First let me start by saying, I fully agree that nutrition and the microbiome is important. But the root cause of ADHD is an issue with the development of the brain in fetuses or in very young children. Something that causes an increase of dopamine transporters. This can happen from various environmental reasons, genetics or a combination of these factors. I believe I saw that around 70% of cases have a genetic component at least partially responsible. There is a physical difference in the brains of people with ADHD regardless of the initial cause or trauma. We are never going to remodel those brains with a healthier diet. It has been researched ad nauseam and it has been disproven time and time again. Yes, exercise, and developing a better microbiome is going to help, I have been doing that for 20 years. These were major focuses of mine during my athletic career. But they will not balance out the brain chemistry. Because ADHD is not an imbalance of the free floating chemicals in the brain. ADHD is caused by the excess dopamine transporters. These transporters remove the dopamine from the brain cells too quickly, before it has had a chance to act. This is why increasing tonic levels of dopamine helps to make people function. It allows a normal amount of dopamine to be present in the neurons at a given moment. There are also other non stimulant meds that can plug these transporters by inhibiting reuptake. (Almost like plugging the holes). And Alpha agonist meds too (which are admittedly a little more complicated and I forget how they work again. I think it slows the release of other chemicals (reuptake) by stimulating the a2 receptors. Lastly, you need to be careful associating ADHD with screen time on social media. Yes social media can be a trap for those with ADHD, but it does not push anyone over into the disorder. Video games actually help with increasing working memory in people with ADHD. Frankly this type of information is exactly why I didn't achieve more. I did extremely well with my ADHD (diagnosed in the 90's and again recently) I was unmedicated for 40 years. But I have always known I was failing at my potential. I had my career, but others who had the same career have been able to use it to buy homes. Because I couldn't organize myself enough to capitalize on opportunities that came up due to my hard work in other areas. I would be your success story hearing healthy eating in ways that are very similar to the hyman diet (I came across this in my own research and ideology on food) exercise, I quit video games and television because I realized they captivate my attention. No drugs or alcohol. And this did help. I would increase my sensitivity to dopamine. But it was never enough to make reading books anything but a constant struggle. Something I did often, through brute force. My advantage was that I knew enough to be a high level coach when I couldn't afford a coach. (research was paramount). Quite often it left me run down. I was told my issues in work, school or at home were a moral failing. I couldn't listen to people no matter how much I wanted to and I left people thinking I didn't care when I did. I would interupt because I couldn't reliably remember what I needed to say if I waited for the other person to finish. Etc. I did everything the anti med people think is right, and honestly it helped me be a better athlete, but I don't think it made living in this society easier and I dropped so many balls. The only times I ever felt I was in control was when I took a bronchodilator that contained ephedrine (in my mid 30's). Which in turn made me consider revisiting medication. It still took me 5 years to get around to it with everything I was dealing with. I began to use vyvanse and I can finally work for myself (trust myself to work on my own business without needing someone to manage me). I wish I would have been more open to it sooner. 7 percent of youth have ADHD for one reason or another. Genetics, premature birth, strep that was bad enough that the immune system damaged the brain due to certain numerous having the protein that strep has, malnutrition, etc. But only 3-4% are medicated. Which to me means that we are undermedicating youth. The brain is injured during development. There is no legitimate debate about that. I feel this video takes one step forward in the attempt to destigmatize ADHD while taking one or two backwards by trivializing it. This is a serious concern as it unloads the responsibility on our children and the parents and makes the feel responsible for the failures and it also sets them up to fail. It's great you have success with the high functioning cases, with people like me. But it is a survivor bias. As most of us end up only being able to keep jobs where we almost live at work full time in mines or the oilfeilds, or doing construction. Now as a father I do not want my son (also with pretty severe ADHD) to have to experience the feeling of failure that has been a constant theme of my life (even during my success). I have achieved some really awesome things, but I struggle to follow through to make my achievements actual benefit my future. I am going to try to the best of my ability help set him up to avoid these pitfalls. That has included diet, activity, controlled screen time, holistic health, but it also includes mild medication. Because the evidence is clear. ADHD is a neurological situation that is influenced by the body, not caused by it.
@@PaulKentSkates This loooooooooong sheet demonstrates that you have a compulsive attention, waaaaaaay too good for ADHD. Your teachers werer right. Certain traditions in the family consistently raise disorganised, thicky children. who grow dumb ( dyslexic is the term for dumb, there is no illness) . There are NO differences in the brain, NO.
Hey, I have been daydreaming since a child - mostly good ones, but replaced by anxious thoughts like OCD later in my teenage years. I have been always tired too… I hate exercise and lack physical energy (full of mental energy that goes to anxious thoughts and other fun things). I find hard to motivate myself to do productive activities… unfortunately, my interests have been anime, games and fun novels since early childhood. Have you heard of a ADHD case like me? I feel exhausted all the time unless I take concerta (stimulant) :/
Well freaking said. Near the beginning when the one guy says something like "I have a little bit of ADHD sometimes myself" I immediately knew this was going to go downhill quick. And sure enough, this is basically an infomercial for the one guy to sell his book... going out of his way to announce the title every 3 minutes Interesting story of yours; mine went down a much darker path.
I just turned 50 and was recently diagnosed with ADHD/Inattentive Type. I have strong roots in approaching physical and mental health issues from a naturalistic standpoint. My grandmother ran a colonic therapy clinic in the 1980s. She even introduced me to Kombucha tea in 1990. She was a woman ahead of her time and because of her, I followed everything natural throughout the years. I wholeheartedly believe there are natural ways to heal the body. With that said, I also believe there is a time and place for medication. For years I had to work so much harder than everyone else. I recently started taking medication and I feel like someone turned on the lights. For me, the lack of focus was more like my brain was unable to fully access the information I knew. This presented as the inability to “catch” or bring the knowledge I had learned to memory. So I would hear things I knew and read or studied, ad nausea, but when I went to write about it would take me hours to write my thoughts on paper. I would struggle, greatly!! However after taking medication, it was life changing!!! I was able to easily think and write my ideas out. I wasn't overwhelmed by tasks I needed to do. I could set my intentions to start a project and finish it. When writing, I would have so many thoughts going on in my head all at once and with the medication, I could stick with an idea. This is what “inattentiveness” felt like for me. It wasn't that I had a short attention span. It's about having a very active mind that I could not control. Let's be careful to not undermine the legitimacy of this condition. Yes, exercise, nutrition and incorporating other behavioral strategies are important. But medication at the right dose can effectively augment treatment and make a world of difference for someone who has ADHD.
Thank you for saying this! It’s not a versus battle between the 2! So many ADHD’ers have fallen for the fear mongering and are sentenced to a life of mediocrity, chasing magic pills, naturopaths, chiros, herbal medicine, Chinese doctors etc. it’s fine to supplement with those, but to deprive oneself from effective medication is ignoring the elephant in the room. And even if someone is really scared of it, look at it as a bridging solution. Bridge yourself with medication until you find the natural solution, and then you can go off. But in case you can’t find that solution, you won’t be left stranded.
My mother is also into all natural treatments and was strictly against medication for mostly anything. So there was talk about adhd and me possibly having it, but since my mother denied that it even exists and I even went to a school that is pretty esoteric so people just were mostly on that "natural" vibe if that makes sense. Well that could have been fine but instead of helping me with my problems of staying attentive in school I was just ridiculed and quickly learned that the only fun I can have is by being the class clown. Never really had many friends in school that I kept for a longer period too. So I carried this thought with me until now that adhd doesn't really exist and I just have to work on myself and meditate, eat healthy etc. Well I did that for some time after school kind of successfully but then covid hit and I now realize that with covid all my coping mechanisms were gone from one day to the other and I was forced to stay at home which made me just stay infront of the pc all day.... Yesterday I heard someone explain adhd and for the first time I thought "yea that must be it" I'm quite disillusioned now, it's like my whole life has been turned upside down. I'm kind of hopeful again to find a solution to my problems, but at the same time I feel more alone and left on my own realizing that maybe thing could have turned out way different if not for a few variables in my childhood. Thanks for sharing your experience here Elise!
It's not the label that's bad! It's the way people VIEW the label that can be good or bad. Labels are needed, for communication purposes. We need to stop calling labels bad and teach people to instead stop viewing things negatively. And instead see a label as a way to understand things. I for one am glad for the label. When I found out at age 34, I started telling important people in my life. Even when I went to a job interview aaaand it helped! I still got hired and the boss understood that I took longer to learn but when I did I was a great asset to the business. One of the best workers he ever had.
The label made me want to kill myself. I know people who wanted to kill themselves because of a label. Here's the hard truth: It doesn't matter whether it's treated positively or negatively, because the real problem is you will be treated _differently_. It might not be "incompetent" or "slow-witted" or some other negative adjective, but it will be different. It's always been about pigeonholing people, separating one group from another, no matter how superficial that line actually is. It's about slapping a diagnosis on a perfectly health person so the pharmaceutical companies can sell you pills that fuck with your brain chemistry and make a quick buck doing so. They put that shit on your medical record which, by the way, cannot be removed. You're stuck with it. *FOR LIFE* And you can't escape from it, or at least you could if it weren't for people like you. I don't WANT to be seen as different. I don't WANT to be stuck with something I have no control over, that more and more people are using like a horoscope to define their entire personality, by people who want to use me like some dress-up doll of theirs to define as they see fit. I want to decide who I am, not people like them, and not people like you. Can you imagine if every person born in April was treated like they had to be watched constantly or they'd wander off into traffic like they had some kind of spontaneous "run out into traffic and get hit by a car" disease? All because they were born in April??? Fuck you and your _labels_! The labels ARE bad. And I hope they always WILL BE bad. The only thing stopping me from putting a gun to my forehead is the comfort that maybe someday I can rid myself of it and finally be normal, and I can't do that when ignorant muppets like you have the podium to the current zeitgeist, preaching your faux ""acceptance"" like you're not some shill for big pharma to sell people more $50 prescription pill bottles, and looking out with hawk eyes to see who among the crowd is acting "awkward" or "distracted" so you can point and gawk while in the same breath regurgitate your dogma of neo inclusivity. "Oh he must have been hurt by bigots in the past!" No, I was hurt by people like YOU! People who want to slap a label on every damn personality trait in the wind and call it a "disorder". Oh, I'm sorry, you're calling it "neurodivergence" now, because disorder means there's something _bad_ with it! Fuck you! Neurodivergence is just a dog whistle for "retard" and you know it! It's to let other people know that person over there needs to be treated like a fucking child because tHAts wHAt tHe PaPeR FRom thE DOCTor SaYS. I would rather die than live with a scarlet letter strapped to my chest like your supposed utopia where "lABeLs aREn'T bAd" for the rest of my life. I would rather have ablism make a comeback than live in that kind of world. You people are no different than the nut houses of the early 20th century that cut people's brains open for being "free spirited" Got to hell!
@@ch________6629 The label doesn't change your condition. If you have ADHD, you're going to have it whether you label it or not. The label just helps others understand why you're different. For many it's a relief because now they know they're not alone in their differences and that their struggles are validated. After a diagnoses, there is medication that can be taken to help with the inconveniences of having ADHD. People don't treat you any differently because you have ADHD (generally), it just helps some people understand that your mishaps aren't exactly your fault. I was diagnosed at 32, it's a hell of a condition. Very debilitating, but the label didn't change anything at all, except now I can get medication to help with it.
@@ch________6629The label is heartbreaking for me which is why I never followed through with treatment. I don't see the benefit of sharing the label/dx with anyone (including my very compassionate and caring manager) because they just don't understand!!
My life was in complete shambles before I was diagnosed with ADHD. Even though I'm not a fan of labels either and don't think there is one size fits all diagnosis, without the label I wouldn't have been able to get the help I needed and get to the root of the problem.
Yea, I think I remember a podcast I was listening to, it’s not just in your head, was talking about a model in the EU, probably uk, that was about using labels only to help the patient get what they needed to solve their problems.
Well put Rebecca. It gives you a target to aim for. A way to make a plan. Otherwise you are just flailing & failing trying anything & everything without any real success.
The story of Dr Mark Hyman’s patient makes me so emotional. This boy became an astrophysicist because he found the right help. So many kids with so much potential end up with their lives ruined because they’re a victim of today’s crappy society. This info should be shared more and it should be the way we all live our lives. Our kids are suffering and it’s not their fault!
My ADHD brother found his passion early and it took him to Olympic gold. I’ve had a life of serial passions, unstarted & unfinished projects, and my life has been more like a car without a driver, despite a very high IQ 😞
@@Charlie-eq3dj yes I did sports too and it was really good for me, I couldn’t focus well enough when racing though and give 100% so I didn’t really excel. On the other hand I also discovered yoga very early, and that was the thing where I really could focus. And after/ alongside a couple of other careers, I came back to teaching yoga, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 17 years. Thanks for asking 🙂 PS if I’d understood the problem before a couple of years ago, that would’ve helped 😉
@@smooth_pursuit Thanks for the reply. 'm also trying to get my mind under control. Interestingly enough, I also picked up Yoga a few years ago and it has improved my life greatly. I may also consider taking a TTC class in the future. Thanks again!
I have ADHD and I can say with certainty that the environment is REALLY important. School was a huge no, no, for me unless it was metalworking or some other class where I could actually be creative and move around.
@@svetavinogradova4243 The only Job I managed to do Is at Burger King because It helps calm down my nervous system to do a repetItIve task for hours Any other Job I couldn't keep cus I can't follow InstuctIons and multItaskIng Is confusIng
@@florencelovme For me, it's the opposite. My mind is always racing, (inattentive) so I need to be able to express that without being tied down to a chair. If I choose to sit, fine, but I need to be able to get up without getting yelled at, or vise versa. I also just REALLY need to be in control. I can't take being micromanaged, and if someone does it I straight up need them to not. I need something with constant change or I get so bored I do nothing, I need to be able to ask questions without getting punished. I need to be treated like a PERSON. But, that's just for me personally. Edit: Though I do need to sit too, since I got some disabilities that leave me not being able to stand in one place too long. So I def work best with a balance. Also dang, it's been two years, lol.
@@svetavinogradova4243 I suppose, but I need to have autonomy and ZERO micromanagement. Yes, I need help and to work in a team, but I cannot stand being talked down to because people always tell me to, "Suck it up" or "Just do it" which just makes me wanna throw something out window. So, anything with collaboration, group effort, and division of work would be best for me.
@@ErutaniaRose Your expectations do not match your abilities. You need to lower your requirements to the low level of your abilities. Or - up your skills to the level of your expectations from others.
10:23 where the identification of the problem starts, the most common drivers. 11:15 he starts explaining the problems begin with environmental influences and how lifestyle and nutrition affects to the gut microbiome 12:18 the list of influences begins.
Omg thank you! I was wondering how I was going to pay attention long enough to find answers before asking if someone could just summarize with BLUF and some bullet points of important things with time stamps. 🤦🏻♀️
I have ADHD and this talk might be good, but I couldn't listen to more than 10min because the host is insufferable. "You don't have a problem, just exercise! Eat right! Buy my book!"
If you don’t listen, and weed out nonsense, you may miss golden nuggets of info, that can then spur you to pivot in your own research and find new avenues for you to personally look at. Just don’t judge, listen to see if anything is there you can use, don’t worry about what they are selling etc. it’s all just learning. But no listening, can narrow your options and inspiration. But I know what yiu mean, it’s annoying have to wade through so much irrelevant stuff, to get answers, but at end of the day it’s free. Just listened to a great talk with James Nestor who talks about breath work, and explains how it connects. Yea he has a book, but he’s a journalist, so he’s just reporting some of the astounding research he came across, and used for himself,so was quite interesting. 😊
As a dietitian, who’s selling nothing, not even my services, I can tell you that the diet and exercise accounts for most illnesses and conditions regardless of what’s in our water, our air, our food. Our lean muscle mass is more involved with our immunity &circulation, which affects blood flow to the brain, body, nutrient distribution, serotonin regulation, and much more. Outside exercise especially does so much healing for the brain and body. We are meant to be in nature as much as possible instead of our boxes we live inside called our office and home. This is important regardless of body weight. I learned so much of the statistics and data that our government already knows during my dietetics training, that was a conventional training not even a more holistic approach. yet doctors aren’t trained in hardly any of the food and nutrition science beyond foods caloric value. Even a gastroenterologist, who’s field is focusing solely on the digestive tract doesn’t ask you much about diet. Scratch my head, I’ve been to many GI doctors. The host has been spouting the advice that turned you off for decades and has healed many many folks, and while I’m not one his biggest fans, my own scientific research and training has brought me to begrudgingly acknowledge he’s not wrong. You might consider what about him starting the talk with diet and exercise turned you off so much. He’s selling books which cost 20 or 30 dollars that are designed to empower you & again I’m not a fan, I don’t buy his books anymore, but I check in now and then to see where his guidance is going. But he does have useful talks and credible guests on his free show. Far better than the $200 doctor appt covered mostly by insurance pushing us to take drugs.
@@msabo31Actually you're incorrect. Most diseases and issues are caused by demonic energy but convincing someone who doesn't know the truth is a complete waste of time.
My attn span is especially helped by 2x-ing the speed of the talk and limiting my time to learn. The info is rich, so just bring it up to speed with your speed-racer mind. YT Red is with every cent imo for the purposes of working with my mind. Sometimes I change the speed, and it engages my mind in a new way. If you don’t want to listen to it: assessing function of mthfr & cmt genes are important. At very little cost, start taking chlorella tablets a few times per day to detox metals There are other ways to detox metals, but this one is relatively cheap and mild I found minerals were important to look at, personally. There’s no short list, bc every body is different. Reducing food dyes, additives, colors & corn syrup is very helpful. Self-test for food allergies, and be honest with yourself by way of journaling results. Gut micro biome is it’s own whole field of medicine, so this is a cliffs notes version 😻
The crux of the problem with ADHD is everyone thinks taking stimulants is cheating/shameful and that you just want to get high, even the psychiatrists. I’ve stopped being nice about it
In my case drugs have been recommended. I chose to use diet and exercise. I found a natural high on so many levels including management of ADD. Only recently have I seen science catching up to stop pushing drugs for every. If you have had medical care practitioners recommending lifestyle changes first, they are dedicated to trearing the whole body vs one condition with drugs that come with secondary side effects.
One issue with stimulants is that parents who turn to them think they're the only answer, focusing on the dose while their child is simply just suffering with celiac disease or some other important factor. Stimulants are okay as long as they don't cause you to neglect a root issue.
Psychedelics and psilocybin in general are just amazing with so many health benefits. Psilocybin treatment actually saved me from ADHD. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
ADHD symptoms can also be indicative of a brain lesion. Please get all children with add adhd symptoms tested with a brain scan....my daughter had a glialblastoma brain tumour which killed her at age 33. They figured she had this tumour which was growing pretty slowly since she was very young. Maybe things would have been better for her had it been detected early.
Good and interesting point. My sister’s husband had that brain tumor, and died at age 37. They said it could’ve been growing in there for a very long time. It was inoperable. I say interesting, because he had a learning disability, and could barely read. We believe his mother helped him through school, and hid his learning problems, which may have been due to ADHD, as well.
