a 9 year old girl struggling

[Guest guest]

I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either vitamins

or herbs

Thanks

Amy

[Guest guest]

Hi There,

 

my advice to you would be to see a Kinesiologist and find out why she

has trouble - it could be a simple correction. My husband a couple of

years ago was doing a mature age apprenticeship and was REALLY

struggling and JUST passing his exams - he had one Kinesiology session

and went from getting 55% to 95 - 100% in his exams. Its worth a try.

also you could look at diet my son in gluten intolerant and if he has

gluten he is restless, cant focus ect. I would try all alternative

options before medication. And remember if doing an elimination diet

it can take a couple of months before a change is noticed (not in all

cases though).

 

Hope this helps and please keep us posted!!!!

 

Kindest regards

Caroline

http://alwaysnaturallygreat.com

 

 

, " Amy Barnes " <amybear54

wrote:

>

> I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

> retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

> directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

> which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

> herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

> any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either

vitamins

> or herbs

> Thanks

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

There can be other reasons for her behavior..biological in origin rather

than psychological. In these times when too many children are given the

title of ADD I'd retain that option for last and have her holistically

reviewed.

 

medusa

 

-

" Amy Barnes " <amybear54

 

Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:00 PM

a 9 year old girl struggling

 

 

>I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

> retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

> directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

> which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

> herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

> any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either vitamins

> or herbs

> Thanks

> Amy

>

>

>

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To help her improve her improve her concentration, you may want to give

her Brand's Essense of Chicken Ginkgo biloba. It's good for people who

engage in brain activities daily like students.

 

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, " Amy Barnes " <amybear54

wrote:

>

> I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

> retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

> directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

> which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

> herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

> any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either

vitamins

> or herbs

> Thanks

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

Treating ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults

 

Hi Amy,

Some things have been mentioned before and they work some of the time

for children such as Feingold Diet and nutrition and supplements. I am

a family therapist and have treated ADD/ADHD children and

adults for many years.

It is OK to let the school test your dgt. so that you will know

what areas need to be corrected. Then you can make the choice as to

what kind of treatment you will use. They almost always recommend

medication but there are other things that you can do that are just

as dramatic and easy to do at home.

Here are some other alternatives to consider:

1)Violin lessons before the age of 12 or 13 helps to tune the left

and right brain and the crossover between the two. I prefer

Suzuki method from age 3-13.

2)Neuro bio feedback in an office or at home

3)Rife F/G If you can not afford one, send me a request and I

will send you my paper on how to use your computer to do Rife

type frequency treatments

4)Vibe machine treatments See who has one near you that you can

use at vibemachine.com

5)Brain Gym or One Brain

6)EFT

7)cranialsacral massage

8)Chi Kung healing treatments

 

and best of all:

 

9)Audiotherapy a passive and highly effective high frequency sound

therapy which I do with almost all patients. Takes 5-15/minutes/1-

2x's/day. Calms down almost all children,

very good for bright and Indio children. Effective for

learning, concentration, memory and retention. IQ will increase from

5-15 points and it will correct other problems at the same time

For more info on this if interested, send me an e-mail request.

 

I do nutritional profiles of all children and look at individual

and family Hx. Some children have heavy metals(lead is most common,

then Al. and mecury) or other toxins and need to

gently detox (See Hanna Kroeger and Hilda Clark).Then we start on

diet,foods and supplements as needed.

Balanced exercise is important and check sleep patterns. Bed in

Northern hemisphere should face North, no water beds, energetically

check home and school, Check EMF's and radon gas. No microwaves.

I use herbal and homeopathic remedies with patients.

Eliminate chlorine, floride, white sugar, salt and flour, all

chemicals in food and in the house for laundry and cleaning, no

chemical drinks,no sodas,koolaid or gatoraid, no aspertaine or

sucalose, no MSG. The last three are brain poisons.

Try Miracle II products for safe detox and household cleaning.

Check for head injuries(THI/CHI).

Check on imunizations and detox effects of these and mercury

preservatives. And the list goes on.

The audiotherapy has made the biggestest difference in these

children. There are several methods of doing this. I have trained in

most of them and went to Europe to learn methods not done here.

(See: Dr. Tomatis and Dr. Berard and read, The Mozart Effect written

20 years ago by a Tomatis student)

I brought them home to introduce them to the USA 12-15 years ago

and am one of the most knowledgeable therapists in the USA on how to

use these therapies with child and adults. In the past 8-10 years,

I have developed protocols to use with seniors for post-stroke,

neurological diseases and have been almost 100% successful

with reversing memory loss and advanced alzheimers disease.

Contact me for more information and/or questions.

