I wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Weathers' ADHD therapy. My husband, our oldest twin boy (age 6), and I went through the CAER therapy in November 2004. It has been such a wonderful outcome for our family. Before we went to Spokane, Spencer never once finished his spelling tests in school (he is in the first grade), since we returned, he has received 100% on every spelling test given. He is no longer so extremely frustrated when he doesn't do something "perfectly." He is now doing his homework without a struggle, he is listening in class, doing well in math, and excelling in reading. His art work has improved dramatically, especially since he isn't tearing it up and throwing it away anymore! Spencer and his twin brother's relationship has improved as well. Spencer is no longer comparing himself to his brother academically, and his brother is no longer complaining that we are giving Spencer all the attention. Now, when Spencer daydreams, he is easy brought back to the task at hand. I truly believe that the CAER program has worked wonders for Spencer. It felt as though a 50 pound weight was taken off of his little shoulders. He is such a happy kid now. His easy laugh is music to our ears. The sacrifice of money was well worth it. We looked into other therapies, but found them to more expensive and not nearly as effective.

There are so many little things that have changed as a consequence of going through this therapy, for instance, before we went, Spencer would blow-up in frustration when trying to tie his shoelaces, so I mentioned that to Dr. Weathers when we were there. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, Spencer easily tied his shoes. No frustration. No crying. Spencer is now paying attention to where the ball is in sports. He is now happy to go to school, before it was a huge dramatic, tearful, reluctance.

Last week, Spencer was using the comb that we bought when we were in Spokane, and he said, "Isn't it funny how the comb we bought when we went to see Dr. Weathers holds more water in it than the other comb does?" Since it was the second time in two days that he had mentioned Dr. Weathers, I asked him if he had been thinking about Dr. Weathers lately. Spencer said, "Well, just that Dr. Weathers changed my whole life." I asked him what he meant, and he said, "Well, I went into that pod thing all miserable and my head was confused, and then he talked, and I talked, and I listened to the music, and it was so dark I could barely see my arm--just the blinky lights, and then I came out all happy. So, you see, he changed my life; my brain isn't confused anymore." I feel so fortunate and so blessed that we were able to provide this profound healing in Spencer at such an early age. Our family is so much happier as a result of going through Dr. Weathers' CAER Therapy.

Reviewer:

M. Patton -

Read the book, talked to some folks who had been through the treatment and in May of 2004 we took part in Dr. Lawrence Weather's CAER treatment. Prior to treatment, my son was on Metadate for ADHD & Zoloft for depression & struggling desperately. Dr. Weathers requires the child be on no medication for treatment, so I took my son out of school for a couple of weeks & stayed home with him where I could monitor him closely while we gradually came off of ADHD meds and Zoloft. He has been medication free & successful in school since our Treatment with Dr. Weathers. It's amazing. He still is a little different than the mainstream & we still have little hiccups every now & then, but our life has changed dramatically. We are no longer waiting with baited breath in the morning for the pills to kick in & no longer wishing he could have one more dose in the evening in order for us to have a pleasant home-life. He is steady and enjoyable. He has had no disciplinary action at school (he just started middle school), and he's bringing home reasonable grades. Actually, his grades have come down from A's & B's to include some C's, but this is because he's more socially active, which means he's rushing through his work in order to be able to play. After being socially ostracized for so long - we are actually happy that we have NEW challenges that are more "normal." My shining moment was last week when I needed to send an e-mail to the school regarding some curriculum issues. I wanted to include the Vice Principal in my correspondence. I asked my son to remind me of her name & he didn't have a clue. My son doesn't even know who the vice principal is...let alone being a close personal friend as in the past. Couldn't recommend it more & would be happy to share more details.

 

Hope for ADD/ADHD Families is in this Book , December 16, 2004
 

Reviewer:

N. Pickering -

My experience mirrors alot of the other positive reviews for this book. I am so grateful that I took the leap of faith and took my 8-old-year son last March for treatment with Dr. Weathers. The book takes a totally nonconventional approach to ADHD. It doesn't approach ADD/ADHD as a chemical imbalance of the brain. Rather Dr. Weathers attributes many of the ADHD behaviors as a result of learned behaviors and defense mechanisms. His treatments are usually a short 3 days and also very nonconventional. It does sound too good to be true, but I can speak personally from experience that it does work if you put the time and effort into the treatment.

