I know you guys are going to say I am nuts, but most ADD like disorders are rooted in diet and food allergies.

You give a kid too much sugar, they are going to get hyper. There is also (I kid you not) allergies to red dye that make kids hyper, unable to concentrate. My wife is allergic to red dye. My bosses children are all allergic to it.

I even know a kid that is allergic to apples. I feel many Dr.s are irresponsible prescribing Ritalin, Prozac, Buspar, etc for over active children when they should be analyzing a child diet. What a kid eats affects them in many ways. There is red die in so much of the junk we feed our kids today. From hot dogs, to condiments, and all the ready-made, microwavable crap that they all eat because they are "on-the-go." Its also in many medicines from Day-Quil, Ny-Quil, Tussin, etc etc.

I am not nessesarily saying its all red dye, but everyone needs to analyze and give more creedence to a child's diet, and look into changing that first. You are what you eat is a truism that many seem to overlook anymore. Flame away.