Insomnia and sleep deprevation can intensify ADD and ADHD symptoms, such as:  Difficulty concentrating, Irritability, Daytime sleepiness, Feeling grouchy, Feeling  anxious, Unable to get things done during the day, More accidents, Feelings of depression, Racing mind, General fatigue, Drowsiness, and Mood alterations just to name a few.

Lets look at some ways that food and liquids that can improve or actually worsen sleep.

Milk once thought of as being great for sleep was found to actually disturb sleep.  Author David Zinczenko, of Eat This, Not That, suggests that the protein in milk boosts alertness and the fat in milk slows down the digestive system making sleep more fitful.

Of course, knowing you have to go to sleep, and “trying” to go to sleep is always more difficult.

There are some foods that produce feel-good relation chemicals, calming down your nerves and slowing down your racing brain.

Nonfat popcorn half an hour before bedtime works nicely.  The carbs make your body create serotonin, a neurochemical that makes you feel relaxed.  Skipping the butter helps keep the digestion process at optimal levels so that you have a restful sleep.

Oatmeal with sliced bananas is rich with melatonin. Melatonin is the hormone that helps us sleep.  Stress or excitement disrupts the release of melatonin.

Plain yogurt with a handful of mixed nuts reduces the feelings of anxiety.  Scientists did a study of two amino acids, lysine and arginine.  They discovered that people giving a speech where half as nervous when they had took lysine and arginine.  Yogurt is a good source of lysine and nuts are a good source for arginine.  Be aware that lysine and arginine produce alertness, so eat them a few hours before bed, or during the day.

Tryptophan is a sleep-inducing amino acid. As a teenager, I used to eat bags of shelled sesame seeds.  Who knew it could be good for you.  It turns out that, sesame seeds are a great natural source of tryptophan, which will help you relax.

Ever wonder why they give you a handful of pretzels on the plane, its to make you tired.  Pretzels are a low-fat source of carbohydrates, which make you feel sleepy.

Doctors did a study to determine which was more effective a glass of wine or sedatives (i.e., ambien), the wine ½ to 1 glass of wine was found to be most effective.  It turns out that a glass of wine does take the edge off.  A study done by the University of Toronto found that one alcoholic drink relaxed a person’s blood vessels, while two drinks did the opposite (so limit your intake).  Blood vessels that are relaxed means lower blood pressure, slower heart rate and a greater ability to relax.

When is the last time you thought of Cherry juice as something to drink?  It turns out that Cherry juice increases serotonin, which will relax you.  A 4 oz glass of unsweetened cherry juice about an hour before bedtime will help you go to sleep.

Lastely, lets look at stress relief in general.  A study at the University of Alabama showed that vitamin C twice a day nearly stopped the secretion of cortisol, a hormone released in your body when you are stressed.  The food with the most vitamin C is Red Bell peppers.

In the US, methylphenidate also comes as: Ritalin, Ritalin LA, Concerta, Metadate CD, Focalin, Focalin XR, Daytrana, Methylin and others.

The common side effects of methylphenidate products include: decreased appetite, insomnia, worsening of tics, approx. 2% risk of slowing growth. There are rare concerns of agitation, mood symptoms, etc. [Note: This post is for educational purposes only - speak to your Doctor about side effects in detail.]

This large study – observed 214,417 ADHD patients taking medication, and 965,668 control kids – not taking ADHD medications. They were observed over a period of 135 days for ADHD medication users, and 609 days in non-users. The specific outcomes which were being observed included sudden cardiac death, myocardial infarction (a ‘heart attack’), stroke, and cardiac arrhythmias (i.e. irregular heartbeats).

During the observational period – the rate of these events were very low in both groups.  In the group taking ADHD medication, there were 28 deaths (incidence 1.79 per 10,000 person-years) and 607 deaths in the control group (incidence 3.00 per 10,000 person-years). There were no validated cases of MI (heart attack) or stroke in the medication group and 11 cases in the group which wasn’t on medication.

