Natural Ways to Help ADHD | Dr. Daniel Amen
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2022
- Dr. Daniel Amen discusses natural ways to help ADHD with diet, exercise, supplements, and loving your work environment.
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ADHD people are often late, unemployed, own their own business, entrepreneur, risk takers, gamblers, and outside the box thinkers.
And careless.😭 Don't tell me how I know.
when it goes right
Please STFU, listening to comments and opinions like this have robbed me of my life for my whole existence!! ADD/ADHD is a serious issue and it needs to be treated period!!
you are not wrong.
@shookmusic3277 I'm always late 🙈
- High protein, low simple carb diet
- exercise
- magnesium
- theanine
- l-tyrosine
- rhodiola
- ashwaganda
- love
Thank you
Ditto
Cool story bro
And love
Don't forget do what you love!
I wanna study but my ADHD doesn't let me, cant even focus on basic maths equations
lol welcome to the club I'm 25 now and failed college because i failed my written tests but passed my practical tests with flying colors. This thing from high school still follows me today even when im doing the job i LOVE
@@benji_san so you literally just gave in to it? Are you not trying to like do something about it?
@@-SimonRiley i literally found out about this thing like a few months ago, all my life i got called lazy, got detention, suspended from school, yelled at by my parents and teacher, back then you could beat kids so my teachers beat me for it and now I find out it wasn't my fault. I'm sure i'll figure out a solution but I'm still trying to understand and research it well enough, i suggest you find help bc rn i still cant even read a page in a book without losing attention or remembering, this thing doesn't get better bro, act on it while you're young and be better than me you got this!
@@benji_san I am trying bro, I was one of the top students in my class, now I am below average 😔
I tried finding solutions but there's no cure. You can take tablets that numb a certain part of your brain to increase focus but they work only temporarily and have side effects.
@@-SimonRiley yea thats why i dont like pills, so i've tried things; so i pushed my last meal of the day to 4pm (my biggest meal is at lunch), at 6pm i workout, at 8-10pm i turn off all lights (sometimes i like to game so i do 10pm for latest), if i cant sleep and i toss and turn then i stand up and write all my thoughts down on a journal, when i write everything down it seems to help calm me down. I also listen to adhd ASMR while sitting at my desk, its the no talking asmr where they mostly scratch their skin and stuff. This has been working lately im still fucked up but its better than before when i do these things. Idk if it works for but worth a try maybe
Being in the Job you LOVE! Exactly
I've done all this. My problem is about 3-6 months in I go back to my old habits. I quit exercising, eat worse, forget my vitamins/supplements like magnesium once and I might get back on track for a couple days and then I quit those too. I don't mean to I get caught up in life with 2 small children and I get distracted so easily even when following everything you said. I just cant stick to it.
Same and even if I do stick with it, after a short time I’m thoroughly exhausted and can barely get out of bed, don’t wash, don’t dress, don’t cook or eat much at all, don’t drink enough and spend most of my time either sleeping or scrolling on UA-cam, which wouldn’t be great if you’ve got kids to look after. Medication helps me to a degree but it’s still hard work to try and keep any kind of routine going
It’s interesting how ppl really don’t understand how we really work….everything gets old and boring… we can spend tons of time trying to make it feel appealing but how long does that last….back to the drawing board over and over.
I set up my supplements and (systems) for a month, I get through a month and start gagging on the supplements, take a break and don’t realize my whole routine has left the building…and time is not accounted for so I go to sleep 30 and wake up at 53 in a crisis wondering where all the time went and the symptoms got much much worse….harder and harder to mask and get back on the damn task, list, journal, calendars, alarms, behavioral and donkey.
Be well. ❤
@@SanctifiedLady I couldn’t agree more, as I try valiantly to get myself off the phone and out of bed to complete or even start all the wonderful things I had planned for the day or to just get out of the bloody bed ☺️
ADHD people don't form habits like neurotypical people do. We have to think about everything before we do it. Even things like taking medication and brushing our teeth needs to be continuously thought about.
We heal in community. Would an accountability partner help?
That ending was powerful! “Because love is a stimulant drug”
Wow! That last bit was really a paradigm shift for me. People in this World mostly lack... LOVE! - the ultimate remedy! ❤️
I agree... but if you can find love in passion for something ... I believe on that path you will then find more human love.
i just recently got diagnosed with adhd and was job hopping for 2 years and could never hold a job. but now that i got one i love life has been great
What is the job?
