--- In ADD-ADHD@y..., cjmisner@y... wrote:



Hi everyone,

I'm new to this group. We have three children, a son-15 (no LD's),
another son-14 (ADHD/Dyslexia) and a daughter-3 1/2 (no LD's/ADHD
noted yet).

We have battled the school district for years regarding the special
ed needs of our 14 year old. He was finally diagnosed in the 2nd
grade with ADHD. We started Ritalin and had to keep changing doses,
times given, etc...We tried natural supplements that didn't seem to
work so we went back to the Ritilin. We took him off when he was
ending the 3rd grade because he experienced some mild side effects,
but we weren't seeing any significant difference with his attention
or performance in school.

In 1998, he had his 3 year re-eval, and they informed us that we
would have to medicate him again if we wanted to have him continue
with special ed services. He did qualify to continue receiving
services as Learning Disabled. We did notice that his attention
problems were interferring with his ability to learn, and adding to
his LD problems. The district insisted that we medicate him again
(blaming his lack of progress only on his not being medicated).

Against our wishes, we tried Ritalin again, and then switched to
Adderall in August 2000. We did this to show the district that he
had problems even when medicated.

A few months ago, a friend introduced me to Omnitrition (health,
fitness, & weight loss) I tried the products for weight loss &
energy, and to my amazement, they worked very well. I met a lady
who's son had been on Ritalin & Dexadrine for at least 5 years with
every possible side effect you could have. After she took her son
off his meds and started the Omnitrition products, he no longer
experienced any of the side effects with the regular meds, and grew
several inches after he quit taking them. He has been completely off
of every prescription med for ADD/ADHD for 2 years now. He is also
doing even better than he did on the regular meds.

We started using the Omnitrition products for our son. He is able to
concentrate much better and actually met most of his goals on his IEP
regarding study skills and on task abilities. He will continue with
two of his organizational goals, but is showing improvement in this
area as well.

If anyone is interested in more info on these products, feel free to
e-mail me at cmi2306309@a...

Cherie In WA
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