Vaccination mandates for all?

There has been a lot of controversy over SB277 in California. What does this have to do with you? Everything. This law that will be implemented in January 2016 unless a referendum passes, will most likely have repercussions all over this country.

SB277 mandates that every child wishing to attend public school receive all the recommended 49 doses (plus additional vaccines as they become approved and yearly flu vaccines) of vaccinations by the time that child enters Kindergarten. While this might sound good on the surface, consider the following factual information on this one-size-fits-all medical program.

1.  We all have unique genetic properties and with this uniqueness can make certain individual’s susceptible to injury from the toxic ingredients (aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, MSG, DNA from aborted fetal tissue) in vaccinations. If your child has an adverse event to a vaccination due to a genetic mutation like MTHFR, you would still be forced into having additional vaccinations according to the CDC schedule. 

2. The state is making medical decisions instead of you and your doctor. Currently, if you or a child has an adverse event to a vaccination, you could delay them until you and your doctor feel that the nervous and immune system are mature enough to handle the toxic load in vaccinations, or, you could choose to not vaccinate. Many severely vaccine injured children do not qualify for a medical exemption, so any future vaccinations could cause even further injury or death.

3. Just as you wouldn’t want the state mandating surgeries, abortions and prescription medications, why would anyone want them to mandate this medical procedure? If you let the government control your medical decisions like vaccinations, what is to stop them from overreaching in the future? Let’s say your child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, would you want the state to be able to mandate that they take a Class II Narcotic like Ritalin?

4. This law would take away Informed Consent, something that is present for every other medical decision you make. While it appears that in general, medical practices do not do a great job now of informing people of the risks associated with vaccinations, this Bill will remove Informed Consent.

5. Medical practices and vaccine manufacturers have ZERO liability when it comes to injury or adverse events. Unlike every other medical product and procedure, vaccine manufacturers and MD’s are protected from malpractice claims. Therefore, there is no incentive to make sure their products are safe and to take responsibility to assure that the vaccination is a good fit for a child. If a child seat has been shown to be defective, it is recalled immediately. When VIOXX was determined to cause more harm than good, it was withdrawn, despite the FDA determining that it was safe. When Tylenol had a bad batch of product, it was recalled. In Salem County where 5 children were given the wrong vaccine, and the doctor's stated that there was a potential for neurological injury, there is no liability. With no liability in regards to vaccinations, vaccine manufacturers have no incentive to make their product safe and effective.

6. Medical professionals only receive information regarding when to administer vaccinations, not trained to identify a vaccine injury or the best way to treat a vaccine injury. I believe it is this lack of education and training is the reason why most doctors do not realize the harm that vaccines can have.

It is estimated that doctors report less than 10% of all vaccine injuries to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).

7. Since Hepatitis B is mainly transmitted through sexual contact or “dirty” needles as can be found with IV drug use, why are babies receiving 3 doses of this vaccine prior to 6 months of age? And, when this immunization might be effective when they are sexually active, it would have "worn off" as vaccinations only give temporary immunity.

8. There has never been one study comparing the vaccinated population vs the unvaccinated population. And, there has never been even one controlled, double blind study using a placebo. All the studies that the CDC and vaccine manufacturer’s use to convince the public that vaccinations are safe involve comparing either one vaccine against another, or a vaccine against one that just has the virus removed, not the other toxic ingredients. And, the current vaccination schedule has not been either. 

9.   As of March 2015, there have been over $3.1 Billion paid out by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Considering that most parents of injured children are not aware that this program exists, or by the time they find out the statute of limitations to file a claim has expired, I find this statistic very alarming. Couple that with the fact that these claims are not adjudicated in a court of law. There does not exist normal court proceedings like hearing a case before a jury, discovery and the court having a “hearing”, but instead done by a secret “court” where one person will decide if a claim will be paid.

10.   There is no public health emergency that warrants this overreach by the government. The recent Disney Measles outbreak affected less than 150 nationally and no one died. At least 30% of the people had been vaccinated, many of the unvaccinated were too young to be vaccinated or older people where their immunity had waned. None of the students that got the Measles transmitted it in their school. And, patient zero, the person they believed to have brought it to Disney came from the Phillipines and is believed to have been vaccinated. Conversely, there have been at least 108 deaths from the MMR vaccine and hundreds of injuries. 

