| Does ADHD go away, many parents ask | | | | helped enormously by behavior modification and |
| hopefully. The answer, I am afraid, is that it does | | | | that view has been very ably supported by the |
| not. The good news is that if a child is treated | | | | ADHD experts such as Dr. Amen and Dr. William |
| properly at a young age, he can easily come to | | | | Pelham. The latter has actually cast severe doubts |
| terms with it and cope with life more than | | | | about the efficacy of ADHD drugs in the long |
| successfully. All we have to do is look at some of | | | | term. He has done a lot of research on this and |
| the famous people who have ADHD from Michael | | | | his centre for ADHD children at the University of |
| Phelps to Ty Pennington and going further back to | | | | Buffalo is at the forefront in successfully treating |
| Albert Einstein, no less. | | | | this condition. |
| The bad news is that if ADHD is not spotted and | | | | There are now reports coming in from research |
| treated, the results can spell failure for the | | | | projects which show that in the long term, the |
| unfortunate person who never got a chance of | | | | effects of ADHD drugs such as Ritalin, Concerta |
| proper treatment. Even though multi tasking is | | | | and Vyvanse may not be nearly as effective in |
| sometimes favored in corporate culture, at the | | | | the long term as in the short term. The effects |
| end of the day, if results in the ever competitive | | | | of these drugs seems to lessen which only |
| workplace are not forthcoming, a career disaster | | | | highlights the importance of using behavior |
| looms for the adult with ADHD. There is not | | | | modification alongside medication which has fewer |
| much sympathy either! The question, does ADHD | | | | side effects. |
| go away seems like wishful thinking. | | | | This is also why many parents are now turning |
| Teenagers and young adults who never get any | | | | hopefully to ADHD homeopathic remedies. They |
| treatment for ADHD have a greater possibility of | | | | know for a fact that there are no side effects |
| getting into trouble with the law, drug addiction, | | | | and they know that they are equally effective in |
| alcoholism and unwanted pregnancies. | | | | actually alleviating the troublesome ADHD |
| The cost of untreated ADHD are enormous and | | | | symptoms. While the answer to the question, |
| many wish that the question, does ADHD go | | | | does ADHD go away, is still a negative one, there |
| away could be answered by saying that it is a | | | | is now much more optimism in giving ADHD |
| phase and an ADHD child will grow out of it. | | | | children the tools to cope with this condition |
| The good news is that an ADHD child can be | | | | successfully. |