Hello, severe adhd and continuing problems

user1

@peatqqq said:

@hcwilliams
Really unstable i have the same racing thoughts and anxiety

i eat 4-5 eggs for breakfast apple juice and a good amount of cheese

i snack with cookies and milk or nothing for lunch
and something like steak and potatoes for dinner

How much potato at dinner?

peatqqq

@user1 around 2

Korven

@peatqqq

How long have you eaten 4-5 eggs per day? Eggs maxxing can lead to excess acetylcholine and negative rumination

peatqqq

@Korven i used to eat 10 eggs a day 2 years ago now
for the last 2 ive been 4-5

Korven

@peatqqq Okay that's a lot of eggs. Do you have crazy vivid dreams as well?

You could try eating something else for breakfast for 1 week, like breakfast sausages. You should notice improvements quite quickly

LunaticRed

@peatqqq Try combination of memantine and atomoxetine, sustainable and healthy way to improve ability to focus and signal-to-noise ratio.

Insr

I have noticed some improvement to my brain symptoms from avoiding potatoes, omega-3 fish, and eggs, in order to keep acetylcholine down. (i do that on top of a diet low in free glutamate, which also helps me)

Potatoes contain solanine which is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and eggs contain lots of choline. Both therefore raise acetylcholine.

I also avoid liver because of choline but have not had the opportunity to confirm whether avoiding liver makes a difference. Avoiding the other foods I mentioned does seem to make a difference.

By the way, even when I was eating potatoes and eggs, I did not have vivid dreams, in fact I had and have an unusually low amount of dreaming.

hcwilliams

@LunaticRed said:

@peatqqq Try combination of memantine and atomoxetine, sustainable and healthy way to improve ability to focus and signal-to-noise ratio.

Ok woah. Let’s not start throwing chemicals at our body

@peatqqq i think your diet could be better man. How much of ray peat have you read? For someone in your situation I don’t think cookies for example is a great idea

lobotomize

@peatqqq you got too much acetylcholine lay off the eggs and deep cut potatoes as solanine prevebts acetylcholine breakdown

16characterstwas

@peatqqq maybe switch the Apple juice for orange juice if it appeals to you. Ray Peat used to caution about mold in (store bought) apple juice.
And mold can cause or exacerbate all kinds of symptoms/conditions.
I guess if you can juice the apples yourself you'd know that won't be a problem.