For those who don't wanna watch the whole video - 1. B1 vitamin 2. Magnesium 3. Potassium 4. Supplement called DMAE 5. Keto diet 6. Intermittent fasting.
Brahmi leaf powder tea and gluten free food and nigella sativa Seeds oil helps for cognition and clarity. Chinese date leaf tea is good for sleeping. Ghee dairy food is nerves calming. Reading and listening Quran, stop the Bullying mind.
Be careful . . . ADHD is much more than just attention and focus issues. We also have problems with emotional regulation. We can also be extremely sensitive to rejection. We have a thing called "time blindness," and can also have problems with working memory and auditory processing. There are lots of other symptoms as well, that aren't commonly known, but are a big part of the typical ADHD experience. I know the diagnostic criteria just focus on inattentiveness and hyperactivity, but there is really a lot more to the story. Just a pro tip: Those of us with ADHD really can't stand it when people say, "We all have a little ADHD." No you don't. Would you tell a person on the way to chemo that we all have a little cancer? Of course not. I'm a huge fan of your work, but please tread lightly on this. It's a real issue for many of us, as is more than just spacing out sometimes. The only thing that has really helped me with my ADHD is going on keto. I started it to lose weight and then suddenly realized that my procrastination habit had disappeared. This procrastination habit had been a deep source of shame for me for decades, and is one of the most common symptoms that us ADHDers experience. Procrastination for us is this feeling of wanting and needing to do something, but, somehow, it just doesn't get done, no matter how much you berate yourself. And berate ourselves we do. Meanwhile, I, frankly, wouldn't even bother recommending supplements. It's just an extra thing to have to do, and most of us will forget to take the supplements after a few days. In my personal experience, I have experienced zero effects from supplementation. And if you're wondering who in the comments section has ADHD, just check the comment length, *ahem.*
Are you a physician / MD? Just curious. Because youtube tends to have a lot of know it alls on treadmills giving health advice they may not even understand what they're talking about.
@@RstGamingReviews yes this is what open free discourse results in. But it requires the receiver to do their own research and take responsibility for their own actions and choices on what they choose to follow.
I can relate to everything she is saying and i have never been diagnosed but i could tell that i have it because other family members are and i can totally relate to this which sucks but all we have to do is push on 🤷♂️.
ADHD is definitely something I’ve struggled sooooo deeply with. I almost cried when I took Adderall for the first time because it gave me so much relief and made me feel normal. But I stopped taking it in October due to the shortage and decided not to refill my prescription because the withdrawal was so severe, and I realized I didn’t want to be on Adderall for the rest of my life. I’m going to try this and report back July 2023. Update: Hello everyone! It is July 2023, and I wanted to follow up because many people have commented asking for results. I’m of the opinion, after much trial and error, that unfortunately this is not a magic cure-all. In hindsight, 6 months in, I actually find Dr. Berg’s video pretty insulting. To insinuate that ADHD is not real, and to present this video as if the symptoms are easily helped… is pretty messed up. I wanted to give you guys the answer that all my symptoms have gone away, but I’m starting to come to terms with the fact that I will have to continue my journey in naturally treating my symptoms. I have to note that meditation has largely helped, along with increasing my exercise. I’ve seen little differences, but I highly recommend Dr. Daniel Amen, as he has had a big impact on my perspective on ADHD. He has a UA-cam channel called Amen Clinics, and I’ve found it really insightful to help me understand ADHD, and how our brains work differently. I still think taking pharmaceuticals is still not the right answer for me, and I’ll try to update if I find anything that makes a notable difference. Don’t feel discouraged, there are so many people just like you, who are looking for an answer.
I know how you feel, you made a hard choice but it's the right one. It's virtually like taking painkillers when the source of the problem simply persists. I wish you luck and good energy!
So you decided to stop medication because the withdrawals of stopping medication was bad 😅 Did medication not help you? There's nothing wrong with taking medication for your whole life, ADHD is a lifelong problem. You wouldn't hear someone with diabetes decide to stop taking insulin.
During my Hollywood film career I spent much of it on anti depressants. I developed many of the symptoms of ADD and great difficulty sleeping but never took medicine for these. Though this has incorrectly been atrributed to Sigmund Freud this has proven true for me: “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.” When I quit working with assholes I found my depression miraculously cured itself. When my sleep improved so did my ability to focus and my executive functions. To this day I stay away from the causes of depression, including most of my family, who, as I have since learned, had very thoroughly groomed me for work in the salt mines of Hollywood.
Lol true. I had a toxic MIL I lived with and was experiencing suicidal ideation/ depression. I still have rumination/ crazy thoughts bc adhd but they don’t spiral into me wanting to kill myself as often.
I can't watch any Hollywood movie for several years. They indead are assholes but must inportantly very sick people and I don't want to absorb that dark energy. They also don't rappresent me, there is nothing artistic or innovative any more, just a lot of progaramming and dumming. Great things from Europe! Ps. Since I live gluten I don't have brain fogg.
Yes. There are so many things that can lead to depression or exacerbate it. A lot of us do things that sabotage our physical and mental health without realizing it (lack of sleep, crap diet, not exercising, not managing stress, etc.). I have an extremely stressful job, and I know that my depression is getting worse the longer I stay in it. It's just not easy to leave, especially in this economy.
Good on you, sometimes you may find you don't have a choice though haha, in this case I know by experience that true peace in any situation can be found by having a vital connection to Jesus. Not always easily done, but soo worth it
Dr Berg gives the gift of knowledge every day. Explains how to use the knowledge and achieve our end goals. I have found taking a few notes as he’s talking, helps me to retain this information. The daily podcast of information is like waking up to a new gift every morning! All we need to do is apply certain aspects to our lives, and watch the transformations begin! Thank you, Dr Berg. I know you hear that multiple times per podcast, and I always marvel at how many folks are benefiting from your generously sharing of this information! Nonetheless, I thank you, again!😊
My daughter was diagnosed with ADD while in grade 5 and we tried different things, including private tutors and meds off and on because I didn't ĺike her taking them. What made a major difference for her was attending a high school in Montreal which specializes in teaching children with ADD, ADHD and other mild forms of learning disabilities. This one of a kind school is recognized for their highly successful teaching methods which are recommended for all children, not just those with learning disabilities. My daughter will be graduating from college in a few months.
This fluffy video is made for people who don't genuinely have ADHD. I love your advice on the ketogenic diet and how it can improve diabetes. I used it to put T2 into remission. But no, a ketogenic diet and the nutrition you recommend does not fix ADHD. It will help mood, it will help brain fog, it will help many things, but NOT inattention! This is coming from somebody who used the advice in his videos to reverse diabetes and lower my blood pressure.
Fails to give attention to detail... because everyone frequently messes up cooking measurements, directions, and every kind of instruction (anything with steps) that it impacts all or most of their daily interactions all of the time? It's normal to consistently fail exams not because you get the hard stuff right but the simple stuff wrong? That's everyone, all of the time right?
Makes careless mistakes... So everyone makes careless mistakes, often or close to everyday, that get them into trouble? Filling out forms incorrectly, showing up at appointments on time but on the wrong day?
Difficulty staying on task... So when you're in a library or a quiet environment, it's normal that you are instantly pulled out of focus to the point of forgetting the task at hand whenever a person (who can be far from you) opens a book, walks by, sits down somewhere nearby. It's normal that this can happen frequently in a small space of time, with the same impact for each distraction, yet each time you're involuntarily pulled from focus you notice nobody else looks away from what they're doing? No big deal right?
Doesn't listen when spoken to.... So when the volume of the person talking to you is the same volume as every other sound you perceive in your environment, and you're desperately trying to hear what's being said but you struggle with competing stimuli, while trying to ensure your body language doesn't display your internal struggle, sure it can seem like I'm not listening sometimes. But hey, that's normal right?
Doesn't follow through on demand/fails to finish duties at work... It's normal to consistently be overwhelmed by distractions in your environment that you forget the original task at hand or steps to something you know how to do/have done many times before.. this happens to everyone all of the time right?
My brother had ADD. What helped him the most in his life was being around supportive, nurturing, and loving people. What harmed him the most was taking the prescribed drugs from his doctor which may have caused heart problems as an adult. He figured out for himself that he needed more B vitamins and to be on a Keto diet.
Too bad I didn't have that growing up. Everybody just calls you stupid...And looks down at you. I like exactly what he's saying, teach people HOW to learn. I was just thrown under the rug, and made look like I was dumb, as barely a C student, Even though I was trying my hardest!. But like he said a GOOD teacher, could help me really learn, & bring out the best in me!... Learning HOW to learn and having the patience with somebody to diagnose you when you're young, and to help you, It's definitely key, and obviously, you guys were THAT supportive for your brother.💞 God bless you. I wish my siblings were as supportive, instead of looking down on me & mocking me, for being slow or substandard. Obviously when a person talks too much, because they're trying to compensate, for their lack of an anchor I guess you could say, I don't know how to put it any other way. Maybe it's a nervousness I have, but I have so much to say, trying to focus it and staying balanced, has always been a chore. And I'm 63. Life is really really hard, to try to constantly stay balanced on that tight rope, high up in the air. And falling off of it, always hurts. God bless you again.👍🏾🕊️💝🏆✌️🌹
@@jdgatlin8813 And then, find out you have the MTHFR gene, and it's even worse. You find out that you don't even absorb the vitamins that's supposedly comes in processed food and other fake supplements that you're given growing up. Cuz we know that the supplements at the store, most of them are chemical, and they actually do people like us even MORE damage, than they do good. 🧐🤨😔And all the junk they add to the ennriched so-called enriched grains etc. Man, the stuff we have stacked up against us. Thank God for people like Dr Berg, and others who go through what we go through, and look for the real cause and the positive solutions! Don't you get tired of hearing people just yell at you, like "just get with it, & do what you're told & YOU DON'T LISTEN...etc, 😢when you're trying your hardest, but you just CAN'T keep up. It's exhausting, really exhausting. So when you find things like this, it's like a breath of fresh air! God bless you Dr Berg. Keep up the good work. At all the positive people giving good comments here, I appreciate it. Thank you guys. 👍🏾💞🤝🏽
ADHD is real. I agree that it is probably over diagnosed and over medicated in the US. However, diagnosis as an adult in the U.K. is a very difficult process. The attention deficit symptoms are only one part. You have not mentioned the difficulty with social cues and the ‘internal chatter’. Anyone with ADHD will know what I mean by that! Diet definitely helps. I don’t take medication. Diet and exercise, plus adapting my life to avoid stress is how I manage my ADHD.
Things like cutting into conversations, over-sharing and speaking on a topic for a long time without realising that the other party might not share your enthusiasm - these are just a few. I think people with ADHD also have great difficulty managing office politics because of their tendency to be truthful and say things impulsively. I would say that’s another type of difficulty with social cues. A non-ADHD person would be able to read that situation and modify their behaviour to navigate difficult people, for example, avoiding getting on the wrong side of the office bully.
This was a God send. I’ve been on Addy for neary 2 decades & now this shortage is really affecting me. I’ve been trying to find alternatives & will try all of this! Thanks Dr B.
Sorry I hit the wrong button. I took B1, magnesium, omega3 for a year without much improvement DMAE is an answer to my prayer . Been taking it for ten days and I am a new person. Thank you for persisting in your research. I was on the verge of going on meds to survive the mess I made of my life and the shame when I saw your latest video explaining DMAE and the other nutritional needs. Thank you and God bless you. God answered my prayers through you.
I took DMAE for almost a year and had great improvement in brain fog. I gradually stopped taking the DMAE and the improvement remained. I did stop dri king wine and cut way down on sugar. Still have the other issues but working with CBT
So agreed, a good teacher is essential. I flunked a Biology class in college, well I withdrew before I got the bad grade because the teacher spoke poor English and was all over the place. I retook the course with another professor and graduated with honors. So important to have a teacher who can actually teach.
It is very common for people, including doctors, to dismiss the significance of invisible disorders that they themselves have never suffered from. I was diagnosed in my 40s, over ten years ago, because I was on the verge of losing my livelihood, and it wasn't simply based on an office visit. I had to be interviewed by a specialist in learning disabilities. Then I had to go through a three hour battery of tests to determine not only if I had a learning disability, but which type. And since insurance companies only cover this issue for children, I had to pay $1,200 out-of-pocket. I was diagnosed with ADHD (minus the H). This not only saved my job, it also helped me to understand myself better as it explained my academic and relationship failures. Since then I've developed my own solutions without the need for medication, like taking care of tasks when they cross my desk instead of putting them off in a pile; and putting other projects on the backburner so I can complete one. However, L-Tyrosine supplementation does help! Medications for ADHD deplete this amino acid, supplementing with it brings the desired results, without side effects.
Amazing. Your story nearly mirrors my own experience. Diagnosed in my 40’s, about 15 years ago for me. I didn’t know about the amino acid, but I’ll pursue that.
You are marginalizing the condition that so many people suffer with legitimately. I was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD in my late 40s. My whole life suddenly made sense. A life of unfinished projects. Rumination. Forgotten appointments. You see it’s not about being a little forgetful now and then. In my case it’s about losing my keys or my wallet almost EVERY SINGLE DAY. It’s about forgetting when and where you’re supposed to be almost every single day. It’s about cleaning the bathroom but the bathroom doesn’t get cleaned but the lawn gets mowed. The urge to do something that you want to do or is stimulating to your brain overtakes ANY propensity to do the thing that you’re SUPPOSED to do. I didn’t want the stigma of being a stimulant junkie so I never took the adderall I was prescribed almost 10 years ago…. At 52 I think it’s time I do.
You should hear Dr. Gabor Mate's talk (I think it's a Ted Talk, but not sure) on getting diagnosed as an adult as well, and how he dealt with it, and its impact on his children. Really good insights. Best of luck to you!
I am on meds as an adult and it has changed my life. I was on antidepressants and benzoyl. Now I am on a miniscule dose of bozos as needed. Which isn't much and Ritalin. My life is manageable. I tried Adderall and it made me feel super drugged out. Good luck. Being medicated has given me a way higher quality of life.
Thank you so much for saying this. It says everything I would have said. It belittles our experience. When you live it you know how debilitating it is and life changing when there is finally a reason for your life long difficulties and emotional disregulation, impulsive decisions overwhelm and exhaustion at every day life. I tried to write a comment, but in the end read it back nd deleted it, another thing I struggle with. Thank you so much for saying this. Mistruths and misinformation does so much damage which needs correcting.
I generally appreciate your posts, but this one feels off. I am a high IQ sixty year old female who struggled terribly with focus, motivation, prioritization, organization & details my entire life. Even driving was a struggle. Can’t remember how many times I lost my wallet & keys. Diagnosed at 50 and prescribed Ritalin - it transformed my life. The same for my daughters who went from failing & anxious to excelling & outgoing within weeks of diagnosis. My generation of ADD/ADHD women is sometimes referred to as a lost generation - noone believed we could have it because we were well behaved (even if we couldn’t match our socks or track more than a few moments of classroom instruction). We were simply labeled stupid or lazy. And while I am philosophical about the condition & believe science has much more to learn about it - I know it is REAL. As real as the chaos in my cellar & the finances I still struggle to track. Even with medication, every day is still a new challenge- even with all the diet, exercise, & nutritional changes. Please don’t trivialize the condition. Doing so can keep children & adults trapped in a world of hurt, fearful of seeking help.
Thanks for your viewpoint. You say, this information is "way" off? Then should we all just go on Ritalin? That would be the best solution? Here's the other problem: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/experts/business.html
Here's some thoughts based on my grandchildrens' so far sucess: 1. Eliminate vac-seens. Not proven safe and efective/adjuvants can cause a myriad of symptoms. 2. Eliminate sugar and HFCS.....MORE poison. 3. Stop gluten and dairy. Another poison to some people. 4. Definately choose ORGANIC 5. Try to avoid additives such as "natural flavor" "citric acid" "colorings and fragrances"......all poison and disruptive..... 6. These are just a partial list in our toxic world; but an easy start👍
How many of us with ADHD actually skipped to 12:42 to find the solution, and then later watched the video from the beginning?🙂 Thanks, Dr. Berg! You are a national treasure.
Hahaha Now I know where to skip to, lol I was just listening to the video while I read the comments. That's what helps me get through. To listen and to read comments at the same time! Hahaha That's what we do isn't it? We like to multitask, so we don't get bored. And so we can focus better, Imo.
I am in tears, I have to share, Dr.Berg, I did everything you said. My son didn't want to take the multivitamin and the pill at first, but with popstickle and lots of praise, start taking them. Now, from the child who always did poorly at school and always bad notes to an amazing child with lots of positive notes. I am over the moon and can't thank you enough. You are my guru ✨️ 🙏 ♥️.
At least someone listened and got results. So many comments here criticising and talking about their symptoms and yet, not willing to follow his suggestions.
