| Did you know that there is a 4% increase every year | | | | the number of prescriptions for pyschostimulant drugs |
| in ADHD? This either means that it is simply being | | | | such as Ritalin, Concerta and Dexedrine has increased |
| diagnosed more efficiently or it could also mean that it | | | | by 300% in the last ten years. As we can see, that is |
| is overdiagnosed. Statistics about ADHD are not going | | | | much higher than the actual increase in the number of |
| to tell us that much except that this mental condition is | | | | cases so does this mean that it is the best possible |
| very common and that about 3% to 5% of American | | | | treatment? |
| children are affected by ADHD. | | | | This statistic provides us with a useful pointer in |
| Are statistics of any use? | | | | considering whether a psychostimulant drug could |
| We can play around with statistics about ADHD as | | | | possibly be the best ADHD treatment. The answer is |
| much as we want but are they really going to help us | | | | that it can only be considered as such if it is combined |
| when we have to decide what is the right treatment | | | | with child behavior modification techniques. That means |
| for our child? | | | | that parenting skills have to be high on the list. |
| When does ADHD start? | | | | Concerns about psychostimulant drugs |
| One of the most interesting statistics about ADHD is | | | | The second concern is about the medications |
| the one which tells us that most children will start to | | | | themselves. There are many worries and they have |
| show signs of ADHD, for example hyperactivity, | | | | been the subject of much heated controversy. All we |
| restlessness and impulsiveness between the ages of | | | | have to do is either visit the FDA site and look at the |
| four and seven. However, latest statistics are now | | | | side effects and the health risks or pay a visit to the |
| showing that the onset of ADHD may well occur after | | | | ADHD forums where we can learn that about 30% of |
| the age of seven. | | | | children will have.lots of problems with side effects. |
| The new edition of the DSM which will be published in | | | | Can homeopathy really help? |
| a few years will now will set the age parameters at | | | | While looking at child modification techniques, we can |
| between seven and twelve. This is a useful statistic | | | | also take some time out to look at ADHD |
| because it can alert us to the fact that in some | | | | homeopathic remedies and forget the statistics about |
| children ADHD can manifest itself later. It might also | | | | ADHD. I have prepared a website to set this out for |
| prevent children with ADHD being diagnosed at | | | | you. The most noticeable features of this treatment is |
| ridiculously early ages such as two or three years old! | | | | that there are no side effects and there are no health |
| Rise in the use of psychostimulant drugs | | | | risks either so any child can safely take them. Why not |
| The second interesting statistic which can help us in | | | | find out more and be ahead of everyone else. |
| looking at treatment options is the alarming fact that | | | | |