Success, At Least In One Aspect

  One of the biggest struggles last year, was the issue of what way to go in treating Brayden's ADD,  I knew I didn't want to medicate anymore, so it was finding ways around it.  I saw what the medication did first hand.  While it did do its job, the side effects were not something I was comfortable with him having.  After multiple different medication switches, I took him off all medications, after school got out for the summer,  I had tried a natural solution to his allergies with doTERRA, and was pleasantly surprised that it worked!  I knew that had developed a blend just for focus, so I was eager to test it out.  I got it and tried it out and home, and once again noticed a difference.  It was hard to tell if it was going to be enough once school started.  He struggles with it at home some, but not like he does at school.  But it makes it hard, because I wasn't around to notice if it was working enough for him.  That's one thing that is hard for me, is relying on their feedback to make the best decisions for him.
  I was extremely stressed at the beginning of the school year, wondering and praying that it was enough for him.  I absolutely did NOT want to medicate him again, and honestly considered home schooling him if that was my only option.  But I didn't really like that idea either.  Before the school year started, I filled out all of the necessary paper work that the nurses' office needed.  Once school started, the aide in the nurses' office, started making things difficult.  Saying the oil I used on him, could get on another students hand and in their eye.  And that the smell was going to be a problem for other kids.  Instead of acknowledging and embracing a parent who was trying an alternative, NATURAL remedy, they want to try and find a problem with every aspect.  They wouldn't let him reapply it to himself, so made him go down to the nurses' station after lunch to have it reapplied to him.  One day she complained to me after saying she got it in her eye and it burned.  Of course it did, it isn't made to go IN YOUR EYE!  Brayden told me that day, that she was wearing gloves, so I am still not sure how she "got it in her eye."  I finally started coming to school everyday after lunch, to apply it myself.  Now he only needs the one application in the mornings and he does pretty well through the whole day :)
  You have no idea, ok maybe some of you do, the relief I felt to have found an alternative that is natural and still does what he needs.  I have never felt so thankful (ok maybe not NEVER)!  I did cut out some of the things they recommend for any child, but specifically someone who has ADD.  Certain food dyes, preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, etc.  I didn't completely eliminate them, but did go through a lot of the stuff they do eat and eliminate it where I can.  I was surprised to see that you don't specifically have to shop somewhere else to find alternatives.  While they may not be fully natural, I have found alternative in regular grocery stores that have eliminated food dyes and artificial flavors.