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am-i-the-asshole-official · 10 months

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WIBTA for continually telling my mother to talk to my sister about getting her an ADHD diagnostic?

For context, my sister (18 F) has always shown some signs of potentially being adhd (not great with starting/completing tasks, bad at planning in advance, prone to being very spontaneous/forgetful about things she needs to get done) When complaining about how some behaviors were hindering my house/sibling/puppy sitting (eg: leaving things she needed to take upstairs on the stairs for a week so I couldn’t vacuum, not running thank you notes from her graduation party down to the mailbox that’s maybe a 2 minute walk from our house leaving a massive stack of them on our kitchen table, cooking things and not cleaning out the dishes even though I reminded her constantly to do so so that the sauces/cheese/etc wouldn’t stick to the pot, and so on.) a friend who recently got diagnosed and medicated for ADHD said she showed similar behaviors prior to medication.

My sister is going off to college out of state this fall.

My first year college experience was hell for a plethora of reasons. (The one most relevant to this post being undiagnosed autism) to the point of me dropping out of that university and taking classes at a community college closer to home so I could get a handle on things. The last thing I want is for her to go through a similar experience, especially since she’ll be farther from home than I was.

I brought these behaviors up to my mother (46 F) to get her opinion and basically she told me she also thinks my sister has some degree of ADHD. I told her she should talk to my sister about getting a diagnostic so she would have access to campus resources if she needs them.

My sister is a very stubborn person, and I am not as close to her as she is close to our mother or younger brother. The last thing I want to do is wave a finger in her face and go “You might have ADHD and should consider getting it checked out” if this would be the first time she’s hearing of it.

Unfortunately. As mentioned my sister isn’t the best at getting tasks done, and our mother is the same way unless you nag her to do it constantly. I doubt she’d be able to get a proper diagnostic by the time she’s off to school, but I want them to consider the idea so when she’s home for winter/summer break, she could have an appointment lined up for it.

I don’t intend to try to force her into doing it. But I do want her to succeed and this is the best way I can think to help her, since she’d listen more to our mother than she would me or our father. After all, the worst case scenario is that she doesn’t have it and she just goes on with her life.

WIBTA for nudging my mother and sister in this direction?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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fiendantics · 2 years

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dumbthinmint · 2 years

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I posted 736 times in 2021

12 posts created (2%)

724 posts reblogged (98%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 60.3 posts.

I added 26 tags in 2021

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Longest Tag: 87 characters

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My Top Posts in 2021

Posting on tumblr: random, spontaneous, no grammar, no braincells

Posting on Facebook: writing a work email but its social media and also the ads are scarily on target

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I'd like to personally thank every blog I'm following that spontaneously converted into a smp mineblr blog a few weeks back, because when I realized a few days later that the Dream SMP has become my sister's new special interest, y'all gave me enough second-hand fandom content that I was able to speak semi-intelligently about it to her, be a person she can infodump on, read her fanfics, and generally just encourage that passion.

As the eldest child (and, at the time, only neurodivergent one) who had no one to talk to about my "obsessions" when I was her age, being able to be that person for her is just... ugh, best feeling. I can come home for dinner and say "sooooo, ummm... does 'Welcome home Theseus?' mean anything to you?" and she'll gasp with excitement and fill me in on everything and it's like everything shines a bit brighter for both of us. It might not be my fandom, but y'all brought it to my attention and allowed me to partake in that autistic love language of sharing a fandom with someone you love.

So yeah, thanks.

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Sometimes I wake up with so much energy to do Things... but instead I have to go to work.

Sometimes I have a day off, exist for a bit, and then get tired.

ADHD is great why can't my brain freaking COOPERATE

33 notes • Posted 2021-11-11 19:51:08 GMT

Do you ever just get spontaneously anxious because youre being productive and your brain starts convincing itself that your productivity is distracting you from other MORE productive things you should be doing instead?

