon.com

Also, adverse responses to medications can bring on secondary diabetes. For
example, Skarfors et al. (1991) announced that certain drus prescribed to treat
hypertension (beta blocking agents, thiazides, or hydralazine) decreased insulin
sensitivity. According to information released from Oregon Health Sciences
University (Portland), antipsychotic medications (clozapine, olanzapine, or
quetiapine) increased the occurrence of diabetes (Muench et al. 2001).
- Disease Prevention and Treatment by The Life Extension Editorial Staff
- Available on Amazon.com

Any sign of diabetes or pancreatitis while taking the newer antipsychotic drugs
requires the immediate withdrawal of the drugs. A new heart arrhythmia or other
heart problem while taking almost any psychiatric drug, including stimulants,
can be life threatening and requires immediate intervention. A seizure, serious
rash, headache, gastrointestinal problem, liver disorder, joint or muscle pain,
abnormal bleeding, or treatment-resistant infection while taking almost any
psychiatric drug is another signal for an immediate evaluation and may require
cessation of the medication.
- What If Medicine Disappeared? by Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
- Available on Amazon.com

Obesity is now considered the main risk factor for most chronic diseases,
including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Some common antipsychotic drugs
such as olanzapine (Zyprexa) can bring about a weight gain of 30 pounds in a
short period of time. These drugs boost dopamine, the hormone that causes food
cravings. This class of drugs also decreases levels of leptin, a protein that
suppresses appetite. In other words, those who take antidepressants may develop
an unnaturally strong appetite that they cannot control by eating more.
- Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism by Andreas Moritz
- Available on Amazon.com


If you want working links, go to the original article
http://www.naturalnews.com/025744.html

for kids who have siblings with PDD/ asperger's , there will BEH be a
support group starting in efrat.
if you have a child who would be interested, please contact the
psychological services in efrat - 9939333

we will be sending one child,. if anyone here will need rides or want
to carpool
chana
rb sresident

>
>(please DON'T contact me)
>
>hi all
>please take a look at the pictures here:
>
><http://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/18167.shtml>http://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/18\
167.shtml
>
>this guy bought the camera and found these pictures inside. the camera
>was probably stolen from the orignal owners, but their photos are
>still inside the camera. they look like a nice american orthodox
>family who came here for a visit, but lost heir camera and their 400
>photos.
>
>if you know these people, please contact
><mailto:mose2004%40gmail.com>mose2004@...
>
>and please DON'T contact me.
>
>


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I went to a conference last weekend in Greece entitled Colour, Sound,
Movement, and Exercise in acquiring learning.  It was an amazing lineup of
presenters, and there were some methods and theories that might be useful to
you.  Here's an overview of the lectures (in the order they presented):
1.  Yair Schiftan (Switzerland) presented on his method called Musica
Medica, which is a type of Auditory Integration Therapy that also uses
vibration to improve processing and decrease pain.  The therapy is provided
several times per week for several months.
2.  Sally Goddard and Peter Blythe (UK) presented on their
neurodevelopmental programme from the Institute of Neurophysiology of
Psychology (INPP).  Like NLP, the premise is to retrain the body to work
through the phases of shutting down instincts like palmar reflexes, etc.  An
interesting thing about INPP is that they've created a system of exercise
that an entire class can do.  They assess the students and design a
programme based on the children who need it, but all the children
participate.  It's ten minutes a day for a school year.  I asked about
introducing it for older kids (pre-teens/teens) and she said they present it
to the students as a way to make them better at sports, so that there's
minimal resistance.  (And I'm sure it's true -- it's such slow movements
that there's probably amazing isometric exercise involved.)
3.  Cheri Florance (USA-NY) presented on her theory and programme called
Maverick Mind.  She identifies a subset of kids with autism who actually
don't have autism at all, but instead have an overactive visual memory that
shuts down the abilitiy for verbal memory/speech.  Her website apparently
has a pre-test, and if your child has this Maverick Mind, she can set up a
program and consult with you via the web.  She says a quick pre-screen is if
both Mom and Dad are visual thinkers -- artists, doctors, musicians,
veterinarians, etc.
4.  Helen Irlen (USA-CA) and James Billett (UK) presented on Irlen Syndrome,
a visual processing disorder common to autism, dyslexia, and ADD/ADHD that
causes distortions in the perception of printed materials and the general
environment, making reading uncomfortable, even painful.  Treatment involves
using coloured plastic overlays and/or tinted glasses.  (Side note, I'm a
screener for the general population; James diagnoses people with autism and
will come to Israel.  Contact me if you'd like him to come for your child.)
5.  Mikhail Lazarev (RU) presented on Sonatal, his method of music therapy
for the unborn child.  Although designed originally to treat bronchial
asthma in at-risk fetuses, the extensive research showed a marked decrease
in many other disorders and earlier reaching of developmental milestones.
The program is for unborns up to 10-year-olds.