People who actually have ADD/ADHD have a mutation in the DRD4 gene in their brain. They are physiologically different than neurotypical people. They also have the ability to hyper focus, they can rapidly take in more information than their neurotypical peers and have higher energy (that higher energy is in the brain, it may or may not display itself as physical energy, in children it's more likely to come out as physical, you do not GET, CAUSE, or GROW OUT OF ADHD, you are born with it and have it for life). They can also be distracted more easily because not only can they hyper focus but the part of your brain that scans for threats is also hyperactive, so someone with ADHD if they are in hyper focus, hears a pen fall from across the room, they will lock on to that sound and lose focus, that's where the "easily distracted" symptom comes from. They also have a hyperactive DMN, the part of your brain that internalizes things and is critical of self, that's where the symptom of being sensitive to feedback comes from. The mutation of the DRD4 gene is what makes stimulants help people with ADHD, it calms them down, where as it makes neurotypical people hyper, the reason is because the DRD4 gene is the reward and motivation system of the brain, it releases dopamine: In a neurotypical brain, it's like telling a puppy to sit, when it sits it gets a treat, with ADHD you sit but don't get a treat, stimulants increase the number of treats being given which is what motivates you and makes you feel rewarded, so a neurotypical person gets more treats and it's like throwing a box of treats on the floor then trying to get the puppy to sit, for ADHD it increases the treats which gets them to baseline. As for dopamine regulating our reward system - if a person with ADHD passes a test they will feel less rewarded than their neurotypical peers, because ADHD brains release less dopamine, that's why stimulants help (stimulants don't have to be prescribed drugs, caffeine, interests, trying new things, gamifying your life, exercising, etc. is all stimulating, even a 30 minute walk through a wooded area helps sooth ADHD symptoms) but if a person with ADHD finds an interest or passion, they will more easily access hyper focus and will speed past their neurotypical peers. I guess what I'm saying is that there are tons of people who misunderstand ADHD, it's not attention deficit, it's attention-different, and tons of people are misdiagnosed with ADHD, if you have ADHD it's not curable, and it's not a disorder, it's a mutation of the DRD4 gene and prior to society becoming repetitive and boring, people with this mutation were much more successful. If you have symptoms of ADHD it doesn't mean you have ADHD. Lifestyle habit and diet changes can reduce the negative symptoms and boost the positive ones though. ADHD is having a Ferrari engine for a brain but with bicycle brakes. Tips if you have ADHD: find your passion or things that are interesting to you, have a high protein diet (start your day with 20g), have more water, put down your phone/eliminate distractions (you are more susceptible to addiction and distractions and your brain will chase easily accessed dopamine so don't let it have it), meditate/learn to take control of your thoughts (do not feed the DMN, it's negative and will criticize you, the more you listen to it, the louder it becomes), cut out sugars, exercise, get quality sleep, look into gamification to make uninteresting things more interesting.
I'm often appreciative of Dr. Berg's videos and the great information they contain. However, as some others have pointed out in the comment section for this video -- mostly by those who either have ADHD/ADD or who have a loved one with it -- the reality of ADHD/ADD should NOT be downplayed or dismissed. To do so only adds to the burden one is already carrying. Yes, many of us may exhibit many of the ADHD/ADD symptoms that Dr. Berg listed, but when you actually have ADHD/ADD, those symptoms (and more) are RAMPED 24/7. You would (hopefully) never downplay the reality of a person living with arthritis by saying your joints sometimes ache, too, so you must have some arthritis, would you? Or, would you tell a person with ulcerative colitis/Crohn's that your stomach sometimes hurts, too, so you must have a little bit of that illness? Or, would you tell a person with Hashimoto's thyroiditis that you're sometimes very tired and feel chilly, thus you must have a little bit of that illness? See how insensitive that sounds? ADHD/ADD, as well as the other illnesses that were listed, are (either from birth or after the diagnosis) lifelong and require management. THERE IS NO CURE. Thus, we can try various treatments for people with ADHD/ADD in an attempt to see what works best for them (note: individualized treatments will vary).
It would be interesting, how many % of ppl with ADHD benefit from these diets or supplements. It's important to note, that not all with ADHD like symptoms actually have ADHD, but just look like it based on some different causes than e.g. neurological effects based on dopamine and other neurotransmitters.
I got an official diagnosis around 25 years ago (back when ADD was a separate diagnosis), and have definitely benefited over the decades from much of what Dr Berg runs through in this video. And I'd add that there can be a spectrum of severity. It may be that some people aren't vulnerable to it at all, while others do inherit susceptibility to it, without that being a guarantee of how severely we'll each experience it. Healthy lifestyle advice isn't to be sneered at, even if a few people may find they need pharma meds as well.
I've been watching your videos for several years now. My family and I (6 of us) done Keto for 18 months and lost a total of 750lbs and for the most part most of us is keeping it off. Thank you!! Yes, it was your videos that motivated us and kept us going!! Keep up your amazing research!!! Watching from somerset KY
I always thought that I had some undiagnosed ADHD. I never checked it by a doctor and after going on a ketogenic diet I'm really thankful to you to teach me what's actually going wrong in my body. I had the brain fog and low attention span, was overweight and I was often in a bad mood. I was really bad in School, but I trained myself to be highly reflective. My conclusion now: it wasn't because I was dumb or lazy. It was because everyone told me how I have to be and everything I did was wrong in their eyes. I was constantly stressed out.
I usually love Dr Bergs work, but if you don’t think ADHD is a real condition just because it not detectable by a blood test..! It’s a pattern of behaviour / cognition of things experienced to a much higher degree than other people experience, and it has a huge impact of people lives. Yes a negative label also has a negative impact. Like dementia there are probably a great many factors in this, not a single cause. If you ever had day to day experience with people with brain injuries and / or personality disorders / learning problems you will see impulsivity, attention issues and lack of empathy / self insight are a huge factor.
I appreciate your thoughtful note. Dr. Berg obviously knows ADHD is a real condition, and in the video he is making some good, very effective suggestions for it. Towards the beginning he says it's not measurable by a blood test, meaning it's harder to spot and deal with. In no way is he dismissing it.
@@TheProactiveCreative I get you. He also says, like ‘well we all have this or that symptom’. My point is these are the degree to which people with ADHD experience these can make them low functioning. It greatly interferes with life, work and relationships. I am still a fan of Dr Bergs, I just feel it’s very open to misinterpretation or being misleading.
Agreed, I do believe his video is rather dismissive of the level that ADHD can interfere with your life, and in such cases medication can be a night and day difference. Although I also think drugs are over prescribed today, they are extremely important for some people. The amount of impact the symptoms have on your functioning is supposed to be the differentiating factor.
Thank you, everyone is praising him here like he's found the cure, picturing it as simple focus problem and dismissing the severeness and wide range of symptoms beyond that.
If I could concentrate long enough, I could write a book in response to this piece. I have always lived a healthy life, and having type 2 diabetes, my diet is now largely ketogenic. I have been plagued since childhood with ADHD. I'm now 70.
Yes everyone has all those symptoms. ADHD however is when you have those symptoms and they are so debilitating everyday feels like your running a marathon in quicksand.
For the days I have been trying these tips. 1. B1 Vitamin 2. Fish Oil Omega 3 3. L-Tyrosine 1000mg 4. Caffeine - Green Tea is better for slower release than coffee but I prefer coffee taste 5. less carbs and sugars 6. more fats and meats 7. any exercise but I seem to really benefit most from HIIT/CrossFit which can be intense 10-15 minute work outs vs 30min-1 hour of running. 8. A lot of new Hobbies to keep my learning up and dopamine going. Magnesium I hear you can deplete it with sugar and not enough exercise so I heard to also consider organ meat like liver but I have not done that yet which is loaded with all kinds of vitamins and nutrients.
@@zmeurila yes I tried Ritalin as a kid and then Concerta was the worst for me. Then Adderall was okay but I think I was a kid so I knew it wasn't great for my developing brain to be on those stims. I think just trying other things first is best. I require a lot of socialization so that also helps.
@@riteshroy1 I think try them out. I am surprised how Matcha Powder (high quality green tea) alone has done wonders for me. I do a match capsule that I made in the morning with an avocado and some coffee and some other food and then it kicks in about an hour then I could take another one around 12 with food. I find that you can try one thing at a time and see how they work together.
I came back here to give credit where credit is due. The intermittent fasting along with DMAE, potassium, magnesium, omega-3, really minimized the ADHD symptoms. But more importantly, it erased my brain fatigue. I used to suffer with extreme exhaustion, and I thought it was my body. But now I know it was my brain…That combination cured my extreme fatigue. I used to think I was dying in my 30s. Thank you!
@@warriorqueen8285 Instantaneous! 30 minutes after taking the DMAE, I felt my brain almost like moving around. That’s when I knew it was working, then the burst of energy came after 30 minutes of taking the potassium, magnesium and omega-3.
I have ADHD. I’ve had it my whole life but diagnosed at 40 after seeking help for one then 2 of my 3 kids. 2 of my 3 kids have ADHD and one of those kids also have ASD. I look forward to trying out your suggestions! But let me assure the ones minimizing ADHD, it is real and it is debilitating.
True, and I feel that the tenor of this video questions that diagnosis process, and therefor could be harming to people whom are uncertain about the diagnosis. I am diagnosed and am glad that I am. I'm happy to try these ideas, but I won't be coming off my meds - they are a godsend. Living without meds for me is like taking every step I take in two feet of water. It sux and is super stressful.
@@brockbrawn1524 Would you say that to a type 1 diabetic? You are taking an ideological position that I just don't share. It's silly. If the drugs are helping and you are otherwise healthy - don't suffer needlessly!
It’s amazing how I’ve been able to apply some of these tips with other disorders in my life. No more glasses, no more wheelchairs. How could I have been so simple minded!!
For those who are unaware; ADHD often presents with other co-morbidities such a depression, anxiety, oppositional behavior disorder, autism etc. Additional symptoms include poor decision making, planning, impulsivity to name but a few. Lack of focus is only a small part of ADHD. The lifetime consequences of untreated ADHD should not be underestimated. I have seen first hand the devastating consequences of undiagnosed and untreated ADHD and they were nothing that could have been addressed through fasting and a keto diet. While there maybe merit in using these approaches, they are no substitute for evidence based treatment approaches for this condition.
What are the devasting consequences you talk of though? When you don't give examples or only one or two average examples it sounds like you are just trying to scare people by in a manipulative sense and not a true sense
What you describe sounds like the effects of having severe problems with the hippocampus. Which in itself can have various reasons, but the doctors recommendations still make sense.
I think your a little confused. EVERYTHING WE EAT AFFECTS OUR MIND AND BODY. SO YES DIET CAN PLAY A BIG ROLE AND CAN ALSO HEAL YOU FROM DESEASE. So please educate yourself.
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
I have an official consultant psychiatrist diagnosis of Adult ADHD. I read that adhd was associated with ultra rapid lipid oxidation and lipid turnover. And I've always had naturally normal-low cholesterol levels, no matter what I ate. I found that radically upping my healthy fats intake (omega 3 + 6 + 9) via wholefoods (particularly shell fish) resulted in very significant improvements to my adhd. I eat almost no sugar and avoid all processed foods. I buy fresh wholefoods everyday and consume it on the same day. I react badly to synthetic vitamins, but am just fine in their natural form in wholefoods. Now I only take my stimulant meds from time to time when I need them, but not every day.
@@delavidaebella hiya, I'd recommend seeking out a good functional medicine practitioner, with adhd knowledge. I follow Dr Berg and several others so try and pick up insights and tips. It's a challenging journey, as it requires a meaningful lifestyle change, not just a temporary diet change. Good sleep, good food, good gut health, some exercise and appropriate stress management is key - and with adhd we know how challenging sleep can be! The fats I have found helpful are kelp derived omega-3, extra virgin olive oil, epo and coconut oil. But everyone is different, so maybe different ones work for different people. But I do add good fats to every meal I eat. I find that refined carbs (eg pasta) makes me more hyper and restless, salads and colorful veg make me calmer. If I have veg, I stir fry them quickly in extra virgin olive oil. But I'd say that 95% of my diet now is veg and salads (with fat added) and maybe cold-water (Atlantic) shell fish once a week - which contains high quality minerals and a lot of natural vitamin b12, much higher quantities than can obtained from red meat. Cold water seas contain much higher quantities of high quality and rare earth minerals than the feed fed to farm animals. Ps, I stay clear of all seed oils, these also make me more restless and fidgety.
Anybody who thinks ADHD is not real needs to go and work in a school for a while....I teach some amazing young people but ADHD blights their lives, its brutal and it is VERY VERY real. Educate yourselves before making such appalling comments. As for those claiming it didn't exist 30 years ago, absolute rubbish, the difference is when we were at school kids with SEN were just put in the "thick class" and ignored. Thankfully those of us in the profession in 2023 spend our lives trying to understand, educate ourselves and help your kids learn rather than throw them on the scrap heap.
ADHD is very real. The kids have been chemically poisoned from birth with heavy metals, neuroinflammatory chemicals, and gut destroying toxins. Several studies have compared poisoned and unpoisoned children and noted significant differences. The poison schedule changed in the 80's, which is why you see so many adults suddenly being diagnosed. The kids now get a lot more poison, and it is tragic. The kids are not alright, and they need us to fight for them.
@@alireid5874 The condition may also be hereditary. My 6 year old grandson is showing signs of ADHD. His father, my S-i-L, has the condition. He only began receiving treatment when he was 18. Unfortunately, he is a messed up adult with many behavioural problems.
Yeah, ok, I've taken the vitamins and supplements you mentioned for about two years now (got the information from my own research) I've changed my diet and started exercising. I still need medication. I still suffer from severe executive dysfunction and sleep interruption. It's super cool that you read through the symptoms with a snarky and incredulous tone, super helpful, not. Obvoulsyt the symptoms happen at an extreme, and the wording in the DSM makes it seem normal to a layperson, which I'm sure you were hoping to hit for followers. Some people can get off the medication, some can't. Even with medication, it's a crap shoot for me. So no, this video is only helpful to ADHD deniers and is most likely detrimental as a source of false hope for ADHD sufferers.
UGH, I feel the same way! I've struggled with (and benefited by) ADHD my entire life. His glib, dismissive tone about made me scream!! I've already followed his advice... ain't no miracle cure! In fact, I'm seriously thinking of going back on medication...something I did 20 years ago when my kids were little.
Would you be willing to try something which can help your ADHD? It's a lifestyle practice that would take around 1 hour per day It's not meditation, not diet
shoutout to everyone watching this on 2x playback while sort of doing 3 other things at once instead of what you should be doing.. you're ok like you are.
In my whole life, 83 years, I never have experiences such fast changes as with Keto. Now I have new lifestyle: the Keto way. Wishing you all a very Happy Year Year. Elizabeth.
I do agree with the nutrition points of this video. I also believe that our culture in the United States contributes to a lot of adult ADHD. However, as a special education teacher, with two masters degrees in education, I can tell you I have seen such severe ADHD in children that it is interfering with learning basic skills. These children usually have severe learning gaps. ADHD and dyslexia are connected. It breaks my heart when I see a student whose parent refuses to try nutritional or medical intervention to help their child. Their quality of life could be greatly improved.
Me as well. I got tested for IQ in grade 6 because I was doing badly in school, I was above average. I don't think I did a single piece of homework in all of school since at least grade 6. I dropped out in grade 11 and had to go back a year later to finish it. I wasn't dumb or throwing off learning to do other things. I barely had friends, I wasn't busy doing anything instead intentionally. I was spending hours a day every day learning and researching at school.. stuff that was unrelated to school. If I opened a book, that 600 page book was finished by the end of that day.. I had to bring a TYPEWRITER to school to avoid distractions for doing mandatory typed essays, because I couldn't handle the computer. On keto/carnivore, not much has changed. I want to do more for my health but most things in my life haven't been helped. I tried a friend's ADHD medication once and it was like I was.. normal, for four hours. I could keep up with conversations, speak without stumbling or slurring, and my mind felt clear. But it's too difficult to get a prescription here for someone with my tendencies. I haven't seen a doctor since I was a teen, even though it's free. Now I know better than to take everything for gospel.
@@mikafoxx2717 Medication might help but it'll destroy your personality & soul. Your eyes will lose luster. It's a bad tradeoff long-term. We just have different cognition, and society has to accommodate to us, and not us accommodate to society.
@@NE0Nwhip speak for your self medication gave me life for the first time and brought out my personality and self esteem. No matter how hard I tried it was never enough and now the little efforts I make lead me somewhere. Everyone is different. If you zonk out from medication you probably shouldn’t be on it. Not everyone should be on medication and not everyone should give medication up.