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Most validating thing I've ever experienced in my own writing was in a creative writing class, where I got these two pieces of commentary on the same work:

Person 1 (written in a margin) : "Real people don't talk like this"

Person 2 (out loud, in front of the class, not knowing about the other critiques): "You can really tell that these characters are authentically neurodivergent, especially in the dialogue, and it's SO nice to see, fantastic job"

To that fabulous, they/them MONARCH among classmates, if you're out there, thank you. I have never doubted my writing since that moment, knowing that for every person who doesn't quite get it, there will be someone who it means the world to.

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vmfx · 3 years

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RANDOMS AND BLANKS.

Summertime draws to a close. The kids are going back to school to pursue not only their careers but also young college girls, ridiculous party weekends soaked in alcohol and day-after results of blackout gaffes posted on Facebook. As usual when summer is over, my manager scrambles to fill in the blanks for adequate staffing.

He has hired every walk of life imaginable. Everyone, from 45 year-old has-beens, sleepy-time addicts wearing low-cut blouses with short skirts, round-the-clock drunks, and future sexual predators, each one besting the last. None, however, raced out of the gate as fast as Kieran.

He started working with us during Labor Day weekend. Real upbeat, eager to learn, lots of energy. We both associated real well and he laughed hard at all my jokes and stories I had. Kieran, on the other hand, wasn’t joking when he told me about his stories, mostly random and out of leftfield. Such as when he disclosed to me about his ADHD and how he took lithium to treat it. That was not the reason why he was kicked out of his house from the last episode: that went to his previous stint as a male stripper.

During one busy weekend taking care of a huge mob of customers, he randomly nudges me for my attention. We both hurdle behind the counter.

“You see that lady I’m helping out that’s right in front of you?” smiled Kieran.

“Is that your ma’?”

“No, that’s my 3rd grade teacher. I stabbed her. I got kicked out of school for it.” laughed Kieran.

“You what?”

“Yeah. I stabbed her. Wait, hold on…Mrs. McNaneman? I’m Kieran. Remember me? I was a student of yours years ago!”

I look over my shoulder through the corner of my eye as his victim teacher customer frantically denies herself when she realized it was her former student that attacked her. It was not the only nudge I got from Kieran as the next day he tells me about another wonderful stunt of his.

“Hey, you see that black chick I’m helping out?”

“What about her?” This cannot be good, I thought.

“She’s my next-door neighbor. I fucked her” grinned Kieran as he pressed me to buy his latest back-flips and cartwheels.

**********

One week passes and our daring cowboy Kieran has already given away enough ammunition for his fellow co-workers to shoot back at him. The claims were so outrageous that the drama kings behind the counter were alread talking about him as the latest piece of hot news. It was discovered that Kieran just got engaged to his girlfriend of six weeks after he met her on an online dating site. But these male fishwives gave it up when they realized that it was his decision to be happy and it had nothing to do with them.

Kieran still lived his life spontaneously as so much complicated. He even brought the chaos to work with him when, one evening walking away from the kitchen, I am introduced to a stand-off between him and a father-son duo across the counter. The father gives up and walks away, but his 50-year old son decided to stay and defend his family honor. A verbal firing match ensues between the son, Kieran, and another kid DeGennaro.

“Leave right now. If you don’t like it, go talk to the manager” said Kieran’s ally.

“I don’t need to talk to the fucking manager!” the son fired back.

This is what I run into. The shot heard around the store stopped half the shoppers dead in their tracks. The commotion lasts around two minutes before the duo splits and everyone else in the store moves on with their lives. Kieran frantically tells me the whole story while riding a 90 mile-an-hour heartbeat. All he did was make a joke with the father, but the son took it a little too seriously. Obviously Kieran was shaken. Eventually the order was sealed and delivered to the father, and Kieran & Friends resumed their duties. It was over.

..or so we thought. Thirty minutes later, someone pays us a visit.

“Which one of you guys just disrespected my father? I want to know. NOW.” A vicious and angry daughter of the family, complete with a Long Island circus seal dialect, was looking for some heat. It was about to go down.

