Bipolar Child Meds Question

The best natural remedies for depression/bipolar are an all-natural diet with lots of fresh fruits & veggies, supplemental fish oil, little or no white sugar & flour, and absolutly no artificial sweeteners - especially ASPARTAME. Learn about harmful foods at www.feingold.org. Feingold is a 30yr old non-profit organization whose purpose is to inform the public about harmful petroleum-based artificial ingredients in our food supply. These additives cause ADD, ADHD, OCD, Bi-polar and many other emotional and physical side effects. Feingold is a leading authority on this subject and has helped thousands of families over the years. Good luck and best wishes.

I would search for a good Homeopath.
Homeopathy can help the body help its self. IT works on correcting problems, not masking symptoms.

If you cant find one, try a naturopath. Those two kinds of practitioners would be a good start for alternative health care support.

Also, this may or may not be helpful, but I know diet can play a huge roll in many disorders. Check out this site, it can't hurt!

www.feingold.org/

I hope you find someone who can help!

P.

http://www.raysahelian.com/bipolar.html

Here is an article by Dr. Sahelian that might help.

Not that it is a cure all, but many people I know have treated depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, & the like w/ regular visits for Chinese REFLEXOLOGY treatments. I have seen wonderful results with their kids. In addition to the reflexology, some also regularly go to a psychologist to be able to talk out & resolve some issues. The psychologist can give them some mental tools for managing feelings & situations.

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"Shaklee -Creating Healthier Lives & Environment"
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Unfortunately, if your child truly has bipolar, there aren't any natural means of dealing with the manic part. Is there a history of bipolar or other mood disorders in the family? If not, please investigate the diet issue. If bipolar is an accurate diagnosis, the sooner it is accepted and dealt with the better everyone will be. It is a real medical condition not something your child is doing. It's as real as diabetes and if your child needed insulin I'm sure you wouldn't hesitate to use it. Good luck.

I echo the mom that suggested looking at diet. I've read too many stories of people who changed their diet and got better mentally not to believe! In fact, I'm looking at my 3-y/o's diet right now, because sometimes he has such tremendous mood swings (not approaching bi-polar! but he gets mad/bad at times, and then can be just the sweetest little thing. I know some of it is due to low blood sugar sometimes, because there are times when he changes from "angry monster" into "loving, docile child" after eating). Anyway, I'm following the Blood Type Diet (dadamo.com), and it seems to help both him and my husband in their moodiness. It certainly can't hurt!

It may be that your child is sensitive to certain food additives or dyes, so keep a food journal for him and see if you can spot a trend -- for example, he drinks Cherry Kool-Aid (chock-full of Red Dye #40) at lunch, and is bouncing off the walls five hours later; or he eats eggs for breakfast and he is lethargic or crabby mid-morning or at lunchtime. Doing this could be enlightening.

Hi R.,

How is your child's diet? Sugars, processed foods? Anything he's allergic to?

My brother was diagnosed bipolar at that age. He was first diagnosed ADD at 7 and put on ritalin, then ADHD between 8-9 and put on other meds and at 10-11, diagnosed wtih bipolar and put on every med under the sun since that age (he's 20 now)...The thing that I noticed the most was his dietary habits. My stepmother took him to a nutritionist when he was 10 and found out he was allergic to high fructose corn syrup, wheat, and a few other things. Unfortunately, that's what he was eating most of his life-for every meal...and then for only a short time-his diet was changed, but it wasn't kept up consistently (his meds made him gain significant weight because he kept craving carbs and sugars-and he would eat that way) Anyways, this example is to show how I believe his diet and food allergies played a key role in his behavioral issues...that snowballed his bipolar diagnosis.

I'm not implying this is what's going on with you, but just sharing about a relate-able experience.

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you might want to take a look at www.sharethecause.com/hastily/Unseen-Killers This a clip about toxins that burden the body and some thought is that this might be a result of an overload of heavy metals and toxins. message me if you want more info. I am a home based distributor/consultant for this company and the testimonies around this product is tremendous. Would be glad to help you. M.

There are a couple of ideas in this article. It would certainly be worth trying (eliminating wheat and/or milk) to see if that makes a difference, or giving methionine, which is a completely harmless amino acid (amino acids make up proteins, which we are made of, and eat...) I'm sure there's still much research to be done. http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/amino-acids-their-rol...