There is no scientific evidence that ADHD & sugar are related.  However, we mothers see it every day, as the following story will show.

One day when my oldest, Jason, was around 13 or 14 we went out for ice cream.

I ordered an ice cream and he got a slurpie.

When we were done eating, he said to me: “Mom, I don’t think I should have slupries anymore.  They give me that feeling”

He was referring to a feeling he would get when his ADHD was acting up.  I will write about it in another post.

At the time, I was trying to get him to understand the direct effect that sugar was having on his behavior and his general feeling.  He knew that sugar wasn’t good for him, but it took a few incidents like this one to make him understand fully just how direct the effect of sugar was on him.

Now, if you think about it, a slurpie is a really bad thing to have for someone with a sugar sensitivity.  It’s just all sugar (and food coloring :-0 ) in liquid form that goes straight into your bloodstream.

Yet I am happy that he had this experience.  I believe that Instead of  forbidding him to have foods that are bad for him – he was able to come to that conclusion himself and take responsibility for himself.  I don’t think he’s had a slurpie since, BTW, and he is 15.5 now.

Do you have a story about ADHD & Sugar?  If so, please post it below.