Guest guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Here's a couple of web pages with a bunch of suggestions, some of which may be familiar to you, and some of which may be new. I have noticed that a multi-faceted approach (using more than one method) has been observed to provide the best results. Since she is being negatively affected by drug treatment, revisiting natural methods may be worth your while. http://www.additudemag.com/topic/adhd-treatment/non-drug-treatments.html http://www.additudemag.com/topic/adhd-treatment/alternative-adhd-therapies.html This book sounds like it might offer some useful ideas, might be available through the library: http://addadhdadvances.com/childyoulove.html Wishing you and your family all the best, Deborah She's on Concerta for ADHD. We tried every reasonable alternative (for several years) before agreeing to the drug, but I'm open to suggestions. Deborah Pageau Ah. Well, since the medication is the cause of the lack of appetite and weight loss, the solution would seem to be weaning her off the medication. Anything less would probably provide partial results at best, and possibly complete failure. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 If I might provide another perspective from personal experience with my oldest son--several doctors (including neurologists) attempted to diagnose my son with ADHD (age 6/7) and prescribe medication.(he was already very thin and we later learned suffered with leaky gut syndrome and malabsorption issues).......I say attempted because I refused the diagnosis and the prescription and sought other avenues to address the root causes of his issues instead of just treating the resulting symptoms......what we found was National Association for Child Development (www.nacd.org) and that the root causes of my son's issues were nuerological and could be corrected with appropriate therapy and diet. Most of my son's issues causing the behaviors that were being identified as ADHD were really the brain's inability to process sensory input and my son's brain kept trying to stimulate those broken sensory channels resulting in various repetitive, hyper-active type behaviors, seemingly unable to focus, etc.....his prognosis at age 6/7 was rather grim and everyone (specialists and special ed teachers) counseled that I would always have to fight for services and that I HAD to accept he may never amount to much academically......Long story short is that I turned to home schooling and a home NACD therapy program and now he is 16--has always been med free and is now functioning 100% (and better) nuerologically and is a dual-enrolled high-school student at our local community college taking advanced courses--he wants to be an architect. He also enjoys extreme outdoor activities like rock-climbing, backpacking,kayaking, skiing, and is very successful at them. He is gluten & dairy free and 75% of the diet is vegan/vegetarian type meals...he's overcome the leaky gut and malabsorption issues with natural treatments and diet. It's been a long journey however the results have been far better than even I hoped for....... Susan Haggerty Front Royal, VA --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Deborah Pageau <dpageau wrote: Deborah Pageau <dpageau Re: non-drug therapy for ADHD Thursday, September 3, 2009, 6:01 AM Here's a couple of web pages with a bunch of suggestions, some of which may be familiar to you, and some of which may be new. I have noticed that a multi-faceted approach (using more than one method) has been observed to provide the best results. Since she is being negatively affected by drug treatment, revisiting natural methods may be worth your while. http://www.additude mag.com/topic/ adhd-treatment/ non-drug- treatments. html http://www.additude mag.com/topic/ adhd-treatment/ alternative- adhd-therapies. html This book sounds like it might offer some useful ideas, might be available through the library: http://addadhdadvan ces.com/childyou love.html Wishing you and your family all the best, Deborah She's on Concerta for ADHD. We tried every reasonable alternative (for several years) before agreeing to the drug, but I'm open to suggestions. Deborah Pageau Ah. Well, since the medication is the cause of the lack of appetite and weight loss, the solution would seem to be weaning her off the medication. Anything less would probably provide partial results at best, and possibly complete failure. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 This could be my son - dx ADHD, anxiety, sensory, etc. Vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, homeschooled . . . LOL Pam On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Susan Haggerty<haggboys03 wrote: > > > If I might provide another perspective from personal experience with my > oldest son--several doctors (including neurologists) attempted to diagnose > my son with ADHD (age 6/7) and prescribe medication.(he was already very > thin and we later learned suffered with leaky gut syndrome and malabsorption > issues).......I say attempted because I refused the diagnosis and the > prescription and sought other avenues to address the root causes of his > issues instead of just treating the resulting symptoms......what we found > was National Association for Child Development (www.nacd.org) and that > the root causes of my son's issues were nuerological and could be corrected > with appropriate therapy and diet. Most of my son's issues causing the > behaviors that were being identified as ADHD were really the brain's > inability to process sensory input and my son's brain kept trying to > stimulate those broken sensory channels resulting in various repetitive, > hyper-active type > behaviors, seemingly unable to focus, etc.....his prognosis at age 6/7 was > rather grim and everyone (specialists and special ed teachers) counseled > that I would always have to fight for services and that I HAD to accept he > may never amount to much academically......Long story short is that I turned > to home schooling and a home NACD therapy program and now he is 16--has > always been med free and is now functioning 100% (and better) > nuerologically and is a dual-enrolled high-school student at our local > community college taking advanced courses--he wants to be an architect. He > also enjoys extreme outdoor activities like rock-climbing, > backpacking,kayaking, skiing, and is very successful at them. He is gluten > & dairy free and 75% of the diet is vegan/vegetarian type meals...he's > overcome the leaky gut and malabsorption issues with natural treatments and > diet. It's been a long journey however the results have been far better > than even I hoped > for....... > > Susan Haggerty > Front Royal, VA > > > > --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Deborah Pageau <dpageau wrote: > > Deborah Pageau <dpageau > Re: non-drug therapy for ADHD > > Thursday, September 3, 2009, 6:01 AM > > > > Here's a couple of web pages with a bunch of suggestions, some of which may > be familiar to you, and some of which may be new. I have noticed that a > multi-faceted approach (using more than one method) has been observed to > provide the best results. Since she is being negatively affected by drug > treatment, revisiting natural methods may be worth your while. > http://www.additude mag.com/topic/ adhd-treatment/ non-drug- treatments. > html > > http://www.additude mag.com/topic/ adhd-treatment/ alternative- > adhd-therapies. html > > This book sounds like it might offer some useful ideas, might be available > through the library: > http://addadhdadvan ces.com/childyou love.html > > Wishing you and your family all the best, Deborah > > She's on Concerta for ADHD. We tried every reasonable alternative (for > several years) before agreeing to the drug, but I'm open to suggestions. > > Deborah Pageau > Ah. Well, since the medication is the cause of the lack of appetite and > weight loss, the solution would seem to be weaning her off the medication. > Anything less would probably provide partial results at best, and possibly > complete failure. > . > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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