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ADHD/ADD
Re-post of two posts and additional info for simplicity
Nutrients deficiencies commonly found in individuals with ADHD
Vitamin D: Approximately 78.4% of children with ADHD are deficient, compared to 48% without ADHD. (D3)
Iron: ADHD patients are twice as likely to have iron-deficiency anemia.
Magnesium, zinc and omega 3: half of children with ADHD are deficient.
If you crave chocolate your low in magnesium
Nutrients involved in making and regulating neurotransmitters: Magnesium, zinc, iron
Teen girls 12-18 need 15 mg Iron and possibly up to 25mg during menstrual cycle
Iron level vary from childhood to adulthood and differ in males and females
Allergenic foods: Milk, chocolate, soy, wheat, food dyes.
Hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, which are part of your endocrine system can play a role in ADHD
Brain: Frontal lobes and Parietal Lobes involved in sustained attention. Plus other areas of brain.
How to do muscle testing with a pendulum. YouTube video
Nerve regrowth brain: Lions Mane, Gotu Kola
B1, B6, B12
May need
Kidney support: Chinese medicine connects with brain
Large intestine support: Brain gut connection, probiotics
Immune support: aide in nerve healing
Ashwagandha and Rhodiola could be valuable
Inflammation: Turmeric with Bioperine
Food based multivitamin/mineral essential
Complex carbohydrates needed simple carbs, even fruit juice is like eating candy. Addiction to carbs, sugars needs to be addressed. Mouth inflamed from foods or drink. Can use coconut oil like mouth wash. Around tablespoon, swish for couple of minutes, spit in trash not drain.
Bipolars want to read
That is Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity. “Disorder”
Lets look at Hyperactivity! In Bipolar disorder they call it mania. ADHD can get that depression similar to bipolar after they are hyper. Bipolar is a little more intense. Like your adrenals get stuck in hyper-drive.
What is causing this Hyper/Mania? Adrenal Glands
What causes the adrenal glands to do this?
Explanation: STRESS is a big factor. Your Endocrine system out of whack along with Amygdala.
OK Your Amygdala deals with emotions, fear, anger...It's the Fight, Flight, Freeze part of the brain. So if you get your Amygdala sending signals to your Pituitary and then Adrenals. Then Adrenaline goes at a high-level. Part of Anxiety too. To much adrenaline can give you racing thoughts, abundant amount of energy, raise your heart rate etc. Hello!!! Hyperactive/mania!
WAIT!!! What happens when your body uses up adrenaline? Crash! Depression
Cortisol: another adrenal hormone: a destructive one when high. How can you tell if it is way high. You will have tingling through out your head and maybe face, but don't mistake it for Histamine it can fool you. (lite sensation, brain fog)
What can help this: Ashwagandha and B-complex or a Food based multivitamin/mineral
Ashwagandha works with the amygdala, hypo-thalamus, pituitary, adrenals thyroid, testes and ovaries
B5 supports adrenals, B6 pituitary
You still need to look at the whole body!
FOOD and Beverage ALLERGIES: HELLO HISTAMINE
“Histamine is a neurotransmitter that can influence brain function, focus, and mood, and imbalances in histamine levels may contribute to ADHD symptoms like hyperactivity and difficulty concentrating. Some research suggests that histamine intolerance could exacerbate ADHD symptoms” (AI) You be the judge.
So if you have ever drank a soda/pop like mountain dew or similar...Food dye, sugar, caffeine!! The trifecta of hyperactivity. Then crash...depression.
So your job is to look up histamine foods and take them out of you diet! Also low histamine probiotics and what foods reduce histamine. What herbs are antihistamine. Its a little lengthy.
Just because you don't get rashes, shortness or breath, symptoms of high histamine does not mean that histamine is not messing with your brain!
Oh! A note on Dairy products. Milk is for baby calves not humans. Calves/baby cows have four stomachs and can digest, humans can't or struggle. So if you a stuffy nose, sign of dairy problems. All dairy. Goats milk is the only suitable animal milk for humans. Remember short chain proteins good (goat milk, long chain proteins (cows milk) bad. Opposite for Carbohydrates. Its necessarily lactose intolerance, dairy is inflammatory and when processed harder to digest. Unprocessed milk humans tolerate better, but it's illegal to sell or buy in the U.S.
Now you have two valid reasons for hyperactivity. Other reasons: if your liver is congested and inflamed heat can rise and fill the pericardium. That is the sack around the heart. This can cause speed talking. (Chinese medicine)
Your nervous system can cause hyperactivity too, but different, more constant. Your liver can make you driven. Yes high testosterone and estrogen can have affect, part of your endocrine system. Why you need to balance whole body. Holistic Medicine. Why I call most mental health disorders, general health disorders.
