Dr. Leedia Riman argues that children prescribed ADHD, anxiety, or depression medications should first get an airway evaluation from a dentist or ENT. Proper nasal breathing during sleep activates the vagal nerve and produces nitric oxide, improving oxygen to the brain. Many psychiatric medications cause dry mouth, which worsens the problem.
Before anybody puts your son or daughter on add, adhd, anti anxiety or antidepressant medication. I think it is malpractice to put children on these medications without an airway centric dentist or ENT evaluating their breathing because if they are having behavioral issues and they're not sleeping well all night and they're not properly oxygenated because through nasal breathing do you get vagal nerve improvement, nervous system support, parasympathetic upregulation like think what that does for a child and nitric oxide extremely important for vasodilation and oxygenation of your whole body including your brain. So if that's not being done before we put our children on these chronic long term medications that further dry out your mouth. By the way that's like another side effect that I feel is malpractice and that's why I love shows like yours and other people who are talking about this. Moms need to learn this. It needs to be taught to them in a very simplified manner so it resonates and they can advocate for their children.
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