Comments on: How I Overcame A.D.D. With A Strict Routine http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/ Mental Health Tips Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SassyMisUnderstood Hyena http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-6076 SassyMisUnderstood Hyena Mon, 09 May 2011 16:58:35 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-6076 Hi i just turned 20, last month and my brain has seen to have DIED in my opinion. When i was little i was diagnosed with adhd and was taking ritalin but at age 8 or so... My mom took me off of it because it was making me mental crazy. Anyways fast forward to when i'm 16 i drop out of hs, to take care of alzheimers grandma! R.I.P. I moved away from my friends... And all of a sudden my brain goes numb! All i do is stay in my room locked up, living like a loser. I have anxiety,depression,paranoia, and among a few other things. I am now 20 and back in my hometown, feeling uncertain and terrifed of the world, my old friends want to hang out but im ashamed and scared. I am unaware of my surroundings and embarassed by my sheninagans! What should i do... I feel utterly petrified and dumb. At that time of growing up i thought my adhd, was cured guess not! I am terribly bad at my street smarts, can these methods help me become normal, i feel so far and alienated from the world. Hi i just turned 20, last month and my brain has seen to have DIED in my opinion. When i was little i was diagnosed with adhd and was taking ritalin but at age 8 or so… My mom took me off of it because it was making me mental crazy. Anyways fast forward to when i’m 16 i drop out of hs, to take care of alzheimers grandma! R.I.P. I moved away from my friends… And all of a sudden my brain goes numb! All i do is stay in my room locked up, living like a loser. I have anxiety,depression,paranoia, and among a few other things. I am now 20 and back in my hometown, feeling uncertain and terrifed of the world, my old friends want to hang out but im ashamed and scared. I am unaware of my surroundings and embarassed by my sheninagans! What should i do… I feel utterly petrified and dumb. At that time of growing up i thought my adhd, was cured guess not! I am terribly bad at my street smarts, can these methods help me become normal, i feel so far and alienated from the world.

]]> By: Linners http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5884 Linners Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:07:11 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-5884 I suspect that this article may change my life. The advice you've laid out here makes so much sense and I'm going to try out every bit of it. I'm even considering getting the David Paradise XL+ or similar device to really give brainwave entrainment a shot. It appears to be backed by legitimate research, although obviously there are a few quacks out there trying to ride the wave. I wanted to share something that has helped my productivity tremendously just over the past few days. Here it is: As I'm trying to focus on something, such as reading or completing some task, I often come up with thoughts about unassociated topics that I want to act on immediately or search terms that I want to Google. I keep a notebook nearby specifically for writing these thoughts down to act on at a later time. I try not to leave what I'm doing impulsively. Now I feel like I'm not missing anything and I can do research on my interests all at once, in a systematic way. I suspect that this article may change my life. The advice you’ve laid out here makes so much sense and I’m going to try out every bit of it. I’m even considering getting the David Paradise XL+ or similar device to really give brainwave entrainment a shot. It appears to be backed by legitimate research, although obviously there are a few quacks out there trying to ride the wave.

I wanted to share something that has helped my productivity tremendously just over the past few days. Here it is: As I’m trying to focus on something, such as reading or completing some task, I often come up with thoughts about unassociated topics that I want to act on immediately or search terms that I want to Google. I keep a notebook nearby specifically for writing these thoughts down to act on at a later time. I try not to leave what I’m doing impulsively. Now I feel like I’m not missing anything and I can do research on my interests all at once, in a systematic way.

