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Ten alternative therapies for ADD and ADHD.

A few months back, I put together an article on alternative therapies for depression.

Many readers showed a lot of interest in some of the emerging non-drug treatments in that field,

and more importantly, many began to relay their own stories about how they overcame or successfully

managed their depression. That's what I love most about this community, sharing experience

and expertise in the interest of broadening available solutions beyond what conventional thought

tells us. I've received frequent requests over the years to do the same for the convoluted world

of ADD and ADHD treatment. There's a lot to this picture, and if there's interest, probably

fodder for a follow-up post. For today, I'll delve into some of the lifestyle

strategies and alternative therapies that offer the most promise. I understand that ADD and ADHD

treatment and even diagnoses are sensitive topics. Debates continue to rage within the medical,

caregiver, and even primal communities as to what actually

constitutes the conditions, whether they're simply modern constructs, and what the best

forms of treatment are. Despite the increasing numbers of diagnoses, there's still a lot we don't

know about the issue, and even less that people can agree on.

In the U.S., it's estimated that between 3 and 10 percent of children and 1 to 6 percent

of adults have been diagnosed with the tension deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD.

As the stats imply, both ADD and ADHD are more prevalent in children, but there's

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