How can I love a job? I don't like going to work, I don't like work, just imagining the work I don't like it😂😂
To love a job, you need to be passionate. Is there anything that you are passionate about? If so, learn how to make money with it.
If money was no object and you didnt need it, what would you do with your time and energy?
Journaling!
Brain dump the start and end of every day for 10-20 minutes is all it takes. Jotting down notes or anxieties so you get them out of your system.
It’s an exercise in itself. Muscle memory as fingers forming unique individual letters - like doing it by hand - increases muscle memory and can help decrease anxiety.
Plus if you carry a small one or a notes pad on your phone - you can capture great ideas on the fly.
It’s a meditation in itself: handwriting. It can focus the conscious while you let your subconscious relax.
Output over input. Try turning down the volume of the inputs in your brain by turning up the heat on the outputs. Shine your light outputting more than you take in or constantly rebalance that with working out or taking frequent walks or skiing or water sports or pickleball or fun with friends. Novelty. Meet a challenge together.
Many people with ADHD have low B12, vitamin D and iron due to poor absorption from SIBO and leaky gut. Also mast cell activation, low level brain inflammation and high histamine (which all lower dopamine), which can be helped by healing the gut and taking natural mast cell stabilisers like curcumin.
High protein will help with lower levels of neurotransmitters, exercise increases blood flow to the prefrontal cortex and avoiding refined carbs will prevent blood sugar spikes and crashes which add to mood and focus issues.
It makes sense since ADHD meds like adderall and Ritalin increase dopamine in the brain which is needed for proper blood flow to the prefrontal cortex
Thanks alot!
@@Zazezoo no worries!
I recently learned something about ginger tea helps with gut issues
Thank you man
I have ADHD and also hemochromatosis, it’s condition when your body consume more iron then it needs.
wow this video was surprisingly so impactful for me haha just got diagnosed with adhd and im finally going back to school to be an artist full time, hes definitely right about love. 💗
That is inspiring, I want to do the same! Any suggestions on schools or scholarships?
that last part is so important. the job i’ve been volunteering & now working at for like 10 years is honestly the best job for me, my symptoms are actually useful and make it easier for me, i’m always excited to do work. overall just the best environment for me. most other things and jobs i just don’t succeed at because they don’t interest me enough, and do not make good environments for my symptoms.
Ashwaghnda is reallyyy good so glad it’s on the list ☺️🙌🏾 we all need love ❤️
Love that CasualViewer typed the list. Thank you.
OMG I wasn't expecting the ending. This speaks so perfectly. I am in a limbo trying to figure out what I truly want to do for a career and refuse to be in a job I don't enjoy, but of course, I have so many interests. I do have ADHD and I didn't know that that could be something that triggers or...IDK the word I'm looking for. Anyway, it does something and I've always had a feeling.
Yes so true. My son has ADD and is now doing really well because he is now studying what he loves in college❤
I want to be a doctor and have adhd. Passion is very important. I find that I can study medical knowledge and science 12-16 hours a day because of hyper focus due to being in love with it. I can’t do it in other things. It’s like all my skill points were spent on my passion. Perseveration is so beneficial that I wouldn’t trade my adhd.
I studied Nutrition because I had passion for it. I couldn't do anything else. I learned anatomy and physiology from animation videos on UA-cam or by listening to the medical lectures on UA-cam. I was totally lost reading books. Good luck with your study. 🤞
I shop in the best us manufacturing company with us patented products! I love your videos and you affirms how important it is to have high quality ingredients and supplements! I became an expert of clinical nutrition and love it! I helped my Dandy Walker son and many others! Thank you for all your wisdom 🙏
I agree with the last part. I became a teacher somewhat by chance and turns out it's the best thing for my brain. After a few hours of teaching, I'm feeling more alive than ever. Problem is ADHD often interferes with the admin part of the job, and also it can be hard when too many people in the classroom want my attention... Still, I love the job and never thought I would say that about any job, especially teaching!
This just caused a lightbulb moment for me when you said “Love is a stimulant drug.” I am on the spectrum and have ADHD and I constantly find myself falling in love and being in relationships. I think I must have been doing this subconsciously to self medicate!
