Natural ADHD Treatment
Posted By Vic on October 23, 2010
ADHD cannot be isolated from the other areas of our lives. Health and lifestyle choices are central to finding solutions and cures for attention deficit.
ADHD (as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is defined by a set of behavior patterns. A behavior is not a disorder, but can be a symptom. Symptoms are not disorders themselves, but are indications and guides to understanding, coping with or overcoming the underlying disorders. If you or your child, for example, has hyperthyroidism, s/he does not have ADHD, but symptoms caused by hyperthyroidism.
If we look at this condition as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder it seems quite negative. On the other hand we can look at the positive sides, the flipside of the coin. Then we see another picture.
People with ADHD if they are not constantly criticized and put down, but given an opportunity to develop their qualities, they tend to show:
- Enthusiasm
- Creativity
- Intuitiveness
- Empathy
- High energy
- An ability to hyperfocus
It comes as a surprise to many that the attention deficit person can hyperfocus in a way an average person is not able to. I have adult Attention Deficit Disorder, I did not think I had it before I was diagnosed because I can hyperfocus when I am busy with some project that fascinates me and I am left undisturbed. I get 100% absorbed by my task and become oblivious of the world around in that “zone.” This is the opposite of attention deficit.
My attention deficit comes to the fore when I have to do something boring an average person can manage easily. It is not laziness. It is an inability to concentrate on, focus on, or be on task, with something boring.
The ADD/ADHD mind is quite frankly boredom intolerant. We ADDers have to use our ingenuity and creativity to find coping strategies which work for us personally, so that we are able to carry out those boring tasks that we cannot delegate.
Then we need brain food as well. We tend to use up certain nutrients faster than the average folk out there.
The one I have found to be best, like superfood are:
- Attend (for attention difficulties)
- Memorex (for memory and clear thinking)
- Extress (for natural stress relief)
- Magnesium and Vitamin B6 supplements e.g. ZMA from NOW is ideal as it contains these elements and vitamin in the right quantities for attention deficit and hyperactivity
These products have been scientifically tested and proved as effective as the stimulants, but without side effects, they work 24/7, and do not disturb sleep. After all they are food (nutrients).
