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BEYOND STIMULANT MEDICATIONS FOR ADHD
The Most Common Side Effects Of Stimulant Medications
1. Insomnia. Some children require sleeping pills at night to counteract the
stimulation from these medications.
2. Addiction. Dependency sometimes occurs, occasionally even after
relatively short courses of the medication.
3. Decreased appetite. Stimulants often have the same basic effect upon
appetite as pharmaceutical diet pills.
4. Growth delay. The drugs can interfere with growth hormones, and also
delay growth by interfering with a child’s appetite.
5. Weight loss. Stimulants can trigger weight loss by interfering with eating,
and by increasing the metabolic rate.
6. Heart palpitations. The stimulating effect of the drug can cause not only
palpitations, but also increased heart rate. In rare cases, it causes heart
enlargement and vessel damage, which can, uncommonly, result in death.
7. Nervousness. Stimulants can trigger anxiety in some people, and often
cause restlessness.
8. Tics. This occurs in about 1% of the patients who had not previously had
involuntary motor tics. It includes facial twitches and excessive blinking.
9. Headaches. They are most common early in treatment, and may be
accompanied by stomach pains.
10. Crying. Some patients have less control over emotional outbursts than
they did prior to drug administration.
11. Rebound effect. When the short-acting drug wears off every few hours,
some patients experience elevated anxiety, depression, or restlessness.
12. Blood sugar destabilization. Patients with diabetes or hypoglycemia may
experience rapid shifts in blood sugar levels.
ADHD IS NOT A STIMULANT-DEFICIT DISORDER.
WHEN THE DRUG WEARS OFF, THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL THERE.
To Resolve ADHD Symptoms, Get To The Root Causes
