Natural Ways to Help ADHD | Dr. Daniel Amen 

- High protein, low simple carb diet - exercise - magnesium - theanine - l-tyrosine - rhodiola - ashwaganda - love

ADHD people are often late, unemployed, own their own business, entrepreneur, risk takers, gamblers, and outside the box thinkers.

I wanna study but my ADHD doesn't let me, cant even focus on basic maths equations

I've done all this. My problem is about 3-6 months in I go back to my old habits. I quit exercising, eat worse, forget my vitamins/supplements like magnesium once and I might get back on track for a couple days and then I quit those too. I don't mean to I get caught up in life with 2 small children and I get distracted so easily even when following everything you said. I just cant stick to it.

i just recently got diagnosed with adhd and was job hopping for 2 years and could never hold a job. but now that i got one i love life has been great

That ending was powerful! “Because love is a stimulant drug”

How can I love a job? I don't like going to work, I don't like work, just imagining the work I don't like it😂😂

Being in the Job you LOVE! Exactly

Wow! That last bit was really a paradigm shift for me. People in this World mostly lack... LOVE! - the ultimate remedy! ❤️

Journaling! Brain dump the start and end of every day for 10-20 minutes is all it takes. Jotting down notes or anxieties so you get them out of your system. It’s an exercise in itself. Muscle memory as fingers forming unique individual letters - like doing it by hand - increases muscle memory and can help decrease anxiety. Plus if you carry a small one or a notes pad on your phone - you can capture great ideas on the fly. It’s a meditation in itself: handwriting. It can focus the conscious while you let your subconscious relax. Output over input. Try turning down the volume of the inputs in your brain by turning up the heat on the outputs. Shine your light outputting more than you take in or constantly rebalance that with working out or taking frequent walks or skiing or water sports or pickleball or fun with friends. Novelty. Meet a challenge together.

Many people with ADHD have low B12, vitamin D and iron due to poor absorption from SIBO and leaky gut. Also mast cell activation, low level brain inflammation and high histamine (which all lower dopamine), which can be helped by healing the gut and taking natural mast cell stabilisers like curcumin. High protein will help with lower levels of neurotransmitters, exercise increases blood flow to the prefrontal cortex and avoiding refined carbs will prevent blood sugar spikes and crashes which add to mood and focus issues. It makes sense since ADHD meds like adderall and Ritalin increase dopamine in the brain which is needed for proper blood flow to the prefrontal cortex

wow this video was surprisingly so impactful for me haha just got diagnosed with adhd and im finally going back to school to be an artist full time, hes definitely right about love. 💗

I want to be a doctor and have adhd. Passion is very important. I find that I can study medical knowledge and science 12-16 hours a day because of hyper focus due to being in love with it. I can’t do it in other things. It’s like all my skill points were spent on my passion. Perseveration is so beneficial that I wouldn’t trade my adhd.

My integrative medicine doctor suggested I do B12 for my ADD. I feel it works really well.

that last part is so important. the job i’ve been volunteering & now working at for like 10 years is honestly the best job for me, my symptoms are actually useful and make it easier for me, i’m always excited to do work. overall just the best environment for me. most other things and jobs i just don’t succeed at because they don’t interest me enough, and do not make good environments for my symptoms.

I have had a lot of jobs but the one i love the most is cleaning. I keep coming back to it. Ive had to accept the stigma, the people thinking im less than them (kinda used to that anyways...). Also, I study psychology as a hobby because its so interesting AND beneficial to my daily life. Im kinda obsessed with learning how the human brain works. But once big words get thrown in, im all 😵‍💫

This just caused a lightbulb moment for me when you said “Love is a stimulant drug.” I am on the spectrum and have ADHD and I constantly find myself falling in love and being in relationships. I think I must have been doing this subconsciously to self medicate!

Love that CasualViewer typed the list. Thank you.

OMG I wasn't expecting the ending. This speaks so perfectly. I am in a limbo trying to figure out what I truly want to do for a career and refuse to be in a job I don't enjoy, but of course, I have so many interests. I do have ADHD and I didn't know that that could be something that triggers or...IDK the word I'm looking for. Anyway, it does something and I've always had a feeling.

Yes so true. My son has ADD and is now doing really well because he is now studying what he loves in college❤

Ashwaghnda is reallyyy good so glad it’s on the list ☺️🙌🏾 we all need love ❤️

I thought this was gunna be hokey, but it turned out to be really true

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Love and adhd isn't that a message, AMEN!!!!

I agree with the last part. I became a teacher somewhat by chance and turns out it's the best thing for my brain. After a few hours of teaching, I'm feeling more alive than ever. Problem is ADHD often interferes with the admin part of the job, and also it can be hard when too many people in the classroom want my attention... Still, I love the job and never thought I would say that about any job, especially teaching!

