How and Where To Get Free ADHD Info

Robert William Locke asked:


There is a vast network of information on the Internet about ADHD. The drug companies have sponsored ADHD forums and countless parents are writing blogs. These are certainly useful places to get free ADHD info but we should be wary of the drugs companies’ websites as they will push just ONE type of treatment which is basically an amphetamines type of drug which may compromise your child’s health and do very little for the ADHD problem. Info on ADHD can be biased and there are often vested interests involved which are worth millions of dollars.

Look at what the journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has just reported. It refers to the MTA (Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD) study in which about 500 ADHD children were tracked for an eight year period. The majority had stopped taking ADHD meds such as psychostimulants after only 14 months. There were few , if any benefits and the report strongly suggests that such treatment did not solve any of the problems associated with this mental disorder such as hyperactivity, inattention and social functioning. The report raises doubts that ADHD treatment with meds is the solution. This is just another example of a prestigious report available as free ADHD info. Similar sites are the FDA and AAP (Academy of American Pediatrics).

This raises the question about natural cures for ADHD and parents who do their own investigation on websites which give free ADHD info are pleasantly surprised to find that there are no side effects from the homeopathic ADHD cures and neither are there any risks. They will also be aware of the necessity to combine some type of medication with psychological interventions, such as ADHD behavior therapy.

Where else can you get free ADHD info? As I mentioned above, there are numerous blogs and forums. If you Google ADHD forums, you may get a staggering result of something like 45,000. The more popular sites will push ADHD drugs but they are still a source of information, if only to be aware of what the side effects and risks are. That itself is an eye opener. There are about 11,000 blogs on the web and we can get valuable info on ADHD from reading about parents’ experiences, advice and coping techniques. If you are really concerned about what treatment is best for your child you can consult your doctor but you should be aware of the risks and drawbacks of ADHD medications while getting up to date information on a natural ADHD cure. Your doctor will not even mention this!