The Best Adhd Treatments – How to Choose One Which Will Really Help Your Child

What are the best ADHD treatments? This is a really difficult question to answer but I can tell you what is NOT the best treatment. This is when amphetamine drugs are prescribed and the child is left to get on with it! Research now shows that this type of treatment does not produce any lasting or useful results.

Why medication is not enough.
The medicines may well work to reduce the common ADHD symptoms of restlessness, fidgeting and hyperactivity will be noticeably reduced. Parents heave a sigh of relief, but when it comes to behavioural problems, they do not know how to approach it and they think the pills will take care of all that.

Pills will not teach skills
There are no pills which will stop the kid from dashing impulsively across a busy street. The only way is to combine the medication with behavioral modification so that the child is taught how to stop and think before acting like that. If this is left untreated, the impulsive child becomes the impulsive adult driver with often fatal results.

Causes of ADHD
Nobody is really sure about the exact cause of ADHD but there seem to be a number of co- factors at work. First, it is neurological condition in that the brain chemicals seem to be out of balance or at least the child is reacting in an abnormal way to this imbalance. The result is behavior which prevents him from concentrating, paying attention to instructions and a good dose of hyperactivity.

Possible treatments.
There are lots of possible treatments. Some of these are on the fringe, like yoga, meditation and equine therapy. More mainstream ones such as cognitive behavior therapy with some medication,either conventional psychostimulants or a homeopathic treatment, are now generally accepted as the best way to go.

Homeopathy versus psychostimulants.
The side effects of the amphetamine like drugs can range from headaches, stomach problems, sleeplessness and irritability. These are likely to be exacerbated by not keeping to the dosage times and there may be crashes. The FDA has warned of health risks so it seems a very doubtful way to treat a mild mental disorder. Given that no one knows exactly how these drugs are working on the brain, many parents are really worried and some of the answers are neither convincing nor reassuring.

Homeopathy for ADHD does not have any risks at all and there are no known side effects. There are no risks of drug addiction either and there are no masking of symptoms. As a homeopathic ADHD remedy is aimed at treating the whole child, results are longer lasting.

Given that the best ADHD treatments are a combination of medication and behavior therapy, why not find out more about the medication options?