Do you believe diet makes a difference with ADHD or just provide drugs

I have a 7 year old that was just diagnosed with ADHD. He is on medication. He has really struggled with school and has problems learning because he has such a short attention span. We started noticing problems in Kindergarten. He would write his numbers backwards and some of his letters. His teacher tried to get me to remove him from class and send him to preschool. I refused. I told her if he flunked, then fine. If not, then he would go on to first grade. When he started first grade, there were some of the same things happening again. His teacher again recommended holding him back in first grade for a second year. Again I refused. And again he passed. This year he started second grade. Same thing. I talked to his teacher and then to the school psycologist and then to his doctor. We decided to do some testing on him. We stared medicating him for ADHD and he has went from a C student to all A's and one B+. It is amazing! He only takes is medicine in the morning before school so he can concentrate. After school, I just let him unwind and be himself. I know quite a few kids in my town that have ADHD and I think it effects each child differently. Some can be controlled with a minimum amount of medication while others need more. I have never had a problem with foods affecting my child's ADHD. He is a lot happier at school now and doesn't get as frustrated with his school work as he did before.

my son is 13 and has ADHD and ODD . i do believe that diet and food play role. our pharmisist gave us some reading material and there are a lot of things that trigger him. we took away a number of items such as bread, sugar, choc, all dairy. and a few more things and we then interduced him back to one thing at a time to find out what it was that was causing it... we are going to be taking him off his medicine in june to se how well he does

YES!!!! I can not say enough how strongly I believe ADHD is affected by diet. I have a son w/ADHD symptoms who has had dramatic changes after following strictly the Feingold diet. www.Feingold.org . I believe that the artifical colors, additives and several other things can affect someone who is sensitive to them creating all sorts of symptoms and troubles.

I think diet makes a difference to every human being - adult, child, teenager...ADHD or not ... all of us. Our moods, energy levels, and general health is greatly effected by the amount of natural vs. processed foods we eat, the amount of sugars we consume, and our vitamins and minerals. Many people with food allergies exhibit ADHD-like symptoms. But what I do not believe is that diet alone can cure true ADHD.

I don't believe diet makes much difference to their condition, although some items may, but they also affect the so-called normal children. Im fortunate enough to be able to grow my own vegies etc, so buying any food with preservatives in is nearly non-existant. But yet both my kids have ADHD. I have however noticed that my son does go tropo when given water icy-poles, twisties, cheesles and orange cordial. And as my mum can't stop buying it, I've had to stop my kids going there until Ive raided her cubboards and freezer.

Foods can make some difference in anyone, but I haven't noticed much if any difference in my boys from one food or another. I have 2 boys (13 & 19) with ADHD and one (14) with ADD. I have watched for this for several years and I don't see any more difference in them than I see in my other children, or in myself when we eat different foods.

this is a tough question and let me start by saying that although my child had not been officially diagnosed with this disorder i have certainly noticed a HUGE difference in her behaivour depending upon what i feed her. If she is eating processed foods daily then people always will ask me if she has ADD as she is so hyperactive and will not lesten to a word i say, but when i feed her unproccessed foods such as bread with no preservatives for sandwiches and just meat and veges for dinner then she is a sweet angel and very obediant. so therefor i certainly think diet plays a big part in childrens behaivour.

I have wondered about this too. My son has not been officially diagnosed, but it's always been in the back of my mind. I read about red dye #40 being a culprit, so no red kool aid, jello or fruit snacks. Of course, he get's nothing with caffeine. He only gets one sweet treat a day (after school) I try to give lots a fresh fruits and veggies. I don't really know what else.

i have heard on numerous occassions that it in the diet. i have noticed certain changes in my child after they have eaten certain foods. tomato sauce, ketchup, cucumbers, kool-aid, processed foods like hot dogs, lunch meat amd a host of other things. go online and check it out.