Having grown up with a younger brother who had serious ADD/ADHD and dyslexia, I only wish there had been Neurofeedback available to help him live a better, more calm life. Throughout his childhood he went into and out of schools, got bad grades and trouble followed him closely behind at all times. My brother wasn't a bad kid or person. He, we'll call him Reggie, couldn't focus on hardly any kind of studying, work, keep a schedule or a lasting relationship because of it. My brother ended up being put on Adderall at about the age of 6 and later became a speed and cocaine addict at age 16, as well as prescription drugs such as adderall, zoloft, elavil and an assortment of pain killers and others. Reggie has lost the best part of his life to these, both legal and illegal, addictions. Fortunately today, there are other non-drug options for the treatment of ADD / ADHD. There three types of biofeedback we can use to help ourselves, loved ones and even our children through the chaos and into the calm.

Organophosphate pesticides, perhaps the most common in use in the USA for keeping those annoying little critters from eating and damaging our fruits and vegetables, has been linked to ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, in studies.  There are some forty of these organophosphate pesticides registered with the US and a bare minimum of 73 million pounds of the stuff is being pumped onto your food and lawn each year, and that is just in the US.  Experts are admitting that this could be the smoking gun regarding the mystery cause of ADHD.  ADHD is found in 3-7 percent of children in the US, with boys being more afflicted by the disease overall. 

What is the difference between ADD and ADHD. Looking at their names Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder we can easily conclude that the difference is hyperactivity. ADD and ADHD are at different ends of the scale.

Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD is normally diagnosed in girls because they are less likely to be hyperactive. Girls tend to be more shy, quiet and pensive while boys are loud, excited and fidgety.

Each and every mother who has a daughter or son suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder or ADHD wants a treatment without pscyhostimulant medication. There should be no father, that truly take interest in his or her daughter or son and wants to put them on an ADD and ADHD prescription that is similar to cocaine. These prescriptions have been widely promoted in the mass media for all the detrimental effects and sometime favourable results that they have. In the mass media we hear about children abusing these prescription medications or parents or guardians using their child's presciption them for their own pleasure. Nearly everybody wants a management technique for an ADHD child that doesn't involve giving a habitual forming drug to a 6 year old.

Every parent who has a child suffering from the effects of ADHD wants a non drug solution. There should be no parent, that truly loves their child, that wants to put their child on ADHD Drugs. These drugs have been widely publicized in the media for all the negative and sometime positive effects that they have. In the media we hear about children abusing these drugs or parents abusing them for their own pleasure. Everyone wants a treatment for ADHD that doesn't involve giving highly addictive, highly toxic, psychostimulants to a 6 year old.

There are many different types of ADHD Medicines and compiling them into a list would require too much. The list is grouped into the most active ingredients.

Methlyphenidate

This is a psycho stimulant medication and it is the preferred choice of treatment for pediatricians and the medical community overall. It has been in use for ADHD since the 1960s and has undergone various changes in it's delivery. Now the most popular stimulant drugs are all set for timed release. What happens is that the capsule has a coating that allows the capsule to breakdown over a period of 12 hours. Previously the most common stimulant medication used, Ritalin gave the entire dose at once giving a rush then a shorter "coming down" period. It would require you to take the capsules more often during the day.