11.   Many people use the immune-compromised as a reason that everyone should be vaccinated. Did you know that someone recently vaccinated with a “live” virus actually sheds the disease and can spread the very disease that they are being immunized for? Many hospitals will tell immune-compromised patients to not have visitors that have recently been vaccinated.

12. Vaccine manufacturer's have approximately 200 additional vaccinations in the "pipeline", many of which could be added to the schedule, which contains too many vaccines already. Dr. Paul Offitt has stated that an infant's body could handle 1000 vaccines in a single visit, but there has never been a study proving this statement.

13. Currently, there are three whistleblowers that have either worked with Merck or the CDC whose cases have not been heard by Congress. Dr. Thompson, a researcher with the CDC has stated that his his superiors forced him to hide important data proving that the African American population has a 340% increased risk of developing autism from the MMR vaccination! He has shared his over 10,000 documents with Robert Kennedy, Jr. proving the endemic corruption at the CDC which led him to state that the CDC is a "cesspool of corruption". The study that Dr. Thompson administered at the CDC had been considered the "gold standard" proving no link between autism and the MMR vaccine and had frequently been cited by Dr. Offit proving that vaccinations are safe. 

When I was a kid it was normal to get the chicken pox, mumps and measles. It was rare that anyone suffered a serious consequence as many US citizens do what is necessary to have a strong immune system like exercising, eating healthy, drinking “clean” water and use proper sanitary methods. When these diseases were prominent it was prior to doctors washing their hands between patients either at the hospitals or in their offices. In other countries where people don’t have access to clean water, healthy food, and good sanitary conditions, they have a greater risk of contracting these diseases and possibly dying.

If states and the US government are going to mandate vaccinations then Congress must make vaccine manufacturer's and medical professionals liable for potential injury as they would for any other medical procedure or product. Medical professionals MUST be trained to recognize a vaccine injury and learn appropriate methods for helping those that injured to heal from the injury. Plus, an independent firm with absolutely no ties to the pharmaceutical industry, unlike the CDC or NIH, must do appropriate double blind placebo testing on all vaccinations plus evaluate the health of the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated!

The financial relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and government agencies (like the CDC and FDA) must be reigned in. There needs to be oversight and having people working at the FDA and CDC with financial ties or a promise of a job does not provide the proper checks and balances. Plus, people that can potentially profit from a vaccination must not serve on any committee mandating which vaccines need to be on a schedule. It has been reported that Dr. Offit has received about $30,000,000 personally from his Rotavirus patent after he recommended that it be placed on the childhood vaccination schedule. 

Understand all the facts and how taking away your freedom to choose what is best for you and your family could be taken away. Mandatory vaccinations for adults is next on the vaccine manufacturer's agenda. Tell your legislator that you do not want the state or federal government making any medical decisions for you or your family. Leave these decisions where they should be...with you and your doctor!

Informed Consent for Vaccinations: Why it is ESSENTIAL

This is Cody smiling, making eye contact, interacting with his family and cognitively sharp at 7 months old. After he received the MMR and Prevnar vaccine, he began to regress. He would no longer allow anyone to read to him, stopped playing with his toys, became withdrawn and would retreat to the corners of the room. He no longer enjoyed watching his favorite TV shows, would sit in his Elmo chair and stare blankly. Grunting replaced any form of speech that he had previously. When his parent's discussed this with their family doctor, they were told that this happens to boys and not to worry. They continued to vaccinate and he soon developed asthma, allergies, eczema, and chronic ear infections. By the age of 3 he became sensitive to light, texture and sound and began hand flapping and eye stimming. By the age of 5, Cody had received 34 vaccines and was diagnosed with autism. The doctors told them that their beautiful typically developing son was born this way. His mom says, "Cody was definitely not born with autism."

Cody's parents were never informed of any potential risks, despite that they are listed on the insert from the manufacturer of the various vaccines he received. His injury was never reported by the doctor to Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System. If they had known about the potential for these adverse reactions, they would never have vaccinated. 

Cody's story is not unique. In a Facebook group, there are thousands of parents who relate similar stories. Their child was developing normally, he/she started receiving vaccinations, then problems began. Some children screamed for hours and then became distant. Some developed chronic ear infections, difficulty sleeping, gastro-intestinal problems, food allergies, auto-immune disorders. Some even died. 

