A draft of new medical guidelines released by the Australian Federal Government yesterday has warned doctors against using drugs as the first treatment option for children with ADHD, believing that these children could be weaned off medication, especially children who are still in the preschool-age.

Te new guidelines have come as one of the biggest medical change ever recorded to those released in 1997, which stressed that putting ADHD ridden children on medication is the first recommended step towards effective treatment.

"Medication should not be used as first-line treatment for ADHD in preschool-aged children. For children under six years of age, a stage when child development is rapid, it is essential to distinguish ADHD symptoms from normal developmental variation in impulsivity and attention", read the new guidelines. Doctors across the country have been advised to carefully look at the benefit of drugs against a backdrop of possible risks, such as "growth impacts", and then decide, because drugs can be inevitable at times.

In Australia, more and more children are now getting affected by ADHD, a condition which affects a child's learning and behavior pattern. Over 350,000 kids and youngsters have been recorded as ADHD affected, and last year alone, as much as $21 Million of taxpayers' money went toward ADHD medication.