This is the hard truth right here. He is just spitting facts.
My integrative medicine doctor suggested I do B12 for my ADD. I feel it works really well.
Thanks for sharing. I'm gonna try, too. I follow integrated Dr on UA-cam. Gives great advice.
@@amg92003 I just eat 2 -3 eggs a day and meat
Injection or just pills?
What form of b12? Pill form or shots?
Ooop. I'm AuDHD and low in B12. Lmfao
“Job I love” been looking for many years. 😆
I thought this was gunna be hokey, but it turned out to be really true
Youre right about Love I've felt the effects of it briefly, and I have ADHD. It's all healing...As long as you are recieving it.
So wise words about job❤ Totally agree. I love writing and this is only thing that keeps me alive and bring joy over the years. Only thing that keeps my attention enough to study new and useful things about writing. I'm not professional writer, but I'm working on it😊
I have had a lot of jobs but the one i love the most is cleaning. I keep coming back to it. Ive had to accept the stigma, the people thinking im less than them (kinda used to that anyways...).
Also, I study psychology as a hobby because its so interesting AND beneficial to my daily life. Im kinda obsessed with learning how the human brain works. But once big words get thrown in, im all 😵💫
Cleaning as an ADHDer is amazing!!! It's been my favourite job so far. I highly recommend working with hands.
SAME
I can understand that, cleaning was my favourite part of working in a store...
I know what you mean about the stigma. It doesn't take me long to get bored of a job, so working temp jobs is perfect for me. I always told myself I'd have to eventually make myself choose a permanent job, but at some point I thought, you know, why not be a permanent temp? I can do whatever I want with my life. And I've been temping ever since. The stigma of being a temp at 40 years old is definitely something you have to suck up and learn to accept. Can't base my self-worth off of other people's perception of me, that's for sure.
Same!!
I love Dr. Amen!!! He helped me soooo much! I can't afford to go to his clinic but just listening to him online and reading his books it's been extremely helpful!! Thank you Dr. Amen
Love you, Dr Amen!
Love and adhd isn't that a message, AMEN!!!!
Ive always been a supplement health freak and im also extemely ADD. Its crazy that everything he mentioned I've started to naturally take.
I'm proud of you!
Does it help?
I study engineering because I love math (also what my parentswanted). I peform terribly on other subjects. This is the last semester we are taking math as a subject and I still have 2 years left 😭. I just got diagnosed 6 months ago.
I've noticed i can have laser focus on reading and waa diagnosed in the early 90s but thought the dr was crazy, at 44 im beginning to understand and pick up my peices, not taking my diagnosis seriously cost me almost everything. Thank you Sir may this bless many 🙏
I tried all of that combined for a year. Healthly diet, lots of sports (5 times a week), vitamins and I do a quite entertaining job. Still not able to concentrate and I am very inefficient in basic tasks, forgetting stuff etc. I hope that medication will somehow fix me up a little.
@@alan5496yes, that helps me ~ I realised a while back that maybe I just need to have lots of things I can switch between, although it only works for a while and then I’m back to being exhausted and scrolling on UA-cam
I love this ❤ its true if you find a job that you are interested in even if its hard you will stick with it 😊
I don’t have adhd but I do have anxiety. Ashwaghanda made me lose a lot of hair so I switched to mg glycinate and I love it! I already exercise, eat healthy, ,Edit ate and all that.
Thank you Dr. Amen this really helped me a lot
Love Dr Amen! He's been sharing, informing and teaching us on PBS forever! Nice to see you doc!!
❤ thank you! I absolutely love, "Love is a stimulant drug!"♥️
Wow, what a wise man. Really enjoyed the end
Absolutely! Need to love your work!
L-Theanine possibly… 5-HTP also!
But I was taking those for what I thought was generalized anxiety… when i forgot for 10+ years that I had been diagnosed with ADHD all throughout my childhood 😅
I'm gonna try these two. Thanks!
@@SweetEssie My pleasure 😃 Every1 w/ ADHD suffers from some sort of overthinking & anxiety so getting that under control makes managing adhd symptoms easier.
