Robert Locke is a Health enthusiast who specializes in Children's Health. He has written extensively on ADHD. Discover what Natural ADHD treatment is available.
ADHD medication gets more and more controversial with drug companies refusing to admit that there is any problem whatsoever with their mind-altering drugs such as Focalin, Risperdal and Concerta. Obviously parents want to know what are the alternative treatments for ADHD. Alternative can mean a host of things ranging from meditation ,diet, behaviour therapy, counselling, yoga, equine therapy, Bach flower remedies and biofeedback just to name a few.
The bottom line is that there is no cure for ADHD and medication by psychostimulants can only help control the symptoms of inattention, squirming, outbursts and inappropriate behaviour. There have been over 200 studies showing that medication can be effective in treating ADHD but these studies rarely mention the side effects and the risks. Not many people mention what are the alternative treatments for ADHD, simply because it does not pay them to do so.
Anyone can find the warnings on the boxes of tablets and can visit the FDA site which has been forced to issue countless warnings about what the risks are. They cover heart attacks, blood pressure problems, anxiety and depression, hallucinations and psychotic episodes and suicidal thoughts. There has been much debate about these warnings saying that they are useless and this is what you would expect from any medication. There are always side effects and risks.
But here we are talking about drugs affecting the brain development of our children. The drug companies cannot tell us exactly how these drugs work and furthermore will not reveal what the long term effects are or could be. Nobody knows or nobody is telling. There is simply no profit at all in publicising what are the alternative treatments for ADHD.
One thing is clear and that is that medication will not solve very much at all apart from keeping the child's teacher off the phone and perhaps calming the child. Experts now agree at least, that medication must be carried out in conjunction with some lifestyle changes and behaviour modification. If this is not done, treatment may not work either effectively or efficiently and the ADHD child will be among the 60% of children who carry the condition into adulthood.
ADHD behaviour therapy or simply parenting skills is crucial in helping the ADHD child to avoid parent-child conflict and spoilt relationships with peers at school and at play. So what is the alternative to medication ? Certainly while vitamins and supplements and a nutritious diet can help a little, the main problem to be addressed is how to calm the child and help him focus without drugging him. When parents ask what are the alternative treatments for ADHD, the answer is that homeopathic and herbal remedies are by far the safest, most effective and cheapest option they can get. None of the websites on ADD and ADHD will tell you anything about this but the site below this article will.
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