I knew I had ADHD for a while (my mom had been diagnosed but I was in denial). Back when the pandemic hit I decided to go in for official testing because I felt like it was starting to really negatively affect my everyday life. I was given a few options to try which helped marginally but ultimately to help with my major issues medication was suggested. I ended up being prescribed 20mg of adderall. At first it felt like it was all good but then “side affects” kicked in. Anywho, years later I ran into Anthony Williams medical medium series. I picked a few items from the ADHD protocol and implemented them religiously. I’m off my medication! I haven’t felt this mentally clear since high school. I’m 27 for reference. I also lost 50lbs, “lost” my asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, anxiety, allergies and nerve pain. If you’re open to believing that ADHD is not a life long neuro disorder. I highly suggest you look into his books. He states the reason for adhd is heavy metals (mercury, aluminum). You’d be surprised how many heavy metals are in our foods and everyday products. Aluminum foil, vaccines, baking soda, fish, etc… Happy healing yall!
@@BlackMarilynMonroe33Things I added that I felt did the most: celery juice, heavy metal detox smoothie (barley grass juice powder, spirulina, & atlantic dulse), liver rescue smoothie, cats claw, zinc, and vitamin C. Things I removed: meat, dairy, artificial and natural flavors, citric acid, soy, corn, gluten, highly processed oils, eggs, MSG, and fish. I essentially ate whole food, plant based. If the ingredients included something that wasn’t food, it stays on the shelf. Which is almost everything. I really feel like removing meat contributed to my significant weight loss. I used to have meat w/ every meal. I didn’t realize how acidic and fatty it was. I’m removing it from diet completely in 2024.
@@TenzinJordyn can I get the name/brand of the barley grass juice powder you use? Whole Foods sells several “greens” in powder form, but I want to get what’s worked for you. Thanks in advance.
I have ADD (took Ritalin as a kid in the 90's) I did the Candida diet years ago and yes it felt like taking a helmet off my head! Great analogy! All of a sudden I could see what was around me and think clearly... it was AMAZING!! Didn't know at the time I had anything to do with Keto!
We had our 2 eldest adopted twin daughters in grade 4 for 6 months. We couldn’t believe the difference in their personalities, demeanor, attention spans and many other things. We took them back out and they settled right down. We adopted their 3 siblings and moved to a homestead. We homeschool and it’s mostly hands on with some curriculum in between. That and eating the wholesome food we now grow has completely changed our lives.
I did the same thing with my youngest. He was “behind” in math due to inattention and couldn’t write. I pulled him out. He was actually WAY ahead in math and is now majoring in computer science. He writes beautifully but will always have poor handwriting. Hey…..we can’t all be good at everything!!!!! Homeschooling gave us the time and space to find his strengths while working on the “weaknesses” I wish it wasn’t called HOMEschool because we were never home😂😂
@@logcabininthepines4016 that’s amazing!! The way it should be, PARENTS raising THEIR children. Yes, it’s a sacrifice but we’d rather sacrifice “things” than sacrifice our children.
yea making sure you have all your nutrients is super important , its just like a plant its basically dying if it doesn't get enough , your the exact same, everyone will be happier being healthy, but doctors do konw what they're talking about, this guy is a proven liar, just look up dr berg liar, dont make any decisions based on what this guy says you can find out why by just typing it in UA-cam with proven scientific literature
I was about to loose my job before the diagnosis. I was diagnosed in my 30’s. Medication is totally necessary for me. However, with keto and intermittent fasting I can do with much smaller dose. I definitely need to take medication in the morning. If I fail to do so I will not be productive. However if I take it in the morning I generally don’t need more medication during the day. The medication I take last 4 hours.
As a person with ADHD, now 59, the most difficult part of learning new thing that I was not interested in, was poor short term memory, and simply not adsorbing what I was reading. I could read 2 pages of a book and then not remember any of what I just read. The emotional dis-regulation has had devastating effect on employment and relationships throughout my whole life.
He's got an answer for everything! In fairness, I can attest to the benefits of Keto/IF for ADHD. I didn't know until this year that I have had ADHD (inattentive) my entire life but worked out a long time ago that not eating breakfast helped. Prior to assessment/diagnosis I had observed that pushing a keto IF window to 4pm (if your workplace colleagues let you) has maximum benefits for me as a 44yo adult. Have just begun to supplement omega 3 and will be eating liver (chopped, raw, frozen) for choline. But, consider that ADHD is a neurological difference, (and an earlier evolutionary advantage) and endlessly shaming your child (my experience) is unhelpful
Yes! It wasn’t until I was in Nursing school at the age of 38 after my husband died suddenly, that I learned how to study! I tried to take a coarse that was offered but it was filled up. So a classmate ( my daughter’s friend ) was also going to nursing school. She taught me simple steps to organize and prioritize! Then I got high grades and made it through. ( I had to teach myself math to get into a math class so I could get into nursing school in the first place.
I was such a slow student most of my life until I used your videos on ketosis… Starting in 2017. Seriously this point alone is probably the key improvement that saved me because I became able to study hard and work a lot faster, change job and drastically improve my life. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for discussing this topic. The long-term negative side effects of these medication‘s are devastating. Unfortunately, parents are not educated prior to medicating their children, but there are healthier alternatives.
@@dakoderii4221 True. I wrote my Master's Thesis on this topic. You can locate it on my channel, reading it out loud. Medicating Children Diagnosed with ADHD and The Negative Side Effects.
I had to start Adderall here. I've tried a lot of natural stuff over the years and past drinking a lot of coffee and burning out, nothing really worked past the meds. I still at least eat clean past that now.I just hate depending on it to be able to function daily, but i have to say the stuff is life changing.
A year ago, I had symptoms of diabetes. I weighed +22 pounds (+10 kg) more than today. I stopped eating carbs and sugar in general, and since that time I eat from 12 am to 5 pm only. It really helped. 3 months ago I started to solve my ADHD in the same way - through a diet and mineral/vitamin supplementation: B vitamins, Mg, Se, K, L-Carnitine, fish several times a week. Yet no improvements. I've realized this is not enough. An improvement of a gut microbiome must precede. Whatever supplements I take, it seems like it does not absorb to my body. There has to be solution in feeding the right bacteria. I hope fermented food will help. Fermented vegetables are easy to DIY. Plus mushrooms. How long it may take to perfect the microbiome? They say half a year at least. This is my last hope. ADHD is terrible!! I can work on interesting things only. Cannot force myself to do the necessary stuff, even if I shout, beg, persuade, force myself in many ways, train habits for years ... nothing helps. Horrible, really.
My whole life has been a struggle because of ADHD to the max.. Absolutely disabled but I seem normal so I'm expected to do the same. Everyday is a mountain to climb and I'm tired. I'm glad you are trying to help people with this, but its a serious condition that has to do with dopamine not making it to the limbic system. This controls motivation and dopamine reward . . .
Yes he is missing that another factor of diagnosis is this is something that has to have majorly affected us in every day life and be present in childhood. Anyone can relate to the listed symptoms of ADHD, because they have felt that way at one time or another. But for someone who doesn’t have ADHD to dismiss it, and in the medical profession, is painful. Most of what happens with ADHD is inside our heads. We may appear “normal,” or like everyone else, but let me say, most things are a struggle, everything takes more brain energy, the whispering in the back of the classroom is just as interesting to my brain as what the teacher is saying, and all the humming motors and buzzing at work makes it hard to have a conversation. This video just makes me sad that someone with so many followers is dismissing it. Maybe talk about how these supplements can fix these symptoms and don’t bait everyone with the term ADHD. The DSM 5 does include important changes and that needs to be used with diagnosis. Attention is not the only problem and minimizing it is not professionally responsible.
I can say that a child in my family (not formally diagnosed but with all of the indicators for ADD) was put on a regime, by us, including omega 3 and magnesium supplements pluus we reduced their sugar intake. It’s worked wonders. When the magnesium supplement wasn't available for a while and we relaxed their sugar restrictions a little it was as if someone flipped a switch and they were super busy and fidgety and unable to focus. During winter break we finally got the magnesium back in their system and back on their regime and the change was dramatic. Even the teacher noted a huge difference after winter break, Have since stocked up on those supplements!
@@jerbear7952 Duh! Yes we can Google and shop around on various sites and stores, however there are numerous brands and different types of magnesium. Not all are the same. Anyway, Not all reviews on sites are relevant or authentic and I personally prefer to try supplements with proven track records meaning when people share their stories like this poster and have great results or improvements.
My doctor whenever I was around 12 told my parents that he wouldn’t prescribe it to me anymore, Ritalin. That was the best thing my family practice doctor could do for me because I had to learn to cope/adapt.
What most of the doctors don’t understand is we are not sick, we are just different. I am a math teacher, a software engineer, i have realty license in 2 states, i bake cakes, i am a mom. We are hunters, not farmers. We are busy people. Our life is all about creativity. If you can manage, you’ll see how rewarding adhd is. It is not a curse, it’s a gift & you need to learn how to manage it.
@@pembebulut2781 yes we are special people with superpowers like X-men...the school system and the traditional way of living is not for us...our brain works faster...and we work better when we set our own schedules
Very difficult to get help from school, does not qualify for I E P (individuals educational plan) but does for 504 Plan (certain accommodations, like taking more time on tests etc.). "Medication makes me feel like I'm inside looking through a think glass" that's what my son said at age twelve. I tried to educate my self as much as possible (chadd* parenting classes, school ) became very involved in volunteering in his school, with teachers, took him to counseling, tried keeping him from food additives and sugars,. I had three others that I neglect because my focusing was one the one with ADHD the others have ADD, so do I, they are adults now, continue to have their struggles, and each one deals with it on their own, medicine, no medicine. I wish could of done more. Keeping them from getting in trouble with the law became my priority. Now I hope they find understanding supportive life companionship. Education can be expensive but price to pay in life could be worst. I will definitely share this video with them. Thank you. (I read the report Dr Berg mention about medication)
I tried Choline everyday and DMAE every second day and it makes me feel normal. Brain works much better. I did notice the difference after about 3 weeks.
Of course, we all have these things. But some have it to the extreme point that it’s causing harm in their personal lives. The question isn’t a matter of whether we have those symptoms or not. It’s how much it impacts your activities of daily living. I can totally understand however if one has never personally experienced it, that it’s hard to comprehend the extent at which these minor things control and take over your life, and the feeling of powerlessness and frustration when you want to change, but can’t! My heart goes out to those struggling!
Never stop trying dude, as another person with this disease that struggle the same situation I recommend you that, also according to my research, ADHD is a syndrom that doesn´t allow you to perform properly beside you already know how it, and the way of treat it, it´s always performing, trying to face the situation, sometimes you just have to throw yourself to that abyss that paralyzes you, also externalize everything, make notes of the thing you have to do and stick it where you can see it, good luck in your battle dude.
Yes, it's misdiagnoes a lot , but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There are people that totally suffer from ADD/ADHD and it is as real as day. Yes, excerscise, mindfulness, lifestyle, and supplements help but some absolutely need the drugs!
As a professional in the field I am disappointed that Dr. Berg referenced an old diagnostic manual. There is a third component to ADHD in some individuals which is impulsivity. An individual can struggle with any combination of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The most current diagnostic manual is the DSM V TR which was published in 2022. This is important because the DSM IV TR, referenced by Dr. Berg, was published in 2000 over 20 years ago. There were many important changes made to criteria, including new and voided diagnoses in the latest manual. My colleagues and myself do not use the DSM V TR alone to diagnose. We use ADHD testing instruments in combination with the latest manual because some criteria overlap with other diagnoses. I still love Dr. Berg! I found his information very sound. I just want his information correct for his integrity and all of us that follow him. I wouldn't want someone in the field to disregard sharing his information with their patients because of his manual reference:)
I really love some of these videos. The ones that discuss ADHD make me sad. If these problems are sometimes present, then you are human. If your life is severely damaged by an extreme of those challenges, then that is when you get help.
You are a national treasure. So is your team. I hope you all know how important what you do is to millions of people every day. Happy New Year to you all.
Been ADD my whole life. Of course no one knew about ADD back then. We were just absent minded. Definitely willing to try his suggestion. But I’m offended by anyone who would question how I feel or how anyone else feels for that matter. If you’re not ADD or ADHD. You don’t know what it’s like so don’t presume to understand. Our minds are always on fire. It never stops. Plus it’s not an inability to focus. It’s a susceptibility to distraction.
Exactly! Or like dr Russel Barkley put it: the name is incorrect as it is not an attention disorder, but a regulation disorder. Think of it: control regulation (impulsivity, emotions in overdrive and difficulty coming back in to neutral state, difficulty finishing tasks vs.hyperfocus…..).
I totally agree with your statement. This disorder causes so much pain in so many lives, even if there is no way to properly diagnose it. It doesn't make it less important. I want to recommend great UA-cam video by Dr. Russell Barkley. Essential Ideas for parents of children with ADD. Best of luck.
I have ADHD, the inattentive kind, but I have to have everything extremely organized. If it’s not clean and organized, I feel overwhelmed. The more stimuli, the more stressed I am. My son also has ADHD, the inattentive kind. He has used the diagnosis as a scapegoat to not clean his room or do his schoolwork. I have had to explain to him that just because he’s diagnosed with something, doesn’t mean he is allowed to give up and allow the diagnosis to control his life. We have found ways for him to get through this by giving him step-by-step instructions. Instead of “clean your room,” I tell him to “pick up all your clothes.” Also, we changed schools. Instead of his teachers telling him he’s lazy because he’s bored because they made him sit still until everyone else was finished with their work and he was done in minutes, his new teachers tell him once his school work is done, he gets to play. I think a lot of the problems in society and ADHD is that 1. Kids who are diagnosed are treated like it’s a problem, when in fact, it’s just a different way of thinking. 2. Kids with ADHD are usually very smart, think fast, and are simply bored, thus they are told they need to just sit there and do nothing. (Einstein is believed to have had ADHD). Our brains need something to do! Give us something to do and we’ll be fine. Btw, Coq10 helps tons with brain fog and memory. ….And after owning a cat for a few months, I’m pretty sure cats have ADHD.
Thank you doctor for making this important video. I was forced into the world of ADHD by giving birth to a child that was later diagnosed at 5 years old with ADHD. I didn’t want to do Ritalin which was the popular remedy at the time. I studied what nutrition the brain needed, changed the child’s diet, removed red dye foods(hot dogs,candy), insured to get exercise and social skills by putting him in soccer, put him on a healthy multivitamin that did not contain aspartame and used chamomile tea for relaxation. Prayer was also included. He’s 30 now and a healthy college graduate and holding down a job. His father also had it but wasn’t properly diagnosed as a child. It was hereditary.
I use chromium and vanadium for my ADHD on top of a paleo diet and heavy supplementing (this includes my magnesium, calcium, D3 and potassium, which I find is a really good complex) I love watching your videos! It's so refreshing to get information from a doctor that actually looks and behaves in a healthy manner. 🥰
If you lived with people with this you would understand much better. To liken yourself to people who struggle with this is insult to injury. You are showcasing your misunderstanding of this whole subject.
As someone with adhd this really feels like you are downplaying the severity of the symptoms. This is more complex than just not being able to pay attention or having a little extra energy
My daughter went from failing in all academic subjects to being on the honor roll. As a parent and a teacher, I know this is a real concern for many. For anyone with ADHD or ADD, the right medication can be life changing.
Life changing (meds=DRUGS) until they are not! Start with diet not drugs! Learn how to learn, but drugs are quicker and highly recommend by medical doctors.
@@dawnmiller5263 I think it depends to what extent they've already tried to manage things without drugs most people probably shouldn't use or need medication for things that are doable without it, but it won't be for everyone for everything all the time
@LoveBomb My daughter is 38 now and a successful businesswoman. I suggest you stick to a topic you know something about. FYI ... My children grew up on healthy, well-balanced, home cooked meals so wrong again.
I thought I had ADHD but as Dr.Berg mentioned I was just needed a different teaching approach and one of my teacher provided me a method that I can get the why questions to learn. I was active but very picky on food when I was a kid. I did my masters degree and a successful professional now. He is very right that doctors nowadays tend to say ADHD to everything and solve the issue with pills. Thank you Dr. Berg!
They really don't say ADHD to everything though. There are tons of stories, my own included, about people being denied diagnoses, or just never having the topic brought up. It's especially underdiagnosed in girls and women.
same I always need to know why as a kid, I never understood how people just accepted something as it it, I guess I was too intellectual and my senses were poor, as I have very bad hearing, I almost seem to attach meaning to everything
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my grandson has been dx with ADHD and ODD. I am a firm believer in "Let food be thy medicine" I noticed he has had a harder time making good decisions when he eats foods containing sugar. I am working with his parents on helping to change his diet.
Thank you Dr.Berg. Your message is heard here. I hated memorization back in grade school. I still dislike any memorization. I agree common sense and ability to figure things out is what works for me.
