Curing Your Hyperactive Child At Home

What is hyperactivity, what are the symptoms?
Hyperactivity is classified as one type of ADHD: (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
There are three basic types of ADHD: (Primarily Inattentive), (Primarily Hyperactive/Impulsive) and (Combined Type)
With the child who is only suffering from a mild Primarily Hyperactive/Impulsive type, the solution may be overcome at home with simple treatment.
Common Symptoms

Hyperactivity
Always fidgeting, cannot keep still.
Always running about and climbing.
Continually on the go.
Has difficulty playing quietly.
Talks excessively.
Will not stay still at the dinner table, always leaving.
Demands constant attention.
Shouts at and bashes his mother.

Impulsivity
Can not wait his or her turn.
Often interrupting others in conversation.


How is hyperactivity treated by medical profession and what side effects can you expect?
For many years the standard treatment for ADHD has been Methylphenidate (MPH; Ritalin, Concerta, Metadate or Methylin) Methylphenidate is a psychostimulant drug which can have undesirable side effects. Ritalin is known on the street as "kiddie coke" or Vitamin R or "the R-Ball" they crush and snort the tablets for a mild high.
The effects of long-term methylphenidate treatment on the developing brains of children with ADHD are still under debate, that fact alone should ring bells as to its suitability as a treatment of choice.


How can you treat hyperactivity at home?
I'll begin this section with a little story:
My sister-in-law moved from the United States to the Philippines to live with us because her husband has just passed away from cancer of the liver. She, as you can understand needed her family around her for support.
Well, she has a three year old son who was hyperactive and boy! When I say hyperactive he was over the moon. Very demanding of attention and he fulfilled all the requirements listed above to be classified as a Primarily Hyperactive/Impulsive type.
He certainly did not have any Attention Deficit problems, just very active and "big time"
Me, being well aware of the benefits of magnesium suggested to his mother to try magnesium oil which simply is magnesium chloride dissolved in distilled water to saturation.
She applied the magnesium to the soft areas under the arms and the sides of the torso and to the inner calves of the legs. He complained bitterly about stinging on his legs, so I suggested she water the magnesium down with an equal amount of water and discontinue applying it to his legs, only to the side of the body and under arms. Watered down, it no longer stung so he had no more complaints about her applying it.
The reason for applying it this way is that the body readily absorbs dissolved substances through the skin at these areas where oral ingestion could cause diarrhea.
The effect was both stunning and rapid. Within only two days we had a completely different child in the house. He was happy, contented, quiet, was satisfied to sit quietly and play on his own, or if other children were around, he inter related with them better, shared his play things without complaint, stopped bashing his mother or the maids if he did not get his own way, stopped shouting for attention - he has actually become a model child.
The effect of Magnesium chloride on this child, astounding as it is, is really only what can be expected from magnesium chloride. Just because the medical profession refuses to use it is no reason to rubbish it. They will not use it because the FDA says so and of course the Drug cartels cannot make money from it.
You should be able to purchase Magnesium oil from a health store, but if you can get magnesium chloride flakes, also called nagari flakes as it is much cheaper, simply boil distilled water and keep adding magnesium flakes until the water absorbs no more flakes, decant, bottle into glass and you have your own magnesium oil. It is not really oil; they only call it oil because it feels oily.

Mervyn Penny is a retired Australian living in the southern Philippines. He publishes a website called Healthyoldcodger.com, which is dedicated to health issues affecting the elderly and those approaching old age.
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