A Medical Professional Explains How Caffeine Causes ADHD, Mental Illness and More

Ruth Whalen, a medical professional in Massachusetts, survived a 24-year-course of medical misdiagnoses and caffeine poisoning. Turning her harrowed experience into a positive one, Ruth educates the public about the dangers of caffeine and how medical and psychiatric doctors mistake caffeine's effects for ADHD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and more.

(PRWEB) October 23, 2006 -- Do you remember your childhood? Can you remember your first sip of cola or first bite of chocolate? How did you spend your paper route money? Did your first date buy you chocolate ice cream or cola? Those are questions you may want to ask yourself because sometimes it takes one person's bad experience for other people to learn something, and Ruth Whalen, a writer and medical technologist, recovered from a 24-year-course of caffeine psychosis and medical misdiagnoses, is educating people about the dangers of caffeine.

The author of "Welcome to the Dance: Caffeine Allergy, A Masked Cerebral Allergy and Progressive Toxic Dementia" (ISBN: 1-4120-5000-6), the first book detailing the true chemical imbalances of caffeine poisoning, caffeine allergy, and mental illness, with the foreword written by A. Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP (C), President, International Schizophrenia Foundation, Miss Whalen recently published "Through the Gates of Hell: Stories of Caffeine Psychosis"
( http://www.lulu.com/content/444295).

A collection of 27 stories, the first fiction book about caffeine psychosis carries the reader from the Boston Tea Party through the widespread production and use of psychiatric drugs, including SSRI drugs, drugs that should not be used with caffeine. The book focuses on many issues, including caffeine-induced physical illness diagnosed as mental illness, elderly dementia, and ADHD. Showing how caffeine can bring its user to the depths of despair, the book reveals caffeine's horrific effects that many caffeine users, medical doctors and psychiatrists don't know about. Professional photographer and urban explorer, recently featured on the Hallmark Channel's "A New Morning," Mike Dijital designed the book cover. Mike is known for his artistic talent. Small photos are in the book. The realistic material may disturb some readers.

For additional information about the dangers of caffeine and a list of Ruth Whalen's published articles, see http://www.throughthegatesofhell.com and http://www.welcometothedancecaffeineallergy.com.

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