I really appreciate this video. When I was a kid I talked to told my parents that I should be put on meds for hyperactivity and to the credit they decided not to do it. Eventually grew out of it and a lot of the traits that define my hyperactivity have gone on to serve me well in life. Now I'm father and my kid is hyperactive, and I've made the same choice. Sometimes it's hard but we've recently removed sugar from our diet and it made a big difference in his overall behaviour and attention. It's not perfect but it's moving us in the right direction. I also think that the classroom setting is not going to be right for everyone, just like in the working world working in a cubicle all day is not right for everybody. If there are things in your life that aren't working, it's possible to make positive change.
I don’t let my ADD or ADHD slow me down but I have become more aware of how to manage situation‘s which I am a fan of and situation in which I do not like, for example it took me a few decades to realize that things like waiting in line traffic being an airplane for hours are just not my favorite thing in the world so I try to avoid that stuff. Fortunately I have a job that requires me to be very active and not sit in front of a computer all day which would be absolute torture for me. Getting through my bachelors degree was challenging but I was working so I didn’t have time to really stress and getting through my masters degree was difficult but it was my lifelong dream to get that degree so I just forced myself to do all the work and all the tests and all the projects and God just so much work but I didn’t give up. ADD and ADHD are absolutely things that some people struggle with more than others but you can’t use it as a crutch to say that you’re not accomplishing your goals because of it
@@bettielewis2726 Bettie I don’t mean to be making judgments but I guess my point is irrespective of how strongly it affects you excuses tend to make us give up and not put our full effort into something. so irrespective of how it affects your life giving up because you have a certain condition is not personally my modus operandi
Wow. Dr Berg, this is probably the most important video for parents today. Get kids, and their parents on the healthy ketogenic diet, and avoid the tyranny of school nurses and teachers getting kids hooked on drugs they don't need.
Stop. You don’t get hooked on Ritalin. And parents, doctors, & teachers are not racing to put kids on drugs. If you don’t have the condition you have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s complicated, sometimes devastating, and there is no single solution for everyone.
@@SN-sz7kw did you even watch the video. The best solution for everyone is the healthy ketogenic diet. Not drugs and their side effects, especially not school nurses being allowed to give ritalin without parental consent.
@@Veevslav1 sounds like your wife is one of the good ones. I hope you are not on the west coast, or the northeast. If you are, you and your wife might want consider relocating to a state where the NEA does not control the state politics.
Sending this video to every person in my family, including friends. Dr Berg thank you for your care, knowledge and medical advice. It means the world to all of us! Blessings ✝️❤
While you are correct that many people are diagnosed with ADD willy nilly, it is real and if you ever meet one of these kids you will know it. When their meds are wearing off they have all of the symptoms listed but in the extreme, and are bouncing off the walls almost literally. I never used to believe it was a genuine condition either until I moved in with a gf who has one of these kids and I can assure you there is a medical problem going on. It is way more than just active kid stuff.
Yep. My almost 5 year old was recently diagnosed. I have three kids, he’s the youngest. I didn’t really need the diagnosis to know he had it but it was nice to have confirmation. Man it’s so hard. My other two were nothing like him. I’m on edge and exhausted daily, he wears me out. People have to go through this to actually see it’s real and what it’s like. He’s a very sweet boy but very impulsive, hyperactive, literally never stops talking, squirming. I only get peace once he’s sleeping. Gotta love him tho 🤣
Yup, and then when you're an adult, people ask you if you're nervous because you're fidgeting, or you can't stop twirling your hair and so every guy thinks you're flirting with them. Good times.
This isn't accurate. There are three types of ADHD; hyperactive, inattentive and mixed. Those with inattentive are not hyperactive, those with mixed may have some hyperactivity. The hyperactive type appears to be what you are talking about but it is actually a fairly small percentage of the ADHD population and is generally the type that affects males rather than females. However I do get your point
Thanks for making this video, I’m a father of three boys and 1 girl that are all adults now. This is a subjective misdiagnosis that is a huge problem for boys in elementary school, teachers and schools that are mostly run by females don’t attempt to accommodate learning for active and normal boys, instead, they try to teach them how girls learn best. Boys need more physical activity, structure, and discipline. NOT drugs or separate classes for kids with “learning disabilities”.
I was dx ADD in my 40's when our son was dx, but was only on medication for a few years. (My hubby was dx ADHD as a child and medicated for years but not as an adult.) I have to have clear, close motivation/reward to press thru boring stuff. I have a touch of ocd so I can overfocus on lists and marking things off, and that helps "manage" the scattered thoughts and impulses. I have a motor, but am an introvert so not a lot of people would guess I have ADD. I think its unfair to clump a real disorder with "everybody does this". I am 78 and ketovore for years (severe limit on sugar, grains, etc) and still jog and do calesthenics and vigorous physical work. And I absolutely still have ADD
You’re a thousand percent correct about needing to be taught learning skills, Dr. Berg. I agree that poor pedagogy is the root of a lot of kids’ difficulty in school. Kids aren’t taught in school how to remember and recall. How can anyone expect to deeply learn when they are being taught in a passive state? I am a student teacher supervisor, and I tell my student teachers all the time that kids were not meant to sit and listen to them all day every day. Any teacher who does not take the time to learn and utilize solid, research-based teaching and learning techniques is doing a tremendous disservice to his/her students. For example, kids almost never write by hand these days, which is insane, because the hand-brain connection is key to learning and remembering. Kids act out because they are bored and not at all engaged in their learning.
you're a few decades late with this incorrect information. Almost as if you don't have children of your own.... I don't know if you've been in a school lately, but how they teach children has changed drastically since the 90s and 2000s. There's more focus on using their bodies to expend energy and bringing them back into the learning environment after dopimergic activities.They WRITE BY HAND, omg, stop watching fox news. Just stop. Yes they have computers and tablets, but that's because that's the world they belong to. jfc.
The best teachers make that extra little effort to make it fun. Even just giving hints so kids get the satisfaction of figuring things out for themselves. That positive emotion helps with memory because we replay those positive moments. Good teachers also take games and adapt them to their students' level. It's not hard to simplify existing games that are so useful in teaching math. Or turning favorite kids books into plays for kids to participate in.
ADHD can be heavily associated with eye problems. I have esotropia which when left untreated results in convergence insufficiency (eyes not wanting to work together). But my brain is pretty brainy and does it's thing so i don't notice the double vision that creeps in. I exhibit lots of adhd symptoms. I've tried meds before and sometimes they work sometimes not. The only thing that really improves my symptoms is doing my eye exercises. Vision therapy helped me feel like a different person. One that could manage. It's not covered by insurance whereas meds are. Dr. Berg is a smart guy but he's still human so do your own research. I'm also a dietitian and will say eating healthy food will not fix everything. Sometimes you'll still have the issue because nutrition or lack there of was never the problem. Sometimes physical issues are just that and adhd is a physical issue of the brain that had many factors.
I truly appreciate you. Also how you share challenges you have dealt with. Helps me know you truly can relate with many challenges I have personally faced. Your thourough research and detailed understandable videos are very much appreciated
One of the key for the diagnosis of ADHD is not the symptom, but the severity and frequency these sympton impair the person live in work, relationship and personal aspect. The keyword here is "Severity" and "Frequency". Everyone experience a little of these ADHD sympton now and then especially during stress, tired or low emotional state. However, for true ADHD person, these symptom appear in all situation, even when you are happy, unstress and well rest.
I have strong emotionality about natural treatments for ADHD. As a holistic health industry professional and also someone with ADHD inattentive, I deeply regret pursuing diet and supplements regimens for 20+ years before trying stimulant medication at age 45. Methylphenidate has completely changed my life for the better! If I had only known, so many years of suffering could have been alleviated. The ketogenic diet and your other recommendations have also been helpful for me personally, but they are not in the same league as stimulants in terms of efficacy in my ADHD treatment.
The issue I have with this video is that this fails to understand a core feature of ADHD. It is more of a difficulty in DIRECTING attention, rather than being ABLE to pay attention. Of course, both are prominent symptoms. I can with 100% confidence say that even after accounting for diet, exercise, sleep, and all other factors that may influence it, the symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder cannot be reversed. I still struggle massively with symptoms (combined type, both hyperactivity and inattention). These may help if there is an underlying deficiency, but this does not solve the problem that was created at birth, and the only thing that has been able to sufficiently improve my symptoms to the point of functionality is medications and therapy. That being said, for people who DO in fact have any of these deficiencies, this is not clinical ADHD and of course would not require intervention with medications. Is there misdiagnosis? Yes, absolutely. However, ADHD is also insanely UNDER diagnosed, mine being missed until I was nearly 19 and was failing school and at relationships. While this video does have some value, the thumbnail is misleading and just flat out incorrect from a clinical standpoint, and overgeneralizes a potentially serious disorder that cannot be cured simply by altering the diet. Trust me, we've tried.
Was diagnosed with adult ADHD at age 59, inattentive type. Take a middle range dose of Concerta and it helps tremendously. But I also changed to a Whole Foods diet, started exercising again after recovering from injuries that limited exercise options, take vitamins. Put myself on a sleep schedule and I try to deal with my symptoms through learning. It’s not a question of either/or, all these things help but Concerta helps me function better at work; pre- diagnosis I tried all these other things and definitely felt better, but looking back I was more impulsive during these times and not really dealing with my symptoms since I didn’t know I had it. Medication helps a lot of people and I’m in the work endgame pushing toward retirement. Can’t afford to eff things up. So, I’m keeping up on the meds and all the other stuff. I ran out of meds recently due to shortages and despite the holistic approaches I’ve taken, I felt completely dead and it was hard to even get moving. This was also after weeks of skipping doses since there was also a delay getting in to the psychiatrist. It’s wrong to imply that people with ADHD are making things up or using it as an excuse for laziness. Shit is real and a daily struggle my whole life. Somebody listed out all the other symptoms - it’s super hard to change all that even with medications. My short term memory is an example of a symptom that has not improved at all.
I suffer from ADHD but without the hyperactivity. Actually, the hyperactivity happens inside my brain. Too many thoughts, often disruptive, too many daydreams, and too many windows open at the same time. The distraction is inside my mind and not so much from external factors, although that can be the case sometimes too, especially with social media. Thanks for this video. I've been doing keto and intermittent fasting and I feel better. I lean on hyperfocusing and trying to enjoy my work to get motivated to complete my assignments. After four months, it's beginning to work.
You nail it,hyperactive in the brain, not in the body, that's why many people specially girls are not diagnosed! I'm trying to explain that but i can not find the proper words thanks
I know you mean well, but I've had so many red flags since I was very young, including a period in my 20s when I was super healthy- normal lab results, exercise, low carb, etc. My body and habits changed, but not my symptoms. I work for primary care and one of my responsibilities is to take Rx refill requests. I get about 10 requests per day for adhd meds, and many of those Rxs are for up to 10mg. Those people may benefit from your suggestions, but the one or two patients who are taking 20 or 36 mg are whole different matter. As someone who takes one of these higher doses myself, medicine has changed my life for the better. The benefits provide me with quality of life- better relationships with family and friends, and much better work experience.
For those who don't wanna watch the whole video -
1. B1 vitamin
2. Magnesium
3. Potassium
4. Supplement called DMAE
5. Keto diet
6. Intermittent fasting.
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Brahmi leaf powder tea and gluten free food and nigella sativa Seeds oil helps for cognition and clarity.
Chinese date leaf tea is good for sleeping.
Ghee dairy food is nerves calming.
Reading and listening Quran, stop the Bullying mind.
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Be careful . . . ADHD is much more than just attention and focus issues.
We also have problems with emotional regulation.
We can also be extremely sensitive to rejection.
We have a thing called "time blindness," and can also have problems with working memory and auditory processing.
There are lots of other symptoms as well, that aren't commonly known, but are a big part of the typical ADHD experience.
I know the diagnostic criteria just focus on inattentiveness and hyperactivity, but there is really a lot more to the story.
Just a pro tip:
Those of us with ADHD really can't stand it when people say,
"We all have a little ADHD."
No you don't.
Would you tell a person on the way to chemo that we all have a little cancer? Of course not.
I'm a huge fan of your work, but please tread lightly on this. It's a real issue for many of us, as is more than just spacing out sometimes.
The only thing that has really helped me with my ADHD is going on keto. I started it to lose weight and then suddenly realized that my procrastination habit had disappeared.
This procrastination habit had been a deep source of shame for me for decades, and is one of the most common symptoms that us ADHDers experience. Procrastination for us is this feeling of wanting and needing to do something, but, somehow, it just doesn't get done, no matter how much you berate yourself. And berate ourselves we do.
Meanwhile, I, frankly, wouldn't even bother recommending supplements.
It's just an extra thing to have to do, and most of us will forget to take the supplements after a few days. In my personal experience, I have experienced zero effects from supplementation.
And if you're wondering who in the comments section has ADHD, just check the comment length, *ahem.*
Are you a physician / MD? Just curious. Because youtube tends to have a lot of know it alls on treadmills giving health advice they may not even understand what they're talking about.
@@RstGamingReviews yes this is what open free discourse results in. But it requires the receiver to do their own research and take responsibility for their own actions and choices on what they choose to follow.
Sounds a lot like PTSD ir CPSTD
I can relate to everything she is saying and i have never been diagnosed but i could tell that i have it because other family members are and i can totally relate to this which sucks but all we have to do is push on 🤷♂️.
Yes, totally agree, I've ADHD and all this as well as the usual hyper focus and hyperactivity and keto didn't work for me
ADHD is definitely something I’ve struggled sooooo deeply with.
I almost cried when I took Adderall for the first time because it gave me so much relief and made me feel normal.
But I stopped taking it in October due to the shortage and decided not to refill my prescription because the withdrawal was so severe, and I realized I didn’t want to be on Adderall for the rest of my life.
I’m going to try this and report back July 2023.
Update: Hello everyone! It is July 2023, and I wanted to follow up because many people have commented asking for results.
I’m of the opinion, after much trial and error, that unfortunately this is not a magic cure-all.
In hindsight, 6 months in, I actually find Dr. Berg’s video pretty insulting. To insinuate that ADHD is not real, and to present this video as if the symptoms are easily helped… is pretty messed up.
I wanted to give you guys the answer that all my symptoms have gone away, but I’m starting to come to terms with the fact that I will have to continue my journey in naturally treating my symptoms. I have to note that meditation has largely helped, along with increasing my exercise.
I’ve seen little differences, but I highly recommend Dr. Daniel Amen, as he has had a big impact on my perspective on ADHD. He has a UA-cam channel called Amen Clinics, and I’ve found it really insightful to help me understand ADHD, and how our brains work differently.
I still think taking pharmaceuticals is still not the right answer for me, and I’ll try to update if I find anything that makes a notable difference. Don’t feel discouraged, there are so many people just like you, who are looking for an answer.
I know how you feel, you made a hard choice but it's the right one. It's virtually like taking painkillers when the source of the problem simply persists. I wish you luck and good energy!
So you decided to stop medication because the withdrawals of stopping medication was bad 😅
Did medication not help you?
There's nothing wrong with taking medication for your whole life, ADHD is a lifelong problem.
You wouldn't hear someone with diabetes decide to stop taking insulin.
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@@TruWill99 yes you would because dr berg helps you get off insulin
During my Hollywood film career I spent much of it on anti depressants. I developed many of the symptoms of ADD and great difficulty sleeping but never took medicine for these. Though this has incorrectly been atrributed to Sigmund Freud this has proven true for me: “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.” When I quit working with assholes I found my depression miraculously cured itself. When my sleep improved so did my ability to focus and my executive functions. To this day I stay away from the causes of depression, including most of my family, who, as I have since learned, had very thoroughly groomed me for work in the salt mines of Hollywood.
Hope you're doing better now x
Lol true. I had a toxic MIL I lived with and was experiencing suicidal ideation/ depression. I still have rumination/ crazy thoughts bc adhd but they don’t spiral into me wanting to kill myself as often.
I can't watch any Hollywood movie for several years. They indead are assholes but must inportantly very sick people and I don't want to absorb that dark energy. They also don't rappresent me, there is nothing artistic or innovative any more, just a lot of progaramming and dumming. Great things from Europe!
Ps. Since I live gluten I don't have brain fogg.
Yes. There are so many things that can lead to depression or exacerbate it. A lot of us do things that sabotage our physical and mental health without realizing it (lack of sleep, crap diet, not exercising, not managing stress, etc.). I have an extremely stressful job, and I know that my depression is getting worse the longer I stay in it. It's just not easy to leave, especially in this economy.
Good on you, sometimes you may find you don't have a choice though haha, in this case I know by experience that true peace in any situation can be found by having a vital connection to Jesus. Not always easily done, but soo worth it
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Dr Berg gives the gift of knowledge every day.
Explains how to use the knowledge and achieve our end goals.
I have found taking a few notes as he’s talking, helps me to retain this information.
The daily podcast of information is like waking up to a new gift every morning!
All we need to do is apply certain aspects to our lives, and watch the transformations begin!
Thank you, Dr Berg.