A girl I was dating, whose father who was a higher up at a big pharma company, was the one who recommended them to me (alongside ashwaganda) Surprisingly he was against her being on certain meds his company made 🤔 hmmm
Doctor you murdered me with that last tip 😵💫 critical hit fr hahaha
Me too 😢
The job I love pays peanuts
you won me.!!! you said the right stuff!! you are the best dr.
This was the advice I was looking for. ❤️ thank you
Dont settle for one approach. I treat my adhd with methylphenidate, diet and exercise. And to be very clear, i would nit be able to study what i love without the stimulant drug.
can you tell the methylphenidate drug name and other drug as well that you used to help your adhd ???
@@ezabellah_ methylphenidate hydrochloride - Can only be prescribed by a specialist doctor/psychiatrist
It goes by other names like; Ritalin
@@ezabellah_hes talking about Ritalin
@@ezabellah_One of the brands is Ritalin
Umm me too pls 🙋🏽
Amen, Dr. Amen!!! Idk if it’s the ADD (ADHD) or if it’s my adrenal fatigue, but in addition to the rhodiola & ashwaghanda, I also take a wonderful adaptogen.
Also, your info here reminded me that I’ve been forgetting to get my pantothenic acid (B5) in recent months. Maybe that’s why I haven’t felt “whole” or “more whole.”
It’s almost impossible to find locally, so I order online, & it’s great! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
🤗
His point is valid. ive been around decades enough to look back and see that ADHD yucky shit was absent for long periods(unaware adhd) There is no Constancy! Dependent on love,marriage,work i enjoyed,parenting. My circumstance changed it all up !! But always did the talks waaay too much. Can't fake the feel goods.
Thank you!🌻
Acabo de descubrir a este psiquiatra, que suerte tengo de entender Inglés, tiene tanto en común con Frank Suárez y la psiquiatra Marian Rojas, gracias boor tan valiosa información, brinda esperanza.
❤ THANK U
I love your posts
Dr. Amen could you do a series on gut to brain health for ADHD in adults? If anyone has some useful links to share I’d appreciate it!
Thank you for reaching out! Here are some resources: www.amenclinics.com/?s=gut+health
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Thanks ! ❤ Good advice
I want to be a full time artist, but as i need money to pay my bills now, i don't have the time nor energy to pursue that ambition on the side, and therefor i am stuck with a job that is driving me both crazy and soulless by the day.
My dream has become a hobby while my health is declining. As advised by my neurologist, i need 10-12 hours of sleep per night because i run out of energy real fast and use a lot of time to recharge. It gets depressing real fast when i keep that sleep schedule as that makes my life into a literal work-sleep-work-sleep nightmare. I'm often lacking in sleep cause i want a life.
I ofc need a good and helpful diet as well, but my adhd gives me no dopamine from food, often half way through my meal which i could be very much enjoying, it becomes the most horrible food i've ever put in my mouth, leaving me to stop eating. It's like i repulsively grow bored with it. Doesn't help that i completely forget to eat most days because i'm too focused on what ever i'm doing while leaving my body to adapt to ignoring hunger signs. I'm also not able to eat big meals when i'm stressed, too focused, or anxious. Which my job is an expert at making me feel for 8 hours while having me walk on average 13-16k steps a day.
I barely eat anything on work days, and on those few days off i desperately try to do art and proceeds to ignore all hunger signs as i'm too busy with my art.
I recently bought a blender to make high calorie shakes, so i'm hoping that will help a bit. I have a very fast metabolism, as in, my doctor actually had me do some extreme food intake tests to check. I'm slightly underweight because of all of this combines and i therefor am not allowed any adhd meds. It doesn't feel good having the people around me look at my underweight body absolutely wondering if i have an eating disorder. I don't. If anything, i got disordered eating. If only i could just teleport all the food i need into my stomach. I want do gain weight so i can take my meds. It's just really difficult when your brain is working against you just because it can't find a damn dopamine hit in it.
Guess i'll try magnesium next.
Love work! It's a drug for us with ADHD)) You are a cool doctor!
TY Dr.
Since my Mother passed away from CJD she was gone in 6 months .I look at the brain differently now .Everything you are saying is exactly what I thought !! Look at the brain first and everything else falls in line .Would love to talk ❤
I love this.
I love your thinking Mr.