This research supports previous studies which showed that kids and teens taking ADHD medications are NOT at increased risk for cardiac death. The sad reality is that there will be a small number of kids/teens who pass away from cardiac issues (i.e. a heart problem that no one knew about), and ADHD medications do not seem to worsen that rate.

There is still a warning on ADHD medications – for individuals with structural heart abnormalities (i.e. ‘holes’ in the heart like an ASD or VSD), arrhythmias, or adults with unstable coronary artery disease. If you are concerned about this – by all means talk to the doctor, and a specialist if needed as well (like a cardiologist, or pediatric cardiologist).

This study, hopefully, will help reassure some people with ADD/ADHD who are concerned about this very serious side effect.

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There is such joy in being able to hear patients say that “My life is really good Doc, I’m getting A’ and B’s in college now, my parents and I are getting along well and I actually got a part time job and my life is pretty great!”.  Those are the things that make my job worthwhile as psychologist who specializes in ADHD.

All of this because we were able to see what so many previous psychiatrists had failed to notice.  Instead of just looking at the depression and anxiety that were on the surface, we did a comprehensive evaluation and found out that this young man was struggling with Inattentive ADHD.  He was depressed because of all of the things he just couldn’t seem to accomplish in his life.  He was anxious only because he felt something was different about him, and he thought he would never get ahead in his life.  It was hard for me to remember that this was the same person who only a few short months ago was shy, uncertain,  and was really struggling to be successful.  Now thanks to medication, a little ADHD therapy, and a few coaching sessions with his parents, his feelings of discouragement and hopelessness were now nothing more than distant memories.

He, like so many other of our ADHD clients, is excelling in his college courses, noting that for the first time he could actually focus in and comprehend what his professors were lecturing about.

Now, instead of anger and resentment at home, he and his parents talk about the miracle of what this treatment has done to bring peace and cooperation to the family, good grades in college, and most of all he is confident and motivated to be the person he had always wanted to be.

Many times, the child’s ADHD-related problems cause ongoing problems in the parent-child relationship. These seemingly never ending or inconsistent problems create the foundation for an unhappy, guilt-ridden relationship between the child, parents (and siblings) that very often continues well into adulthood and beyond.  Many marriages can be strained to capacity especially if parents disagree in their belief in ADHD as well as their approach to dealing with it.

Frustrated parents come to see their kids as ”all-or-nothing” children who have difficulty calming themselves.  There is a vexing emotional rigidity and reactivity that is present in many ADHD kids that startles and destabilizes families’ attempts to encourage rules, order and predictability.  Attempts at discipline seem to never have much impact on correcting the situation. It seems as if ADHD kids, “just can’t learn” from their mistakes.

Well meaning family members often criticize both the child (for being bad) and the parents (for being ineffective).  This only creates more tension and stress between the parents and their child. These criticisms from family, teachers, and peers also play a powerful role in a child’s development of their own self-concept.  Negative messages that if they “would just listen and try harder” which were learned in youth continue on throughout adult life. As adults they often do not seek treatment or help for their ADHD due largely to the belief that they are lazy and if they would “just try harder” they could and would be more successful in life.

In an attempt to regain control of the situation, parents of kids with ADHD resort often turn to yelling, long winded criticisms as well as punishment after punishment only to find that it seems like nothing works! What does work is short, situation specific identification of what the person did, what did not happen, and what to do now and how this can be made to more successful in the future.

A good rule of thumb is the fewer words the better. Working memory is very limited in people with ADHD.  Lengthy and historic recounts of disappointments simply don’t stick in the ADHD memory. What typically results is your ADHD child saying things like “I got it already”, “Your not helping, your making it worse”, “Shut up, you always get this way”.  That usually means that the parent is using too many words and the kid is now lost and mad.

Compounding the problems is the fact that most children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are exquisitely sensitive to any feedback or criticism from others. People with ADHD seem to be able to “dish it out” if you will, but are deeply injured when it is their turn to “take it”.  This begins a cycle of outbursts toward others seemingly without regard, and an inability to defend against the pain of incoming criticism.

