All parents with ADHD children?!
Question: Would like to hear from parents that have tried or have heard of EFFALAX or OMEGA 3and or 6 for treatment of adhd as an alternative to RITTALIN Would like to hear serious feedback only Thanx in advance.
Answers: Would like to hear from parents that have tried or have heard of EFFALAX or OMEGA 3and or 6 for treatment of adhd as an alternative to RITTALIN Would like to hear serious feedback only Thanx in advance.
Historically, the central nervous system stimulants - alerting agents - is the one category of medicines which tend to temporarily reduce some ADHD symptoms in some persons (not everyone). Perhaps the weakest stimulant - alerting agent is coffee - caffeine compounds; perhaps the best known is Ritalin; and, perhaps the strongest is Adderall.
Good nutrition is important for everyone for overall good health in general.
I'm not sure about those, but Strattera is really good. My brother was on Ritalin for years and it rotted out his teeth and made him mean.
they need love or spanking ***
I took ritalin and my doctor says I am 3 inches shorter than my fram should support. It stunts HGH in developing children, stay away... cut the sugar from the diet and stay away from drugs.
Tried Omega 3 and 6 on my daughter but she has obsessional disorders as well and became obsessed withe the whole thing so we stopped also it showed no improvement, haven't tried any other drugs but ommiting E numbers in foods helped when she was little.
i was a hyperactive child and my mother refused to put me on ANY medicine, try a non chemical solution to this. I went through school just fine.and have had no problems
We haven't used those. Medication is not the way to go. The health food stores have natural alternatives. You will have to have a lot of patience and discipline in you. Our 12 year old can be a bear at times, but it is possible.
idk, but my brother takes ritalin and i think it does stunt grow because my brothers gotten a little short over the last couple of years
ADHD is so misdiagnosed in children these days
usually the real cause of the problem that got your child diagnosed in the first place is an imbalance of hormones that cause neurotransmitters in the brain to misfire
this is caused by food allergies or trauma that comes from physical or emotional abuse
my daughter has ADHD as well as ODD and OCD and has tried many types of medication. Strattera didn't work for her, Adderall gave her very scary hallucinations, and Ritalin is not really used much anymore. She is now on Daytrana patch and seems the best so far. She has more of an appetite, and is not zoned out. I would ideally like her off meds, but she would fail miserably in school. I have tried going days with no sugar, caffeine, etc and it did not make a difference.
I speak as an adult with ADHD. I did not use Rittalin as a kid but my parents decided on controlling my diet. There were no artificial colour or flavours in the foods I consumed and I cut out foods that were naturally high in sugars (most tropical fruits). I also developed the habit of daily exercise that I still practice to this day at age 36.
I'm not sure about efflax or omega as alternatives but I do know healthy eating and regular exercise work for me.
I recently received an email that mentioned something that may help ADD and ADHD people of all ages.
You can look up what I'm going to tell you and verify that it is true. I have a grown daughter with the same problem.
sweetpoison.com Check out the article by Dr Janet Starr Hull; it's one of the first sites listed. Sweet poison is Aspartame which has been in diet sodas and diet foods for much longer than we realize. Started back in the 1980's and has grown to be in thousands of drinks and foods.
My email article says in part:
Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight! These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particualarly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens." Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body! Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the "diet products" and with no significant increase in exercise: his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact had symptoms caused by Aspartame. etc....
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called "behavior modification prescription drugs" (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were NEVER needed in the first place! Most of these children were being "poisoned" on a daily basis with the very foods that were "better for them than sugar." It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and Diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome. Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbance talking about a plague of neurological diseas directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since then; there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, Monsanto's paten on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. They also fund, among others, the American Diabetes Assoc., the American Dietetic Assoc., and the Conference of the American College of Physicians.
This article is three pages long. I can't keep going.
This Dr. H. J. Roberts is on line. He has writen many books. He is working to help this Aspartame problem. He is considered The Doctor of Doctors. These people can't do but so much if everyday people like us don't speak out and insist that something be done. Millions don't even know that there is a problem.
One last thing:
THIS IS WHY ASPARTAME IS SO DANGEROUS. When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as MS, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas. In cases of those diagnosed with MS, most of the symptoms diappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.
It also affects those with fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pain, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning! Is it reversible? Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it.
Needless to say; a few children may have ADD or ADHD. But, not all of them. If they are consumning diet drinks and foods containing any form of Aspartame; their's may be a false diagnosis. It won't hurt to check it out and spread this information around.
God bless all of you. Please excuse any errors in this.
PS: Some who have been using Aspartame for a very long time (years) may also need the pill (medicaton) to get it out of your body.
I wrote to Dr. Phil and told him about this; hoping he can tell people what's going on. Many don't know anything about this. If you believe this could be true; please send him a letter about it.
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