that I DID however see a similar effect in my daughter whenever she drank
coke or mountain dew or any soda with caffeine in it (but not when she
drinks tea, which confuses me)...
Stephenie Hamilton writes:
> Also, if it hasn't been mentioned already (this is a long thread to follow on the web site) there may be issues with food allergies/bad reactions. I saw a pbs special on kids who were actually allergic to wheat, red dye or other food additives/types and reacted by acting out. it wasn't a strong enough allergy to produce hives or other physical symptoms, but a thorough allergy testing revealed that many of them did better with a modified diet and no medication. maybe it is his diet at school. i would be suspect of this also if he seems to have better behavior the longer he is away from school, ie: over the weekend.
>
> I don't have a link handy, but it is worth checking out.
>
> i had to modify my youngest boys diet and eliminate all red dye, red soda, kool aid etc because he would just get so hyper after having anything with red in it that contained processed sugar. and i don't mean normal kid "i just ate some candy!!!!" hyper, i mean hyper hyper. he didn't even like it, he would tell me "i don't know why i feel this way and i don't like it" so now when he is tempted to eat anything that we know will affect him this way, i just remind him how he doesn't like to feel out of control.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ~~
> Stephenie
> >Does anyone remember the article floated through this list (I think it
> >was this list) about 8 months ago about ADD and sleep deprivation?
> >
> >The study showed that a significant number of kids diagnosed with ADD
> >were actually just sleep deprived. The symptoms were very similar.
> >
> >I wish I remembered where I read all that.
> >
> >Jerry Johnson
> >
>
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