| Is it possible to have a summer vacation without | | | | is to follow what is referred to as the oligoantigenic |
| ADHD meds? Another summer vacation is right | | | | diet. This diet consists of eliminating the foods most |
| around the corner and the family is booked for your | | | | commonly linked to food allergies in ADHD children for |
| annual fun filled event. But wait, do we have the | | | | a period of four weeks (cow's milk, soy products, |
| correct prescription ADHD medication needed for our | | | | chocolate, grape, orange , peanuts, wheat, corn, |
| son or daughters well being? The hassle, the cost, and | | | | tomato, eggs, cane sugar, apple, fish and oats) and |
| which drug will our doctor will prescribe this time | | | | then reintroducing suspected foods at least once a |
| around, will it be Ritalin, Adderall, or maybe we should | | | | day, with one food introduced each week. If you fail to |
| ask our doctor about a longer lasting option like Ritalin | | | | see results, your goal of a summer vacation without |
| LA are all question rolling through your head. Consider | | | | ADHD medications is no closer to reality than it was |
| this, what about another option, summer vacation | | | | when you started. |
| without ADHD meds . Could that be possible? | | | | The next step is not nearly as cumbersome as |
| When discussing how you might be able to take that | | | | identifying food allergies. It involves eliminating refined |
| summer vacation without ADHD meds we will be | | | | sugars from you child's diet. There is good evidence |
| focusing on concentration with a special emphasis on | | | | suggesting that refined sugar plays a significant role in |
| hyperactivity. In reality when defining most cases of | | | | triggering hyperactivity children. Eliminating refined sugar |
| ADHD you are talking about the lack of focus | | | | is a safe and inexpensive avenue to pursue. It is also a |
| combined with hyperactivity; at least in the vast | | | | course of action where results will be fairly obvious, |
| majority of cases. So if you were able to effectively | | | | one way or the other. |
| eliminate hyperactivity you half way to your goal of a | | | | What's next? Hopefully one or both of steps above |
| summer vacation without ADHD meds. | | | | will allow your child to have a summer vacation without |
| So let's briefly discuss a couple of contributing factors | | | | ADHD meds. If not, there is another option that many |
| which have been linked to hyperactivity in children; food | | | | parents are considering; homeopathy. Alternative |
| allergies and refined sugar. | | | | treatment methods for ADHD, like homeopathy have |
| Food allergies are the more difficult of the two | | | | been shown to treat ADHD gently and effectively and |
| offending agents to diagnose. While there is a | | | | are free from both short and long term side effects. |
| substantial amount of research linking ADHD to food | | | | These types of alternative treatments are certainly |
| allergies, finding the particular food allergy that is | | | | worth investigating further especially if you are leery of |
| causing the problem can be like finding a needle in a | | | | the potential side effects associated with the current |
| haystack. The most sensible and economical approach | | | | list of prescription medications for childhood ADHD. |