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lynn P. · Sep 03, 2009, 03:16 PM

Hi Rhapsody,
I'm the mom of 2 girls 7 & 11 and thank God they're both welll adjusted kids. It's good the doctor is listening and is trying another medication. I heard of a good book called 'Parenting The Defiant Child' - you might want to look into that.
I also saw an incredibly interesting show the other day. This teacher works at a school on an Indian reservation and many of the children there have various learning and behavior problems. The teacher read a book called Spark -sorry I don't know the author. Anyway this doctor believes that vigorous regular exercise changes brain chemistry and causes new neuro transmitters to form in the brain. So this teacher set up a school workout room and started all the kids on regular exercise. After 6 months evry single student improved in all areas of learning and particularly behaviors problems improved drastically. Many of the kids on the reservation have parents who suffer drug and alcohol abuse.
So my recommendation for your neice's son is to get him into regular physical exercise. Experts say that this upcoming generation, may not live as long as their parents because they spend too much time on computers, video games and not eating healthy food. I also high recommend getting him into martial arts(my daughter takes it) - this will help him get out his physical aggression and also teach him to discipline himself. Hopefully you will get some responses from other parents who's chidren have ADHD. Best of luck.