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CD I am sorry if you thought I was suggesting you believe diet to have cured your son, it's clear you don't! I am just always excessively cautious in talking about diet - that it's been a very useful tool for us, but not a stand alone solution.
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Epoh - when you say "slower" development, is that actually ADHD as well, or is that just developmental? To me the condition is only truly ADHD when there is a long term brain abnormality that isn't resolved with time and "catch up" development (but then again, I'm not a doctor - I could be wrong). It can be either slow - the child 'grows out' of having ADHD, which does happen, or things are happening that are 'abnormal' for lack of a better term - in which case the ADHD is life-long. Given that my husband still has ADHD as an adult, it's not likely my son will out grow his either.
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There have actually been some good peer-reviewed studies showing that food allergies and sensitivities may truly play a role in ADHD symptoms for some, but not all, children. I think some people upthread mentioned this. However, as others suggested, the way to go about figuring out if this is an issue for your child would indeed be to keep a systematic diary and do a systematic elimination diet, starting with the most common offenders (dairy, soy, corn, wheat, fish, nuts--I think that's right, but I'm no expert). I too am very suspicious of the "converts to sugar" advice.
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[quote=CCN]
It can be either slow - the child 'grows out' of having ADHD, which does happen, or things are happening that are 'abnormal' for lack of a better term - in which case the ADHD is life-long. Given that my husband still has ADHD as an adult, it's not likely my son will out grow his either. Though there are many investigations of brain areas effected by ADHD, brain imaging has yielded inconclusive results with one specific deficit, abnormality or even a localized area of over/under stimulation in patients with ADHD. I see that ADHD is a symptom itself of maybe even the slightest "quirks " in the brain. These may be a result of genetics, brain injury, overstimulation of the modern world, fetal stress, etc. Therefore, different treatments will work differently. Some kids do "grow out" of at least the criterian that any struggles they have impede their functioning The brain is so complex that it cannot be examined/categorized/diagnosed with the same certainty as, say, a heart defect. There is so much we don't know.
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The brain is so complex that it cannot be examined/categorized/diagnosed with the same certainty as, say, a heart defect. There is so much we don't know. That's a good way of putting it. I need to let go of the idea that ADHD can be simplified. A friend of mine has a child with the classic, easy to recognize, stare-you-in-the-face, no doubt whatsoever, version of ADHD, whereas my son... not so much. Is it still ADHD? Probably. Or put it this way: it's ADHD as we know it today.
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I just reread the entire thread and there were so many comments that I wanted to quote and type "yes!! yes!!" underneath (lol). This is such an interesting and complex topic and I don't think there's a perfect solution. During the school year I was making DS8 (ADHD combined) breakfast shakes. His teacher said she noticed he was more awake in class: on non-shake days he yawned a lot more and had a lot less energy. This is what I used: Almond milk (LOVE this stuff  ) Yogurt Protein powder (whey isolate, not concentrate) Blueberries Raspberries Cranberries Banana Vitamin D drop Flax oil Fyi he's tested negative for celiac (the leaky gut theory fascinates me - as does the bacterial autism theory: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/autism-enigma.html My son spent the first ten days of his life drinking "doctor ok'd" antibiotic laced breast milk thanks to a massive c-section incision infection I had... don't get me started on that). Anyway. He's also tested negative for allergies, gluten, and we've tried food elimination). Anyway, the shakes made a difference for him
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