| Page 1 of 1 | 1 |
| Thread : TOP Adult ADD Tips | |
6 Feb 2008 @ 8:24 PM
|
|
|---|---|
| ADDAWAY |
Join Date:
Sun 6th Jan 2008
Threads: 10 Posts: 49 |
|
TOP Adult ADD Tips
Aside from medications, what are the top three or so tips that have personally helped you or your family in dealing with ADULT ADD? Just looking for short 1, 2, 3 recipes. No lengthy tomes as I'd like to be able to remember them. Behavioral ingredients would be great. A dash of humor would be better still. P.S. Perfect answers are not required . . . note my question's by no means perfect (the meds must be working!). |
|
16 Feb 2008 @ 8:47 AM
Reply #
1
|
|
|---|---|
| hyperfocusqueen |
Join Date:
Sat 19th Jan 2008
Threads: 1 Posts: 17 |
|
Cut out caffeine
Here, Addaway, I'll throw out one that will seem counter-intuitive, but maybe you already do this: cut out caffeine. Amen says to do this. He says caffeine limits blood flow to the brain. It's a "stimulant" in that it binds to receptor sites for some sort of hormone or whatever that allows blood vessels to open up, so they stay constricted (which is why caffeine often helps a headache) and then your body, sensing the DECREASED blood flow to the brain, goes into emergency mode, pumping out adrenaline, etc. So it isn't the caffeine that stimulates you so much as your body's reaction to what it does. Fascinating. I do find that, when I have caffeine (I love good coffees and teas), I feel initially up, then I get sleepy. When I have no caffeine, I'm steady as she goes. HFQ |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | 1 |
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Local Time : 5 Sep 2008 7:26 AM
(Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:26:44 GMT)