This is a very neurotypical outlook on ADHD. Unfortunately, they don't understand *why* people with ADHD can be successful. It's not external influence that causes it. In the right environment, ADHD people can thrive, yes. This is because they need a support system that can understand that they are born with a different set of tools than the average Joe, and their support circle also shows them and guides them on how to use it effectively. ADHD people fail when their support system fails to see eye to eye with their alternative experience, and treats them like they just need to "do better" - I.e. Make lists, set timers, exercise more, etc
Interesting video. Worth a second viewing. In the meantime, my personal two cents as an adult with ADHD and a therapist: 1. I started medication at age 30 (I'm now 54), and this has been a positive life changer in unexpected ways for me. Meds are prosthetics, like glasses for aiding poor vision. 2. My next big help was learning about the underlying neurobiological deficits in executive functions and related strategies to mitigate these. 3. Exercise/movement and cleaner nutrition are boons to me and are part of improving executive functions. 4. Mindfulness practices also help. 5. Treat any/all medical/biological/embodied problems holistically, avoiding the limiting binds of reductionism.
hi- i'm 55 and just been diagnosed with ADHD(inattentive type) and started titration process for Elvanse -can i ask if you have been on the same dose of your medication for many years -or does it need to be continually adjusted /changed around? thanks
I can really appreciate this video. Especially the story of the teacher who got diagnosed with ADHD and then still felt like maybe the diagnosis was wrong. I definitely get that feeling, like what if I'm making a big deal out of nothing and I really am just a lazy person who just needs to work harder and focus more? I know it sounds stupid, but I think almost anyone who gets diagnosed later in life can relate to that imposter feeling that you get along with the relief that it's not you so much as it is something that your body is doing that you have no control over. It's even worse when the people you've been surrounded by your whole life still make that opinion very clear. The situation where they're discussing the child who couldn't write kind of had me laughing. I remember very distinctly when I was learning how to write my letters, I believe it was when I was in kindergarten, I decided the letters that I was asked to write were boring so I added my own flair to them. I got in trouble for this and was told to stop trying to write in cursive. I tried to explain that I wasn't trying to write in cursive and that I didn't even know what it was, but that I was trying to make the letters pretty. They didn't believe me and just told me that I needed to stop and do it the way everyone else did. I still have samples of my writing from that time and it's not illegible, but I guess the little flicks and lines and loops that I added weren't exactly what was asked for. To my recollection I hated writing after that until I learned cursive.😂 I think the phrase, " this patient's ADHD completely went away" is misleading. I believe that we can change a lot to minimize the symptoms but it's never going away.
Ha, can't believe it! Your story goes to show how we can be misled, indeed, by the "spirit" of our time. fashion, even in medicine or education. great people before us actually had to be inventive (to say the least) to help kids that struggled in school, before even having therapy or books of pedagogy. also, i recall how frilly cursive writing was a sign of high education and privileged social status! I hope you have a good life now, where you learnt to find a place worthy of that brilliant kid inside you!
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
@@Thyramine I suggest you read Trapfethen's replies under Paul Kent, who will be better able to explain this study to you. It went something like this: people who are ADHD AND gluten intolerant become much worse if they do not adhere to diet; so naturally they are much better if they do adhere. But ADHD is a deformation of the brain (and this is really interesting) hence is not cured by exercise, gluten-free diet, etc. See above.
If our ADHD brains are structurally different how is that inflammation? I agree that a better diet is an adjunct to ADHD treatment like, good sleep and meditation are. Diet isn’t going to re-structure our brains back to normal, is it? And, maybe for some, because we’re all a bit different, diet will completely treat someone’s ADHD but for others it might simply help improve their ADHD symptoms.
@@svetavinogradova4243 - Oh, really??? Are you a neurologist? Probably not, just some bonehead who knows nothing about neuroscience. ADHD brains are, in fact, different, that is why we are called neuro divergent
If a diet treats a person’s adhd then they never had adhd in the first place. I changed my diet for the better and exercise and I still experience adhd symptoms. Dr Hyman is very ignorant about the causes of adhd and treating it as something that everyone has a little bit of (which is incorrect) and something that can be fixed with a better diet. He knows a lot about diet and nutrition and maybe he should stick with that. The way he talks about adhd here can actually be harmful dare I say.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I think this is great info. Thanks ! I guess that my partner has ADHD and RSD. He is 61. He lacks time management, loses things, procrastinates, over thinks, over talks and is a perfectionist. But he is not hyperactive. Doesn’t fidget. Can blurt out things & interrupt often but CAN often be a good listener. He CAN focus and he isn’t distracted once on task. He is overly sensitive-gets his feelings hurt so easily.
I myself am quite similar. The RSD is the worst of all my ADHD symptoms. This is the hardest to deal with. My 8 yr old boy however, is the kid that the teachers would like me to remove from school. He just can't be still or quiet. 😢
you can't imagine how helpful your sharing is! I now feel avenged at the rage and shock that took over me when my mum called dad "slow" for misunderstanding, confusing, mistaking, losing things. It's CPTSD, clear as day, but i never took these (apparently tiny) behaviour aspects into account! He's a great and highly skilled lathe operator and never once made a mistake! learning and attention never a problem, either. thank you again!
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
My hyperactivity manifests inward which is more common than people realize. I can't get my brain to every shut up and I'm often physically tense in the muscles. I was told both can be a way of my hyper activity showing up.
@@saraibloomquist4827 omg. well said. I cant get my BRAIN TO SHUT THE F UP. Its exhausting that's what it should be called. the brain won't shut up for a second disease. grrrr. I get so frustrated with my own brain!
I disagree with this view that ADHD is in our culture. Short attention span might be a trained reaction to social media in our culture, but that is a far cry from actual ADHD. In my experience as someone who lives with ADHD, our culture is quite contrary to the symptoms of ADHD and is typically not understood by someone who doesn't have it. There is nothing cultural about it.
I agree and I find so disrespectful this kind of comment "Oh, I have a little bit of it..." or "everyone has a little bit of ADHD or autism". Really??? Live in the shoes of those who actually have those conditions and then let me know if 1) it's not a real disorder 2) Severely impacted people can deal without medication. There is SOOOOOO much more to ADHD than just not being able to focus...
@@montycora I mean the reverse is true here too. Spend a day in "normal" people shoes and see how they struggle but have so many coping mechanisms that they use and took years of trying things to see what worked. I suffered for years but you would never know now because I had to change how I reacted to stressful people, events, my diet, fasting, calisthenics and walking as opposed to HIT, training my mind through puzzles and social events(this is like work for me). My spouse on the other hand thinks he is just different and can't be helped but honestly he hasn't tried one single thing. And he is not helping himself. I mean he might be right but how can he say that when he hasn't modified?
@@blueseptember2174 - This is not a contest to see who has a harder life. Being human is difficult, living in today's society is difficult. My point here is that they are dismissing the fact that ADHD is a real disorder and it is not something you can FIX with diet and exercise. Diet and exercise IMPROVE our problems, but won't make them go away. A good diet and exercise won't make me read a book, Ritalin will. Today is so cool to say that ADHD doesn't exist, everyone has a "bit of it" and it is just a matter of changing your diet and exercising. And if you take medication you are a junkie and you need to pull your shit together and get off those pills. Do you have to face that as a neurotypical person? Not to mention being called lazy or stupid because you can't focus or you procrastinate too much. So yeah, life is a struggle, but there are different struggles for different people and I don't think anyone should tell others what to do without walking their shoes in the first place and that is what they are doing in this video.
I am 58 and struggled with this my whole life. If I were not so motivated to succeed I would not even be getting by in the marginal manner that I am. Motivation only takes you so far. This video is bringing tears to my eyes. It's so hard not to give up.
My twin sons were diagnosed as adhd and seh. Adhd runs strongly on the dad’s part of the family. I was never diagnosed as adhd but it’s very strange that all my life I have had boundless energy and usually sleep only 4 hours a night. I am now 71 years old and still working. In order to stay organized I make notes to myself and make cheat sheets at work. This helps and at my age now the energy is a blessing. I stay away from junk food and try to restrict the sugar and carbs in my diet. If I can’t sleep I don’t worry about it. Reading, crossword puzzles, and meditation help too. I used to always tell my sons “it may be hard but you have to be functional in life.” That goes for me as well.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
He's 12 now and refuses to eat properly. And my husband, his dad, doesn't take it seriously with what we eat. He brings sweets home always. He is always hiding it and will bring it out when we are ending our day. We use to eat super healthy! My son knew the things he shouldn't eat and was well disciplined. Thats out the window!
I'm a new-grad psychiatric nurse practitioner, and cannot overstate how much ADHD is influenced by lifestyle, and diet is a huge piece in the puzzle. Excellent video, would recommend, thanks for sharing.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I am very thankful for all these informations. I am a brazilian lawyer and I am 42 y.o, trying my best. I really need the ritalin, but I am sure that nutrition, meditation and exercise is important to complete my treatment.
Yep, Liliam, COMPLETE is the operative word. Been doing keto for 3 years, but without Ritalin, it is just no good on its own. And I cannot meditate at all, so that is out of the equation...
This video is two years old. Coming out of an extremely emotionally abusive marriage and growing up with parents similar to the ex, I was diagnosed at 31 with ADD. I think it’s a trauma response. We tune out and use distractions to avoid the abuse. I’d love to see more research in this vein. I’ve yet to meet a person with ADHD that doesn’t have a toxic family of origin. Thanks for the great discussion!
I Think totally stable Families care a lot. They provide excercise, psychotherapy and probably medication to some point. Also those with adhd from stable Families have often way more stable emotional regulation. Still they can struggle with executive functioning.
“Genes load the gun but the environment pulls the trigger” this resonated big time for me. I am going to research psychiatric nutrition. My children and I have a commonality of seratonin/dopamine imbalance b vitamins folate mg. Prevention is key for us.
Adult ADHD symptoms may include: Impulsiveness. Disorganization and problems prioritizing. Poor time management skills. Problems focusing on a task. Trouble multitasking. Excessive activity or restlessness. Poor planning. Low frustration tolerance.
Video games are intensely stimulating and 'hyperfocus' is a myth. People with ADHD have difficulty attending to things that are not immediately stimulating and difficulty drawing ourselves away from thing that are immediately stimulating.
@@DrSpooglemon Hyperfocusing is not a myth whatsoever. And hyper focusing is exactly what u just mentioned. If a strong interest is found, off to the races we go. Should you want the best information on the planet about the subject, this is it: Dr. Daniel Amen's book Called - Healing ADD which can be found in any library system. Before he wrote the book back about 97 or so, he had 14,000 SPECT brain scans under his belt with decades of experience. One can find him in here also on the subject including his general Bio. If one wants the best, there it is, period. Educate yourself to a higher level of understanding this subject
@@ethimself5064 What people call 'hyperfocus' in ADHD is no different from distractability. Distractability is the inability to draw attention away from extraneous stimuli when the task at hand is not immediately stimulating. It is a matter of our attention being regulated externally by the environment rather than internally. To call one particular manifestation of that 'hyperfocus' make it sound like a gift. Makes it sound sexy. In reality is is nothing more than being TOTALLY distracted by something stimulating when there invariably is something more important that needs attending to. Speaking of which, I am 'hyperfocused' right now. ;)
I've listened to a little bit more than 16 minutes, and not one word about EXERCISE!!!! Yes, nutritions are importent, very importent, but so is EXERCISE. We were made to move. Walk, run, work physically. Not for sit all day at work, ride your car home and spend the evening in front of the TV. You can balance your stress level enormously with exercise, your serotonin, adrenaline, endorphines, dopamine, cortisol, and melatonin, all benefits of exercise, cardio exercise. Not running a Marathon, 30-45 minutes fast walking, hard breathing, three-four times a week. Just remember, 10 minutes, twice a week is MUCH better than no minute. That's the positive thing with this commitment to yourself. If you start in that corner also your insuline will start to help you balance your diet (if you can stay away from suger and other fast carbs for one or two weeks), veggies and protein (not necessarily from animals, that's up to every each person.) will be natural. There's just ONE major problem with this. As having ADHD I know too well how easy it is to say, to make plans, to decide. And how awfully difficult it is to follow through. On the other side, the nutrition program isn't easier to keep. I know that it can be seductively interesting to dive down into all inflammatory contra non-inflammatory stuff, which vitamine is good for this and that. But more difficult to stick with in the long run. Start with exercise, slow carbs and try to focus on these two things. Food will follow as your body, and brain, will tell you some, and you will feel better, think better and THAT is the moment for looking deeper in the huge lake of nutritions and theories. Been there, done that. Back to basics. I'm not miraculously "cured" 😂, but daily life works so much better. Especially my ability to handle stress, both external and the classic adult ADHD internal stress, the latter is much better. I don't think I am a unique person, we all have basically the same brains and bodies, the same hormone systems as humans had 10 000 years ago. Give that a chance to do what you were designed to. ❤️
I think there is a massive neurological component to ADHD as well because many times you also have tics and lots of physical signs as well. That is not from any environment. Not to mention the denial in families about other family members who also had this.
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My kids have been on the spectrum pretty much since toddlers & I have been asked to join every study, medication, I’ve been blamed for eating the wrong thing as a mom, not engaging my child enough, not giving my child enough fresh air, etc etc ….everything you can think of, but never have I heard they don’t have enough energy in their brain or HOW to help that!!!! I appreciate your conversation ❤ this is gold! How would I know what testing to ask the pediatrician to do? Heavy metal? Not sure she would do that just by a request. Really appreciate this conversation & information.
Dr Natasha McBride wrote a book called gut and psychology and the GAPS diet came from that. She cured her son of autism and runs an autism clinic in the UK and I think has quite a few videos on UA-cam. It might be useful for you. My friend has cured his schizophrenia with gluten sugar dairy free diet and Niacin, NAC and Lithium OROTATE which is an amazing supplement described by Dr John Gray in a video. It is calming and balancing for many conditions. Namaste 🙏💜🙏
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
I greatly appreciate this video. What is difficult is to find doctors like this in my area. Also, most functional doctors (that are out of state) do not take insurance. Many of these tests are also not covered by insurance (my son's food allergy testing was around $500 out of pocket). I wish these doctors would post a list of test and protocols that people could take to their primary care physician that would be willing to work in a more functional mindset. I am willing to work hard (aka change environment) and pay to overcome these problems, but I wish it wasn't so expensive and hard to do it. Let's face it: Human behavior keep doing what's it doing (eating poorly and not changing environment) because it's easier than making changes. Seems like the health care (aka sick care) system and people mind's need some resetting (including mine).
@@teresadougherty8722 Yes! It worked for me. I started keto just to lose weight and somewhere in there on my way from chubby to skinny I was suddenly able to sit down and do my work, no prob Bob. My marriage has also improved a lot as my emotions are much more under control. Also the PMDD I’d had since I was a teenager is gone. I was a hardcore vegan for over a decade but it didn’t help. Keto did.
I have severe ADHD but stopped taking meds at age 16. Glad I did. I just figured out ways to manage it. Smart phone helps a lot. I do take a lot of breaks at work though 😄 also low carb helps. Minimalism is a good coping strategy - the less stuff / details you have to deal with the less distraction you have and easier to stay on track.
This is such an important topic for everyone listening. Interesting to share I am exploring if I should take medicine. I am 56 years old with an auditory processing disorder and it's been so difficult but I also know I have all the symptoms of ADHD I am a bit concerned about taking meds but I feel exhausted with all the symptoms of Auditory Processing Disorder and ADHD. I am convincing myself to take medicine I am working with a Psychrists now exploring what is the best treatment for myself but now I am listening to this channel and the experts and now I am wondering if I should consider to take meds for the Adhd symptoms and I do suffer from depression and anxiety since I was a young child but I was never evaluated until I was 24 for the auditory processing disorder thank you for the insight shared in this channel
The high protein, vegetable based diet does help. I tried it at my doctor's suggestion. I never heard of it as something for ADHD until today. The diet did make a difference.
So meat and veggies? I looked into plant based alternatives a little, but it doesn't seem I can reasonably get the protein I should... So you're saying that it helped with your adhd?
@@leo.nordmann - Try keto! It has not removed my need for medication, but it has improved several other aspects. But the keto needs to be above 2mmol to work, below that won't scratch the surface.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
Thing that dropped my symptoms - adrenal support through a naturepath. I really only felt right when I was completely obsessed with a subject or did extreme amounts of yardwork. The adrenal supplement (desiccated cow adrenals) made a huge difference. I could focus without the complete tunnel vision and my memory got so much better. I'm only a month out but a lot of my symptoms were adrenal fatigue. Oh and I'm down to 1 pot of coffee a day from 3 and lost 14lbs. Why was it so quick?
I'm glad you studied this to figure out the functioning of the other brains in the body. I'm going to research this now because of your comment so much thanks!
Yes. I have adrenal fatigue which leads to executive dysfunction. It's a disaster when my body breaks down and gets to that point. People prone to burnout easily get there.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
We're primates and we need to frolic and play, we're not meant to sit in a building from 3 to 18 in box without nature stimulation. I didn't get diagnosed until 48. It was such an eyeopener. I haven't been able to hold down a job my entire life. I quit school in 7th grade bc I couldn't take being trapped in the building. It caused me horrible anxiety. On top of it I was able to learn the lesson the first day and then we would spend the rest of the week going over the same thing.
You also sound like you are least higher than average intelligence - those are the folks who get bored easily. They learn things much more quickly than the average person and get bored with the repetitiveness which is how most schools do education. I'd love to know what percentage of those diagnosed with ADHD have genius level I.Q.s.
I believe this so much. Mental illness and disorders run heavy in my family, so does poor gut health and poor diet. I feel so much better in every way when I'm on top of my nutrition. Funny thing is my adhd gets in the way of being consistent but over the years I've made huge improvements!
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
The moment I heard " it's like pouring water and gasoline on a fire", is the moment I realized what I have been doing for the last couple of years since my ADULT ADHD diagnosis. This quote made me realize something. Thank you.
I truly wish the testing for functional/holistic health was not so expensive. We know we need naturally minded help, but the cost is too much. We found an awesome practitioner, but I cannot afford $400 an hour for each person, plus testing and supplements regularly (and appointments every 3 months) We were high in mercury or arsenic. My poor husband couldn't even go bc of the cost and he let our daughter and I go, and I couldn't even continue care. I truly wish we could make sure the good guys make enough, and still let us little people be able to afford it. (its not that I'm not willing to spend money, i've spent YEARS and THOUSANDS on trying o figure out my issue and finally last year ADHD was my diagnosis at 38, and now we're spent...quite literally.)
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I had to quit watching when he said "I have a little ADHD. I can read an entire book without getting distracted but I get distracted sometimes." Soooo you don't know what ADHD is.
Just know that , the labels helps us get the right helps you remove that and we continue to struggle with adhd being taken serious. It is absolutely disruptive and impairing
Great info guys. Thank so much for sharing. Going to impliment your dietary suggestions on our whole family, looking forward to see the improvements on our 10 year old daughter who has been suffering from severe ADHD since she was 4.
