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Eileen Bailey

posted 07/26/2008, comments (0)

Anxiety and ADHD

Anxiety causes constant worrying and fear. It is estimated that one fourth of people with ADHD also suffer from some type of anxiety disorder. Most people that suffer from anxiety know that the fears they have are unreasonable and do not fit the situation they are in, yet they feel helpless and unable to stop the fear. Besides the anxious... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/10/2008, comments (2)

Share Information with Educators

One of the things I have found most helpful in dealing with education and ADHD is realizing that not all educators (professional or otherwise) understand ADHD. I often print out the pages I have saved to my home and give them to my son's teachers, daycare workers, etc. You can't assume that because they are "educated teachers" that... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/20/2008, comments (0)

Son 23 wants to stop meds and therapy

How do you convince someone to keep takin meds and see therapist? This is so frustrating!!!!! He also has depression, aniety and long Qt, because of long Qt cannot take lots of meds, cannot take anything for the ADD, is taking mild meds for depression, anxiety. Need to know what to say to him, find it so hard to talk to him, he gets very... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/15/2008, comment (1)

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I am the Mother of a six year old son who was recently diagnosed with ADHD. Upon entry into Junior Kindergarten my son had a very difficult time adjusting. It got to the point where almost every day there was a note coming home saying he had a time out. To make a long story short, the school refused to do any testing until Grade... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/12/2008, comments (15)

Dietary Intervention Instead of Drugs

I have a 9-year old grandson whom I help take care of who has ADHD. He was diagnosed by a child psychiatrist, who put him on Ritalin. While Ritalin was effective, I and his parents were uncomfortable with using drugs. We were advised by a psychologist to try dietary intervention, using a gluten-free, casein-free diet. We started the diet agbout... Read more Chevron

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