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Post by aimee30 on Mar 10, 2004 23:32:05 GMT -5
I posted this question under new to this but didn't get many responses so I wanted to ask it again. I am divorced from DD's dad. He is totally blind to ADHD. Says there is nothing wrong with DD.
My question is: if I decided to try the natural alternatives thing how effective would it be with her going to her dad's every other weekend? I know he wouldn't follow a diet or give her supplements.
Thanks!
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Post by catatonic on Mar 11, 2004 8:27:48 GMT -5
Aimee, your situation makes it more difficult to implement a nutritional program, but not impossible. For one thing, vitamins are different from medications in that they don't "wear off" in quite the same way. They take a while to build up to the needed levels, and it takes a while to "use up" available amounts. Missing a couple of days of vitamins a couple times a month shouldn't be that big a setback. I know from watching my son when we've run out of one of his vitamins and had to wait for mail order to finally arrive that he does just fine for a few days. This is very different from medication where you KNOW there's a problem within a few hours of a skipped dose. I highly recommend the Feingold diet as well, since it's been really miraculous for my son. (You can read about it at www.feingold.org ) Again, it would be more difficult but not impossible to do the Feingold program in your situation. You'd simply have to expect that she'd come home from her dad's having a behavioral reaction to off-diet foods. I'd say go ahead and give it a try. Every other weekend off of her treatment shouldn't be too big a set back for your daughter. Go for it! |
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Post by DenverSarah on Mar 11, 2004 12:36:23 GMT -5
Another option would be to send enough food for her so that when she goes with dad she eats only food from home. I have a similar situation in that my son's dad insisted that ADHD doesn't even exist. However it had gotten to the point where SOMETHING had to be done. After we started he couldn't deny that there was a huge difference and that our son was just easier to parent and more fun to be around. Now I just make sure to pack enough food for whatever time they will be together and he sticks to it largely because that just makes it so easy he has no excuse not to. Also, my son is VERY compiant on his own...if his dad offered him a red lollipop he would turn it down. Good luck!
Oh one more thing....supplements in addition to Feingold have helped a lot too and this isn't something you would have to worry a whole lot about missing a couple of days.
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