For many years our clinic has worked with children and their parents that have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Medical treatment for these conditions involves medications which can have side effects that can range from bothersome to quite serious.
My previous two blogs have described Functional Disconection Syndrome (FDS) and how it can lead to such conditions as ADHD, Asperger’s, Autism, depression, oppositional defiant disorder and more. We have defined FDS as an imbalance in the left and right lobes of the brain and how it occurs. What treatment options are there for balancing the brain and treating these behavioral and learning disorders?
Remember as a kid when your music teacher used a device to keep you in time with the rhythm? Who would have thought this device, called a metronome, would have implications for treating brain-based health conditions?