My co-workers and I were caught off-guard not only because we didn’t expect it, but with such venom and razor-sharp veracity towards us. I kept my mouth shut as one of my guys denied himself. And then we have Kieran, who slipped and gave himself away.

“It was YOU!” The daughter fingers him as the fire-starter with a big bolt of lightning.

“My father who is mentally ill and had just come out of the hospital was looking forward all day to go shopping. How would YOU like it if someone disrespected YOUR father?”

This woman had absolutely no shame as she turned the entire market into a one-woman pageant with her trash talk-show performance. She reduced Kieran to a young deer in truck headlights as she constantly threw verbal punches, not allowing him one single opportunity to defend himself let alone say a complete word. All the customers, cashiers, and bystanders froze in their tracks to see this loudmouth stereotype completely fly off the handle. Soon after, our manager / ex-police officer Doug comes over and attempts to perform animal control to calm the beast down. As he nods his head to try and reason with the lady, she calls him out with a big “you don’t care!”, walks away from him and out of the store, thus declaring herself that day’s winner and champion.

And all that Kieran ever did was told a joke to her father.

**********

It took two weeks before Kieran was let go. Being an hour-and-a-half late did him in, or so we believe. I had nothing bad to say about him. My co-worker friends think otherwise. They were considered normal compared to Kieran and his silly antics that he brought to the table. No one knows where he is now and no one cares unless they wanted to discuss how fucked up he was, a customer reminded us again.

“So how was it working with Kieran?” says an older man stopping by for an order. We all turned around wondering how he knew such a thing. DeGennaro gave him a total timetable of two weeks and he was right.

“Two weeks? I’m surprised he lasted that long!” says the old man. We all laughed because it was true. “I’ve known Kieran since he was born. Man, that kid’s a short bus!”

We all burst out laughing. DeGennaro had a curiosity, and stepped up to the plate.

“So, how’s his mom doing? I heard she recently had a heart attack” he inquires.

“What heart attack? She never had one!” said the man.

“Wow…must’ve been a miraculous recovery!” DeGennaro was surprised.

We all turned to each other wondering how Kieran could ever do such a thing. We all declared this an unforgivable cardinal sin for Kieran to fake his mother’s death and to lie about his own family like that. We were all swindled.

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5-w-4 · 7 years

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EarthBound Headcanons

Requested by @warmquiltsandhoneyedtea. I have a ton of headcanons for EarthBound!

Ness (headcanon surname Kramer)

Ness has ADHD (combined type). He thrives off of spontaneity but struggles with any form of criticism due to rejection-sensitive dysphoria.

Ness likes the smell of petrichor.

Ness usually played shortstop in baseball. He was so good at it that when he was out of high school, a college team recruited him; it was the only reason he went to college. While playing for the team Ness studied Judaic history. This proved useful for him because his baseball career ended after he deliberately smashed a sports camera.

Ness’s favorite color is red. Ness's build can be described with two words: Lean. Muscle. He was five foot two during his EarthBound journey. He grew to be five foot nine.

Ness is Jewish. The religion came from his mother’s side of the family. The last time he saw his father was at his Bar Mitzvah, where Ness blew people away with his speech.

Ness mostly listens to grunge music. He also likes The Offspring.

Ness is an ESTP. Ness is quite fond of 80s films and 90s culture. His favorite movie is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”

Ness's IQ is 115.

Ness had his first kiss at a baseball game at the age of thirteen. The person he kissed was none other tham Paula Polestar. It was pretty brutal. (He gave the kiss cam his middle finger, complaining to the cameraman about privacy and personal space.)

Ness married Paula and went on to teach Yiddish at the college he attended. They celebrate Chrismukkah during the winter holiday season.

(I can’t tell if Ness is just a nickname. Probably. I don’t know what his real name would be though.)

Paula Polestar

Paula is severely dyslexic. She finds it humiliating, especially around her preschoolers she works with; they usually read with less trouble than she does.