--
Dena Page, M.Ed., CBA
Certified Irlen Screener
Certified Auditory Integration Therapy (DAA) Practitioner
Certified Behaviour Analyst
054 812 5973


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I have seen many children respond to treatment with Essential Fatty
Acids.  This article may be a little off, or more than a little off,
concerning even the positive things that it says concerning Essential
Fatty Acids. I have seen literature that the more serious problem
with ADHD children with atopic allergies is a problem with certain
omega 6's and not the 3's from the fish oil.
So using fish oil can help, but is a near miss. At the end of this
article I am including a little something that was not in the
mainstream news item that took me under a minute to find. I find it
interesting that Dr. Goodman warns about -- "nutraceuticals" often
take preliminary research and "run with it from a marketing
perspective."
I guess he knows something about marketing that I don't.
Nachum
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This was from Yahoonews:

Study: Kids with eczema more likely to have ADHD Story Highlights
Kids with eczema are 54 percent more likely to have an ADHD diagnosis

Possible that eczema and ADHD could share an underlying cause

Other theory: itching or sleep disturbances may exacerbate ADHD
symptoms

By Anne Harding

Children with eczema are more likely to also have attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder than those without the skin problem, according
to a study.

About 20 percent of children in Western nations have atopic eczema by
age 6.

The children in the study had atopic eczema, a scaly, itchy skin
rash that is typically caused by allergies and is common among
infants. The rash often improves as a child gets older, although it
does signal an increased likelihood that he or she will go on to
develop allergies, hay fever, or asthma.

German researchers spotted the link in a study of 1,436 children and
adolescents aged 6 to 17 who had atopic eczema and 1,436 young people
without it. They found that 5.2 percent of eczema patients had ADHD,
compared with 3.4 percent of eczema-free youngsters, according to a
research letter in this week's issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association.

Young people with atopic eczema were 54 percent more likely to have
an ADHD diagnosis than those without it. And the more frequently they
had visited a doctor for eczema, the more likely they were to have
attention problems, say study coauthors Jochen Schmitt, M.D., a
dermatologist at Technische Universitไt in Dresden, and Marcel
Romanos, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Hospital
Clinic of the University of Wuerzberg, both in Germany.

About 20 percent of children in Western nations are found to have
atopic eczema by age 6. About a third of those children go on to have
hay fever or asthma.

"Atopic eczema is highly prevalent in children and it is known to
gravely affect the quality of life," Schmitt and Romanos wrote in an
email. "Therefore the assumption that it might be related to or
influence the presence of psychiatric problems is not far-fetched."

However, the link needs to be confirmed by additional research, they
said. It's possible that eczema-related itching or sleep disturbances
may exacerbate ADHD symptoms in some children, the researchers
suggested. It's also possible that atopic eczema and ADHD could share
an underlying cause.
(I have a book writen 20 years ago by Patrica Kane that discusses an
underlying
cause. This was a study done in England with an 80% response rate
from the
sweaty, allergic children taking evening primrose oil, borage oil is
better,
Nachum)

"It is important to note, however, that this finding might only be
relevant for some and not all children with ADHD," the researchers
said.(that is true)

Special diets (for example, regimens that eliminate food additives
and sugar) have been proposed for treating ADHD, but the role of diet
and food sensitivity in the condition has been highly controversial.
No high-quality studies have been able to show that changing a
child's diet has any impact on ADHD symptoms(WHAT!!!!!), notes David
W. Goodman, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral
sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in
Baltimore, Maryland.

Some research has linked ADHD to allergic conditions such as hay
fever, added Goodman, who directs the Adult Attention Deficit
Disorder Center of Maryland in Lutherville, but "the research is in
no way conclusive or definitive." Health.com: Celebrities with
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

"The report adds additional circumstantial evidence to our
hypothesis" that immune-system factors are involved in ADHD,
according to Jan Buitelaar, M.D., Ph.D., of Radboud University
Nijmegen Medical Center in Nigmegen, The Netherlands. Buitelaar was
not involved in the current study but coauthored a 2008 paper
suggesting that ADHD may be an allergic condition in some patients.