I know you hear that multiple times per podcast, and I always marvel at how many folks are benefiting from your generously sharing of this information!
Nonetheless, I thank you, again!😊
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My daughter was diagnosed with ADD while in grade 5 and we tried different things, including private tutors and meds off and on because I didn't ĺike her taking them. What made a major difference for her was attending a high school in Montreal which specializes in teaching children with ADD, ADHD and other mild forms of learning disabilities. This one of a kind school is recognized for their highly successful teaching methods which are recommended for all children, not just those with learning disabilities. My daughter will be graduating from college in a few months.
Do you have any link that describes the teaching methods your daughter used?
Which school?
@@starlordgg Centennial Academy in Montreal, Canada
That sounds amazing, thanks a lot for sharing.
Sounds expensive.
This fluffy video is made for people who don't genuinely have ADHD. I love your advice on the ketogenic diet and how it can improve diabetes. I used it to put T2 into remission. But no, a ketogenic diet and the nutrition you recommend does not fix ADHD. It will help mood, it will help brain fog, it will help many things, but NOT inattention! This is coming from somebody who used the advice in his videos to reverse diabetes and lower my blood pressure.
Fails to give attention to detail... because everyone frequently messes up cooking measurements, directions, and every kind of instruction (anything with steps) that it impacts all or most of their daily interactions all of the time? It's normal to consistently fail exams not because you get the hard stuff right but the simple stuff wrong? That's everyone, all of the time right?
Makes careless mistakes... So everyone makes careless mistakes, often or close to everyday, that get them into trouble? Filling out forms incorrectly, showing up at appointments on time but on the wrong day?
Difficulty staying on task... So when you're in a library or a quiet environment, it's normal that you are instantly pulled out of focus to the point of forgetting the task at hand whenever a person (who can be far from you) opens a book, walks by, sits down somewhere nearby. It's normal that this can happen frequently in a small space of time, with the same impact for each distraction, yet each time you're involuntarily pulled from focus you notice nobody else looks away from what they're doing? No big deal right?
Doesn't listen when spoken to.... So when the volume of the person talking to you is the same volume as every other sound you perceive in your environment, and you're desperately trying to hear what's being said but you struggle with competing stimuli, while trying to ensure your body language doesn't display your internal struggle, sure it can seem like I'm not listening sometimes. But hey, that's normal right?
Doesn't follow through on demand/fails to finish duties at work... It's normal to consistently be overwhelmed by distractions in your environment that you forget the original task at hand or steps to something you know how to do/have done many times before.. this happens to everyone all of the time right?
Who else has a problem actually listening to this video due to adhd unmedicated and undiagnosed
I do. This is every video and I do not know how I spent hours doing nothing.
Yeah, he's talking too slow even on 2 speed, respectfully.
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Lol. Yes... wait, what was the question?
me😂
Who is reading the comments while watching?
Me😂😂
@@popularmmos8428me lol
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Me!
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My brother had ADD. What helped him the most in his life was being around supportive, nurturing, and loving people. What harmed him the most was taking the prescribed drugs from his doctor which may have caused heart problems as an adult. He figured out for himself that he needed more B vitamins and to be on a Keto diet.
Like b6 and b12?
Too bad I didn't have that growing up. Everybody just calls you stupid...And looks down at you. I like exactly what he's saying, teach people HOW to learn. I was just thrown under the rug, and made look like I was dumb, as barely a C student, Even though I was trying my hardest!. But like he said a GOOD teacher, could help me really learn, & bring out the best in me!... Learning HOW to learn and having the patience with somebody to diagnose you when you're young, and to help you, It's definitely key, and obviously, you guys were THAT supportive for your brother.💞 God bless you. I wish my siblings were as supportive, instead of looking down on me & mocking me, for being slow or substandard. Obviously when a person talks too much, because they're trying to compensate, for their lack of an anchor I guess you could say, I don't know how to put it any other way. Maybe it's a nervousness I have, but I have so much to say, trying to focus it and staying balanced, has always been a chore. And I'm 63. Life is really really hard, to try to constantly stay balanced on that tight rope, high up in the air. And falling off of it, always hurts. God bless you again.👍🏾🕊️💝🏆✌️🌹
@@jdgatlin8813 And then, find out you have the MTHFR gene, and it's even worse. You find out that you don't even absorb the vitamins that's supposedly comes in processed food and other fake supplements that you're given growing up. Cuz we know that the supplements at the store, most of them are chemical, and they actually do people like us even MORE damage, than they do good. 🧐🤨😔And all the junk they add to the ennriched so-called enriched grains etc. Man, the stuff we have stacked up against us. Thank God for people like Dr Berg, and others who go through what we go through, and look for the real cause and the positive solutions! Don't you get tired of hearing people just yell at you, like "just get with it, & do what you're told & YOU DON'T LISTEN...etc, 😢when you're trying your hardest, but you just CAN'T keep up. It's exhausting, really exhausting. So when you find things like this, it's like a breath of fresh air! God bless you Dr Berg. Keep up the good work. At all the positive people giving good comments here, I appreciate it. Thank you guys. 👍🏾💞🤝🏽
My mom’s friend is a children’s psychiatrist and she even disagrees with medication.
@@lorettachandler1455 I’m praying for you 💙
ADHD is real. I agree that it is probably over diagnosed and over medicated in the US. However, diagnosis as an adult in the U.K. is a very difficult process. The attention deficit symptoms are only one part. You have not mentioned the difficulty with social cues and the ‘internal chatter’. Anyone with ADHD will know what I mean by that! Diet definitely helps. I don’t take medication. Diet and exercise, plus adapting my life to avoid stress is how I manage my ADHD.
Yes I struggle with convo, I have trouble getting out what I need to get out sometimes 😢
What's up with ADHD and social cues? I thought this was more related to Aspergers or Autism
Things like cutting into conversations, over-sharing and speaking on a topic for a long time without realising that the other party might not share your enthusiasm - these are just a few.
I think people with ADHD also have great difficulty managing office politics because of their tendency to be truthful and say things impulsively. I would say that’s another type of difficulty with social cues. A non-ADHD person would be able to read that situation and modify their behaviour to navigate difficult people, for example, avoiding getting on the wrong side of the office bully.
@@h0lyrs422 Yep!
I have an NK song about potatoes stuck in my head for no reason... i feel your pain
This was a God send. I’ve been on Addy for neary 2 decades & now this shortage is really affecting me. I’ve been trying to find alternatives & will try all of this! Thanks Dr B.
Sorry I hit the wrong button.
I took B1, magnesium, omega3 for a year without much improvement
DMAE is an answer to my prayer . Been taking it for ten days and I am a new person.
Thank you for persisting in your research. I was on the verge of going on meds to survive the mess I made of my life and the shame when I saw your latest video explaining DMAE and the other nutritional needs.
Thank you and God bless you. God answered my prayers through you.
Hi there, how has DMAE worked for you? Please can you give us an update. Thanks in advance!
I took DMAE for almost a year and had great improvement in brain
fog. I gradually stopped taking the DMAE and the improvement remained. I did stop dri king wine and cut way down on sugar.
Still have the other issues but working with CBT
I tried DMAE 100 mg. Benefit: works! Ur brain is less scattered. Negative: headache and i ended up sleepin only 5 hours which again made me tense
Wow, getting it right now
Hi there, thanks for your sharing!
May I ask for your DMAE supplement brand that you bought?
So agreed, a good teacher is essential. I flunked a Biology class in college, well I withdrew before I got the bad grade because the teacher spoke poor English and was all over the place. I retook the course with another professor and graduated with honors. So important to have a teacher who can actually teach.
A teacher that was all over the place? Sounds like ADHD
It is very common for people, including doctors, to dismiss the significance of invisible disorders that they themselves have never suffered from. I was diagnosed in my 40s, over ten years ago, because I was on the verge of losing my livelihood, and it wasn't simply based on an office visit. I had to be interviewed by a specialist in learning disabilities. Then I had to go through a three hour battery of tests to determine not only if I had a learning disability, but which type. And since insurance companies only cover this issue for children, I had to pay $1,200 out-of-pocket. I was diagnosed with ADHD (minus the H). This not only saved my job, it also helped me to understand myself better as it explained my academic and relationship failures. Since then I've developed my own solutions without the need for medication, like taking care of tasks when they cross my desk instead of putting them off in a pile; and putting other projects on the backburner so I can complete one. However, L-Tyrosine supplementation does help! Medications for ADHD deplete this amino acid, supplementing with it brings the desired results, without side effects.
Good to know. Thank you.
ADHD? You want to know the worst invisible illness a Dr. that doesn't have it won't care about?
Tinnitus.
Amazing. Your story nearly mirrors my own experience. Diagnosed in my 40’s, about 15 years ago for me. I didn’t know about the amino acid, but I’ll pursue that.
i admire your courage to know that you have ADD. bec some people looks down to people with this kind of condition.
How do you use tyrosine without getting insomnia?
You are marginalizing the condition that so many people suffer with legitimately. I was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD in my late 40s. My whole life suddenly made sense. A life of unfinished projects. Rumination. Forgotten appointments. You see it’s not about being a little forgetful now and then. In my case it’s about losing my keys or my wallet almost EVERY SINGLE DAY. It’s about forgetting when and where you’re supposed to be almost every single day. It’s about cleaning the bathroom but the bathroom doesn’t get cleaned but the lawn gets mowed. The urge to do something that you want to do or is stimulating to your brain overtakes ANY propensity to do the thing that you’re SUPPOSED to do. I didn’t want the stigma of being a stimulant junkie so I never took the adderall I was prescribed almost 10 years ago…. At 52 I think it’s time I do.
You should hear Dr. Gabor Mate's talk (I think it's a Ted Talk, but not sure) on getting diagnosed as an adult as well, and how he dealt with it, and its impact on his children. Really good insights. Best of luck to you!
I am on meds as an adult and it has changed my life. I was on antidepressants and benzoyl. Now I am on a miniscule dose of bozos as needed. Which isn't much and Ritalin. My life is manageable. I tried Adderall and it made me feel super drugged out. Good luck. Being medicated has given me a way higher quality of life.
Ritalin is safer than adderal
Yes! 1000% agree
Thank you so much for saying this. It says everything I would have said. It belittles our experience. When you live it you know how debilitating it is and life changing when there is finally a reason for your life long difficulties and emotional disregulation, impulsive decisions overwhelm and exhaustion at every day life. I tried to write a comment, but in the end read it back nd deleted it, another thing I struggle with. Thank you so much for saying this. Mistruths and misinformation does so much damage which needs correcting.
I generally appreciate your posts, but this one feels off. I am a high IQ sixty year old female who struggled terribly with focus, motivation, prioritization, organization & details my entire life. Even driving was a struggle. Can’t remember how many times I lost my wallet & keys. Diagnosed at 50 and prescribed Ritalin - it transformed my life. The same for my daughters who went from failing & anxious to excelling & outgoing within weeks of diagnosis. My generation of ADD/ADHD women is sometimes referred to as a lost generation - noone believed we could have it because we were well behaved (even if we couldn’t match our socks or track more than a few moments of classroom instruction). We were simply labeled stupid or lazy. And while I am philosophical about the condition & believe science has much more to learn about it - I know it is REAL. As real as the chaos in my cellar & the finances I still struggle to track. Even with medication, every day is still a new challenge- even with all the diet, exercise, & nutritional changes. Please don’t trivialize the condition. Doing so can keep children & adults trapped in a world of hurt, fearful of seeking help.
Thanks for your viewpoint. You say, this information is "way" off? Then should we all just go on Ritalin? That would be the best solution?
Here's the other problem: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/experts/business.html
Here's some thoughts based on my grandchildrens' so far sucess:
1. Eliminate vac-seens.
Not proven safe and efective/adjuvants can cause a myriad of symptoms.
2. Eliminate sugar and HFCS.....MORE poison.
3. Stop gluten and dairy.
Another poison to some people.
4. Definately choose ORGANIC
5. Try to avoid additives such as "natural flavor" "citric acid" "colorings and fragrances"......all poison and disruptive.....
6. These are just a partial list in our toxic world; but an easy start👍
Adderall helps with lots of things. I help myself more learning without the drugs.
@@Drberg that’s a very patronising response.
@@jdxx59 Not really. He asked a very practical question.
How many of us with ADHD actually skipped to 12:42 to find the solution, and then later watched the video from the beginning?🙂
Thanks, Dr. Berg! You are a national treasure.
Lol!
Hajaha
Hahaha Now I know where to skip to, lol I was just listening to the video while I read the comments. That's what helps me get through. To listen and to read comments at the same time! Hahaha That's what we do isn't it? We like to multitask, so we don't get bored. And so we can focus better, Imo.
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Not me
I'm glad this ADHD video is only about 15 mins. I have 26 other videos in my feed I need to watch
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agappe people are in thanks.
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I am in tears, I have to share, Dr.Berg, I did everything you said. My son didn't want to take the multivitamin and the pill at first, but with popstickle and lots of praise, start taking them. Now, from the child who always did poorly at school and always bad notes to an amazing child with lots of positive notes. I am over the moon and can't thank you enough. You are my guru ✨️ 🙏 ♥️.
At least someone listened and got results. So many comments here criticising and talking about their symptoms and yet, not willing to follow his suggestions.
Awesome 👏🏽
People who actually have ADD/ADHD have a mutation in the DRD4 gene in their brain. They are physiologically different than neurotypical people. They also have the ability to hyper focus, they can rapidly take in more information than their neurotypical peers and have higher energy (that higher energy is in the brain, it may or may not display itself as physical energy, in children it's more likely to come out as physical, you do not GET, CAUSE, or GROW OUT OF ADHD, you are born with it and have it for life). They can also be distracted more easily because not only can they hyper focus but the part of your brain that scans for threats is also hyperactive, so someone with ADHD if they are in hyper focus, hears a pen fall from across the room, they will lock on to that sound and lose focus, that's where the "easily distracted" symptom comes from. They also have a hyperactive DMN, the part of your brain that internalizes things and is critical of self, that's where the symptom of being sensitive to feedback comes from. The mutation of the DRD4 gene is what makes stimulants help people with ADHD, it calms them down, where as it makes neurotypical people hyper, the reason is because the DRD4 gene is the reward and motivation system of the brain, it releases dopamine: In a neurotypical brain, it's like telling a puppy to sit, when it sits it gets a treat, with ADHD you sit but don't get a treat, stimulants increase the number of treats being given which is what motivates you and makes you feel rewarded, so a neurotypical person gets more treats and it's like throwing a box of treats on the floor then trying to get the puppy to sit, for ADHD it increases the treats which gets them to baseline. As for dopamine regulating our reward system - if a person with ADHD passes a test they will feel less rewarded than their neurotypical peers, because ADHD brains release less dopamine, that's why stimulants help (stimulants don't have to be prescribed drugs, caffeine, interests, trying new things, gamifying your life, exercising, etc. is all stimulating, even a 30 minute walk through a wooded area helps sooth ADHD symptoms) but if a person with ADHD finds an interest or passion, they will more easily access hyper focus and will speed past their neurotypical peers. I guess what I'm saying is that there are tons of people who misunderstand ADHD, it's not attention deficit, it's attention-different, and tons of people are misdiagnosed with ADHD, if you have ADHD it's not curable, and it's not a disorder, it's a mutation of the DRD4 gene and prior to society becoming repetitive and boring, people with this mutation were much more successful. If you have symptoms of ADHD it doesn't mean you have ADHD. Lifestyle habit and diet changes can reduce the negative symptoms and boost the positive ones though. ADHD is having a Ferrari engine for a brain but with bicycle brakes.
Tips if you have ADHD: find your passion or things that are interesting to you, have a high protein diet (start your day with 20g), have more water, put down your phone/eliminate distractions (you are more susceptible to addiction and distractions and your brain will chase easily accessed dopamine so don't let it have it), meditate/learn to take control of your thoughts (do not feed the DMN, it's negative and will criticize you, the more you listen to it, the louder it becomes), cut out sugars, exercise, get quality sleep, look into gamification to make uninteresting things more interesting.
You know I couldn't read the entire post but skimming and seeing dopamine, I know you're on the right track 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼unlike berg here 🙄
I dont know how much of this comment to believe but it makes more sense than this video
Thank you! This video is complete crap.