Paula comes from a conservative Christian family. Her parents weren’t happy to find out that their little girl was going off to marry a Jewish boy, so they didn’t give her permission to marry Ness. She didn’t listen.

Paula was always small and thin for her age. She was four foot ten during her EarthBound journey, and she grew to be five foot one and a half.

Paula’s favorite color is cyan, the same color as her eyes. She also likes the color of the night sky.

The Polestar family name is a lie. Their real last name is Peterson. (Paula and Floyd [Mother 4] are third cousins and they share a last name.)

Paula is an INFJ.

Paula always had a penchant for darkness and creepy things. She never brought her teddy bears for her preschoolers to play with because the bears would freak the kids out.

Paula is a terrifyingly good liar. She could easily manipulate anybody she wished to, but she prefers the PK Fire method.

Paula enjoys doing visual art as a hobby. Her favorite medium is charcoal.

Paula’s hair is strawberry blonde. The red and blonde looks sort of streaked, but that’s her natural hair.

Paula is an extremely wild sleeper. This has caused problems for Ness ever since they knew each other.

Paula’s middle name is Sloane.

Jeff Andonuts

Jeff has an IQ of 150.

Jeff’s full name is Jefferson Winthrop Andonuts. (Ha! Based on my naming pattern I bet you were going to guess that Andonuts was a show name and that his real surname was Anderson! I got you, didn’t I?)

Jeff is an ISTJ. Many of his habits are idiosyncratic.

Jeff is asexual homoromantic. He remains single throughout the entirety of his life.

Jeff has an affinity with cryptids, which is why Tessie surfaced the day he went to the lake.

Jeff was the most hardcore preppy at Snow Wood Prep. It was partially due to his schooling and partially his choice.

Jeff is naturally stocky. He grew from five feet even to five foot three on his EarthBound journey; he stopped growing at five foot seven.

Jeff has astigmatism.

Prince Poo of Dalaam

Poo’s birth certificate lists his name as Mu Poo. He wishes to change it.

Under Poo’s rule, Dalaam is a socialist democracy. He legally mandates that each citizen gives him forty per cent of their income.

Poo is an ISFJ.

Poo has broad shoulders; the rest of his body narrows as it goes lower. He was five foot eight on his EarthBound journey, and he grew to be five foot eleven and a half.

Part of the reason Poo is such a picky eater is because of food allergies. He had very little food variety growing up, so his body isn’t used to a lot of Western food. He is also gluten and lactose intolerant.

Poo’s favorite color is the color of gold.

Tony (headcanon surname McIlbowie)

Tony is Scottish. His last name is a Scottish one, which is quaint because it translates to “son of a blond(e).” Tony’s hair is auburn.

Tony's IQ is 96.

Tony's favorite color is pine green. It reminds him of Jeff, who he remained friends with for all of his life.

Tony also has a stocky build.

Snow Wood was a Mormon school before it shut down; Tony was Mormon until he left high school to further explore his sexuality.

Tony dropped out of high school to serve drinks at a gay bar. He later dies in a Copacabana-style shooting.

Tracy (headcanon surname also Kramer)

Tracy worked with Escargot Express from the tender age of seven. She is now the CEO.

Tracy has endometriosis.

Ness called Tracy "Tracer."

Tracy is polysexual.

*Bonus note on King: King's full first name was King Lazarus. He died at fourteen calendar years old.

The Minch Family

The Kramers' loan from them went to Ness's journey.

The only Minch-Kramer neighbors who got along were Tracy and Picky. Whilst they were okay with each other, none of the others stayed so civil.

Lardna is a nickname as well. Mrs Minch's actual first name is Lora, but Mrs Kramer once said Lardna by accident and it stuck.

Porky is an actual psychopath. He sometimes has fantasies of Auschwitz-style torture, usually involving Ness or other people in Ness’s life.

Location Parallels

Onett is somewhere around where Northern California would be.

Twoson is around where the four state corners meet.

Threed is where Oklahoma would be.

Fourside is Chicago.

Summers is Sicily.

