Parents of ADHD Kids - Motivation & Community

Inspiring stories about parents who are raising children with attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD) and learning disabilities

• The Facts About Fish Oil
  How this common supplement can improve your mental focus... more »
• ADHD Nutrition: Balanced Meals, Better Behavior
  How choosing the right foods can improve your child's ADHD... more »
• Brain-Building Games for ADHD Children
  It may look like a video game, but this software... more »
• Treating ADHD with Behavior Therapy: An Alternative ADHD Treatment
  Alternatives to ADHD medications are of great interest to parents... more »
• Neurofeedback: Train Your ADHD Child's Brain With This Alternative ADHD Treatment
  Can neurofeedback really help your child? Here's what you need... more »
• Natural ADHD Treatments: An Alternative to Medication
  Can ADHD symptoms be eased by alternative, non-medical treatments like... more »
• Can Diet Ease ADHD Symptoms? Nutrition As an Alternative Treatment
  Explaining the power of protein and other dietary strategies for... more »
• Fish Oil to the Rescue for ADHD Symptoms: Explaining an Alternative Treatment
  Research on alternative ADHD treatments suggests a daily fish oil... more »

• Free Download: New ADHD Treatment Report
  In this free expert handbook, ADDitude magazine’s top scientific advisors... more »

• Does Coffee Improve Focus?
  "Is it true that caffeine can help children focus?"... more »
• Exercise for ADHD
  "Will exercise improve symptoms?" ... more »
• Alternative Treatments for ADHD
  "Why don't doctors offer alternatives to treat ADHD before prescribing... more »
• A Tastier Fish Oil Solution
  "I'd like to give fish oil to my son to... more »
• The Feingold Diet
  "My kids are on the Feingold Diet, and it appears... more »
• Pregnancy and ADHD meds
  "Can I safely continue my medication while I am pregnant... more »
• Alternatives to Stimulants
  "What alternatives to Ritalin are available to my 11-year-old son?"... more »
• Medication Choices
  "My son tried Adderall, but started squinting. What do you... more »
• Medication on the Job (Airline Pilot)
  "I am a pilot and want to try Ritalin on... more »
• Pycnogenol and Alternative Treatments
  "Can you tell me about Pycnogenol and Maquelier's OPC (pine... more »

• Do Residential Programs Work for Kids with ADHD?
  How keeping families together can improve symptoms of ADHD, depression,... more »
• Alternative Treatments for Adults with AD/HD
  A new report compares and considers choices in treatment for... more »
• Biofeedback for ADHD
  Therapy can help relieve symptoms in children after they stop... more »
• Simple Strategies
  A reader shares what techniques have worked for her nine-year-old... more »
• Managing Behavior Without Treatment
  By concentrating on one target behavior each week, this family... more »
• Behavior Therapy: A Success Story
  How one reader's son traded his medication for behavior therapy... more »
• Fidget to Focus — Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD
  Strategies for purposeful fidgeting to enhance powers of concentration... more »
• Healthy Mother, Healthy Child: Creating Balance in Everyday Life
  Adopt a calmer lifestyle with yoga and wholesome eating... more »

• Trouble Sleeping with Adderall XR
  I was just diagnosed with ADHD and am on a... more »
• Focalin XR
  I just got diagnosed w/ADD Monday and started taking Focalin... more »
• Any Advice on Stimulants
  My son is taking Strattera because he has tics which... more »
• Gabapentin for aggressive behavior
  My son takes Adderall XR. It seems to make him... more »
• Modafinil and Bupropion
  Diagnosed a little more than a year ago, at 39... more »
• Stimulants Leading to Sleep Issues
  My 9 year old son was on Concerta a few... more »

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