Functional medicine/doctor and ADHD

[MomOf7Margo]

Has anyone seen/had a good or bad experience taking their child to a functional medicine doctor? Our son is 6 and has ADHD (he is medicated for it) but of course still struggles. Someone mentioned this idea to me and I’m hesitant because A) it’s expensive. B) we’re a family of 9 and to implement dietary changes would be a huge deal (but I’m more than willing if it would actually help!). But I’m also interested because A) they would do blood work to see if he has any nutritional decencies/sensitivities. B) I would do it in a heartbeat if I knew it would work. C) We also have a 9 yo daughter with less severe ADHD that I would want to take.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance for your response!

[jam1959]

It would not hurt to have an evaluation to see what the blood work reveals. I tried a functional med doctor for a while. It was expensive for the visits and the supplements. I finally stopped going because she had me taking so many pills it became difficult to swallow all of them and I have never had a problem swallowing pills! Hopefully since he is young he will not have so many deficits.