Foggyland is the equivalent of the United Kingdom, with Winters being England’s parallel.

Dalaam is like an amalgamation of several different Asiam countries, including Thailand, Nepal, India, and Mongolia.

Sorry the post is so long, and thank you again for asking!

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fishermariawo · 6 years

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Alternative Therapies For ADHD: Part 2

With 6.1 million children in this country bearing a past or present ADHD diagnosis, it’s little wonder folks had a lot to say in the initial post I did on the subject a few months back. For the most part, people were pumped to discover new potential therapies for themselves or loved ones, or at the very least to find validation in their own hunt for side effect free ADHD treatment. Others questioned the validity of certain alternative approaches, and still more posed questions about other treatments they’d heard about or were interested in.

Is there any substance to the other alternative therapies I added in passing within that previous post? What else shows promise? Let’s dig in….

Neurofeedback Strategies

Many of those seeking other answers to the ADHD question have probably heard mention of neurofeedback, which continues as a debated prospect. As far back as the 1930s, the EEG was being used to condition certain parts of the brain and teach “voluntary control” over a person’s alpha blocking response. In essence, this neurofeedback therapy is intended to enable a person with ADHD to regulate their brain activity, thereby enhancing concentration and moderating behavioral difficulties.

For the most part, controversy surrounding neurofeedback strategies for ADHD has stemmed from a high degree of heterogeneity amongst study approaches, with a definite lack of standardized protocols. Despite this, however, there has been an overwhelmingly positive flood of results from neurofeedback studies through the years, with a 2009 meta-analysis showing substantial impact for inattention and impulsivity, and lesser but still substantive effects for hyperactivity.

A more recent literature review suggests that while certain previous studies may have had overinflated results, trials that followed standardized protocols have reported statistically significant and reliable results in treatment of ADHD. Thus, while neurofeedback therapies aren’t universally successful, they’re definitely worth looking into.

Acupuncture

Skim the literature for recent research on acupuncture therapies for ADHD, and you’ll find that most applicable studies have used acupuncture in conjunction with common pharma treatments. This in itself doesn’t reduce the value of the studies, as complementary therapies are often far more effective than standalone ones; however, it does muddy the waters a little in terms of standardizing results.

A Chinese study published in 2015 divided 120 participants into two groups: one receiving acupuncture and psychological therapy, and another receiving methylphenidate. After 12 weeks of therapy, the acupuncture group had significantly better hyperactivity scores than the drug group. In the same year, an Iranian team of researchers showed that just 12 acupuncture sessions in a small group of children already on methylphenidate could improve ADHD symptoms by 23-72%. Because of the small cohort, however, and the lack of control, the results should obviously be taken with a grain of salt.

Finally, a 2015 meta-analysis covering 13 trials and 1304 subjects concluded that acupuncture was either just as effective or superior to other treatments (pharmacotherapy or behavioral therapy) in addressing symptoms of ADHD, with the added benefit of fewer side effects.

Personally, I wouldn’t put all my eggs in the acupuncture basket, but as a complementary therapy it shows promise.

Coaching

Following my first post, someone pointed out that I’d skipped over a very valuable ADHD therapy: coaching. Everyone is different when it comes to ADHD, and what works for one invariably doesn’t work for another. Most conventional treatments, and even some of the more alternative ones, either don’t or aren’t able to account for this individuality, making the success rate very hit-and-miss. The beauty of coaching is that it’s individually tailored to suit each person’s needs, and I like that there’s an element of accountability combined with a sociable face-to-face aspect that you simply don’t get with a lot of other treatments.

And when we look beyond the subjective, coaching really does work. A 2009 study of 45 adults with ADHD found that coaching had a “positive impact on the lives of people with ADHD,” while a slew of studies on ADHD college students showed that coaching helped to improve grades, boost learning, elevate self-esteem and make academic goals more attainable.

