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Dr. Schuster has been in private practice since 1995. He is the founder and clinic director of Back To Health Physician’s Group, Ltd, an Illinois Medical Corporation. Dr. Schuster has authored articles for professional journals and lectured to hundreds of Physicians over the past 8 years and serves as a team physician for two university athletic programs. His extensive experience with college students, children, and adults has helped him understand and successfully treat ADD and ADHD.

These medications, which include Aderrall (detroamphetamine) and Ritalin (methylphenidate), are also known as amphetamines. Amphetamines exert their effects by binding to the monoamine transporters and increasing the extra-cellular levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine, and especially, dopamine. Dopamine exerts a calming or focused effect on people who have ADHD. It enhances signaling between nerve cells that are involved in task-specific activities and also decreases stimulatory “noise.”

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an agency of the World Health Organization, deplored that “10 to 12 percent of all boys between the ages 6 and 14 in the United States have been diagnosed as having ADD and are being treated with Ritalin.” With 53 million children enrolled in school, probably more than 5 million are now taking stimulant drugs. The number of children on these drugs has continued to escalate. A recent study in Virginia indicated that up to 20% of white boys in the fifth grade were receiving stimulant drugs. While stimulant drugs may be effective at alleviating core ADHD symptoms (such as inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity), it comes at a price. A list of these side effects can be found on page 5 of my free ADHD Report.

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