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Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Patient Testimonials

From the mother of Rachel, a 9 year old ADHD patient . . .

“Rachael is the type of child with ADHD that did very well academically, but suffered socially and behaviorally. When we came to the Drake Institute, we came out of total desperation. We had tried and researched everything we could get our hands on – food allergies, chiropractic, parenting classes (behavior modification). Homeopathic treatments, medications – you name it we tried it! Rachael, our only child, was being told by her private school that if her behavior didn’t improve before the end of the year, she would be asked to not return to the school the next year. Because Rachael was an excellent student, learned very quickly, and h ad a very charming, outgoing personality, she managed to make it through 2nd grade before it came to this, but there were problems with her behavior (she had been kicked out of two preschools).

We were very surprised after being evaluated at The Drake Institute to find that Rachael had ALL the symptoms of ADHD and was considered a “severe” case. I began to realize that I was not a “bad mother” after all and all the years of struggle with her were because of something beyond any of our controls. I was beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel and knew for the first time that it was not a train. This was permanently fixable and would change our lives forever. We were all very excited to start treatment.

We have two treatments left, and I can honestly tell the parents out there wondering if the money spent and thousands of miles on our car (we live in Victorville and drove to Irvine) and stress created by the coordination of two working parent’s schedules were worth it to “GO FOR IT – YOU WON’T BE SORRY!”. We have a happy, controllable, socially accepted child now, and her parents have managed to fall back in love with each other because they now can spend some time together without wanting to scream. I think our hair is starting to grow back in now also…

(smiling with tears in my eyes)…Thank you Drake Institute!”

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