My ADHD Story
By Jeff Millett

My ADHD Story: All about ADHD and me, the ups and downs.

Hi, my name is Jeff and I want to tell about the “best ADHD medication” by telling you a little story, but first, for legal reasons I am going to preempt my story with this little disclaimer “I am NOT a doctor” - this may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Although I do know a doctor who has been in the medical industry for 15 years and he too is frustrated with the ineffectiveness of ADHD and ADD medication too... And with good reason too because my friend Dr. Scott Saunders M.D. is a Natural Health Advocate and Medication Reduction Specialist. As you continue reading on you will see how my ADHD story and the vital information Dr. Saunders M.D. has collected can help you!

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I am a 27 year old man who grew up smack dab in the middle of the “ADHD” hype - meaning ADHD was “the new thing”. In the early 90’s it seemed to me like everyone had ADD or ADHD, and luckily for me I was part of the in crowd. At 12 years of age I was diagnosed with ADHD and I use the word “diagnosed” loosely, because when I sit back and think about it I ask myself - Why? Was it because I was hyper? No, I was actually kind of a laid back and reserved shy boy. Was it because I was always in trouble? Nope, not that either, I was never suspended or even sent to the principals office. It was because my grades were a little low and I liked to talk to my friends during class - “Who doesn’t at that age?” One day the school councilor told my parents they should take me to see a psychologist (I’ll tell you more about the trip later) because “something was wrong” and “he might be able to help me”.

When I saw the “psycho” I was told to stand on one foot, then he had me touch my fingers to my nose WHILE I was standing on one foot. I am not sure exactly what he was looking for but obviously I failed, because he walked me out into the waiting room where he told my mother the bad news. I had “ADHD”! No, he didn’t ask me if my teachers were any good at teaching. He didn’t ask me if I cared that the 100 year war ACTUALLY lasted 116 years. Well, needless to say I was put on “the best ADHD medication available” (Ritalin) and of course, my very concerned mother kindly informed all my teachers “to pay very close attention to Jeff for the next month as he is on a new medication to help him focus and we want to see if it is going to work.” and as they say the rest isn't history. ;P

Side Effects of Ritalin

Growing up I always felt like I was a fast thinker and a good problem solver, to my friends and family I was known for being creative and inventive - all traits of what I proudly consider to be a great mind. But when the side effects of Ritalin took control of me.

“When I was on Ritalin

I was a completely different person”

After about a week of taking the medications I started feeling really weird like I was thinking faster than things were happening around me, my thoughts were very internalized it was like I was taking everything in at super speeds and processing it like you see on super hero shows when everything around the hero is going slow because he is thinking so fast and It was getting kind of scary - all day, everyday, everything was in super slow motion, hours felt like days and days felt like months - it was exhausting. I started feeling sadder and sadder. I thought “Now I know what Officer Mike was talking about in D.A.R.E. class when he described the effects of downers”. At the age of 12 I felt like I was taking prescription methamphetamines.

“Why would people want me to feel this way?”

“Why would ANYONE want to feel this way?”

Partly out of fear and partly out of pride I decided I did not want to take the medication any more.

So, with-out telling my mother I stopped taking Ritalin.

I would grab a pill from the bottle in the morning and trash it while walking to school. Also at school when the nurse would give me my pill after lunch I would hold the pill between my tongue and the top of my mouth while drinking from the little dixie cup of water the nurse gave me, then I would spit the Ritalin pill in one of the hall garbage cans on my way back to class.

The side effects of Ritalin quickly started wearing off.

ADHD Natural Remedies

I can proudly say that about a month later my dear mother reported to the psychologist (who again made me stand on one foot and touch my nose) that the medication was having an AMAZING effect on me. She said that my teachers had reported I was doing very well too. My mom was so happy and of course the wonderful doctor wrote me another prescription for Ritalin.

But what I knew was...

I had found one of ADHD’s natural remedies - Me.

On the way home as I sat staring out the window, I thought “I have to tell my mom” but of course as a child I felt “I don’t know if she will get mad?” I mustered up the courage and said “mom...” and I began to recite my story, as she was driving she looked over at me intermittently I told her all about what I had been doing, how I felt while on the medication. I told her that the Ritalin did not feel natural. I told her that I had been developing natural remedies for my ADHD myself.

I would walk to school saying

“I am going to focus today.”

I would set little goals like

“look at the teacher no matter what”

and when I would catch myself day dreaming or dilly dolling I would say

“Jeff! Pay Attention! FOCUS!”

My Mothers loving face grew with concern and understanding as I relayed the story and remedies I had discovered. She said “You should have told me - You do not have to take that medication anymore.”

Whether or not this next point is really important to YOU I want to note a third party in this story that I feel should not go over looked. No, its not the crazy “psycho” Doctor, it’s the TEACHERS. My proactive mother approached each of them individually singling me out someone to pay special attention to amongst a class of over 30 students. Be careful not to misunderstand my meaning, although I do believe that smaller classrooms and more one on one is VERY beneficial to any student, I do not think a large degree of special treatment was called into action but simply the teachers took note of my situation and may have thought to look at me when saying something important like “the assignment is due in 5 minutes” or the teacher may have thought to reprimand or remind me to stop talking a bit more often in a day.

I strongly feel that my own resolution to change easily determined 90% of outcome found at the end of this story.

Do you want YOU or YOUR Child to CHANGE for the better?

Since my younger years I have grown to understand more and more what factors in my life aide my ability to stay focused and be successful. Diet, exercise and the ability to continually evaluate, assess and reset goals has helped me so much in my life and it can for you too.

“BEATING ADHD is POSSIBLE”

I KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE AND NOW I HAVE ALSO FOUND SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP ME MORE AND HELP YOU!

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