When I took my five-year-old to his pediatrician last year, I was told we would need to put him on Ritalin.  Although my son was unfocused and had a lot of twitchy energy, I was appalled that the doctor simply handed me a prescription and didn’t even discuss possible long-term issues or side effects.  I went home, got on the computer, and researched alternatives to ritalin.  Happily I learned that there are doctors who are not so quick to medicate and I found one. He discussed my son’s case in detail and suggested several natural, save supplements. Today my son not only has a new doctor, he has a new life.