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Offline bookofbirds

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How do you deal with ADHD?
« on: October 22, 2024, 10:01:25 AM »
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    • Since March, I've been prescribed different ADHD medications (Adderall/Vyvanse)

    my main symptoms are getting distracted and taking too long to complete tasks

    Generic Adderall XR was decent in the beginning- I could study for longer, was fast at work, household chores were done quicker, etc.

    However, there were some negative side effects to the meds: aggressive demeanor, hyper fixated on random stuff, suppressed appetite, poor sleep.

    I had been on brand name Vyvanse a few years ago and felt it worked better for me so I asked to switch to that but only the generic version was available

     My stint on generic Vyvanse (40mg) was incredibly short because it made me extremely anxious, jittery, irritable, flushed face, etc.

    I requested to be put back on the Adderall XR 25mg, but I think the side effects are outweighing the positive. I'm due to see the 
    shrink soon. I heard instant release is a bit better with mood..

    What has worked for you adhd peeps? :confused:

    Godbless 

     
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    Offline Seraphina

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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #1 on: October 22, 2024, 10:27:02 AM »
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    • Personally, I’d go nowhere near those medications.  My nephew took them and he became suicidal, made an attempt, was hospitalized where they missed him up more.  After two years, he’d added anxiety, panic attacks, ocd, ODD to his diagnoses along with a weight gain of 90 lbs.  
    He went cold turkey and it took about two years before he felt really normal.  Some counseling and learning to pray and do Catholic meditation helps him control his distractability.  In addition, he eats three healthy meals per day, cut out all junk and processed foods, and established a regular sleep schedule, 8 1/2 hrs.  He’s almost back to a normal weight after four years.

    Those drugs are poison.  Please, seek out natural remedies and counseling to learn how to calm and focus.  
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    Offline JPKTrad

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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #2 on: October 22, 2024, 10:45:23 AM »
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    • Go to YouTube and type in Dr. Berg ADHD and listen to his advice. It has helped me
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #3 on: October 22, 2024, 11:36:52 AM »
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    • Look into the GAPS diet...heals the gut, which also has spiritual implications...you the gut feeling thing is not just a sying their is truth behind it...the enemy knows this and so he has filled our world with bad food, bad soil, t.v., wifi, 5g towers, bad water, and many other things. 
    Prayer/meditation, getting out into the sunshine, good/holy reading, and healthy organic/pasture raised food. Thats a start
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    Offline Giovanni Berto

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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #4 on: October 22, 2024, 11:38:43 AM »
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    • Quote from: bookofbirds on October 22, 2024, 10:01:25 AM
    my main symptoms are getting distracted and taking too long to complete tasks

    Isn't everybody like this these days?
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    Offline Emile

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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #5 on: October 22, 2024, 11:45:57 AM »
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    • Quote from: Giovanni Berto on October 22, 2024, 11:38:43 AM
    Isn't everybody like this these days?
    For some strange reason that phenomenon seemed to arise simultaneously with the spread of internet usage.... ::)
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #6 on: October 22, 2024, 12:02:14 PM »
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    • Thank you for your replies





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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #7 on: October 22, 2024, 02:30:22 PM »
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    • Walking! Whenever I have to think about something, or read, I read bits and walk. Then I read again, and walk. If I do have to read on a screen, then a standing desk is ok. Anything is better than sitting for me, because my mind goes, I become fidgety, etc.

    As for dietary interventions, moderating coffee and alcohol have helped (I really like the taste of coffee, so I didn't give up completely).

    Herbal infusion at night, after dinner, have also helped. Not a miracle cure, but it did help.

    I've heard some people report success with cbd. For that, you may want to check Mark 79 posts (or contact him directly) because it's a contentious theme.
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    Offline Ladislaus

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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #8 on: October 22, 2024, 02:39:23 PM »
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    • From what I've read, I do believe it's related to something in your diet that you're reacting to, and perhaps also vitamin deficiencies (magnesium, B vitamins, and some others).

    At the same time, you may look at trying Modafinil as an alternative to the amphetamines they tend to prescribe.  It's much less addictive and people report that it works just as well.  Not sure if a doctor will prescribe it, but you can buy it online (shipped from India) ... though technically not legal.
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #9 on: October 22, 2024, 03:15:47 PM »
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    • Go to www.criticalhealthnews.com (or org.)  They will answer your questions. Doctor Wallach is behind this.  He is on coast-to-coast AM radio every 6 weeks as well. There is no charge to listen to their help.  They products for sale, if you desire.
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    Offline SimpleMan

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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #10 on: October 22, 2024, 03:19:30 PM »
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    • I really have to wonder, unless it is some morbid case that renders a person utterly disabled and unable to function at even a basic level, whether there even is such a thing as ADD or ADHD.  Ditto autism.  Again, there could be morbid, extreme cases, but I have to suspect that a lot of "high-functioning autistic" people are simply a bit eccentric and have keener (and possibly more easily disturbed) senses than the norm.  What I am seeing in modern society, is a tendency to create this ideal "normal person", someone who doesn't deviate too far from what society accepts as desirable, and is also more easily directed towards desired behaviors and attitudes by TPTB.  Anyone falling outside that norm is seen as in need of medication, therapy, or just labeling or "othering".