Complicating things even more is the fact that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is genetically transmitted from one generation to the next.  Often, we find an ADHD child being raised by an undiagnosed and untreated ADHD parent. A parent who has a very limited understanding of why the child is having problems, and is not able to provide the consistency and structure the child requires to be successful.

Both the undiagnosed ADHD parent and the diagnosed ADHD child have low frustration tolerance, so both seem to easily “fall apart”, dissolving into tears.  Both are emotionally reactive when either does not get their way immediately.   Parents who were never diagnosed or recognized as having had ADHD as children, often have no idea what is needed to soothe their child as they themselves never received such care.

Raising children and knowing what to do is a full time job, one that does not come with a set of instructions. There are always going to be times when as parents you question if you are doing the right thing, and if you are making the best choices for you, your partner and your family.

Remember that children come to view themselves as others see them. If ADHD kids are told over and over “you could do so well, if you would only try harder and apply yourself” they grow up believing that they are “worthless because they cannot control their behavior.”  If you want to help your ADHD child be the best they can be, tell them what they do right, what they do better than anyone else. ADHD kids will only raise to the level that others see them. If you see your child as broken and hopeless, then you will probably get an adult who still does not know what to do with themselves or their life.

Here are a few simple things you can do to help your ADHD child be the best that they can be:

1. Acknowledge that much of your child’s misbehavior is the result of an imbalance of neurochemicals in their brain, not because they are bad kids.

2. Get the best help you can find. ADHD is a complex disorder and you will need lots of support, insight and education if you are going to be successful in helping your child manage and succeed with their ADHD.

3. Pick your battles carefully. ADHD kids can be emotional and are often quick to respond.  By deciding ahead of time that your child is going to need to be and do things differently, you can adjust your mindset to allow for differences.

There are things you can do right now as the parent of an ADHD child that will make this journey much easier:

1.   Connect with a support system of other ADHD parents. There are support groups for parents of children with ADHD both online and in person.  A good place to start is finding your local C.H.A.D.D. chapter (that stands for Children and Adults with A.D.D.).

2.   Find a psychiatrist that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. Medications are still the most effective treatment for relief from the symptoms of ADHD.  Most pediatricians will not understand the changing needs of your child’s ADHD over time.

3.  Take a few minutes each day as a parent to do something nice for yourself. Even a few minutes in the care alone listening to your favorite song can help recharge your senses.

Our culture places a great deal of emphasis on conformity especially when it comes to raising and educating children.  Children with ADHD are simply not your average kids, and they require different approaches in order to be successful.  Much of the trouble parents have in raising ADHD kids comes as a result of trying to compare them to other non-ADHD kids.  When you can stop comparing, and start understanding and accepting your child as someone who will probably find their own unique path in life, then you are one step closer to helping your child be the best that they can be.

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Success in Life is the Goal of ADHD Treatment

Raising successful children is hard under the best of circumstances.  When a child is being treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), everyone needs to work harder to provide the child with a solid foundation for successful outcomes later in life.

Any parent of a child with ADHD quickly becomes aware of how challenging it can be to get ADHD kids the help that they need to find relief from their symptoms.    Parents desire to make everything better for their child is natural and is the result of our readiness to protect and nurture the ones we love.   Yet, it is this desire to help and the desire to protect that often makes fighting Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder so frustrating.   It is often very difficult just knowing what to do, how to do it, or even where to start.  The fact is, it is very easy to become overwhelmed by ADHD. That is because ADHD is a serious condition with has many dimensions at home, at school and in most every area of a child’s life.

It is true that many parents often first learn of their child’s ADHD symptoms from teachers.  Elementary school teachers are especially observant of children and often are the first source of feedback about how your child’s ADHD symptoms are disruptive in the classroom. ADHD children are often overly active, visit excessively with their classmates or daydream and just can’t seem to tune into the tasks at hand.   Just because school may have been the source where you first learned about your child’s ADHD symptoms, his or her developing brain doesn’t stop at the classroom door.