Thanks dr
I love the two last pieces of advice ❤❤❤❤❤
Love is a stimulant drug! That part!
heres what i need to stay sane
-protein
-copius amounts of fruits
-mamas beutiful pasta
-papas morning fries
- 10 mg medikinet
-lots of love
-something to keep my mind off things (stress toys, drawing, fidgets)
-when im doing something important make sure i get a closed enviroment so i can concentrate as much as possible
Your right doc
My brain is always busy once I stop exercising, I like exercise that’s fun and competitive.
The most important thing: meditation
What do you mean, what does it do to you, and when/how do you do it
@@inertingd373it does help man watch on UA-cam how to do it.
no
the thing that I don't know what I love...
I actually agree with him
❤❤ thanks for sharing this with me.
Thanks 🙏
Thanks
Awesome ❤ Praise the Lord ❤
The best thing for add is a job that you love
I love things until I don’t love them … I don’t think I’ve ever loved anything as much as doing whatever I want with my day
You might value the importance of stable income (job) more as you mature.
Young people brought up in rich countries often lack the willpower to find a goal tied to a career and achieve it.
In the past, the only people who could do what they wanted all day everyday were kings and other elites.
Someone has to work for the ones who do not.
I’m basically in my early 40s I’ve living with this for so long . And I can afford the scans as much as I wish I could lol 😂
SO TRUE. Great advice.
Love... As someone with ADD, I learned how I effortlessly learned the language my fiance spoke, because I learned in a way that was sourced in love.
Thank you!!!
Hardy micronutrients have helped my teenager a lot. And I didn't tell her they were for add to avoid the placebo effect, told her they're just vitamins
You last name is Perfect 🙏🏾🙏🏾
It took me a long time to figure out a job that wouldn't just be a hyperfixiation for me. I had a lot of talents and everyone always told me I should persue something I was really good at.
But those talents never lead me to something I wanted to do.
It wouldn't know until I worked for a forestry program. I spent the day cutting the heads off some invasive plants. I was in nature all day, learning about this wetland that was restored. I wanted to restore ecosystems like they did.
But for some reason I had to find the job title, Ecosystem Restoration Ecologist, in a random youtube comment because Google refused to show what I was asking for.
At a job I love and have symptoms… emotional dis regulation- snappy- not able to use my words effectively to stay in good standing, complaints of me being too honest or blunt… it just rolls out and is the truth and I don’t see it as worth being fired when it’s obvious facts I’m saying. Still love my career but could be hard after being fired over a billion times for the same thing…why? We have no hindsight or foresight!! We forget what happened the last time and don’t think of consequences for saying or doing things again… it’s an impulse. These symptoms cause the depression because we can’t seem to stop this same train for derailing a million times.
How do we secure our future and reach our goals? If we can stay the task and forget our goals and forget the behaviors we wrote down to do to reach the goal and we find our list of things to do and have to behave and then forget why we are doing all of that…. Hey!! It’s to reach some goal….🤔 now what goal was that? We have a million!!
love this video, thank you
Solid tip!
I tried stimulants and they made me anxious and dull. I was a zombie. I’m curious about non stimulants. What are your thoughts on Strattera, Qelbree and Guanfacine?
Thank you
22:20 the lil school girl outfit was something I didn’t expect 🤣
God i love this❤
Golden words
Das ist der neue Sound mit Jesus im Zentrum. Es ist einfach eine große Freude Jesus mit Musik anzubeten
So right
So good! ❤
Holy sht. The loving the job part really hit me. I think I have ADHD but never got diagnosed for it. I survived so far because I loved my job. But recently, it's become a chore and suddenly, a lot of symptoms started manifesting rapidly.
Love the last supplement
Amen.
It makes sense that my ADHD symptoms are really bad. My job sucks the joy out of me. All of my mental energy is drained at the end of the day.
All of the jobs I love take more than couple months of studying to get into, which is IMPOSSIBLE
I had to simplify my home. So after work or on the weekends, I can just relax. I can’t look at clutter because it puts in my head anxiety. That I have to fix my surroundings where it’s clear of stuff so I can just be calm and really rejuvenate myself for the following week.
Thanks doc
Doesn't help much. Neurofeedback is best from my experience.
I do agree with doing what you love.
Being depressed with a poor routine and without training really doesn't help.