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Thanks you for your responses I really appreciate them. I would love to hear from more people who have adhd. Because I don't have it so I don't know what my daughther feels. I think that that really bothers me the most. Because I'm not really sure if I doing the right thing or the wrong thing by medicating her.

It just seem like ADHD is really popular now. If your kid is hyper and doesn't listen he or she is adhd. There nothing in the blood that determines adhd. of course children will be better if there drugged. it like drinking alchol when your under the influence your in a different mind state. What happens when your not medicated.

I'm just really frustrated with all of this. I want to do whats  best for my daughter even if that means medication everyday. I just want to be that's the right thing.

what what is the name of the fish oil products your using?I went to the Health Food Store and asked what products they have to help with focus and concentration. They suggested "Arctic Cod Liver Oil". I live in Canada so I am not sure if it would be available where you are.im 17 and i was just diagnosed with add, because i knew i had it my whole life but iwanted to develop my personality myself without meds....im getting a 3.4 gpa its hard as hell for me to do homework without aderall but meds do not make a kid a student, a kid will. a kid is in control of their actions with or without the medication, ive dealt with being a crazy out of control kid in the class for a long time and i can realize when im doing it. It takes time but a kdi can do it without meds, esspecially at such a young age. Try to stimulate her mind with sports or other activities to balance her out. My mom gave me fish oil and omega acids and stuff and that might work a bit too. Good luckI hear ya...it is very difficult to keep medicating your child....wondering if you are doing the right thing. I have started using some of the natural products on the market...along with fish oil which I heard is good for ADHD. Once school is out I am going to take my son off medication and see how he can manage on the natural products. I have also cut down on sugars, food colouring, and tried to increase his healthy food intake. I am hopeful that he will be able to manage without the medication because I hate it. I will let you know how we make out if your interested. Good luck to you.

I want to know what natural product you are trying. My son takes strattera 25 mgs. and it is helping him with school. he made a lot of progress on it but he is still hyper and moody. i think he is more moody now than before. I just purchased valerian cocktail and see how he does with it together with strattera. his MD wants  to either increase the strattera dose or add clonidine but I am very hesitant to do that. So I hope this " natural" supplement will help. 

 

 

Some times i wish i would have never tried medication. then it would not have been used as a cruch when things started to falls apart. This is very hard. what i'm experiencing is that the teachers act like they can't deal with my daughter without the medication. I also have a real problem with the method that is used to diagonised adhd. it's just a questionaire. do kids really need meds? have parent's let the children get away with too much and these are the results? I just don't know anymore. My daughther has tried ay least 5 different meds. she started when she was 5 yrs old. when she takes the meds she will bit her nails past the quick. I'm really sick of dealing with the medication. besides my daughter hates to take it. I really don't know what to do, any suggestions. Me and my husband are struggling with wheter or not we should get her medication or just try to work without it. I can control her at home my problem is while she's at school.   Hi...my son is on Stratterra as well. He just started 2 weeks ago so it is still too early to tell if it is working for him. From the 1st day he started he was moody and had severe anger outbursts. I started him on Focus(natural product from Native Remedies on line) on Monday and he is much happier and the anger outbursts have stopped. It also calms him down. I also started giving him fish oil supplements. It has only been a week but so far I am thrilled. Good luck.

 My six year old son was diagnosed ADHD last Feb.  We started him on Adderall XR 10 mg and he showed a huge improvement at school.  Gone were the daily (mis)behavior notes and phone calls.  I have also been diagnosed as an adult with ADD.  We have taken him off the meds for the summer bc he has gotten so skinny from not eating, plus his father really doesn't like the fact of "doping" our son. 

I am fine with him being off the meds for the summer, but I know it is going to be an issue when school starts again.  He dad feels that it was his teacher and maybe this year he will have someone with more patience.  I, on the other hand, feel that if I can give him a "tool" to help him have better success in school then why should I deprive him of that and allow him to struggle? 

Dad thinks, like another poster, that ADHD diagnosis is too popular and it is a result of people not taking the time with or disciplining their children.  He also seems to think that it is unlikely two intelligent people like ourselves could produce a ADHD child.  I tried to explain that intelligence is not a factor and it does not make our son stupid.  He is very bright indeed. 

I paid 0 to have an extensive evaluation by a pyschaiatrist.  It was very in depth and we got a 3 page typed report back on him.  It told us he is very intelligent, well adjusted, and ADHD.  In the doctors words, " he is just spinning".  

Now I feel like I wasted the money bc his dad is so dead set against it, even when school resumes.  I have given him material on it and he went to the pediatrician with us when he was prescribed the meds.  We held her hostage with questions for about an hour.  I don't know if I should try him without it for a while once school starts and see how it goes, try to see things dad's way, or stick to my guns.  

Any advice?