Hearing you people joke about ADHD in the 1st minute was extremely disheartening. Especially since I've spent most of my adult life homeless, bouncing from job to job. Never done drugs, I dont even take modern medicine. I don't drink or smoke. I really believe I am cursed with bad luck. I am currently homeless with a preteen trying to figure out how to fix our life because I just recently remembered I had ADHD. I was diagnosed at 5yrs old, and stopped taking medication at 15. So it completely slipped my mind. Relearning what this means for me and how we got here and how I can improve for my kid. Seeing you guys make lite of it is really discouraging.
I almost stopped watching, but against my impulse to write you off I stayed, because I love research and true research involves listening to all sides in order to discern the facts. I'm glad I didn't since I never heard that ADHD and other mental illness connected to inflammation in the brain. This gives me something to focus my research into. I always thought it was strange something like epilepsy and autism could be improved by changing the diet but not other mental illnesses.
Environment and diet do play a role but the brain is wired differently. Stimulants affect ADHDers differently. It’s a clear sign the medication has an atypical effect on them. They do help.
@@montycora Try a high water fruit fast, do it for 30 days. Or juice fast. Or 7 day water fast with wildcrafted seamoss. See what happens if u undergo these protocol.
@@jendayiKa yeah I'm pretty sure we'll still gonna have some adhd. I guess the world renowned leading psychiatrist on adhd would be aware of the treatment based on watermelon, instead of stimulants.
Relateable. I procrastinated all week. Feeling bad about myself, I went out to the bar, then i came home and got everything done in a couple hours that i was putting off with a little buzz going. Must have upped my dopamine.
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I’m 37 and getting my results tomorrow for my adhd diagnosis. I always thought I had it. School was a very difficult time. But once I was done with high school I went straight into carpentry. So didn’t really think about it until a couple months ago when I listened to a podcast (not adhd related just 1 random episode out of hundreds that they talked about their diagnosis) and thought I could really relate. Then I looked into what it actually was and was thinking how did no one know after all the parent teacher or parent principal or parent counselor conferences every year. Anyways, I’ve always been pretty healthy. I love the gym and lifting weights, I love the physical demand of my job, and I try to eat pretty healthy. But even when I did 45 min to a hour of yoga before and after a hour and a half gym session with 30 minutes of meditation. As well as a clean diet with 0 processed sugar I would still find it hard to hold concentration during conversations with people or focus on anything for long periods of time without my mind wondering off to other places. I would say with great amounts of physical exercise and a very good “diet” it reduced my adhd issues by maybe 30% and made me feel more grounded. But some things just can’t be helped by exercise and nutrition. I needed to change habits and create unique “hacks” so I wouldn’t lose things or lose track of time, and even to keep a conversation going without people saying “you didn’t hear a word I said did you” or “what are you talking about? I didn’t say anything about that. Are you even listening?”
The micro biome is so incredibly important. I suffered from what they called obsessive defiance disorder since I was a kid until around age 33 which is borderline adhd some of the same issues and also have fibromyalgia just a constant pain in my whole body and testicular penile and pain in my groin area i eventually became so sick I couldn’t no longer function over time I became extremely allergic to mold and dogs and wood dust and my life was absolutely miserable I hated being alive it was so painful. My sister led me to diet and detox and later to detoxing and fasting and I fasted from all wheats for a week and nearly all my symptoms started to disappear. I had sever chronic inflammatory response syndrome and leaky gut etc the list of ailments was so long some of my my teeth started to decay and I finally realized my gut was so compromised I wasn’t able to absorb many of the vitamins and minerals I was eating so now I detox regularly and can only eat limited amounts of organic whole grain bread and only natural sugars etc but at age 34 for the first time in my life I felt like the person I really am. Emotional roller coaster because I lost this anger that came from mold exposure and eating wheat which I’ve learned im allergic to. I still have fibromyalgia but it’s become bearable and manageable I no longer take any medication except allergy medicines and ibuprofen and regularly clean my sinuses . Something still affects me I have yet to discover or am missing out on something I’m not getting in my diet I can’t seem to figure it out but at least my inflammatory pains are nearly gone and my anxiety is nearly non existent unless I work in a moldy home or high in dust. I suffered from intense migraines and now occasionally get a mild one. It’s amazing to even be where I’m at it connected me spiritually on a new level where before I was deaf to God. Now my step daughter is dealing with similar issues more along the lines of adhd but also experience hormonal issues and strange bleeding she bleed from her breasts and have done many scans and brain scans and can’t find anything so I believe she’s suffering from inflammation in her sinuses and finally brain causing her pituitary gland to compress and causing this very abnormal bleeding to occur and her starting period to be abnormal and intermittent she’s 12 it’s caused her life to fall apart she can’t manage school and has been doing it from a computer but even then she’s so all over the place she can’t focus and struggles to do simple assignments. I don’t know where to start she has a sinus issue since birth her ear canals are small her tubes failed and has chronic ear infections which we can’t get under control she’s allergic to penicillins and I’m trying to get her mom to recognize inflammation as the culprit why she has been frantically searching for cancers etc I can see the issue or part of it. How do I get someone in denial to change her diet when she doesn’t even acknowledge my triumph and tribulations? The bleeding started the same day she started these time released amphetamine salt which I advised against because of her high inflammatory symptoms now she’s not taking the medicine anymore she still continues to bleed off and on to the point the school will send her home because her shirt is saturated with blood more pink then only blood high in prolactin. Otherwise she’s healthy but I’m at a loss because her mom wants to get her back on regular adderol instead of changing her diet she continues to feed her the worst foods possible for someone like me. Ramen noodle cheap waffles etc. she will allow her to skip family healthy meals and eat cheap processed wheat soups etc. I’m at a loss and I feel I’ve studied more on this issue then any doctor she’s been to they all don’t have a clue and just do a scan send her home and nothing. I tell her she needs to focus on the ear infection she completely discredits that as a cause so she will get antibiotics and not give them to her and I work so I am not always here to make sure she follows the prescription which she routinely never gives them to her.
I'd say that you can maybe ask to give it a test run, there will be nothing to lose... For 6 weeks, clean up the diet and see how she reacts. If nothing changes, then okay, the mom can continue as she was (but we all know that won't be the case) - but it has to be 100%. No junk in the household for those 6 weeks, everyone needs to be on board. Maybe even come at it from the angle of "If the environment suffers from pollution, why wouldn't our bodies?" We have lived all these years without all these harmful foods, and now recently we are eating them in excess. Kids are the most susceptible because they are in the developmental stage. On another note, I also have fibromialgia and had sinusitis for a long time. I got rid of it by getting rid of commercial shampoos, conditioners, detergents. Apparently I was allergic to all of those things as well. So be aware to all the things that come in contact with your body on a daily basis (not just food).
@@hannagabrielle3325 that’s a good idea thank you for your response I’ve never really thought to look there. I’ve always had sinusitis also. It’s gotten so much better but something definitely is still bothering me. I took testing for a very limited allergic reaction panel and dust mites was one I’ve just attributed it to the environment for fibromyalgia and sinus issues but I’m so sensitive to cheap wheats why not something else I’ve never been able to make the connection to.
Jordon Petersons daughter figured out herself her issues, meat ..I f I remember correctly and changed her life her dad tried it and it changed his… this may be an answer for more than one person. He didn’t have issues like her but it changed how he felt and healed him.
@@hannagabrielle3325 Re fibromyalgia what set mine off was sensitivities to preservatives eg calcium proprionate (282) in bread together with other chemicals. Recently I experienced fibromyalgia after many years this time it was related to malabsorption of nutrients. Once I started supplementing in high doses my fibromyalgia body pain disappeared. I was already eating low carb healthy food but I was not absorbing the nutrients due to poor gut microbiome which was destroyed by long term antibiotic use.
We all know most of what was talked about in this video - but this video is so elegant and comprehensive, and puts it all together in a way that is compelling.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
This discussion is life changing. I must now find professionals in Manhattan who can care for children with ADHD. I am an acupuncturist and have patients with children who have such manic behavior that it is like watching a cartoon character doing tumbles and crashes. This is a vital resource for referrals to professionals who can literally save families who do not know what to do or who to see.
I have done the elimination, meditation, take a multitude of suppliments and I am no different. I also now have a lupus diagnosis on top of the ADHD, which with the chronic fatigue is making my ADHD worse.
@8:55 We do know the cause though. Parts of the brain are smaller, less neurotransmitter receptors. Infact, we know the why so well we know why stimulants help.
Thank you so much for this podcast this was the most insightful out of all the videos I've watched. I was thinking about getting medication but i will try to eliminate the foods mentioned and add omega 3s B D vitamins zinc magnesium to see how i feel for at least a month. I'm almost 40 years of age and its been so hard I feel like a failure as I can't get anything done.
“I have not failed 10,000 times-I've successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.” ~Thomas Edison If we’re still breathing, God is still helping us figure things out. He’s still healing us from the inside out. He’s still revealing more & more. THE BEST meals are SLOW-COOKED. Slow is not bad, to take longer is not bad…for GOD to take His time with some of us more than others means we actually have a more important purpose. Can’t be rushed… So, He built-in the need for us to LEARN how to SLOW DOWN, & we also learn over time to actually appreciate getting to breathe & RELAX more & more. Where is all the pressure really coming from?? If “it” is not from God, then it’s of no eternal consequence & isn’t as crucial as you think. I pray Our Good Lord Jesus shows you who you really are in Him - a masterpiece! May He bless you with patience for yourself that will never run out. 🔥💥💚 ~1 Corinthians 12 NLT & MSG~ God bless! 🦋
Do it for more than a month! Also-Take the good vit Bs and the good magnesium. Research this. Cut out all sugar and most grains. Don’t drink at all, don’t smoke weed. You will feel like a new person!!
I heard so much of my own story in their discussion. How does one find a doctor who approaches things this way?? My doc is pretty run-of-the-mill mainstream and uninspired. I chose him because he has a good reputation in the community and he's a DO, which I thought would mean he's more holistic. Sure, he's a nice guy, personable, doesn't rush. But he runs the basic blood work, tells me to eat less and exercise more, and throws pills at me. I ask him about tests, he says I don't need them. I asked about nutrition, he referred me to a dietitian who still pushes the 1980s FDA food pyramid. I asked about low carb, he says a calorie is a calorie. I ask him about supplements I'm hearing about all over the place and often he's never even heard of them. I tell him about things I read and hear and he's a little dismissive because I'm getting it from YT and the internet. I heard a lot of my own story in this talk. Mid 50s now, diagnosed ADHD almost 30 years ago, I'm not in ruins but my executive function is wobbly on my best days. I struggle every day to manage the bare basics more than anyone I know, and I fail at important stuff on the regular. I had severe eczema as a kid, asthma, food and environmental allergies, and all the classic ADHD indicators from toddlerhood onward. I am stressed and overwhelmed every day even as I deliberately take on less and less. This shows in my BP and metabolic numbers. A tenth of a point away from prediabetes and obvious signs of insulin resistance. I try to learn all I can and am very careful with my diet. I want to find and address root causes, not just throw pills at symptoms. But without a doctor who's onboard with this philosophy, I feel like I'm shooting in the dark. Is there some listing of modern, progressive thinking doctors like this? Can people interview a doctor before pouring time and money into an appointment? Do I just keep asking around? Or maybe I need to apply to med school? I really want to do better but am at a loss for how!
@@DrewJmsn oh definitely here! where do i begin? haha! just yesterday i mentioned to someone how lucky i am to have a doctor who accepts my "like" for natural remedies in disfavour of industrial chemicals, and not for not trying! the closest i got to justifying this, through research of my own, is the possibility of me being "a bit" of an Aspie. if the label is what my doctor needs, he said nothing of it, but i appreciate him for accepting me as i am. can't say the same for most doctors i had to deal with, some bringing me to a worse condition or close to my end even, on several occasions. it may sound like i'm making light of it, but it took a tonne of mental work and physical recovery, i have to say... Moreover, recently i had the surprise of hearing a doctor say (when i asked one why they are such unhappy people and faulty life partners) that their dignity and position don't let them be looked down on by other social categories. Well, i still find it hard to fully grasp that, to say the least! guess i'm still in disbelief/ denial :)) A saying comes to mind now, i heard it after getting burnt several times- Don't go to the praised tree with a sack . Fame precedes the actual professional, don't expect too much! but that's why you go there, to ask for help! Something else that caught my eye in your comment was the recollection of someone saying they wanted to enroll in med school (at 50yo) so they could self medicate, since doctors are just a big risk nowadays. Few of the doctors i know or heard of are willing to do research on the side. truth be told, after so many years of study, it must be tiring. nonetheless, i believe one should follow a path in life they can invest in and sustain, right? what goes around comes around, after all. mess people's lives up, don't expect to live untouched, praised doctor or not. getting back to my doctor (whom i don't see much of, thank god) says everything you eat makes you grow, no use in dieting. or...eat eggs until you feel your body wants no eggs (as for eating 1egg/ week). or...he hugs his patients tightly and pays them sudden loud compliments to measure general wellbeing, tonus etc or see about their mental sharpness and overall mood. Treatments? he makes them sound like temporary food you need to take- he once said "love, what do you mean the endocrinologist gave you this med for a lifetime? it won't be made for as long as you'll live, with all the walking you do and "weeds" you eat". He even hires other doctors like him and i can say they are quite busy and sought after. People like him are precious and don't come in great numbers, it's a lottery. by now, having met and worked closely with so many doctors (at my job)for almost 20 years, i can say that looking at their partners and kids is a good assessment tool. they can't hide forever who they truly are and what they believe in, right? and if there's no way of telling, then go for the one you hear spends most time with a patient during consultations and who isn't the most famous or busiest.
@@DrewJmsn so basically thank you for voicing some of the fears, concerns and needs more of us might have. For ourselves or our beloved. It is brave and responsible of you, and you make it look more like an act of social involvement rather than distrust in the medical practice
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
Glad I found this… I have JUST STARTED getting my diet right again. I noticed since I stopped eating chicken daily pretty much, my whole system has malfunctions! My adhd really became more prominent I know realise. Food is life 😊
@@shelleynowwilson I agree with you. However, he does compartmentalize this condition rather than as a disorder in terms of brain neurology remarkably. I do not necessarily agree with all the meds that he recommends, but he also does go indepth about different tools you can use (like a brain map tool) to combat ADHD as an adult, or teaching parents and teachers preventative methods and guidance to help children to prevent from further struggles they will have as adults. I think that its important for doctors with different opinions to sit together and discuss what they can agree or disagree on to meet in the middle for our best health outcomes.
@@montycora yeah, what a crazy idea... Treat an actual physical neurodeficit with pharmaceuticals that resolve the deficits. Who woulda thought that giving medicines that treat the specific deficits have measurable benefits? This whole attitude that is a diet issue just pisses me off.
I was always being called out since 1st first grade My mother constantly have received calls saying that i wasnt paying attention. I was very shy and timid. When i grew up we never knew about this. We grew up in the 70's and i think our food was fine I wish they knew about this when I was young because it affected me learning in school. I went to Catholic school and i just got pushed through. I really hated school. If it wasnt for my parents i would of dropped out I have a high school but i always struggled with school. Also my ex has it probably just as bad as me Thankfully i got my daughter dignosed and medicated and she was a honor student and was able to go to college. So it obviously got passed down to my daughter and she had double whammy
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
The most crippling symptom of adhd is the lack of self-talk commentary which keeps people on task. This play-by-play gets interrupted by stimuli so often that a minor task takes forever. If I’m lacking commentary then I think in terms of a given task having a signature beat and rhythm. The flow of a thing is most important for task completion.
@@rebeccaalam9261 self-talk is your inner voice that keeps you on task. I personally need to talk myself through a task or I’m screwed. “Now I’m cleaning the dish, getting the edges, now the back” “Loading it in the washer, have 4 more dishes, then I’m finished” Sometimes I make a stupid song out of it... Otherwise the brain jumps ahead to what’s next to explore which leads you off to whatever feels good and nothing was finished.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
@@base99498 I didn't check the replies before I wrote my reply. You brought up dishes lol. When I think as you do when doing dishes, it annoys me, and I struggle to do them! So, it's not weird or crazy to talk yourself through stuff in this manner? I thought I was adding to my mental burnout/exhaustion doing this...
Unfortunately, a lot of credibility of speakers goes right out the window when they open with something not fact checked. The opening statement that "10% of children" in the US are on ADHD medication is 300% wrong. Five percent have ADHD; about 60% receive medication. That's actually about 3%. Since ADHD is a complex situation involving epigenetics and extensive care and management, to distort the role of the medication component is not helpful. 80%+ relief of significant distress and symptoms remains accurate. It gives a place to start at a minimum--the brain/attention support to comply with the other changes the student needs to not just embrace, but ACTUALLY PERFORM. 70% for ritalin, 70% for adderall (and their time release equivalents). That one of them will work, but not the other, after trying and adjusting dosage with good doctors, brings the help these medicines give to families in the range of 85%. The science and safety of stimulant medication isn't arguable anymore. And approximately "How much better is the medicine that other approaches without using it?" Good question. The medicine works better by a factor of three than all other known interventions/managements. It gives room makes the other changes, and sooner, so the brain has a chance to catch up with challenges. By "brain," of course, I mean "human being who is suffering." Fact check any statement above. Yes, all supportive and attitudinal care, counseling, and adjustments play a huge role. Wheelchair first when legs don't work. *It doesn't start* with a pep talk to someone on the ground.
We need to diagnose people with Lack Of Acceptance Disorder, because neurodivergent people LOVE everyone to be exactly the same. If you're different you're fucking incompetent and need improvement which is TOXIC
It is 100% not a "different type of brain." ADD is caused by a consistent lack of nutrients and minerals to the brain, usually caused by an excess of processed carbs and sugar. The gut is almost always involved bc processed carbs and sugar causes gut damage which disallows the body to absorb nutrition and properly allocate to the brain. Wish these doctors would have gone into serious detail about this issue. What is even the point of discussing a topic when the main issues aren't even disclosed??
I enjoyed learning from this video but I found Dr. Hyman talking over the other Dr. Who was actually the reason I watched this video. I really wanted to hear more from the other Dr.
Okay, so clearly inflammation affects the brain and brings out ADHD symptoms, but what about when your diet is perfect but environmental factors affect your symptoms and aren't able to be changed so easily? Ex, living conditions, working conditions?
I think you still have to find ways to process oxidative stress better. There is no such thing as a perfect diet and we all respond differently to different foods. For some of us healthy foods cause stressload on our body we can't process well. Also if we don't exercise nothing can be processed through the body well at all. Thats why cardio is one of the best things for ADHD. If our body is not efficiently processing stressors in the body, things producing oxidative stress in the cells, then we get worse. But you can't say my diet is perfect and my cells arenot under stress from it. How can you know that? Some people literally can not consume vegetables and have to go on a carnivore diet because we are all set up differently. No perfect diet....
