Health Expert Merely Me shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/849319/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/849319/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/849319/index http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/138039/remedies-children Mon, 09 May 2011 15:26:00 -0400 Merely Me Although there are many prescription medications to treat the symptoms of ADHD some parents opt to try some non-prescription remedies first. Supplements and herbal remedies are included in this realm of “natural treatments.” As do many parents of a child having special needs, I went through a phase of searching for vitamins and herbs to help my son. I am not a stranger to using supplements as I currently take SAM-e to treat my... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/138039/remedies-children http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137693/children-awareness Mon, 02 May 2011 17:46:00 -0400 Merely Me The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health has designated the first week in May as National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Why is this awareness campaign important to a site about ADHD? The reason is because some children with ADHD are at risk for developing a mental health disorder in addition to their ADHD. In this post we are going to talk about co-morbid mental health disorders which are associated... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137693/children-awareness http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137270/kids-adhd-grow Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:36:00 -0400 Merely Me One of the questions I wonder about as a parent is whether or not symptoms of ADHD ever just go away as a child matures. In other words, is it possible for a child to grow out of ADHD? In order to answer this question we are going to call upon some experts to provide their professional perspective on this topic. We are also going to be taking a look at research which reveals that the process of brain development and maturation in children with... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137270/kids-adhd-grow http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137109/autism Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:17:00 -0400 Merely Me Hi everyone,   As some of you may know, April is Autism Awareness Month.  Just wanted to alert members to an excellent series about autism called Autism Now which is airing on PBS.    You can view the video segments on the PBS website including the story of Nick, who has autism and happens to be Robert MacNeil's grandson. I was very touched by this particular story because this boy is a lot like my son.   If you have a... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137109/autism http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137070/spectrum-disorder Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:28:00 -0400 Merely Me It is probably no coincidence that forums for ADHD, like this one, usually have some parents who come to the site who have a child with autism. Likewise there are many newsgroups and forums for autism where some members have a child diagnosed with ADHD. Why is this so? Because there is a great overlap of symptoms between ADHD and an autism spectrum disorder. In fact I know that for some of you, your child may have been diagnosed with both... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/137070/spectrum-disorder http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/136522/visual-thinking Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:13:00 -0400 Merely Me   Train in the bedroom by Max     Penguin Bubbles by Max       Crocodile in the Bathtub by Max   (Examples of my son's visual thinking and artistic expression at age six and seven)   Have you ever thought about the way you think? I know it is a strange question but it is one that scientists are now looking at with regard to people who are on the autism spectrum. In a recent BBC news report, there is a... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/136522/visual-thinking http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/849319/135899/caregiving Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:01:07 -0400 Merely Me It was over a year ago when I was invited to be a guest on The Doctor Oz show to talk about my experience of coping with depression. The show’s producer had a lot of questions for me prior to the show and especially about my life experiences. When I told him that I had lived with a mother who has schizophrenia for some years and that I also have a child with autism, he said a very interesting thing. He said something to the effect of,... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/849319/135899/caregiving http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/135893/autism-awareness Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:55:00 -0400 Merely Me For those that don’t know already April is Autism Awareness month and this past Saturday marked the fourth annual World Autism Day.  To commemorate World Autism Day a national organization called Autism Speaks launched their annual Light it Up Blue campaign on the evening of April 1. Prominent buildings and structures in cities across the U.S. as well as other countries, including the Empire State Building, were lit up with blue light... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/135893/autism-awareness http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/135135/medication-celexa Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:17:00 -0400 Merely Me We have been talking a lot about medications here on ADHD Central lately. Part of the reason for this is that so many of you write in with questions about medications and you are wanting to know things such as whether or not certain medications are effective. These are always difficult questions to answer particularly because these types of questions are always best answered by the prescribing doctor or your pharmacist. But what we can give... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/135135/medication-celexa http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/134500/supplements-treat Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:51:00 -0400 Merely Me It happens to every parent who has a child with ADHD or autism. You go through the “search for the perfect supplement” phase to treat your child’s symptoms. If you spend any amount of time in parent support groups, undoubtedly someone will bombard you with a list of supplements, herbs, and vitamins your child should try. It seems that everyone from acquaintances to family members has an opinion about using supplements.... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/849319/134500/supplements-treat