Letters From Clients: Twelve year-old boy with ADHD

We met Dawn Fleetwood in the fall of 2001. My twelve year old son had been going to psychiatrists and psychologists for most of his life. It started when he was in kindergarten and we were told he had ADHD. He has extreme difficulty paying attention, completing even the simplest of tasks and his ability to sit still was impossible. He also had difficulty making friends. My husband and I were increasingly uncomfortable with the Doctor's diagnoses of ADHA, severe depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder. Prescribed drugs were Ritalin, Adderall, Lithium, Concerta and anti-depressants.
We felt our son was nothing but a guinea pig for all the combinations of medications he was given. The last straw was when he developed panic attacks. We knew we had to find an alternative. In the fall of 2001, desperation set in and we decided to take him off ALL of the medications and pray for a new treatment.

Soon after, a fellow employee walked into my office and I could hardly believe my eyes. I had seen her several times over the previous months. She had been in a bad car accident and suffered severe head injuries. It made me feel bad watching her struggle to talk or walk. She had been unable to preform her job. When she walked in, I could not believe her dramatic improvement in just a month. She spoke with her former eloquence, and her coordination was absolutely normal. I asked what had happened to create such a change and she told me about Dawn Fleetwood. I called Dawn that day and after talking to her for quite a while on the phone, I was sure she could help my son.

On our first visit, Dawn interviewed him and asked him tons of questions about his diet, habits, aches and pains. She explained how looking in ones eyes can reveal a lot about their health. Her knowledge was very impressive. She gave me a number of herbs to start him on his recovery and the results have been incredible. Within two weeks he was noticeably happier, sleeping better and as the school year begun, he was actually happy to go to school AND do the work. The nightly drudgery of trying to get him to do his endless homework stopped. He didn't even have homework! He was actually getting it done in school! His concentration has improved so much, that he pitched a no hitter recently on his winter league baseball team. His health has improved so much that his running speed and endurance has skyrocketed.

Having been in the medical field for 22 years, I had always been very skeptical about alternative medical practices. But our quality of life change has made me realize that Dawn's vast knowledge of "alternative medicine" has made all the difference in the world to us.

Kathy R.
Michigan

NOTE: Original letter is on file at Dawn's office.