| Parents faced with choosing a valid ADHD | | | | therapies - eg, looking at diet, behaviour therapy, |
| treatment regime are often now much more | | | | parenting techniques and helping the child to |
| aware of the problems with psychostimulants | | | | manage tasks. Helping the child not to forget and |
| than before. The side effects of stimulants are | | | | to manage simple tasks from homework to |
| now well documented :- cardiovascular problems, | | | | chores around the house are all ways of helping |
| insomnia, suppression of appetite, weight loss, | | | | them cope. A pill or any type of medicine is not |
| irritability and unpredictable mood swings ... the list | | | | enough to help them to cope with ADHD. |
| is long and frightening. | | | | Choices At School |
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| What does a psychostimulant drug do ? In the | | | | child's teacher is fully up to speed on your child's |
| case of ADHD, it helps to stimulate that part of | | | | condition and that s/he is your ally. Lessons |
| the brain which helps the child to stay focused or | | | | should, where possible be interspersed with brief |
| if he has problems with restlessness or | | | | periods of exercise. Teachers should allow some |
| over-excitability. They can produce a feeling of | | | | movement which is not disruptive. Insisting that a |
| alertness and well-being but the sad fact is that | | | | hyperactive child sits still all the time is unrealistic. |
| they are habit forming and may lead to drug | | | | The child is clear on where the boundaries of |
| dependence. Inevitably these side effects of | | | | misbehaviour are and also knows the |
| stimulants are always played down by the drug | | | | consequences. |
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| The most alarming problem with psychostimulants | | | | school teachers who sometimes insist that a child |
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| effects on the child, not to mention the physical | | | | homeopathic cures for ADHD which have none of |
| side effects. There is a wall of ignorance set up | | | | the side effects of stimulants. Parents will want to |
| by the drug companies in hiding the truth about | | | | know about how safe they are, what are the |
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| simply a matter of taking a few pills a day. A | | | | child will thank you for it ! |
| smart choice is to approach ADHD with multiple | | | | |