ADHD Remedies and Health
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a complex and controversial condition, with no clear scientific consensus. There are different groups of scientists who interpret the facts in various ways, and hence the differences of opinions.
So what is ADHD? This is a good question, especially as there are over 101 causes or conditions that have symptoms, which overlap, or mimic Attention Deficit Disorder symptoms.
What is the best cure for ADHD?
Confused by the claims and counterclaims by the learned doctors out there? ADHD is not that difficult to understand if we have an open mind.
On this site we cut through the hype and present the truth, the facts, and what are myths and assumptions. This includes translating some of the scientific gobbledygook into intelligible English.
What is confusing in the ADHD controversy is the assumption that this is one condition with one treatment. The consensus idea is the assumption that a set of symptoms is a disorder and this disorder is best treated by medication, as these symptoms disappear while the medication is working.
A symptom is not, by definition, a disorder, disease, illness or sickness.
The cause of the ADHD symptoms is the disorder or illness.
If we are to deal with ADHD we need to deal with the cause. Medicating to cover symptoms gives us relief for a few hours, but leaves the underlying condition unchanged, ready to pop back as soon as the medication wears off.
Nice for a while, but has to be repeated day after day, month after month and year after year.
Each of us is an individual with our individual personality, metabolism and genetic makeup. That is why doctors continuously have to adjust the ADHD medication and dosage. The optimum medication and dosage changes over time as well.
There is no doctor on earth who can predict what is right for just you or your child at this moment. This is all trial and error with hindsight. This is not science. It is guesswork based on statistics. If you are not within a statistical average, then the doctor will be wrong. If you have ADHD you are already outside of the “normal” population’s statistical average to start with.
Things we can agree on
We can all agree that stimulant drugs do help dampen hyperactive behavior and help some, but not all, children to focus at school.
We can also all agree that the drugs are short lived and when the drug effect wears off, the hyperactivity and attention problems are back unchanged.
There are also side effects, which are specific to an individual, and which side effect, if any, an individual will experience is not predictable either. That again is only discovered with hindsight.
Can we then agree that although the meds do help for a time, a matter of hours, they do nothing to cure the underlying cause of the ADHD behavior?
Treating ADD and ADHD
How we approach and treat ADHD is therefore an individual thing, where we need to do our own due diligence in choosing a doctor or specialist understanding ADHD to guide us in ADHD strategies. Blind trust is not a good idea when dealing with drugs as powerful as these.
Blind trust includes trusting a doctor who trusts a textbook read at medical school, which described a condition in simplified and general terms, and believing promotional brochures from pharmaceutical companies. ADHD is complex and variable condition that needs an individual approach.
This site aims to help you find the right way for you or your child. There are many natural medication and alternative remedies to treat ADHD behavior.
There is no secret by now that on this site we recommend curing the ADHD instead of masking the symptoms for a few hours at school.
There are natural products that are as effective as the conventional stimulant drugs; products such as Attend (for attention difficulties), Memorex (for memory and clear thinking) and Extress (for natural stress relief).
These products have been scientifically tested and proved as effective as the stimulants, but without side effects, they work 24/7, and do not disturb sleep.
In February 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered manufacturers of drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to alert patients about risks including serious cardiovascular adverse events in patients taking normal doses of these products.
This Confession was long overdue.
What lies behind that statement is that it has been estimated that there were about 930 deaths or life-threatening cases related to ADD-ADHD drugs between 1990 and 2000.
