Maybe it's just me but I have the feeling that ADHD people experience depression in a very different way, like having all the ADHD symptoms amplified instead of pure sadness, I feel like we're quite resilient to sadness
Thanks John for a nice summary on a complicated topic. With regards to nutrition my main thing that I highlight other than omega 3 is Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency, especially in latitudes above the 30s is a significant problem. The second issue is a heavily processed food based diet which can be a challenge for those who are impulsive around food or with low appetite from stimulants. With regards to plant based/vegan diets, eating a well balanced vegan diet takes skills that require a fairly large chunk of executive function. Finding a neuroaffirming Dietitian can be tricky but they are out there
Some recent studies have indicated more people have Vitamin D deficiencies than one would expect. There have been a few studies that IF you have Vitamin D deficiency and depression, then Vitamin D supplements can help, but that just administering Vitamin D to everyone who is depressed doesn't demonstrate much benefit.
Hey Doc, could you make a video about Dexedrine? Perhaps your clinical practice's observations/comparisons? Also, do you think it could be a good way of navigating this adderall shortage? I really appreciate my IR adderall because it enables me to get my work done and then be able to get good relaxation in the evening. It's also been the best option for my insomnia. I'm on buproprion and clonidine, as well.
Absent hyperbole there is no more evil comorbidity than depression, as far as I'm concerned. Due to the time blindness inherent to ADHD. Whereas to the non so disordered, a deep depression may last bitter months, before some intervening agent gets sought out, by the afflicted, with ADHD literal years can thus trickle, like the sands of a broken hourglass, through one's fingers. Of course, gone forever, from a person's life... in such a state of abject misery. Hence why the scepticism I personally hold, towards so many claimants of the disorder, as some sort of gift or superpower, borders frankly upon naked contempt.
Maybe it's just me but I have the feeling that ADHD people experience depression in a very different way, like having all the ADHD symptoms amplified instead of pure sadness, I feel like we're quite resilient to sadness
Thanks John for a nice summary on a complicated topic.
With regards to nutrition my main thing that I highlight other than omega 3 is Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency, especially in latitudes above the 30s is a significant problem.
The second issue is a heavily processed food based diet which can be a challenge for those who are impulsive around food or with low appetite from stimulants.
With regards to plant based/vegan diets, eating a well balanced vegan diet takes skills that require a fairly large chunk of executive function.
Finding a neuroaffirming Dietitian can be tricky but they are out there
Some recent studies have indicated more people have Vitamin D deficiencies than one would expect. There have been a few studies that IF you have Vitamin D deficiency and depression, then Vitamin D supplements can help, but that just administering Vitamin D to everyone who is depressed doesn't demonstrate much benefit.
Hey Doc, could you make a video about Dexedrine? Perhaps your clinical practice's observations/comparisons? Also, do you think it could be a good way of navigating this adderall shortage? I really appreciate my IR adderall because it enables me to get my work done and then be able to get good relaxation in the evening. It's also been the best option for my insomnia. I'm on buproprion and clonidine, as well.
Absent hyperbole there is no more evil comorbidity than depression, as far as I'm concerned. Due to the time blindness inherent to ADHD. Whereas to the non so disordered, a deep depression may last bitter months, before some intervening agent gets sought out, by the afflicted, with ADHD literal years can thus trickle, like the sands of a broken hourglass, through one's fingers. Of course, gone forever, from a person's life... in such a state of abject misery.
Hence why the scepticism I personally hold, towards so many claimants of the disorder, as some sort of gift or superpower, borders frankly upon naked contempt.
despite where you arrived, i really dug/related to your descriptions getting there.
i wore a magnet hat a few times and it made my depression worse. can anyone else relate to treatments or meds having the opposite effects?
is that part of the default network? lol just heard you say it...