ADHD Child Care

Which is the best ADHD medication for your child, and pros and cons of the medication for ADHD children?

Every year, there will be tens of new ADHD medications being released for children diagnosed with ADHD. Most of them are nothing much than stimulants, which is not good for your child in a long run. However, when Straterra was introduced, it received a warm welcome from experts, doctors and parents whose children have been diagnosed with ADHD.

Straterra is not a stimulant unlike the other alternative ADHD medications, but it can be very effective if used correctly. Straterra is the first and only one non-stimulant drug that is approved by the FDA. It can be safely used on ADHD children and is very effective.

For many years, Adderall and Ritalin are the main medications for ADHD. They were proven to be effective and yield the results experts expected. However, there are also many parents who refused to put their child on Ritalin because they have heard bad rumors about it. Ritalin is a stimulant and if it is used continually it will neutralize the brain and cause an excessive calming effect. Therefore, parents will notice that their child has suddenly become the total opposite of what they were, which is not something good.

The benefits of ADHD meds stimulants are that they often offer a relief and calming effect for the entire day. By using it over a period of time, you will notice improvements. But be very careful about it usage as you do not want you child to be overdose on Ritalin which could bring side effects in their life.

Nowadays, Straterra, Ritalin and Adderall are the most common medications used to treat children diagnosed with ADHD. They work in such a way that they block the absorption of dopamine and nor epinephrine which are the 2 main brain neurotransmitters.

As a result of taking ADHD medicines, the transmission of certain neurons will increase. These usage of these ADHD meds are proven to be effective in getting your child to pay more attention to what he is doing and prevent them to be easily distracted by their surroundings. It can also help to reduce their hyper-activeness and make them less impulsive.

All the common and other alternative ADHD medications that are used are tested and proven to be safe. But like other medications for other disorders, they can cause long term side effects such as altering your child’s sleeping patterns, occasional stomach and headaches, loss of desire to eat, irritability and drowsiness from time to time.

One good way to ensure that the side effects are kept at the minimum level is to take the ADHD medications as directed by the doctors. Nothing more or nothing less. Get advice from doctors before giving your child any ADHD medications.