Yes Bipolar and ADHD may come at different ages but the hyperactivity and mania can give similar symptoms, laser focus, extra energy, increased multitasking, rapid speech and racing thoughts. They both can increase hyperactivity and mania when an allergen is introduced ex. Red dye.
This information is a combination of of medical, Naturopathy, Chinese medicine and Auricular Therapy
Please look up words you don't understand.
I encourage you to look up the iron level of your age and sex. Internet search medicinal properties of Lions Maine and Gotu Kola and any other information you might not understand. Auricular Therapy pictures and videos.
Again please see a Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist. If your on meds don't try to mix herbs and meds. Disaster waiting to happen.
ADHD ADD
Protocol
Note Auricular Therapy can work with over 25 points of the brain. Frontal and posterior ear lobe.
Primary: Hippocampus, Amygdala, Thyrotropin, Thyroid Gland C, Thyroid Gland E, Shen Men, Posterior Shen Men, Master Oscillation
Secondary: Master Cerebral, Point Zero, Kidney C, Brain, Brain Stem, Occiput
Terry Oleson
Auricular Therapy Manual
General Feedback
I recently made the up for a woman I know with a 12 yr old with ADHD. I thought I would share after reading the struggles of parents on this site. Please see a Naturopathic Doctor or similar and Acupuncturist that practices Auricular Therapy.
Hope this helps
ADHD/ADD
Nutrients deficiencies commonly found in individuals with ADHD
Vitamin D: Approximately 78.4% of children with ADHD are deficient, compared to 48% without ADHD. (D3)
Iron: ADHD patients are twice as likely to have iron-deficiency anemia.
Magnesium, zinc and omega 3: half of children with ADHD are deficient.
If you crave chocolate your low in magnesium
Nutrients involved in making and regulating neurotransmitter: Magnesium, zinc, iron
Teen girls 12-18 need 15 mg Iron and possibly up to 25mg during menstrual cycle
Allergenic foods: Milk, chocolate, soy, wheat, food dyes.
Hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone can play a role in ADHD
Brain: Frontal lobes and Parietal Lobes involved in sustained attention.
How to do muscle testing with a pendulum. YouTube video
Nerve regrowth brain: Lions Mane, Gotu Kola
B1, B6, B12
May need
Kidney support: Chinese medicine connects with brain
Large intestine support: Brain gut connection, probiotics
Immune support: aide in nerve healing
Ashwagandha and Rhodiola could be valuable
Food based multivitamin/mineral essential
Complex carbohydrates needed simple carbs, even fruit juice is like eating candy. Addiction to carbs, sugars needs to be addressed. Mouth inflamed from foods or drink. Can use coconut oil like mouth wash. Around tablespoon, swish for couple of minutes, spit in trash not drain.
Naturelo Multivitamin for teens. About the best one on Amazon
Tried to post auricular picture showing these points. Just internet search for auricular therapy point pictures.
ADHD ADD
Primary: Hippocampus, Amygdala, Thyrotropin, Thyroid Gland C, Thyroid Gland E, Shen Men, Posterior Shen Men, Master Oscillation
Secondary: Master Cerebral, Point Zero, Kidney C, Brain, Brain Stem, Occiput
Terry Oleson
Auricular Therapy Manual
Caffeine
Phosphatidyl Choline
I take this in the form of gummies, two in the am. But I also take Omega 3 in the form of algae, taking the fish form didn't help me. I also take Qunol Brain, there are two types, one for memory and another for focus. It took a month for me to notice the difference. I have severe fibromyalgia so I can no longer take my three cups of caffeine in the am like I used to. This has helped a lot but I still have trouble focusing but not as bad.
Phosphatidyl Choline
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
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tDCS aka transcranial Direct Current Stimulation has a montage aka nodal placement for ADD and ADHD. This is non invasive and certainly no Rx but can be excellent treatment for this condition. Worth a try.
Dewormer, Hypertonic Water
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As a adhd sufferer who had scored over 90% on the diagnosis tests and who has been on dexamphetamine (Ritalin) now elvanse 70mg for 30+ years and tried many natural treatments, some temporarily worked ‘probably placebo' and others not at all. I do know that eating a hi sugar diet without a doubt excesabates the condition. However what I found that worked like night and day was by taken the dewormer mebadazonole along With Quinton hypertonic water. Hope it works for others as it did me. You do of course need to eat a diet rich in vitamins minerals etc like zinc (pumpkin seeds)
Phosphatidyl Choline
Remedies for Poor Concentration
In fact, ADD only existed as an official term for the condition for 7 years (1980-87). Since then, you can be diagnosed with ADHD inattentive type, hyperactive type, or combined type (both).