Namaste,

David Levy,LCSW

PhD,abd

 

 

 

 

In , " Amy Barnes " <amybear54

wrote:

>

> I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

> retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

> directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

> which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

> herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

> any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either vitamins

> or herbs

> Thanks

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

Amy,

 

In reading this last post, I would like to make an offer.

 

I am a Reiki master and Qigong healer who does a lot of distance

healing work.

 

With your permission, I would like to send energy healing to your

daughter, no strings attached.

 

If you are interested, please contact me offlist at

" houstonqidaocoach. "

 

I'll look forward to hearing from you.

 

Best Regards,

 

Dawn Gilbreath

WindTraveler Reiki Master, Qigong Healer

 

, " divya4753 " <divya4753

wrote:

>

> Treating ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults

>

> Hi Amy,

> Some things have been mentioned before and they work some of the time

> for children such as Feingold Diet and nutrition and supplements. I am

> a family therapist and have treated ADD/ADHD children and

> adults for many years.

> It is OK to let the school test your dgt. so that you will know

> what areas need to be corrected. Then you can make the choice as to

> what kind of treatment you will use. They almost always recommend

> medication but there are other things that you can do that are just

> as dramatic and easy to do at home.

> Here are some other alternatives to consider:

> 1)Violin lessons before the age of 12 or 13 helps to tune the left

> and right brain and the crossover between the two. I prefer

> Suzuki method from age 3-13.

> 2)Neuro bio feedback in an office or at home

> 3)Rife F/G If you can not afford one, send me a request and I

> will send you my paper on how to use your computer to do Rife

> type frequency treatments

> 4)Vibe machine treatments See who has one near you that you can

> use at vibemachine.com

> 5)Brain Gym or One Brain

> 6)EFT

> 7)cranialsacral massage

> 8)Chi Kung healing treatments

>

> and best of all:

>

> 9)Audiotherapy a passive and highly effective high frequency sound

> therapy which I do with almost all patients. Takes 5-15/minutes/1-

> 2x's/day. Calms down almost all children,

> very good for bright and Indio children. Effective for

> learning, concentration, memory and retention. IQ will increase from

> 5-15 points and it will correct other problems at the same time

> For more info on this if interested, send me an e-mail request.

>

> I do nutritional profiles of all children and look at individual

> and family Hx. Some children have heavy metals(lead is most common,

> then Al. and mecury) or other toxins and need to

> gently detox (See Hanna Kroeger and Hilda Clark).Then we start on

> diet,foods and supplements as needed.

> Balanced exercise is important and check sleep patterns. Bed in

> Northern hemisphere should face North, no water beds, energetically

> check home and school, Check EMF's and radon gas. No microwaves.

> I use herbal and homeopathic remedies with patients.

> Eliminate chlorine, floride, white sugar, salt and flour, all

> chemicals in food and in the house for laundry and cleaning, no

> chemical drinks,no sodas,koolaid or gatoraid, no aspertaine or

> sucalose, no MSG. The last three are brain poisons.

> Try Miracle II products for safe detox and household cleaning.

> Check for head injuries(THI/CHI).

> Check on imunizations and detox effects of these and mercury

> preservatives. And the list goes on.

> The audiotherapy has made the biggestest difference in these

> children. There are several methods of doing this. I have trained in

> most of them and went to Europe to learn methods not done here.

> (See: Dr. Tomatis and Dr. Berard and read, The Mozart Effect written

> 20 years ago by a Tomatis student)

> I brought them home to introduce them to the USA 12-15 years ago

> and am one of the most knowledgeable therapists in the USA on how to

> use these therapies with child and adults. In the past 8-10 years,

> I have developed protocols to use with seniors for post-stroke,

> neurological diseases and have been almost 100% successful

> with reversing memory loss and advanced alzheimers disease.

> Contact me for more information and/or questions.

> Namaste,

> David Levy,LCSW

> PhD,abd

>

>

>

>

> In , " Amy Barnes " <amybear54@>

> wrote:

> >

> > I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

> > retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

> > directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

> > which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

> > herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

> > any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either

vitamins

> > or herbs

> > Thanks

> > Amy

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy!

There's a doctor in Maine who is having wonderful success treating

children with ADD, ADHD, autism, etc., and she does it completely

naturally. She is a PhD, Naturopath, and even if you can't go see her,

many doctors all over the world are following her protocol with their

patients, as is the case with my son (30 mos, autistic; we're in TX).

Her name is Dr. Amy Yasko and her website is AutismAnswer.com. The

Parents Discussion Forum is a place you can search to find if there are

doctors in your area who follow her protocol. If you need help

locating this list of doctors, let me know and I'll help you.

