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Hyperactivity and Attention Deficit Disorder

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Attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder

(ADHD) can severely disrupt a child's education and socialization process,

incurring life-long effects if not properly diagnosed and treated.

Increasingly, there is a tendency to prescribe stimulant medications, such

as Ritalin (methylphenidate), to treat these types of disorders. While

prescription drugs may sometimes be necessary for treatment of extreme

cases, recently there have been reports of an epidemic of hasty misdiagnoses

and overprescription. In fact, the rate of methylphenidate prescriptions for

children in the U.S. has jumped three to six times in the last decade alone.

In some locales, as many as 8-10% of elementary public school children take

prescription drugs for ADHD symptoms.1

 

Although drugs can sometimes provide a quick, temporary solution to

hyperactivity and attention deficit-related problems, it's important to

remember that pharmaceuticals simply treat symptoms of attention deficit

disorders--not causes. When medication is stopped, symptoms may promptly

return, setting the stage for possible lifelong dependence on prescription

drugs. The following GSDL tests can be used to detect possible causes and

contributing factors linked to hyperactive behavior in children, and can

provide the basis for natural, drug-free alternative methods of treatment.

 

Hyperactivity and Allergies: Identifying and treating food allergies has

proven to be an extremely powerful tool in helping hyperactive children.

 

Hyperactivity and Element Imbalances: Toxic exposure and nutrient imbalances

can have a profound effect on the developing nervous systems of children.

 

Hyperactivity and Fatty Acids: Studies show fatty acid deficiencies rampant

among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

 

Hyperactivity and Amino Acids: Amino acids are the body's building blocks

for important chemical relaxants in the brain.

 

References:

 

1 LeFever GB, Dawson KV, Morrow AL. The extent of drug therapy for attention

deficit-hyperacticity disorder among children in public schools. Am J Pub

Health 1999;1359-1364.

 

   

 

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