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Posted on: 6/17/08 7:36 PM ET
Hi everyone.
I'm sure some of you know that I have a wonderful son with ADHD who is also in the gifted program and suffering from anxiety. Well, I just got off the phone with his doctor and have gotten his complete approval of a vitamin/mineral/supplement routine as opposed to the stimulant medicines that he is currently taking. With any luck, he will still have his focus and will not have the hyperactivity, AND he will start gaining weight. It means about 21 capsules a day (most chewable kids things), but he is jazzed about not being on the other meds and already liked the smell of all the chewables...lol. What can I say, they come in tangerine, vanilla cream, mixed berry, etc. Heck, they smell so good I'd take them without a fuss!
So, it will take a few days for things to get in his system, and some things that we want to get him on (per hours of research) don't come in the dosage that we need for him, but we are working on it and praying that it will all work out for the best.
Any good thoughts/wishes/prayers will be greatly appreciated and welcomed!
Larisa
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I'm sure some of you know that I have a wonderful son with ADHD who is also in the gifted program and suffering from anxiety. Well, I just got off the phone with his doctor and have gotten his complete approval of a vitamin/mineral/supplement routine as opposed to the stimulant medicines that he is currently taking. With any luck, he will still have his focus and will not have the hyperactivity, AND he will start gaining weight. It means about 21 capsules a day (most chewable kids things), but he is jazzed about not being on the other meds and already liked the smell of all the chewables...lol. What can I say, they come in tangerine, vanilla cream, mixed berry, etc. Heck, they smell so good I'd take them without a fuss!
So, it will take a few days for things to get in his system, and some things that we want to get him on (per hours of research) don't come in the dosage that we need for him, but we are working on it and praying that it will all work out for the best.
Any good thoughts/wishes/prayers will be greatly appreciated and welcomed!
Larisa
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research associate in the field of child development, married to an engineer
I am woman, I am invincible, I...am...TIRED!!
I am woman, I am invincible, I...am...TIRED!!
Posted on: 6/17/08 10:10 PM ET
In reply to Larisa
Best of luck!
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Kim
Posted on: 6/17/08 10:20 PM ET
I hope this works out for you and your son. Best of luck!
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Numbers for 2013:
Yards in stash: 606.25
Yards in: 22.75
Yards out: 10.50
Numbers for 2012:
594.00 yards in stash
4 yards in
10.25 yards out
Numbers for 2011:
601.25 yards in stash (I'm sure this number is off by a few yards)
Yards in: 137.50 (Seriously? I'm over 100, and it's only JULY? Ugh!)
Yards out: 88.75
Posted on: 6/17/08 10:32 PM ET
In reply to Larisa
My DD teaches HS in DC and has several special students with ADHD, Asperger's, etc. According to her they are some of the loveliest teenagers she knows. Not all parents are as devoted to educating themselves about their children's condition as you are. Some who find the "right" combination of meds and therapy and environmental stimulli for their children have worked for years to address their children's ever-changing needs. I hope that your new regimen takes effect and is helpful to your son. Hopefully, this will be a help for him for a long time to come. But, since children are "works in progress" do not despair if you need to keep tinkering with the "recipe", nor, if it works for years and then seems not to. They do grow. Your child is truly lucky to have such a devoted parent.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen
Posted on: 6/18/08 7:25 AM ET
thank you all. I have determined that DS will not struggle as much as I did when I was his age. My parents refused to give me anything after they were told I was hyperactive, so at nearly 36, I'm still not taking anything to handle my ADHD. However, at my age I've learned some coping mechanisms (I'm pretty much the Queen of Lists), but I don't want my son to have to struggle for another 20+ years.
So....we keep working with him and keep him with his counselors and we keep working and working with his regular doctor to find the right things for him.
Larisa
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So....we keep working with him and keep him with his counselors and we keep working and working with his regular doctor to find the right things for him.
Larisa
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research associate in the field of child development, married to an engineer
I am woman, I am invincible, I...am...TIRED!!
I am woman, I am invincible, I...am...TIRED!!
Posted on: 6/18/08 9:13 AM ET
I am on generic ritalin and I am 60. I don't care how many medications I put in my body, but about 10 years ago I had to go off caffiene (stomach problems) and I lived in a brain fog for months. I went on medication and now I am as normal as anyone (which means not normal, I guess!). Remember, caffiene can be the temporary stimulent when you need a quick fix for your son.
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JanieV
Posted on: 6/18/08 11:17 AM ET
Have you checked out the Feingold diet? I have heard other people get great results from this. Basically it involves getting rid all ALL artifical preservatives and food additives. Apparently ADHD people are sensitive to red food dye and lots of other things that really shouldn't be in our food anyway.
Posted on: 6/18/08 3:09 PM ET
In reply to Larisa
So glad to read that your son is going off meds!
I am a huge supporter of dietary change, as I've mentioned on previous posts when a subject like comes up. With ADHD being in the autism spectrum, dairy and gluten have been shown to be major offenders with removal of them showing success. I am a personal testament of this. I wish I had known this a student and even a younger adult, being acknowledged as gifted but never really living up to my potential. It was a life changing event to remove both food groups from my diet a few years ago.
Here is one of my favorite sites with related information:
The Gluten File-ADHD
I hope you see positive changes!
I am a huge supporter of dietary change, as I've mentioned on previous posts when a subject like comes up. With ADHD being in the autism spectrum, dairy and gluten have been shown to be major offenders with removal of them showing success. I am a personal testament of this. I wish I had known this a student and even a younger adult, being acknowledged as gifted but never really living up to my potential. It was a life changing event to remove both food groups from my diet a few years ago.
Here is one of my favorite sites with related information:
The Gluten File-ADHD
I hope you see positive changes!
Posted on: 6/19/08 2:40 AM ET
In reply to Larisa
Best wishes to you and your son. It's great that his doctor is fully aware of this and has given the go ahead. Hope this new way is better...it very well could be.
Posted on: 6/19/08 7:00 AM ET
Alice - yes, heard of it and already on a modified version of it, meaning nothing with artificial flavorings, colorings, or preservatives (ar as close as we can get to nothing). SOme of the foods that we are supposed to eliminate, DS doesn't even eat, so we have restricted some of the other foods and are seeing how he's doing with that.
Karen- have heard about celiac and gluten-free diets. I will be making an apopintment with his doctor in the next month for him to get tested for celiac and for repeat blood work to check his immune levels and probably to get him the pneumovax shot that was suggested to protect him against more strains of the flu/cold/etc.
Tomorrow, he will go on half a patch, and then Saturday, we will start the vitamins and minerals. I have a couple that I need to research and try to find in the dosage that he needs, but we have most of them. I just wish there was something that had nearly all of the suggested things in it.
Larisa
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Karen- have heard about celiac and gluten-free diets. I will be making an apopintment with his doctor in the next month for him to get tested for celiac and for repeat blood work to check his immune levels and probably to get him the pneumovax shot that was suggested to protect him against more strains of the flu/cold/etc.
Tomorrow, he will go on half a patch, and then Saturday, we will start the vitamins and minerals. I have a couple that I need to research and try to find in the dosage that he needs, but we have most of them. I just wish there was something that had nearly all of the suggested things in it.
Larisa
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research associate in the field of child development, married to an engineer
I am woman, I am invincible, I...am...TIRED!!
I am woman, I am invincible, I...am...TIRED!!
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