As the blood pressure regulation system recovers, you’ll notice greater improvements in your child’s focus and attention skills beyond what the medication provides. A reduction to a new, lower test dosage periodically can help you determine if they still need as much medication. Some parents will stop the ADD/ADHD medication completely over a weekend or during a school holiday break to see how much they are needed. If a child functions significantly worse on the lower dose, increase back to the prior level and try again in another 4-8 weeks.

After starting the protocol, a gradual improvement in focus, attention, and hyperactivity will become noticeable after a few months. As this continues, reducing the medication dose by 25-50% will allow you to measure if the medication is still necessary. I always recommend dose reductions with the assistance of the prescribing physician.

Yes. The Nemechek Protocol will help many childhood issues because many have similar origins, an overgrowth of intestinal bacteria and multiple mechanisms that fuel inflammation.

Yes. Through its effect on reducing inflammation, the Protocol allows the very potent repair and rejuvenation mechanisms of the nervous system to activate. This can lead to neurological improvements from prior brain injuries from trauma, stroke, infection, and even cerebral palsy.

We understand that in some cases, the imbalance of or damage to intestinal bacteria influences acne, especially cystic acne. Acne might result from the absence of certain bacteria or excessive growth of other bacteria and may not have anything to do with overgrowth (SIBO) per see. We can reverse SIBO, but we do not know how to reverse other forms of dysbiosis.nnIf a child is recovering well on the protocol, I would assume the intestinal bacterial balance is well-controlled and would look for acne treatment with your dermatologist.