So on point...Thanks
that gene might explain why caffeine has the opposite effect on me than other people
I'm often appreciative of Dr. Berg's videos and the great information they contain. However, as some others have pointed out in the comment section for this video -- mostly by those who either have ADHD/ADD or who have a loved one with it -- the reality of ADHD/ADD should NOT be downplayed or dismissed. To do so only adds to the burden one is already carrying. Yes, many of us may exhibit many of the ADHD/ADD symptoms that Dr. Berg listed, but when you actually have ADHD/ADD, those symptoms (and more) are RAMPED 24/7. You would (hopefully) never downplay the reality of a person living with arthritis by saying your joints sometimes ache, too, so you must have some arthritis, would you? Or, would you tell a person with ulcerative colitis/Crohn's that your stomach sometimes hurts, too, so you must have a little bit of that illness? Or, would you tell a person with Hashimoto's thyroiditis that you're sometimes very tired and feel chilly, thus you must have a little bit of that illness? See how insensitive that sounds? ADHD/ADD, as well as the other illnesses that were listed, are (either from birth or after the diagnosis) lifelong and require management. THERE IS NO CURE. Thus, we can try various treatments for people with ADHD/ADD in an attempt to see what works best for them (note: individualized treatments will vary).
It would be interesting, how many % of ppl with ADHD benefit from these diets or supplements. It's important to note, that not all with ADHD like symptoms actually have ADHD, but just look like it based on some different causes than e.g. neurological effects based on dopamine and other neurotransmitters.
I hear ya. The flip side is that we used to have one student with this diagnosis now half do.
I got an official diagnosis around 25 years ago (back when ADD was a separate diagnosis), and have definitely benefited over the decades from much of what Dr Berg runs through in this video.
And I'd add that there can be a spectrum of severity. It may be that some people aren't vulnerable to it at all, while others do inherit susceptibility to it, without that being a guarantee of how severely we'll each experience it. Healthy lifestyle advice isn't to be sneered at, even if a few people may find they need pharma meds as well.
agree
I for one am tired of these chiropractors yammering on UA-cam about medical specialties that they’re not even qualified to speak on.
I've been watching your videos for several years now. My family and I (6 of us) done Keto for 18 months and lost a total of 750lbs and for the most part most of us is keeping it off. Thank you!! Yes, it was your videos that motivated us and kept us going!! Keep up your amazing research!!! Watching from somerset KY
Hello 👋 how are you doing today, happy new year.
Happy new year from Eastern Kentucky.
Very proud of you all, keep up the great work ❤️
Awesome. Please share and continue to share his videos. Dr Berg has saved my life
Very well done! happy New Year to you from Canada!
Makes good sense to me. I have 2 grandchildren I homeschool. Cutting out sugar, gluten and dairy helps.
Fasting and cutting out carbs and sugar from my diet, has helped me immensely.
Yes and add yoga....Keto...
Fasting...no add anymore...up fat and protein... cut all crap....walk and stop scrolling...
@@jennieeklovmeds are the law. I tried magnesium, ash, and omega. They don’t work
I always thought that I had some undiagnosed ADHD. I never checked it by a doctor and after going on a ketogenic diet I'm really thankful to you to teach me what's actually going wrong in my body. I had the brain fog and low attention span, was overweight and I was often in a bad mood. I was really bad in School, but I trained myself to be highly reflective. My conclusion now: it wasn't because I was dumb or lazy. It was because everyone told me how I have to be and everything I did was wrong in their eyes. I was constantly stressed out.
I think millions of boys is absolutely ruined by this rvery year. Everything for a profit...
@@terkelalgevind529 Growing up and realize that we live in a predatory world that preys on the ignorant. That's a hard lesson to learn.
What got you through that revelation? How are you now? Going through something similar.
Exactly. What's often attributed to being "lazy" or having a mental disorder is probably just a hormone imbalance (mainly caused by our diet)
THIS IS THE REAL TRUTH.
I usually love Dr Bergs work, but if you don’t think ADHD is a real condition just because it not detectable by a blood test..! It’s a pattern of behaviour / cognition of things experienced to a much higher degree than other people experience, and it has a huge impact of people lives. Yes a negative label also has a negative impact. Like dementia there are probably a great many factors in this, not a single cause.
If you ever had day to day experience with people with brain injuries and / or personality disorders / learning problems you will see impulsivity, attention issues and lack of empathy / self insight are a huge factor.
I appreciate your thoughtful note.
Dr. Berg obviously knows ADHD is a real condition, and in the video he is making some good, very effective suggestions for it. Towards the beginning he says it's not measurable by a blood test, meaning it's harder to spot and deal with. In no way is he dismissing it.
@@TheProactiveCreative I get you. He also says, like ‘well we all have this or that symptom’. My point is these are the degree to which people with ADHD experience these can make them low functioning. It greatly interferes with life, work and relationships. I am still a fan of Dr Bergs, I just feel it’s very open to misinterpretation or being misleading.
Agreed, I do believe his video is rather dismissive of the level that ADHD can interfere with your life, and in such cases medication can be a night and day difference. Although I also think drugs are over prescribed today, they are extremely important for some people. The amount of impact the symptoms have on your functioning is supposed to be the differentiating factor.
@@TheProactiveCreative Dr. Berg: "Everyone's leg hurts sometimes, right?? BROKEN LEGS AREN'T REAL!!!"
Thank you, everyone is praising him here like he's found the cure, picturing it as simple focus problem and dismissing the severeness and wide range of symptoms beyond that.
If I could concentrate long enough, I could write a book in response to this piece. I have always lived a healthy life, and having type 2 diabetes, my diet is now largely ketogenic. I have been plagued since childhood with ADHD. I'm now 70.
Yes everyone has all those symptoms. ADHD however is when you have those symptoms and they are so debilitating everyday feels like your running a marathon in quicksand.
Exactly
Very well put!
and all we wanted just to be on solid land...
Yup. This guy has no idea what he is doing... to put ADHD in here,
I have compared it to molasses. And sometimes the consistency is thicker than other times. But it’s always there .
For the days I have been trying these tips.
1. B1 Vitamin
2. Fish Oil Omega 3
3. L-Tyrosine 1000mg
4. Caffeine - Green Tea is better for slower release than coffee but I prefer coffee taste
5. less carbs and sugars
6. more fats and meats
7. any exercise but I seem to really benefit most from HIIT/CrossFit which can be intense 10-15 minute work outs vs 30min-1 hour of running.
8. A lot of new Hobbies to keep my learning up and dopamine going.
Magnesium I hear you can deplete it with sugar and not enough exercise so I heard to also consider organ meat like liver but I have not done that yet which is loaded with all kinds of vitamins and nutrients.
So basically self-medicate.
@@zmeurila yes I tried Ritalin as a kid and then Concerta was the worst for me. Then Adderall was okay but I think I was a kid so I knew it wasn't great for my developing brain to be on those stims. I think just trying other things first is best. I require a lot of socialization so that also helps.
It’s number 8 that’s a real problem for me…. I had to cut things out.
Will you please suggest if I can use these for my 9 year old daughter?
@@riteshroy1 I think try them out. I am surprised how Matcha Powder (high quality green tea) alone has done wonders for me. I do a match capsule that I made in the morning with an avocado and some coffee and some other food and then it kicks in about an hour then I could take another one around 12 with food. I find that you can try one thing at a time and see how they work together.
I came back here to give credit where credit is due. The intermittent fasting along with DMAE, potassium, magnesium, omega-3, really minimized the ADHD symptoms. But more importantly, it erased my brain fatigue. I used to suffer with extreme exhaustion, and I thought it was my body. But now I know it was my brain…That combination cured my extreme fatigue. I used to think I was dying in my 30s. Thank you!
Wonderful. Glad they helped you. Stay safe and healthy!
Totally wish I could talk to u in person, how long did it take for these to work for you
@@warriorqueen8285 Instantaneous!
30 minutes after taking the DMAE, I felt my brain almost like moving around. That’s when I knew it was working, then the burst of energy came after 30 minutes of taking the potassium, magnesium and omega-3.
That’s when I knew I was healed
@@warriorqueen8285 I was already intermittent fasting, because I was trying to get the weight off thinking my obesity was the only problem.
Did anyone else start daydreaming while watching this?
About 5 seconds in I was shut down and having conversations in my head with the person that sent it to me.
😅😅😂😂
😂 I did
I see what you did just there. At least I was attentitive to that 😂
More like, when is he getting to the point? And fast forward
I have ADHD. I’ve had it my whole life but diagnosed at 40 after seeking help for one then 2 of my 3 kids. 2 of my 3 kids have ADHD and one of those kids also have ASD. I look forward to trying out your suggestions! But let me assure the ones minimizing ADHD, it is real and it is debilitating.
I was finally diagnosed with Adult ADHD Combined last year. It took 5 years, via my NHS doctor here in the UK.
I too found out I had it after having kids w/ADHD. GABA calm and L Theanine amino acids help.
True, and I feel that the tenor of this video questions that diagnosis process, and therefor could be harming to people whom are uncertain about the diagnosis. I am diagnosed and am glad that I am. I'm happy to try these ideas, but I won't be coming off my meds - they are a godsend. Living without meds for me is like taking every step I take in two feet of water. It sux and is super stressful.
@@chrisschurmann5487 Theres got to be a better way than drugs
@@brockbrawn1524 Would you say that to a type 1 diabetic? You are taking an ideological position that I just don't share. It's silly. If the drugs are helping and you are otherwise healthy - don't suffer needlessly!
It’s amazing how I’ve been able to apply some of these tips with other disorders in my life. No more glasses, no more wheelchairs. How could I have been so simple minded!!
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Is this sarcasm? I don't get it, but i think if i did i would think it was funny.....
@@GenVNight it is...
😂 right?!
For those who are unaware; ADHD often presents with other co-morbidities such a depression, anxiety, oppositional behavior disorder, autism etc. Additional symptoms include poor decision making, planning, impulsivity to name but a few. Lack of focus is only a small part of ADHD. The lifetime consequences of untreated ADHD should not be underestimated. I have seen first hand the devastating consequences of undiagnosed and untreated ADHD and they were nothing that could have been addressed through fasting and a keto diet. While there maybe merit in using these approaches, they are no substitute for evidence based treatment approaches for this condition.
What are the devasting consequences you talk of though? When you don't give examples or only one or two average examples it sounds like you are just trying to scare people by in a manipulative sense and not a true sense
@@butWhyDad No need to explain those to people who are not affected by those consequences. Many of us understand exactly what the person meant.
@@SamoSjena Didn't ask, don't care, keep your absolutely pointless and useless comments to yourself
What you describe sounds like the effects of having severe problems with the hippocampus. Which in itself can have various reasons, but the doctors recommendations still make sense.
I think your a little confused. EVERYTHING WE EAT AFFECTS OUR MIND AND BODY. SO YES DIET CAN PLAY A BIG ROLE AND CAN ALSO HEAL YOU FROM DESEASE. So please educate yourself.
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
I have an official consultant psychiatrist diagnosis of Adult ADHD. I read that adhd was associated with ultra rapid lipid oxidation and lipid turnover. And I've always had naturally normal-low cholesterol levels, no matter what I ate. I found that radically upping my healthy fats intake (omega 3 + 6 + 9) via wholefoods (particularly shell fish) resulted in very significant improvements to my adhd. I eat almost no sugar and avoid all processed foods. I buy fresh wholefoods everyday and consume it on the same day. I react badly to synthetic vitamins, but am just fine in their natural form in wholefoods. Now I only take my stimulant meds from time to time when I need them, but not every day.
This is new information for me. Can you tell me more about it? Or can you glrefer me to a source for this information? I'd love to know more! 😊
@@delavidaebella hiya, I'd recommend seeking out a good functional medicine practitioner, with adhd knowledge. I follow Dr Berg and several others so try and pick up insights and tips. It's a challenging journey, as it requires a meaningful lifestyle change, not just a temporary diet change. Good sleep, good food, good gut health, some exercise and appropriate stress management is key - and with adhd we know how challenging sleep can be! The fats I have found helpful are kelp derived omega-3, extra virgin olive oil, epo and coconut oil. But everyone is different, so maybe different ones work for different people. But I do add good fats to every meal I eat. I find that refined carbs (eg pasta) makes me more hyper and restless, salads and colorful veg make me calmer. If I have veg, I stir fry them quickly in extra virgin olive oil. But I'd say that 95% of my diet now is veg and salads (with fat added) and maybe cold-water (Atlantic) shell fish once a week - which contains high quality minerals and a lot of natural vitamin b12, much higher quantities than can obtained from red meat. Cold water seas contain much higher quantities of high quality and rare earth minerals than the feed fed to farm animals. Ps, I stay clear of all seed oils, these also make me more restless and fidgety.
Good for you!!! And thanks for the tips! I will up my intake of healthy fats!
Awesomeness!!!! Congratulations!!! Keep spreading the word on this. More people need to know.
What does a bad reaction to synthetic vitamins look like?
Anybody who thinks ADHD is not real needs to go and work in a school for a while....I teach some amazing young people but ADHD blights their lives, its brutal and it is VERY VERY real. Educate yourselves before making such appalling comments. As for those claiming it didn't exist 30 years ago, absolute rubbish, the difference is when we were at school kids with SEN were just put in the "thick class" and ignored. Thankfully those of us in the profession in 2023 spend our lives trying to understand, educate ourselves and help your kids learn rather than throw them on the scrap heap.
Thank you 😊!
Grateful 🙏
ADHD is very real. The kids have been chemically poisoned from birth with heavy metals, neuroinflammatory chemicals, and gut destroying toxins. Several studies have compared poisoned and unpoisoned children and noted significant differences. The poison schedule changed in the 80's, which is why you see so many adults suddenly being diagnosed. The kids now get a lot more poison, and it is tragic. The kids are not alright, and they need us to fight for them.
@@alireid5874
The condition may also be hereditary. My 6 year old grandson is showing signs of ADHD. His father, my S-i-L, has the condition. He only began receiving treatment when he was 18. Unfortunately, he is a messed up adult with many behavioural problems.
Thank you.
Yeah, ok, I've taken the vitamins and supplements you mentioned for about two years now (got the information from my own research) I've changed my diet and started exercising. I still need medication. I still suffer from severe executive dysfunction and sleep interruption. It's super cool that you read through the symptoms with a snarky and incredulous tone, super helpful, not. Obvoulsyt the symptoms happen at an extreme, and the wording in the DSM makes it seem normal to a layperson, which I'm sure you were hoping to hit for followers. Some people can get off the medication, some can't. Even with medication, it's a crap shoot for me. So no, this video is only helpful to ADHD deniers and is most likely detrimental as a source of false hope for ADHD sufferers.
You want it. You would not die without it, if strsnded on an island.
agreed....but lifestyle side is just a added benefit ,,,but not the Holy grail.....be informed and trust you're Psychiatrist and holistic team....
Wow...go take your meds. I really didn't think that Dr's tone was snarky at all.
UGH, I feel the same way! I've struggled with (and benefited by) ADHD my entire life. His glib, dismissive tone about made me scream!! I've already followed his advice... ain't no miracle cure! In fact, I'm seriously thinking of going back on medication...something I did 20 years ago when my kids were little.
Would you be willing to try something which can help your ADHD?
It's a lifestyle practice that would take around 1 hour per day
It's not meditation, not diet
shoutout to everyone watching this on 2x playback while sort of doing 3 other things at once instead of what you should be doing.. you're ok like you are.
THIS 😂
In my whole life, 83 years, I never have experiences such fast changes as with Keto. Now I have new lifestyle: the Keto way. Wishing you all a very Happy Year Year. Elizabeth.
That's very encouraging, Elizabeth, thanks for sharing! Best to you in 2023! 🎉
Quit caffeine and started daily running for my dopamine fix. Switching to herbal teas to help calm my scatter brain ADD was a tremendous help too.
I'm hooked on it because of my add. On way I can minimally stay on task.
Which herbal teas in particular do you take?
Also had to stop coffee as it was making me so anxious and exhausted from internal chatter
Which teas?
@@Peem_pom my personal favorite is cacao tea. Rooibos is also great 👍
I do agree with the nutrition points of this video. I also believe that our culture in the United States contributes to a lot of adult ADHD. However, as a special education teacher, with two masters degrees in education, I can tell you I have seen such severe ADHD in children that it is interfering with learning basic skills. These children usually have severe learning gaps. ADHD and dyslexia are connected. It breaks my heart when I see a student whose parent refuses to try nutritional or medical intervention to help their child. Their quality of life could be greatly improved.
I was one of those kids. I was put into special education because of adhd
Me as well. I got tested for IQ in grade 6 because I was doing badly in school, I was above average. I don't think I did a single piece of homework in all of school since at least grade 6. I dropped out in grade 11 and had to go back a year later to finish it. I wasn't dumb or throwing off learning to do other things. I barely had friends, I wasn't busy doing anything instead intentionally. I was spending hours a day every day learning and researching at school.. stuff that was unrelated to school. If I opened a book, that 600 page book was finished by the end of that day.. I had to bring a TYPEWRITER to school to avoid distractions for doing mandatory typed essays, because I couldn't handle the computer. On keto/carnivore, not much has changed. I want to do more for my health but most things in my life haven't been helped. I tried a friend's ADHD medication once and it was like I was.. normal, for four hours. I could keep up with conversations, speak without stumbling or slurring, and my mind felt clear. But it's too difficult to get a prescription here for someone with my tendencies. I haven't seen a doctor since I was a teen, even though it's free. Now I know better than to take everything for gospel.