Vision Therapy
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Caffeine
Pine Bark Extract
Progesterone
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This comes from Dr Michael E. Platt's book, the miracle of bio-identical hormones. I was skeptical too, which is why I strongly urge everyone to read this book! I have looked for 24 years for something this powerful.
As per Dr Platt's recommendations, I also removed sugar, simple carbs (I only eat carbs with resistant starch now), and I eat vegetables every 3-4 hours for brain-powering glucose AND I use coconut oil for frying. I eat a small serving of veggies right before sleep. And when I can afford it, I top each serving of veggies with brain octane (MCT oil).
I keep cole slaw and/or salads prepped and ready to eat at all times, for convenience.
For the love of all that is good, I urge everyone to read the book and just try it! A 20$ bottle of naturally-derived progesterone (from wild mexican yam) has done more than anything else that I have tried!
Learning Discipline, Playing Sports, Taking Fish Oils
By saying that your parents disciplined you, do you mean spanking? I'm asking because there's a serious on my marriage because of that. He believes that I'm wrong for not spanking my boys who display some ADHD behaviors (they are kindergarteners). I tell him that discipline does not equal spanking and/or beating. I view spanking as the last resort...that's not to say that I won't smack occasionally but that's just not my go-to response. I'm tough on removing privileges, especially for things they take to heart. I'm just curious as to what you mean by discipline and if my husband is possibly right.
Vision Therapy
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Dietary and Herbal Suggestions
Dietary and Herbal Suggestions
Research Dr. Abraham Hoffer and his Niacin protocol. Vitamin B3 is essential to so many functions within our bodies and we simply do not get enough of it from our diet. He helped cure thousands of schizophrenia and other mental health problems throughout his career but was kept quiet by big p.
To Medicate or Not to Medicate
I wasn't raised like that at home and didn't develop "problems" until school. At home, we were encouraged to explore things for ourselves rather than simply ask questions and take someone's word for "fact" but school was quite different. At home, I merely learned to avoid things that also interested my brother and/or sister, LOL. At school...it was very different. You had to be fast as supervision was everywhere, competition was fierce and one could be interrupted at any moment. No warning and no recourse that wasn't guaranteed to steal even more of your exploration time.
To Medicate or Not to Medicate
Apple Cider Vinegar
Eliminate Sugar
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Eliminate Sugar
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also at times depressed. Was wondering if you tried fish oils. I believe in l trytophan and melotonin. However he does drive.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Fish Oil and Primrose Oil
Go on youtube and watch eric berg or john bergman . so much to learn, so little time. Get healthy while you are young, take a walk/ breathe deep. Talk kind about yourself and call yourself what you desire to become not what you are worried about. Words have power. Help someone else or smile at people. You go girl....I'm rooting for you, walked a few miles in your shoes.Charity. Start all changes~ low dose and slowly add things, less misery.
Fish Oil and Primrose Oil
I wish you well.
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Fish Oil and Primrose Oil
HELP I need a decent home remedy for me. I'm 52. Cannot sit still or shut up. Interrupt all my friends. Makes me sad. Takes a special person to be my friend ..Sad
Dietary and Herbal Suggestions
Dietary and Herbal Suggestions
Avoid Potato Chips
1. Stop blood sugar spikes by eating a diet high in protein with complex - not simple - carbs.
2. Get more fatty acids, especially omega 3's (EPA, DHA) from fish & seeds
3. Keep iron levels up. Most people, even professionals, are unaware of the important role iron plays in controlling ADHD symptoms. Studies show that those with ADHD tend to have lower levels of ferritin, so be sure to eat enough meat, poultry, fish, beans, dark leafy greens & get your levels checked to see if you need supplementation.
4. Have your Dr.check your zinc & magnesium levels because about 25% of those with ADHD tend to have low levels. Zinc regulates the neurotransmitter dopamine & helps improve the brain's response to dopamine. Magnesium helps make various neurotransmitters involved in attention & concentrations, plus it has a calming effect on the brain.
5. Cut out the chemicals. The UK recommends that parents remove sodium benzoate & 6 different artificial food coloring agents from the diet. Check labels & remove foods that are brightly colored such as Gatorade, & brightly colored cereals like Fruit Loops or Lucky Charms.
