Korean red ginseng

[Mom-of-a-superhero]

Hi,

I have a 10 year old daughter with inattentive ADHD currently unmedicated. I came across a study that showed significant improvement in attention when kids with ADHD were given omega 3 and Korean red ginseng. This was a small study. My daughter already takes omega 3 but I am wondering if anyone has tried Korean red ginseng and what was your experience

Here is a link to the study if anyone is interested pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articl...

Thank you!

[Crescentmoon4]

Oh, I'm interested to hear the responses. Would be neat to know

[Lahavre]

Hi ! My son is also 10y with ADHD and autism..he’s currently taking meds .. Thank you for the information. Will look into this

[LAJ12345]

You could also look into rhodiola rosea and Hardys daily essential nutrients and Carlson elite dha fish oil. These really help my son

[Mom-of-a-superhero in reply to LAJ12345]

Thank you for your feedback. I have looked at Hardy's daily essential nutrients in the past and I will have to revisit that again. I would love to learn more about rhodiola rosea. Do you have a product or dosage you recommend?

[LAJ12345 in reply to Mom-of-a-superhero]

My son is 21 and he takes a capsule a day of this one

nz.iherb.com/r/swanson-full...

As your daughter is a child I would err on the side of caution and get some clear gel caps and divide each capsule into say 4 to start with and try that for a few weeks, then go to 1/2 for a while if there is no difference. See if she is better or worse. A full capsule might be too strong for a child.

The Hardys my friends son was on from age 7 at 12 caps a day eithe clinical dose, and he still takes it now at age 18. He was on a clinical trial with Julia rucklidge a clinical psychologigist here in New Zealand. My 21 year old has been on 12 per day for 18 months now and is doing well.

[Mom-of-a-superhero in reply to LAJ12345]

I really appreciate you sharing your experience and taking the time to reply. It is so helpful for me hear positive experiences with Hardy's. When your son started Hardy's did you guys increase them gradually or did he take 12 from the start?

[LAJ12345 in reply to Mom-of-a-superhero]

He started with 1x 3 for a few days and went up within a few weeks to the 12.

I also have my husband on them. He has Parkinson’s. I noticed a difference in his mood within a week. He has been taking them for 5 years now and was able to get off his antidepressant meds.

The rhodiola seems to also be a good addition as it seems to boosts motivation and help them both to be able to get on to stuff they need to do. It was like turning a lightbulb on for especially my husband.

[Mom-of-a-superhero in reply to LAJ12345]

Very interesting! Thank you!!!❤

[LAJ12345 in reply to Mom-of-a-superhero]

For anyone reading this who are on meds it can make the meds unnecessary so they will need to be tapered off as you increase the Hardys dose or you can become over medicated.

[momof2singer in reply to LAJ12345]

My husband and I both take Rhodeola Rosea and it's the only thing that has helped me with my terrible insomnia. We haven't thought of giving it to my son, who is ADHD- we may try that. We use the Gaia brand liquid capsules from Amazon- about $20-$30 /month.

[Mom-of-a-superhero in reply to momof2singer]

What dosage do you take?

[momof2singer in reply to Mom-of-a-superhero]

I personally take 2 pills/day. My husband takes one/day. I can tell right away if I ever run out. I'd say just start with one pill. There have been no side effects, Rhodeola Rosea is taken for lots of different things, but it's supposed to "help with a healthy response to stress"

Image of Gaia brand Rhodeola bottle and pill.

[Mom-of-a-superhero]

If anyone is interested in rhodiola rosea. Here is a good paper I found pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articl....

[Lanego]

we just started fish oil capsules for my daughter who couldn’t tolerate any of the adhd meds. Will have to research Korean ginseng. I couldn’t find anything about the authors doing a larger study.

[Mom-of-a-superhero in reply to Lanego]

Good point! It was a pilot 4 years ago. I couldn't find anything either.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Lanego]

Try the Carlson elite dha 4.5ml per day. It gives a much larger dose than capsules but you have to be able to take the oil. It doesn’t taste fishy and has a slightly berry taste but is best taken just before eating to get rid of oily feel.

It is the one being trialed by Laurie Mischley a natural health Dr who specialises in Parkinson’s. I think all these brain related conditions may be able to be improved with some of the same treatments if they are nutritional deficiencies so worth a go.

[Mom-of-a-superhero in reply to LAJ12345]

Thank you. I will look into it. I currently give her Nutrasea Omega 3 for ADHD. It is also an oil and I give her 1 tsp per day. She doesn't mind taking it. She does like salmon though so I am lucky she will eat it. I have had her omega 3 index tested and it is in the optimal range but always worth to try new things. I agree omega 3 is very important in brain health as our brain is 60% fat and it prefers omega 3 fats.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Mom-of-a-superhero]

Your one has much higher levels of EPA and less DHA. The Parkinson’s Dr recommends high DHA so maybe it might work well for adhd too even though they are different conditions.

She puts her patients on the high dose dha for a few months I think to top them up, then I think she goes into maintenance levels of just capsules with the usual ratios. My husband isn’t her patient but I’ve watched a few video clips of her talking about it.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Mom-of-a-superhero]

Does the testing differentiate between the different omega 3 levels? If it just measures total omega3 it might not pick up an imbalance of EPA and DHA