These parents were not given Informed Consent prior to vaccinating their children. Some were told there was a potential for pain at the injection site (I'm not sure how a 2 month old can indicate where the pain was coming from) or painted the picture that the risks were 1 in a million (which we know isn't true based upon VAERS, even with the under reporting). Some were given a sheet listing potential adverse reactions after they had already vaccinated. 

Even worse is that when their children have been injured, the doctor's always say that "it's a coincidence", or "it's normal at this age". They never admit that the vaccines caused harm.

All across the country and within the federal government itself, legislators are writing Bills to take away an individual's desire for an exemption to vaccinations. These Bills would mandate that every child receive all the CDC recommended vaccinations, on the CDC's schedule, even if that child has had a prior reaction.

With every medical procedure, there is a risk. People take for granted that Tylenol is "safe" but according to their website, it can cause acute renal failure, metabolic acidosis, hypotension, anaphylaxis, as well as minor symptoms such as headaches and muscle pain.

When you go to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, the pharmacist has you read a list of potential adverse reactions and side effects for your prescription, then has you sign off on their informed consent sheet, for liability reasons.

If you have surgery scheduled, the doctor, nurse and hospital will all make sure that you have read the potential problems that can happen during surgery and being in the hospital, and will give this to you at least several days prior to your scheduled surgery so that you truly understand the risks. They must do this as part of Informed Consent. They know as long as you sign their forms that if something goes wrong, you have admitted that there was a risk and they are not responsible.  

Don't you wonder when you go to the doctor's office to get your vaccination that they do not provide you with the same detailed list of potential adverse reactions? I did a poll on Facebook and out of 70 people, only 1 said that they received a detailed list of potential complications from the vaccines. Only 1! 

Many times they will tell you that there is no risk with vaccinations, despite that as of May 1st, 2015, there have been over $3.1 Billion paid out in vaccine injury claims by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

The VICP was established as a result of the National Vaccine Injury Act which provided all vaccine manufacturer's and doctor's administering vaccinations exemption from any liability that might result from receiving the vaccinations, which is why doctor's offices do not provide you with adequate Informed Consent. The VICP was initiated because parent's needed a form of recourse in the event that their child suffered a severe injury.

The legal requirements for vaccine providers include:
- give parents vaccine benefit and risk information prior to being vaccinated;
- keep written records of manufacturer names and lot numbers for vaccines given;
- enter serious health problems following vaccination into a child's permanent medical record;
- report serious health problems following vaccination to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Report System.

As part of this program to be exempt from litigation, the vaccine manufacturer's need to list potential adverse reactions or events in their insert provided with the vaccinations.

What is actually happening in medical practices across the country is that parents are given an innocuous sheet explaining that there might be some complications with getting the vaccination versus information that has been exaggerated regarding the adverse problems that might result if their child were to get the disease (s). The doctor's offices don't tell you that getting the vaccination does not give you lifetime immunity from the disease and that it might not even work at all and they don't mention that getting the disease will give you lifetime immunity and will help your immune system to strengthen.

If you read the insert from Merck on the MMR vaccine, it will even tell you that one of the adverse reactions might be the measles! Other potential adverse reactions are: encephalitis (acute infection and inflammation of the brain), Guillian-Barre, febrile convulsions (seizures with a high fever), SIDS (sudden infant death syndrom)...and these are just some of them and can occur anytime during a 30 day period following the vaccination (see MMR insert).

While the media painted this recent Measles outbreak with doom and gloom, there were only about 150 cases nationwide with no deaths. And, over half the people that got the measles were already vaccinated, indicating a failure in the vaccination itself.

Consider the flu vaccine. Every year when they make the vaccine, they must manufacturer it well before they know which strains will be in existence for that year. They are taking an educated guess. This past year they guessed wrong, meaning the flu vaccine was ineffective. Despite knowing that, since the vaccine manufacturer's had already made up the vaccine, they still pushed it , despite the risks associated with receiving it. If you received the flu vaccine, were you advised of the potential risks associated with it? Did they tell you that you might get the flu or Guillian-Barre disease? Did they mention that the ingredients in the vaccine include formaldehyde, aluminum, and mercury?

