Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a common psychiatric disorder among children, which has various symptoms.
Hyperactive-impulsive, inattentive and combined ADD/ADHD are the main three subtypes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Recently, some experts have found that the caffeine may be considered as a useful substance in the management process of some ADHD symptoms.
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| Caffeine for treatment and control ADHD Symptoms |
Caffeine is well known for boosting attention as well as improving memory processes.
Children with inattention ADHD have many symptoms such as difficulty of paying attention, forgetting things (poor memory) and can’t concentrate on one thing for a long time, which may get controlled using caffeine.
Caffeine mainly exists in coffee, tea, chocolate and energy drinks, so if you are heading to consume any of these products in order to alleviate ADHD symptoms you should take care of these 5 points:
- Sugar exacerbates ADHD symptoms, so try to use sugar free products as it would be safer.
- You can sweeten any food or beverage using artificial sweetener, but make sure to be apart from aspartame, as it is able to affect brain functions due to its amino acids nature.
- Avoid any product contains artificial colors, especially red and yellow.
- Don’t exceed the daily allowed dose of caffeine, which is 600 milligrams for adults, 100 milligrams for teens and 45 milligrams for younger children.
- Although caffeine pills are available at pharmacies as non prescribed medications, it should be taken under a physician supervision.
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