Maybe you have food sensitivities that you don’t realize. My friend had testing done and she can’t eat watermelon or fermented foods. You would think those are good for you but not her.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I have adhd and was retired when i was 48, because i am unable to have a job. Was diagnosed at age 39. I really tried, and loved to work, at least in my younger years..... The last years, my symptoms increased and became so worse, and I burned out, several times. The last time, i didnt recover and I got a cronic brain damage. The medicin dont help enough..
Love this! Thank you for this and for Good Dr.'s doing these podcasts. The teacher's need to be educated about this because they are the ones doing the diagnosing and then telling the parents they have all of these problems but they are wrong and that is why there was such an explosion of parents going in and saying my child has ADD or ADHD and they were all automatically put on medication that was not correct at all. I know I watched it happen.
And self regulation is key for every body. It may be harder to archive for some than for others, but it is key in growing up and having a fullfilling life.
My daughter was born in 1985. She was the only baby in the nursery who didn't sleep. Of course she slept, but not much. She had a reputation at 2 days old as the baby who didn't sleep. She was a good baby. At 11 months she ran a fever , that being the only symptom. Her personality changed a little. She was diagnosed adhd at 8. She had memory deficits. She was hell on wheels. At 35 she is one of the most organized people i know. She refused medication and will rarely take any as an adult. So, do you think she was born adhd?
She was and is normal. What was abnormal is that you gave up on her before her 11 months, dumping her at nursery. Even chimps are kinder to their kids.
I am almost 48, and have tried all my life to work harder, Its so soul destroying to hear you are lazy, or Stephen is a clever kid but he just needs to work harder. I learned no matter how hard I try I just cant meet what is asked of me. Now if I come across a difficult read at uni I just crash into a spiral of dispair.
I was diagnosed with "an attention deficit disorder when 12 yrs. old, in 1982, before AD(H)D was much of a thing. It has ruled (and in some cases) imploded parts of my life, relationships. But I never ate junk food. So while I agree the sugary breakfast foods aren't healthy, they certainlly dis ' cause it,
I took an adhd test when i went back to college after having my twins in my early 30s. You wouldnt believe the amount of tests that i had to complete to qualify for medication. It opened up a whole new world of creativity for me. I wish that i had tested sooner. I don't believe that its given out willy/nilly.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I thought of It as a traIn track where I walk on the wIde road for an hour to get somewhere socIfIc and when I'm nearly there the raIL bars go down for the traIn and I keep waItIng and waItIng for the traIn but the bars remaIn down and I can't get to the other sIde so I Just stand there wonderIng what the fck happened I hope that makes sense
I am an advocate for the correct medication to be available when necessary. Autistics that I've observed during my 40 years can dysregulate, physically or emotionally. This means that stress has consumed the autistics emotional mind. It is reacting as if it's life and death. This really needs understanding. Even though I as an autistic from a generally selfish and resistant to developing thought patterns, I have created many different thought patterns to understand, empathize, create equity between different intensity of emotions, etc. I'm very statistically, economically, and interested in safety for others. Maybe we dysregulate and cause our own problems. When this affects others especially neurotypicals I think better understanding of ADHD, Autism, and stimulants and the true functions of dopamine within the neurological system. At least 22 neurological circuits are Dopaminergic. Dopamine does not directly give AuDHD folks a "high". Like myself, we suffer from ASD as children and parents that defend their impulsive and overreactions as justified because they "felt" that way. We all need dopamine for the prefrontal cortex. This is the region of every human brain in which fine control is gained and skills and training are developed over time. Being an unregulated unrestricted emotional mind is not a personality. This is causing economic externalities that nobody seems to care to address besides more pressure on already out of control people. It's not "crazy", anybody can have neurotransmitter deficiency for some reason. It's better to have the ability to exhert control on the emotional mind which is prone to explosive emotional outbursts and vengeance, not understanding the results of their actions until to late. They're of course responsible, but at least begin to meet us halfway or any percent, please? Sure you can't see our values, but deprivation of a valuable neurotransmitter isn't helping any autistics maintain their health and control. This also causes the autistic burnout, which is very real. Yes, what we do is just as easy but some of our physiology is consuming more neurotransmitters than a neurotypical. Then a autistic will look very desperate and over express emotions. This stems from the prefrontal cortex being dormant and probably even speech is impaired at a dramatic level. So i can very clearly state, ADHD and Autism aren't "mental disorders". It's not even reasonable to infer 99% of the public doesn't have either 9r even both. Everyone certainly knows what we look like and act like, avoiding us in every respect in society. I think we can self diagnose just fine both ADHD and Autism. I mean if youre just nothing but impulsive thoughts, memory recollection and encoding, highly reactive and defensive, prone to explosively physically defending personal boundaries (which are constantly crossed in public, with the statement "you have to take it and deal eith it!") There's a limit and we all have it, then we are in concern for safety due to a perception of life or death even when its just regular subtle American hazing and abuse of a disabled person ehich is shamed to identify openly. So just accepting the consequences is more cognitively congruent. Plus that terrible insecure nature is just unrelenting and unsurvivable to those around Autistics. Even i was able to hold it back. Sure it causes self hatred but now at least other people's mental health isn't in constant peril. Both amphetamine and methamphetamine should be available. Sure, excitotoxicity is possible. The "psychosis" is when a stimulant user that needs the medication are suddenly out of it, prefrontal cortex loses control and unrestricted, unregulated emotional needs overcome the sufferer. These are like OCD behavior and the person will compulsively address these emotional desires. This can get very intense with feeling hunger and compulsive overeating, compusivr thefts aka kleptomaniac behavior, hoarding food items, probably hoading in general. We can and will be allowed to describe our symptoms. A doctor doesnt care and has zero responsibility to address "mental health disorders" due to Autism and ADHD being minimized as if zero control of impulse and physically dormant neurological structures necessary for discreet dunctions are lost most of the time permanently. Then emotions cant be internally redirected into positive actions and then everything is destructive. The anxiety from low dopamine is a self preservation mechanism to increase wakefulness but causes worse problems. If you have none of the normal neurotransmitters you use adrenaline, norepinephrine, etc. Just makig everything a inperitive life or death situation but juat so the person is able to complete a task before the adrenaline wears off. Then cardiac and circulation issues. Neuropathy, sensory processing disorders and delays. Etc.
Super fat and very exciting net hear. Both my daughter and I have ADD. We board in Denmark. But where is it just so sad that we do not get such tests at all where they go to the bottom and find the exact problems. We just take the test also find the medications that help as best as possible. Denmark could learn so much from you.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
There are entire generations of women , adult women who were failed. Girls were very unlikely to be diagnosed and treated for ADHD because symptoms and girls are different than symptoms and boys. Studies found that girls actually get worse while boys get better. as a 44 year old woman who has struggled all through my life in so many different aspects. I don’t even know how to begin getting a proper diagnosis. I just know that it’s bad. Im so tired of finding psychiatrist, who treat or specialize in ADHD, but only see children rather than adults who really really need help. hope this changes because if you’re like me, it’s very hard to think of even going on in this life like this.
I forgot that I had adhd because i didn't like taking ritalin and stopped taking it, and my mom thought it was a made up thing. Then I lived my life until a few years ago where I realized I was self medicating and that I actually was dealing with the symptoms of adhd like all of them. And thinking I was crazy or that there was something wrong with me. The worst part is that there's no compassion in life when you have it and the most obvious things that should be common sense that I forget or mess up and being mocked or the utter disbelief from people when I say I forgot, or I don't know why I didn't do this or that or what am I doing. It's a shitty way to go through life and not knowing what's wrong with me because it was swept under the rug. All i needed was maybe some medication and counseling and I probably would have been mostly ok. But medication is definitely not the end all be all solution.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
For me it was age. It's like I fought so hard for so long that although I'm tired, I can cope enough to be almost normal. I feel what you're saying. My whole life I've been treated as though I were terribly stupid. It was because I'd forget very simple things or what I refer to as my brain stalling out. I'll be working my way through a thought and then suddenly it freezes in my head. It's like the last few pieces of that thought keep replaying but I can't move past it. I'm not stupid. I'm not lazy. I'm an ambitious female engineer and math tutor but if you ask my past coworkers, they'd probably tell you I was a complete dimwit.
At 43 I’ve just come to the realisation that I most probably have adhd and I find it refreshing as it’s the missing piece to the puzzle of all my struggles from as early as I can remember. I also acknowledge that a lot of my issues are due to childhood trauma from internal and external experiences. At times in my past I’ve actually unknowingly found great ways to live with it but generally this will decline over 6 months.
Also I had ear infections from an early age and it was treated with antibiotics up until my teens. Definitely need to work on my healthy gut diet again. Did a Candida diet in my late 20’s for an 8 month period and I never felt better. Still had adhd symptoms but I had a massive decrease in depression and anxiety.
... diagnosed at 40?? I WISH! lol I wasn't until I was 52!! (57 now) & now a little better (I am managing it better now that I am learning) but I lost a 100 jobs when I was young. In the 80's it took 5 mins to get a job for me. but everyone would fire me eventually. it went on for a decade. I HAVE NO EDUCATION. LEARNT NOTHING IN SCHOOL.. My highest mark was 50% or maybe 51%? was suspended constantly. ALWAYS in some kind of trouble at school. I couldn't sit still. Fell into full blown addiction and sobered up as a adult. Life has always been hard. I am just STARTING to get short brief glimpse's of peace in short short bouts. but very hopeful now. Learning what is wrong is helpful cuz you cant fix what you can not even name it and even know what is wrong. I guess better late than never. Its a tricky problem. I was lucky though in a way, self taught (of course! I dont fit in school) and have managed to survive by working as a artist, illustrator designer for over 30 years. Deadlines, quick thinking, creative on demand is like a cake walk for ADHD. I am grateful I had something to keep a roof over my head and my daughters.
I know several people who are sensitive to gluten but they eat it anyway and they have problems with focusing and attention....plus a lot of other things....such as appendicitis gall bladder disorder bipolar, Renaud syndrome Parkinsons seizures psoriasis migraines gum disease arthritis fibromyalgia gerd to list just some Thank you
If you can't then don't, do what you can and change their diet and see the change. Maybe they will start to see that it isn't them, it's what they are eating that is the primary cause.
You can tell them that their brain simply works a little differently than most, it doesn't have to be a better than/worse than situation. Acknowledging the situation will probably help them understand why they feel differently from most people.
Maybe tell your child (if your child is 8 years old and above?) that you notice that your child has a hard time concentrating or paying attention and that you will like to help your child out, that you've read that there are people having this issues and struggles and that sometimes diet or if necessary medication can help? I am not an expert...
I get that you're trying to highlight the dietary aspects of ADHD, but I can tell you as a survivor of the Functional Medicine movement, who did the food sensitivity testing, nutrient profile, methylation testing (only one copy of the mthfr gene), genetic testing, yeast detoxification, and I did the diet for 2 years, which for me meant eliminating: diary, wheat, gluten, yeast, eggs, shellfish and beans and refined sugar, it's not all that. My anti-inflammatory diet was meat and vegetables with lots of greens (my diet was never that bad, by the way). All of this without stimulant medication. It was super hard, but I was desperate. I saw marginal improvements, and found it incredibly hard to live this way. With medication, I can do my job, and I can manage my diet better, because I have better executive function and better impulse control. Without discussing the feedback loop and the role of medication for management of ADHD, it just sounds like more of the same: blaming the patient for their problem. You are both profiting from these expensive, intensive interventions, and of course you're going to highlight your successes, and I do think people should try these things if they can afford it, but it is irresponsible for you to act like this is a home run every time. I am so tired of the diet bullies of the world telling patients that their problems are all behavioral.
Dude what’s the alternative. Everyone has a problem with the structure and order of a classroom. You try running a class with 5,10,20,30 kids and having no order. Good luck. You want your child to experience disorder, or have child-led experiences, stop demanding that from publicly funded schools or large private schools. Do that yourself on evenings and weekends, and hire someone to do all the chores that bog you down during those times.
I got diagnosed in my late 30s. Specifically because after having a kid I felt completely sideswiped by life and got diagnosed with anxiety. I was stressed out ALL the time and everything sent on high alert. Once I started taking ADHD medicine, everything clicked into place.
If you do have that gene mutation, that means your body is not able to properly process/absorb folate. I have the mutation, I got tested for it by two different gene testing companies. And due to such mutation, I have to take the Methylated version of Folic acid or folate. Furthermore, you have to have enough intrinsic factor produced in the stomach lining, in order to have folate bind with it, and be absorbed in the small intestine. If you have poor, gastrointestinal health, then you will need to take an oral (buccal) form of the Methylated folate
^^^ intrinsic factor is needed/required to bind to folate and vitamin B 12, so that your body can process it in the ileum portion of your small intestines(that’s the end, before the beginning of your large intestines).
@@RunningWaddles Thank you. I can't take the methylated forms as they give me anxiety and sleeplessness. I am taking small amounts of Folate and B Minus by Seeking Health. I do have gut issues that I'm working on with a functional dr.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
@@RunningWaddles 70% of all modern humans have the mutant type. The wild type is less common! People with mutant MTHFR have a 40% higher chance of having depression. I have the common A->T mutation but there's also the more severe G->C mutation that can result in severe neurological dysfunction/profound mental disability.
First let me start by saying, I fully agree that nutrition and the microbiome is important. But the root cause of ADHD is an issue with the development of the brain in fetuses or in very young children. Something that causes an increase of dopamine transporters. This can happen from various environmental reasons, genetics or a combination of these factors. I believe I saw that around 70% of cases have a genetic component at least partially responsible.
There is a physical difference in the brains of people with ADHD regardless of the initial cause or trauma. We are never going to remodel those brains with a healthier diet. It has been researched ad nauseam and it has been disproven time and time again. Yes, exercise, and developing a better microbiome is going to help, I have been doing that for 20 years. These were major focuses of mine during my athletic career. But they will not balance out the brain chemistry. Because ADHD is not an imbalance of the free floating chemicals in the brain. ADHD is caused by the excess dopamine transporters. These transporters remove the dopamine from the brain cells too quickly, before it has had a chance to act. This is why increasing tonic levels of dopamine helps to make people function. It allows a normal amount of dopamine to be present in the neurons at a given moment. There are also other non stimulant meds that can plug these transporters by inhibiting reuptake. (Almost like plugging the holes). And Alpha agonist meds too (which are admittedly a little more complicated and I forget how they work again. I think it slows the release of other chemicals (reuptake) by stimulating the a2 receptors.
Lastly, you need to be careful associating ADHD with screen time on social media. Yes social media can be a trap for those with ADHD, but it does not push anyone over into the disorder. Video games actually help with increasing working memory in people with ADHD.
Frankly this type of information is exactly why I didn't achieve more. I did extremely well with my ADHD (diagnosed in the 90's and again recently) I was unmedicated for 40 years. But I have always known I was failing at my potential. I had my career, but others who had the same career have been able to use it to buy homes. Because I couldn't organize myself enough to capitalize on opportunities that came up due to my hard work in other areas. I would be your success story hearing healthy eating in ways that are very similar to the hyman diet (I came across this in my own research and ideology on food) exercise, I quit video games and television because I realized they captivate my attention. No drugs or alcohol. And this did help. I would increase my sensitivity to dopamine. But it was never enough to make reading books anything but a constant struggle. Something I did often, through brute force. My advantage was that I knew enough to be a high level coach when I couldn't afford a coach. (research was paramount). Quite often it left me run down. I was told my issues in work, school or at home were a moral failing. I couldn't listen to people no matter how much I wanted to and I left people thinking I didn't care when I did. I would interupt because I couldn't reliably remember what I needed to say if I waited for the other person to finish. Etc.
I did everything the anti med people think is right, and honestly it helped me be a better athlete, but I don't think it made living in this society easier and I dropped so many balls. The only times I ever felt I was in control was when I took a bronchodilator that contained ephedrine (in my mid 30's). Which in turn made me consider revisiting medication. It still took me 5 years to get around to it with everything I was dealing with. I began to use vyvanse and I can finally work for myself (trust myself to work on my own business without needing someone to manage me). I wish I would have been more open to it sooner.
7 percent of youth have ADHD for one reason or another. Genetics, premature birth, strep that was bad enough that the immune system damaged the brain due to certain numerous having the protein that strep has, malnutrition, etc. But only 3-4% are medicated. Which to me means that we are undermedicating youth. The brain is injured during development. There is no legitimate debate about that.
I feel this video takes one step forward in the attempt to destigmatize ADHD while taking one or two backwards by trivializing it. This is a serious concern as it unloads the responsibility on our children and the parents and makes the feel responsible for the failures and it also sets them up to fail.
It's great you have success with the high functioning cases, with people like me. But it is a survivor bias. As most of us end up only being able to keep jobs where we almost live at work full time in mines or the oilfeilds, or doing construction.
Now as a father I do not want my son (also with pretty severe ADHD) to have to experience the feeling of failure that has been a constant theme of my life (even during my success). I have achieved some really awesome things, but I struggle to follow through to make my achievements actual benefit my future. I am going to try to the best of my ability help set him up to avoid these pitfalls. That has included diet, activity, controlled screen time, holistic health, but it also includes mild medication. Because the evidence is clear. ADHD is a neurological situation that is influenced by the body, not caused by it.
@@svetavinogradova4243 This is such a good troll. Take your upvote.
@@PaulKentSkates This loooooooooong sheet demonstrates that you have a compulsive attention, waaaaaaay too good for ADHD.
Your teachers werer right.
Certain traditions in the family consistently raise disorganised, thicky children. who grow dumb ( dyslexic is the term for dumb, there is no illness) . There are NO differences in the brain, NO.
Hey, I have been daydreaming since a child - mostly good ones, but replaced by anxious thoughts like OCD later in my teenage years. I have been always tired too… I hate exercise and lack physical energy (full of mental energy that goes to anxious thoughts and other fun things). I find hard to motivate myself to do productive activities… unfortunately, my interests have been anime, games and fun novels since early childhood. Have you heard of a ADHD case like me?
I feel exhausted all the time unless I take concerta (stimulant) :/
@@rheet Vitamin D deficiency and addiction to games. Exclude all computers and internet from your life. Your parents spoiled you.
Well freaking said. Near the beginning when the one guy says something like "I have a little bit of ADHD sometimes myself" I immediately knew this was going to go downhill quick. And sure enough, this is basically an infomercial for the one guy to sell his book... going out of his way to announce the title every 3 minutes
Interesting story of yours; mine went down a much darker path.
I just turned 50 and was recently diagnosed with ADHD/Inattentive Type. I have strong roots in approaching physical and mental health issues from a naturalistic standpoint. My grandmother ran a colonic therapy clinic in the 1980s. She even introduced me to Kombucha tea in 1990. She was a woman ahead of her time and because of her, I followed everything natural throughout the years. I wholeheartedly believe there are natural ways to heal the body.