So, the next time you go to your doctor and they are pushing you or your child to get vaccinated, ask them to see the manufacturer's insert that comes with the vaccine. Read it thoroughly. Take it home and fully digest the information. Ask them if they have had training in identifying vaccine injures. 

Understand the risks of vaccinations and educate yourself by reading information that does not come from those benefiting from vaccinations. You can always vaccinate later but you cannot undo a vaccination reaction.

And please, tell your legislators now, on the state and federal level, that you wish to keep the ability to make the right decision when it comes to vaccinating for you and your family. Once these Bills become law, you won't be able to request a delay or total exemption, unless your child is seriously damaged and the doctor writes a medical exemption (rarely happens). What if an older child has a reaction or dies from a vaccination and you decide that you don't want to risk that with future children? You will have no recourse at all.

The vaccine manufacturer's plan is once these Bills pass for mandatory vaccinations for children is to then have adults get up to date on their vaccinations, which could be as many as 49 vaccine doses and include a yearly flu shot, whether it is effective or not.

Cody's and tens of thousands of other children's stories are incredibly sad and could have been prevented simply by advising parents of the risks associated with the vaccines.
        

10 Questions to Ask your Doctor Before Vaccinating Yourself or Your Child

This past weekend, I was speaking with a medical professional who routinely vaccinates children. There were some pieces of information that became clear during our conversation.

1. The only training he has received regarding vaccination is on following the CDC-recommended vaccination schedule.

2. He was unaware of Vaccine Adverse Events Report System (VAERS) and the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), and was stunned when I mentioned that over $3,000,000,000 has been paid out in injuries directly as a result of vaccinations. 

3. He has not been trained to do any medical tests for those with vaccine injuries and their associated gut problems. His training is only using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He has not received any training as to who the proper health care professional would be for these type of gut problems. 

4. He did not actually know what ingredients are in vaccines; all these years, he has been administering them under the assumption that they were safe for everyone. 

5. While he was aware of the MTHFR genetic mutation because someone close to him has it and has been severely ill, he never realized that vaccines can cause severe damage to someone with the MTHFR mutation. 

I was pretty shocked that he admitted to me his lack of information on so many important pieces of information regarding vaccinations. But, this story is not unique. I've spoken to hundreds of parents who report their medical doctors seemed to be either misinformed or totally in the dark. 

I've created this list of questions in the hopes that you can ask your doctor and staff how well prepared they are in understanding vaccinations and their potential reactions and what to do if your child has one of the adverse events listed in the manufacturer's insert for each vaccine.

1. What training do you and your staff receive regarding adverse reactions to vaccines?

2. How do you determine which children might benefit from a delayed vaccine schedule?

3. How do you ensure that parents are actually given ALL information regarding vaccine risks, so that they can truly give you informed consent?

4.The Material Safety Data Sheet for thimerosal says, "NEVER mix with aluminum", yet the vaccines which contain trace amounts of thimerosal are routinely given concurrently with aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines. In view of the fact that the presence of aluminum would result in synergistic toxicity of even trace amounts of thimerosal, would you consider an alternative vaccination schedule?

5. If one of your patients had a vaccine injury, besides diagnosing them, what additional medical tests (blood work, nutritional deficiencies, gut analysis) would you perform to understand how this has affected your patient?

6. Since vaccination can only give someone partial immunity (vs lifetime immunity if you’ve had the disease) and there have been repeated vaccine failures (people who have been vaccinated still getting the disease ie whooping cough, measles), what do you recommend to make sure your patient’s immune system is strong? Have you been trained in nutrition to teach families how proper nutrition can help someone who has been vaccine injured, is on the autism spectrum, has food sensitivities/allergies?

7. Are you familiar with Vaccine Adverse Effects Report System? If yes, how many reports have you filed to VAERS?

8. Did you know that as of May 1st, 2015, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program  has paid $3,159,410,649 to people that have been severely injured by vaccines?

9. Are you aware that the death rate from measles in 1955 (before the introduction of the vaccine) was only 1:12,000 according to the CDC data, yet we are constantly told how deadly it is? And that was prior to our having more sophisticated medical options for treating severe diarrhea, pneumonia, and understanding that most measles complications were a result of Vitamin A deficiency. 

