I have a son, now 14 who was classified with ADHD back when he was 7. We had alot of problems with him in school as well as socially. Our son was on Ridalin, Strattera, Aderall and so on, but they made my son into a zombie. We have found that children with ADHD, ADD have lack of minerals in their body and with extensive research we have come up with some natural vitamins that have worked. My son had a "C" average up to 6th grade on all the ridalin and other drugs until we put him on these vitamins (with NO ridalin or any other drugs) in 7th and 8th and he was on the honor roll. He was a true success story for the school. They are all liquid because my son cannot take pills. Fish oil (omega3), Body Balance (high anti-oxidants) and OsteproCare (calcium/magnesium) are the 3 liquid vitamins we give him along with a multi-vitamin. If you are interested in reading more on the Body Balance and the OsteoProCare the website is www.lifeforce.net/20458118. The Fish Oil website is http://www.vitacost.com/CarlsonTheVeryFinestFishOil-500ml. Vitamins are not the only antidote though, it takes alot of work of the parent as well. The parent must understand that self esteem if the most important factor of a child with ADHD/ADD. If that goes you will have an extremely hard time bringing it back up. Sports, kickboxing and any other active activities are very important in their lives. Sports for the activity, kickboxing for the discipline. My son is a very active soccer player and also takes kickboxing. He does not have alot of friends but these are issues that need to be dealt with as well. I hope this helps.
my son is seven and he has been mean to his friends he overrides everyone. he has to be in control of everything he bullys his friends now he has about 4 friends he has done the (you show me yours i'll show you mine ). in addition to that he cannot be trusted with small animals. he killed our neighbors six day old kitten thing is is that i dont believe hes doing these things to be mean i think he just doesnt know how to be gentle. at any rate now the other mom has once again banned him from playing with her boys. on the one hand im totally freaked. i want to just make him stay inside so i dont have to worry about him fighting with anyone or hurting anyone or anything,but then again i realize i can't do that. i have been told by so many ppl that he is normal that theres nothing wrong with him. they say (sure hes done some things an hes very domanering but they think hes fine. i just don't know any more. i have a daughter who is going to be 16 on the 20th of this month an she has adhd she was also molested when she was young. she touched her brother twice. once when he was a week old an then again when he was a year old. i refuse to believe his problems have anything to do with hers but then again i dont know. any suggestions would be very helpful. PLEASE!!!!