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ADD & CHOCOLATE

Postby singlemom1 » Sun Jul 03, 2005 2:15 am

My son has ADD, he was diagnosed a few years ago. I was trying to fight the medication for a while, but it got so bad I had to do it. Now when he has chocolate his attitude changes beyond belief. I have read a few things that this may be a food allergy, but I am not sure. If anyone has heard of anthing like this can you please let me know. Some people think I am nuts, til they witness it 1st hand.
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Chocolate and ADHD

Postby Ali » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:02 am

I have more than a suspicion that I have ADHD.
I am affected by chocolate because of the hgih sugar and caffeine that is in it.
If I have chocolate before I go to bed I cannot sleep
For the past year I have had to switch to decaffinated tea because I have normal caffienated tea after 12 midday I will up most of the night.

Like Coke or coffee, If I have coffee i will extremly excitable and won's shut up.

Like my son who has tourette ?ADHD with red cordial or high sugar food he just runs around like a madman and does not stop talking.
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Postby jocasey » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:55 pm

my sons a demon if he has chocky.anything with caffiene makes him very moody.too much sgar makes him impossibly hyperactive.
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Re: ADD & CHOCOLATE

Postby helene_k » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:11 pm

I have hyperactivity disorder and have since I was a young child. To this day if I have to much chocolate or more then 2 cups of coffee I get very calm and tired. When I was a child this is how they treated it (1970s) and it seems to help to this day.
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Re: ADD & CHOCOLATE

Postby Acinorev » Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:12 pm

I'm a celiac, and celiac disease has been linked to just about every mental disorder in existence, meaning gluten has been linked to adhd, autism, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression etc. I personally react very strongly to xanthines (chocolate, coffee, etc). There's also growing bodies of evidence showing that lots of mental illnesses have an immune component to them. Allergies are an immune system issue.
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Re: ADD & CHOCOLATE

Postby Agrona » Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:07 pm

I have seen someone with adhd hallucinate and shake from eating 100grams of dark chocolate.
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