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Management Strategies DescriptionBehavior products, food and nutrition, food allergies and intolerances, medications, educational, cognitive therapy, family counseling and other more answers to the questions most frequently asked questions about ADD. Explanation for children and adolescents. Raising Confident, Capable cooperative children. . . . More>>
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Dr Daniel Amen discusses how the Amen Clinics can help diagnose and treat ADD, ADHD and learning problems. Please visit www.amenclinics.com for more information.
Apr
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This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni’s Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com. In this excerpt, Dr. Michael Breus shares on children and sleep disorders, including ADD and ADHD.
The Fountain of Youth World Summit with Dr. Michael Breus, the author of Good Night and Web MDs sleep expert.
Kevin: That’s incredible stuff. [Laughs] I’m saying “Wow!” to everything. It’s amazing. You don’t think about, you know, the effects that sleep have, and the benefits that they have, until you realize, you know, some of the things that are happening to people who are not getting enough sleep.
Dr. Breus: Oh, there’s no question about it. And here’s another area. Even if you’re not even, even if you’re not interested in your own health, Kevin – and I know that you and I both are – but even if some of [those may] say “Well, yeah, I sleep fine. It’s not that big a deal.”. Let’s talk about your children’s sleep for just a second here.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: Okay. Children, if there’s, this study blew me away. Twenty-five percent of the children who’re apparently diagnosed with ADD and ADHD are actually found to have a childhood sleep disorder.
Kevin: Twenty-five percent.
Dr. Breus: Twenty-five percent. Now what’s the normal, you know, treatment regiment for a kid who’s got ADD or ADHD?
Kevin: Ritalin.
Dr. Breus: Mm hmm. Ritalin is a stimulant and it prevents children from sleeping. So, here’s the problem. You stick a kid on Ritalin who really has a sleep disorder, now you’ve messed up their sleep even worse.
Kevin: Yeah.
Dr. Breus: Now you’ve got an even more vicious cycle. And think about kids who are sleepy. What do they do? I’ve got a five-year-old and a three-year-old. When my kids are sleepy, you know what they do? They don’t say “Daddy, I want to lie down and take a nap.” They get rambunctious.
Kevin: Yeah.
Dr. Breus: And they look like ADHD kids!
Kevin: [Laughs] Yeah.
Dr. Breus: Right?
Kevin: Right, right. [What does that...]
Dr. Breus: And so it’s very easy for the practitioner to not ask the question about sleep, as soon as the child [can have] ADHD and stick them on Ritalin.
Kevin: Yeah. Which…
Dr. Breus: And that’s, you know, I don’t have a problem with a lot of the pharmacologic treatments for ADHD. What I do have a problem with is misdiagnosis.
Kevin: Yeah.
Dr. Breus: So again it’s a big, big issue. I want to move on to a section that I call “Looking better with better sleep”.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: It’s not to be vain. But it is to say “We all want to feel good. We all want to look good. We all want to feel refreshed. We all want to be ready to meet the day.” And I want people to know and understand how sleep can affect, you know, all of those areas.
Kevin: [Yeah], this is about the Fountain of Youth too. You know, this is finding a youthful and lively appearance.
Dr. Breus: Mm.
Kevin: And energy. So, I mean this is right along the line.
Dr. Breus: Well good. Then let’s talk about it. ‘Cause what I call it is “Beauty Sleep”.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: And, you know, it’s not to be confused with “Sleeping Beauty”.
Kevin: [Laughs]
Dr. Breus: But, “Beauty Sleep” is really the time-out that your body requires to make cellular repairs. And deep sleep is when your skin actually repairs itself. [Now], when I talk about deep sleep, remember I’m talking about that “Delta Sleep”.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: That deep sleep, that Stage Three and Four sleep. That people all need to be aware of. This is the time when you have new growth of cells, you have a fortification of defenses against moisture-loss, and free-radical damage.
Kevin: Okay.
Dr. Breus: Okay. So, another big factor about being asleep, is – you’re out of the sun. So, you’re not getting any damaging UV rays while lying in bed, hopefully. So again, things to think about – we know that free-radical damage increases the ageing process. We know that moisture-loss can cause wrinkles, dry skin, [cerisis], all these other problems. And so allowing yourself to sleep, simply allows you to just build back all the damage that you’ve been doing to your skin and health during the day.
Kevin: Okay. Then moisture-loss, what do you mean by moisture-loss? Do you mean…
Dr. Breus: So, I mean everything from sweat, evaporation to intra-cellular moisture-loss.
Kevin: Okay, okay.
