In a message dated 11/3/99 7:54:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< There is a boy in my son's gymnastics class who is on five prescription
 drugs for ADD/Tourettes.

 I tried to talk to her about diet, but zero interest so far..... Does anyone
 have any suggestions? He is on Paxil, Risperdal,  Ritalin, and I forget the
 names of the other two drugs.

 This is a very nice, bright, kind  boy. She said he is on a drug "cocktail"
 and has to take a drug every hour.

 Mary
  >>
Mary,

I don't think anyone will change a child's diet unless they're very
desperate. Autism makes you very desperate; I don't think ADD makes you that
desperate. Most parents try to manage the problem other ways. It may not be
the right way or the healthiest way, but that's what they tend to do.

Patricia