2006-10-09 06:09:49 · 3 answers · asked by foodgelove 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
adhd is wayyyy over diagnosed, chances are your lacking an enzyme in the gut that helps regulate the serretonin in the brain. ask your doctor about it and see if he can prescribe something to help the intestines.
other than that, do a food diary...see what makes your symptoms worse and eliminate them. i do not reccomend herbal treatments, but i have heard dandilion tea helps open the blood flow to the brain.
2006-10-09 06:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by giggling.willow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no effective herbal treatment for ADHD. All the herbal and alternative 'remedies' have been tested for effectiveness and the results are dismal. The only treatment that is proven effective, like it or not, which may be hard because there is a trend in society to be dismissive about Big Pharma, are the pharmaceutical medications such as methylphenidate, atomoxetine and dexamphetamine. This has to do with 'effect sizes'. The higher the number, the greater the effect. The number is between 0 and 1. The effect size for the stimulantia are 0.9, about as high as you can get for any type of medication. The number for omega 3 and 6 for example is only 0.16. The effect size voor cognitive training is 0.24, neurofeedback 0.29, behavioral therapy 0.02. The positive stories from people are no guarantee or prove some alternative approach works. But in some individuals, some approach might work, but it might not help you. These are all anecdotes and you have to be careful because some people will have a tendency to exaggerate the success if only out of the dislike of 'Big Pharma'. Mind you that ADHD is not a 'new' syndrome. And that stimulantia have been given to people with ADHD for many decades, I think they started at around 1940 with that. Also note that there is hardly any medication that has been so studied as methylphenidate. Over 30,000 studies have been done on ADHD medication. So there is no reason to be anti-medication. Even so, for some people these medications will not work, if so, by all means try an alternative. But if you take yourself seriously as a person entitled to have a good life, do not fail to try these medications in a proper way, guided by a good specialist on ADHD, if available.
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2006-10-09 06:20:58 · answer #3 · answered by jerkyofthemonthclub 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son was on Methylin 2.5. He became very aggressive so we took him off the medication.
We are thinking about trying Risperdal.
2006-10-09 10:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by Q. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