Comments on: ADHD and Zinc?

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:39:16 +0000

Wow, interesting. When we brought our child to Doctor of integrated Medicine. He did just about every blood test imaginable. We found him to be allergic or sensitive to dairy and to be extremely low in zinc. It’s easy to get the zinc into him. Super Nu Thera on it’s own was not enough. The pediatrician never checked to these things and only wanted to medicate.
Please read my story. I’d love any feedback.

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-we-cured-our-Childs-ADHD

Terry

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:50:12 +0000

Yes we do see a difference in our son when we added zinc.

Thanks for the suggestion,

By: melissa cohen

melissa cohen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:53 +0000

I am trying many natural therapies for my son- Please help with how much zinc and what is the best supplement form- He is 5 a very picky eater – but thankfully can and will take pills
Thank You

By: caroline

caroline — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:41:34 +0000

Hi Cathy and Nicolas
thank you very much for your comments. I am still exploring
my options beside medications.
For now we can’t survive without it…. at least for the kids
school performances.
This summer will be ideal to try for something else.

By: Cathy Bailey

Cathy Bailey — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:21:11 +0000

Re: Zinc and More,
Actually there’s more … amino acids can really work, read Victory Over ADHD, Deborah Merlin has an amazing success story that you must read….cathy

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:47:34 +0000

I agree with Dr. Kenny, zinc can be a very overlooked and under-rated treatment method for ADHD. This is an extremely relevant post!

Here are a few other ways in which zinc can potentially help in treating ADHD:

Assist in B vitamin metabolism (especially B6, which has some therapeutic effects on ADHD in its own right)

Protect against fatty acid oxidation (this is especially important if you are trying to treat ADHD with omega-3′s, fish oils, etc.)

Regulate thyroid function (thyroid abnormalities can sometimes mimic ADHD symptoms)

Assist in the production of serotonin and melatonin (helpful in cases of ADHD where comorbid depressive/anxiety disorders are present)

Promote digestive health (a number of ADHD symptoms can be exacerbated by irritations or allergies in the digestive system, and this can also interfere with effective food and drug metabolism)

Inhibit the Dopamine Transporter Protein (which is analogous to how some of the stimulant medications for ADHD work to help regulate dopamine and dopaminergic function).

By: Cathy Bailey

Cathy Bailey — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:25:03 +0000

You can contact me, I run a support group in york region for parents of ADHD but we only discuss natural therapies. Nuebecalmed does work for some people….. you can take the zinc while you are taking meds…. contact me at bailcthrn@aol.com

By: caroline

caroline — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:01:17 +0000

Thank you for the alternative to treatment. This blog lead me today to find out about «neu becalm>, I also found several reseaches about magnesium.

Great, i want to try all of this. Can someone guide me? I take Adderall and 3 of my children take medecine. So I will be the tester. Do I stop the medecine and then wtat supplement and how much supplement can I try? magnesium and zinc and neu-becalm?

I sincerely hope an answer.

By: Cathy Bailey

Cathy Bailey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:41:44 +0000

Zinc is great, but a mult mineral containing zinc and other important minerals & vitamins would be a better idea. I have Nu Thera and Super Nu Thera which helps: contains most vitamins plus: zinc, magnesium, selenium, manganese. Cathy