Medications are frequently the first line of defense in successfully managing ADHD symptoms.  However, many parents and pediatricians still hold onto the misguided belief that medications are only used to help ADHD children be successful in the classroom. While ADHD medications do often dramatically reduce complaints from teachers during the school day, it is important to understand that life in a classroom is only a portion of a child’s life.  These same ADHD symptoms don’t just somehow magically disappear when the school day ends.  Nor do children somehow acquire ADHD once they get to school.  If you have a child with ADHD, then you probably know that your child’s ADHD symptoms start when the child awakes in the morning, and often does not seem to remit until the child is fast asleep in the evening.   If we only provide relief from ADHD symptoms in the classroom, then we fail to realize the full impact the disorder has on a child’s life and ultimately parents are limiting the child’s full potential for future success in life.

While a decrease in complaints about your child’s disruptive ADHD behavior or  receiving better grades on tests is a welcome change, this progress is often misinterpreted as the child being “cured”.  It is easy to forget that a child’s behavior in the classroom is only part of the big picture of life.  Many parents are still frustrated and confused to find that despite improvements at school, homework, dinner time, and settling for bedtime are still a battle.

Parents unknowingly expect their child to focus and concentrate on homework and family life without having the proper ADHD medications on board to make that possible.  They are surprised to learn that most ADHD medications diminished in effectiveness as the school day ends. Very often the medication is completely worn off by the time the child arrives home.  This creates problems as the ADHD child moves from the more supportive and structured environment of school to a more varied and unstructured home environment.  This increase in variables, and decrease in structure can cause a spike in ADHD symptoms and make life at home very difficult for the child as well as for the family.

ADHD medication is not a “magic bullet” that relieves parents and teachers of dealing with a child’s disruptive symptoms.  It is not the pills that teach our children skills, that is the job of caring parents and skilled teachers. What ADHD medication can do is give a child a sense of clarity, a time to pause before speaking or acting, as well as improve neurocognitive functioning so that information can be stored, retrieved and processed more accurately.   This creates an opportunity to learn how to be successful and to learn new skills.  Medication also allows children to focus more and pay attention better. When kids can pay attention better they are able to build new skill sets and remember what they have learned previously and apply that knowledge when faced with new life events and challenges.

Home and family life provides many important opportunities for children to learn and grow. The critical lessons learned through interactions at home and after school teach children to recognize social cues and to maneuver through interpersonal relationships in the future. Without medication children miss these cues and are often delayed (as much as 30-40% behind their peers) in learning how to develop and handle complex emotional and social circumstances.

Loving parents will do anything for their kids, yet many are hesitant to fully provide their child with an optimal chance to achieve their best.  The stigma of medicating a child, often provoked by sensationalist media stories, can create a prison of doubt and guilt for parents.

“Am I medicating my child too much?  Will he or she become addicted to drugs later in life?”  Shortchanging your child’s developmental years by reducing or eliminating proper dosages of ADHD medication is a decision based more on fear and shame then reliable medical information.

Seeking relief from the exhausting and disruptive behavior of an ADHD child is frequently an initial motivation to begin treatment.  Left untreated, and without the proper structure, guidance and lifestyle changes, ADHD children can drain our emotional resources, deprive siblings of needed parental attention and drag entire families into an endless spiral of battles over homework, oppositional behavior and even arrests and incarceration if the condition is left untreated.

Without treatment, guidance, and lifestyle changes, ADHD children grow up believing that they are somehow defective and are robbed of the precious esteem building that occurs after school and during time with the family.  The question arises: why would a parent deprive their child of a treatment that will help them avoid these negative outcomes?  Certainly, no loving parent could conceive of such a choice.  Yet, this is the choice parents make when they limit their child’s medication to time spent in the classroom.

