ADHD is certainly over diagnosed, that I know for sure. We have a provisional diagnoses for our son who is five. We have chosen to treat him with diet and exercise and not drugs. We now eat a clean diet; i.e. no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, etc. We make almost all of our food from scratch. We are so much healthier as a result. When my son does get exposed to these things, especially artificial colors, it sets off his issues frighteningly badly. We’ve even experimented with him: His teacher gave him gummy worms a few time one month and noted the dates and his behaviors. We journaled his behaviors as well, without knowing which days he was exposed to the poison. His very bad days at home correlated to the days he had gummy worms.
True ADHD cannot be disciplined out of a child. For those who think it can, perhaps you can take that special knowledge to a cancer treatment center and insist that the patients be spanked until their body’s stop producing abnormal cells. It can be treated therapeutically by loving parents who don’t want zombie children.
We are treating our son’s diagnosis as a gift: Like many true ADHD people, he has a higher IQ. We take advantage of that and expose him to more information than a typical five-year-old.
I’m not a single mom trying to drug my kid into submission because parenting is hard. As already stated, we don’t give him drugs at all. My husband and I have been married for 11 years now, and our five-year-old is our oldest child. Both sets of grandparents are still married. We were raised in church and are raising our children in church. Corporal punishment is used when appropriate, and TV time is greatly monitored and limited.
Check out Dr. Brownstein on iodine, and Dr. Bob (Stop ADHD in 18 days) - DHA fats.
Good parents here. We are still in the dark ages regarding brain allergies. See: "Is This Your Child," by Dr. Doris Rapp, a pioneer in this field.
Some children are allergic to milk. One quick test devised by Dr. Rapp is the handwriting test. After eliminating milk from the child's diet for a week, look at his handwriting before and after.
good for you
I have to warn you 3rd grade is a watershed for ADHD kids- the demands start to stress their abilities, so don’t say “never” about providing medical support
Also be prepared to have the school put in place an IEP or a 504 plan to make some accommodations
Having an Occupational therapist test for sensory dysfunction can also be really useful in providing adaptive therapies