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The only product that offers this capability is from Purina, which is a WSAVA-compliant diet. There should be no harm in trying it out. I watched a continuing education seminar on the invention and production of this food and apparently it works quite well. It contains an antibody to the allergy-inducing protein that is produced in cat saliva and is capable of reducing it by 60%. It does not prevent the cat from producing it, just neutralizes the protein locally in the salivary glands once it is produced. The theory is that not every cat has a high load of the allergy-inducing protein in their saliva, and even humans that are allergic to cats will probably not experience significant symptoms 100% of the time just because a certain threshold of allergens is needed to be reached in order to experience symptoms (so if you are mildly-moderately allergic to both pollen and cats, then you can take an anti-histamine like Zyrtec or Benadryl and a cat on its own probably wouldn’t bother you and neither would a lovely spring day, but a cat on a lovely spring day would reach your threshold despite anti-histamines and you would be miserable). So - if you have a cat that has a TON of allergy-inducing protein in the saliva, and a person who is VERY allergic to cats, this probably won’t help them very much. But if, like most cats, there is only a mild/moderate amount of allergy-inducing protein in their saliva, and if, like most humans, there is only a mild/moderate allergy to cats, then this food will likely help them (although there is an assumption that the human is willing to take those anti-histamines on a regular basis, to do their own part in making the relationship manageable and not put all the responsibility on the cat’s food).

Awh thank you.. and yea I got a big imposter syndrome thingie and have been working on it through all of my tumblr experience hh...I really appreciate your kind words tho/  

From this article in ADDitude:

Experts believe that engaging in an activity that uses a sense other than what’s required for your primary task — listening to music while reading a social studies textbook, for example — can enhance focus and improve performance in children with attention deficit disorder. 

These secondary tasks are called fidgets — mindless activities you can do while working on a primary task. 

You can see it like you’re using the secondary task to quieten the hyperactive/ dis tractable aspects of own brains. 

And also, the human mind can only focus on one thing at a time. No one can actually multi-task.. its just even worse for ADHDers.

This is the truth.

I got this because I’m on their mailing list. The sale ends on June 5.

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But also my kid has an actual prescription to melatonin that we get from a chemist. So, kinda a medicine?

Yeah this blog is incredibly US centric because that’s where the admins live.  I usually try to remember that and at least mention it but it is not regulated here under any sort of medication guidelines.  Or even the FDA for that matter.  I think.  Basically it’s completely unregulated in our country.

I think you are in Australia?  But I do know it is also regulated as a prescription in parts of Europe as well.  Over here you can get it over the counter and get as much as you want. 

Which is why it’s a matter that needs to be thoroughly researched.  Basically anything that is available without a prescription really should be researched because it can still interact with current medications and/or be harmful if taken incorrectly.

Ooh, thank you. I will have to check them out.