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[Guest guest]

Hi there,

 

I have an 8 1/2 year old daughter that is highly sensitive and I

would like to know if there is any natural supplements that I could

give her to help with this.

 

She was tested a couple of years ago and diagnosed with ADHD. I did

medicate her with Ritalin for the first part of the school year last

year but it was horrible. I switched her to a private school that

teaches children with learning differences at the beginning of the

second semester and she has not been on any medication since.

 

Since switching her to a new school I have also been researching

natural ways to help her and I have slowly been switching over what

we eat to mainly organic and fresh foods from our local farmers

market.

 

While she is doing well on this program, she does still tend to get

wound up real easily and can't calm herself down. The occupational

therapist tells me that she's got a sensory processing disorder in

which she has a hard time filtering out all the different sounds.

She gets bombarded with all the noises until she finally ends up

being overloaded by it all and that's when she ends up having one of

her melt downs.

 

If you need any other information, please let me know. Otherwise, I

am looking for something that would help her stay on an even keel

thoughout the day.

 

Thank you,

 

Shelly

[Guest guest]

I've talked with quite a few people and have done some research in this - try omega 3 supplements and 5-HTP. It's work with some family members. Read Newstarget.com about ADHA - lots of good information and he's not selling anything.

 

Ann

annrn

 

[Guest guest]

calming herbs may help some, or earplugs when she

needs to concentrate (that helps me lots!) There are

also programs that can be done to help teach her to

filter noise better (brain training, not drugs)... see

if the school has any information on this, or if they

have an audiologist you can talk to, since many of

them are aware of sensory processing issues.

--Rakira

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your reply.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on what type of calming herbs would

help?

 

When she starts school in the fall the occupational therapist is going

to start working with her with a special type of headphone that will

help to filter out the surrounding noises.

 

Take care,

 

Shelly

 

 

herbal remedies , Rakira <cougarrakira wrote:

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> calming herbs may help some, or earplugs when she

> needs to concentrate (that helps me lots!) There are

> also programs that can be done to help teach her to

> filter noise better (brain training, not drugs)... see

> if the school has any information on this, or if they

> have an audiologist you can talk to, since many of

> them are aware of sensory processing issues.

> --Rakira

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