    As to ADD/ADHD, it may simply be that some people aren't cut out to sit still for long periods of time, to sit at a desk or in a classroom, and to pay attention to something that someone else has decided is worthy of X amount of attention.  On the other side of the coin, what about contemplative monks and nuns?  I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see someone come along and label them, saying "they're autistic, all they think about day and night is adoring God, they're unable to do anything else, a normal person would be more well-rounded than that".

    Just my two cents.
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #11 on: October 22, 2024, 03:29:36 PM »
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    • Quote from: SimpleMan on October 22, 2024, 03:19:30 PM
    I really have to wonder, unless it is some morbid case that renders a person utterly disabled and unable to function at even a basic level, whether there even is such a thing as ADD or ADHD.  Ditto autism.  Again, there could be morbid, extreme cases, but I have to suspect that a lot of "high-functioning autistic" people are simply a bit eccentric and have keener (and possibly more easily disturbed) senses than the norm.  What I am seeing in modern society, is a tendency to create this ideal "normal person", someone who doesn't deviate too far from what society accepts as desirable, and is also more easily directed towards desired behaviors and attitudes by TPTB.  Anyone falling outside that norm is seen as in need of medication, therapy, or just labeling or "othering".

    As to ADD/ADHD, it may simply be that some people aren't cut out to sit still for long periods of time, to sit at a desk or in a classroom, and to pay attention to something that someone else has decided is worthy of X amount of attention.  On the other side of the coin, what about contemplative monks and nuns?  I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see someone come along and label them, saying "they're autistic, all they think about day and night is adoring God, they're unable to do anything else, a normal person would be more well-rounded than that".

    Just my two cents.

    I strongly agree.

    It seems that nobody is mentally healthy now. For every sort of slightly eccentric behaviour there is a correspondent "illness" and, of course, medication for it.
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #12 on: October 22, 2024, 04:01:17 PM »
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    • I think that ADHD and high-functioning AUTISM are real PHENOMENA.  ADHD, IMO, has to do most likely with food additives and chemicals (colors, dyes, etc.) ... as individuals report having been cured of ADHD by cleaning up their diets.  There may also be other types of conditions that cause inflammation.  Similarly, I've known a few high-functioning Autists, and I don't believe they're merely strange or eccentric.  There's this kindof vacant look in their eyes, similar to the full-blown autistic individuals, where they don't seem to be making a social "connection" to people.  I do think it's a milder form of the same brain inflammation that's involved in straight autism.
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #13 on: October 22, 2024, 04:27:28 PM »
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    • Quote from: bookofbirds on October 22, 2024, 10:01:25 AM
    What has worked for you adhd peeps? :confused:

    Godbless
    I'm currently on 100mg of a new medication called Foquest and 2mg of a helper med called Guanfacine. 

    I've previously been on Vyvanse and Concerta of similar dosages and have found this to be the best so far. 

    They work best with consistent good sleep too; and are a great help for fasting during Lent. 

    Godbless you too.
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    Re: How do you deal with ADHD?
    « Reply #14 on: October 23, 2024, 10:16:18 AM »
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    • Quote from: Ladislaus on October 22, 2024, 04:01:17 PM
    I think that ADHD and high-functioning AUTISM are real PHENOMENA.  ADHD, IMO, has to do most likely with food additives and chemicals (colors, dyes, etc.) ... as individuals report having been cured of ADHD by cleaning up their diets.  There may also be other types of conditions that cause inflammation.  Similarly, I've known a few high-functioning Autists, and I don't believe they're merely strange or eccentric.  There's this kindof vacant look in their eyes, similar to the full-blown autistic individuals, where they don't seem to be making a social "connection" to people.  I do think it's a milder form of the same brain inflammation that's involved in straight autism.
    I don't really disagree with you, though I'm not going to attempt to plumb the root causes of these phenomena.  I merely meant that I see a kind of "witch hunt" in which there is this paradigm of the "normal person", and anyone falling outside of that paradigm has a label slapped on them, and where possible, they are medicated with a goal of drawing them closer to the norm.  (I don't suppose there's really a medication for autism as such, though there certainly are medications for ADD/ADHD.)

    I just have to wonder (again, aside from truly morbid cases) what harm it would do, just to let eccentrics be themselves, and let their eccentricity lead them wherever it ends up leading them.  And one other thing that I see as significant, is the tendency to want to "medicate the boy out of boys", and make them these docile creatures who want to sit for hours and read books, get their lessons, IOW, to be more like girls, instead of being rambunctious, quick-witted youngsters who learn best in other ways.  Unless it would be in the lower grades, coeducation really isn't possible, boys and girls are just too different.  Pius XI warned of this in Divini illius magistri, but where do you see his teaching being followed anymore?
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