| ADHD being misdiagnosed is not an anomaly. | | | | through to nutritional problems. |
| These days we are only too quick to pin a label | | | | Hyperactivity and the inability to sit still are classic |
| on everything. Unfortunately as a result, certain | | | | symptoms of ADHD. However, they may in fact |
| medical conditions may be overlooked or seriously | | | | be symptomatic of other conditions such as |
| misdiagnosed, with serious consequences. | | | | Tourette's, one of the major side effects of |
| One disorder in particular that is shrouded in | | | | which are minor, but uncontrollable and multiple, |
| ignorance is ADHD. One of the major problems is | | | | tics. |
| that ADHD can often hide behind other childhood | | | | A child who displays a lack of attention meanwhile |
| conditions; and when there are up to 30 such | | | | may be experiencing problems with their hearing |
| conditions, ranging from learning difficulties through | | | | or their eyesight. Children can also suffer from |
| to emotional problems within the family, it is | | | | depression in the same way as adults; this in turn |
| hardly surprising that diagnosing and treating | | | | can lead to apathy and indifference, both of which |
| ADHD can be beset by so many problems. | | | | can be symptomatic of ADHD. |
| How much better would it therefore be to try | | | | It is therefore imperative that all underlying |
| and identify a disorder such as ADHD rather than | | | | conditions are examined to eliminate the risk of |
| immediately pinning a label on it? Should that | | | | ADHD being misdiagnosed, and in order to ensure |
| happen more often, chances are ADHD being | | | | that the proper treatment is prescribed. |
| misdiagnosed wouldn't be as common as it is. | | | | So, supposing all other conditions have been |
| Take for instance the case of a young girl we | | | | excluded and a child has been diagnosed with |
| shall call Sarah. Unbeknownst to her family, Sarah | | | | ADHD. As a parent, what are your options? |
| was being abused by her stepbrother. To make | | | | Firstly, the child can be prescribed an ADHD |
| matters worse, she had very few friends as her | | | | medication such as Vyvanse and Concerta which |
| family were constantly on the move. | | | | are, in effect, amphetamines by any other name. |
| Sarah's mother pushed for an ADHD diagnosis | | | | Before you subject your child to what could be |
| which was confirmed. The result? Sarah was put | | | | years' worth of medication, you must look |
| on Ritalin, an amphetamine-type drug, which made | | | | carefully at the side effects and possible health |
| her behave like a zombie. Seven long years later | | | | risks. |
| and the ADHD being misdiagnosed was finally | | | | There is however an alternative, namely ADHD |
| discovered. | | | | homeopathic remedies which cause neither |
| Sarah was taken off the Ritalin and became a | | | | unpleasant side effects nor have attendant health |
| much happier child. Unfortunately, her childhood | | | | risks. |
| was all but lost. Sadder still, Sarah's is far from an | | | | Why not try for yourself and see how medicine |
| isolated case. | | | | such as these can help counteract the effects of |
| There are a number of conditions which can | | | | ADHD and transform your child into a happy and |
| mimic ADHD symptoms and which can be caused | | | | well balanced individual, safely and effectively. |
| from anything from anemia and thyroid deficiency | | | | |