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ADHD

Overview

ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome is a complicated and often misunderstood condition. It is thought to affect between 3- 5% of children. It has also been estimated that ADHD is 3 or 4 times more common in boys than in girls. Generally, the ADHD child is unable to concentrate, is hyperactive to the point of being disruptive, and has poor school performance compared with intelligence.

In recent years, there has been an alarming increase in the number of cases of ADHD. ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is strongly linked to diet, chemicals and food additives in processed food, especially refined sugar and carbohydrates and corn syrup. Food allergies, heavy metal toxicity and caffeine found in sodas are all aggravating. Essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency has been found in many cases.

Conventional treatment involves giving children suffering from ADHD pharmacological drugs such as stimulants. This is worrisome, as these drugs can cause psychoses, including manic-like and schizophrenic-like disorders. Congress has called for an investigation of the effects of prescribing certain stimulants to children, and certain pharmaceutical companies producing these stimulants have been the subject of class action lawsuits in recent years, as more parents are realizing that the drugs are actually making their children sick.

ADHD can be treated naturally without the use of pharmaceuticals that cause more problems than they purport to solve.

The symptoms of ADHD can be categorised into two sets of behavioural problems – symptoms of inattentiveness and symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsiveness and it is not fully understood whether these problems are an extreme form of normal behaviour or part of a separate range of behaviour. A child who is inattentive, overly talkative, impulsive, excessively irritable and hyperactive is labelled as having ADHD. But there are three sub-types of the condition and it is useful to find out which one your child may have:

Types of ADHD

  • ADHD mainly inattentive
  • ADHD mainly hyperactive-impulsive
  • ADHD combined

If your child has symptoms of all three behavioural problems – inattentiveness, hyperactivity or impulsiveness – they may have ADHD combined which is the commonest sub-type of ADHD. However, your child may only have symptoms of inattentiveness but not hyperactivity or impulsiveness, so they may have ADHD mainly inattentive. This form of ADHD is also known as attention deficit order (ADD).

Childhood ADHD is more commonly diagnosed in boys than girls and this may be because disruptive behaviour, which the diagnosis may be partly based on, tends to be more prevalent with boys than girls. Girls with ADHD often have the mainly inattentive form of the condition, which may make them quiet and dreamy. Often this condition goes unnoticed. It is therefore possible that ADHD could remain undiagnosed in girls and could be more common than previously thought. The symptoms of ADHD in children and teenagers are well defined:

Inattentiveness:

  • a very short attention span
  • being very easily distracted
  • making careless mistakes, e.g. with school work
  • appearing forget or losing things
  • unable to stick at tasks which may seem time-consuming or tedious
  • unable to listen to or carry out instructions
  • unable to concentrate
  • constantly changing an activity or task
  • difficulty with organising tasks

Hyperactivity:

  • unable to sit still, especially in calm or quiet surroundings
  • constantly fidgeting
  • unable to settle to tasks
  • excessive physical movement
  • excessive talking

Impulsiveness:

  • being unable to wait for a turn
  • acting without thinking
  • interrupting conversations
  • breaking any set rules
  • little or no sense of danger

If your child has ADHD their symptoms usually become noticeable before the age of 7. Most diagnoses are made between the ages of 3 and 7. The most common problems caused by ADHD are underachievement at school, poor social interaction with other children and adults and problems with discipline. In some cases, ADHD can also cause related conditions, including:

Anxiety disorder – causes the child to worry and be nervous most of the time. Physical symptoms of this are rapid heartbeat, sweating and dizziness.

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) defined by negative and disruptive behaviour, particularly towards authority figures such as parents and teachers.

Conduct disorder tendency towards highly anti-social behaviour such as vandalism, stealing, fighting, harming people, harming animals. If your child is behaving this way it is imperative to consult a registered health practitioner straight away.

Depression: – ADHD can affect mood

Sleep problems: – hyperactivity renders sleep difficult and interferes with sleep patterns

Epilepsy:-  a condition of the brain which causes seizures (fits)

Tourettes’s Syndrome: – a condition of the nervous system (the nerves, brain and spinal cord) that causes involuntary movements and sounds

Learning difficulties: – around a third of children with ADHD can also suffer from dyslexia (difficulty reading and spelling words.) However it is important to remember that ADHD has no effect in intelligence

In adults the symptoms of ADHD are more difficult to define, largely due to a lack of research, and it is still uncertain whether ADHD can occur in adults without it first appearing during childhood. However, it is known that symptoms of ADHD often persist from childhood into teenage years and into adulthood. Any additional, associated problems such as dyslexia or depression are also likely to carry on into adulthood. By the age of 25, an estimated 15 per cent of people diagnosed with childhood ADHD still show the full range of symptoms and 65 per cent still have some symptoms that impact on their daily lives. There is no definite list of adult symptoms and experts agree that simply applying the childhood symptoms to adults would not work. This is because the way in which inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness affects adults is very different to the way they affect children. Hyperactivity tends to decrease in adults, while inattentiveness worsens due to the pressures of adult lives. Adult ADHD symptoms are much more subtle than childhood ones but the following could be experienced:

