My six-year-old has just been diagnosed with ADHD and we are doing the diet. Just wondering if anyone else has children with ADHD and if this has been helpful thank you – Donna

Yes very early into our ASD and ADHD diagnosis, the elimination diet certainly helped clean up a lot of food intolerance symptoms. I think looking back sleep was a number one area of improvement and then behaviour followed. Stay on track with an experienced dietician or OT who also works with food. It’s a super important part of the solution/plan for moving forward. All the best ߙ⠦ndash; Laura

It worked on two shiniest in our house. Bought all symptoms down a few levels. Cutting out salicylates was the best thing ever for my girl – Nona

Being FS myself (but not ADHD) I tried eliminating sals from my sons diet a couple of years ago (pre ADHD diagnosis) but it made no obvious difference. We only tried sals as he wasn’t having enough amines for it to likely be the culprit. It wasn’t the answer for us but I don’t doubt it’s part of the picture for some. Artificial colours are are no go for us though as is common in ADHD – Rona

Very much so. I have a son who has ADHD/ODD – Betty

Yes definitely makes a difference with my daughter who has ASD and ADHD – Joan

Yes, we did FAILSAFE at a young age due to eczema and as a bonus realised that certain things: particularly colours, flavours & preservatives (which we mostly avoided) as well as dairy would effect my daughter’s behaviour. Fast forward many years and she was diagnosed with ADHD and is still sensitives to the above – Rachel

My daughter is now thirty five. I first heard of the diet when she was in yr 5 and struggling. She was on medication from the paediatrician which was making her very withdrawn. I decided to try the diet with her. Immediately we had a different girl and we were able to take her off all meds. When she was at the end of high school finding out she was a coeliac as I am, really gave her the extra boost she needed. The failsafe diet and later going gf did not fix all of her issues and she still had to work super hard compared to her sisters. This was especially so with her social interactions but she has several uni degrees with honours plus a masters with distinction, she has been very successful in her career, is married to lovely ADHD guy who totally gets her, she has quite a few very good friends and is positively blooming in her life. She is now expecting their first baby any day and I know she will be a great parent. She is super careful about what they both eat and she has become an awesome cook, also she is right into fitness. RPA is a great resource and we have benefited both from Sue’s books, website and the RPA clinic and its materials – Debby

My child had adhd tendencies but I never thought they were adhd. It has always been linked to gut health and food intolerances. They are now calm, focused, and willing to listen and learn and memorize. Huge difference for us!! Also saw improvements with probiotics and recently after treating SiBO with antibiotics – Anna

Yes, my son is 11 now and has been low amine since before age 3 after doing the elimination diet. Still highly sensitive, I was really hoping he’d outgrow it over time. His reactions are very behavioural, if he’s consumed too high amines, it’s as though he is unmedicated (ADHD meds) – Tania

Two of my kids have ADHD and two don’t. All have salicylate intolerances with varying reactions. Definitely helps as they also have the intolerances, but doesn’t make ADHD go away. Emotional regulation is much better on diet (both teenagers now so have both decided not to follow diet and live with the consequences) oldest one is back on moderate diet as nose stuffiness is driving him crazy. Both are on ADHD medication – Kath

I did it many years ago for my 3yr old back then and we found no difference in behaviour, apart from finding out which additive made her even more hypo. Which she still doesn't eat/drink now – Gill

As an adult with adhd I can say that eating Failsafe doesn’t make my symptoms magically go away unfortunately and medication has made a world of difference for me in many ways. Everyone is different of course – Amanda

It helped us big time, all three of my kids, we have a mix of asd and adhd, the diet makes them into little angels seriously just lovely kids that listen and cooperate. We can tolerate medium Sals now – Bridget

It did nothing for my ADHD one, but her sister (and myself) are extremely amine sensitive – Sarah

My son was diagnosed also but I wanted to try the diet first before medication. Once we worked out his triggers he was very differently behaved and no longer met the criteria for an adhd diagnosis! – Penny

A million times yes - they did not give him an Autism diagnosis at 4yrs old because we had already done the failsafe protocol for dairy allergies. (We got it 12 months later with more supporting evidence and allowing him some non-approved treats). He is a teen now and slipping into unhealthy food choices, I'm hoping revisiting the diet will help us both - Marion.