ADD has nothing to do with
intelligence. Many people with ADD are highly intelligent. According to experts
in the field of ADD/ADHD, the disorder is the result of a neurotransmitter
imbalance.
Recognizing ADD
Not all children who are
naturally rambunctious or extraordinarily curious have ADHD. Nor do all
disorganized adults who have many things going on at one time have ADD. A
professional diagnosis is the best way to determine ADD / ADHD in any
individual. However, the following description, as given by experts in the field
of ADD / ADHD, serves as a guide.
A high level of frustration
causes ADD people to be impatient. Whatever is going on -- they want it to go
quickly and be finished. People with ADD suffer from "overload"; they
have a heightened awareness of incoming environmental stimuli. Their world tends
to be too bright, too loud, too abrasive and too rapidly changing for comfort.
Unable to filter out normal
background "noise" they find it difficult to concentrate on a task
before them. Disorientation to time and space is often a problem. For instance
they may have to stop and think which hand is their right or left. They may have
difficulty following a set of instructions or reading a map. ADD people tend to
be disorganized. They have trouble making and carrying out plans.
Many ADD people are
hyperactive. As youngsters they're constantly moving, squirming, twisting and
getting into everything. As adults they're restless and easily distracted. They
often tend to forget appointments, to pay bills and complete tasks. Because
they're always in a hurry, delays of any kind make them frantic. ADD people live
under such stress, frustration is difficult to tolerate, and when they're
frustrated they're likely to become angry.
What Effects Has beCALM'd
Had On
Individuals With ADD/ADHD?
beCALM'd has had dramatic results on
children and adults with ADD and ADHD. Over 60% of all patients were able to completely
stop taking Ritalin and other similar drugs, once they began taking beCALM'd.
In late 1991, Dr. Terry Neher, who is the
national advisor to the American Dental Association on chemical dependency, began an open
study to see if certain amino acids and vitamins might be useful as an adjunct to the
treatment of ADD and ADHD. For this study he chose the same amino acid/vitamin formulation
he had used over the last decade that had been so successful in treating stress-related
cases. The commercial name for the formulation is beCALM'd.
In the 1991 test, the results were
startling. All of the patients in the study were taking Ritalin. In the first 3 days 60%
of the patients did as well on the beCALM'd as they had on the Ritalin. The remaining 40%
were put back on Ritalin and taken out of the experiment. By the end of the second month,
the 60% still on beCALM'd were more symptom free than their parents could remember they
had ever been and by the end of the third month, there was little difference between these
patients and the general (non ADD) population.
In now understanding alcoholism as a
genetic deficiency, there evidence for many patients that ADD and ADHD could possibly be
an early sign of a predisposition to adult alcoholism.
Testimonies:
Mom,
I didn't get frustrated at all at school today!
ADD
- Son on Ritalin 13yrs
Behavior
and learning problems. (ADHD)
Teenage
Violent Hot Temper
ADD
Mom & ADHD Son
Attention
Deficit Disorder at 22yrs old
Off
of the Ritalin
