30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 9C Avoid Treatments that we Know Do Not Work! 

Yeah that was very thoughtful, i would get distracted and have to keep going back if this was a 30 min video

Oh gawd yes!

Intolerances/allergies can mimic adhd symptoms. If symptoms go away, it’s a food intolerance not ADHD. If symptoms lessen, you have both. Dyes are common intolerances for people with ADHD

Im diagnosed and everyone thinks i have adhd except me

Medication doesn't work in the long term, many studies have been done and over the short term medication is brilliant but the brain adapts and produces less dopamine in response over time, and it is unclear if renormalization even occurs! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6j1xCJc2ZAA.html

Possibly new research since this lecture is 8+ years old now

Stop being so judgmental. Parents do what they believe is in their childs best interest. You don't know how hard these parents are working to make their childrens lives better. My child started on medication but it made his behavior worse, so we went down the dietary route and it has helped way more than the medication.

Don't worry, you're not judgemental. Some medications don't work on some children. By that point, alternative solutions may be needed, like therapy or adjustments in diet for some occasional cases. It doesn't change the fact that it's frustrating when parents refuse to consider medication on their children when they haven't even tried yet. It's also frustrating when parents forget that drugs for mental health rarely work at first dosage, and even after some time adjustments may be needed to change what kind of drug they're using or what dosage. And then they just pull out their kid from medications and/or treatment in general. And then put them on fad diets and unproven hoojoo because it's "natural" and "more effective", which then only works when you put controlled research out of the equation. Then I get mad.

​@@lee3171that's the problem, they are acting on belief, not reality.

Can be supplement for medication, but not likely to work on its own to improve functionality to above functional level for moderate or severe ADHD

Personally I found that it helped even without medication. but I got the best results when doing both.

A combination of both modern meds and CBT is currently recognized as the most successful treatment.

Don't know how others persist on CBT, but everytime I tried, I just persist for 1 week then got bored to that. Can never follow through any treatment or skills like using planners. Those are really really helpful skills and I initially loved them but I just cannot persist on them. Going to try medication and see if it will help me persist on using these helpful skills.

@@cad0420alice The right medication will help you. Sometimes finding the right medicine and the correct dosage for you takes a while (a balance of effectiveness vs side effects vs active duration) but makes the difference that will allow you to follow up and persist on training and therapy and build those skills over time. Make sure you work with a psychiatrist specializing in ADHD. Also find yourself a good coach specializing in ADHD for adults. Yes, coaching and not CBT is more recommended (especially in the early stages of therapy). You don't have to meet in person, even video calls are enough.

I think there has been more research done on EPA's and DHA since 2009 and we now know 1000mg to 2000mg a day can be very beneficial for treating depression, so it might also slightly work for adhd? I take it for my adhd-caused depression 🤣

There have been studies done on fish oil and it is helpful.

If anyone is wondering, there was an emergency call so they asked for a specific person to come to the reception.

I stand by what I said that these fad diets will do zilch for the ADHD of those who are living with ADHD. It's irresponsible to try fad diets or any other kinds of "treatments" without any medical basis and discontinuing other more reliable methods at the same time. However, if you are absolutely positive that it's this particular gluten-free diet that's helping your child and that he isn't responding to ADHD meds, maybe consider that it may not be ADHD, or at least, the ADHD symptoms are not caused by ADHD itself. Of course, I don't know your child so I can't properly diagnose him, but if it's the gluten that gives him symptoms, then perhaps there's a possibility that he has celiac or gluten sensitivity. There's a link between sensitivity to gluten that's linked to dysregulation of the executive functions and other symptoms like brain fog and the like that may mimic ADHD. However, I can't properly diagnose your child with limited information, so maybe it's best to see a specialist.

ketogenic works for me

Sure there can! I think these are pretty small research, there is so much more to that!