  • Carelessness or lack of attention to detail
  • Continually beginning new tasks before completing old ones
  • Poor organisational skills
  • Inability to focus or prioritise
  • Continually losing or misplacing things
  • Forgetfulness
  • Restlessness and edginess
  • Difficulty keeping quiet and speaking out of turn
  • Blurting responses  and poor timing when speaking to others
  • Often interrupting others
  • Mood swings
  • Irritability and a short temper
  • Inability to deal with stress
  • Extreme impatience
  • Taking risks in activities, often with little or no regard for the personal safety of others

As with ADHD in children and teenagers, ADHD in adults can appear alongside other problems or conditions and one of the commonest is depression. Other associated symptoms could include:

  • Personality disorders
  • Bipolar disorder (a condition that affects moods which can swing from one extreme to another)
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (a condition that causes obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour such as cleaning constantly)

Any problems you may have had as a child are likely to persist into adulthood which can make life extremely difficult. For example you may have difficulty finding and keeping employment, in relationship and special interactions, with drugs or with crime.

study published in the British medical journal The Lancet indicated that in at least two thirds of all ADHD cases, food sensitivities were the cause. Pause for a moment and think of what this means – 64 per cent of the children out there being dosed with toxic pharmaceutical drugs to treat ADHD simply don’t need them. This number is monumental. In the U.S. alone, that represents an estimated 5 million children.  Food additives that may increase hyperactive behaviour include:

  • Sodium benzoate
  • FD&C Yellow No. 6 (sunset yellow)
  • D&C Yellow No. 10 (quinoline yellow)
  • FD&C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine)
  • FD&C Red No.40 (allura red)

Hyperactivity can be caused by underlying conditions such as learning difficulties, an unstable home life, food allergies, leaky gut syndrome, excessive sugar ingestion, heavy metal toxicity or even the need for glasses. Caffeine is also known to be a cause, as well as environmental factors. Chemical stimuli in the environment such as perfumes and cigarette smoke can also be triggers, as well as a poor immune system, sometimes as the result of vaccinations. Congenital problems and birth injuries can also have an impact.

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Get screened for food allergies and sensitivities, and then avoid eating those foods you are allergic or sensitive to. Allergy testing, NAET

Increase liquids such as filtered water, fresh vegetable and fruit juices, and immune enhancing herbal teas like astragalus (a Chinese herb) or nettle (8-10 cups per day).

Drink water with the juice of one fresh squeezed lemon upon rising and before going to bed.

If your abscess is chronic, eat plenty of organic berries (fresh or frozen) or drink berry leaf teas.

Include plenty of steamed leafy green vegetables and sea vegetables into your diet to ensure a good supply of vitamins and minerals needed for healing.

Eat fresh pineapple, it contains bromelain, which is very effective at reducing inflammation.

Eliminate all stressor foods from your diet, especially refined sugars, fried foods and alcohol for at least two weeks.

The following all contribute to a poor diet and will slow down the healing process so also adhere to this list:

  • Do not consume any artificial sweeteners, such as Splenda, NutraSweet or Aspartame
  • Do not consume high fructose corn syrup or mono-sodium glutamate.
  • Do not drink any carbonated beverages.
  • Avoid all fast food restaurants.
  • Avoid all canned food.
  • Eliminate conventional dairy products. The best dairy products are raw, unpasteurised and homogenised dairy from grass fed cows. If this is unavailable, then buy organic dairy.
  • Avoid conventional beef. The best beef is organic grass fed beef.

www.grasslandbeef.com. The second best is organic meat; this includes beef, veal, lamb, chicken and turkey.

Supplements:

  • The following nutrients are useful for treating abscess and can be used in combination with each other: vitamin A (50,000 IU for two weeks), beta carotene (100,000 IU for two weeks), B-complex vitamin formula, vitamin C (5-10 grams daily), and zinc (60 mg daily for two weeks).
  • Take Alli-C (super powerful antibacterial, anti-fungal and anti-parasite garlic capsules) – 4 capsules three times a day should be taken for the entire four months.  1 capsule is the equivalent to 40 cloves of garlic (without the breath to go with it).
  • Additional supplements that can be considered include liquid chlorophyll and proteolytic enzymes (taken on an empty stomach).
  • Take Vitamin D3 50,000-100,000 International Units a day for periods of 4 weeks at a time to fight infection in the body.
  • Take a good probiotic such as FiveLac – one packet three times a day to support healthy intestinal flora.
  • Wholefood supplements are the best way of ensuring your nutritional needs are met. The best we know on the market is Kevin Trudeau’s “KT Daily” product.  You can find more details here

Prescription and non-prescription medication

What non-prescription and prescription drugs are you taking?  Your non-prescription and prescription are partially the reason that you have this illness or disease – you need to get off these medications but do so only under the guidance of a licensed health care practitioner.

