Attentive Child supplements

[Shan1209]

Anyone try the Attentive Child vitamins? The reviews on Amazon look good, but I wonder if they work?

[eperez18]

I tried giving the Attention Child supplement to my child when he was 5 years old and he hated the taste and it did not work much. If you are trying to go the supplement route look into N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine, Theanine, Multi-Vitamins, Minerals (zinc, magnesium, etc), and Omega-3’s. I highly recommend talking to your child’s doctor prior to giving your child anything just to be safe.

[MunchkinMommy537]

Not exactly the same, but we give our son a “medical food” called Vayarin. It’s basically a fish oil supplement made from krill, but it’s helped with his behavior. We tried taking him off it in the beginning because we didn’t seem to notice a big impact, but within 3 days his behavior got worse, so it’s definitely helping.

[Vickie109]

Yes, we were giving my son the Source naturals attentive child before he was diagnosed at age 7. They did not help in any way. Was in a lot of trouble at school before diagnosis. Change came with medication, but we also give probiotics and Vayarin.

[Nla1]

Go to adhdnaturally.org (I think it’s org) - they have loads of options. I give my 6yr old 1200mgs of fish oil, dopa focus, b-12, and I can’t remember the other one - they aren’t working miracles but they help him to focus in the mornings at school. I also have a high protein diet for him - this helps. I also make sure he gets physics excercise in the morning before school starts- this helps the most. He has an IEP and an aid at school for behavioral support and has been doing very well this year. Best beginning of the school year ever... I am keeping my fingers crossed.

[lbayley]

My daughter just finished participating in a research study testing micronutrients on ADHD kiddos to see if there was an improvement on focus and emotional regulation. We saw no benefit for our child. And she HATED taking the pills. Apparently a small percentage of families do see improvement so they are hoping to find what is different in those kids that helps them respond. They took hair, saliva, and stool, urine, and blood samples throughout the study. (My personal guess is that some of those children have a distinct problem caused by a vitamin deficiency that mimics the symptoms of ADHD but that isn’t true ADHD. But who knows.) Although we still give our daughter a children’s multi-vitamin and probiotic, the effort of those pills weighed against her resistance to them made it not worth it for us. We’d rather put our energy into something that has more impact. Sports (she is on swim team three times a week and water polo twice a week and gymnastics one morning a week) have a far more noticeable impact on her symptoms.