My son was a terror since he was a toddler. He had terrible temper tantrums, was impatient, aggressive. and could not seem to concentrate at school. He was even expelled from preschool. He constantly got into trouble at school. I dreaded answering the phone during the week, because it was often the school calling about my son's behavior. We took my son to at least 4 different doctors--psychologists and psychiatrists. Each one seem to agree he had ADHD. We also got diagnoses of Bipolar disease, Depression, Anxiety, Aspergers Syndrome. It seemed like Ian had every known diagnosis to account for his strange behaviors.

I read many books on all these diagnoses and we tried many behaviorial modifications, supplements, etc., and nothing seemed to help. I was obsessed with my son's problems. The stress extended to the rest of the family too. We finally succumbed to trying drugs when he started to fail in school academically. We tried Trileptal and Concerta for a few months without success. It was terrible. My son became a zombie, he hated himself. He had no self esteem. We all truly believed he had problems because he had a brain disorder which he had no control over. But I was very concerned about the side effects of the drugs and the long term usage. It was when these drugs did not help and my psychiatrist recommended adding another drug that I turned to Dr. Weathers for help. I had read his book a long time ago, but thought it was a "scam" because it sounded too incredible to be true.

In desperation, I reread his book and talked to other parents who had success with the program. I talked to Dr. Weathers and he assured me Ian could be helped. It was the best money we ever spent. In the span of 3 days with Dr. Weathers, my son turned into a different boy. Today he listens, he does homework without a battle, he is attentive at school. In fact, he is excelling in all his classes and is in accelerated classes. He is starting to make friends. I'm not saying that the work ends once you get home. You have to continually work at it, but it's amazing how fast and steady the change has been and ALL WITHOUT DRUGS. Best of all, Ian has his self-esteem back. He no longer blames his troubles on his ADHD, because he has no ADHD or brain disorder. He is proof positive of that.

Dr. Weathers is a brilliant man and has been the most helpful of all the doctors we saw over the years. He will support you even after your treatment is done. I highly recommend this book to any parents who are troubled by the drugs being pushed onto their ADHD kids. Drugs are convenient for the school and doctors, but it shouldn't be thought as the only option available.

Take the time to read and investigate Dr. Weather's treatment. Your child, your family, and your marriage will be better for it.


 

Mom's with Young Kids take heed, November 3, 2004
 

If you are a mom with young children or children of any age and the school is telling you that your child is uncontrollable. This is the book for you.

My seven year old was sent home with a note last year the said he needed counseling and was uncontrollable in the classroom. Dr. Weathers' book ADHD: A Path to Success is just that. This book opens the door to how to deal with ADHD or ADD without medication of any kind.

Since reading this book and spending time with Dr. Weathers, my son has done a 180 in the classroom. He no longer hates school. He reads on his own time by choice. His homework is the first thing that he does. He now makes friends instead of chasing them away. He does still need to be the center of attention sometimes but I no longer feel like I am going to pull my hair out to get him to listen.

This book really brought to light ADHD and how it is looked at today and what you can do about it. It gave me the opportunity to help my son without covering up the problem with medication. The best part is there are no side affects other than more laughter and less yelling.


 

A "must read" for anyone with ADHD, September 21, 2004
 

Reviewer:

Elizabeth Blane (San Diego, CA) -

If your child is affected with ADD or ADHD, you must read this book immediately. It may save you years of anguish and thousands of dollars, but most importantly, it may help you to reestablish the loving relationship with your child that has been heretofore lost because of the stress of dealing with ADHD.

My now 17-year-old son, Alex, was a difficult baby and child and had terrible problems in school with distractibility, homework, and organization, among other things. Because he was not hyperactive, his ADD was not apparent until he reached 5th grade, when he began having a different teacher for each subject; all hell broke loose. Evenings often found the entire family in tears. In fifth grade he was diagnosed with ADD; medication was recommended but refused. That was the worst year of our lives.

Alex struggled along until the beginning of 11th grade; we tried a few of the ADHD medications. After a few weeks Alex refused to take them because of the side effects. I was secretly relieved that he didn't want to take these drugs.

In the middle of his 11th grade year I discovered Dr. Weathers' book. Its on-line excerpts instantly clicked with me. I ordered the book and read it; it made more sense to me than everything I had read before. In his book, Dr. Weathers systematically and easily destroys the prevailing idea: "ADHD is a chemical imbalance". This idea is chanted as a mantra in mainstream psychology and is used as the rationale to give kids stimulants. It was gratifying to see this stupid idea finally debunked by someone using a rational explanation and backed up with plenty of clinical experience.

We went to Dr. Weathers' clinic in Spokane, Washington, in May 2004. Not only is Dr. Weathers brilliant, he is also a very nice guy and easy to work with. We did the treatment with him as a family for three days.

