ADHD and ADD???

I found that teaching children yoga and some Tai Kwan Do postures helps. It slows everthing down and teaches them to control their mind. ADD and ADHD kids have trouble with overstimulation. They have difficulty sorting and blocking all the stimuli that come at them. Activities like yoga are non-boring ways to teach them to focus. If you can't find classes or afford them, see if you can get some video tapes or CDs and practice with them. It will give everybody family time together and promote health too. Good luck. (I am a retired mental health counselor)

I trully believe that disorders like these are highly due to, but not ONLY caused by, the foods we eat! I would suggest you take your son to a naturalist doctor and if you can find one that practices naturalist techniques and is also a chiropractor then I think that he/she could really help you with this! I think the medications that come from prescriptions ultimately make cases worse and are meant to do just that so you have to keep children on them forever! It's all about money for the pharmeceutical companies! I don't trust them for one second! I go to a naturalist/chiropractor myself and I know that they trully work and aren't "flukes"! It's so interesting to learn how everything really does work with each other in your body and a naturalist can really help you to understand what's going on with your son! Chiropractics also plays a big part in the way we feel, the moods we're in and stuff like tha, you wouldn't think so but they really do! I huge thing is that I noticed you've changed their diets but have you ever tried a strict all organic diet? I know it's a little more difficult but I think that you'd see a huge difference in your children if you tried this! If you do decide to try an organic diet let me know how it's worked! Good luck!

There are a lot of other problems that it could be, including oppositional behavior disorder, as one condition my son's were diagnosed with in addition to their ADD and ADHD. In addition, there are also many other possibilities. Even if it were Bipolar, doctors are very reluctant to diagnose this in children. I know this because they have already told me that if one family member has it, there is a good chance that other members will. Two of my sons have the symptoms, and two adults have been diagnosed. Right now, they are both taking medication for a 'mood disorder' but that will remain the official bipolar diagnosis until they are older.