My husband has been diagnosed with ADD. They told him about the medications that he can take but I have read all the terrible side effects that there are with them and I do not think he should take them. Does anyone know of anything that can help control his ADD without taking those medications?

I'm in Canada and last year I was prescribed Concerta for my ADD (I'm 36). My son has been on Concerta for 4 years and he's the reason I was diagnosed. I have no major complaints about it - it's a stimulant so if you take it too late in the day, you'll be up all night. I love it because I'm much more focused than before. I can actually start something and finish it. Before I would be doing something in the basement and come upstairs for a drink. In the process I'd see that the dishes needed to be done so I'd start them. Then I'd remember I was doing something downstairs so I'd stop the dishes and go back downstairs - that is unless something else caught my attention. Nothing ever got completed and as a result I was frustrated with myself for being so messy. I won't be getting off of it any time soon.