GABA

Research shows that ADHD is often associated with a deficit in Gamma-aminobutyric acid, more conveniently known as GABA. A small 2012 study used MRI to determine that children with ADHD had reduced GABA concentrations when compared to control subjects, a finding that’s mirrored in animal studies and has more recently been linked to GABAergic inhibitory neurons.

It stands to reason, then, that supplementing with GABA could improve symptoms of ADHD. Unfortunately, GABA supplementation for the treatment of ADHD isn’t well studied, and certain specialists maintain that supplemental GABA isn’t able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Then there’s the whole correlation vs. causation argument, but we won’t go into that.

In fact, I couldn’t track down a single study supporting the use of GABA for treatment of ADHD. An extensive search yielded repeated mention of a standalone study, in which a Japanese medical faculty research team used a natural form of GABA to elicit higher test success rates in students; however, the study itself remains elusive.

While anecdotal evidence suggests it might help with ADHD, I’d be inclined to wait this one out until we know more.

L-Carnitine

After the previous post, someone commented on the potential benefits of L-carnitine for ADHD. I got to digging, and while I didn’t come up with a lot, I did find preliminary research in the past two decades that shows a possible positive effect from L-carnitine or acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) supplementation for symptoms of ADHD.

In an earlier Dutch study, 13 out of 24 boys with ADHD who received L-carnitine showed improved behavior both at home and in school. In a 2007 study, 112 ADHD children between the ages of 5 and 12 received weight-based doses of 500-1500 mg ALC twice a day for 16 weeks. While teachers didn’t notice a significant difference in inattention overall, when divided into ADHD subtype there were marked differences: ALC produced superior results in inattentive type children, while it had the opposite effect in combined type children. Clearly, ALC may work for some, but it may make the situation worse for others.

Caffeine

Following the previous post, several people noting that caffeine was actually a pretty useful tool when it comes to ADHD. One person commented that, while caffeine disrupted her sleep, it also helped to improve her focus. Another said much the same thing, pointing out that caffeine can act as a stopgap for that dopamine dis-regulation that’s so part and parcel with ADHD. And, of course, most standard medication therapies for ADHD are stimulants.

That being said, caffeine is surely a double-edged sword. On the therapeutic side of the story, several animal studies have been published examining the role of caffeine as a less side effect-laden stimulant drug in the treatment of ADHD symptoms. A 2011 study found that 14 days of caffeine treatment in rats with induced ADHD brought on a significant improvement in attention deficit symptoms. An earlier study showed that pre-test administration of 1-10 mg/kg caffeine in spontaneously hypertensive rats (considered the genetic equivalent of ADHD humans) significantly improved spatial learning deficits.

At the other end of the spectrum, there’s a lot we still don’t know about the diverse effects caffeine exerts on the human brain, particularly in the case of children. While most research suggests that caffeine is generally well tolerated in “normal” concentrations, children are increasingly being exposed to caffeine above and beyond what might be considered normal. And while a child (or even an adult, for that matter) without cognitive issues might not display any adverse side effects to caffeine, all studies agree that caffeine response is very individual-specific. In higher amounts, caffeine is infamously associated with impaired sleep—a known catalyst for worsening ADHD symptoms—and in anxious people it can dramatically increase levels of anxiety. For some, it might be worth discussing with your physician, particularly if you’re not taking other stimulant drugs or looking for a combination of strategies to get off of a stimulant prescription.

B Vitamins

One of our commenters mentioned that she recommends water soluble b-vitamin complexes as part of a healthy regime for keeping ADHD symptoms at a low level. And I’m inclined to agree that this is a good approach, knowing that many people are typically deficient in many of the b vitamins and considering the important role they play in brain development and cognitive health.

While studies that specifically address possible links between b-vitamin deficiencies and risk/severity of ADHD are thin on the ground, this 2010 paper piqued my interest. It examined the role that b vitamins play in the central nervous system, pointing out that b vitamins elicit a similar dopaminergic effect to agonists like methylphenidate. It stands to reason, then, that upping b vitamin intake (primarily through food but secondarily through a good B complex) might serve as a viable alternative (or at least complementary therapy) to side effect laden dopamine agonist drugs.