]]> By: Kevin http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5477 Kevin Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:33:07 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-5477 Hey drew, I dont know if you're even replying to these anymore but I thought I'd just give some input. First of all, your regimen is very good and it is similar to what I'm doing for myself. Also the tips you gave for mike like forcing yourself to socialize to avoid locking yourself away in your room and get lost in video games or aimlessly browsing the internet just to get away from everything and everyone... Mike it's really doing you more harm than good. In the words of Chad Kroeger, "what's worth the prize is always worth the fight" (I always hang on to that phrase when I'm having a tough time getting focused because there is a better life waiting for me when I get my ass in gear haha). I still get very anxious in social situations when I've lost focus of the moment because I seem to just drift off and can't really give input into whatever conversation is going on because I don't really understand myself or the situation everyone is experiencing. I'd be lost somewhere in the middle of what people thought of me not saying anything and a zillion random thoughts and scenarios or just plain blankness. Ok so I just thought I'd share my interesting experience momentarily having complete clear thought on here if that's cool, just so people know what they are actually shooting for rather than aiming in the dark, and I have no idea how you did it drew lol. You'll have to tell me sometime. Ok, so, I was on vacation with my cousin, a close friend who Im very comfortable with ( think this was key, considering I could say what I wanted without fear for judgement). One day, for some reason I decided I wanted a real conversation, I had read online about all the symptoms I had for ADD and knew I had it and I just said screw this, I am focusing on this and all I literally focused on was the conversation and really digging for things to say.. not IMPULSE talking like I know we all do (the yeahs, wow thats cool, or that sucks, those..), real relevant words. I carried it on for quite some time and really stuck my neck out and backed up what I was trying to say, it was pretty fun. I suggest you all try this by the way. And then, I dont know how, but then my eyes opened and literally every aspect of my life and my surroundings was revealed to me in crystal clear thought and I actually had opinions on things because of past experiences etc. There were decisions to be made and I was conscious of everything, every moment, every movement of my body and reason why I was moving it as well (I stopped twitching and touching my face and biting my nails, I think these all stem from the anxiety portion of ADD). It only lasted a short while but for that brief episode I had direction and purpose in my life and was genuinely happy to be alive. Since then that is what I have been trying to replicate, not for a brief moment but for the rest of my life. I'm not going to lie, it was a gift and a curse. It is hard as hell to get there and the fact that I know where I could be is really frustrating because I jsut saw perfection and I feel like I have drifted through the first 19 years of my life in a fog, and I had so much potential just lying underneath it all, unable to be focused in anything but confusion. Anyways I hope you enjoyed and can relate. Your friend in the struggle - Kevin Hey drew, I dont know if you’re even replying to these anymore but I thought I’d just give some input. First of all, your regimen is very good and it is similar to what I’m doing for myself. Also the tips you gave for mike like forcing yourself to socialize to avoid locking yourself away in your room and get lost in video games or aimlessly browsing the internet just to get away from everything and everyone… Mike it’s really doing you more harm than good. In the words of Chad Kroeger, “what’s worth the prize is always worth the fight” (I always hang on to that phrase when I’m having a tough time getting focused because there is a better life waiting for me when I get my ass in gear haha). I still get very anxious in social situations when I’ve lost focus of the moment because I seem to just drift off and can’t really give input into whatever conversation is going on because I don’t really understand myself or the situation everyone is experiencing. I’d be lost somewhere in the middle of what people thought of me not saying anything and a zillion random thoughts and scenarios or just plain blankness.
Ok so I just thought I’d share my interesting experience momentarily having complete clear thought on here if that’s cool, just so people know what they are actually shooting for rather than aiming in the dark, and I have no idea how you did it drew lol. You’ll have to tell me sometime. Ok, so, I was on vacation with my cousin, a close friend who Im very comfortable with ( think this was key, considering I could say what I wanted without fear for judgement). One day, for some reason I decided I wanted a real conversation, I had read online about all the symptoms I had for ADD and knew I had it and I just said screw this, I am focusing on this and all I literally focused on was the conversation and really digging for things to say.. not IMPULSE talking like I know we all do (the yeahs, wow thats cool, or that sucks, those..), real relevant words. I carried it on for quite some time and really stuck my neck out and backed up what I was trying to say, it was pretty fun. I suggest you all try this by the way. And then, I dont know how, but then my eyes opened and literally every aspect of my life and my surroundings was revealed to me in crystal clear thought and I actually had opinions on things because of past experiences etc. There were decisions to be made and I was conscious of everything, every moment, every movement of my body and reason why I was moving it as well (I stopped twitching and touching my face and biting my nails, I think these all stem from the anxiety portion of ADD). It only lasted a short while but for that brief episode I had direction and purpose in my life and was genuinely happy to be alive. Since then that is what I have been trying to replicate, not for a brief moment but for the rest of my life.