"There is data that allergic mechanisms could alter brain
neurotransmission and brain functioning," Buitelaar noted via email.
He also pointed out that children could develop "disruptive and
restless behavior" as a result of the itchiness and pain caused by
the skin condition.

While the current findings are "an interesting scientific pursuit,"
Goodman says, he says they're not that useful in caring for
patients. "As yet, it's not ready for prime time clinical practice
and runs the risk of delaying otherwise proven effective treatment."

Goodman said he has nothing against complementary or alternative
approaches, as long as they don't supplant medication and behavioral
therapy, which are known to work. Unfortunately, he added, companies
that make "nutraceuticals" often take preliminary research and "run
with it from a marketing perspective."

He added, "Ultimately, treatment is a combination of medication for
ADHD and environmental changes that promote behavioral changes."

Goodman noted that two out of five studies have found some evidence
that omega-3 fatty acids may benefit ADHD patients. "Do my patients
take fish oil? Yes, but I have them take fish oil with proven
effective medication."
-----------------------------------
The following was not from yahoonews:

David W. Goodman, MD
Director, Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland;
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland

Disclosure:
David W. Goodman, MD, has disclosed that he received research grants
from Cephalon, Forest Labs, Lilly and Company, McNeil, New River
Pharmaceuticals
and Shire Inc.
Dr. Goodman has disclosed that he receives honoraria from Forest
Labs, Lilly and Company, McNeil, Novartis, Shire Inc., and Wyeth.
Dr. Goodman also disclosed that he serves on the speakers' bureau for
Forest Labs, McNeil, Novartis, Shire Inc., and Wyeth.
Dr. Goodman has also disclosed he is a consultant for Clinical Global
Advisors, Forest Labs, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly and Company, McNeil,
New River Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Shire Labs, and Thompson
Reuters.

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Succeed!





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Anyone know of a siblings of PDD/ asperger's group ?
there was supposed to be one in efrat, but it doesn't seem to be happening
thanks
chana

Anyone know of a siblings of PDD/ asperger's group ?
there was supposed to be one in efrat, but it doesn't seem to be happening
thanks
chana

Auditory Integration Therapy is a 10-day therapy that has been clinically
proven to improve the way the ears work together so that language is
processed efficiently.

AIT has profound effects on people with auditory processing problems and
hypersensitivity to certain sounds.

AIT can make significant improvements for people with
-- autism/PDD
-- Aspergers
-- dyslexia
-- ADD/ADHD
-- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
-- hyperacousis (hypersensitivity)
-- certain types of depression and/or anxiety disorders
-- problems learning second languages related to underlying processing
difficulties

The treatment is non-invasive and relaxing.  It involves 20 half-hour
sessions of listening to specially modulated music which forces the ears to
relearn how to process sound efficiently.  It is not language-based, thus
suitable for people of any mother tongue.  It is suitable from anyone aged 2
and up.

Treatments can be scheduled at my Modi'in clinic.  Or, if you have a group
of 4-6 people in your area who would like treatment, I can travel to your
area for your convenience.

Call (054 812 5973) or email me for more information, to sign up for a
treatment cycle, or to schedule an information evening for your local
support group or school.

--
Dena Page, M.Ed., CBA
Certified Auditory Integration Therapy (DAA) Practitioner
054 812 5973

Certified Behaviour Analyst
Certified Irlen Screener


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>
> Does anyone have experience of the Alonim school in Jerusalem? If so please
> contact me.
>

Thanks,

> Jeremy Karp
> jdkarp@...
>


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we have a neighbour who made aliyah beofre grade 2, never foudn his
place, and this year he is at YTA and doign great, BH

  >>

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School under the auspices of Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem City
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or email: borsteinyta@...

a political slideshow to pass along before the elections?
if so, hit reply
chana

a while ago someone posted here that they practice auditory integration therapy.
i belive the woman who posted it practices in modiin. if anyone has her contact
info, a friend is looking for it so id appreciate if someone could send it to
me.
thanks
judy


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dvir bar hai DVIR BEN LEAH
if you get this email later, as they say, better late than never

please say prakim
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