Alex finished off his 11th grade year well and earned himself a car over the summer. He is now a senior in high school. His GPA for the first quarter so far is 3.3. He has pretty much lost the ability to explode in anger that used to characterize his frustrated moments before Spokane. He gets up in the morning by himself now, whereas mornings used to be a pitched battle between parent and child. He is a pleasure to be around. Last weekend, he removed and replaced the kitchen faucet for me almost completely by himself; he stuck to this difficult job until it was finished. I would never have imagined he could do something like this before. I am now hopeful about Alex's future; we are busy planning his college career.

I cannot recommend Dr. Weathers' book highly enough. It will get you thinking about the erroneous mindset the mainstream has convinced everyone is true and it will help you to see the real reasons your child acts the way s/he acts.


 

Adult ADD , September 15, 2004
 

After a lifetime of problems with activities requiring focus and concentration, and as an adult person, I was finally diagnosed with Adult ADD. The diagnosis clarified for me a condition that explained why I have had the kind of problems that have besieged me my whole life. As a child I was a serious problem for my parents, brothers and sisters. Further, I failed in school, could not maintain positive and/or intimate relationships, and as an adult I lost jobs, primarily due to my inability to handle stress and anger as well as my inappropriate behavior. Moreover, I spent years in a state of depression abusing substances (alcohol, uppers and downers) as a way to ease the pain, confusion and anger I felt. Years of therapy helped me solve other problems that might or might not have been connected to ADD and ADHD. I took pills for depression but their effect was so negative that I never continued for long.

Two years ago I started EMDR therapy with great success and it was in the context of this therapy that I found out I had ADD. Shortly after the diagnosis I started to take Strattera, but before I felt the effect of this drug I found Dr. Weathers'book ADHD: A Path to Success. I bought it right away, read it immediately, was enthusiastic and relieved by what I read and soon thereafter I travelled to Spokane, WA where I stayed for 6 days using the CAER machine and having brief talks with Dr. Weathers. When I came back home many disturbing things happened to me. I dealt with all the bad things in a calm manner, without falling into a depressive state. After two months of bad news, things have begun to sort themselves out in a positive way. I truly believe that my experience in Spokane, in addition to the use of the materials I brought home with me to continue the treatment on my own have allowed me to function appropriately during this time of great stress. I'm off Strattera.

 

Reviewer:

Tui Yoh (Burlington, NJ USA) -

Our 8 year old son was diagnosed ADHD and placed on medications. As parents, we saw many negative side effects from mood swings to an extreme weight loss. That's when I said there has to be a better way. We had the bookshelves filled with ADHD books, but had not found a better way. While surfing the web, I came across Dr Weathers book. What drew me to his book were the book reviews (just like this one). I could relate to the tensions, anxieties, and stresses described by parents dealing with their children and more importantly I marveled at the results I read about. I ordered the book on the spot. Dr Weather's theory gave us a whole new way of looking at our son. We removed our son from all medication and began exchanging emails with Dr Weathers to learn more about his CAER therapy. Emails led to phone calls and by spring break we had a visit planned to Dr Weathers in Spokane. Dr Weathers uses a straightforward, no nonsense approach. He helped us to understand that the problem did not lie soley with our son, but with our family unit. He not only treated our son, but my husband and I as well. Dr Weathers shared with us his own personal experience as an ADHD child. Dr Weathers taught us how to function as a family in order to get optimal efforts/performance from our son. We saw immediate results in Spokane and continue to experience more every day at home and school. Our son is a work in progress. But as long as we continue to apply Dr Weather's theory, we continue to meet the daily challenges. My son is going to second grade in September and I've already scheduled a meeting with his teacher so I can share Dr Weather's book with her. My son continues to be drug free and my husband and I continue to watch him blossom, all thanks to Dr Weathers theory and CAER.
 

Different Approach from Talk Therapy and Medication, June 1, 2004
Reviewer: A reader
My 20 year old son who was on medication for ADD and smoking pot was giving my wife and I a very difficult time when we came across Dr. Weathers book. I was very taken with Dr. Weather's approach and pursuaded my son to read his book. After he read the book he was ready to try the techniques recommended by Dr. Weathers as he was not happy with the medication claiming that medicine put him in a 'zone'. The straight talking Dr. Weathers and his method of confronting and getting rid of old disturbing experiences worked. My son has since stopped smoking, given up medication completely (after being on different ones for over a year) and is gaining self confidence every day. He is well on his way to completing his degree at UCLA. The examples in the book of how families treat kids with ADD were an eye opener.