Add to the fact that supplementing with folate, B12 and B6 has been shown to limit brain atrophy and cognitive impairment, and there’s very little reason why anyone wouldn’t prioritize this group of vitamins. As always, consult the doctor first though.

Keto Diet

Someone last time noted how surprised they were that I hadn’t covered the potential benefits of ketogenic-style diets for ADHD treatment. My main reason for this was a lack of studies examining the keto-ADHD link, but it’s a worthwhile discussion.

The only study I’m aware of directly applying keto to ADHD is one on dogs, strangely enough. Published in 2016, researchers found that placing dogs diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy on a keto-style diet for 3 months helped to significantly reduce ADHD-related behaviors. Back in the human arena, there’s of course a trove of research demonstrating the impressive results ketogenic diets can have on conditions like bipolar mood disorders, Parkinson’s disease, MS, traumatic brain injury, and others.

It doesn’t take much of a leap to establish a possible positive connection between going occasionally keto and improving certain ADHD symptoms, especially those associated with focus and concentration. Once again, this will be an individual process, and not everyone will respond favorably to a ketogenic diet. With kids, in particular, consult your doctor, but for adults and older teens give it a go and see how your body responds.

Finally, I’ll add that there are plenty more suggested strategies and therapies I haven’t yet touched upon, and research continues to highlight new prospects.

In the meantime, it’s all about safe experimentation. No one practitioner or coach is ever going to have all the answers, so it’s up to each of us to do the research, think critically, and assemble what works for us or our loved ones.

Thanks for reading everyone. Be sure to post your thoughts, suggestions and questions in the comments below.

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milenasanchezmk · 6 years

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Alternative Therapies For ADHD: Part 2

Is there any substance to the other alternative therapies I added in passing within that previous post? What else shows promise? Let’s dig in….

Neurofeedback Strategies

Acupuncture

Personally, I wouldn’t put all my eggs in the acupuncture basket, but as a complementary therapy it shows promise.

Coaching

GABA

While anecdotal evidence suggests it might help with ADHD, I’d be inclined to wait this one out until we know more.

L-Carnitine

Caffeine

B Vitamins

Keto Diet

Finally, I’ll add that there are plenty more suggested strategies and therapies I haven’t yet touched upon, and research continues to highlight new prospects.

Thanks for reading everyone. Be sure to post your thoughts, suggestions and questions in the comments below.

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cristinajourdanqp · 6 years

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Alternative Therapies For ADHD: Part 2

Is there any substance to the other alternative therapies I added in passing within that previous post? What else shows promise? Let’s dig in….

Neurofeedback Strategies

Acupuncture

Personally, I wouldn’t put all my eggs in the acupuncture basket, but as a complementary therapy it shows promise.

Coaching

GABA

While anecdotal evidence suggests it might help with ADHD, I’d be inclined to wait this one out until we know more.

L-Carnitine

Caffeine

B Vitamins

Keto Diet

Finally, I’ll add that there are plenty more suggested strategies and therapies I haven’t yet touched upon, and research continues to highlight new prospects.

Thanks for reading everyone. Be sure to post your thoughts, suggestions and questions in the comments below.

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cynthiamwashington · 6 years

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Alternative Therapies For ADHD: Part 2

Is there any substance to the other alternative therapies I added in passing within that previous post? What else shows promise? Let’s dig in….

Neurofeedback Strategies

Acupuncture

Personally, I wouldn’t put all my eggs in the acupuncture basket, but as a complementary therapy it shows promise.

Coaching

GABA

While anecdotal evidence suggests it might help with ADHD, I’d be inclined to wait this one out until we know more.

L-Carnitine

Caffeine

B Vitamins

Keto Diet

Finally, I’ll add that there are plenty more suggested strategies and therapies I haven’t yet touched upon, and research continues to highlight new prospects.

Thanks for reading everyone. Be sure to post your thoughts, suggestions and questions in the comments below.

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