Dr. Breus: Okay. So we’re also talking about during “Beauty Sleep” or deep sleep an increase in protein production, which is the building blocks of cell growth and repair. So one of the things we know is during sleep, when your body is asleep, it allows your cells to increase proteins. What does that do? It allows for your rebuilding or re-strengthening of the cells. Okay, everything from muscles cells to skin cells. So, it’s not necessarily only about aesthetics, the beauty, but it’s also about the musculature. It’s about the exercise. It’s about having effective exercise, by being able to sleep effectively. Now one of the things that I talk about – and I joke about this – is that I call him Doctor GH appears in sleep. Dr GH stands for Dr Growth Hormone, or Human Growth Hormone.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: Now what’s interesting is during deep sleep or Stages Three and Four sleep is when you have the highest spike of Human Growth Hormone. Okay. Now, so what does that mean? Well, Growth Hormone is responsible for a lot of different areas of [development]. Everything from tissue repair, to [cellular] placement, to even [serve naps] like some brain function. Okay, so what are the areas that Growth Hormone affects most in the body? Well, we see that it revitalizes the immune system. So remember I was talking before about how some of those flu shots don’t work so well …
Kevin: Yeah.
Dr. Breus: When you are sleep deprived?
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: This is a direct relationship to Growth Hormone.
Kevin: Okay.
Dr. Breus: Alright. We talk about reducing the risks of [oxyo-perosis], okay, with more Growth Hormone. We talk about the restoration of skin elasticity. And there’s another area that people don’t know whole lot about that I’ve been doing significant amount of reading on which is called “The [Arteriole] Aging”. So what’s interesting is, just like every other part of our body, our artery have a tendency to age. That ageing process can be sped up or, in some cases, slowed down by the presence or absence of Growth Hormone.
Kevin: Okay.
Dr. Breus: Right. So if you deprive yourself of sleep and you are not getting enough Growth Hormone cause you’re not getting enough deep sleep, your arteries would be aging faster.
Kevin: Okay, and some of the negative effects of ageing arteries?
Dr. Breus: Well, you know, there’s a zillion of them.
Kevin: Yeah.
Dr. Breus: Let’s talk about just a couple. A big one is you’re going to have potentially an increase in blood pressure. What happens when you have increase in blood pressure? You have an increase in fluid retention, and that can lead to those big puffy bags underneath people’s eyes.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not like puffy eyes is the only thing I want to talk about here, because increased blood pressure [in another cell] is a huge factor.
Kevin: Sure.
Dr. Breus: Okay, it’s a huge factor for health. But when people turn to me and they say “You know, Micheal, how do I get rid of these bags under my eyes?” One of the first things I tell them is “Get some more sleep.”.
Kevin: Yeah.
Dr. Breus: Okay, now don’t get me wrong. If you look at your mother and you look at your grandmother, and everybody had these genetic bags under their eyes, well, then you may have it genetically too. And no amount of sleep may get rid of those.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: But if you notice that [these] have been coming on for, you know, quite some time, and you know that you’ve been sleep deprived and things like that, then yeah, that could be a big factor. Also people need to realize that the area right underneath your eye sometimes have small fat deposits in it. And sometimes that can lead to the bags under the eye. Those fat deposits are actually cushioning for your eyeball.
Kevin: Okay.
Dr. Breus: Okay. So, sometimes, that’s protective in nature. And we need to realize that sometimes that’s an okay thing.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: Another big factor from sleep deprivation and arterial ageing is the decrease in circulation.
Kevin: Okay.
Dr. Breus: Okay. So the blood isn’t moving as quickly because the arteries aren’t as efficient. Well, the thinnest piece of skin in your body is directly under your eye.
Kevin: That’s why it shows the most.
Dr. Breus: That’s right, gotcha. Raccoon eyes as they are better known.
Kevin: Mm hmm.
Dr. Breus: Okay. And also the decrease in circulation gives you a lifeless skin color. The reason people look healthy and vibrant is cause blood is flowing through their skin and they have rosy red cheeks. So, again, sleep deprivation affects, you know, multiple areas of how you look and feel.
Kevin: Dr Breus has some slides and we’re going to make some of these available. There’s actually pictures here. They’re just pretty telling about how the puffy eyes, the difference that you can see. So, we’ll make those available for everyone to take a look at.
Dr. Breus: Absolutely. The second area that I want to go into which still talks about the Fountain of Youth is weight gain. You know, we all struggle with this in different forms and fashions throughout our life. Sometimes it’s easy to lose weight. Sometimes it’s hard to lose weight. Sometimes when you go past thirty, or you go past forty, or you go past fifty, it may be easier or more difficult. Believe it or not, within the last two to three years, some stunning new research has come about. And this research has shown that sleep deprivation equals weight gain.
Kevin: Wow! Say it again? [Laughs]
Dr. Breus: Sleep deprivation equals weight gain.
Kevin: [Laughs] Remember the diets are going to work guys! [Laughs]
Dr. Breus: Well, here’s what I would say. I would say “Many of the diets would work if you get a good night’s rest.”.
Kevin: There you go. [Laughs]
To read the rest of this transcript as well as access The Fountain of Youth World Summit experts just like Dr. Michael Breus please click here! Kevin Gianni is an internationally recognized health advocate, author & film consultant. He has helped thousands of people take control of their own health naturally. For more information visit raw food diets and holistic nutrition.