Taking ADHD medication is akin to a child wearing glasses.  Like glasses, ADHD medications help a child to focus, allow a child to see things clearly, and give children the ability to see life as it is.  As long as a person wears their glasses, they have relief from their vision problems, when they remove their glasses, the vision problems return. This is how we think of ADHD medication. When medication is on board, then the symptoms of ADHD remit, when the medication is removed or wears off, then the symptoms of ADHD return.  No one would ever think to ask that a child to only wear glasses during the school day, but not at home. Yet this is often what parents and pediatricians are doing when they only medicate for the school day.

As a child grows to adulthood, every experience shapes and influences their cognitive ability, emotional health, even their bodily safety.  The cumulative results are all influenced by brain chemistry.  Why then, does it make sense to deprive a child of optimized brain chemistry at any moment in the day?  If your child needs glasses to see properly, would you want the job of picking and choosing when your child could wear their glasses and when they could not? Of course, no parent would ever dream of  limiting the amount of time a child can see clearly or read without tremendous difficulty. Yet, this is the very dilemma that uninformed parents find themselves in when trying to understand what is the proper course of action for treating their child’s ADHD.  Caring parents become concerned that their children will become “zombies”, “have changed personalities” and will “lose out on being kids”, if they give them ADHD medication.

The fact is that without proper medication these children often become “the odd one out”, “never live up to their potential” and never learn the skills necessary to be able to successfully live in the world without their parent’s direct support.

When parents have the courage to let go of their desire for an ADHD child’s complete compliance, when they risk being flexible and understanding, children learn to rise to the occasions of life and chaos becomes replaced with success.  When parents arm themselves with the scientific knowledge of experts in the treatment of ADHD they too will find relief in experiencing the joy that is found in raising an amazing ADHD child.  Can any parent of an ADHD child let another day pass knowing they’re not providing that brain the medication it so desperately needs to function well and achieve success in life?

Answer: These kids are more likely to drop out of high school or delay high school graduation.

Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States — are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, a large national study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has found. The study found that nearly one third of students with ADHD, twice the proportion as students with no psychiatric disorder, either drop out or delay high school graduation.

You can read the article from Science Daily here.

ADHD Stress- Mom, Husband & Kids

Having treated thousands of people with ADHD, I find one question that comes up over and over again. That question is “Doc, why is my ADHD life so damn hard?” Now there are variations of this question, such as “I thought the medication would take care of all of this ADHD stuff” or “Shouldn’t I have outgrown all this?” This is when I remind my patients that ADHD is a life long condition.  It requires a lifetime of learning and managing from many different angles in order to be successful.  Just because we get some relief from our medication, we still will always have to battle against those three primary traits of ADHD we have been dealing with all of our lives.

The good news is you’re probably familiar with the “Big 3” ADHD traits.  You have just probably forgotten how they look when you are older.   Remember those of us with ADHD tend to be: 1) Impulsive, 2) Inattentive and/or 3) Hyperactive

If you think you are going to outgrow these traits, or they are going to disappear now that you are taking medication, that just is not the case for most of us with ADHD.  I usually find that most of what is making ADHD life hard falls into three categories:

Being too impulsive:

“The Inability to Hold back, or think before making a decision…”

-We tend to make quick decisions.  Later those quick decisions only come back to “haunt” us.

-We make quick decisions without giving ourselves adequate time to carefully consider the possible effects or results of our actions.

-We sometimes don’t think about the possible alternatives which could serve us better.

Inattentiveness or Zoning out of life:

“Difficulty staying present and focused on what is right in front of us…”

-Inattentiveness can cause us to act on a quick decision without taking adequate time to look at possible negative results of our quick decisions.

-To some people it looks like we “just don’t learn from our mistakes.”

-We tend to operate on the principle:  Ready – Fire – Aim!

