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Question: Ok. My 30 year old Son having trouble with ADD! Has had for a long time, since High School and never addressed it due to being afraid of the medicine that was available at that time and being stubborn in taking medicine. He has trouble keeping jobs due to focusing on tasks and at times not completing them before going on to the next thing. Is there anything that he could take, naturally, that would be a benefit to him now. That would help him focus without being in a drug state? Going through many things right now that he can't deal with. Does not take drugs! Can you advise?
Brief Answer:
avoid preservatives and add yoga and vitamins
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
The best and most effective treatment for ADD will be medicin, but as you have asked for natural helping agents I am providing you with the following things.
To do list includes-
Try to include food items which have good content of : zinc
-magnesium
-vit B6
- Folic acid
-carnitine
Ginkgo and ginseng have also been found to be helpful.
Try to avoid : food items which have preservatives -
allura red
sunset yellow
benzene and its compounds
salicylic acid. They increase the ADD features.
Certain exercises like yoga and biofeed back sessions are found to be helpful in patients of ADD. Try to learn them if possible.
The best time of life to earn money and make a carrer is between 20-late 40's. If your son agrees to take proper medicine now it will be very helpful for him to make use of his life to the best of his abilities..
Any drug comes in the market only after several years of researc. It passes a long series of tests and only when found to have more benefits comapred to the risks, it enters the market. It is not good to avoid a medicine when you need it the most. This is my opinion, just think over them if you can.
Hope the reply is useful for you.
Wish you good luck.
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Neuropsychiatry
avoid preservatives and add yoga and vitamins
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
The best and most effective treatment for ADD will be medicin, but as you have asked for natural helping agents I am providing you with the following things.
To do list includes-
Try to include food items which have good content of : zinc
-magnesium
-vit B6
- Folic acid
-carnitine
Ginkgo and ginseng have also been found to be helpful.
Try to avoid : food items which have preservatives -
allura red
sunset yellow
benzene and its compounds
salicylic acid. They increase the ADD features.
Certain exercises like yoga and biofeed back sessions are found to be helpful in patients of ADD. Try to learn them if possible.
The best time of life to earn money and make a carrer is between 20-late 40's. If your son agrees to take proper medicine now it will be very helpful for him to make use of his life to the best of his abilities..
Any drug comes in the market only after several years of researc. It passes a long series of tests and only when found to have more benefits comapred to the risks, it enters the market. It is not good to avoid a medicine when you need it the most. This is my opinion, just think over them if you can.
Hope the reply is useful for you.
Wish you good luck.
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Neuropsychiatry
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