With that said, I also believe there is a time and place for medication. For years I had to work so much harder than everyone else. I recently started taking medication and I feel like someone turned on the lights. For me, the lack of focus was more like my brain was unable to fully access the information I knew. This presented as the inability to “catch” or bring the knowledge I had learned to memory. So I would hear things I knew and read or studied, ad nausea, but when I went to write about it would take me hours to write my thoughts on paper. I would struggle, greatly!! However after taking medication, it was life changing!!! I was able to easily think and write my ideas out. I wasn't overwhelmed by tasks I needed to do. I could set my intentions to start a project and finish it. When writing, I would have so many thoughts going on in my head all at once and with the medication, I could stick with an idea. This is what “inattentiveness” felt like for me. It wasn't that I had a short attention span. It's about having a very active mind that I could not control.
Let's be careful to not undermine the legitimacy of this condition. Yes, exercise, nutrition and incorporating other behavioral strategies are important. But medication at the right dose can effectively augment treatment and make a world of difference for someone who has ADHD.
Thank you for saying this! It’s not a versus battle between the 2! So many ADHD’ers have fallen for the fear mongering and are sentenced to a life of mediocrity, chasing magic pills, naturopaths, chiros, herbal medicine, Chinese doctors etc. it’s fine to supplement with those, but to deprive oneself from effective medication is ignoring the elephant in the room. And even if someone is really scared of it, look at it as a bridging solution. Bridge yourself with medication until you find the natural solution, and then you can go off. But in case you can’t find that solution, you won’t be left stranded.
Oh my god Elise! Thank you for your comment. I so recognised myself in what you wrote. Thanks for putting this into words.
My mother is also into all natural treatments and was strictly against medication for mostly anything. So there was talk about adhd and me possibly having it, but since my mother denied that it even exists and I even went to a school that is pretty esoteric so people just were mostly on that "natural" vibe if that makes sense. Well that could have been fine but instead of helping me with my problems of staying attentive in school I was just ridiculed and quickly learned that the only fun I can have is by being the class clown. Never really had many friends in school that I kept for a longer period too. So I carried this thought with me until now that adhd doesn't really exist and I just have to work on myself and meditate, eat healthy etc. Well I did that for some time after school kind of successfully but then covid hit and I now realize that with covid all my coping mechanisms were gone from one day to the other and I was forced to stay at home which made me just stay infront of the pc all day....
Yesterday I heard someone explain adhd and for the first time I thought "yea that must be it" I'm quite disillusioned now, it's like my whole life has been turned upside down. I'm kind of hopeful again to find a solution to my problems, but at the same time I feel more alone and left on my own realizing that maybe thing could have turned out way different if not for a few variables in my childhood. Thanks for sharing your experience here Elise!
Somebody else wrote that they felt like their mind shifted from "I am the problem" to "I have a problem" and I can very much relate to that rn.
Elise, can you tell us what medication helped you? And thank you for sharing your testimony.
It's not the label that's bad! It's the way people VIEW the label that can be good or bad. Labels are needed, for communication purposes. We need to stop calling labels bad and teach people to instead stop viewing things negatively. And instead see a label as a way to understand things. I for one am glad for the label. When I found out at age 34, I started telling important people in my life. Even when I went to a job interview aaaand it helped! I still got hired and the boss understood that I took longer to learn but when I did I was a great asset to the business. One of the best workers he ever had.
The label made me want to kill myself. I know people who wanted to kill themselves because of a label. Here's the hard truth: It doesn't matter whether it's treated positively or negatively, because the real problem is you will be treated _differently_. It might not be "incompetent" or "slow-witted" or some other negative adjective, but it will be different. It's always been about pigeonholing people, separating one group from another, no matter how superficial that line actually is. It's about slapping a diagnosis on a perfectly health person so the pharmaceutical companies can sell you pills that fuck with your brain chemistry and make a quick buck doing so. They put that shit on your medical record which, by the way, cannot be removed. You're stuck with it. *FOR LIFE* And you can't escape from it, or at least you could if it weren't for people like you.
I don't WANT to be seen as different. I don't WANT to be stuck with something I have no control over, that more and more people are using like a horoscope to define their entire personality, by people who want to use me like some dress-up doll of theirs to define as they see fit. I want to decide who I am, not people like them, and not people like you. Can you imagine if every person born in April was treated like they had to be watched constantly or they'd wander off into traffic like they had some kind of spontaneous "run out into traffic and get hit by a car" disease? All because they were born in April??? Fuck you and your _labels_!
The labels ARE bad. And I hope they always WILL BE bad. The only thing stopping me from putting a gun to my forehead is the comfort that maybe someday I can rid myself of it and finally be normal, and I can't do that when ignorant muppets like you have the podium to the current zeitgeist, preaching your faux ""acceptance"" like you're not some shill for big pharma to sell people more $50 prescription pill bottles, and looking out with hawk eyes to see who among the crowd is acting "awkward" or "distracted" so you can point and gawk while in the same breath regurgitate your dogma of neo inclusivity. "Oh he must have been hurt by bigots in the past!" No, I was hurt by people like YOU! People who want to slap a label on every damn personality trait in the wind and call it a "disorder". Oh, I'm sorry, you're calling it "neurodivergence" now, because disorder means there's something _bad_ with it! Fuck you! Neurodivergence is just a dog whistle for "retard" and you know it! It's to let other people know that person over there needs to be treated like a fucking child because tHAts wHAt tHe PaPeR FRom thE DOCTor SaYS.
I would rather die than live with a scarlet letter strapped to my chest like your supposed utopia where "lABeLs aREn'T bAd" for the rest of my life. I would rather have ablism make a comeback than live in that kind of world. You people are no different than the nut houses of the early 20th century that cut people's brains open for being "free spirited" Got to hell!
@@ch________6629 The label doesn't change your condition. If you have ADHD, you're going to have it whether you label it or not. The label just helps others understand why you're different. For many it's a relief because now they know they're not alone in their differences and that their struggles are validated. After a diagnoses, there is medication that can be taken to help with the inconveniences of having ADHD. People don't treat you any differently because you have ADHD (generally), it just helps some people understand that your mishaps aren't exactly your fault. I was diagnosed at 32, it's a hell of a condition. Very debilitating, but the label didn't change anything at all, except now I can get medication to help with it.
Great.
😊😊😊yes!
@@ch________6629The label is heartbreaking for me which is why I never followed through with treatment. I don't see the benefit of sharing the label/dx with anyone (including my very compassionate and caring manager) because they just don't understand!!
My life was in complete shambles before I was diagnosed with ADHD. Even though I'm not a fan of labels either and don't think there is one size fits all diagnosis, without the label I wouldn't have been able to get the help I needed and get to the root of the problem.
And what help have you got?
I am on the same spot right now. How has your experience been so far?
@@rid.h.tom.4296 Nothing will help except realising that you need to work on yourself and your habits.
Yea, I think I remember a podcast I was listening to, it’s not just in your head, was talking about a model in the EU, probably uk, that was about using labels only to help the patient get what they needed to solve their problems.
Well put Rebecca. It gives you a target to aim for. A way to make a plan. Otherwise you are just flailing & failing trying anything & everything without any real success.
The story of Dr Mark Hyman’s patient makes me so emotional. This boy became an astrophysicist because he found the right help. So many kids with so much potential end up with their lives ruined because they’re a victim of today’s crappy society. This info should be shared more and it should be the way we all live our lives. Our kids are suffering and it’s not their fault!
My ADHD brother found his passion early and it took him to Olympic gold. I’ve had a life of serial passions, unstarted & unfinished projects, and my life has been more like a car without a driver, despite a very high IQ 😞
@@smooth_pursuit Hi Susan. Did you have a physical outlet like your brother did?
@@Charlie-eq3dj yes I did sports too and it was really good for me, I couldn’t focus well enough when racing though and give 100% so I didn’t really excel. On the other hand I also discovered yoga very early, and that was the thing where I really could focus. And after/ alongside a couple of other careers, I came back to teaching yoga, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 17 years. Thanks for asking 🙂
PS if I’d understood the problem before a couple of years ago, that would’ve helped 😉
@@smooth_pursuit Thanks for the reply. 'm also trying to get my mind under control. Interestingly enough, I also picked up Yoga a few years ago and it has improved my life greatly. I may also consider taking a TTC class in the future. Thanks again!
@@Charlie-eq3dj that’s cool! Yoga is a life saver!! Good luck :)
I have ADHD and I can say with certainty that the environment is REALLY important. School was a huge no, no, for me unless it was metalworking or some other class where I could actually be creative and move around.
Some people should work in manual labour, indeed.
@@svetavinogradova4243 The only Job I managed to do Is at Burger King because It helps calm down my nervous system to do a repetItIve task for hours
Any other Job I couldn't keep cus I can't follow InstuctIons and multItaskIng Is confusIng
@@florencelovme For me, it's the opposite. My mind is always racing, (inattentive) so I need to be able to express that without being tied down to a chair. If I choose to sit, fine, but I need to be able to get up without getting yelled at, or vise versa. I also just REALLY need to be in control. I can't take being micromanaged, and if someone does it I straight up need them to not.
I need something with constant change or I get so bored I do nothing, I need to be able to ask questions without getting punished. I need to be treated like a PERSON. But, that's just for me personally.
Edit: Though I do need to sit too, since I got some disabilities that leave me not being able to stand in one place too long. So I def work best with a balance. Also dang, it's been two years, lol.
@@svetavinogradova4243 I suppose, but I need to have autonomy and ZERO micromanagement. Yes, I need help and to work in a team, but I cannot stand being talked down to because people always tell me to, "Suck it up" or "Just do it" which just makes me wanna throw something out window. So, anything with collaboration, group effort, and division of work would be best for me.
@@ErutaniaRose Your expectations do not match your abilities. You need to lower your requirements to the low level of your abilities. Or - up your skills to the level of your expectations from others.
10:23 where the identification of the problem starts, the most common drivers. 11:15 he starts explaining the problems begin with environmental influences and how lifestyle and nutrition affects to the gut microbiome 12:18 the list of influences begins.
Thank you!
Omg thank you! I was wondering how I was going to pay attention long enough to find answers before asking if someone could just summarize with BLUF and some bullet points of important things with time stamps. 🤦🏻♀️
I have ADHD and this talk might be good, but I couldn't listen to more than 10min because the host is insufferable. "You don't have a problem, just exercise! Eat right! Buy my book!"
If you don’t listen, and weed out nonsense, you may miss golden nuggets of info, that can then spur you to pivot in your own research and find new avenues for you to personally look at. Just don’t judge, listen to see if anything is there you can use, don’t worry about what they are selling etc. it’s all just learning. But no listening, can narrow your options and inspiration.
But I know what yiu mean, it’s annoying have to wade through so much irrelevant stuff, to get answers, but at end of the day it’s free.
Just listened to a great talk with James Nestor who talks about breath work, and explains how it connects. Yea he has a book, but he’s a journalist, so he’s just reporting some of the astounding research he came across, and used for himself,so was quite interesting. 😊
As a dietitian, who’s selling nothing, not even my services, I can tell you that the diet and exercise accounts for most illnesses and conditions regardless of what’s in our water, our air, our food. Our lean muscle mass is more involved with our immunity &circulation, which affects blood flow to the brain, body, nutrient distribution, serotonin regulation, and much more. Outside exercise especially does so much healing for the brain and body. We are meant to be in nature as much as possible instead of our boxes we live inside called our office and home. This is important regardless of body weight. I learned so much of the statistics and data that our government already knows during my dietetics training, that was a conventional training not even a more holistic approach. yet doctors aren’t trained in hardly any of the food and nutrition science beyond foods caloric value. Even a gastroenterologist, who’s field is focusing solely on the digestive tract doesn’t ask you much about diet. Scratch my head, I’ve been to many GI doctors. The host has been spouting the advice that turned you off for decades and has healed many many folks, and while I’m not one his biggest fans, my own scientific research and training has brought me to begrudgingly acknowledge he’s not wrong. You might consider what about him starting the talk with diet and exercise turned you off so much. He’s selling books which cost 20 or 30 dollars that are designed to empower you & again I’m not a fan, I don’t buy his books anymore, but I check in now and then to see where his guidance is going. But he does have useful talks and credible guests on his free show. Far better than the $200 doctor appt covered mostly by insurance pushing us to take drugs.
@@msabo31Actually you're incorrect. Most diseases and issues are caused by demonic energy but convincing someone who doesn't know the truth is a complete waste of time.
Yes! With no details! What are the right assignments and assessments for this?
My attn span is especially helped by 2x-ing the speed of the talk and limiting my time to learn.
The info is rich, so just bring it up to speed with your speed-racer mind. YT Red is with every cent imo for the purposes of working with my mind. Sometimes I change the speed, and it engages my mind in a new way.
If you don’t want to listen to it:
assessing function of mthfr & cmt genes are important.
At very little cost, start taking chlorella tablets a few times per day to detox metals
There are other ways to detox metals, but this one is relatively cheap and mild
I found minerals were important to look at, personally.
There’s no short list, bc every body is different.
Reducing food dyes, additives, colors & corn syrup is very helpful.
Self-test for food allergies, and be honest with yourself by way of journaling results.
Gut micro biome is it’s own whole field of medicine, so this is a cliffs notes version
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The crux of the problem with ADHD is everyone thinks taking stimulants is cheating/shameful and that you just want to get high, even the psychiatrists. I’ve stopped being nice about it
Well said. It’s like saying to a diabetic that Insulin might become Addictive.
@@journeymann it's not. It's not a disease. It is socially disabilitated.
In my case drugs have been recommended. I chose to use diet and exercise. I found a natural high on so many levels including management of ADD.
Only recently have I seen science catching up to stop pushing drugs for every. If you have had medical care practitioners recommending lifestyle changes first, they are dedicated to trearing the whole body vs one condition with drugs that come with secondary side effects.
One issue with stimulants is that parents who turn to them think they're the only answer, focusing on the dose while their child is simply just suffering with celiac disease or some other important factor. Stimulants are okay as long as they don't cause you to neglect a root issue.
100 percent right. We can use it and not abuse it for Christ's sake.
Psychedelics and psilocybin in general are just amazing with so many health benefits. Psilocybin treatment actually saved me from ADHD. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I've been looking to try shrooms, anyone knows where can I acquire some? I will so much appreciate.
Yes sure of Dr.benshrooms.
Shroom microdosing help me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol.
Hey, I'm not surprised to see you mention Dr.benshrooms...his products are pure and top quality.
Sure he's dr.benshrooms..one of my best experience was DMT. I can't really explain it but it was great.
ADHD stands for -
Attention, Dialed into a Higher
Dimension.
Simpler: Arrogant Dull Hateful Dude
No. It's a horrible condition to have.
Neurodivergent people are the ones that are going to change the world for the better.
Yah definitely not the ppl I know who have it
@@TruthIsNot4Sale how would you know if you're not on that dimension with them?
ADHD symptoms can also be indicative of a brain lesion. Please get all children with add adhd symptoms tested with a brain scan....my daughter had a glialblastoma brain tumour which killed her at age 33.
They figured she had this tumour which was growing pretty slowly since she was very young. Maybe things would have been better for her had it been detected early.
Good and interesting point. My sister’s husband had that brain tumor, and died at age 37. They said it could’ve been growing in there for a very long time. It was inoperable. I say interesting, because he had a learning disability, and could barely read. We believe his mother helped him through school, and hid his learning problems, which may have been due to ADHD, as well.
@@N1976DL wow, thank you both so much for this information.
😢soo sad! You’re right! 💟
Thanks for sharing, sorry you lost your daughter. 😔
So sorry for your loss.
This is a very neurotypical outlook on ADHD. Unfortunately, they don't understand *why* people with ADHD can be successful.
It's not external influence that causes it. In the right environment, ADHD people can thrive, yes. This is because they need a support system that can understand that they are born with a different set of tools than the average Joe, and their support circle also shows them and guides them on how to use it effectively. ADHD people fail when their support system fails to see eye to eye with their alternative experience, and treats them like they just need to "do better" - I.e. Make lists, set timers, exercise more, etc
Interesting video. Worth a second viewing. In the meantime, my personal two cents as an adult with ADHD and a therapist:
1. I started medication at age 30 (I'm now 54), and this has been a positive life changer in unexpected ways for me. Meds are prosthetics, like glasses for aiding poor vision.
2. My next big help was learning about the underlying neurobiological deficits in executive functions and related strategies to mitigate these.
3. Exercise/movement and cleaner nutrition are boons to me and are part of improving executive functions.
4. Mindfulness practices also help.
5. Treat any/all medical/biological/embodied problems holistically, avoiding the limiting binds of reductionism.
hi- i'm 55 and just been diagnosed with ADHD(inattentive type) and started titration process for Elvanse -can i ask if you have been on the same dose of your medication for many years -or does it need to be continually adjusted /changed around? thanks
I can really appreciate this video. Especially the story of the teacher who got diagnosed with ADHD and then still felt like maybe the diagnosis was wrong. I definitely get that feeling, like what if I'm making a big deal out of nothing and I really am just a lazy person who just needs to work harder and focus more? I know it sounds stupid, but I think almost anyone who gets diagnosed later in life can relate to that imposter feeling that you get along with the relief that it's not you so much as it is something that your body is doing that you have no control over. It's even worse when the people you've been surrounded by your whole life still make that opinion very clear.
The situation where they're discussing the child who couldn't write kind of had me laughing. I remember very distinctly when I was learning how to write my letters, I believe it was when I was in kindergarten, I decided the letters that I was asked to write were boring so I added my own flair to them. I got in trouble for this and was told to stop trying to write in cursive. I tried to explain that I wasn't trying to write in cursive and that I didn't even know what it was, but that I was trying to make the letters pretty. They didn't believe me and just told me that I needed to stop and do it the way everyone else did. I still have samples of my writing from that time and it's not illegible, but I guess the little flicks and lines and loops that I added weren't exactly what was asked for. To my recollection I hated writing after that until I learned cursive.😂
I think the phrase, " this patient's ADHD completely went away" is misleading. I believe that we can change a lot to minimize the symptoms but it's never going away.
Ha, can't believe it! Your story goes to show how we can be misled, indeed, by the "spirit" of our time. fashion, even in medicine or education. great people before us actually had to be inventive (to say the least) to help kids that struggled in school, before even having therapy or books of pedagogy. also, i recall how frilly cursive writing was a sign of high education and privileged social status! I hope you have a good life now, where you learnt to find a place worthy of that brilliant kid inside you!
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
@@Thyramine I suggest you read Trapfethen's replies under Paul Kent, who will be better able to explain this study to you. It went something like this: people who are ADHD AND gluten intolerant become much worse if they do not adhere to diet; so naturally they are much better if they do adhere. But ADHD is a deformation of the brain (and this is really interesting) hence is not cured by exercise, gluten-free diet, etc. See above.
@@Alwizcaliteach I read it in a book ffs. And I also read other studies which were not what you're saying.
Ha I started writing the j in my name in cursive because I’ve wrote it so many time I got bored of the typical j
If our ADHD brains are structurally different how is that inflammation? I agree that a better diet is an adjunct to ADHD treatment like, good sleep and meditation are. Diet isn’t going to re-structure our brains back to normal, is it? And, maybe for some, because we’re all a bit different, diet will completely treat someone’s ADHD but for others it might simply help improve their ADHD symptoms.
