I appreciate your research. After just putting my daughter on Strattera after searching for a long time for an alternative to meds, I found a website for a 3 step plan to battle ADHD. www.3stepsadd.com. It looks promising. My husband and I plan to have her try it this summer. I am sorry that I couldn't give you a personal testimony to it's success. Hopefully in the fall!

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please see the neurofeedback thread (down page a ways...)

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Definately look into the line of ADD-care products.

I'm a teenager and they work great for children, teens and adults. It has no amphetamines or other drugs, just all natural ingredients, so that means I get no side effects like I had with vyvanse. (depression, loss of appetite, insomnia)

They're safe, great products and I think you should really look into it

www.add-care.com

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Hi Amy,

You might want to check out ADD-care at www.add-care.com. It is the only all natural supplement alternative with any real proof of success. Brain scans at the Amen clinic show in direct comparison that it is as effective as the stimulants.

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Hi Amy, My name is Heather and my son's name is Alec......He is 10 years old and has entered the hardest year of his life.....10 should not be the hardest year. Alec has always been very intelligent and was tested into the gifted program at the age of 5. Last year we moved and Alec had to start a new school. The type of school that focused only on information retention, organization and state standard test scores.....kind of jamming the information into the children's brain hoping that some of it would stick. Well, after all the years of Alec feeling very smart it all ended in one year... he felt like he was literally retarded. He actually said that to me several times. After watching my child almost have several nervous breakdowns I took him to a doctor who did a battery of tests on him only to find out that he had ADD. Now I always thought that he might have ADD because of his lack of focus, concentration and organization. For several years I was able to get around it somewhat by changing his diet. I also never wanted to put my child on medication because my brother growing up was diagnosed with ADHD and my Mom had him on many medications that made him catatonic and I believe stunted his growth. I am a big proponent of natural remedies, so when I found out about ADD-care I was really excited to see the results. It helped my son right away. He was much calmer, much more focused, able to do his homework and schoolwork.....which was a blessing. He was also able to get back in touch with his emotions and seemed more connected to reality. My mother passed away a year ago and he never cried. He was very close to my mom and a few weeks after taking ADD-Care he found my mother's sunglasses in the car and it triggered her memory. That little boy sobbed for 20mins straight. It finally hit him because he was connected. I am grateful to have found ADD-Care and have already recommended it to a lot of my friends I hope this helps Heather Heather@180tohealth.com

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I have heard some good reviews about amphetarestore, this is a supplement that lessens our dependency to stimulant drugs like Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse and Dexadrine. This is not a drug that replaces ADHD's maintenance drugs but you can drink this supplement together with your maintenance drugs. Amphetarestore reverses tolerance tstimulants, decreases dependency, decreases moodiness, detoxifies the body, increases medication effectiveness and improves the quality of sleep. My sister uses this supplement for her son who has ADHD and I can really see an improvement in my nephew's condition.

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I have been researching different supplements/amino acids etc. for months and have come up with a alternative for my son. All these supplements his body might be getting used to and i may have to change up on them.

Right now he is taking the following. He is inattentive ADD and he can get over stimulated easlily. When he was taking concerta he would chew the inside of his mouth, anyway no more of that. The below seems to be working. I took these supplements before i gave them to my son.

800 mg of EPA omage-3 400 mg of DHA omega-3

an hour later before school with no TV in the morning and no sugar 1 pill of Cognitex which contains PS gold, ALPHA GPC anf indian ginseng

At lunch in school he takes the same as above along with a half pill of fast focus. Fast focus contains some aminoi-acids like L-trysine which is acts like a stimulant but it has a calm alert feeling. A lot of B-12 which makes him alert along with some natural stimulants, DMAE and vipoticine, ginko for circulation to the memory etc.

it seems to be working, I dont give him anything if he's not in school. I will give hime more fish oil and cognitex, if i feel he needs more.

Hope this helps. it's important to understand what these amino acids, natural stimulants do before giving them to your children, i did extensive research.

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With our hearts set out on finding a non-prescription solution, we decided to put our money down on Neurofeedback. Rewarding, but not an easy route. First, finding a trustworthy, experienced practioner requires homework and then you have to rely on intuition. There are very few resources to point you in the right direction. Second, the expense. The insurance companies provide no help and best I can tell are doing their best to discourage this form of treatment. Third, somewhat of a leap of faith. Very few clinical studies to support the efficacy of Neurofeedback.

Is it worth it???? For us, it has changed our lives and will forever positively impact our 8 year old daughter. When you plop down your $750 for the initial EEG consultation, it will make you pause wondering if you are flushing money down the toilet. After spending an hour listening to the practioner describe your child to a "T" off of beta and alpha waves on a computer screen you begin to become a believer. After 20 sessions and you are able to watch your child sit down at the piano and go thru three songs without 15 minutes of delaying, negotiating, then screaming at the top of your lungs you become a proclaimer. Our experience has been borderline miraculous. Gone is the impulsiveness, inappropriateness, frustration with simple tasks, homework and most importantly the teacher is amazed by her progress.

It is a financial commitment and time commitment. But you can't take it with you and time flies. Most importantly, the time we have together now is quality time and we aren't wasting 1 hr per night just trying to convince her to do her homework "or else".

I am very dissapointed that I have not seen more information on Neurofeedback, it would have saved us two years of frustration. However, we are grateful we kept digging for information and took an educated leap of faith on the treatment.

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For those interested in learning more about Neurofeedback, check out this article:

Alternative ADHD Treatment: Neurofeedback - what you need to know about this alternative ADHD treatment.

Dena

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