| Controlling ADHD without medication has been the | | | | individually and in combination, until they find one |
| subject of much controversy, but more and | | | | that works for their child. |
| more parents are turning to alternative methods | | | | When it comes to controlling ADHD without |
| in order to avoid the potentially harmful side | | | | medication, the dietary approach has been |
| effects of traditional stimulant based treatments. | | | | particularly effective. Parents have reported |
| And the health care and psychotherapy | | | | success in terms of behavioral changes after |
| communities are responding with more options for | | | | removing natural stimulants like sugar and caffeine |
| medicine free treatment. | | | | from their children's diet. Limiting artificial colors |
| The lack of concentration, hyperactivity, | | | | and flavors has also proven beneficial in many |
| distractibility and impulsiveness that characterize | | | | cases. |
| ADHD can make even the most common | | | | Auditory and neurofeedback techniques have also |
| activities extremely difficult. Because ADHD | | | | been used with much success, enabling children to |
| children find it hard to concentrate and control | | | | control their brain activity and sharpen focus. The |
| their behavior, they can be particularly disruptive in | | | | use of sound is particularly effective, which |
| the classroom. As a result, parents can become | | | | makes musical therapy another useful tool in |
| desperate to find some way to control their child's | | | | handling ADHD. Relaxation techniques such as |
| symptoms and help them fit in. | | | | yoga and massage therapy are also helpful as |
| While stimulant based medications have proven | | | | they can teach children to calm themselves |
| successful at easing physical jerkiness, calming | | | | naturally, easing fidgeting and hyperactivity. |
| hyperactivity and improving focus, they do | | | | One of the newest and most exciting |
| nothing to address the chemical imbalances which | | | | developments in controlling ADHD without |
| are the underlying cause of ADHD. Controlling | | | | medication is with the use of homeopathic |
| ADHD without medication is all about resolving | | | | remedies. Made from natural, plant based |
| these imbalances and finding gentle, positive | | | | substances, these products target the chemical |
| means to manage behavior on a daily basis. | | | | and neurological imbalances which cause ADHD, |
| Everything from homeopathic treatment to | | | | helping to calm hyperactivity, improve focus, |
| dietary changes and various forms of behavioral | | | | reduce impulsive and erratic behavior and ease |
| and educational therapy has been used to treat | | | | physical twitching. And herbal and plant based |
| ADHD, with varying levels of success. Since each | | | | ingredients like Hyoscyamus, Arsen iod, and |
| child is different, no one method will work the | | | | Tuberculinum do not carry any of the dangerous |
| same for all patients, therefore it is important that | | | | side effects that traditional medications do, |
| parents consider every possible approach, | | | | making them much easier to tolerate. |