No, your brain is ordinary, you simply lack skills
@@svetavinogradova4243 - Oh, really??? Are you a neurologist? Probably not, just some bonehead who knows nothing about neuroscience. ADHD brains are, in fact, different, that is why we are called neuro divergent
If a diet treats a person’s adhd then they never had adhd in the first place. I changed my diet for the better and exercise and I still experience adhd symptoms. Dr Hyman is very ignorant about the causes of adhd and treating it as something that everyone has a little bit of (which is incorrect) and something that can be fixed with a better diet. He knows a lot about diet and nutrition and maybe he should stick with that. The way he talks about adhd here can actually be harmful dare I say.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
There is no proof that ADHD brains are structured differently.
I think this is great info. Thanks ! I guess that my partner has ADHD and RSD. He is 61. He lacks time management, loses things, procrastinates, over thinks, over talks and is a perfectionist. But he is not hyperactive. Doesn’t fidget. Can blurt out things & interrupt often but CAN often be a good listener. He CAN focus and he isn’t
distracted once on task. He is overly sensitive-gets his feelings hurt so easily.
I myself am quite similar. The RSD is the worst of all my ADHD symptoms. This is the hardest to deal with.
My 8 yr old boy however, is the kid that the teachers would like me to remove from school. He just can't be still or quiet. 😢
you can't imagine how helpful your sharing is! I now feel avenged at the rage and shock that took over me when my mum called dad "slow" for misunderstanding, confusing, mistaking, losing things. It's CPTSD, clear as day, but i never took these (apparently tiny) behaviour aspects into account! He's a great and highly skilled lathe operator and never once made a mistake! learning and attention never a problem, either. thank you again!
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
My hyperactivity manifests inward which is more common than people realize. I can't get my brain to every shut up and I'm often physically tense in the muscles. I was told both can be a way of my hyper activity showing up.
@@saraibloomquist4827 omg. well said. I cant get my BRAIN TO SHUT THE F UP. Its exhausting that's what it should be called. the brain won't shut up for a second disease. grrrr. I get so frustrated with my own brain!
I disagree with this view that ADHD is in our culture. Short attention span might be a trained reaction to social media in our culture, but that is a far cry from actual ADHD. In my experience as someone who lives with ADHD, our culture is quite contrary to the symptoms of ADHD and is typically not understood by someone who doesn't have it. There is nothing cultural about it.
bad parenting
I agree and I find so disrespectful this kind of comment "Oh, I have a little bit of it..." or "everyone has a little bit of ADHD or autism". Really??? Live in the shoes of those who actually have those conditions and then let me know if 1) it's not a real disorder 2) Severely impacted people can deal without medication. There is SOOOOOO much more to ADHD than just not being able to focus...
@@montycora I mean the reverse is true here too. Spend a day in "normal" people shoes and see how they struggle but have so many coping mechanisms that they use and took years of trying things to see what worked. I suffered for years but you would never know now because I had to change how I reacted to stressful people, events, my diet, fasting, calisthenics and walking as opposed to HIT, training my mind through puzzles and social events(this is like work for me).
My spouse on the other hand thinks he is just different and can't be helped but honestly he hasn't tried one single thing. And he is not helping himself. I mean he might be right but how can he say that when he hasn't modified?
@@blueseptember2174 - This is not a contest to see who has a harder life. Being human is difficult, living in today's society is difficult. My point here is that they are dismissing the fact that ADHD is a real disorder and it is not something you can FIX with diet and exercise. Diet and exercise IMPROVE our problems, but won't make them go away. A good diet and exercise won't make me read a book, Ritalin will. Today is so cool to say that ADHD doesn't exist, everyone has a "bit of it" and it is just a matter of changing your diet and exercising. And if you take medication you are a junkie and you need to pull your shit together and get off those pills. Do you have to face that as a neurotypical person? Not to mention being called lazy or stupid because you can't focus or you procrastinate too much. So yeah, life is a struggle, but there are different struggles for different people and I don't think anyone should tell others what to do without walking their shoes in the first place and that is what they are doing in this video.
@@blueseptember2174 - I think there is plenty of neurotypical perspective out there, but thanks!
It can take years research and realisation to what is presented here in 41min.. Wow! Thank you!!!
I am 58 and struggled with this my whole life. If I were not so motivated to succeed I would not even be getting by in the marginal manner that I am. Motivation only takes you so far. This video is bringing tears to my eyes. It's so hard not to give up.
For some reason, girls/females/women are not seriously considered to have ADD. Too bad. Medication can be so helpful.
try reading Sami Timimi's book insane medicine or the chair of DSM 4 Allen Frances Saving normal
Motivation is absolutely key. The people I know that have both ADHD and depression are in a damn rough way.
My twin sons were diagnosed as adhd and seh. Adhd runs strongly on the dad’s part of the family. I was never diagnosed as adhd but it’s very strange that all my life I have had boundless energy and usually sleep only 4 hours a night.
I am now 71 years old and still working. In order to stay organized I make notes to myself and make cheat sheets at work. This helps and at my age now the energy is a blessing. I stay away from junk food and try to restrict the sugar and carbs in my diet. If I can’t sleep I don’t worry about it. Reading, crossword puzzles, and meditation help too.
I used to always tell my sons “it may be hard but you have to be functional in life.” That goes for me as well.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
It's great to hear these conversations with both members contributing.
He's 12 now and refuses to eat properly. And my husband, his dad, doesn't take it seriously with what we eat. He brings sweets home always. He is always hiding it and will bring it out when we are ending our day.
We use to eat super healthy! My son knew the things he shouldn't eat and was well disciplined. Thats out the window!
I'm a new-grad psychiatric nurse practitioner, and cannot overstate how much ADHD is influenced by lifestyle, and diet is a huge piece in the puzzle. Excellent video, would recommend, thanks for sharing.
Evan what do you think of Ray Peat's analysis of EPA's effect on the brain?
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
CPTSD can often be mistaken for ADHD.
Excellent point!
True. It's hard to focus when you're triggered- or worse, triggered but don't know it (with alexithymia)
Yes and no: Imho its not “mistaken”. ADHD describes a symptomology, CPTSD offers one possible causal explanation.
Nvr Mnd - That was exactly my situation. See my three paragraph comment to the video. You nailed it!
@@stevec404 Curious to see what you wrote but can't find the comment.
I am very thankful for all these informations. I am a brazilian lawyer and I am 42 y.o, trying my best. I really need the ritalin, but I am sure that nutrition, meditation and exercise is important to complete my treatment.
Yep, Liliam, COMPLETE is the operative word. Been doing keto for 3 years, but without Ritalin, it is just no good on its own. And I cannot meditate at all, so that is out of the equation...
This video is two years old. Coming out of an extremely emotionally abusive marriage and growing up with parents similar to the ex, I was diagnosed at 31 with ADD. I think it’s a trauma response. We tune out and use distractions to avoid the abuse.
I’d love to see more research in this vein. I’ve yet to meet a person with ADHD that doesn’t have a toxic family of origin.
Thanks for the great discussion!
Look into Dr Gabor Mate and his look on it all, very interesting
@@thomaskeijzer Correct
I Think totally stable Families care a lot. They provide excercise, psychotherapy and probably medication to some point.
Also those with adhd from stable Families have often way more stable emotional regulation.
Still they can struggle with executive functioning.
@@thomaskeijzeryou mix everything up. I dont have c-ptsd and still could struggle.
@@user-zt4zr7eg6z They just don;t provide good parenting. The single most needed help - good parenting.
“Genes load the gun but the environment pulls the trigger” this resonated big time for me. I am going to research psychiatric nutrition. My children and I have a commonality of seratonin/dopamine imbalance b vitamins folate mg. Prevention is key for us.
Adult ADHD symptoms may include:
Impulsiveness.
Disorganization and problems prioritizing.
Poor time management skills.
Problems focusing on a task.
Trouble multitasking.
Excessive activity or restlessness.
Poor planning.
Low frustration tolerance.
@Danger Zone People with ADHD/ADD typically have the ability to Hyperfocus
Video games are intensely stimulating and 'hyperfocus' is a myth. People with ADHD have difficulty attending to things that are not immediately stimulating and difficulty drawing ourselves away from thing that are immediately stimulating.
@@DrSpooglemon Hyperfocusing is not a myth whatsoever. And hyper focusing is exactly what u just mentioned. If a strong interest is found, off to the races we go.
Should you want the best information on the planet about the subject, this is it: Dr. Daniel Amen's book Called - Healing ADD which can be found in any library system. Before he wrote the book back about 97 or so, he had 14,000 SPECT brain scans under his belt with decades of experience. One can find him in here also on the subject including his general Bio. If one wants the best, there it is, period. Educate yourself to a higher level of understanding this subject
@@ethimself5064 What people call 'hyperfocus' in ADHD is no different from distractability. Distractability is the inability to draw attention away from extraneous stimuli when the task at hand is not immediately stimulating. It is a matter of our attention being regulated externally by the environment rather than internally. To call one particular manifestation of that 'hyperfocus' make it sound like a gift. Makes it sound sexy. In reality is is nothing more than being TOTALLY distracted by something stimulating when there invariably is something more important that needs attending to. Speaking of which, I am 'hyperfocused' right now. ;)
@@DrSpooglemon Who cares what you have to say. I gave you the best information on the planet.
I've listened to a little bit more than 16 minutes, and not one word about EXERCISE!!!!
Yes, nutritions are importent, very importent, but so is EXERCISE.
We were made to move. Walk, run, work physically.
Not for sit all day at work, ride your car home and spend the evening in front of the TV.
You can balance your stress level enormously with exercise, your serotonin, adrenaline, endorphines, dopamine, cortisol, and melatonin, all benefits of exercise, cardio exercise. Not running a Marathon, 30-45 minutes fast walking, hard breathing, three-four times a week.
Just remember, 10 minutes, twice a week is MUCH better than no minute. That's the positive thing with this commitment to yourself.
If you start in that corner also your insuline will start to help you balance your diet (if you can stay away from suger and other fast carbs for one or two weeks), veggies and protein (not necessarily from animals, that's up to every each person.) will be natural.
There's just ONE major problem with this.
As having ADHD I know too well how easy it is to say, to make plans, to decide. And how awfully difficult it is to follow through.
On the other side, the nutrition program isn't easier to keep. I know that it can be seductively interesting to dive down into all inflammatory contra non-inflammatory stuff, which vitamine is good for this and that.
But more difficult to stick with in the long run.
Start with exercise, slow carbs and try to focus on these two things. Food will follow as your body, and brain, will tell you some, and you will feel better, think better and THAT is the moment for looking deeper in the huge lake of nutritions and theories.
Been there, done that.
Back to basics.
I'm not miraculously "cured" 😂, but daily life works so much better. Especially my ability to handle stress, both external and the classic adult ADHD internal stress, the latter is much better.
I don't think I am a unique person, we all have basically the same brains and bodies, the same hormone systems as humans had 10 000 years ago. Give that a chance to do what you were designed to. ❤️
The guest speaker mentioned it with the later diagnosis in life. In their 40s, n ot eating well, not exercising. About 10 minutes in.
I think there is a massive neurological component to ADHD as well because many times you also have tics and lots of physical signs as well. That is not from any environment. Not to mention the denial in families about other family members who also had this.
It can both be true neuro and environmental like trauma …. Some people are self medicated etc
Or bipolar or use medication to “focus”
Everyone has ticks.
I'm curious, have they proven that ADHD is caused my some brain issue?
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00:00 🧠 ADHD is not just a brain disease; it's a result of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors.
01:22 🌍 ADHD prevalence is rising, affecting both children and adults due to genetic predisposition and environmental triggers.
02:44 📊 ADHD has been traditionally seen as a medical or behavioral issue, but it's more accurately a body-brain interaction.
03:42 🧬 ADHD symptoms vary from mild to severe, with genetics and environment playing a role in its manifestation.
04:53 🏃♂️ Modern ADHD culture is exacerbated by constant distractions from digital media and technology.
05:50 👩👦👦 ADHD in children often leads to feelings of isolation, frustration, and negative self-identity.
06:45 🚫 ADHD should not be solely considered a psychiatric disorder; it involves systemic factors that impact the brain.
08:52 🍎 Dietary factors are crucial, with inflammation, nutrient deficiencies, and food sensitivities affecting ADHD symptoms.
11:12 💡 Focusing on nutrition, gut health, and addressing inflammation can significantly improve ADHD symptoms.
13:56 🧪 Testing for genetic predispositions, gut issues, nutrient deficiencies, and toxins can provide valuable insights.
15:05 🧬 Genetic predisposition interacts with the environment; the focus should be on modifying lifestyle factors.
16:17 🔬 Leaky gut, inflammation, and imbalanced microbiome impact neurotransmitter production and brain function.
19:03 📊 Comprehensive testing can uncover deficiencies, dysbiosis, and metabolic issues contributing to ADHD.
20:27 ⚙️ Addressing mitochondrial dysfunction and toxin exposure are essential aspects of ADHD treatment.
21:11 🧬 Environmental factors like heavy metals can block energy production in cells, affect neurotransmitter metabolism, and contribute to ADHD symptoms.
22:22 💡 Genetic variations can impact detoxification pathways, affecting a person's ability to eliminate toxins and heavy metals from the body.
23:33 🍞 ADHD can have multiple contributing factors including genetics, heavy metals, nutritional deficiencies, gut microbiome imbalances, and more.
24:14 📋 Comprehensive assessment in functional medicine involves understanding genetic, environmental, and dietary factors to tailor treatment for each individual with ADHD.
28:26 🧬 Genetic variations in genes like MTHFR and COMT can influence neurotransmitter levels and brain function in individuals with ADHD.
29:08 🥦 Nutritional deficiencies, especially in B vitamins, can impact neurotransmitter production and brain function in people with ADHD.
30:19 🦠 Imbalances in gut microbiome and food sensitivities may contribute to inflammation and ADHD symptoms.
31:45 🛠️ Addressing nutritional deficiencies, improving diet, and reducing inflammation can lead to significant improvements in ADHD symptoms.
33:07 🌍 ADHD is a spectrum of brain function, and addressing root causes like inflammation and nutritional deficiencies can lead to remarkable improvements.
34:18 🧠 Brain function can be positively influenced by strategies such as meditation, which can enhance focus, memory, and self-control.
38:02 🍽️ Elimination diets, nutrient supplementation, and lifestyle changes can transform ADHD symptoms by addressing underlying imbalances.
39:43 🌟 Functional medicine offers a comprehensive approach to treating ADHD, emphasizing individualized assessments and addressing various contributing factors.
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Thank you so much!
Gotta remember this is not a presenter interviewing the expert this is two experts discussing their knowledge to the utmost for our benefit!!!!!!
Really isn't.
My kids have been on the spectrum pretty much since toddlers & I have been asked to join every study, medication, I’ve been blamed for eating the wrong thing as a mom, not engaging my child enough, not giving my child enough fresh air, etc etc ….everything you can think of, but never have I heard they don’t have enough energy in their brain or HOW to help that!!!! I appreciate your conversation ❤ this is gold! How would I know what testing to ask the pediatrician to do? Heavy metal? Not sure she would do that just by a request. Really appreciate this conversation & information.
Dr Natasha McBride wrote a book called gut and psychology and the GAPS diet came from that. She cured her son of autism and runs an autism clinic in the UK and I think has quite a few videos on UA-cam. It might be useful for you. My friend has cured his schizophrenia with gluten sugar dairy free diet and Niacin, NAC and Lithium OROTATE which is an amazing supplement described by Dr John Gray in a video. It is calming and balancing for many conditions. Namaste 🙏💜🙏
Corporal punishment will help him.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
I greatly appreciate this video. What is difficult is to find doctors like this in my area. Also, most functional doctors (that are out of state) do not take insurance. Many of these tests are also not covered by insurance (my son's food allergy testing was around $500 out of pocket). I wish these doctors would post a list of test and protocols that people could take to their primary care physician that would be willing to work in a more functional mindset. I am willing to work hard (aka change environment) and pay to overcome these problems, but I wish it wasn't so expensive and hard to do it. Let's face it: Human behavior keep doing what's it doing (eating poorly and not changing environment) because it's easier than making changes. Seems like the health care (aka sick care) system and people mind's need some resetting (including mine).
Who else here has ADHD? I have to take so many focus pills to keep me from getting so distracted 😓
Dr Ken Berry, Carnivore Diet. Ketovore Diet.
@@teresadougherty8722 funny enough I went vegan 6 years ago and my symptoms got much better
Yup. nothing has fixed my Dopamine/ADHD problem. I'm def healthier but still acute ADHD symptoms😭
@@teresadougherty8722 Yes! It worked for me. I started keto just to lose weight and somewhere in there on my way from chubby to skinny I was suddenly able to sit down and do my work, no prob Bob. My marriage has also improved a lot as my emotions are much more under control. Also the PMDD I’d had since I was a teenager is gone. I was a hardcore vegan for over a decade but it didn’t help. Keto did.
I have severe ADHD but stopped taking meds at age 16. Glad I did. I just figured out ways to manage it. Smart phone helps a lot. I do take a lot of breaks at work though 😄 also low carb helps. Minimalism is a good coping strategy - the less stuff / details you have to deal with the less distraction you have and easier to stay on track.
This is such an important topic for everyone listening. Interesting to share I am exploring if I should take medicine. I am 56 years old with an auditory processing disorder and it's been so difficult but I also know I have all the symptoms of ADHD I am a bit concerned about taking meds but I feel exhausted with all the symptoms of Auditory Processing Disorder and ADHD. I am convincing myself to take medicine I am working with a Psychrists now exploring what is the best treatment for myself but now I am listening to this channel and the experts and now I am wondering if I should consider to take meds for the Adhd symptoms and I do suffer from depression and anxiety since I was a young child but I was never evaluated until I was 24 for the auditory processing disorder thank you for the insight shared in this channel
The high protein, vegetable based diet does help. I tried it at my doctor's suggestion. I never heard of it as something for ADHD until today. The diet did make a difference.
So meat and veggies? I looked into plant based alternatives a little, but it doesn't seem I can reasonably get the protein I should... So you're saying that it helped with your adhd?
@@leo.nordmann - Try keto! It has not removed my need for medication, but it has improved several other aspects. But the keto needs to be above 2mmol to work, below that won't scratch the surface.
Wish you guys were in Australia. Can't find any doctors here who want to spend more than 2 minutes with patients
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
@@Thyramine - sadly, it does not... I have removed gluten and symptoms persisted.
Thing that dropped my symptoms - adrenal support through a naturepath. I really only felt right when I was completely obsessed with a subject or did extreme amounts of yardwork. The adrenal supplement (desiccated cow adrenals) made a huge difference. I could focus without the complete tunnel vision and my memory got so much better. I'm only a month out but a lot of my symptoms were adrenal fatigue. Oh and I'm down to 1 pot of coffee a day from 3 and lost 14lbs. Why was it so quick?
