Filed under: ADD, Medications, Nutrition, Possible Personality Traits of Children of D.
An ADD Therapist, Jennifer Korestky, gives a link to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which found that medications prescribed for ADD is twice as likely to be given to kids whose parents are recently divorced.
Koretsky tries to downplay the stress that kids go through in Divorce by promoting theories that ADD is genetic. But loss of nutrition, reliable schedules, emotional security, finances, loss of time spent splitting up between two families, loss of friends, chugging way too much wisdom concerning relationships and money and betrayal and loss that are well beyond those of peers, in addition to stress of having to watch Mommy and Daddy fight, could also play a part. That list is a string of irregular grammatical mistakes. Oh well.
Blogged here: http://www.experiencingaddvantages.com/2007/06/new_research_on.html.
Journal cited: CMAJ • June 5, 2007; 176 (12). doi:10.1503/cmaj.061458 Author: Lisa A. Strohschein.
Filed under: Birth Order, College Drop Out, Exemplary Children of Divorce, High School Drop Out, Mentally Ill parents, Movies About Growing Up in Divorce, Nutrition, School Drop Out - High School or College, creativity, self injury
Johnny Depp gave an incredible performance of an oldest Son growing up while living with a helpless, obese, single mother and younger brother in the movie: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Probably not really good Holiday Viewing, though. Just happened to think of it right now.
Johnny Depp is a Child of D. His parents would have divorced around the time that Depp was 15. Here’s an except from his biography on Wikipedia.
Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the son of Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, Sr., a civil engineer.[3] He has one brother, Danny, and two sisters, Christie (now his personal manager) and Debbie. … The family moved frequently during Depp’s childhood, and he and his siblings lived in more than 20 different locations, settling in Miramar, Florida, in 1970. In 1978, Depp’s parents divorced. He engaged in self-harm as a child, due to the stress of dealing with family problems and his own insecurity. He has seven or eight scars from practicing self-harm. In a 1993 interview, he explained his self-injury by saying, “My body is a journal in a way. It’s like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist”.[8]
1980s
Depp’s mother bought her son a guitar when he was 12, and Depp began playing in various garage bands. His first band was in honor of his girlfriend, Meredith. A year after his parents’ divorce, Depp dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. As he once explained on Inside the Actors Studio, he attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. …
Kids from Divorced families will go either in opposite directions regarding how their diet. Lack of supervision and eating alone brings this out. Kids seem to either become hypervigilant about taking care of themselves through their diet or will, like me, become almost abusive to their bodies.
If you’re one of the ones who doesn’t eat right and is compulsively addicted to sugar I can only recommend one diet tip that I have found so far. This is to be sure to eat Protein in the morning. Eat it along with Carbohydrates and Fats. Eggs or Cheese with some kind of Spinach or Tomatoes and buttered toast is great. When I do this I find that I make better eating choices through the rest of the day. Protein burns slowly and the Carbs burn quickly so one fills you up fast and the other sustains you. Always try to eat a few different types of food at the same time. If you don’t know what’s healthy and what’s not healthy educate yourself. Unfortunately potato chips are unhealthy and they taste extremely good.
I’ve recently found another secret to the sugar problem. You can eat sugar, but just don’t eat a lot of it. And don’t eat it with anything high in Calcium. According to a Nutritionist named Dr. Nancy Appleton the chemistry between sugar and calcium creates a toxicity in the body to which some people are abnormally sensitive to. It can create digestive problems or even nervous disorders which can become really bad if you’re living in a stressful environment. I’ve always been a nail biter. Early on I started clipping my fingernails but continued to bite the cuticles around them. And then again almost my entire diet was Milk products and sugar. I was using the cheese and milk to calm myself down from all the sugar I was eating! Dr. Appleton’s website is www.nancyappleton.com. She explains the chemistry very well. This actually means that foods like yogurt mixed with sugary berries can be bad for you so it’s kind of an odd attitude towards diet.
