Our first appointment was absolutely wonderful. During our meeting, we learned about the many possibilities we were able to do for our daughter to help with her struggles. We discussed diet changes, nutritional supplements, and other avenues of treatment for her ADHD.  

Our daughter came with us to her first appointment and was really comfortable with the staff and environment at the clinic. She had a blood draw after the first appointment to get an idea of what was going on inside her body. We were given tests to complete from home, our daughter’s new diet, and some supplements. I was very excited even though I was informed that changes wouldn’t happen over night. My husband was skeptical but still promised to try anything to help his daughter. We collected the tests and sent them out. We spent an hour or two researching her new diet and took off for the grocery stores.  

It was a great experience bringing our daughter with us shopping because it helped prepare her for the new changes she was about to make in her troubled life. We started the diet, which was a bit of a challenge, but we knew we had to fully commit to the recommendations given to us.  We learned a little more with every passing day. The supplements were easy to give because my daughter can swallow pills. The ones that were not in pill form we just kept trying until we found a way that made it easy for her. 

One thing I did was make a list to hand out to her grandparents, because they are her after-school care providers. We got more grief from them than anyone else. At first, their disbelief in the whole thing made it discouraging, but we were fully committed to make it work.  

I’d say about 3 weeks into it, all these changes happened, and we ALL started noticing a difference. She was calmer, more focused, and showed interest in things she never cared about before. The little bumps she had on the skin on the backs of her arms that we always thought were just hereditary went away. Her teacher even asked us what we were doing and told us not to stop. Her grandparents started asking what foods they should buy to keep at the house for her. Her time spent with her brother became calmer, with less drama. There were just so many wonderful changes that even my daughter noticed herself. Where she used to complain about foods she couldn’t have, and the supplements she didn’t want to take, she now was the first to remind us, “I can’t have that, it has milk.”  

At our second follow-up appointment we received a copy of all the lab test results. I was very pleased that the right changes were made in the beginning. They knew more about the inside of my daughter’s body than her own pediatrician. My daughter came back high on her food allergy test for dairy, wheat, gluten, casein, peanuts, and soy. These were things that she had been getting every day until our first appointment at OHS. Removing those made a HUGE difference in her life. From the test results, we were able to see her vitamin deficiencies and make the necessary additions to help her. In the end, we did decide to use a low dose of medication to give her a little extra help with her concentration at school. OHS was able to help us with that also.  

As of today, my daughter is doing so well. Everyone that knows her has complimented us on an amazing job. We are so very happy with the results, that our entire family of four made the same changes that she did. I myself have a diagnosis of Lyme disease and heavy metal toxicity. I had very similar issues as my daughter, so I became a patient at OHS also. This was life changing for me and I feel a million times better. Optimal Health Spectrums has changed my and my family’s life in such a positive way, and I am so very thankful for their services.  

FL

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