Mar
20
Is there a difference between ADD and ADHD? ADD and ADHD disorders are usually lumped together as one disorder, the only difference being that ADD is sometimes used to distinguish those children who have the inattentive type while the hyper and impulsive kids usually get the ADHD label. In some of the older manuals used by doctors,ADD and ADHD disorders were one and the same thing.
If we are still using the ADD label or (ADHD Inattentive type) as it is most commonly called these days, these children frequently are spaced out and have a lot of problems in finishing a task and may flit from one task to another. These children are daydreaming types as well and often do not cause any behavior problems at school. It is for this reason that because they do not disturb the class, they are often neglected and never diagnosed at all with ADD ADHD disorder.
In many ways, the children with hyper and impulsive tendencies have more problems with behavior at home and at school because they are noisier and more intrusive in every sense. They often are diagnosed with a co -morbid disorder called OCD (obsessive Compulsive Disorder) or ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder). The ADHD Inattentive type child is more likely to suffer from co-existing conditions such as depression and anxiety.
As regards treatment for ADD and ADHD disorders, here are some facts for parents. Using psychostimulants is full of unknowns and there are lots of uncertainties about their efficacy and the long term effects. It is true that ADHD drugs can work in as many as 70% of cases. But when we say ‘work’, we should be cautious. Certainly these drugs are great at calming children down and helping them to get focused but the behavior problems will remain.
The drugs themselves such as Ritlain, Adderall and Cylert, to name the most popular ones, are quite powerful mind altering drugs. The most alarming thing is that nobody knows exactly how they work on the chemical neurotransmitters in the child’s brain. The drug companies are equally coy about their long term effects although Ritalin has been on the market now for over forty years and has been used extensively in treating ADD and ADHD disorders. So, where is the research? We should remember too that we are dealing here with amphetamines and they are still regarded as Class II substances so there are all sorts of problems there.
The above information is hard to find and many drug companies do not want to tell the full story about ADD and ADHD disorders. That is why thousands of parents are turning to homeopathic remedies which are gentler and will be equally effective in soothing and calming the child, although they too will certainly not solve any behavioural problems associated with ADD ADHD disorder. The best way of all is to opt for a homeopathic medication which combined with ADHD behavioral therapy will be the most effective in the long run. No pills of whatever kind will teach the child how to cope, socialise, manage tasks and generally grow up to be a well balanced adult.
Robert Locke is a Health enthusiast who specializes in Children’s Health. He has written extensively on ADHD. Discover what Natural ADHD treatment is available.
Mar
1
ADHD disorders affect both children and adults and can coexist with other related problems including depression, anxiety, emotional instability, insomnia, and substance abuse. For adults facing the many challenges of ADHD the problem likely began when they were in preschool or in the early years after elementary school. While the numbers are all over the map it is estimated that around 10% of school aged children suffer with ADHD disorders and boys are affected about three times as often as girls. Over half of school aged children with ADHD disorders will carry the condition into adulthood. As a result approximately one out of every twenty people you come in contact with has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
While adults with ADHD disorders face serious challenges, such as job stability, perhaps the biggest hurdles are faced by children with the condition. The fact that eight out of every ten children with the condition underachieves academically should be enough to raise some eyebrows. One problematic aspect of academic problems is that children with ADHD disorders often times struggle with the basic skills (reading, writing, and math) that will form the foundations for their future accomplishments.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder itself has three primary symptoms: inattention/distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity or restlessness. Problematic secondary symptoms commonly seen are anticipation of failure, hopelessness, boredom, loss of motivation, insomnia, low tolerance for frustration, and poor self esteem. As you see these symptoms are to academic performance as oil is to water, they simply don’t mix. It is important to point out that generally children with ADHD disorders are just as intelligent and try just as hard as their peers but the biological chemical imbalances at work in their brain simply cause them to think and look at things in a different way. No matter how hard they try they will not be able to control their behaviors or inability to focus on their own.
Most experts believe that to effectively treat ADHD disorders you need to not only deal with the psychological and social aspects of the symptoms but also but also the biological origins of the condition. In fact, most treatment approaches address the biological aspect of the condition first believing that without it psychological and social treatments are often less effective.
While prescription stimulant medications such as Ritalin and Adderall are widely prescribed they do come with a number of significant side effect risks leading many to seek other alternatives, including natural remedies for ADHD disorders. Whether you are worried about the side effects posed by prescription drugs for ADHD treatments or you want to get to the root of the problem rather than just suppress symptoms, ADHD alternative treatment methods will deliver powerful, lasting results. Rather than putting your child’s health at risk by giving them potent prescription drugs, try alternative ADHD therapy so you can help your child live a productive, symptom-free life safely and naturally.
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Jan
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When testing for adult ADD, a professional needs to get a comprehensive evaluation and assessment of behaviors that mimic problems associated with attention. Find out why a complete history is needed to test an individual for ADD with help from a licensed mental health counselor in this free video on adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Dec
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Common symptoms of attention deficit disorder, or ADD, include being easily distracted, being forgetful and having difficult staying on task. Find out how a person with ADD can have problems interrupting others with help from a licensed mental health counselor in this free video on attention deficit disorder.
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