6. Watch for food sensitivities. The most common are artificial sweeteners (such as aspartame), dairy, wheat/gluten, soy, high fructose corn syrup/too much sugar.
These methods don't work for everyone, but they have been shown to reduce symptoms in many with ADHD, so it's worth a try!
Pine Bark Extract
Apple Cider Vinegar
Pine Bark Extract
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And it's so subtle. You remember like you never had forgotten it...not a lightbulb eureka moment where you have to concentrate and finally have it...but rather it's just there as if you never forgot it. Basically, I forgot I was bad at names. Not until the 4th time and suddenly I realized...wait, how are all these names coming to me?? Also you have energy but you don't feel wired or anything, like with caffeine. Suddenly you're just focused...but in a normal way...like how you're supposed to be! I was quite pleased. It's more of a feeling of blocks being lifted...rather than a stimulant creating these scenarios if that makes sense.
PBE has also been shown to alleviate anxiety and improve test scores in college kids. I take 1/8 tsp in a capsule each day. I bought the loose powder an fill my own 00 capsules. My son has ADD, OCD and anxiety (I believe caused by heavy metals) and I plan to start him this week as school begins (but I wanted to test it on myself first for any side effects).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16699814
Incidentally, I originally discovered Pine Bark Extract (PBE) b/c I was searching natural ways to lighten to lighten melasma (and then stumbled upon the ADHD research). PBE has been shown to lighten is successfully. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12237816
It's my deepest belief that ADD/ADHD is caused by heavy metals in the brain and ultimately these kids (and adults) need to be detoxed from them. This is why many kids w ADD/ADHD are deficient in zinc and magnesium...because heavy metals are the "heavier" of these good/bad metals and thus displace these lighter good metals/minerals out of our body.
I told a wellness business owner (previously a pharmacist until she converted to natural health medicine) that I'd like to test my system for heavy metals and she said "sure, I will give you a full spectrum vitamin/mineral test to see if you're mineral deficient". I said 'why"? She said...if minerals are low it's well-known that it's b/c they're being displaced by heavy metals in the body. I held off on the test in order to research this myself...and sure enough I found it to be true. (Heavy metal detox should be done carefully and slowly so I'm still in the research phase in order to detox my son...he had an amalgam cap and vaccines.)
Heavy metals also cause leaky gut...so it's important to detox and heal the gut btw. Interestingly...in you search on earthclinic for Ted's ADD & ADHD remedies...he recommended things like magnesium and zinc, probiotics (that heal the gut) and selenium, NAC, ALA which detox the body of heavy metals.
I believe Pine Bark helps with focus and concentration b/c its a powerful polyphenol that boosts glutathione which is critical in detoxing heavy metals. Here's a study showing an increase in glutathione (GHS) in children with ADHD by taking pine bark extract. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16984739
MSG Link to ADHD
Thanks for your additional info. It is good to have the most info on a subject that you can find.
I guess I am wrong about the carbonation thing. Could coke ever eat though eat through a can, or is that a myth?
I hate all carbonation and never drink it. Coke was not the the main topic of my rant anyway. In any event, it is not good for you, because of phosphorous, content and corn syrup (although you can find with real sugar if you look), amount other ingredients that aren't good. Here is a link that can explain everything you need to now about dangers of soft drinks, way better than I can.
http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/soft-drinks-americas-other-drinking-problem/
one more
You are so correct about the orange egg in spring and summer. I love these orange one so much better. This winter I was longing for those great orange eggs. But Even if yellow pasture raised eggs are best.
This was a question about MCS and I did wander off topic. I was hyper that day.
MSG Link to ADHD
However, the first bottler, Joseph Biedenharn, was from Monroe, La. and he was the one who got the show on the road. The old coke was highly carbonated and the glass bottles were designed to handle this extreme pressure. Back in 1954 I measured the pH of a coke and it was 2.3. Today, if you have an upset stomach then you dissolve two alka seltzers in a glass of ice water. In my youth you just drank a cold coke cola, which did the same thing.
Now, all soft drinks have little carbonation and are just a sweet syrup. The cans of both soft drinks and beer are now like tissue paper because both have little carbonation.
Years ago, you had to be a strong man to bend a beer can. Now your six year old can handle that chore.
I get a kick out of folks who only know the history from the date they were born. My grandkids are like that. Makes me want to cry.
As far as orange hen yolks are concerned..... they come about because of the carotene in the grass they eat. Even in the South, your eggs will have yellow yolks in the winter when there is no green grass to eat. The orange carrot gets it's name from the carotene it contains.