10. Do you screen for the MTHFR (MethylTetraHydroFolate Reductase Deficiency) genetic mutation prior to vaccinating your patients? Individuals who have bio markers showing inefficient folate metabolism, impaired methylation, low glutathione levels, and vitamin deficiencies (including but not limited to B12, vitamin D, and carnitine deficiency), are also at high risk for adverse reactions to vaccines because their ability to rid some of the additives and preservatives is impaired, and because their ability to excrete heavy metals is impaired, which results in neurological damage.

Autism: My perspective on the causes

Autism: The Cause

 

There are many factors being attributed to autism. It's not surprising that environmental toxins are at the top of the list. PCB's in plastics, increased mercury in fish, pesticides on our fruits and vegetables, aluminum in pots and pans, increased pollution in the water and air, toys from China...where does it end? Consider that the constant onslaught our babies and small children receive from our environment to be the beginning of creating a toxic body coupled with the increased use of antibiotics. 

 

Consider what life was like in 1983 when the autism rate was 1:10,000 children. Less plastic, more glass, less pollution, less genetically engineered food (although we still had DDT to deal) and far less vaccinations. If you look at vaccinations alone, the recommended schedule of vaccinations in 1983 vs the current recommendations have increased dramatically. To view the schedules, click here. While pro-vaccine people will tell you that there was less reporting of autism in 1983, it still does not account for the vast discrepancy.

 

While some people claim that there was no correlation between vaccinations and their child's autism, then maybe it was the tipping point. Maybe the polluted environment we live in started the process and the onslaught to the nervous system by the toxic ingredients of the vaccinations took their child from healthy or high functioning into ASD. 

 

I have a special interest is the relationship between vaccinations and autism. The reason is because I have talked to so many parents over the years who can tell me with absolute certainty that their child was fine and developing appropriately for his or her age, then had severe changes following being vaccinated.

 

In some cases, the changes were "minor" following a round of vaccinations. Like high-pitched screams for a couple of hours, or restlessness. Following the next round, their child changed before their eyes. In other cases, the change was immediate...usually after the MMR vaccination. 

 

For one particular child, the mom did not want to vaccinate but the dad did. There was increasing pressure from her doctor, family and friends as the boy got older. In the mom's heart, she knew that it would be a huge mistake. When her son was 15 months old, she relented. She told the nurse that she would agree to a total of 3 vaccinations (not shots). She brought her son to me 3 days later, limp. The boy had not eaten and had a very high fever. Despite taking him to the hospital, no one was able to help him. He had been healthy prior to receiving the shots.

 

When I looked at the Vaccine Card from the doctor, the boy had actually received 5 vaccinations in 3 shots. The doctor and nurse told her that it was a coincidence that the boy had the reaction...that he must have been sick without her realizing it. Fortunately, the chiropractic adjustment immediately brought him out of this detached and ill state. His fever dropped within minutes and before he left was looking at his mom. Needless to say, she would never vaccinate her son again. 

 

I realize that there are studies that claim there is not a link between autism and vaccinations. You need to evaluate when looking at a study who actually paid for the study. Was it an independent group or was it the pharmaceutical industry with something to gain. After all, you can design a study to have the desired outcome if you choose. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) setup a committee to review the literature on vaccine side effects. They concluded that their knowledge was limited because there is 

1. Limited understanding of biological processes that underlie adverse events.
2. Incomplete and inconsistent information from individual reports.
3. Poorly constructed research studies (not enough people enrolled for the period of time).
4. Inadequate systems to track vaccine side effects.
5. Few experimental studies published in the medical literature. (CDC)

To date there has not been a study comparing vaccinated children to unvaccinated children in regards to the vaccine - autism link. You can look at communities where vaccinations are not given and you will find virtually no autism. The Amish community is one and another prominent community is the patient base of Dr. Mayer Eisenstein. He is a medical doctor in Chicago and serves a community of 30-35,000 children. Dr. Eisenstein is also author of the book, Make an Informed Vaccine Decision. He reports no autism in his community and he does not vaccinate his patients.  While this German study (illustration to the left) does not compare autism in the vaccinated community vs the unvaccinated, it does show Hyperactivity (a common symptom in children with autism) and Seizures (a common precursor to regressing into autism). 

