Moreover, the use of medication is not without side-effects. One study followed children diagnosed with ADHD over an eight-year period. These subjects also had an increase in the use of recreational drugs and tobacco, an increase in school failures, and continued problems with peers. In order to effect a long-term change, it is important to address the physical causes involved. ADHD is defined by a list of subjective symptoms, and it is easy to be influenced by the manifestations of those symptoms.
Medication alone can at best provide temporary relief.
An autonomic nervous system imbalance may arise from many causes and yield to different approaches. Determining the cause of the imbalance and eliminating it may resolve the problem permanently. Each child is evaluated individually to determine necessary treatments. Medications should be resorted to only when no other therapy is successful. Recently, yet another study was published in the medical literature indicating no association between sugar and behavior.