| It is common for children with ADHD to display ADHD | | | | strategies with regard to self-control, while diet |
| violent behavior. This, in turn, can result in feelings of | | | | adjustment aims to control the dietary intake of |
| isolation from family and peers alike. It can be hard | | | | food that can aggravate symptoms of ADHD violent |
| for parents to deal with ADHD child violence, | | | | behavior such as sugar, refined carbohydrates, and |
| especially when they feel that they are obliged to | | | | processed food. |
| somehow punish their child for such aggressive | | | | Prescription medicine, more specifically stimulant |
| behavior. It can be even more confusing for those | | | | drugs, can also be given with the advice of a |
| who are not familiar with ADHD and are perplexed as | | | | physician. The downside of these drugs, however, is |
| to how to deal with ADHD violent behavior. | | | | that it causes side effects such as weight loss, |
| Studies have shown that it is never the best solution | | | | difficulty in sleeping, loss of appetite, as well as |
| to criticize and punish a child for ADHD violent | | | | stunted growth, which has caused great concern |
| behavior. Instead, parents and primary caregivers | | | | with parents. Stimulant treatment can also increase |
| need to be more understanding, loving, and sensitive | | | | the possibility of a child having schizophrenia and |
| to the needs of the child, however hard it may be. I | | | | bipolar disorder when he gets older. |
| know from experience how a family with an | | | | It has always been a matter of debate whether the |
| attention-deficient, hyperactive child can feel | | | | benefits of stimulant drugs outweigh its undesirable |
| ashamed and alienated from others, because of a | | | | effects. Before you resort to these drugs, let me |
| display of violent behavior by the child. It can be | | | | ask you this. What if there was another option, a |
| frustrating, overwhelming, and sometimes, even | | | | safer, yet equally effective way in treating ADHD? |
| discouraging. | | | | The fact is, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY. Alternative |
| How then, can parents and family deal with ADHD | | | | treatments like homeopathic remedies is not only |
| child violence? There are various solutions, ranging | | | | safe, but also of value in reducing ADHD violent |
| from behavioral therapy, to diet modification, to the | | | | behavior and other symptoms such as temper |
| use of prescription drugs. The goal of behavioral | | | | tantrums, hyperactivity, and irritability. The choice is |
| modification is to help a child develop skills and | | | | up to you. Think about it. |