 

With regards to reporting of vaccine injuries, even the CDC admits that vaccine reactions and injuries are under-reported. In every case where a child had a reaction to a vaccination, the parents had told me that their doctor insisted that it was a coincidence, that the child must have been sick. The parents were not aware of the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting Serviceand when questioning their doctors, were told that they did not report this as an adverse event. 

 

Learn the facts about vaccinations. Understand what the ingredients are and how they are toxic to the brain. For instance, did you know some of the common ingredients include: aluminum, formaldehyde (used to embalm people when they die), antibiotics, egg protein, MSG or monosodiumglutamate (a neurotoxin), and thimerosol or mercury. Mercury is considered a hazardous material...why do we want to inject that in our children or ourselves?

 

Go to the manufacturer's website of the vaccine your child is supposed to receive and read what the contraindications are and possible reactions. For the MMR vaccine, Merck has a long list of possible reactions including vasculitis, diabetes, convulsions and seizures, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome. For the complete list for the MMR, click here. Your doctor should be educating you about the possible reactions to vaccines. It's called Informed Consent. 

 

Educate yourself by reading some excellent books on the topic including Dr. Eisenstein's and Neil Z. Miller. Watch the documentary, "The Greater Good Movie" by either purchasing the film or going to a screening of the film. Go to various websites such as the National Vaccine Information Center to learn more. Join Facebook groups to speak to real parents of children who have been vaccine injured. And, go to the CDC website for a list of possible vaccine reactions or ask you doctor for the insert from the vaccines for the list. 

 

While there are still a lot of questions about the cause of autism, I don't think you can point your finger to one thing. It's most likely an accumulation of neurological "insults" to the nervous system and brain. As a parent, start by doing your own research and speak to as many parents as you can who have children on the autism spectrum. And without a doubt, educate before you vaccinate!

My take on avoiding future tragedies.

As I sit here reflecting on the day of my birth on the tragedy in Connecticut, the deep sadness I feel is immense. My heart is so heavy, not only for the families directly affected, but for our country. While I am grateful that I still have my daughter to hug, the pain I feel in my heart is so deep, like a knife has gone through it. How could this tragedy have happened, or better yet, why do these tragedies keep happening? Like many problems, we tend to focus on the symptoms or the superficial aspects and not look deeply at the cause (s).

I didn't seek to have a child, it just happened like a miracle. I had felt for a long time that the world was becoming so dangerous that it wasn't a place I wanted to bring a child into. To me, it seemed like people were becoming increasingly disconnected from their families and communities. Life was becoming crazy, from the increased cost of housing to goods and services. Vacations were minimal in most people's lives and it just felt that there was not a sense of balance or ease in the world. Then the miracle happened at the age of 44. I was pregnant and I was so thrilled. While I was still worried about raising my daughter in a crazy world like this, I was hoping that I could, at least, provide some safety net for her.

I don't claim to be an expert on these matters but I have some strong feelings about what has happened to our country...and why we keep seeing these tragedies. Not only the mass shootings, but the horrific murders that occur regularly.

There is no doubt that we must change our gun laws. What is the purpose of being able to carry a semi-automatic weapon except for mass murder. Limiting ammunition rounds is a great start but if someone wants to protect themselves, do they really need to have more than one gun? Maybe there are exceptions that could be looked at on a case-by-case basis for those with "real" needs. Of course having more extensive background checks and re-licensing, like you do with your car, sounds like a great idea.

But, limiting guns is still only treating the symptom. If not guns, the assailant might use knives or a bomb. What is the reason that these people are becoming so violent? While we certainly need to limit the types of guns people can possess, let's take a look at the "why" this has become such a problem.

One area that I think we need to address is the gratuitous violence we see, not only in TV shows and the movies but in video games. There becomes a numbing effect and desensitization when someone is exposed to violence regularly. It becomes to some, acceptable. Even young children are exposed to violence in animated shows. And, it has been shown that extended use of screens (TV, computers, etc.) can be linked to behavioral changes. Check out this video for more info. Watching the news on TV can also be very depressing. I stopped watching the news after 9/11, and greatly reduced watching the TV in general since that time. If you have a tendency towards depression, being glued to the tube can put you into a black hole that is hard to pull out of.