I love things until I don’t love them … I don’t think I’ve ever loved anything as much as doing whatever I want with my day

Ive always been a supplement health freak and im also extemely ADD. Its crazy that everything he mentioned I've started to naturally take.

Dont settle for one approach. I treat my adhd with methylphenidate, diet and exercise. And to be very clear, i would nit be able to study what i love without the stimulant drug.

Love you, Dr Amen!

This is the hard truth right here. He is just spitting facts.

“Job I love” been looking for many years. 😆

I study engineering because I love math (also what my parentswanted). I peform terribly on other subjects. This is the last semester we are taking math as a subject and I still have 2 years left 😭. I just got diagnosed 6 months ago.

L-Theanine possibly… 5-HTP also! But I was taking those for what I thought was generalized anxiety… when i forgot for 10+ years that I had been diagnosed with ADHD all throughout my childhood 😅

The most important thing: meditation

Youre right about Love I've felt the effects of it briefly, and I have ADHD. It's all healing...As long as you are recieving it.

I tried all of that combined for a year. Healthly diet, lots of sports (5 times a week), vitamins and I do a quite entertaining job. Still not able to concentrate and I am very inefficient in basic tasks, forgetting stuff etc. I hope that medication will somehow fix me up a little.

I don’t have adhd but I do have anxiety. Ashwaghanda made me lose a lot of hair so I switched to mg glycinate and I love it! I already exercise, eat healthy, ,Edit ate and all that.

I love this ❤ its true if you find a job that you are interested in even if its hard you will stick with it 😊

I love Dr. Amen!!! He helped me soooo much! I can't afford to go to his clinic but just listening to him online and reading his books it's been extremely helpful!! Thank you Dr. Amen

So wise words about job❤ Totally agree. I love writing and this is only thing that keeps me alive and bring joy over the years. Only thing that keeps my attention enough to study new and useful things about writing. I'm not professional writer, but I'm working on it😊

I've noticed i can have laser focus on reading and waa diagnosed in the early 90s but thought the dr was crazy, at 44 im beginning to understand and pick up my peices, not taking my diagnosis seriously cost me almost everything. Thank you Sir may this bless many 🙏

I want to be a full time artist, but as i need money to pay my bills now, i don't have the time nor energy to pursue that ambition on the side, and therefor i am stuck with a job that is driving me both crazy and soulless by the day. My dream has become a hobby while my health is declining. As advised by my neurologist, i need 10-12 hours of sleep per night because i run out of energy real fast and use a lot of time to recharge. It gets depressing real fast when i keep that sleep schedule as that makes my life into a literal work-sleep-work-sleep nightmare. I'm often lacking in sleep cause i want a life. I ofc need a good and helpful diet as well, but my adhd gives me no dopamine from food, often half way through my meal which i could be very much enjoying, it becomes the most horrible food i've ever put in my mouth, leaving me to stop eating. It's like i repulsively grow bored with it. Doesn't help that i completely forget to eat most days because i'm too focused on what ever i'm doing while leaving my body to adapt to ignoring hunger signs. I'm also not able to eat big meals when i'm stressed, too focused, or anxious. Which my job is an expert at making me feel for 8 hours while having me walk on average 13-16k steps a day. I barely eat anything on work days, and on those few days off i desperately try to do art and proceeds to ignore all hunger signs as i'm too busy with my art. I recently bought a blender to make high calorie shakes, so i'm hoping that will help a bit. I have a very fast metabolism, as in, my doctor actually had me do some extreme food intake tests to check. I'm slightly underweight because of all of this combines and i therefor am not allowed any adhd meds. It doesn't feel good having the people around me look at my underweight body absolutely wondering if i have an eating disorder. I don't. If anything, i got disordered eating. If only i could just teleport all the food i need into my stomach. I want do gain weight so i can take my meds. It's just really difficult when your brain is working against you just because it can't find a damn dopamine hit in it. Guess i'll try magnesium next.

heres what i need to stay sane -protein -copius amounts of fruits -mamas beutiful pasta -papas morning fries - 10 mg medikinet -lots of love -something to keep my mind off things (stress toys, drawing, fidgets) -when im doing something important make sure i get a closed enviroment so i can concentrate as much as possible

TY Dr.

Thank you!🌻

Doctor you murdered me with that last tip 😵‍💫 critical hit fr hahaha

❤ THANK U I love your posts

I tried stimulants and they made me anxious and dull. I was a zombie. I’m curious about non stimulants. What are your thoughts on Strattera, Qelbree and Guanfacine?

Doesn't help much. Neurofeedback is best from my experience. I do agree with doing what you love. Being depressed with a poor routine and without training really doesn't help.

Love Dr Amen! He's been sharing, informing and teaching us on PBS forever! Nice to see you doc!!

