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[quote=Anonymous]OP - Please continue to report back on your experience starting your 4 year old on ADHD meds, if you're able. I have a 4yr old with a rare form of epilepsy where ADHD is a common comorbidity. Our child hasn't had a formal ADHD diagnosis, but I expect it's only a matter of time. .

On the food issue, I just want to say that when my kid started a keto diet to treat her epilepsy, we did see improvements in her ADHD-like behavior. We were amazed that she was able to sit still for more than a second and actually focus on something at hand. We also saw more intellectual development and we were able to reduce one of her three epilepsy medications (which as far as I'm concerned are far more concerning than any ADHD medication, but when you need medication you need medication). I absolutely believe that what we eat matters and food can be medicine. Pre keto, the closest thing to junk food that our daughter had was tortilla chips. From time to time, she would have pedialyte, which has artificial food dyes in it, because it seemed to calm her seizure activity. I did think that her behavior was worse after having pedialytes, but I don't know if I was just looking for it becaus of what "they" say about artificial food dyes. But pedialytes aren't an option since starting keto - literally everything my child eats is made at home from real ingredients. And even with a pretty "clean" diet, my child still has severe enough ADHD like behaviors that we routinely consider whether we need to actively pursue an evaluation and consider medicating. We've been holding off in part because our pediatrician says it's too soon, and because we know that ADHD meds are tricky to get right and our daughter isn't verbal enough to be able to tell us how the medication is impacting her. But if she were more verbal, I think we would be pushing our doctors more for an evaluation and possibly medication. Becuase it's pretty obvious to us that our child's behavior is so far outside what would be more normal, even for a 4year old, and we're concerned that the behaviors are getting in the way of her ability to make more progress in the many therapies she's doing and in her preschool. [/quote]

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