We know that when the body is out of balance, energy doesn’t flow, leading blockages and eventually dis-ease. Here are some things you can do to combat stress and restore balance:

  • Go to a Dr Morter BEST (Bio-Energetic Synchronisation Technique) Practitioner.
  • Sign up for Energetic Re-Balancing: 2 practitioners to consider are:
  • Stephen Lewis, founder of the Aim Program. Find out more by clicking here.
  • . Find out more by clicking here.
  • Consider using Mary Millers Iching System Products – ichingsystemsinstruments.com
  • Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT):  Use the incredibly simple but extremely effective Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to help ease symptoms. ezinearticles.com
  • Reiki healing is a very gentle and nurturing therapy that helps to restore balance and wellbeing to the mind body and spirit.  Find a practitioner here.

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Epsom salts for detoxifying the body www.natural-alternative-adhd-treatment.com/epsom-salt.html

Can omega fats help kids with ADHD blog.lef.org/2012/08/omega-fats-help-kids-adhd.html

Essential oils for brain health essentialsurvival.org/essential-oils-add-autism

Natural Health and Longevity Resource Center – Attention Deficit Disorder & Hyperactivity Success www.all-natural.com/add.html

Ashwagandha – the amazing adaptogenic herb kidsfamiliesplanet.com/2011/07/07/ashwagandha-the-amazing-adaptogenic-herb

ADD/ADHD and brain gym education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/Exceptional%20Learners/ADD%20ADHD/Articles/ADD%20ADHD%20and%20Brain%20Gym/index.html

Candida cleanse for children www.livestrong.com/article/333049-candida-cleanse-for-children

Natural Supplements for ADHD: healthynutritionforlife.com/are-you-aware-of-natural-supplements-for-adhd

New effective non drug treatments for ADHD articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/05/31/adhd-treatment.aspx

Video

Brain Gym/Kinesiology for Dyslexic, ADD, ADHD Kids www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpSBTVFgK0Y

Could food dyes trigger ADHD in children? Watch this video health.msn.com/health-topics/ADHD/video.aspx?vid=2e607f73-eafe-475a-a3d5-918ad724b27f%26tab=nbc_local&from=en-us_health

Research

Effects of a restricted elimination diet on the behaviour of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (INCA study): a randomised controlled trial, The Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62227-1/abstract

The Oxford-Durham Study: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation with Fatty Acids in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder,  Journal for the American Academy of Paediatrics : www.pediatricsdigest.mobi/content/115/5/1360.short

Meta-analysis shows significant association between dopamine system genes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Oxford Journals: hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/15/14/2276.short

Further Information (links and books)

Shirley’s ADHD blog (naturally treating her son Charlie who has ADHD) blog.naturalremedies4add.com

Applied Kinesiology

www.icak.com

Alphabiotics, Alphabiotics International

www.alphabiotics.biz

Cranial Sacral Therapy, The Upledger Institute, Inc.

www.upledger.com  (800) 233-5880

Omega-3s, Hemp Seeds

www.nutiva.com  (800) 993-4367

Omega-3s, Cod Liver oil

www.drrons.com  (877) 472-8701

Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr Natasha Campbell McBride.

Helping families with troubled children. A preventive approach (2nd Ed) by Carole Sutton.

Overcoming ADHD Without Medication: A Parent and Educator’s Guidebook

Help For The Hyperactive Child by William G. Crook MD.

Without Ritalin: A Natural Approach by Samuel A. Berne.

Andrea Butje | Aromahead [email protected] – aromatherapy

Carrie Vitt [email protected] – organic food recipes.

David Spector-NSR/USA [email protected] – meditation, stress

judith hoad [email protected] – herbalist.

Kath May [email protected] – reiki, tai chi.

Lillian Bridges [email protected] – Chinese medicine, living naturally.

Monika [email protected] – aromatherapy.

Rakesh  [email protected] – Ayurvedic Practitioner.

Joanne Callaghan – [email protected]   www.RogerCallahan.com Thought Field Therapy (TF) releasing unresolved emotions, stress and illness.

Trusted products

Alphabiotics,  Alphabiotics International

Aromatherapy oils

Rebound Air – mini trampoline

Clean well – Natural Cleaning Products

EMF necklace – blocker and stress reducing pendant

Neutralize electromagnetic chaos

Dr Callaghan Techniques

Supplements

Water filter

Candida plan

Herbal and homeopathic remedies

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