Mary,,,,,,, you have given some very sound advice in your post that folks should heed. I just thought that some additional info was needed to explain why you said what you said. Hope that is good with you.
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MSG Link to ADHD
They may have started with real food, but when they are done, it is not really food anymore. Just some bulk to make you feel as if you have eaten. Since this "food" is devoid of flavor, They have to analyze the food to make it seem like food.
First, they make a recipe with real food by real cooks and then cook it in a regular oven.
Then they run it though a chemical analyzer which lists the chemicals they will need to make the food taste like the original item, lets say a chocolate chip cookie. The machine will also spit out a list of chemicals need to make the cookie look like a cookie. and finally, we need some vitamins and minerals, so the machine spits out a list of more chemicals.
The MSG lets soup companies use less meat, because the MSG make the soup taste more meaty. Vegetarians can even buy flavor packets to make food taste like meat.
So far sounds yummy huh?
They bake up the cookie and then add the petro chemicals (chemicals derived from the by products of making gasoline, kinda sounds like you are eating plastic) to make it seem like food again. OK bad enough right!
MSG is very addictive. This a huge reason fast food restaurants love MSG so much. It keeps you coming back everyday if you addicted enough. This of course causes obesity. For a few reasons, you can't stop eating the food, so you eat too much, plus you are very hungry for real food that God put on this planet with all the nutrients that you need to survive. Ah, but you say the soil is depleted. Well chemical fertilizers do not provide the plants with enough to make non organic food nutritious, so that is why people take vitamins. Most vitamins are not natural made from food but UN-natural chemicals.
Your body treats these as poisons, as if you drank some motor oil. So, if you choose to take supplements, take food based ones with no added chemicals. Standard process makes food based supplements, and are available at doctor's offices. Mostly alternative doctors. like chiropractors.
Remember when coke always came in a glass bottle. this is because when they tried to put in a can, it ate through the metal can. God only knows what soft drinks do to your insides.
If you think unprocessed organic real food, is expensive, consider this. Processed food is expensive. I do not even eat organic processed food. If you cook your own food, it tastes better and it is better for you.
If you do not have time, use a crock pot and cook at night or while at work. Cook larger quantities and freeze the extra. I freeze in individual sized servings.
If you can not afford pastured raised meat, try pasture raised eggs. Eggs are cheap. My eggs are 63 cents for 2. A cheap source of protein. Cholesterol is not bad for you, as long as it is not hydrogenated. This was a myth propagated by the vegetable oil companies. Eat butter and meat fat. Free range is not what you are looking for. This just means the farmer left the barn door open so they can go outside if they choose. And outside could be a slab of concrete. But they won't go outside since they feed them inside.
Hens need to eat grass and bugs for the eggs to have a nice orange yolk and not end up all runny. Broth made form pasture raised meat or poultry is also inexpensive. I just fill the pot with bones and water. I use joint bones to make the gelatin quality marrow bones for the nutrients in there, and meaty bones such as necks or ribs for flavor and more gelatin. I leave it on the stove for 2 days, and never let it boil. If it boils it does not jelly up. I strain it and keep it in the frig uncovered till it jellys up (a day or two). I store the fat that solidifies on top to use instead of oil or butter, which I can't eat. I store broth and fat separately in canning jars and store in the freezer If you eat pasture raised broth and eggs and can't afford anything else organic, use non organic but buy fresh or frozen. Canned food is dead.
I saw a show about the making of a new snack food long ago that explained the process of making processed "food". It was kinda hard to believe. I wish I could link to the show but have never been able to locate it on-line.
Even if you never go organic or pastured raised, eat whole food not packaged. Packaged food is not food. If a product list a bunch of vitamins at the end, this food was devoid of vitamins after processing. The government will not allow them to sell empty food and require them to add a few vitamins.
You will save a lot of money on medical bills if you eat whole foods.
OK, now I am stepping off my soap box.
Vision Therapy
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Thanks
Supplements
Gluten-Free Diet
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Dietary and Herbal Suggestions
To Medicate or Not to Medicate
Iodine
Sleep
Caffeine
Remedies for Poor Concentration
EC: Hi Mllewendy,
We don't have enough material on ADD to separate it into a new page. Once we get more posts, we can certainly do that.
Dietary and Herbal Suggestions
Thank you so very much for sharing your story... You have no idea how reading it tonight was God sent for me! ;) thank you for making a difference..
General Feedback
Amen to that!! best of luck to you.. your story just described my 27 year old son, who is now un treated (not by choice) & on a 24 hr roller coaster;/ thank you for your story;) it really touched me as so many other stories have...