Best,

Sommer

 

, " Amy Barnes " <amybear54

wrote:

>

> I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she doesn't

> retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing, following

> directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for ADD,

> which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a vitamin,

> herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If anyone has

> any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either

vitamins

> or herbs

> Thanks

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

For the past year or so, I've had my 16 yr old daughter taking a product

called Attentive child by Source Naturals, which contains DMAE, magnesium,

l-Aspartate and grape seed extract. I can't say for certain that this

works, but she says it helps her concentrate in class and her grades have

definitely improved. (She has stopped taking it on 2 different occasions

and then comes to me asking me to get her some more because she notices the

difference) Whether her improved attention is due to this supplement or I'm

just seeing a connection where there isn't one, I don't know, but she is

much better. I buy them from whichever site has the best price at the time

(usually Amazon or drugstore.com). I've also purchased them at our local

co-op, but at a higher price.

 

 

 

God bless you!

 

Julie

 

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

 

I am so glad you are looking to natural alternatives!

The inability to concentrate can have many causes.

 

These days it is all the rage to " diagnose " a child with ADD

and drug them up. Keep in mind that cash-strapped schools get

extra funding for " diagnosed " kids.

 

There are SOME cases where a stimulant medication like Ritalin

or its cousins does more good than harm. Especially in the short

term, sort of like training wheels for the brain.

 

Don't look for a single herb or vitamin to make all

the difference. We have to get away from the magic bullet

approach and look at many factors.

 

The cause of your child's distraction can be low blood sugar,

allergies, learning difficulties, nutritional deficiencies, a

misaligned neck, general unhappiness, and that is only a few.

 

If your child needs a different approach to learning she

will struggle even if her nutrition is perfect.

By the way, I dislike the term " learning disabled " .

If a square peg doesn't fit into a round hole, is the peg

" fitting disabled " ?

 

In my ADD family AFA algae has made a tremendous difference.

And my son needed certain eye exercises before he was able to

learn to read.

Food AND learning help, not either/or.

 

If there is a magic bullet that wonderful wild whole food

comes close. It changed my life profoundly. To the point where

I think in terms of " before and after algae " .

 

Take a look here, and feel free to pick my brain off list

on the topic. This is my special interest, I have been reading

up on it for years. ienvan

 

http://wildwholefoods.net

 

 

Ien in the Kootenays,

http://freegreenliving.com

[Guest guest]

Manganese deficiency can contribute to ADD/ADHD.

 

Jenny Kernan

--- Ieneke <ienvan wrote:

 

>

> Hi Amy,

>

> I am so glad you are looking to natural

> alternatives!

> The inability to concentrate can have many causes.

>

> These days it is all the rage to " diagnose " a child

> with ADD

> and drug them up. Keep in mind that cash-strapped

> schools get

> extra funding for " diagnosed " kids.

>

> There are SOME cases where a stimulant medication

> like Ritalin

> or its cousins does more good than harm. Especially

> in the short

> term, sort of like training wheels for the brain.

>

> Don't look for a single herb or vitamin to make all

> the difference. We have to get away from the magic

> bullet

> approach and look at many factors.

>

> The cause of your child's distraction can be low

> blood sugar,

> allergies, learning difficulties, nutritional

> deficiencies, a

> misaligned neck, general unhappiness, and that is

> only a few.

>

> If your child needs a different approach to learning

> she

> will struggle even if her nutrition is perfect.

> By the way, I dislike the term " learning disabled " .

> If a square peg doesn't fit into a round hole, is

> the peg

> " fitting disabled " ?

>

> In my ADD family AFA algae has made a tremendous

> difference.

> And my son needed certain eye exercises before he

> was able to

> learn to read.

> Food AND learning help, not either/or.

>

> If there is a magic bullet that wonderful wild whole

> food

> comes close. It changed my life profoundly. To the

> point where

> I think in terms of " before and after algae " .

>

> Take a look here, and feel free to pick my brain off

> list

> on the topic. This is my special interest, I have

> been reading

> up on it for years. ienvan

>

> http://wildwholefoods.net

>

>

> Ien in the Kootenays,

> http://freegreenliving.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

Amy,

Melissa Supreme liquid did wonders for my now 16 yr old son who had

ADHD, ODD and OCD.

Keep in touch...

 

Emily

 

 

 

> >

> > In , " Amy Barnes " <amybear54@>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > I have a 9 year old girl and she is struggling in school she

doesn't

> > > retain things and has trouble concentrating and focusing,

following

> > > directions. Her teacher has possbily suggested to test her for

ADD,

> > > which I have very mixed feelings on. I am hoping there is a

vitamin,

> > > herb or something natural that we can do to help her. If

anyone has

> > > any ideas that would be great. I don't know much about either

> vitamins

> > > or herbs

> > > Thanks

> > > Amy

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Is Melissa Supreme a tincture? If not where do you get this product? Is

there a brand name?

Peace, Thyme