subject: Are Homeopathic ADHD Remedies The Best Choice For Managing ADHD Symptoms? [print this page] Are Homeopathic ADHD Remedies The Best Choice For Managing ADHD Symptoms?
There is no shortage of ideas about how to treat ADHD symptoms including those involving homeopathic ADHD remedies. Examples would be the wildly popular and possibly over prescribed prescription stimulants such as Ritalin; oral antihypertensives; antidepressants; mind rebalancing therapies; mind re-patterning therapies; behavioral therapies such as CBT; ADHD counseling, ADHD coaching and training; diet modification solutions; vitamins; and of course homeopathic ADHD remedies. And what might surprise you is that there are many others which have both their staunch supporters and ardent critics.
Why are there so many choices?
Perhaps the simplest explanation is that there are many different variations of ADHD with the three primary categories being inattentive, hyperactive/impulsive, and the combined type which includes variations that can't quite be neatly placed in any predetermined category.
There are also a laundry list of secondary symptoms such as anticipation of failure, loss of hope, sleep problems, low self esteem, frustration, lack or loss of motivation, boredom, and the tendency to be a worry wart.
Another possibility is an interesting fact I ran across in a recently published book titled "Everything Health Guide to Adult ADD/ADHD" and that was over 70 percent of adults with ADHD also have a co-existing condition of some sort. Examples would depression, bi-polar disorder, or chronic anxiety. The book failed to provide any statistics on children, or when their list of co-existing conditions are most likely to begin to develop. But one could speculate that this probably happens sometime in the mid-school age years as the challenges of unidentified, or unmanaged, ADHD start to overwhelm them both mentally and physically.
Why are so may turning their back on convention stimulant medications?
As you probably know most cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are treated with stimulant medications such as Ritalin and Adderall. While these types of medications can at times be helpful, when monitored carefully, there is no shortage of both long and short term side effects.
There is also some evidence to suggest they may be toxic for children age 6 and younger. And then there is the 30 percent chance stimulant medications will not improve the primary symptoms of inattention/distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity/restlessness .
Additionally, there is no evidence to suggest that the current list of prescription medications does anything but mask the symptoms. Therefore making long term use a definite possibility, and opening the door for addiction.
Homeopathic ADHD remedies a safer alternative?
Homeopathic ADHD remedies seem to be an area of treatment which has few, if any, side effect risks and according to a couple of small to medium sized studies seems to produce long term benefits over 50 percent of the time. These same studies showed the failure rate about equal to that of convention stimulant treatment options.
In all fairness it should be pointed out that homeopathic ADHD remedies are only as good as their composition of ingredients and the skill used in formulation.
In conclusion, all treatments for attention deficit disorder have their pros and cons with none being 100 percent effective. Additionally, numerous large studies have shown a well thought out combination of multiple treatments is more effective than any singular solution. One example would be the combination of homeopathic ADHD remedies with cognitive behavior therapy(CBT).
Ultimately whether or not homeopathic ADHD remedies are the best choice for managing symptoms such as inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity is a judgment call, taking into account the pluses and minuses and then closely monitoring the results.
