Do fish oil supplements work for adults with ADD?

I'm a 48-year-old female recently diagnosed with ADD. I've been looking into natural remedies, for a number of reasons. I just downloanded an e-book that highly recommended fish oil supplements, but everything in the book was geared toward children. Have adults had success with this also? What other treatments can I try? I know exercise is highly recommended, but I have a few physical restrictions that make it difficult to do much in that regard.
 
if fish oil could be used to treat ADD than you would have already been told to take it.

the "Natural Remedies" market is based on a ton of logical fallacies(those are the types of arguments that sound valid at a glance but actually don't work) primarily the appeal to nature; suggesting that if something is "natural" that it is automatically good for you, or better for you than something that is "unnatural". the fact is that nature simply dosn't care about you, how else do you explain the existence of things like poison ivy, mistletoe?

the "ad homeniem circumstantial", suggesting that a person is performing an action simply because they would benefit from that action, in this case suggesting that drug companies are bad because the would get a better profit form keeping people sick.

go to a doctor with your questions on how to manage or treat ADD, the stuff they prescribe is required, by the FDA, to actually do what it is claimed to do, unlikely the natural remedies market which dodges FDA regulation by making vague claims.
 
I think fish oil is certainly worth a try. Make sure you get the mercury free kind, ask your pharmacist to help you find a good one without toxins. Also try a Bcomplex on top of your daily multi-vitamin. B vitamin deficiency had been proven to be related to cognitive function. Good luck to you.
BTW you are an immaculate writer... methodical and articulate. i would have never thought you'd have ADD! ;o)
 
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