THE REVOLUTION SHOW

In 2012, whilst telling anybody who would listen that Adderall was safer than Aspirin, Ned Hallowell appeared on the Revolution Show with Ty Pennington, the home makeover TV Presenter who claims to have got ADHD, along with the shows host Jennifer Ashton.

Unfortunately for the programme’s makers, the Revolution wasn’t a Revolution as it was axed after about six months.

Fortunately for the rest of us.

Ty Pennington also promoted stimulant drugs when he appeared on Glenn Beck’s show, the Conservative talk show host. Neither Beck or Pennington ever mentioned that stimulant drugs are drugs of abuse, just like Amphetamines, which Adderall basically is, Heroin or Cocaine, OR can be sold on campuses, or taken for fun. Often now kids are snorting it after crushing it to get high.

Ty didn’t tell you that. Some people have to please their pharma paymasters.

This is a script of the show but if you can’t be bothered to read it, here is the live broadcast for viewing. I felt sick reading it. I felt sick watching it. It’s embarrassing how this even went out. Whoever sanctioned it wants firing. It’s excruciatingly awful.

Ty Pennington “I have ADHD and I am finally gonna show you what it is like”.

Ned Hallowell “Undiagnosed this condition can ruin your life, your family life and your school life. It leads to underachievement”.

Just stop right there. Hallowell wrote a book claiming Mozart, Albert Einstein, Edgar Allan Poe, George Bernard Shaw and Salvador Dali along with Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford and John Irving had ADHD.

I wasn’t aware of any of them taking drugs for their ADHD. Being without drugs or any of his or any other bullshit didn’t stop them from succeeding did it?

Hallowell carried on “The prison population is chock full of people with ADHD”.

Ned provides no independent, factual, evidence for this statement. I could say the prison population is full of left-handed people. Or gay people. Or black people. Or sociopaths. Or Schizophrenics. But I won’t, until I have independent, facts and data to prove it. Drugs not provided by Pharma.

He said the divorced have it. That’s right. The divorced. Rather like this ADHD advert for Shire http://i.bnet.com/blogs/shire-divorce-adhd-psychiatricnews-august12008.jpg

Has Hallowell ever been in prison?

Has Pennington?

I’d throw both of them in a cell together and throw the key away, and put Ashton in with them.

The USA’s prison are full. They have one of the highest population of convicts in the world. More unequal societies tend to have higher prison populations. More equal one’s such as Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands less. They have private prisons so money is made for jailing felons.

The studio audience roared with excitement two years ago as Pennington, demonstrated how having adult A.D.H.D. felt to him. He staged two people struggling to play Ping-Pong with several balls at once while reciting the alphabet backward, as a crowd clapped and laughed. Then things got serious.

Pennington: “It affects your relationships, whether or not you communicate with your partner. It affects your job whether they are going to hire you to get the work done”.

Hallowell: “80% of adults don’t know they have it. That’s what drives me crazy. You could be a straight A student. You might be a Nobel Peace prize winner. But you know you could be doing a lot better”.

You could also end up an Adderall Addict. You might end up in gaol. You might end up deranged, paranoid and psychotic through Adderall. You might end up dead like Richard Fee. You might progress onto Cocaine and develop a Cocaine habit and go bankrupt or try to fund it through crime. That’s how you end up in prison. You could be doing a lot worse.

Hallowell and Pennington then met a young woman in the audience called Alicia (Who probably was being paid off by Shire herself) who wondered if she had ADHD. Hallowell served as the Doctor role.

Hallowell asked “Do you have problems wrapping up the final details of a project?”.

I do that. (Alan Berkeley a retired engineer of 50 years).

Alicia replied “Yes I do”.

Hallowell said “Do you have problems getting things started or procrastination?”?

I do that. I always do it Ned. I’m terrible for doing it. (Alan Berkeley a retired engineer of 50 years).

Alicia replied “Yes I do”.

It’s common. Why do you want to do something that has no interest to you or what you get no fun or pleasure out of? Or what’s boring? You naturally want to do something that is more interesting and enjoyable for you.

Hallowell asked “Do you have problems getting things in order?”

Alicia answered she did.