@@mikafoxx2717 Medication might help but it'll destroy your personality & soul. Your eyes will lose luster. It's a bad tradeoff long-term. We just have different cognition, and society has to accommodate to us, and not us accommodate to society.
@@NE0Nwhip speak for your self medication gave me life for the first time and brought out my personality and self esteem. No matter how hard I tried it was never enough and now the little efforts I make lead me somewhere. Everyone is different. If you zonk out from medication you probably shouldn’t be on it. Not everyone should be on medication and not everyone should give medication up.
@@mZzAliNgALiNg I don't trust establishments that put profit over people.
I knew I had ADHD for a while (my mom had been diagnosed but I was in denial). Back when the pandemic hit I decided to go in for official testing because I felt like it was starting to really negatively affect my everyday life.
I was given a few options to try which helped marginally but ultimately to help with my major issues medication was suggested. I ended up being prescribed 20mg of adderall. At first it felt like it was all good but then “side affects” kicked in.
Anywho, years later I ran into Anthony Williams medical medium series. I picked a few items from the ADHD protocol and implemented them religiously. I’m off my medication! I haven’t felt this mentally clear since high school. I’m 27 for reference. I also lost 50lbs, “lost” my asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, anxiety, allergies and nerve pain.
If you’re open to believing that ADHD is not a life long neuro disorder. I highly suggest you look into his books. He states the reason for adhd is heavy metals (mercury, aluminum). You’d be surprised how many heavy metals are in our foods and everyday products. Aluminum foil, vaccines, baking soda, fish, etc…
Happy healing yall!
Thanks.👍
I mean I saw study's showing Adderall and Ritalin changed ADHD brains for the better over time.
Can you tell us what’s helped you the most? I’m failing due to my ADHD, and the downward spiral started at perimenopause.
@@BlackMarilynMonroe33Things I added that I felt did the most: celery juice, heavy metal detox smoothie (barley grass juice powder, spirulina, & atlantic dulse), liver rescue smoothie, cats claw, zinc, and vitamin C.
Things I removed: meat, dairy, artificial and natural flavors, citric acid, soy, corn, gluten, highly processed oils, eggs, MSG, and fish.
I essentially ate whole food, plant based. If the ingredients included something that wasn’t food, it stays on the shelf. Which is almost everything.
I really feel like removing meat contributed to my significant weight loss. I used to have meat w/ every meal. I didn’t realize how acidic and fatty it was. I’m removing it from diet completely in 2024.
@@TenzinJordyn can I get the name/brand of the barley grass juice powder you use? Whole Foods sells several “greens” in powder form, but I want to get what’s worked for you. Thanks in advance.
I have ADD (took Ritalin as a kid in the 90's)
I did the Candida diet years ago and yes it felt like taking a helmet off my head! Great analogy! All of a sudden I could see what was around me and think clearly... it was AMAZING!!
Didn't know at the time I had anything to do with Keto!
We had our 2 eldest adopted twin daughters in grade 4 for 6 months. We couldn’t believe the difference in their personalities, demeanor, attention spans and many other things. We took them back out and they settled right down. We adopted their 3 siblings and moved to a homestead. We homeschool and it’s mostly hands on with some curriculum in between. That and eating the wholesome food we now grow has completely changed our lives.
I did the same thing with my youngest. He was “behind” in math due to inattention and couldn’t write. I pulled him out.
He was actually WAY ahead in math and is now majoring in computer science. He writes beautifully but will always have poor handwriting. Hey…..we can’t all be good at everything!!!!! Homeschooling gave us the time and space to find his strengths while working on the “weaknesses”
I wish it wasn’t called HOMEschool because we were never home😂😂
@@logcabininthepines4016 that’s amazing!! The way it should be, PARENTS raising THEIR children. Yes, it’s a sacrifice but we’d rather sacrifice “things” than sacrifice our children.
This is very inspiring thank you. I have a big decision to make next yr regarding my little one. I don't want to make the wrong choice
@@taz12184don't base your decision on youtube comments. Have you seen most youtube comments?
yea making sure you have all your nutrients is super important , its just like a plant its basically dying if it doesn't get enough , your the exact same, everyone will be happier being healthy, but doctors do konw what they're talking about, this guy is a proven liar, just look up dr berg liar, dont make any decisions based on what this guy says you can find out why by just typing it in UA-cam with proven scientific literature
I was about to loose my job before the diagnosis. I was diagnosed in my 30’s.
Medication is totally necessary for me. However, with keto and intermittent fasting I can do with much smaller dose. I definitely need to take medication in the morning. If I fail to do so I will not be productive. However if I take it in the morning I generally don’t need more medication during the day.
The medication I take last 4 hours.
As a person with ADHD, now 59, the most difficult part of learning new thing that I was not interested in, was poor short term memory, and simply not adsorbing what I was reading. I could read 2 pages of a book and then not remember any of what I just read. The emotional dis-regulation has had devastating effect on employment and relationships throughout my whole life.
He's got an answer for everything! In fairness, I can attest to the benefits of Keto/IF for ADHD. I didn't know until this year that I have had ADHD (inattentive) my entire life but worked out a long time ago that not eating breakfast helped. Prior to assessment/diagnosis I had observed that pushing a keto IF window to 4pm (if your workplace colleagues let you) has maximum benefits for me as a 44yo adult. Have just begun to supplement omega 3 and will be eating liver (chopped, raw, frozen) for choline. But, consider that ADHD is a neurological difference, (and an earlier evolutionary advantage) and endlessly shaming your child (my experience) is unhelpful
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It may well be with AI ADHD will be an advantage
how many meals a day?
Yes! It wasn’t until I was in Nursing school at the age of 38 after my husband died suddenly, that I learned how to study! I tried to take a coarse that was offered but it was filled up. So a classmate ( my daughter’s friend ) was also going to nursing school. She taught me simple steps to organize and prioritize! Then I got high grades and made it through. ( I had to teach myself math to get into a math class so I could get into nursing school in the first place.
That great. Can you share how to organize and prioritize ?
Thank you.
I was such a slow student most of my life until I used your videos on ketosis… Starting in 2017. Seriously this point alone is probably the key improvement that saved me because I became able to study hard and work a lot faster, change job and drastically improve my life. 🎉🎉🎉
My ADHD lost interest at about 5 min and my mind left the room. I like succinct info.
I take L-tyrosine for my ADHD. I also hate padded info haha. I want straight facts no fluff🍻
@@Moonstone-vi4ru l-tyrosine made me feel so tired
@@Skuzziepie dosage is the key. I dont take it daily i learned my lesson. Just a few times a week. It took awhile to get it right.
I often listen at 1.5 speed.
Play on 2x speed or 1.5 if your ears aren’t tuned to hearing that fast.
Thank you for discussing this topic. The long-term negative side effects of these medication‘s are devastating. Unfortunately, parents are not educated prior to medicating their children, but there are healthier alternatives.
Doctors and Teachers: Drugs can harm a child's developing brain. 🤓
Also Doctors and Teachers: Here's some amphetamines! 🤪
@@dakoderii4221 True. I wrote my Master's Thesis on this topic. You can locate it on my channel, reading it out loud. Medicating Children Diagnosed with ADHD and The Negative Side Effects.
I had to start Adderall here. I've tried a lot of natural stuff over the years and past drinking a lot of coffee and burning out, nothing really worked past the meds. I still at least eat clean past that now.I just hate depending on it to be able to function daily, but i have to say the stuff is life changing.
It's almost as if he's wrong
@@AppleGameification He's not wrong, that's just your perspective.
@@Randive Read some scientific studies.
A year ago, I had symptoms of diabetes. I weighed +22 pounds (+10 kg) more than today. I stopped eating carbs and sugar in general, and since that time I eat from 12 am to 5 pm only. It really helped.
3 months ago I started to solve my ADHD in the same way - through a diet and mineral/vitamin supplementation: B vitamins, Mg, Se, K, L-Carnitine, fish several times a week. Yet no improvements.
I've realized this is not enough. An improvement of a gut microbiome must precede. Whatever supplements I take, it seems like it does not absorb to my body. There has to be solution in feeding the right bacteria. I hope fermented food will help. Fermented vegetables are easy to DIY. Plus mushrooms. How long it may take to perfect the microbiome? They say half a year at least.
This is my last hope. ADHD is terrible!! I can work on interesting things only. Cannot force myself to do the necessary stuff, even if I shout, beg, persuade, force myself in many ways, train habits for years ... nothing helps. Horrible, really.
Also, look into Inulin-FOS as prebiotic. Hope it helps. Best of luck!
yea, anything I don't want to do won't be done...
My whole life has been a struggle because of ADHD to the max..
Absolutely disabled but I seem normal so I'm expected to do the same.
Everyday is a mountain to climb and I'm tired.
I'm glad you are trying to help people with this, but its a serious condition that has to do with dopamine not making it to the limbic system.
This controls motivation and dopamine reward . . .
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read my post here, will help you.
Yes he is missing that another factor of diagnosis is this is something that has to have majorly affected us in every day life and be present in childhood. Anyone can relate to the listed symptoms of ADHD, because they have felt that way at one time or another. But for someone who doesn’t have ADHD to dismiss it, and in the medical profession, is painful. Most of what happens with ADHD is inside our heads. We may appear “normal,” or like everyone else, but let me say, most things are a struggle, everything takes more brain energy, the whispering in the back of the classroom is just as interesting to my brain as what the teacher is saying, and all the humming motors and buzzing at work makes it hard to have a conversation. This video just makes me sad that someone with so many followers is dismissing it. Maybe talk about how these supplements can fix these symptoms and don’t bait everyone with the term ADHD.
The DSM 5 does include important changes and that needs to be used with diagnosis. Attention is not the only problem and minimizing it is not professionally responsible.
I can say that a child in my family (not formally diagnosed but with all of the indicators for ADD) was put on a regime, by us, including omega 3 and magnesium supplements pluus we reduced their sugar intake. It’s worked wonders. When the magnesium supplement wasn't available for a while and we relaxed their sugar restrictions a little it was as if someone flipped a switch and they were super busy and fidgety and unable to focus. During winter break we finally got the magnesium back in their system and back on their regime and the change was dramatic. Even the teacher noted a huge difference after winter break, Have since stocked up on those supplements!
Can you please link the magnesium and omega supplements you used ?! Thanks !
Please post what all supplements you used! 😊
You guys can't google magnesium
@@jerbear7952 Duh! Yes we can Google and shop around on various sites and stores, however there are numerous brands and different types of magnesium. Not all are the same. Anyway, Not all reviews on sites are relevant or authentic and I personally prefer to try supplements with proven track records meaning when people share their stories like this poster and have great results or improvements.
What brand of suppliments do you use? I'm always wary of taking something that's basically fake and doesnt have the benefits of the "real" thing.
My doctor whenever I was around 12 told my parents that he wouldn’t prescribe it to me anymore, Ritalin. That was the best thing my family practice doctor could do for me because I had to learn to cope/adapt.
All the better if dietary changes can help.
What most of the doctors don’t understand is we are not sick, we are just different. I am a math teacher, a software engineer, i have realty license in 2 states, i bake cakes, i am a mom. We are hunters, not farmers. We are busy people. Our life is all about creativity. If you can manage, you’ll see how rewarding adhd is. It is not a curse, it’s a gift & you need to learn how to manage it.
@@pembebulut2781 How do you do it? Do you take meds? which?: Thanks!
@@pembebulut2781 yes we are special people with superpowers like X-men...the school system and the traditional way of living is not for us...our brain works faster...and we work better when we set our own schedules
Very difficult to get help from school, does not qualify for I E P (individuals educational plan) but does for 504 Plan (certain accommodations, like taking more time on tests etc.). "Medication makes me feel like I'm inside looking through a think glass" that's what my son said at age twelve. I tried to educate my self as much as possible (chadd* parenting classes, school ) became very involved in volunteering in his school, with teachers, took him to counseling, tried keeping him from food additives and sugars,. I had three others that I neglect because my focusing was one the one with ADHD the others have ADD, so do I, they are adults now, continue to have their struggles, and each one deals with it on their own, medicine, no medicine. I wish could of done more. Keeping them from getting in trouble with the law became my priority. Now I hope they find understanding supportive life companionship. Education can be expensive but price to pay in life could be worst. I will definitely share this video with them. Thank you. (I read the report Dr Berg mention about medication)
I tried Choline everyday and DMAE every second day and it makes me feel normal. Brain works much better. I did notice the difference after about 3 weeks.
Of course, we all have these things. But some have it to the extreme point that it’s causing harm in their personal lives. The question isn’t a matter of whether we have those symptoms or not. It’s how much it impacts your activities of daily living. I can totally understand however if one has never personally experienced it, that it’s hard to comprehend the extent at which these minor things control and take over your life, and the feeling of powerlessness and frustration when you want to change, but can’t! My heart goes out to those struggling!
Never stop trying dude, as another person with this disease that struggle the same situation I recommend you that, also according to my research, ADHD is a syndrom that doesn´t allow you to perform properly beside you already know how it, and the way of treat it, it´s always performing, trying to face the situation, sometimes you just have to throw yourself to that abyss that paralyzes you, also externalize everything, make notes of the thing you have to do and stick it where you can see it, good luck in your battle dude.
Yes, it's misdiagnoes a lot , but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There are people that totally suffer from ADD/ADHD and it is as real as day. Yes, excerscise, mindfulness, lifestyle, and supplements help but some absolutely need the drugs!
As a professional in the field I am disappointed that Dr. Berg referenced an old diagnostic manual. There is a third component to ADHD in some individuals which is impulsivity. An individual can struggle with any combination of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
The most current diagnostic manual is the DSM V TR which was published in 2022. This is important because the DSM IV TR, referenced by Dr. Berg, was published in 2000 over 20 years ago. There were many important changes made to criteria, including new and voided diagnoses in the latest manual.
My colleagues and myself do not use the DSM V TR alone to diagnose. We use ADHD testing instruments in combination with the latest manual because some criteria overlap with other diagnoses.
I still love Dr. Berg! I found his information very sound. I just want his information correct for his integrity and all of us that follow him. I wouldn't want someone in the field to disregard sharing his information with their patients because of his manual reference:)
This video makes me doubt any others now. Is he sitting there with alot of other dusty books? Your comment should be pinned.
I really love some of these videos. The ones that discuss ADHD make me sad. If these problems are sometimes present, then you are human. If your life is severely damaged by an extreme of those challenges, then that is when you get help.
You are a national treasure. So is your team. I hope you all know how important what you do is to millions of people every day. Happy New Year to you all.
Been ADD my whole life. Of course no one knew about ADD back then. We were just absent minded. Definitely willing to try his suggestion. But I’m offended by anyone who would question how I feel or how anyone else feels for that matter. If you’re not ADD or ADHD. You don’t know what it’s like so don’t presume to understand. Our minds are always on fire. It never stops. Plus it’s not an inability to focus. It’s a susceptibility to distraction.
Exactly! Or like dr Russel Barkley put it: the name is incorrect as it is not an attention disorder, but a regulation disorder. Think of it: control regulation (impulsivity, emotions in overdrive and difficulty coming back in to neutral state, difficulty finishing tasks vs.hyperfocus…..).
I totally agree with your statement. This disorder causes so much pain in so many lives, even if there is no way to properly diagnose it. It doesn't make it less important. I want to recommend great UA-cam video by Dr. Russell Barkley. Essential Ideas for parents of children with ADD. Best of luck.
I have ADHD, the inattentive kind, but I have to have everything extremely organized. If it’s not clean and organized, I feel overwhelmed. The more stimuli, the more stressed I am.
My son also has ADHD, the inattentive kind. He has used the diagnosis as a scapegoat to not clean his room or do his schoolwork. I have had to explain to him that just because he’s diagnosed with something, doesn’t mean he is allowed to give up and allow the diagnosis to control his life. We have found ways for him to get through this by giving him step-by-step instructions. Instead of “clean your room,” I tell him to “pick up all your clothes.”
Also, we changed schools. Instead of his teachers telling him he’s lazy because he’s bored because they made him sit still until everyone else was finished with their work and he was done in minutes, his new teachers tell him once his school work is done, he gets to play.
I think a lot of the problems in society and ADHD is that 1. Kids who are diagnosed are treated like it’s a problem, when in fact, it’s just a different way of thinking. 2. Kids with ADHD are usually very smart, think fast, and are simply bored, thus they are told they need to just sit there and do nothing. (Einstein is believed to have had ADHD).
Our brains need something to do! Give us something to do and we’ll be fine.
Btw, Coq10 helps tons with brain fog and memory.
….And after owning a cat for a few months, I’m pretty sure cats have ADHD.
