When he was in the throes of his worst tantrums, Daniel Fletcher would rip wallpaper off the walls at home and hit and kick anyone who came near him.
Once, he put his pet mouse in the microwave. On another occasion he jumped out of a moving car.
He was first diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at the age of two, and just three years later the little boy was prescribed the amphetamine-like drug Ritalin.
The effect, says his mother Hayley, was a loss of appetite but no difference in his behaviour.
"So the doctor kept upping the doses until he was on six times the normal dose, yet he was still hyperactive."
Eight months ago, Daniel, now 14, was put on Risperdal - an antipsychotic drug usually given to schizophrenics.
"It was as if my son had been replaced by a doped-up zombie,' says Hayley, 35, who took him off it a month later.
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
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