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Post by tdinh2 on Nov 7, 2003 20:35:08 GMT -5
Seems to me that medication and some form of behavioral/cognitive intervention are the most effective forms to treatment ADHD. However, I also heard some opinions about situations where parents believe that some children are prescibed quite powerful drugs. Which method is best to treat ADHD base on your knowledge about ADHD?
I, personally believe both methods are a good way to treat ADHD. But I'd prefer behavioral intervention as the first choice if I have to choose...but I'm still indecisive about this....what do you think?
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Post by eaccae on Nov 7, 2003 21:20:16 GMT -5
Well - whether you go the route of medication or natural alternatives - behavior modification is necessary as well. It's the combo that has great success. If you depend soley on medication/supplements you are still not working on the whole problem. Same with behavior modification - adhd is neurological. Medication or natural supplements & diet help to regulate the function of the neurological gateways - so if you are just relying on behavior modification alone - it's not going to work alone either.
Meds/supplements & diet don't "fix" or teach appropriate behavior. Behavior modification can't make a child less impulsive, focus better, or lower their hyperactivity. It is the combination of treatments that is the most effective.
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Post by AnneM on Nov 8, 2003 11:54:55 GMT -5
hi tdinh! .... In my opinion eaccae is very right - you need a "combination" of treatments to effectively treat adhd .... either a mixture of meds and behaviour/cognitive help OR natural alternatives and behaviour/cognitive help .... no one thing will be any where near as effective on its own.
Many doctors feel that you have to "reach" the child (i.e. through meds or natural alternatives) before you can successfully introduce behaviour and cognitive therapies .... so in other words (as eaccae says) behaviour/cognitive will just not work on its own!! ..
GOOD LUCK !!!
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