Alternative Treatments for ADHD...Annoying, Distressing, Hilarious Distractions. Does someone you know lose thier personality on ADHD meds.?

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Permalink Reply by Charles Shinaver on September 1, 2009 at 5:02pm

I couldn't wrap my head around the idea that medication was the only way to combat all of those distractions and extra energies that people with ADHD deal with either. I have a child who suffers from the effects of the disorder, as well as other relatives and friends. I wanted an alternative too, for the same reasons. I found something that is proven to work and I’m excited to begin offering.
Recently, I began working with Cogmed, a program that trains working memory. One of the largest struggles for a person with ADHD is to be able to remember things. They have a weak working memory (for a working memory description, view a short video at http://www.fitfamilies.tv ). Cogmed is a computer-based training program completed in-home on a daily basis (5 days a week) for 5 weeks. When an individual becomes a Cogmed user, their membership comes with a Cogmed coach whose job is to monitor and motivate the user’s progress with the program. I am one of the first practitioners to use and offer Cogmed to Indiana residents and I am very excited about what success I know it has had with its users. I’ve already begun blogging about it at my BlogSpot https://charlesshinaver.wordpress.com/wp . Visit it and keep in contact!

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