I'm glad you studied this to figure out the functioning of the other brains in the body. I'm going to research this now because of your comment so much thanks!
Yes. I have adrenal fatigue which leads to executive dysfunction. It's a disaster when my body breaks down and gets to that point. People prone to burnout easily get there.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
@@Thyramine yeah, my dad is a no bread guy. Confirmed. So that may be something to do, crap. I love bread.
@@Thyramine A lot of us don't eat gluten and it didn't make a difference. I have antibodies to pretty much everything.
We're primates and we need to frolic and play, we're not meant to sit in a building from 3 to 18 in box without nature stimulation. I didn't get diagnosed until 48. It was such an eyeopener. I haven't been able to hold down a job my entire life. I quit school in 7th grade bc I couldn't take being trapped in the building. It caused me horrible anxiety. On top of it I was able to learn the lesson the first day and then we would spend the rest of the week going over the same thing.
You also sound like you are least higher than average intelligence - those are the folks who get bored easily. They learn things much more quickly than the average person and get bored with the repetitiveness which is how most schools do education. I'd love to know what percentage of those diagnosed with ADHD have genius level I.Q.s.
@@egrogan6482 I would say a high percentage.
Just a victim of bad parenting and low cl.ass oatterns of raising kids
@@egrogan6482 None. They cannot pass IQ test, so below 80. ALWAYS.
@@Abolitionista There are no confirmed links between ADHD and intelligence.
I believe this so much. Mental illness and disorders run heavy in my family, so does poor gut health and poor diet. I feel so much better in every way when I'm on top of my nutrition. Funny thing is my adhd gets in the way of being consistent but over the years I've made huge improvements!
Excercise at least 10 minutes a day early in am helps tons.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
The moment I heard " it's like pouring water and gasoline on a fire", is the moment I realized what I have been doing for the last couple of years since my ADULT ADHD diagnosis. This quote made me realize something. Thank you.
who else was very interested then started to zone out, become distracted, or fast forward to the end?
I truly wish the testing for functional/holistic health was not so expensive. We know we need naturally minded help, but the cost is too much. We found an awesome practitioner, but I cannot afford $400 an hour for each person, plus testing and supplements regularly (and appointments every 3 months) We were high in mercury or arsenic. My poor husband couldn't even go bc of the cost and he let our daughter and I go, and I couldn't even continue care. I truly wish we could make sure the good guys make enough, and still let us little people be able to afford it. (its not that I'm not willing to spend money, i've spent YEARS and THOUSANDS on trying o figure out my issue and finally last year ADHD was my diagnosis at 38, and now we're spent...quite literally.)
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I had to quit watching when he said "I have a little ADHD. I can read an entire book without getting distracted but I get distracted sometimes." Soooo you don't know what ADHD is.
Just know that , the labels helps us get the right helps you remove that and we continue to struggle with adhd being taken serious. It is absolutely disruptive and impairing
Great discussion!!. This war on the mind is not a new one.
Great info guys. Thank so much for sharing. Going to impliment your dietary suggestions on our whole family, looking forward to see the improvements on our 10 year old daughter who has been suffering from severe ADHD since she was 4.
I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciate this episode ❤ thank you for doing what you do!
Hearing you people joke about ADHD in the 1st minute was extremely disheartening.
Especially since I've spent most of my adult life homeless, bouncing from job to job. Never done drugs, I dont even take modern medicine. I don't drink or smoke. I really believe I am cursed with bad luck.
I am currently homeless with a preteen trying to figure out how to fix our life because I just recently remembered I had ADHD.
I was diagnosed at 5yrs old, and stopped taking medication at 15.
So it completely slipped my mind.
Relearning what this means for me and how we got here and how I can improve for my kid.
Seeing you guys make lite of it is really discouraging.
I almost stopped watching, but against my impulse to write you off I stayed, because I love research and true research involves listening to all sides in order to discern the facts.
I'm glad I didn't since I never heard that ADHD and other mental illness connected to inflammation in the brain.
This gives me something to focus my research into.
I always thought it was strange something like epilepsy and autism could be improved by changing the diet but not other mental illnesses.
Environment and diet do play a role but the brain is wired differently.
Stimulants affect ADHDers differently. It’s a clear sign the medication has an atypical effect on them. They do help.
Yes! Adderall puts me in a zen-like state. More focused, less stimulated....because I can get shit done.
It’s 100% diet.
@@TheCuratorIsHere - Really? I have been doing keto for 3 years and I still have ADHD....
@@montycora Try a high water fruit fast, do it for 30 days. Or juice fast. Or 7 day water fast with wildcrafted seamoss. See what happens if u undergo these protocol.
@@jendayiKa yeah I'm pretty sure we'll still gonna have some adhd. I guess the world renowned leading psychiatrist on adhd would be aware of the treatment based on watermelon, instead of stimulants.
Relateable. I procrastinated all week. Feeling bad about myself, I went out to the bar, then i came home and got everything done in a couple hours that i was putting off with a little buzz going. Must have upped my dopamine.
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I’m 37 and getting my results tomorrow for my adhd diagnosis. I always thought I had it. School was a very difficult time. But once I was done with high school I went straight into carpentry. So didn’t really think about it until a couple months ago when I listened to a podcast (not adhd related just 1 random episode out of hundreds that they talked about their diagnosis) and thought I could really relate. Then I looked into what it actually was and was thinking how did no one know after all the parent teacher or parent principal or parent counselor conferences every year. Anyways, I’ve always been pretty healthy. I love the gym and lifting weights, I love the physical demand of my job, and I try to eat pretty healthy. But even when I did 45 min to a hour of yoga before and after a hour and a half gym session with 30 minutes of meditation. As well as a clean diet with 0 processed sugar I would still find it hard to hold concentration during conversations with people or focus on anything for long periods of time without my mind wondering off to other places. I would say with great amounts of physical exercise and a very good “diet” it reduced my adhd issues by maybe 30% and made me feel more grounded. But some things just can’t be helped by exercise and nutrition. I needed to change habits and create unique “hacks” so I wouldn’t lose things or lose track of time, and even to keep a conversation going without people saying “you didn’t hear a word I said did you” or “what are you talking about? I didn’t say anything about that. Are you even listening?”
The micro biome is so incredibly important. I suffered from what they called obsessive defiance disorder since I was a kid until around age 33 which is borderline adhd some of the same issues and also have fibromyalgia just a constant pain in my whole body and testicular penile and pain in my groin area i eventually became so sick I couldn’t no longer function over time I became extremely allergic to mold and dogs and wood dust and my life was absolutely miserable I hated being alive it was so painful. My sister led me to diet and detox and later to detoxing and fasting and I fasted from all wheats for a week and nearly all my symptoms started to disappear. I had sever chronic inflammatory response syndrome and leaky gut etc the list of ailments was so long some of my my teeth started to decay and I finally realized my gut was so compromised I wasn’t able to absorb many of the vitamins and minerals I was eating so now I detox regularly and can only eat limited amounts of organic whole grain bread and only natural sugars etc but at age 34 for the first time in my life I felt like the person I really am. Emotional roller coaster because I lost this anger that came from mold exposure and eating wheat which I’ve learned im allergic to. I still have fibromyalgia but it’s become bearable and manageable I no longer take any medication except allergy medicines and ibuprofen and regularly clean my sinuses . Something still affects me I have yet to discover or am missing out on something I’m not getting in my diet I can’t seem to figure it out but at least my inflammatory pains are nearly gone and my anxiety is nearly non existent unless I work in a moldy home or high in dust. I suffered from intense migraines and now occasionally get a mild one. It’s amazing to even be where I’m at it connected me spiritually on a new level where before I was deaf to God. Now my step daughter is dealing with similar issues more along the lines of adhd but also experience hormonal issues and strange bleeding she bleed from her breasts and have done many scans and brain scans and can’t find anything so I believe she’s suffering from inflammation in her sinuses and finally brain causing her pituitary gland to compress and causing this very abnormal bleeding to occur and her starting period to be abnormal and intermittent she’s 12 it’s caused her life to fall apart she can’t manage school and has been doing it from a computer but even then she’s so all over the place she can’t focus and struggles to do simple assignments. I don’t know where to start she has a sinus issue since birth her ear canals are small her tubes failed and has chronic ear infections which we can’t get under control she’s allergic to penicillins and I’m trying to get her mom to recognize inflammation as the culprit why she has been frantically searching for cancers etc I can see the issue or part of it. How do I get someone in denial to change her diet when she doesn’t even acknowledge my triumph and tribulations? The bleeding started the same day she started these time released amphetamine salt which I advised against because of her high inflammatory symptoms now she’s not taking the medicine anymore she still continues to bleed off and on to the point the school will send her home because her shirt is saturated with blood more pink then only blood high in prolactin. Otherwise she’s healthy but I’m at a loss because her mom wants to get her back on regular adderol instead of changing her diet she continues to feed her the worst foods possible for someone like me. Ramen noodle cheap waffles etc. she will allow her to skip family healthy meals and eat cheap processed wheat soups etc. I’m at a loss and I feel I’ve studied more on this issue then any doctor she’s been to they all don’t have a clue and just do a scan send her home and nothing. I tell her she needs to focus on the ear infection she completely discredits that as a cause so she will get antibiotics and not give them to her and I work so I am not always here to make sure she follows the prescription which she routinely never gives them to her.
I'd say that you can maybe ask to give it a test run, there will be nothing to lose... For 6 weeks, clean up the diet and see how she reacts. If nothing changes, then okay, the mom can continue as she was (but we all know that won't be the case) - but it has to be 100%. No junk in the household for those 6 weeks, everyone needs to be on board. Maybe even come at it from the angle of "If the environment suffers from pollution, why wouldn't our bodies?" We have lived all these years without all these harmful foods, and now recently we are eating them in excess. Kids are the most susceptible because they are in the developmental stage.
On another note, I also have fibromialgia and had sinusitis for a long time. I got rid of it by getting rid of commercial shampoos, conditioners, detergents. Apparently I was allergic to all of those things as well. So be aware to all the things that come in contact with your body on a daily basis (not just food).
@@hannagabrielle3325 that’s a good idea thank you for your response I’ve never really thought to look there. I’ve always had sinusitis also. It’s gotten so much better but something definitely is still bothering me. I took testing for a very limited allergic reaction panel and dust mites was one I’ve just attributed it to the environment for fibromyalgia and sinus issues but I’m so sensitive to cheap wheats why not something else I’ve never been able to make the connection to.
Jordon Petersons daughter figured out herself her issues, meat ..I f I remember correctly and changed her life her dad tried it and it changed his… this may be an answer for more than one person. He didn’t have issues like her but it changed how he felt and healed him.
@@hannagabrielle3325 Re fibromyalgia what set mine off was sensitivities to preservatives eg calcium proprionate (282) in bread together with other chemicals. Recently I experienced fibromyalgia after many years this time it was related to malabsorption of nutrients. Once I started supplementing in high doses my fibromyalgia body pain disappeared. I was already eating low carb healthy food but I was not absorbing the nutrients due to poor gut microbiome which was destroyed by long term antibiotic use.
My wife is the same, they're ignorant when it comes to healthy eating.
All 5 kids fat, and full of ailments related to inflammation
We all know most of what was talked about in this video - but this video is so elegant and comprehensive, and puts it all together in a way that is compelling.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
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This discussion is life changing. I must now find professionals in Manhattan who can care for children with ADHD. I am an acupuncturist and have patients with children who have such manic behavior that it is like watching a cartoon character doing tumbles and crashes. This is a vital resource for referrals to professionals who can literally save families who do not know what to do or who to see.
As a child, I was SEVERELY punished for my ADHD, both at school and at home.
rightly so
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Me to its cruel never got dianosed till older aged
I have done the elimination, meditation, take a multitude of suppliments and I am no different. I also now have a lupus diagnosis on top of the ADHD, which with the chronic fatigue is making my ADHD worse.
@8:55 We do know the cause though. Parts of the brain are smaller, less neurotransmitter receptors. Infact, we know the why so well we know why stimulants help.
Thank you so much for this podcast this was the most insightful out of all the videos I've watched. I was thinking about getting medication but i will try to eliminate the foods mentioned and add omega 3s B D vitamins zinc magnesium to see how i feel for at least a month. I'm almost 40 years of age and its been so hard I feel like a failure as I can't get anything done.
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Do it for more than a month! Also-Take the good vit Bs and the good magnesium. Research this. Cut out all sugar and most grains. Don’t drink at all, don’t smoke weed. You will feel like a new person!!
Gawd damn dude, easier said than done!
Magnesium Threonate & Mag Malate combined will give you great focus & energy. Mag Glycinate for sleep, Mag Taurate for heart health. 😇
Add 10 fast excercise daily in am. This tells your body to create chemicals that help you wake up, be more alert, focused and in better mood.
I heard so much of my own story in their discussion. How does one find a doctor who approaches things this way?? My doc is pretty run-of-the-mill mainstream and uninspired. I chose him because he has a good reputation in the community and he's a DO, which I thought would mean he's more holistic. Sure, he's a nice guy, personable, doesn't rush. But he runs the basic blood work, tells me to eat less and exercise more, and throws pills at me. I ask him about tests, he says I don't need them. I asked about nutrition, he referred me to a dietitian who still pushes the 1980s FDA food pyramid. I asked about low carb, he says a calorie is a calorie. I ask him about supplements I'm hearing about all over the place and often he's never even heard of them. I tell him about things I read and hear and he's a little dismissive because I'm getting it from YT and the internet. I heard a lot of my own story in this talk. Mid 50s now, diagnosed ADHD almost 30 years ago, I'm not in ruins but my executive function is wobbly on my best days. I struggle every day to manage the bare basics more than anyone I know, and I fail at important stuff on the regular. I had severe eczema as a kid, asthma, food and environmental allergies, and all the classic ADHD indicators from toddlerhood onward. I am stressed and overwhelmed every day even as I deliberately take on less and less. This shows in my BP and metabolic numbers. A tenth of a point away from prediabetes and obvious signs of insulin resistance. I try to learn all I can and am very careful with my diet. I want to find and address root causes, not just throw pills at symptoms. But without a doctor who's onboard with this philosophy, I feel like I'm shooting in the dark. Is there some listing of modern, progressive thinking doctors like this? Can people interview a doctor before pouring time and money into an appointment? Do I just keep asking around? Or maybe I need to apply to med school? I really want to do better but am at a loss for how!
i am going to print this and use it every chance i get ! thank you!
@@mirateograd5248 you're welcome? 🤣 How is it useful? Or did you mean to reply to another comment?
@@DrewJmsn oh definitely here! where do i begin? haha!
just yesterday i mentioned to someone how lucky i am to have a doctor who accepts my "like" for natural remedies in disfavour of industrial chemicals, and not for not trying! the closest i got to justifying this, through research of my own, is the possibility of me being "a bit" of an Aspie. if the label is what my doctor needs, he said nothing of it, but i appreciate him for accepting me as i am. can't say the same for most doctors i had to deal with, some bringing me to a worse condition or close to my end even, on several occasions. it may sound like i'm making light of it, but it took a tonne of mental work and physical recovery, i have to say...
Moreover, recently i had the surprise of hearing a doctor say (when i asked one why they are such unhappy people and faulty life partners) that their dignity and position don't let them be looked down on by other social categories. Well, i still find it hard to fully grasp that, to say the least! guess i'm still in disbelief/ denial :))
A saying comes to mind now, i heard it after getting burnt several times- Don't go to the praised tree with a sack . Fame precedes the actual professional, don't expect too much! but that's why you go there, to ask for help!
Something else that caught my eye in your comment was the recollection of someone saying they wanted to enroll in med school (at 50yo) so they could self medicate, since doctors are just a big risk nowadays.
Few of the doctors i know or heard of are willing to do research on the side. truth be told, after so many years of study, it must be tiring. nonetheless, i believe one should follow a path in life they can invest in and sustain, right? what goes around comes around, after all. mess people's lives up, don't expect to live untouched, praised doctor or not.
getting back to my doctor (whom i don't see much of, thank god) says everything you eat makes you grow, no use in dieting. or...eat eggs until you feel your body wants no eggs (as for eating 1egg/ week). or...he hugs his patients tightly and pays them sudden loud compliments to measure general wellbeing, tonus etc or see about their mental sharpness and overall mood. Treatments? he makes them sound like temporary food you need to take- he once said "love, what do you mean the endocrinologist gave you this med for a lifetime? it won't be made for as long as you'll live, with all the walking you do and "weeds" you eat". He even hires other doctors like him and i can say they are quite busy and sought after.
People like him are precious and don't come in great numbers, it's a lottery.
by now, having met and worked closely with so many doctors (at my job)for almost 20 years, i can say that looking at their partners and kids is a good assessment tool. they can't hide forever who they truly are and what they believe in, right? and if there's no way of telling, then go for the one you hear spends most time with a patient during consultations and who isn't the most famous or busiest.
@@DrewJmsn so basically thank you for voicing some of the fears, concerns and needs more of us might have. For ourselves or our beloved. It is brave and responsible of you, and you make it look more like an act of social involvement rather than distrust in the medical practice
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
Glad I found this… I have JUST STARTED getting my diet right again. I noticed since I stopped eating chicken daily pretty much, my whole system has malfunctions! My adhd really became more prominent I know realise. Food is life 😊
Fascinating. I really do believe we are getting closer to the truth.
I recommend Dr. Hyman to bring Russell Barley who is known as a world-renowned top researcher psychologist for ADHD
he is all about the drugs
@@shelleynowwilson I agree with you. However, he does compartmentalize this condition rather than as a disorder in terms of brain neurology remarkably. I do not necessarily agree with all the meds that he recommends, but he also does go indepth about different tools you can use (like a brain map tool) to combat ADHD as an adult, or teaching parents and teachers preventative methods and guidance to help children to prevent from further struggles they will have as adults. I think that its important for doctors with different opinions to sit together and discuss what they can agree or disagree on to meet in the middle for our best health outcomes.
@@shelleynowwilson - If you had ADHD and try a medication that changed your life completely, would you still demonize it?
@@montycora yeah, what a crazy idea... Treat an actual physical neurodeficit with pharmaceuticals that resolve the deficits. Who woulda thought that giving medicines that treat the specific deficits have measurable benefits?
This whole attitude that is a diet issue just pisses me off.
❤️🙏thanks - please more content on adult ADD 🙏🙏🙏
Diet too. Food colorings, additives, and preservatives are in so many of the foods we eat today.
I was always being called out since 1st first grade My mother constantly have received calls saying that i wasnt paying attention. I was very shy and timid. When i grew up we never knew about this. We grew up in the 70's and i think our food was fine I wish they knew about this when I was young because it affected me learning in school. I went to Catholic school and i just got pushed through. I really hated school. If it wasnt for my parents i would of dropped out
I have a high school but i always struggled with school. Also my ex has it probably just as bad as me
Thankfully i got my daughter dignosed and medicated and she was a honor student and was able to go to college.
