Parents of ADHD Children
Natural medicine
My daughter is 11 and has ADD (not the H really). She was on Ridilin last year and although it helped with her focus at school changed her behavior drasically. She became emotional, angry, cried alot and generally in a bad mood. At first I thought it was puberty but she has been off meds all summer and has no behavior problems. We also tried Adderall which was slightly better. I am looking for an alternative, maybe a natural substance (other than just fish oil, which we tried with no real success).
Someone I know tried Diamond mind and it seemed to help. Anyone try anything they would recommend?
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There’s some great info on the strung out on meds post. There are many many drugs out there. Keep in mind also that the bad mood may also be her brain allowing her to process and express her feelings. For some kids the symptoms of their ADD get in the way of so many things and once those are cleared up there can be a lot of things to work through.
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