Help with daughter's rages, hyperactiveness, amino acids???

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Hi, my daughter is almost 5, drug-exposed in utero, is diagnosed with

ADHD. She has rages. They are less severe than they used to be but

still about once a week, sometimes a bit less. She is also hard to

handle, hyperactive a lot. Also, she has high hormone levels,

including testosterone which may account for her aggressiveness.

I have her taking b-6, magnesium, fish oil and a vitamin supplement

(not sure if the vitamin does anything much). She's had fewer rages

since the supplements but I stil need help with her. I'm interested

in amino acid testing or simply trying her on some. I was wondering

if 5-HTP might be good for her. She doesn't swallow pills yet so is

there a formula that might work with her? Also, has anyone else here

tried the testing? I'm only hesitating because of the money. We have

Kaiser and plus she has Med-Cal. Of course if Medi-Cal will pay I

will do the tests, otherwise I have to save $500 or so for it. I'm

willing to try about anything. My marriage of 29 years is ending

because my husband supposedly can't handle her behaviors. (argh.....)

Any ideas would be so helpful.

Thanks so much,

Kathy