Amen, Dr. Amen!!! Idk if it’s the ADD (ADHD) or if it’s my adrenal fatigue, but in addition to the rhodiola & ashwaghanda, I also take a wonderful adaptogen. Also, your info here reminded me that I’ve been forgetting to get my pantothenic acid (B5) in recent months. Maybe that’s why I haven’t felt “whole” or “more whole.” It’s almost impossible to find locally, so I order online, & it’s great! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 🤗

Absolutely! Need to love your work!

Thanks ! ❤ Good advice

I love this.

Thanks dr

Love work! It's a drug for us with ADHD)) You are a cool doctor!

❤ thank you! I absolutely love, "Love is a stimulant drug!"♥️

Your right doc

Dr. Amen could you do a series on gut to brain health for ADHD in adults? If anyone has some useful links to share I’d appreciate it!

Love... As someone with ADD, I learned how I effortlessly learned the language my fiance spoke, because I learned in a way that was sourced in love.

Wow, what a wise man. Really enjoyed the end

Since my Mother passed away from CJD she was gone in 6 months .I look at the brain differently now .Everything you are saying is exactly what I thought !! Look at the brain first and everything else falls in line .Would love to talk ❤

Thank you Dr. Amen this really helped me a lot

you won me.!!! you said the right stuff!! you are the best dr.

This was the advice I was looking for. ❤️ thank you

Thanks 🙏

God i love this❤

while some people might say these things won’t make a real difference, i can say after adding these things to my daily routine for 1 year i saw a major difference. I’m not medicated and eating more proteins and being more physically active (as well as getting enough sleep!!) gave me so much natural energy i rarely needed caffeine

Awesome ❤ Praise the Lord ❤

Hardy micronutrients have helped my teenager a lot. And I didn't tell her they were for add to avoid the placebo effect, told her they're just vitamins

the thing that I don't know what I love...

Acabo de descubrir a este psiquiatra, que suerte tengo de entender Inglés, tiene tanto en común con Frank Suárez y la psiquiatra Marian Rojas, gracias boor tan valiosa información, brinda esperanza.

His point is valid. ive been around decades enough to look back and see that ADHD yucky shit was absent for long periods(unaware adhd) There is no Constancy! Dependent on love,marriage,work i enjoyed,parenting. My circumstance changed it all up !! But always did the talks waaay too much. Can't fake the feel goods.

It took me a long time to figure out a job that wouldn't just be a hyperfixiation for me. I had a lot of talents and everyone always told me I should persue something I was really good at. But those talents never lead me to something I wanted to do. It wouldn't know until I worked for a forestry program. I spent the day cutting the heads off some invasive plants. I was in nature all day, learning about this wetland that was restored. I wanted to restore ecosystems like they did. But for some reason I had to find the job title, Ecosystem Restoration Ecologist, in a random youtube comment because Google refused to show what I was asking for.

So right

Thanks

I love your thinking Mr.

I love the two last pieces of advice ❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you!!!

My brain is always busy once I stop exercising, I like exercise that’s fun and competitive.

Yes, and SLEEP. The deceptively simple but hardest thing to do consistently

❤❤ thanks for sharing this with me.

SO TRUE. Great advice.

I actually agree with him

Holy sht. The loving the job part really hit me. I think I have ADHD but never got diagnosed for it. I survived so far because I loved my job. But recently, it's become a chore and suddenly, a lot of symptoms started manifesting rapidly.

All of the jobs I love take more than couple months of studying to get into, which is IMPOSSIBLE

I just found out that I have ADHD and the truth is for most of my adult life. I have been doing what I love as a career and hacking my ADHD without knowing it. When I stopped working bc of a traumatic experience, my symptoms became extremely severe.

The best thing for add is a job that you love

Thank you

Solid tip!

It makes sense that my ADHD symptoms are really bad. My job sucks the joy out of me. All of my mental energy is drained at the end of the day.

So good! ❤

Das ist der neue Sound mit Jesus im Zentrum. Es ist einfach eine große Freude Jesus mit Musik anzubeten

You last name is Perfect 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Love is a stimulant drug! That part!

I'm not buying supplements but I'm not working on nothing that I don't love. Well said Doc

love this video, thank you

At a job I love and have symptoms… emotional dis regulation- snappy- not able to use my words effectively to stay in good standing, complaints of me being too honest or blunt… it just rolls out and is the truth and I don’t see it as worth being fired when it’s obvious facts I’m saying. Still love my career but could be hard after being fired over a billion times for the same thing…why? We have no hindsight or foresight!! We forget what happened the last time and don’t think of consequences for saying or doing things again… it’s an impulse. These symptoms cause the depression because we can’t seem to stop this same train for derailing a million times. How do we secure our future and reach our goals? If we can stay the task and forget our goals and forget the behaviors we wrote down to do to reach the goal and we find our list of things to do and have to behave and then forget why we are doing all of that…. Hey!! It’s to reach some goal….🤔 now what goal was that? We have a million!!

Golden words

Love the last supplement