Dear Dr,
My 5 year old son is a mild ADHD who'd carried out hair analysis test recently. The test shown that he has a few heavy metal toxic in his body. His nutritionist recommends him to take Barley Green powder to detox and replenish any deficiency in supplements such as calcium, magnesium, zinc etc.
Please advice the above. Thank you.
IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT HEAVY METAL TOXINS CAN AGGRAVATE/CONTRIBUTE TO SYMPTOMS OF PRE-EXISTING ADHD BUT THESE TOXINS ARE NOT SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING ADHD. ALSO MANY OF THESE ELEMENTS(LIKE ZINC, SELINIUM), ARE REQUIRED BY THE BODY IN VERY MINUTE QUANTITIES AND IF THE AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE(RDA) THEN THESE MICRO-NUTRIENTS AUTOMATICALLY BECOME TOXIC TO THE BODY
IN THIS RESPECT UR NUTRITIONIST IS CORRECT AND U CAN FOLLOW HIS ADVICE. I ALSO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING- 1. TAB ATOMOXETINE 10 MG IN 2 DIVIDED DOSES. CAN BE INC TO 20 MG AFTER CONSULTING A PSYCHIATRIST. 2. BEHAVIORAL THERAPY(POSITIVE RE-INFORCEMENT FOR DESIRABLE BEHAVIOR AND NEGATIVE RE-INFORCEMENT FOR UNWANTED BEHAVIOR) ALSO WORKS IN MILD ADHD
PL REMEMBER THAT DE-TOXIFYING THE CHILD AND GIVING NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS MAY HELP BUT MAY NOT TOTALLY CONTROL ADHD. HENCE SPECIFIC MEDICATION IS REQD SO THAT ADHD DOES NOT HAMPER HIS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
KINDLY MENTION THE CHILDS BODY WEIGHT
DR SMRITHI
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IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT HEAVY METAL TOXINS CAN AGGRAVATE/CONTRIBUTE TO SYMPTOMS OF PRE-EXISTING ADHD BUT THESE TOXINS ARE NOT SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING ADHD. ALSO MANY OF THESE ELEMENTS(LIKE ZINC, SELINIUM), ARE REQUIRED BY THE BODY IN VERY MINUTE QUANTITIES AND IF THE AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE(RDA) THEN THESE MICRO-NUTRIENTS AUTOMATICALLY BECOME TOXIC TO THE BODY IN THIS RESPECT UR NUTRITIONIST IS CORRECT AND U CAN FOLLOW HIS ADVICE. I ALSO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING- 1. TAB ATOMOXETINE 10 MG IN 2 DIVIDED DOSES. CAN BE INC TO 20 MG AFTER CONSULTING A PSYCHIATRIST. 2. BEHAVIORAL THERAPY(POSITIVE RE-INFORCEMENT FOR DESIRABLE BEHAVIOR AND NEGATIVE RE-INFORCEMENT FOR UNWANTED BEHAVIOR) ALSO WORKS IN MILD ADHD PL REMEMBER THAT DE-TOXIFYING THE CHILD AND GIVING NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS MAY HELP BUT MAY NOT TOTALLY CONTROL ADHD. HENCE SPECIFIC MEDICATION IS REQD SO THAT ADHD DOES NOT HAMPER HIS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. KINDLY MENTION THE CHILDS BODY WEIGHT DR SMRITHI