Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD (Part 1)

re: Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD (Part 1)

KurumiSophia — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:44:16 GMT

While I'm intrigued by the thought of not having to take medication for my ADHD, I'm not sure that I can ask my family to disrupt their diets so drastically and expensively for a treatment that may very well not work. Does anyone have experience w/the treatments outlined in this article?

re: Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD (Part 1)

Abbigailm6 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:50:16 GMT

I found this article to be very insightful...My daughter turned 18 in the middle of May 2009. She was diagnosed with ADHD in the 6th grade as her teachers could not handle her. They knew she had potential, they just could not get her to focus or stop talking or show respect. We ended up putting her on medication. It worked for a while (9 months). The teachers were thrilled with her grade and behavior improvements. After taking the medication for about seven months, she started having bad side effects. We took her off the medication and decided to try to deal with her without the drugs. I wish we would have found some therapy to help us deal with her behavior. She got calls home every year from school about her behavior including her senior year about a month ago. I feel like we failed as parents. The very last day of school (a week ago), she did not come home. She went to stay with her best friend. She says she is not coming home. She said we made her feel like she had low self esteem. She said it felt like we smothered her. She is a compulsive liar and we could never trust her so we were strict with her. She was verbally and physically disruptive to the house and our family. We did not realize how bad things were. We were always angry with her because of her behavior so it seems like there was little room for affection. Big mistake!!! As she has run from home with extreme bitterness, I wish we had done more to help her with her ADHD. I feel like our family is broken now. She has her whole future ahead of her and she thinks she can take on the world on her own. She always blames everyone else when she messes up. I am really scared for her. This article really helped me see that these children have these behavior problems and there are steps that you can take without medication. I wish I had done more.

re: Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD (Part 1)

momma1 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:54:49 GMT

Why is it important to remember dreams....I thought you weren't suppose to remember your dreams?

re: Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD (Part 1)

Mariehelm — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:56:15 GMT

WOW. I was premature at birth.

As a baby clear through my teen years (at the strongest point) and even a little bit now, I have had a bit of rebellion and I have been very free spirited.

As an adult, I was given Adderall awhile back, and yes it calmed me. However, it was never something that helped me focus more and I was still

unable to stay on task. They upped it to the highest dose after trying all of the in between doses and I had heart palpitations, hyperventilated and

almost passed out was SUPER dizzy and was rushed to the E.R.- I went OFF of the adderall as per the doctor there and would have anyway!

I found this article, and I was already doing many of these things, but the B6, I need to try that. I have problems remembering dreams (or much else)

so I will add more B6 and see. I have had a head injury, brain surgery and have brain damage so my memory is affected and may never improve,

but I can always keep trying!

Sincerely,

re: Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD (Part 1)

AZhiker — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:12:36 GMT

God Bless you Dr Mercola.. if not for your web site both of my boys would be on drugs right now. They have been evaluated by the "professionals" to have very high IQ and AD/HD. Both first and second opinions say "medicate ASAP, it is the most important thing you can do for your child"and "they will soar once medicated". None of the suggestions from this article were given and I've been told I am cruel to my child and he will turn to street drugs if I don't medicate with pharmaceticals. Thank you Lendon H Smith too. I will try all of your suggestions and take the boys for a hike or let them dig in the dirt whenever I can.