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.
Hi John D; It continues to amaze me that there is nothing in Maine (except for Bangor) in the way of support. It's really too bad because I think it would be valuable resource for a lot of people. What town do you live in? Good Luck to you.
Hi, I'm an adult with adhd living in Me. Like you, I found no existing support groups here in Maine so I rely on this message board... helpful but not like face to face!
Augusta.
I have a 10 year old son diagnosed with ADHD just 4 months ago. We are still working through the medication process trying to find just the right one. It's amazing to me that there appears to be only 1 support group for ADHD in the whole state of Maine, and it's 2 hours away from where I live. I have looked everywhere. I'm curious if there is anyone that lives near Lewiston, Maine that is looking for the same thing.Did you try chadd?
Also check with your school and the SPED department.
I did....thanks. Still looking.