Are Alternative Treatments Viable?
Hyperactivity in children has received a lot of attention in recent years, with many suggested causes and treatments. It’s a subject that gets much debate. Should children with hyperactive behavior be medicated? Are they simply eating the wrong food? Are we labeling “bad” behavior as a disorder, instead? There are many different positions on the phenomenon of hyperactivity in children, and most people, while they’ve seen children with this behavior, don’t really know a lot about it. Here’s some basic information to help you understand more about it. Hyperactivity among children is categorized by a number of symptoms, but almost all of them fall into three major categories. Children with this behavior tend to be impulsive, have difficulty paying attention, and have “hyperactivity” – more activity than usual or expected. Much of the time, parents deal with their children’s behavior by taking them to the doctor or psychiatrist for a prescription – usually Adderall or Ritalin, but others a