Einstein did not have ADHD he had Aspergers
Thank you doctor for making this important video. I was forced into the world of ADHD by giving birth to a child that was later diagnosed at 5 years old with ADHD. I didn’t want to do Ritalin which was the popular remedy at the time. I studied what nutrition the brain needed, changed the child’s diet, removed red dye foods(hot dogs,candy), insured to get exercise and social skills by putting him in soccer, put him on a healthy multivitamin that did not contain aspartame and used chamomile tea for relaxation. Prayer was also included. He’s 30 now and a healthy college graduate and holding down a job. His father also had it but wasn’t properly diagnosed as a child. It was hereditary.
Dr Berg’s common sense burns topics like laser. Very wise man!
Also very funny .
It's actually insane how cutting edge some people are...Hard work and especially good genes do wonders.
I use chromium and vanadium for my ADHD on top of a paleo diet and heavy supplementing (this includes my magnesium, calcium, D3 and potassium, which I find is a really good complex)
I love watching your videos! It's so refreshing to get information from a doctor that actually looks and behaves in a healthy manner. 🥰
Glad you love the videos here. Thanks for your comment. Appreciate it!
If you lived with people with this you would understand much better. To liken yourself to people who struggle with this is insult to injury. You are showcasing your misunderstanding of this whole subject.
As someone with adhd this really feels like you are downplaying the severity of the symptoms. This is more complex than just not being able to pay attention or having a little extra energy
I have it too. I think this is geared more to people who aren’t truly ADD or ADHD. I will say that being on keto has improved my symptoms
I have ADHD and I didn’t feel like he was downplaying it at all. This was very helpful.
My daughter went from failing in all academic subjects to being on the honor roll. As a parent and a teacher, I know this is a real concern for many. For anyone with ADHD or ADD, the right medication can be life changing.
The medicine is basically cocaine in a capsule made legal by big pharma .
It was for me as well.
Life changing (meds=DRUGS) until they are not! Start with diet not drugs! Learn how to learn, but drugs are quicker and highly recommend by medical doctors.
@@dawnmiller5263 I think it depends to what extent they've already tried to manage things without drugs
most people probably shouldn't use or need medication for things that are doable without it, but it won't be for everyone for everything all the time
@LoveBomb My daughter is 38 now and a successful businesswoman. I suggest you stick to a topic you know something about.
FYI ... My children grew up on healthy, well-balanced, home cooked meals so wrong again.
Who doesn’t?!!!! He is truly amazing!!!
I thought I had ADHD but as Dr.Berg mentioned I was just needed a different teaching approach and one of my teacher provided me a method that I can get the why questions to learn. I was active but very picky on food when I was a kid. I did my masters degree and a successful professional now. He is very right that doctors nowadays tend to say ADHD to everything and solve the issue with pills. Thank you Dr. Berg!
They really don't say ADHD to everything though. There are tons of stories, my own included, about people being denied diagnoses, or just never having the topic brought up. It's especially underdiagnosed in girls and women.
same I always need to know why as a kid, I never understood how people just accepted something as it it, I guess I was too intellectual and my senses were poor, as I have very bad hearing, I almost seem to attach meaning to everything
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Doctors who say ADHD to everything are incompetent. They operate on laymen's level. Run.
my grandson has been dx with ADHD and ODD. I am a firm believer in "Let food be thy medicine" I noticed he has had a harder time making good decisions when he eats foods containing sugar. I am working with his parents on helping to change his diet.
Thank you Dr.Berg. Your message is heard here. I hated memorization back in grade school. I still dislike any memorization. I agree common sense and ability to figure things out is what works for me.
I really appreciate this video. When I was a kid I talked to told my parents that I should be put on meds for hyperactivity and to the credit they decided not to do it. Eventually grew out of it and a lot of the traits that define my hyperactivity have gone on to serve me well in life.
Now I'm father and my kid is hyperactive, and I've made the same choice.
Sometimes it's hard but we've recently removed sugar from our diet and it made a big difference in his overall behaviour and attention. It's not perfect but it's moving us in the right direction.
I also think that the classroom setting is not going to be right for everyone, just like in the working world working in a cubicle all day is not right for everybody. If there are things in your life that aren't working, it's possible to make positive change.
This is a classic “I have ADHD” when you clearly don’t… please don’t tell people you can “grow out” of adhd.
Hyperactivity is not ADHD, although you'd be forgiven for thinking that's all it is if you take everything Berg is saying in this vid at face value.
I don’t let my ADD or ADHD slow me down but I have become more aware of how to manage situation‘s which I am a fan of and situation in which I do not like, for example it took me a few decades to realize that things like waiting in line traffic being an airplane for hours are just not my favorite thing in the world so I try to avoid that stuff. Fortunately I have a job that requires me to be very active and not sit in front of a computer all day which would be absolute torture for me. Getting through my bachelors degree was challenging but I was working so I didn’t have time to really stress and getting through my masters degree was difficult but it was my lifelong dream to get that degree so I just forced myself to do all the work and all the tests and all the projects and God just so much work but I didn’t give up. ADD and ADHD are absolutely things that some people struggle with more than others but you can’t use it as a crutch to say that you’re not accomplishing your goals because of it
Please keep in mind their are different degrees of ADHD. Some people are much more affected than others, so we don't want to make judgments.
@@bettielewis2726 Bettie I don’t mean to be making judgments but I guess my point is irrespective of how strongly it affects you excuses tend to make us give up and not put our full effort into something. so irrespective of how it affects your life giving up because you have a certain condition is not personally my modus operandi
@ LA Prepper...they are not the same thing but are opposite.
ADD and ADHD....opposite.
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Both are behavioural issues. They can be fixed by taking responsibility.
@@54356776 Absolute rubbish. I was the most determined hardworking person I knew and I struggled to hold down a menial job due to undiagnosed ADHD.
Thank you. My son never could sleep properly. He has been offered medication to calm him down in the past. I stuck to natural remedies.
You are most welcome. Nutrition is really the key. Keep up the good work!
Wow. Dr Berg, this is probably the most important video for parents today. Get kids, and their parents on the healthy ketogenic diet, and avoid the tyranny of school nurses and teachers getting kids hooked on drugs they don't need.
A lot of the time it is the parents as well…
Stop. You don’t get hooked on Ritalin. And parents, doctors, & teachers are not racing to put kids on drugs. If you don’t have the condition you have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s complicated, sometimes devastating, and there is no single solution for everyone.
@@SN-sz7kw did you even watch the video. The best solution for everyone is the healthy ketogenic diet. Not drugs and their side effects, especially not school nurses being allowed to give ritalin without parental consent.
My wife is a school teacher and wishes parents would quit listening to the nurses and get their kids off the poisons.
@@Veevslav1 sounds like your wife is one of the good ones. I hope you are not on the west coast, or the northeast. If you are, you and your wife might want consider relocating to a state where the NEA does not control the state politics.
Sending this video to every person in my family, including friends. Dr Berg thank you for your care, knowledge and medical advice. It means the world to all of us! Blessings ✝️❤
Very glad to be of help.
@@Drberg how many MG of dmea should we be taking 100mg??? 250mg???
While you are correct that many people are diagnosed with ADD willy nilly, it is real and if you ever meet one of these kids you will know it. When their meds are wearing off they have all of the symptoms listed but in the extreme, and are bouncing off the walls almost literally. I never used to believe it was a genuine condition either until I moved in with a gf who has one of these kids and I can assure you there is a medical problem going on. It is way more than just active kid stuff.
Again get that kid some vitamin b1. Better nutrition is the answer to alot of health problems.
Yep. My almost 5 year old was recently diagnosed. I have three kids, he’s the youngest. I didn’t really need the diagnosis to know he had it but it was nice to have confirmation. Man it’s so hard. My other two were nothing like him. I’m on edge and exhausted daily, he wears me out. People have to go through this to actually see it’s real and what it’s like. He’s a very sweet boy but very impulsive, hyperactive, literally never stops talking, squirming. I only get peace once he’s sleeping. Gotta love him tho 🤣
Yup, and then when you're an adult, people ask you if you're nervous because you're fidgeting, or you can't stop twirling your hair and so every guy thinks you're flirting with them. Good times.
This isn't accurate. There are three types of ADHD; hyperactive, inattentive and mixed. Those with inattentive are not hyperactive, those with mixed may have some hyperactivity. The hyperactive type appears to be what you are talking about but it is actually a fairly small percentage of the ADHD population and is generally the type that affects males rather than females.
However I do get your point
Loved this! I am 53, my min saved my report cards, and it literally says “Dana talks incessantly”
Thanks for making this video, I’m a father of three boys and 1 girl that are all adults now. This is a subjective misdiagnosis that is a huge problem for boys in elementary school, teachers and schools that are mostly run by females don’t attempt to accommodate learning for active and normal boys, instead, they try to teach them how girls learn best. Boys need more physical activity, structure, and discipline. NOT drugs or separate classes for kids with “learning disabilities”.
Then why don't more men become teachers???
I was dx ADD in my 40's when our son was dx, but was only on medication for a few years. (My hubby was dx ADHD as a child and medicated for years but not as an adult.) I have to have clear, close motivation/reward to press thru boring stuff. I have a touch of ocd so I can overfocus on lists and marking things off, and that helps "manage" the scattered thoughts and impulses. I have a motor, but am an introvert so not a lot of people would guess I have ADD. I think its unfair to clump a real disorder with "everybody does this". I am 78 and ketovore for years (severe limit on sugar, grains, etc) and still jog and do calesthenics and vigorous physical work. And I absolutely still have ADD
You’re a thousand percent correct about needing to be taught learning skills, Dr. Berg. I agree that poor pedagogy is the root of a lot of kids’ difficulty in school. Kids aren’t taught in school how to remember and recall. How can anyone expect to deeply learn when they are being taught in a passive state? I am a student teacher supervisor, and I tell my student teachers all the time that kids were not meant to sit and listen to them all day every day. Any teacher who does not take the time to learn and utilize solid, research-based teaching and learning techniques is doing a tremendous disservice to his/her students. For example, kids almost never write by hand these days, which is insane, because the hand-brain connection is key to learning and remembering. Kids act out because they are bored and not at all engaged in their learning.
The dumbing down of America?
you're a few decades late with this incorrect information. Almost as if you don't have children of your own.... I don't know if you've been in a school lately, but how they teach children has changed drastically since the 90s and 2000s. There's more focus on using their bodies to expend energy and bringing them back into the learning environment after dopimergic activities.They WRITE BY HAND, omg, stop watching fox news. Just stop. Yes they have computers and tablets, but that's because that's the world they belong to. jfc.
The best teachers make that extra little effort to make it fun. Even just giving hints so kids get the satisfaction of figuring things out for themselves. That positive emotion helps with memory because we replay those positive moments. Good teachers also take games and adapt them to their students' level. It's not hard to simplify existing games that are so useful in teaching math. Or turning favorite kids books into plays for kids to participate in.
Poor pedagogy is not the cause of ADHD. Please quit implying it is.
@@comingoutautistic I wasn't implying anything. Are you mplying that you're a crappy teacher?
ADHD can be heavily associated with eye problems. I have esotropia which when left untreated results in convergence insufficiency (eyes not wanting to work together). But my brain is pretty brainy and does it's thing so i don't notice the double vision that creeps in. I exhibit lots of adhd symptoms. I've tried meds before and sometimes they work sometimes not. The only thing that really improves my symptoms is doing my eye exercises. Vision therapy helped me feel like a different person. One that could manage. It's not covered by insurance whereas meds are.
Dr. Berg is a smart guy but he's still human so do your own research. I'm also a dietitian and will say eating healthy food will not fix everything. Sometimes you'll still have the issue because nutrition or lack there of was never the problem. Sometimes physical issues are just that and adhd is a physical issue of the brain that had many factors.
Thanks Dr Berg! IMO, the subject of mental disorders and nutrition is let me just say it this way; not where it needs to be!
Intelligence should not be confused with wisdom.
I truly appreciate you. Also how you share challenges you have dealt with. Helps me know you truly can relate with many challenges I have personally faced. Your thourough research and detailed understandable videos are very much appreciated
One of the key for the diagnosis of ADHD is not the symptom, but the severity and frequency these sympton impair the person live in work, relationship and personal aspect. The keyword here is "Severity" and "Frequency".
Everyone experience a little of these ADHD sympton now and then especially during stress, tired or low emotional state. However, for true ADHD person, these symptom appear in all situation, even when you are happy, unstress and well rest.
Always nice to listen to Dr Berg.
Thanks for this video . ❤
You're very welcome!
@@Drberg Dr.Berg, Can you talk about Autism in kids. Thanks 🙏
I have strong emotionality about natural treatments for ADHD. As a holistic health industry professional and also someone with ADHD inattentive, I deeply regret pursuing diet and supplements regimens for 20+ years before trying stimulant medication at age 45. Methylphenidate has completely changed my life for the better! If I had only known, so many years of suffering could have been alleviated. The ketogenic diet and your other recommendations have also been helpful for me personally, but they are not in the same league as stimulants in terms of efficacy in my ADHD treatment.
@@mumin8838 With 100% certainty, my answer to everything you say is (sadly) NO. The science is unequivocally clear.
Do you have fybromyalgia with your adhd
The issue I have with this video is that this fails to understand a core feature of ADHD. It is more of a difficulty in DIRECTING attention, rather than being ABLE to pay attention. Of course, both are prominent symptoms.
I can with 100% confidence say that even after accounting for diet, exercise, sleep, and all other factors that may influence it, the symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder cannot be reversed. I still struggle massively with symptoms (combined type, both hyperactivity and inattention). These may help if there is an underlying deficiency, but this does not solve the problem that was created at birth, and the only thing that has been able to sufficiently improve my symptoms to the point of functionality is medications and therapy.
That being said, for people who DO in fact have any of these deficiencies, this is not clinical ADHD and of course would not require intervention with medications. Is there misdiagnosis? Yes, absolutely. However, ADHD is also insanely UNDER diagnosed, mine being missed until I was nearly 19 and was failing school and at relationships.
While this video does have some value, the thumbnail is misleading and just flat out incorrect from a clinical standpoint, and overgeneralizes a potentially serious disorder that cannot be cured simply by altering the diet. Trust me, we've tried.
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Was diagnosed with adult ADHD at age 59, inattentive type. Take a middle range dose of Concerta and it helps tremendously. But I also changed to a Whole Foods diet, started exercising again after recovering from injuries that limited exercise options, take vitamins. Put myself on a sleep schedule and I try to deal with my symptoms through learning. It’s not a question of either/or, all these things help but Concerta helps me function better at work; pre- diagnosis I tried all these other things and definitely felt better, but looking back I was more impulsive during these times and not really dealing with my symptoms since I didn’t know I had it. Medication helps a lot of people and I’m in the work endgame pushing toward retirement. Can’t afford to eff things up. So, I’m keeping up on the meds and all the other stuff.
I ran out of meds recently due to shortages and despite the holistic approaches I’ve taken, I felt completely dead and it was hard to even get moving. This was also after weeks of skipping doses since there was also a delay getting in to the psychiatrist. It’s wrong to imply that people with ADHD are making things up or using it as an excuse for laziness. Shit is real and a daily struggle my whole life. Somebody listed out all the other symptoms - it’s super hard to change all that even with medications. My short term memory is an example of a symptom that has not improved at all.
I suffer from ADHD but without the hyperactivity. Actually, the hyperactivity happens inside my brain. Too many thoughts, often disruptive, too many daydreams, and too many windows open at the same time. The distraction is inside my mind and not so much from external factors, although that can be the case sometimes too, especially with social media. Thanks for this video. I've been doing keto and intermittent fasting and I feel better. I lean on hyperfocusing and trying to enjoy my work to get motivated to complete my assignments. After four months, it's beginning to work.
You nail it,hyperactive in the brain, not in the body, that's why many people specially girls are not diagnosed! I'm trying to explain that but i can not find the proper words thanks
@@karlatorres9938 thank you. I really appreciate your comment.
I just started the bit B-1 and I’ve been on a keto diet! It’s been a huge help!! Thank you Dr!
Could you please let me know via reply, how the B1 is for you, what do you notice?
I think Dr Berg literally saved hundreds and thousands of lives worldwide. Any way to give this per an award? 🎉
I know he motivated my family and we done keto for 18 months and lost a total of 750lbs.( 6 family members)
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Congratulations to all participants!
@@mammywilson6288 wow 🤩👏👏👏
I know you mean well, but I've had so many red flags since I was very young, including a period in my 20s when I was super healthy- normal lab results, exercise, low carb, etc. My body and habits changed, but not my symptoms.
I work for primary care and one of my responsibilities is to take Rx refill requests. I get about 10 requests per day for adhd meds, and many of those Rxs are for up to 10mg. Those people may benefit from your suggestions, but the one or two patients who are taking 20 or 36 mg are whole different matter. As someone who takes one of these higher doses myself, medicine has changed my life for the better. The benefits provide me with quality of life- better relationships with family and friends, and much better work experience.