My lad is 14 (a month off 15) he was diagnosed with ADHD in Jan 2012 and takes medication (54mgs) per day.
He is hungry in the morning 8am and will eat eggs on toast, or cerial, or just toast, then takes his tablets.
He will not eat for the rest of the day, until he gets home from school when he may or may not eat, sometimes he wont eat until 8pm or 9pm.
When he does eat its not a lot, mostly banana milkshakes made with milk and real bananas, or toast. I can get him to have a roast dinner sometimes, but he is very picky.
The consiquence of this is he has lots quite a bit of weight, 1 and a half stone within the first 8 months. He was a little podgy before he started to take the tablets as he ate as much sugar that he could get his hands on. But he is now looking very thin, boney although he has suddenly shot up and is about 5, 6.
Im not really sure what to do, if he stops taking his tablets even for one day he is a nightmare and uncontrollable, if he takes tham he is amazing.
I need to know what foods I can give him which are high in goodness, and what experiences other people have gone through.
(I have texted son to ask how much he weighs)
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Greenkit · 23/04/2013 17:21
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