Sometimes I have to rub my eyes in disbelief when I read about ADHD on the Internet or in books or listen to TV shows. The latest is that children (babies) as young as 18 months are on Ritalin! Why are we doing this when there is a natural treatment of ADHD in children which [...]
Natural ADHD Treatment ADHD treatment can be done in different ways. While many people want to contribute to the traditional method of treatment such as drugs and therapies, many parents are now the newer type of treatment plans, such as dirt, aromatherapy, flower essence therapy, special massage and other forms of natural ADHD treatment. And [...]
I don\’t know about you but there are so many warnings about ADHD psychostimulants now that I have stopped being surprised or shocked. We never hear any negative reviews on natural products for ADHD. The natural remedies for ADHD critics will sneer that very few conclusive tests have been done to show that natural products [...]
We now know from a study done by the NIH on 600 children over a three year period who were on ADHD medications, that they had no long term effectiveness and resulted in stunted growth. So are herbal supplements for treating ADHD the answer? Probably not as there are no studies to show that they [...]
ADHD psychostimulants drugs (Adderall, Ritalin and Focalin) are very often not suitable for some children due to negative side effects. The same can be said for non-stimulating ADHD meds. It is important for parents to know what exactly these medications are so that they can make an informed choice. Thousands of parents now know that [...]
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) as added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) by The American Psychological Association (APA) in its 1980 edition. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), has since then strived towards further developing the criteria used to diagnose children and [...]
Now that we have an astonishing range of acronyms for mental disorders in children, parents are beginning to wonder how on earth we managed without all these up to now. ADHD disorder in children is now about the easiest of them all and may exist side by side with what are sometimes called co-morbid disorders [...]
