| Did you know that amphetamine drugs such as | | | | years, this would be difficult. Experts are now |
| Dexedrine, Adderall and Dextrostat have been | | | | saying that the minimum age at which ADHD |
| approved for children of three years and | | | | might be considered as a mental condition should |
| upwards? I cannot believe that such drugs could | | | | be raised to 7 years. This will probably be one of |
| be used on a three year old. Could this be the | | | | the new features of the DSM Edition V which is |
| best treatment for ADHD at such a tender age? | | | | due to be published in 2013. |
| Given that one in 16 children has ADHD and that | | | | Behavior modification is the key |
| more and more children are being diagnosed | | | | So, what is the best treatment for ADHD? Most |
| earlier, this is alarming news as treatments for | | | | experts now agree that some form of behavior |
| ADHD are mostly psychostimulants and nothing | | | | modification must be an integral part of any |
| else. | | | | treatment. Doctors at the Center for ADHD at |
| Is this the best we can do? | | | | Cincinnati Hospital have discovered that after |
| According to the blurb on the box, amphetamines | | | | children were treated with the psychostimulants, |
| can reduce restlessness in hyperactive patients or | | | | there was no improvement at all in their grades |
| who cannot concentrate or might have unstable | | | | at school. It just goes to show that pills cannot |
| emotions. Have you ever seen a three year | | | | teach skills. |
| concentrate and what is his attention span | | | | That can also be applied to behavior and that is |
| supposed to be anyway? As for unstable moods, | | | | the key. Behavior issues will never be taught or |
| I cannot see how on earth one would establish | | | | learnt by swallowing an amphetamine pill. |
| whether the mood of a three year old was stable | | | | What is the best treatment for ADHD? It is a |
| or not! Are these the only treatments for ADHD | | | | behavior modification program as the first option. |
| we can offer in the third millennium? | | | | It may be combined with some form of |
| Raising the age limit | | | | medication but that medication must not destroy |
| The second thing which strikes me is that the | | | | the health and well being of a child. The best |
| drug companies recommend that this treatment | | | | treatment for ADHD which will do that is a |
| with their mind altering drug should form part of a | | | | homeopathic one. Why not click through and see |
| wider treatment plan which includes social, | | | | if you agree? |
| psychological and educational elements. Even at six | | | | |