Hello Everyone...
I have a 6 year old son who is a very energetic boy.. He is very smart, very loving, kind, helpful etc... The issue that I am having is he has a hard time with self control, he will go off and do goofy things just because... eg. I picked him up from school and I saw him walking to the street to come to the car but he saw some older kids wrestling so he ran and starting wrestling with them, they didn't ask him nothing... I asked him why he did that and he said he saw them wrestling... He has a hard time sitting still, concentrating and all that great stuff... This is also making it very difficult for him because kids have branded him as the bad kid, but he is far from it, he just has a hard time when he is in big groups, when he is at home he can sit and do puzzles, draw, paint, bike ride, watch a movie (you get the point), for hours, I don't have a big issue with him at home, the odd little thing but keep in mind he is still only 6... The doctor figures he has some sort of ADHD but we are going to have to wait for the official result... Anyways, my issue is I don't want to put him on medication at all, I want to find a different way of dealing with this issue... He has a regular schedule, he gets 10 hours of sleep at night, he eats healthly, we don't eat junk food or eat fast food (that's a special treat), he eats his vege's, fruits, dairy etc... I try to do most of my own baking... I've cut out chocolate all together ... I've bought him Ogema 3 supplement to take daily... I'm at a loss at what to do, his teacher wants him to go on medication but I'm sorry I do not believe we are at that point... Does anybody have any suggestions that I could try... We are even doing up an "I'm Awesome Chart" that has a daily issues on it and he gets to check them off everytime he does them without an issue... He does get discplined if he has done something wrong, ie. privileges taken away, and other things... Is there any other natural remedy that someone has tried and it worked, or even reward that works...
Thanks in advance