Look at the food that is offered. So many chemicals in most store bought items that are toxic to the brain. MSG, refined sugar, food dyes, etc., can cause damage to the brain. Even grains and gluten can cause inflammation. You know that foggy feeling you have after eating grains, that is inflammation. It might be subtle at first, but if you eat a really healthy diet for a few weeks that is whole food based and then eat something "bad", you will notice how horrible you feel. Having a regular diet of processed foods and soda can cause behavioral problems including anger and rage. One of the first things I do as a pediatric chiropractor working with a child with ADD/ADHD and behavioral problems is clean out their diet.

Harris Coulter, PhD, a medical researcher and historian, discusses in his book, "Vaccination, Social Violence, and Criminality", how vaccines can change the brain. Through his extensive research, he describes the range of neurological damage that can occur from mild to severe inflammation of the brain, aka encephalitis. It can express itself from the child having staring spells, difficulty crawling, eye problems (cross eyed or repetitive eye movements), ear infections to convulsions. Other effects can be a disruption in their sleeping, hyperactivity, lowered resistance to infection, and allergies (food and otherwise). 

Dr. Coulter describes certain personality changes that occur after the damage and some people that have had inflammation of the brain may be fascinated by burning buildings, given to outbursts of rage, and have a tendency towards impulsive behavior, including suicide. They rarely show remorse for what they have done as they probably see it outside of their ability to control it. "Vaccination, Social Violence, and Criminality develops the thesis that the "sociopathic personality" which has emerged on a mass scale in recent decades -- and which is responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime and social violence -- is causally linked to the childhood vaccination programs. In other words, vaccination causes encephalitis which in turn leads to these post- encephalitic states and conditions." For more info on this subject, check out this online article. 

Then we have to look at the narcotics regularly given out to our children for depression, ADD and ADHD. It's criminal when you think about how over prescribed these medications are that cross into the brain. Do you know that if your child has been on Ritalin, they can never serve in the military? It's because it is a Class II Narcotic and having received this medication as a child will change the blood chemistry of the brain.

The side effects from Ritalin include: agitation, nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, depression, craving cocaine, aggression, hallucinations and more! Side effects from Prozac include: mania, loss of one's own self of reality and thoughts of suicide. Gwen Olsen, a woman who worked as a drug rep for 15 years learned the hard way about the problems with anti-depressants. Not only did she have severe side effects, her niece committed suicide from the roller coaster she was on in connection with these types of drugs. 

I was listening on the radio to a report about one mom whose teenage son had depression. It was recommended that he start an anti-depressant by his doctor. They started the medication and he started having behavioral problems and his depression greatly deepened. When they realized this, they slowly withdrew his medication. One of the problems with SSRI's is that you just can't stop taking the medication. After the drugs were out of his system she realized that he was just going through normal teenage "stuff" and just working through these issues with talk therapy. 

We have some major work to do as a culture and country. Taking a pill for every ill does not get to the root cause of the problem, and can create new ones. Vaccinations need to be examined by people that do not have a vested interest. Countries like Japan that don't vaccinate until a child is 2 years old has a much lower Infant Mortality rate than the U.S. and much lower crime rate. Even the CDC has people making recommendations not based on science but personal interest. TV "personalities" and politicians need to ratchet down their hate speech. Movie and TV studios must have less gratuitous violence in their productions. And, there must be stricter gun regulations. 

Getting more connected with your family, neighbors and community and spending less time in front of the "boob tube", computer and video games are great starts. Increased exercise and time outdoors, less homework, and a focus on the arts for children will reduce their level of anxiety and depression and will allow young children a way to get out that excess energy they have. Even decreasing the after-school activities will reduce your and your child's stress. Running from place to place increases anxiety in many. Teaching your child how to reduce stress through deep breathing and not running away from their problems through being connected electronically will help them to resolve conflict. And realizing that some problems take work to resolve that a pill won't. There are a lot of wonderful natural healing therapies that are appropriate for children such as Chiropractic, massage therapy, acupuncture, homeopathy, yoga therapy and more that get to the root of the problem and not just treat the symptom. With the support of our communities and our government (with input from us) taking the appropriate action,.we can have a brighter future for our children.