Interventions for ADHD
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@Serotoninskeptic said:
He also gets jitters and anxiety from coffee which leads me to believe its a nutrient deficiency or thyroid issue. Any advice is appreciated.
He also reported getting cold extremities after drinking the coffee. This leads me to believe cortisol and/or adrenaline are chronically elevated.
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@Serotoninskeptic said in Interventions for ADHD:
He doesn't seem to have any interest in nutrition and would prefer a pill/med to cure his problems. He wanted something with instant effects like he gets with smoking marijuana. Not sure if thats realistic though as a lot of these substances have mild or accumulative effects.
To get him to start making behavioural/sense distinctions and making some memories to that effect, you could capsulate some salt for him and go from there. Or get preformed 'salt pills'.
Just give him some shit (humour, british humour) so he's actually paying attention to himself. And doesn't continue sabotaging the upside. Salt alone will help him retain all other structure, and stop dissolving himself. Other substances become more potent in their effect too.
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@Serotoninskeptic said in Interventions for ADHD:
I call him often and am always checking up on him, visit on the weekends and such. He's dealt with depression and anxiety for years and usually comes to me because I used to struggle with the same things and got better myself. Over the summer we had a devastating breakup with his girlfriend of two years and has been really down ever since.
Ok thank you. And you're a good guy serotoninskeptic! Inevitably this forms part of what's going on with him. As he walks in to this other stuff, there may be some pain in the woodwork. Talk it through...
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@CrumblingCookie Since he was little hes always had a tendency towards craving sweets actually. Ice cream, soda, OJ, gummy bears etc. Made sure he put lots of sugar in his coffee but it didnt seem to help with the stress reaction.
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Until someone figures out their issue with fructose properly, that's an edge case protocol.
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@ThinPicking Yea its great talking to him and I care a lot about his wellbeing. I try my hardest to help just through conversation and he does see a therapist also (been seeing for 2-3 years) but it doesn't seem to help much these days. I wish he would go for dietary changes first but its hard to convince people just how important nutrition is for proper functioning.I dont think he would really follow through with my dietary recommendations which is why I originally asked about supplementation.
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Our biggest frustration in this community eh. They're in my life too.
So dump salt caps/pills, taurine, gaba, thianine, and maybe maybe maybe allop and/or baclofen on his doorstep and keep talking. Ease him off the water and in to more of the sugar/protein. Get him drinking OJ with a pinch of salt and a bit of added sugar if he likes it. Same with milk. etc. etc.
Maybe he has the self sustaining attention of a hawk in 3 months flat.
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@ThinPicking Yep can be frustrating but I try to be very patient and understanding.
Any idea on proper dosing for theanine and taurine etc? In order to feel the GABAergic effects -
I'm thin picking this from thin air because I rarely take things and only very low doses these days. But for someone who's been prone to guzzling water I'd take a gram of taurine 3 times a day, and thianine can feel really odd above the normally marketed 250mg dose, so just that.
Baclofen is a blunt instrument so I have to say 5mg twice a day to stay in good conscience. GABA itself I've never tried, but I might soon just to have fun with it. There's a very old packet somewhere I never used.
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@ThinPicking Okay thanks so much for the advice. Means a lot
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@ThinPicking Also just realized red bull is loaded with taurine and he loves red bull. He said it doesnt help so much with the anxiety/focus aspect. But makes him more alert and awake. I wonder if its the combination of caffeine and taurine which he craves
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The b vits and sugar too, probably. It's also just a high tonicity fluid. Easier to assimilate.
But he's still lacking salt by the sounds of it and suffering for it later. If he added a pinch to coffee he'd probably be fine with it. And with more salty 'solids' and a bit of willful restriction, he'd stop swinging between extremes, cooking on stress and struggling to pay attention at will.
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maybe a vacation to the tropics
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Very funny sneedy.
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Have you considered NAC?
NAC for ADHD: A Comprehensive Guide to N-Acetylcysteine as a Potential Treatment
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