I have a daughter who has adhd and we are opposed to giving her prescriptions and I worked in a health food store and came across a product called ATTEND by the company VAXA.. I have heard successful feed back and lots of positive things about it. I tried it and my daughter has been on it for about 2 months now. I have noticed such a huge change in her behavior and how she acts with her friends.
My daughter also has ADHD, though not extreme. I have always been against medications unless absolutely necessary, but what I considered for her is how much other stuff she has to deal with. I figured if I could help minimize one thing for her, I needed to since she is already working so hard to listen and focus. She is on a low dose of Adderall XR and it just helps take the edge off for her. It's a lot easier for her to control her impulses and to focus, which helps a lot at school. On the couple of days I forgot her medication I would get notes home saying that she was off task and would get more frustrated then act impulsively.