High ambition and ADHD diagnosis?

[integration journey]

Is anyone here ADHD diagnosed? 
I just got my diagnosis and was wondering how you cope with it? 

[Carl-Richard]

Diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (and the ICD) are fundamentally statistical constructs. If you have five apples in the basket, you don't have it. If you have seven, you have it.

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[integration journey]

52 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (and the ICD) are fundamentally statistical constructs. If you have five apples in the basket, you don't have it. If you have seven, you have it.

Dude it interfered with my school work and quality of life. Tell me everything is a statistical construct at this point. 
looking for real advice

[Leo Gura]

Don't they have meds for this?

I would test out whatever meds are available. That would be your first step.

If I remember correctly, Destiny had success with meds for his recent ADHD diagnosis.

I also recommend you research and purchase some books on ADHD. So you understand your situation and your options. Solid education is the first step.

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[Carl-Richard]

22 minutes ago, integration journey said:

Dude it interfered with my school work and quality of life. Tell me everything is a statistical construct at this point. 
looking for real advice

You weren't very specific about what kind of advice you wanted.

[Carl-Richard]

28 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Don't they have meds for this?

I would test out whatever meds are available. That would be your first step.

If I remember correctly, Destiny had success with meds for his recent ADHD diagnosis.

I also recommend you research and purchase some books on ADHD. So you understand your situation and your options. Solid education is the first step.

I've now seen schizophrenia being treated with diet, so it only doubles down on my notion that you should try to adapt your diet before doing any pharmacological interventions (unless you currently belong strapped to a bed in a hospital). I have a friend who is the most picky eater ever and he jumped on ADHD meds before I could tell him. Optimizing anti-inflammatories, fibers, macros, micros, maybe trying keto.

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[Leo Gura]

@Carl-Richard I doubt diet will change much.

@integration journey You should look for a functional medicine doctor who specializes in ADHD treatment. He will present you with your options.

Don't use a regular doctor. Find an experienced specialist with a track record and good reviews.

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[Carl-Richard]

19 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

@Carl-Richard I doubt diet will change much.

I will bet I could score an ADHD diagnosis if I were to eat 90% of my calories in carbs (and not eating any fruit or greens), perhaps especially from wheat and refined sugars.

[Leo Gura]

Y'all here are some delicate snowflakes. You miss one kombucha and you be on the floor in a seizure

Meanwhile, the Hispanic mowing your lawn is eating tacos with rat meat from the sewer, yet strong as a stallion.

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[Opulence]

3 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

I will bet I could score an ADHD diagnosis if I were to eat 90% of my calories in carbs (and not eating any fruit or greens), perhaps especially from wheat and refined sugars.

ADHD is a core problem. Nothing to do with diet neither does diet fix it.

 

[Carl-Richard]

8 minutes ago, Opulence said:

ADHD is a core problem. Nothing to do with diet neither does diet fix it.

My friend who hopped on ADHD meds was into intermittent fasting. I watched him break fast with a fucking candy hamburger (a type of gummy candy) and a tiny chocolate Müsli bar. And then he asked me why he felt like shit 30 minutes later.

Diet impacts everything, certainly psychological states.

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[Opulence]

5 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

My friend who hopped on ADHD meds was into intermittent fasting. I watched him break fast with a fucking candy hamburger (a type of gummy candy) and a tiny chocolate Müsli bar. And then he asked me why he felt like shit 30 minutes later.

Diet impacts everything, certainly psychological states.

But a complex problem like ADHD cannot be fixed by diet. Diet might bring little influence but that's it.

[caspex]

Check out Dr. K on Puer Aeternus 

[Carl-Richard]

2 minutes ago, Opulence said:

But a complex problem like ADHD cannot be fixed by diet. Diet might bring little influence but that's it.

Do you think if you fast for 18 hours and then eat a gummy candy and a chocolate Müsli bar that you will have trouble focusing or not?

ADHD meds are dopaminergic (usually reuptake antagonists). Zinc is a dopamine reuptake antagonist. B-vitamins, vitamin D are involved in dopamine function and synthesis. Protein sources (L-tyrosine, L-phenylalanine) give you the precursors for synthesizing dopamine in your brain. Eating inflammatory foods (e.g. rich in glucose, low in fiber, low in anti-inflammatory compounds) inhibits dopamine synthesis and functioning.