What vitamins, nutrients, or herbs help and adult with ADD?

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hanusak	Traditional therapy for ADD/ADHD involves the use of psychostimulant drugs like Ritalin, Cylert, and Adderall. Although these drugs have been shown to have a significant clinical effect , they have their own set of side effects and have even been found to lose their effect over a couple of years. This is why many clinicians dealing with this disorder like to give their patients a “drug holiday,” especially in the summer. Optimal Recommendations Nutritional Supplement Breakfast Lunch Dinner Mega Antioxidant (Mega AO) 1 1 1 Chelated Mineral (Multi Mineral) 1 1 1 Active Calcium 1 1 2 Proflavanol 90 1 1 Biomega-3 (an option instead of Optomega) 1 1 Case Study: Bob (not his real name) is a professional athlete and had a diagnosis of ADHD. He was taking Ritalin and doing reasonably well with this drug. However, he was cut from his US team and had to go to Europe to play ball. This created a problem for him because in Europe they look at Ritalin as a controlled drug and its use is banned in professional basketball players in Europe. He had a major contract but was in a predicament. Someone close to him got him on the Usana nutritional program and I was fortunate to be able to visit with him. He told that he actually is doing better on the nutritional program than he was doing on the Ritalin. He planned to go to Europe to play ball and when he gets back, he has no intention of starting the Ritalin again. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Heidi	I work for the president of the board of holistic medicine. Her husband works in our practice as well. His name is Brad Hubbell. He does a technique call Heart Rhythm Biofeedback. It is scientifically proven to get rid of ADD without drugs or medication. It's arather simple technique that anyone can do. Visit our website MedicineInBalance.com and visit heartmath.com or heartmath.org . Lots of info available on this topic. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

RoseRed	not any specifically that I know of - But watch your sugar and caffiene intake! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

no name	omega 3 and b vitamins and ginko biloba Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Loss Leader	None. Other than a generally healthy diet, the only thing proven to be effective is medication. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

aintmyfault	Some of the replies were correct up until around a year ago. There is evidence now though that your own adult stem cells produced in your own bone marrow can possibly help. Drugs have real problems penetrating the blood barrier of the brain, but; certain nutrients and/or etc. are allowed to pass through. The site below speaks of this technological breakthrough that is only around a year old and few know about it. I have been taking Blue-green Algae from Klamath lake in Oregon for years, helped a little bit with my concentration, focus and memory - I slapped my head on a floor and lost all my childhood ... it is somewhat coming back from using it. From my research, Blue-green Algae is one of the only natural things that can actually rebuild the synopse in the brain. I was impressed to see what they did with that algae recently. Ever drink carrot juice? One quart of carrot juice is equivalent to eating a 50 pound bag of raw carrots ... in the same way in this new research - they somehow condensed the algae so that those who have been privaleged to use it claim almost miraculous results. Even some with parkinsons disease can no longer have such detected by their own doctors. Some of the above (I have done much research in this all over the place) is in the source site below. Check it out if you want, otherwise; forget about it. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Rhonda H	Focus Attention is very good for this and you can check it out online at www.naturessunshine.com and order also. No red dye it will make it worse. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

haggesitze	I heard a physician say that very high doses of Vitamin C do actually help, but I can't tell you anything about dosage etc. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

dante8140	try meditation Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

TJTB	Gotta go with real meds on this one. the organics just aren't being shown to be effective with add. If you are opposed to a stimulant there are non stimulant options, ask your doc. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No