So it obviously got passed down to my daughter and she had double whammy
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
It awful that this type of help is not covered on most insurance. So many suffer because of it.
The most crippling symptom of adhd is the
lack of self-talk commentary which keeps people on task. This play-by-play gets interrupted by stimuli so often that a minor task takes forever. If I’m lacking commentary then I think in terms of a given task having a signature beat and rhythm.
The flow of a thing is most important for task completion.
Can you explain to me what you mean by self-talk commentary?
@@rebeccaalam9261 self-talk is your inner voice that keeps you on task.
I personally need to talk myself through a task or I’m screwed.
“Now I’m cleaning the dish, getting the edges, now the back”
“Loading it in the washer, have 4 more dishes, then I’m finished”
Sometimes I make a stupid song out of it...
Otherwise the brain jumps ahead to what’s next to explore which leads you off to whatever feels good and nothing was finished.
What is self-talk commentary?
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
@@base99498 I didn't check the replies before I wrote my reply. You brought up dishes lol. When I think as you do when doing dishes, it annoys me, and I struggle to do them! So, it's not weird or crazy to talk yourself through stuff in this manner? I thought I was adding to my mental burnout/exhaustion doing this...
I am so happy to watch this video. I would love to get treatment from you doctor. Do you still seeing new patients?
Unfortunately, a lot of credibility of speakers goes right out the window when they open with something not fact checked. The opening statement that "10% of children" in the US are on ADHD medication is 300% wrong. Five percent have ADHD; about 60% receive medication. That's actually about 3%. Since ADHD is a complex situation involving epigenetics and extensive care and management, to distort the role of the medication component is not helpful. 80%+ relief of significant distress and symptoms remains accurate. It gives a place to start at a minimum--the brain/attention support to comply with the other changes the student needs to not just embrace, but ACTUALLY PERFORM. 70% for ritalin, 70% for adderall (and their time release equivalents). That one of them will work, but not the other, after trying and adjusting dosage with good doctors, brings the help these medicines give to families in the range of 85%. The science and safety of stimulant medication isn't arguable anymore. And approximately "How much better is the medicine that other approaches without using it?" Good question. The medicine works better by a factor of three than all other known interventions/managements. It gives room makes the other changes, and sooner, so the brain has a chance to catch up with challenges. By "brain," of course, I mean "human being who is suffering." Fact check any statement above. Yes, all supportive and attitudinal care, counseling, and adjustments play a huge role. Wheelchair first when legs don't work. *It doesn't start* with a pep talk to someone on the ground.
^^ This comment here
FANTASTIC! I am so grateful to learn all those things thank you Mr. Mark and Mr. George
ADHD is a different type of brain entirely and I want it to be recognized by law
We need to diagnose people with Lack Of Acceptance Disorder, because neurodivergent people LOVE everyone to be exactly the same. If you're different you're fucking incompetent and need improvement which is TOXIC
What do u mean
No it isn’t. It’s gut mediated.
It is 100% not a "different type of brain." ADD is caused by a consistent lack of nutrients and minerals to the brain, usually caused by an excess of processed carbs and sugar. The gut is almost always involved bc processed carbs and sugar causes gut damage which disallows the body to absorb nutrition and properly allocate to the brain. Wish these doctors would have gone into serious detail about this issue. What is even the point of discussing a topic when the main issues aren't even disclosed??
@@GameChanger597 - so keto and proper supplementation should fix the issue, right? Too bad it didn't work for me though, cause I still have it...
I enjoyed learning from this video but I found Dr. Hyman talking over the other Dr. Who was actually the reason I watched this video. I really wanted to hear more from the other Dr.
Okay, so clearly inflammation affects the brain and brings out ADHD symptoms, but what about when your diet is perfect but environmental factors affect your symptoms and aren't able to be changed so easily? Ex, living conditions, working conditions?
Do you mean like stress? Stress messes up your stomach acid. Low stomach acid means bad digestion and bad digestion means poor vitamine absorption
I think you still have to find ways to process oxidative stress better. There is no such thing as a perfect diet and we all respond differently to different foods. For some of us healthy foods cause stressload on our body we can't process well. Also if we don't exercise nothing can be processed through the body well at all. Thats why cardio is one of the best things for ADHD. If our body is not efficiently processing stressors in the body, things producing oxidative stress in the cells, then we get worse. But you can't say my diet is perfect and my cells arenot under stress from it. How can you know that? Some people literally can not consume vegetables and have to go on a carnivore diet because we are all set up differently. No perfect diet....
Maybe you have food sensitivities that you don’t realize. My friend had testing done and she can’t eat watermelon or fermented foods. You would think those are good for you but not her.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
I absolutely love this episode.
I have adhd and was retired when i was 48, because i am unable to have a job. Was diagnosed at age 39. I really tried, and loved to work, at least in my younger years..... The last years, my symptoms increased and became so worse, and I burned out, several times. The last time, i didnt recover and I got a cronic brain damage. The medicin dont help enough..
Have you checked your hormone levels? It makes adult adhd much worse as we age.
Love this! Thank you for this and for Good Dr.'s doing these podcasts. The teacher's need to be educated about this because they are the ones doing the diagnosing and then telling the parents they have all of these problems but they are wrong and that is why there was such an explosion of parents going in and saying my child has ADD or ADHD and they were all automatically put on medication that was not correct at all. I know I watched it happen.
IMO they put kids on meds to make the school agendas function in a one size fits all way, which does a great disservice to all neuro- diverse people!
And self regulation is key for every body. It may be harder to archive for some than for others, but it is key in growing up and having a fullfilling life.
My daughter was born in 1985. She was the only baby in the nursery who didn't sleep. Of course she slept, but not much. She had a reputation at 2 days old as the baby who didn't sleep. She was a good baby. At 11 months she ran a fever , that being the only symptom. Her personality changed a little. She was diagnosed adhd at 8. She had memory deficits. She was hell on wheels. At 35 she is one of the most organized people i know. She refused medication and will rarely take any as an adult. So, do you think she was born adhd?
She was and is normal. What was abnormal is that you gave up on her before her 11 months, dumping her at nursery. Even chimps are kinder to their kids.
Yep. Born with it.
@@svetavinogradova4243 Where did you get that she "dumped her child into a nursery at age 11 months?"
@@egrogan6482 "She was the only baby in the nursery who didn't sleep. " BABY means UNDER 1 year old.
She was referring to the hospital nursery when she gave birth. 🙄
I am almost 48, and have tried all my life to work harder, Its so soul destroying to hear you are lazy, or Stephen is a clever kid but he just needs to work harder. I learned no matter how hard I try I just cant meet what is asked of me. Now if I come across a difficult read at uni I just crash into a spiral of dispair.
There are many games in life to play. You chose to play one you were really bad at. Pick a different game.
I was diagnosed with "an attention deficit disorder when 12 yrs. old, in 1982, before AD(H)D was much of a thing. It has ruled (and in some cases) imploded parts of my life, relationships. But I never ate junk food. So while I agree the sugary breakfast foods aren't healthy, they certainlly dis ' cause it,
I took an adhd test when i went back to college after having my twins in my early
30s. You wouldnt believe the amount of tests that i had to complete to qualify for medication. It opened up a whole new world of creativity for me. I wish that i had tested sooner. I don't believe that its given out willy/nilly.
The best video I watched today! Thank you and please more videos about ADHD and mental health in general.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
Amazing video. Thank you doctors!!! I’m glad I have a great GP and psychiatrist
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
Task completion with adhd?
Imagine a bumper-car obstacle course.
I thought of It as a traIn track where I walk on the wIde road for an hour to get somewhere socIfIc and when I'm nearly there the raIL bars go down for the traIn and I keep waItIng and waItIng for the traIn but the bars remaIn down and I can't get to the other sIde so I Just stand there wonderIng what the fck happened
I hope that makes sense
I am an advocate for the correct medication to be available when necessary. Autistics that I've observed during my 40 years can dysregulate, physically or emotionally. This means that stress has consumed the autistics emotional mind. It is reacting as if it's life and death. This really needs understanding. Even though I as an autistic from a generally selfish and resistant to developing thought patterns, I have created many different thought patterns to understand, empathize, create equity between different intensity of emotions, etc. I'm very statistically, economically, and interested in safety for others. Maybe we dysregulate and cause our own problems. When this affects others especially neurotypicals I think better understanding of ADHD, Autism, and stimulants and the true functions of dopamine within the neurological system. At least 22 neurological circuits are Dopaminergic. Dopamine does not directly give AuDHD folks a "high". Like myself, we suffer from ASD as children and parents that defend their impulsive and overreactions as justified because they "felt" that way. We all need dopamine for the prefrontal cortex. This is the region of every human brain in which fine control is gained and skills and training are developed over time. Being an unregulated unrestricted emotional mind is not a personality. This is causing economic externalities that nobody seems to care to address besides more pressure on already out of control people. It's not "crazy", anybody can have neurotransmitter deficiency for some reason. It's better to have the ability to exhert control on the emotional mind which is prone to explosive emotional outbursts and vengeance, not understanding the results of their actions until to late. They're of course responsible, but at least begin to meet us halfway or any percent, please? Sure you can't see our values, but deprivation of a valuable neurotransmitter isn't helping any autistics maintain their health and control.
This also causes the autistic burnout, which is very real. Yes, what we do is just as easy but some of our physiology is consuming more neurotransmitters than a neurotypical. Then a autistic will look very desperate and over express emotions. This stems from the prefrontal cortex being dormant and probably even speech is impaired at a dramatic level.
So i can very clearly state, ADHD and Autism aren't "mental disorders". It's not even reasonable to infer 99% of the public doesn't have either 9r even both. Everyone certainly knows what we look like and act like, avoiding us in every respect in society. I think we can self diagnose just fine both ADHD and Autism. I mean if youre just nothing but impulsive thoughts, memory recollection and encoding, highly reactive and defensive, prone to explosively physically defending personal boundaries (which are constantly crossed in public, with the statement "you have to take it and deal eith it!") There's a limit and we all have it, then we are in concern for safety due to a perception of life or death even when its just regular subtle American hazing and abuse of a disabled person ehich is shamed to identify openly. So just accepting the consequences is more cognitively congruent. Plus that terrible insecure nature is just unrelenting and unsurvivable to those around Autistics. Even i was able to hold it back. Sure it causes self hatred but now at least other people's mental health isn't in constant peril. Both amphetamine and methamphetamine should be available. Sure, excitotoxicity is possible. The "psychosis" is when a stimulant user that needs the medication are suddenly out of it, prefrontal cortex loses control and unrestricted, unregulated emotional needs overcome the sufferer. These are like OCD behavior and the person will compulsively address these emotional desires. This can get very intense with feeling hunger and compulsive overeating, compusivr thefts aka kleptomaniac behavior, hoarding food items, probably hoading in general. We can and will be allowed to describe our symptoms. A doctor doesnt care and has zero responsibility to address "mental health disorders" due to Autism and ADHD being minimized as if zero control of impulse and physically dormant neurological structures necessary for discreet dunctions are lost most of the time permanently. Then emotions cant be internally redirected into positive actions and then everything is destructive. The anxiety from low dopamine is a self preservation mechanism to increase wakefulness but causes worse problems. If you have none of the normal neurotransmitters you use adrenaline, norepinephrine, etc. Just makig everything a inperitive life or death situation but juat so the person is able to complete a task before the adrenaline wears off.
Then cardiac and circulation issues. Neuropathy, sensory processing disorders and delays. Etc.
Super fat and very exciting net hear. Both my daughter and I have ADD. We board in Denmark. But where is it just so sad that we do not get such tests at all where they go to the bottom and find the exact problems. We just take the test also find the medications that help as best as possible. Denmark could learn so much from you.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
There are entire generations of women , adult women who were failed. Girls were very unlikely to be diagnosed and treated for ADHD because symptoms and girls are different than symptoms and boys. Studies found that girls actually get worse while boys get better. as a 44 year old woman who has struggled all through my life in so many different aspects. I don’t even know how to begin getting a proper diagnosis. I just know that it’s bad. Im so tired of finding psychiatrist, who treat or specialize in ADHD, but only see children rather than adults who really really need help. hope this changes because if you’re like me, it’s very hard to think of even going on in this life like this.
I forgot that I had adhd because i didn't like taking ritalin and stopped taking it, and my mom thought it was a made up thing. Then I lived my life until a few years ago where I realized I was self medicating and that I actually was dealing with the symptoms of adhd like all of them. And thinking I was crazy or that there was something wrong with me. The worst part is that there's no compassion in life when you have it and the most obvious things that should be common sense that I forget or mess up and being mocked or the utter disbelief from people when I say I forgot, or I don't know why I didn't do this or that or what am I doing. It's a shitty way to go through life and not knowing what's wrong with me because it was swept under the rug. All i needed was maybe some medication and counseling and I probably would have been mostly ok.
But medication is definitely not the end all be all solution.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommene doing some research.
For me it was age. It's like I fought so hard for so long that although I'm tired, I can cope enough to be almost normal.
I feel what you're saying. My whole life I've been treated as though I were terribly stupid. It was because I'd forget very simple things or what I refer to as my brain stalling out. I'll be working my way through a thought and then suddenly it freezes in my head. It's like the last few pieces of that thought keep replaying but I can't move past it.
I'm not stupid. I'm not lazy. I'm an ambitious female engineer and math tutor but if you ask my past coworkers, they'd probably tell you I was a complete dimwit.
At 43 I’ve just come to the realisation that I most probably have adhd and I find it refreshing as it’s the missing piece to the puzzle of all my struggles from as early as I can remember. I also acknowledge that a lot of my issues are due to childhood trauma from internal and external experiences. At times in my past I’ve actually unknowingly found great ways to live with it but generally this will decline over 6 months.
Also I had ear infections from an early age and it was treated with antibiotics up until my teens. Definitely need to work on my healthy gut diet again. Did a Candida diet in my late 20’s for an 8 month period and I never felt better. Still had adhd symptoms but I had a massive decrease in depression and anxiety.
... diagnosed at 40?? I WISH! lol I wasn't until I was 52!! (57 now) & now a little better (I am managing it better now that I am learning) but I lost a 100 jobs when I was young. In the 80's it took 5 mins to get a job for me. but everyone would fire me eventually. it went on for a decade. I HAVE NO EDUCATION. LEARNT NOTHING IN SCHOOL.. My highest mark was 50% or maybe 51%? was suspended constantly. ALWAYS in some kind of trouble at school. I couldn't sit still. Fell into full blown addiction and sobered up as a adult. Life has always been hard. I am just STARTING to get short brief glimpse's of peace in short short bouts. but very hopeful now. Learning what is wrong is helpful cuz you cant fix what you can not even name it and even know what is wrong. I guess better late than never. Its a tricky problem. I was lucky though in a way, self taught (of course! I dont fit in school) and have managed to survive by working as a artist, illustrator designer for over 30 years. Deadlines, quick thinking, creative on demand is like a cake walk for ADHD. I am grateful I had something to keep a roof over my head and my daughters.
I know several people who are sensitive to gluten but they eat it anyway and they have problems with focusing and attention....plus a lot of other things....such as appendicitis gall bladder disorder bipolar, Renaud syndrome Parkinsons seizures psoriasis migraines gum disease arthritis fibromyalgia gerd
to list just some
Thank you
How do you talk about ADHD with your kid without making them feel like there is something wrong with them?
If you can't then don't, do what you can and change their diet and see the change. Maybe they will start to see that it isn't them, it's what they are eating that is the primary cause.
There isn't, they are neurodivergent, evolution baby
You can tell them that their brain simply works a little differently than most, it doesn't have to be a better than/worse than situation. Acknowledging the situation will probably help them understand why they feel differently from most people.
Maybe tell your child (if your child is 8 years old and above?) that you notice that your child has a hard time concentrating or paying attention and that you will like to help your child out, that you've read that there are people having this issues and struggles and that sometimes diet or if necessary medication can help? I am not an expert...
I get that you're trying to highlight the dietary aspects of ADHD, but I can tell you as a survivor of the Functional Medicine movement, who did the food sensitivity testing, nutrient profile, methylation testing (only one copy of the mthfr gene), genetic testing, yeast detoxification, and I did the diet for 2 years, which for me meant eliminating: diary, wheat, gluten, yeast, eggs, shellfish and beans and refined sugar, it's not all that. My anti-inflammatory diet was meat and vegetables with lots of greens (my diet was never that bad, by the way). All of this without stimulant medication. It was super hard, but I was desperate. I saw marginal improvements, and found it incredibly hard to live this way. With medication, I can do my job, and I can manage my diet better, because I have better executive function and better impulse control. Without discussing the feedback loop and the role of medication for management of ADHD, it just sounds like more of the same: blaming the patient for their problem. You are both profiting from these expensive, intensive interventions, and of course you're going to highlight your successes, and I do think people should try these things if they can afford it, but it is irresponsible for you to act like this is a home run every time. I am so tired of the diet bullies of the world telling patients that their problems are all behavioral.
Exactly. The truth is that normal distribution among people does exist, and so there are dumb and disorganised NORMAL people, and a lot of them.
the schools are terrible and no sane and thinking child would feel engaged in that environment.
Dude what’s the alternative. Everyone has a problem with the structure and order of a classroom. You try running a class with 5,10,20,30 kids and having no order. Good luck. You want your child to experience disorder, or have child-led experiences, stop demanding that from publicly funded schools or large private schools. Do that yourself on evenings and weekends, and hire someone to do all the chores that bog you down during those times.
@@AForEh The alternative is freedom
I got diagnosed in my late 30s. Specifically because after having a kid I felt completely sideswiped by life and got diagnosed with anxiety. I was stressed out ALL the time and everything sent on high alert. Once I started taking ADHD medicine, everything clicked into place.
MTHFR mutations are a topic I'd really appreciate more information from you about. My functional Dr says they're the key to most health issues.
If you do have that gene mutation, that means your body is not able to properly process/absorb folate. I have the mutation, I got tested for it by two different gene testing companies. And due to such mutation, I have to take the Methylated version of Folic acid or folate.
Furthermore, you have to have enough intrinsic factor produced in the stomach lining, in order to have folate bind with it, and be absorbed in the small intestine. If you have poor, gastrointestinal health, then you will need to take an oral (buccal) form of the Methylated folate
^^^ intrinsic factor is needed/required to bind to folate and vitamin B 12, so that your body can process it in the ileum portion of your small intestines(that’s the end, before the beginning of your large intestines).
@@RunningWaddles Thank you. I can't take the methylated forms as they give me anxiety and sleeplessness. I am taking small amounts of Folate and B Minus by Seeking Health. I do have gut issues that I'm working on with a functional dr.
Some studies have found ADHD people having elevated gluten specific antibodies. Once they eliminated gluten, their symptoms greatly improved. Recommend doing some research.
@@RunningWaddles 70% of all modern humans have the mutant type. The wild type is less common! People with mutant MTHFR have a 40% higher chance of having depression. I have the common A->T mutation but there's also the more severe G->C mutation that can result in severe neurological dysfunction/profound mental disability.