Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 130053

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Does DMAE, DHA really help w/ ADD?

Posted by catmint on November 30, 2002, at 15:52:52

I have been purchasing a product called Attentive Child by Source Naturals. How long until I notice a change, if any?

Thanks,
Amy

p.s. Contains DMAE bitartrate (100mg), DHA(15 mg.), l-aspartate, soybean lecithin, magnesium, zinc and grapeseed extract.

Re: Does DMAE, DHA really help w/ ADD?

Posted by Larry Hoover on December 1, 2002, at 11:15:29

In reply to Does DMAE, DHA really help w/ ADD?, posted by catmint on November 30, 2002, at 15:52:52

> I have been purchasing a product called Attentive Child by Source Naturals. How long until I notice a change, if any?
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
> p.s. Contains DMAE bitartrate (100mg), DHA(15 mg.), l-aspartate, soybean lecithin, magnesium, zinc and grapeseed extract.

I've always wondered what it was that DMAE did, so I looked it up. About the only thing I could find was that it interfered with choline metabolism, being similar in structure. Therefore, it's strange to see a source of choline (lecithin) and an inhibitor, in the same product. Back in the seventies, DMAE (and methylphenidate) was investigated as a treatment for what was then known as Minimal Brain Dysfunction, which I believe was a conceptual precursor to ADD/ADHD. For some reason, DMAE fell out of favour, while methylphenidate remained. I believe fish is a good source of DMAE, but whether it's good for ADD is not something I was able to clearly discover.

Fish oil is gaining favour as an augment for ADD/ADHD. I give it to my son, and he seems more attentive and less hyper on it.

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