Not that I\'m an expert, but I\'ve never heard of using any of those herbs. I\'d of course speak to a pediatrician before adding *any* herbal supplement to a child\'s diet; you never know what might hurt your child or in what quantity, but therapy always seemed to make the most sense to me instead of supplements. And therapy will work, guaranteed if it\'s the right type for your child, where supplements are speculation at best.

Hi, I don't quite know your situation but you could always just add more fish into his diet, tuna, anything like that would do him better than giving him fish oils(also known as omega 3) and there are products being put out there which have omega 3 actually added to them. I would look out for these products. I hope thats of some help.

Note: by verbal Dyspraxia I suspect you mean Apraxia as Dyspraxia is a physical motor skills disorder, whereas Apraxia is a word association disorder.

I agree with Riddles - to boost Omegas you need not have him take fish oil directly, adding fish to his diet (salmon, tuna etc.) on a regular basis WILL make a difference. My family served salmon a couple times a week during my upbringing, so I wasn't really aware of my ADD until later in college when I was no longer getting enough Omega Oils in my diet. It took me many years later to realize that this is what had happened. Since supplementing with Omegas starting last fall my symptoms have nearly vanished and I am living a much more satisfying life because of it (still have work to do, though its a heck of a lot easier with a focused & calmer mind).

You can also introduce a flax cereal such as Flax Plus or Uncle Sam's to his diet. Remember you are his parent, it's up to you to set the diet - not him.

FYI: alot of those chewable vitamins contain excess sugars which is why they love them so much (look for such sugars as fructose, dextrose & maltodextrin on the labels (all 3 are corn sugars).

Refined sugars have a HUGE effect on making the learning disabilities worse. Also any foods he eats that contain TransFats or Hydrogenated Oils will block the absorption of fish oils negating any benefits you hope to acquire - so eliminate those as well from his diet.

The key with the Omega Oil Supplements is to realize that the majority of the US Populations is deficient in them not just those of us with learning disorders. The difference is that we have a more difficult time absorbing & extracting them from our diets thus the reason the supplementation or increase in dietary consumption of them works so well to alleviate the learning disorder symptoms.

I highly recommend you read the book "The LCP Solution".

Note to char: therapy has done some good in my life in the past, however NOTHING comes even close to the miraculous shift in my life that adding Omega Oils has to my life. My life is 360 degrees from where it was just 9 months ago & I expect it will revolve another 360 in the next 9 months.