ADHD What has helped your child?

[kallik]

What supplements have helped your child's focus and hyperactivity? Two things that often go along with tics. I don't know what to give my son to help him focus and to calm him down. Magnesium taurate that I'm giving him is about 300. It should relax him some. Is there anything that has worked wonders for anyone that I could try. Of course we're already watching what he eats, except I suspect high fructose corn syrup which I haven't taken out of his diet yet. I've taken so many things out maybe that's the next step.

[itsme]

Hi Kallik,

 

Fish oil sups from bontech works very well in keeping our kids calm. Without them they are quite hyper.

[Tracey111]

I have not experimented with what is working and what is not yet BUT.....we give my son liquid mag/calcium, focus attention formula, and GABA plus (all from Nature's Sunshine Vitamins), and sometimes fish oil. I can tell you that when we adjusted his diet and added liquid magnesium and Carlson's fish oil, the teachers thought he was medicated. We later added the focus and GABA formulas and he seems to be doing better in school. For six days I have not given him any supplements and his focus at home is so POOR that it is driving me nuts.....I have not heard back from his teacher as to if she noticed a decline. I added the supplements back today, as I think they help him focus and calm down. His tics went away for two weeks, but have returned. I can not pin point the tics, but the supplements seem to help the attention issues!

 

His tics appear to be the worst when he is trying to focus really hard on something. He sturggles with ready and he tics so badly while reading that I wonder how he can see the words.

 

I went on vacation for a week over Thanksgiving and gave him no supplements....his tics disappeared, but he was off the wall....so I am gathering that the supplements are helping with focus and hyperactivity. I do not know yet how the fish oil works.

 

I hope you find what you are looking for.

[faith]

Kalik,

high fructose corn syrup - "maybe that is the next step" - forgive me but I think it should be the first! I know that one is hard as many things have it, but if you can't do all corn derivatives, at least the HFCS, I HATE that stuff. I don't really deal with hyperactivity, but when my son has alot of artificial sweets with that stuff (which I limit as much as I can), such as today with holiday parties and such, I do feel they get a little nutsy.

 

Tracy111,

when you didn't give the supplements over Thanksgiving, do you mean the tics disappeared during that time? Was fish oil one that you stopped at that time too? What happened next?--tics came again or you gave supplements again (including fish oil) and THEN tics came back?

 

Thanks

Faith