| As a researcher, parents are always asking me about | | | | interactions or addiction. |
| the best ADHD treatments. The answer to this is not | | | | When choosing a natural remedy look for one that has |
| clear-cut because different treatments work well for | | | | been FDA-approved and has clinical studies to show |
| different kids. In this article, you'll learn about the top | | | | the effectiveness of the formulation. The formulation |
| treatments available with enough information to | | | | should be made from proven ingredients including |
| choose the treatment that will be best for your child. | | | | Verta Alb, Arson Iod, Tuberculinum and Hyocyamus. |
| The first ADHD treatment is prescription drugs. At one | | | | These herbs have been shown to increase focus, a |
| time, this seemed like the only treatment choice | | | | sense of calm alertness and reduce agitation, |
| available but that's because they are so well | | | | hyperactivity and impulsivity. Since these remedies |
| advertised by pharmaceuticals companies and | | | | work well and are completely safe, many parents |
| promoted by traditionally trained medical doctors. | | | | consider them the best ADHD treatments on the |
| Some kids do just fine on drugs, while other kids | | | | market. |
| cannot tolerate them at all. Instead of making their | | | | Since ADHD involves behavior and learning to make |
| symptoms better, they make them much worse. | | | | good choices, behavioral therapy can help. In this kind |
| You've probably read the complaints of these parents | | | | of therapy, children learn how to focus and stay on |
| on message boards. They've just started their child on | | | | task in the face of distraction, how to calm and soothe |
| one drug or another and their child's behavior has | | | | the mind and body when feeling nervous or agitated |
| escalated. | | | | and how to listen and pay attention. Since therapy can |
| Since this happen situation occurs with many types of | | | | be expensive, many parents choose to teach their |
| drugs, there's no way to tell you the best ADHD | | | | children these skills themselves by using a good |
| treatments when it comes to pharmaceutical | | | | at-home behavioral program. These programs teach |
| medications. There is no way to tell in advance how | | | | you simple skills that you can teach your child that will |
| well your child will be able to tolerate a drug or if he will | | | | serve him throughout his life. A behavioral program can |
| be able to tolerate any drug at all. Before heading | | | | be combined with a natural remedy or prescription |
| down the path of prescription drugs, you should know | | | | drug for a smart, two-pronged approach. |
| that drugs only suppress symptoms and have side | | | | Which of the best ADHD treatments is right for your |
| effects that can make your child feel and behave | | | | child? Only you and your child can determine this. |
| worse. Symptoms like stomach aches, loss of | | | | Ultimately, what you want is a treatment choice or |
| appetite, inability to fall asleep, agitation and aggression | | | | combination that is safe and that works, that helps |
| are common to many of these drugs. If this scares | | | | your child do better at home and in school, learn, grow, |
| you, don't worry because there are other options. | | | | be happy, healthy and get along well with others. |
| Another option is natural remedies. Although these | | | | When parents ask for my recommendation, I direct |
| remedies reduce symptoms, they do so not just by | | | | them along the natural remedy/behavioral path, since |
| suppressing them, but by giving the brain the nutrients it | | | | there are no worries and complications and since this |
| needs to function better. Unlike drugs they have no | | | | combination works well for most kids. |
| side effects. They also have no worries about drug | | | | |