Sorry I am a bit late in answering - I have been out of town and/or out of pocket the past week.

My very strong suggestion is to have your friend get the child on a healthy natural diet and lifestyle and get them off medications to the highest extent possible.  It might be wise to wean them slowly, but mainstream drugs work primarily by addressing symptoms in a way that forces the body to behave abnormally, whereas natural nutrition and supplements enhance the body's natural functions and address problems caused by imbalances in nutrition and/or exposure to toxins and chemicals - such as both legal and street drugs.

In my opinion it would be a tragedy of the highest order to get this young child into a pattern of dependency on pharmaceuticals at such an early age - just as it is a tragedy to get people at any age hooked into dependencies on pharmaceuticals.  There is a high likelihood that the young boy will be conditioned to believe that he needs pharmaceuticals from now on, and they will do little to address his brain, neural and physical development and lead to still more drugs in a never ending cycle of medicating instead of healing and becoming healthy.

The brain is a vital organ, and like all of our organs it needs proper nutrition and lifestyle to properly develop and function.  I am not surprised to find that the boy is a slow learner and hyper, given his background.  A proper diet, healthy lifestyle and lots of love and nurturing is the ticket and I believe that supplementation to help address deficiencies and problems can help greatly.

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All the best,

Tony