There are so many objective things that have demonstrated that this herbal treatment for John's ADHD is working.
In the last week alone he has started to gain weight and he is not constantly eating.
Anyone with children who have ADHD will tell you that their hyperactivity burns an awful lot of calories. It is difficult to get the child to maintain a decent weight without using supplements.
John has not only gained weight, he has also cut his intake.
Having Autism and ADHD is quite a combination. I have a son who flaps vigorously. Or should I say, I HAD a son that flapped vigorously.
His flapping has reduced significantly. It is now possible for him to watch his favourite movie without the hand movements and the jumping up and down. It certainly makes watching television more pleasant for everyone else.
Transitioning has always been a problem for John. If he was concentrating on something and you asked him to do something else, you would get him screaming, slapping the back of his head and a nasty meltdown.
Since he started week 6 on Friday. I can honestly say that I have not seen a major meltdown from John. Occasionally like when the power went out tonight while he was watching a DVD, he objected verbally but when I explained about the lightning storm and asked him just to turn it back on, he did. There was no screaming, nothing.
I asked him to help me take out the trash on Monday night. He asked if he could play on the swing on the way out and I asked him to wait until we had done the trash.
He did!
Not only that but when I asked him to come inside 10 minutes later, he hopped off the swing and followed me in without a murmur.
Subjectively, and this is probably the odd one and I will try and download the photos from my camera in the next two days and post one here, his smile changed.
Ordinarily when I have taken a photo of John, I have got the mouth full of teeth "Cheese" smile.
I took a photo of him on Saturday and it was a regular smile. It makes his whole face look different.
Even his respite worker thinks that he is improving so it is not just my view point.
As time goes by apparently with this herbal treatment, his behaviour will continue to improve and it also works on the symptoms for Autism, so the flapping will improve as will the social skills and the eye contact etc.
It all looks great so far and there have been no side effects.
Later.
In the last week alone he has started to gain weight and he is not constantly eating.
Anyone with children who have ADHD will tell you that their hyperactivity burns an awful lot of calories. It is difficult to get the child to maintain a decent weight without using supplements.
John has not only gained weight, he has also cut his intake.
Having Autism and ADHD is quite a combination. I have a son who flaps vigorously. Or should I say, I HAD a son that flapped vigorously.
His flapping has reduced significantly. It is now possible for him to watch his favourite movie without the hand movements and the jumping up and down. It certainly makes watching television more pleasant for everyone else.
Transitioning has always been a problem for John. If he was concentrating on something and you asked him to do something else, you would get him screaming, slapping the back of his head and a nasty meltdown.
Since he started week 6 on Friday. I can honestly say that I have not seen a major meltdown from John. Occasionally like when the power went out tonight while he was watching a DVD, he objected verbally but when I explained about the lightning storm and asked him just to turn it back on, he did. There was no screaming, nothing.
I asked him to help me take out the trash on Monday night. He asked if he could play on the swing on the way out and I asked him to wait until we had done the trash.
He did!
Not only that but when I asked him to come inside 10 minutes later, he hopped off the swing and followed me in without a murmur.
Subjectively, and this is probably the odd one and I will try and download the photos from my camera in the next two days and post one here, his smile changed.
Ordinarily when I have taken a photo of John, I have got the mouth full of teeth "Cheese" smile.
I took a photo of him on Saturday and it was a regular smile. It makes his whole face look different.
Even his respite worker thinks that he is improving so it is not just my view point.
As time goes by apparently with this herbal treatment, his behaviour will continue to improve and it also works on the symptoms for Autism, so the flapping will improve as will the social skills and the eye contact etc.
It all looks great so far and there have been no side effects.
Later.
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