I don't know if it does help with ADD.

Here's a link you might be interested in. I just found it today.

http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/add_designer_disease.php

My son is in the midst of a tremendous growth spurt right now, growing from a size 14 boys to a men's large in one year. His voice has changed and he has to shave sometimes now. I'm thinking his lack of concentration is probably due more to hormones than anything else. He requires lots of sleep.

Just as a mom, I have a hunch about what I should do. 1) check the diet and clean it up more, especially the Sugar and chemicals. We've just come off a big holiday with all the goodies, and Christmas promises even more. 2) he is good about drinking copious amounts of water. I need to make sure it's distilled. Sometimes we run out and we have to drink tap water. 3) I need to get him up earlier. He's getting his sleep, but sometimes has trouble winding down at night, so he wants to sleep in. 4) He does exercise some, but he needs to exercise vigorusly for an hour every day. There's no reason why he can't. 5) he spends way too much time on the computer games. TV isn't a problem. 6) I need to make school more interesting for him. He's great in the subjects he likes (aren't we all), but he has a hard time concentrating in the subjects he thinks aren't necessary. I also need to convince him why he needs those other subjects and what the future benefits are of plowing through them. 7) I can reward doing the grueling work with time doing what he does like... like do 45 minutes of boring work- and I usually have to sit on him to get it done- and then 15 minutes on the computer.8) reassess his routines. They kinda need to be set in stone.

My sister in law works during the day and has a son and a daughter who were labeled ADD. She didn't medicate them, but she did "after school" them. The daughter is still in school, but the son graduated valedictorian and is now a senior at Stanford.

Hi Casssandra,
Children act out their fears in very subtle ways... I cannot determine your sons actions via reading a few email postings, but I will advise that you do everything in your power to keep him off those brain altering drugs.
My very best friend was in panic mode a few months ago. Her 7 yr old son was so poorly behaved in school (and at home.....) that the school demanded she put him on Ritalin, or the like. She took him to another holistic doctor (she has been to 2 off and on over the years) that pinpointed that this child has so much YEAST throughput his body, including his brain, stemming from, he thinks, 2 cycles of Lyme Disease Antibiotics over the past few years. This child is now on a program to detox his body of the yeast. ADD is not an end result...It is a symptom of other issues, an your sickness and health sounds like it could be the starting point of his behavior going all the way down to his diet and Antibiotic history should be reviewed.
Just an opinion.
Hope you are well.
Lauren