Hallowell said “Do you fidget and squirm when you have to sit still for an extended period of time?”.

Alicia “I think so” laughing.

You think so? You either do or you don’t.

Hallowell never asked why she fidgeted or squirmed when having to sit still. Was it through boredom, or stress, or anxiety or just lack of interest in the subject. How many kids don’t? It would be abnormal if kids were just sat there like zombies wouldn’t it? If you aren’t interested in something why would you not fidget?

Hallowell “Do you feel very active as if driven by a motor?”

Alicia “Yes”.

Well yes, a lot of people are more active than others or have higher energy levels. Think about it. School is a relatively recent development in our evolutionary history isn’t it? In a lot of ways it is not natural to expect children to sit like zombies for six hours or more whilst somebody talks to them. If a teacher is boring or somebody doesn’t find the subject interesting, they might switch off, or could look out of the window, or make mistakes, or act up or misbehave, or find it hard to get motivated. Not all kids are academic. Or interested. It doesn’t mean they are stupid. And it doesn’t mean they have ADHD. Would you be interested or motivated if you have to sit six hours or more in a place if the person or subject wasn’t interesting you. Would you be motivated or concentrate as well?

I think I know the answer for most people. Some can’t do or focus as well when a lot of people are around them. Does that mean then that people should be put on Meth or other powerful drugs or even labelled for life?

Hallowell then said, clearly excited “You have passed the test!!! Welcome to the illustrious club of ADHD!! It is a good news diagnosis”.

If I had been there I would have been diagnosed by Ned as well. Why? Because Hallowell asked me six questions in front of National TV and I answered them. Therefore I should be put on Amphetamines or kiddie Cocaine. When Ned says that, he obviously means well and is trying to boost the confidence of people with this so-called condition, and give them hopes, but it can be unrealistic.

So Hallowell who says he does a thorough work up, diagnosed a woman after asking her six questions, who never met or knew nothing about.

Ned was asked what is the best way of dealing with ADHD from an audience member. He answered “Better diet. Exercise. Structure. Medication is what people are afraid but they shouldn’t be. It works 80% of the time. When it works it is like eyeglasses. Suddenly you can see. It is very safe and effective and shouldn’t ever be feared. They (Adderall and Concerta) are safer than Aspirin”.

Hallowell told viewers, “Go get this diagnosis” so “you can skyrocket.”

Hallowell smiled broadly at his applauding audience. Ty Pennington wrapped up and thanked Hallowell for his great insight.

What Hallowell, Pennington or Alicia or Jennifer Ashton DIDN’T tell you you was mention that Pennington had spent several years as a paid spokesman for Shire and Adderall XR. Hallowell won’t. He was a paid consultant and speaker for McNeil Pediatrics who make stimulant drugs. Hallowell’s role was to serve their interests and promote their drugs, just as Ty’s was.

In print adverts and You Tube videos Pennington crowed and boasted that Adderall had changed his life and gave him confidence to achieve his goals. Marketing the FDA condemned as false and misleading.

Pennington said through a spokeswoman: “I am not a medical expert. I am a television host.”

More than one million people watched this sickening show. A Shire representative who handed out Pennington Adderall promotions shook his head and thought it was better than anything he’d ever seen and that it should be repeated. I agree with them, to show people of how terrible a show it was.

I don’t have to tell you anymore or anything else about the moral compass of Ned Hallowell, Ty Pennington, Alicia or Shire. I don’t need to condemn any of them. They have condemned themselves in that one episode.

If I had my way I would close down NBC and end Pennington’s and Ashton’s careers. They would never appear on TV again. And I would end Hallowell’s. Why this man is on USA TV is beyond me.

Anyone who markets these fake diagnostics and deadly drugs is complicit in every act of violence, suicide and murder committed by people given these drugs. Richard Fee’s story says it all.

When NBC made the Revolution show with Ty Pennington and Edward Hallowell, why didn’t NBC or the programme makers ask Larry Diller, Fred Baughman or Fred Ernst or Gretchen LeFever Watson to talk about ADHD or talk about Adderall? Or even Keith Conners or Allen Frances?

Why two people with links with big pharma who promote Adderall and other drugs?