So much of our work with ADHD is based upon necessary, but limited pre-technology diagnosis. For years we had to rely on appearances, and didn’t have the means to measure function, much less see specific areas of the brain as they function. As a consequence of using only one set of glasses we still use phenomena as targets, and many critique valid, peer reviewed findings regarding hard brain evidence.
As you will see in this video, ‘anxiety‘ can take on many different faces – and cognitive anxiety, you heard it first here, is simply not in the books yet – strange, but true. If we don’t look for it, we just can’t see it – and so much of ADHD symptoms are associated with anxiety. I see so many who say they aren’t anxious, but suffer from complete mental shutdown from cognitive anxiety. You will get it with this video.
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And, of course, not all OCD is ADHD, but with a history and significant additional findings we will get the medications dead wrong if we miss ‘dopamine‘ and only make the ‘serotonin‘ diagnosis.
Drop me a comment to see what you think about these findings.
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by Dr Charles Parker on September 1, 2008 · 2 comments
Help for ADD/ADHD Beyond Meds:
Many want to change their brain, and also want non-medication alternatives for ADD/ADHD treatment. So many ask for
comprehensive brain fixes that work for a lifetime – this one is a keeper. Ratey has done it again.
Brain and Exercise
If correcting ADD/ADHD issues arises as even a remote concern, you will much appreciate this excellent new book that scores a direct hit on the new science of brain physiology: Spark – The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey. This is a book for therapists, and for the public.
All of us should be thinking about, and recommending exercise for brain health from childhood on. Ratey clearly demonstrates important brain connections with comprehensive research, all within that readable, common-sense style so characteristic of his previous writing.
My own favorite topic in Spark,BDNF [Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor] – a kind of internal brain fertilizer that helps brain cells grow, and is directly encouraged by exercise! – see the Spark notes on page 42.
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ADD/ADHD medications at first seems simple – if you have ADD, “Here’s the script.” Yes, I am suggesting we modify our scripting process. The truth is that ADD/ADHD medications do require specific, precise thinking with clear guidelines – or the entire process of medication management can become dangerous, frustrating, or disappointingly ineffective – with disastrous long term consequences. Problems arise much too often. And they are correctable!
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ADD/ADHD: So what do you do if you don’t want to use meds?
Yes, the meds work fast, and often well, if you work them correctly.
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Eleven posts since we started this series on SSRIs and suicide on Dec 13, ‘06 – addressing an article on the
FDA, SSRIs and depression. The theme of these remarks: anyone can have problems
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In the latter presentation, when it is caused by the depression, antidepressants correct the [...]
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