Desiree T S On (04 Jun 96) was overheard to say to Lise Maidman
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 DT> Hi, my name is Desiree.
 Hi there
 DT> My advice to you is do not trust all the so called professions is
 DT> this field.  Many of their so called myths and data can be argued
 DT> either way.
 Isn't that just the plain truth...  As most of us here know it is
 very difficult to find a competent doc who _really_ knows a lot about
 ADD/ADHD but once you do she or he is worth more than their weight in
 gold (that they often charge)..
 DT> I am a mother of two boys, thank god only one of my
 DT> children inherited the ADHD.
 Our youngest (now 9) was the "lucky" one
 DT> I have done many hidden food sinsitivity test on my son
 DT> to see what his triigers are and the triggers still trigger him while
 DT> he is on Ritalin.  Here are some of them: Any form of
 DT> cane sugar (brown, white icing,etc..) honey, glucose, sucrose,
 DT> malt, molasses, orange food dye (orange cheddar cheese), caffeine,
 DT> chocolate, hydrogenated vegetable oil, red food dye, any food
 DT> preservatives and addetives such as MSG, etc...,atificial food colours
 DT> and flavors, alcohol.
 It would seem to me that he is allergic to all/most of those things
 and what you have done is a form of allergy testing.   We considered
 going that route with our son but felt that it would have taken
 longer to eliminate many things than was acceptable and would also
 overlook other, non-food, things.  After talking it over with him we
 opted to go with testing by an allergist.  The doc didn't find many
 food allergies but the infamous red dye, chocolate and MSG really
 cause a reaction.  He's allergic to several types of grass - most of
 which grow around here, all the common pollens and dust...common house
 dust - there's no way to avoid that last one but we try.  Something I'd
 add to your list is any cold/cough OTC med that has "tussin" anyplace
 in the label or psuedoephedrine (sudafed, actifed) or any of them
 with alcohol, any of those will send him sky rocketing.  Benadryl has
 been working out okay at no more than 25mg every 6 to 8 hours to give
 rapid relief from sneezing, coughing, watery eyes.  He also gets 3
 types of anti-allergen injections every 4 weeks...he was a real mess
 before  those were started.  He doesn't like the shots but would rather
 take them than go through the other stuff.  Interestingly enough sodas
 that are high in caffeine (Mountain Dew especially) seem to have an
 overall calming effect - much like some of the adults here who have
 said that they drink a lot of coffee seems to help them.  We haven't
 seen that sugar of any kind has much of an effect either way.  OTOH
 we know a couple of kids that go ballistic on sugar.  Just shows that
 everyone is different.
 We are continually learning ... posts like yours help add (sic) to
 things we already know about.
 Best...Bob
... That's just my opinion... and I could be wrong.
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