For the nearly 2 million parents of American children diagnosed ADHD, Adderall, Strattera and Ritalin are household names – familiar and well-documented treatments for ADHD symptoms. Natural ADHD treatments like neurofeedback, working-memory treatment and omega-3 fatty acids may be less recognizable, but are they any less effective in combating distractibility and impulsivity?

The ADDitude Guide to Alternative ADHD Treatment aims to answer this question with information from top industry experts on, for example, strategies for using behavior therapy with ADHD children. ADHD doctors also recommend omega-3 fatty acids to sharpen mental focus, and explain the ideal balance of EPA and DHA in fish oil supplements. And they present balanced descriptions of neurofeedback and working-memory treatment — the brain exercises that promise reduced impulsivity and increased attentiveness.

Finally, the ADDitude treatment report outlines ways that ADHD children and adults can change their diet and exercise to improve executive functions like sequencing, working memory, prioritizing, and sustaining attention.

In this age of As-Seen-on-TV miracle cures, trusted information like ADDitude’s is more important than ever for parents of children with ADHD and for adults with ADD trying to determine how alternative ADHD treatments can work in concert with traditional medications for the greatest treatment impact.

To view this ADDitude treatment report, please visit www.adhdreports.com/alternative-adhd-treatment/

This post is from: Life With ADHD.

Free Guide to Alternative ADHD Treatment Plans

- Add omega-3 fatty acids
- Provide extra dietary protein
- Limit sugar, soda, juice, candy and refined starches like white bagels and rice

The author mentioned that, “Preliminary – but promising – new research testing Ritalin against nutritional supplements in children with ADHD have found both to be equally effective”. Interested in reading this research, I e-mailed the author and asked how I could find out more about this study. She quickly wrote back that I could view the article on the PubMed site and search for “Outcome-based comparison of Ritalin versus food-supplement treated children with AD/HD”. The abstract is available at the PubMed site, but the full article is available at the Alternative Medicine Review site (Link to PDF).

This post is from: Life With ADHD.

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