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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 522781" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello. I am not taking "sides" in some debate about medications - I personally do not have fixed views on the subject; I think it is a very difficult decision to take and I acknowledge that there are cases where it has obviously been of benefit to people. Obviously, too, parents who give their children medications for these conditions want to help, not harm, them. </p><p></p><p>However, what strikes me is that your difficult child is very young, just six years old. Has he been tested for iron deficiency? For some reason, children with ADHD have been shown to have a high probability of iron deficiency and in some studies, a course of iron supplements has been shown to be beneficial in terms of calming hyperactivity and improving attention capacity. Magnesium, ideally with B6 and calcium, is also something to try. I have been giving iron and magnesium to my son for some months and I would say that overall he is easier, less oppostional and defiant and more open to reason and to being reasonable than he was. This could also be due to his development so it's really difficult to put it down definitively to the supplements but... it's worth a try, I reckon, particularly if you are finding negative effects from the medications. You don't want to jump from the frying pan into the fire!! </p><p></p><p> Or, indeed, maybe another medication will work for him and not have these undesirable side effects. I do wish you luck in your journey to find the right treatment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 522781, member: 11227"] Hello. I am not taking "sides" in some debate about medications - I personally do not have fixed views on the subject; I think it is a very difficult decision to take and I acknowledge that there are cases where it has obviously been of benefit to people. Obviously, too, parents who give their children medications for these conditions want to help, not harm, them. However, what strikes me is that your difficult child is very young, just six years old. Has he been tested for iron deficiency? For some reason, children with ADHD have been shown to have a high probability of iron deficiency and in some studies, a course of iron supplements has been shown to be beneficial in terms of calming hyperactivity and improving attention capacity. Magnesium, ideally with B6 and calcium, is also something to try. I have been giving iron and magnesium to my son for some months and I would say that overall he is easier, less oppostional and defiant and more open to reason and to being reasonable than he was. This could also be due to his development so it's really difficult to put it down definitively to the supplements but... it's worth a try, I reckon, particularly if you are finding negative effects from the medications. You don't want to jump from the frying pan into the fire!! Or, indeed, maybe another medication will work for him and not have these undesirable side effects. I do wish you luck in your journey to find the right treatment. [/QUOTE]
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