Why I sought natural ADHD treatment, my concern about ADHD treatment Drugs and where medicine for ADHD was leading people

Watch this to video clip to learn more about how college kids get medicated these days; its shocking!

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2 Why I sought natural ADHD treatment, my concern about ADHD treatment Drugs and where medicine for ADHD was leading people in 2005….

As I mused in my last blog post:

“So, my son is 10 in 2005.  I am thinking when he is 15 if he is taking this medicine for ADHD what will be the risk to abuse it?  What will be the risk for him to sell ADHD treatment drugs?  Will other kids sell it?”

As you may recall, I am not anti-medication. My son took medicine for ADHD from age 8 to 10 or so.  I also explained how with other problems like anxiety or depression that medication can help to stabilize a person while they learn skills that can then help them to better manage without the medication.  Yet, that isn’t the case with ADHD treatment drugs because once the medicine for ADHD has worn off their ability to inhibit responses and summon the skills that were being developed evaporates too.

No stopping, no thinking, no summoning, no behavior changes. 

The way this was viewed in 2005 was that ADHD treatment drugs aren’t a short-term step; the medicine for ADHD or ADD have become a long-term “solution” from at least age 7 to 17. 

So, what are the risks?

In 2005, I saw risks, so I turned to research to help me find the answers. 

In 2005, I could not find many research or news articles.

However, I had this:  foresight.

(On Strength Finders 2.0 my strengths are maximizer, learner, strategic, futuristic and ideation). 

At the time I had these data points:

1.  I had seen the “side effects shuffle” of ADHD treatment drugs as we shuffled weight loss, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, irritability, with different medications which never fully solved the struggle. 
2. I had experienced the “bullet train in a bottle” and here, in my view, is what was risky about it, treating my son with medicine for ADHD.  There were many positive qualities about the impact of taking a medicine for ADHD. I was focused like a ‘bullet train’, for hours’.  Those are two ‘addictive’ qualities.  Yet, I could not get off that bullet train.  That ‘ride’ itself was enticing and very much potentially addictive.  The hours of focus that I ‘normally’ couldn’t muster given by that ‘bullet train in a bottle’ were also very tempting for that ‘inner achiever’ in me.
3. My son didn’t like the ‘feeling’ of being on the ADHD treatment drugs.
4. This was not a true long-term solution in that no new skills were developed.
5. I had seen other kids and their parents’ report that their child ‘seemed to lose his personality while on the medicine for ADHD or ADD. 

I had enough.  I acted upon my foresight in 2005. I sought EEG biofeedback training as a natural ADHD treatment and used it to help my son get off medication.  What happened since I decided to take action in 2005?      

See my coming blog posts…..

Meanwhile, if you are ready to take action now on what I consider the most user-friendly natural ADHD treatment with the best research I have found to date is a treatment through Cogmed.  This treatment for ADD ADHD is carried out at home with weekly coaching calls. Its’ effectiveness rate is 80% which is extremely high for any behavioral intervention. 

 Call Dr. Shinaver at 317-641-7794. Or email him at Charles.shinaver@gmail.com.  I will do a free 20 minute consult to help you determine if this program is a good fit for you. 

Go to my main website:  www.charlesshinaver.com to read more about Cogmed.

Go to www.fitfamilies.tv to watch videos on this and related topics. 

I offer Cogmed a treatment for working memory which improves attention.  I am accepting new clients for this program. It is not bound by geography so you can be out of state or even in another country to do this.

Come back here every day while the plot of the treatment for ADD ADHD thickens every day.

Watch for a blog post every day.

Sincerely,

Dr. Shinaver

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