Aspirin for Children
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Hi,
For ADHD consider heavy metals. You can look at our citrus pectin thread if you want a natural solution(s). I can send the link if you want.
I have had and do have SEVERE ADHD all my life. EXTREMELY IMPULSIVE. Zero filter. Zero focus. This is slowly changing with lowering heavy metals and with stuff like listed on this thread, meat for B vitamins and zinc etc...
ADHD is low dopamine. Heavy metals lower dopamine and tax the adrenals too so a connection there. Sometimes it can take a few years to manifest the symptoms so it could only show up at say 10 years old
ADHD people have gut problems. I do. I can send a link to our gut health thread if you want.
Ok you need to try zinc too.... Maybe try pure red meat not isolated amino acids. For a kid like that red meat might be the key to unlock a better life. It is for me.. As rare/raw as possible. Raw meat from a healthy, clean, grass fed animal might actually be helpful. But up to you of course. I feel very focused eating specifically RAW organic grass fed mutton.
Consider iron deficiency, strong correlation with ADHD actually... I always liked the smell of petrol/gasoline which is iron deficiency.
NO GLUTEN. Read about gluten brain. Try no milk maybe.
If the kid can handle a small amount of caffeine maybe worth trying once you figure out the root cause of the attention symptoms to hold them over until you fix the issue. That's what I did but obviously young kids are so sensitive
Saturated fat for pregnenolone. Not too much fat but you need a bit. I find coconut oil or lamb/beef fat helpful.
I would try the highest quality red meat 100% I know this works well for ADHD and it's worth a good honest try.
Is there a history of infections at a young age, hypothyroidism, cold feet, antibiotics being given? If antibiotics were given how many times?
When you read nutritional charts its ONLY THEORETIC. OUR SOILS ARE DEPLETED OF MICRONUTRIENTS
Buy organic GRASS FED meat that comes from farmers who CARE ABOUT THE SOIL. This means it will actually contain the micronutrients needed. I'd suggest until you get real meat try a boron or selenium supplement in a lower dose appropriate for the child. I'm going to try boron myself soon. If there is mercury in the brain selenium reactivates the enzymes inhibited by mercury.
If you visit the farmer to buy the meat ask for a jar of their soil. This is your probiotic.
Obviously general energy is important too but the stuff above will all help with that. Heavy metals etc can cause thyroid issues.
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@JulofEnoch B1, B2, B3, B6, B12
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@questforhealth thank you for all the information! I'd love any links you have along with all the info you've already shared
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Even with all this great information (and I'll take any other suggestions as well), I still have want to circle back to the original question if the group has any input if aspirin is safe for a 10 year old.
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If this stuff doesn't help it must be some rare disease. But I know this stuff will help.
Btw be careful with zinc supplements or too much red meat it can make you anemic because too much zinc lowers iron
Along with muscle meat get some liver and heart, from cows or sheep but not pork
I don't know about aspirin, if the child is anemic which can be likely with focus issues it could make it worse, every drug has its side effects. Food really doesn't unless you just eat the same thing for months on end and no variety in the diet
Does the child have white spots on the nails? This can be zinc deficiency
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What form? Pills, powders?
BTW, you can give aspirin to a 10 year old though they are smaller than an adult so you'd need a pill cutter and cut a baby aspirin(81mg) in half.
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@JulofEnoch I take a regular 325 mg aspirin 1-2x/wk dissolved in water so I thought I'd cut it in half or 1/4 if I went the aspirin route. Could always get some baby aspirin too
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@questforhealth Thanks for sharing the threads. The citrus pectin sounds promising in reading your posts. Might be something to try after school is out for the summer in case it causes any stomach issues. We did a bottle of apple pectin last summer - didn't notice much difference but also didn't notice any gut irritation. I took some myself as well
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@questforhealth I may have missed it in the thread, but what brand of citrus pectin are you using?
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Cheap amazon brand made a difference for me in terms of thinking and being less clumsy
I would try raising energy and nutrition first before citrus pectin possibly
