| Is this you ? You don't know where to turn for | | | | filters (Hepa filters) for your vacuum cleaner. You |
| help for ADHD child who seems to spend most of | | | | may not have solved your ADHD help problem |
| his waking life bouncing off the walls, kicking, | | | | but you already a cleaner, healthier environment in |
| screaming and generally being impossible. I have | | | | which you can breathe. |
| even heard of some parents who were bitten by | | | | 4. Kids need lots of green time -- research has |
| their children and had bite marks on their arms . | | | | even shown that exercise in a green area is far |
| So, where do you turn to for help for ADHD ? | | | | superior than dragging a kid round the shopping |
| Here are five practical things to do before you | | | | mall. Organising outdoor exercise ( you don't have |
| give yourself up to the mental health authorities ! | | | | to it yourself) is a great way to burn off extra |
| 1. There are thousands of ADHD websites where | | | | energy and if you can be there with them you |
| you can get help. I googled 'ADHD blogs' this | | | | get an extra bonus in bonding with your child. |
| morning and got 12,000 results. For 'ADHD | | | | Hyperactive children cannot go on for ever. |
| forums' I got a mere 48,000. Help for ADHD is | | | | 5. Food colourings are out and the EU and the UK |
| available twenty fours a day. Here you can find | | | | have already passed legislation so that they will be |
| discussions which range from medications, ADHD | | | | banned from food by 2010. Already Maryland is |
| diagnosis, ADHD diet and nutrition, just to name a | | | | proposing a similar law as there is enough |
| few. You can also pick up some great parenting | | | | evidence to show that there is a definite link |
| tips as well. Look out for 'Big Pharm' sites who will | | | | between attention and behaviour disorders and |
| give you a biased picture -- look for ADHD | | | | these colourings. So, out with processed foods |
| alternative remedies as well. | | | | and junk food and in with organic fresh food. |
| 2. If you are unsure whether your child has | | | | Help for ADHD is readily available ad maybe there |
| ADHD, wait until he or she is six years old before | | | | is too much of it. A lot of the sites I mentioned |
| going for a diagnosis. Very often the kindergarten | | | | above will be sponsored by the drugs industry |
| teacher will have noticed some odd behaviour | | | | who are looking after a goldmine. You are |
| which contrasts sharply with the other kids and | | | | probably scared about the effects of ADHD |
| she will alert you to the fact. Just because a kid | | | | medications and how they will impact on your |
| rocks from side to side and spends most of his | | | | child. These ADHD help sites will play down the |
| time jumping on the furniture like a cat does not | | | | side effects of psychostimulants but you should |
| necessarily mean he has ADHD. Being optimistic, | | | | also know that there ARE alternative ADHD |
| you might not need help for ADHD at all. | | | | treatments which are completely safe and |
| 3. Kids (and adults!) can be allergic to certain | | | | non-addictive. Join the thousands of wiser parents |
| foods, smells and toxins which can be all around | | | | who will not be brainwashed by the drugs industry |
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| air purifier,water purifier and get the best possible | | | | |