If, all your life, you have been told that you underachieve, sometimes it just feels better to shoot the gun now and aim later. This is akin to “acting without thinking”.  So, we miss our designated target and set in motion, a series of results that we did not foresee and do not want. This is where our impulsivity, not paying attention to what is around us or thinking about other positive possibilities or options becomes really clear. Often those of us with ADHD prefer to just spring into action without thinking.  This causes us to miss out on other aspects of the situation. Not taking a minute to think about those other possibilities means we miss out on many less obvious options.  That is the rub about ADHD. We may have wished we could have taken the time to think things through, but without some sort of assistance, like that which medication and proper nutrition provide, that option is simply not a possibility.

Battling our own inner Hyperactivity

“That feeling that we just need to keep moving, or are driven by our own motor that just won’t turn off. “

-As kids, we ADHD hyperactive kids got into heaps of trouble for being so hyper and impulsive. We did not see ourselves as others saw us. We felt excessively criticized and put down for just being who we were. Inside we felt happy and “normal’, and in a rush. The constant criticism took its toll on our self-esteem. We saw others as “too slow”. We felt very unique, loving and happy, but often our teachers and parents did not appreciate us for who we felt we were.

-We tend to grow out of the gross, physical, hyperactivity.   This obvious hyperactivity changes into more fine motor hyperactivity: i.e., jiggling our legs, swinging one leg over the other, tapping or drumming etc.  Adult hyperactivity can evolve and make an appearance in a more subtle way such as blinking, raising eyebrows, shrugging our shoulders, etc.  It’s as if the childlike hyperactivity moves more into a feeling of inner restlessness.

This is what I remind myself and my patients to be reminded of anytime they ask the question “Doc, why is my life so hard?”  These core traits are part of the hardwiring of the ADHD brain.  They require monitoring and management even when you just want to give in and let everything in your already overwhelmed brain just fall apart.  Resist that urge, as it usually just makes things worse. Instead, there are things that we can do to offset these “Big 3” ADHD traits.  Here are just a few suggestions to help get your ADHD life back in control:

1. Give yourself a break and expect to feel overwhelmed and plan for it. The question is not if you get overwhelmed, but when you get overwhelmed. If you know that it is just a natural part of a brain that is built like a Ferrari, then you can go easy on yourself.  Setbacks and misfires are just a part of what makes us human. Even people without ADHD feel overwhelmed sometimes. Give yourself a “get out of jail free card” every own and again. You might find it is just what the doctor ordered to help you stay on track.
2. Get enough rest. Sounds simple, but those of us with ADHD know just how difficult this can be.  Your ADHD brain just needs all the energy it can get. A sleepy ADHD brain is a useless ADHD brain.  Try to limit the amount of stimulation you have the 2 hours before you go to bed. This means no heavy talks, no super activating television shows, or thought provoking discussions two (2) hours before bedtime.
3. Eat enough protein!!  The same chemicals that your ADHD brain craves and gets in medication are made from the building blocks found in the protein you eat.  Without enough protein in your diet, all the medication in the world won’t help.
4. Drink enough water. Did you know that people who are dehydrated actually look a lot like those of us with ADHD? Dehydration can really cause you to not be able to think clearly.  If you find yourself heating up during the day, or have a dry mouth, reach for the H2O. As much as soda and coffee may taste good, soda leaches precious calcium from your body and coffee actually dehydrates you. So remember to drink two waters for every soda or coffee you drink.
5. Take your medication and your supplements. Many of us with ADHD think we are better or more free when we are off our medication. That may be how we “feel”, but that’s not usually the time when we make our best decisions and are in fact least effective.  If you are supposed to take medication or you are able to take supplements like Omega-3 fatty acids, do it! Omega -3 fatty acids really do impact the way in which our brains work. Anything that we can do to improve our ADHD brains is usually a good thing.

Next time you find yourself chasing after a life of what feels like out of control ADHD, remember that you can get control of your mind, and you can get control of your ADHD.  Take a minute and remember to keep an open mind. If something feels too extreme and out of balance—move on and look elsewhere. Find that place where your mind and your heart guide you to your best choices.

Take a moment to post a comment and tell me about how hard your ADHD life is and share any tips or strategies you found that have worked for you.

Till then—God bless.