I was up until about two in the morning last night. I’m not positive why, but I decided to make the most of it anyhow. Earlier this week, I went to the library and brought home nearly a dozen books about ADD. For me, it is easier to bring home many books and skim through them then to try to sort them and my thoughts on them at the library.


  So I dove in. I can’t remember the title of the one I went through last night, and I admit to being too lazy right now to bother going to the other side of the house to figure out, but it was very interesting. It’s a little too technical for me to read and understand it page by page. Kind of like a reference book, though, I can sort through what seems important. One thing I found very interesting was the pictures they show of some sort of brain scans on various real ADD people vs. normal. There really is a physical difference. If you don’t believe in ADD/ADHD, these pictures prove it. Holy cow.

   Anyhow, one thing I saw that caught my attention was the ways diet can help. I’ve heard that over and over, but everyone’s idea varies. I’ve heard of gluten free, but that’s not likely to fly in this house. I’ve heard of all kinds of other angles, but this Doctor recommends high protein, low carb. Almost Atkinsish, but not quite. Atkins didn’t go for fruit and veggies much, but this diet does, it’s simply reduction to removal of simple carbs. They also say that Breakfast is the most important meal to minimize the carbs in.

   This morning, I encouraged Robert to make sure there were eggs involved, and that the pancakes were small. The intent is to make sure there is a healthy protein in our breakfast, and to slowly knock out the simple carbs, and get these boys hooked on whole grains more. (My husband and eldest love whole grain bread, but hate it in pancakes and such, so this will be a bit of a battle.) I need to find a way to make a little note to self that I’ll actually do, to see if it makes any difference.

   It just never dawned on me to compare his behavior to what he’s had to eat. I know he has his good days and bad, and his activity level was something I thought to watch, but Eldest Son is a great eater, so it hadn’t occurred to me to his diet might make that big of a difference.