Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Questionnaire

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1) True or False: Excessive inattentiveness, impulsivity, and/or hyperactivity are the most common indicators that a child may have ADHD?

True.
False

2) Ritalin...
Use has increased 700% over the last 5 years.
Can control some symptoms of ADHD
Does not get to the root of the problem.
All of the above.

3) The first quesntion in finding a cause for a childs' ADHD is:
Is the child mentaly challanged?
How effective are the parents at parenting?
Is the school attending to the child's needs?
All of the above.

4) True of False: Children with ADHD crave sweets.
True
False

5)According to the National Institute of Mental Health, what percentage of children with ADHD are sensitive to aslicylates?
35%.
75% to 80%
8% to 10%
None of the above

6) Children with ADHD are generally had allergic reactions to which foods? (according to tests done by scients and doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in London)
1. Cow's milk products 2. Soy 3. eggs 4. Carrots

Numbers 1 and 3
Number 4
Numbers 1, 2, and 3
None of the above.

7) Altogether there were how many foods found as triggers for hyperactivity?
7
15
48
None of the above.

8) True or False:
90% of children who were salicylate sensitive also had additional food allergies.

True
False

9) Food allergy is especially likely to implicated in ADHD if :

Your child has eczema.
You, your spouse, your other children have migraine headaches.
Your child seems to crave single foods (other than sweets)
All of the above.

10) Hyperactive children often benefit from the right supplements. priorities are developed by what criteria?

i)Dry skin, brittle nails, dry hair, excessive thirst.
ii)Complaints of stomach aches, headaches, muscle pains, difficulties sleeping.
iii)Loss of hyperactivity after taking antibiotics.
iv) The child is above average in school testing.

i, ii, iii.
ii only.
iv only.
i, ii only

11) True or False:
Zink is not important for immune functions and brain functions.


True
False
12) True or False:
Younger childre should have 20 mg of zink a day, and teens should have 10 mg a day.

True
False

13) True or False
B-complex vitamins can cause increase or decrease of hyperactivity.

True
False

14) True or False
DMAE makes choline in the brain, which is used for memory and thinking.

True
False

15) True or False:

600 to 1,200 mg of choline a day can improve learning a day.

True
False


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