I’m not going to lie, it was a gift and a curse. It is hard as hell to get there and the fact that I know where I could be is really frustrating because I jsut saw perfection and I feel like I have drifted through the first 19 years of my life in a fog, and I had so much potential just lying underneath it all, unable to be focused in anything but confusion.

Anyways I hope you enjoyed and can relate.
Your friend in the struggle – Kevin

]]> By: LSmith http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 LSmith Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:07:17 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-2581 Hi, I am an ADHD sufferer and suffer from exactly the same problems described! I have also been doing the same stuff as you described and am feeling very good results! But I was just wondering if you could tell me more about the brain wave training you have experimented with? I have been listening to Gamma session's (with very good results) and also 15-18hz but not so much in the SMR brainwave category, I find this makes me a bit too relaxed. Well I have listened to a help for depression Brainwave track that en trains at 14hz, which i like a lot. But lately I have been having problems getting to sleep and getting migraines (due to the 15-18hz training?). Just looking for some more feedback on your brain wave training really if you have experimented much more and gotten good results? thankyou! Hi, I am an ADHD sufferer and suffer from exactly the same problems described! I have also been doing the same stuff as you described and am feeling very good results! But I was just wondering if you could tell me more about the brain wave training you have experimented with? I have been listening to Gamma session’s (with very good results) and also 15-18hz but not so much in the SMR brainwave category, I find this makes me a bit too relaxed. Well I have listened to a help for depression Brainwave track that en trains at 14hz, which i like a lot. But lately I have been having problems getting to sleep and getting migraines (due to the 15-18hz training?). Just looking for some more feedback on your brain wave training really if you have experimented much more and gotten good results? thankyou!

]]> By: Andrew http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Andrew Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:53:27 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-1062 Hi Drew Really interesting story. I am experiencing some of the same problems and according to a qEEG display to much theta and not enough beta. Have you tried to discover the 'cause' or do you think that's useless? I am testing myself for food intolerances, I read that especially gluten sensitivity is linked to ADD. kind regards Hi Drew

Really interesting story. I am experiencing some of the same problems and according to a qEEG display to much theta and not enough beta. Have you tried to discover the ’cause’ or do you think that’s useless? I am testing myself for food intolerances, I read that especially gluten sensitivity is linked to ADD.

kind regards

]]> By: Drew http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Drew Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:36:51 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-376 @ Mike - I definitely think you can get yourself out of this mental state. When you have the fog, it's extremely difficult to start making change - as you incorporate healthier habits and positive change into your life on a daily basis, change will occur. The longer you continue a regimen like mine, the easier it is to reap and feel the benefits ;) I have a few suggestions for you to try: - Find a great psychotherapist and talk things out -- you'd be amazed what a great therapist can do for your mental health - Talk to your parents about your problem (or another trustworthy adult) -- they should be understanding and at least someone to talk to! - Try my regimen. I know it takes lots of discipline, but maybe incorporate just one of my 5 daily steps, then build up to 2, then 3, 4, and finally 5. Once you have the routine down, things get extremely EASY. - Use positive self-talk & positive incantations. - Consider doing neurofeedback / brainwave entrainment if you cannot afford neurofeedback. - Force yourself to be with other people Best of luck & I hope you can work things out :) Let me know if you've got any more questions / concerns. @ Mike – I definitely think you can get yourself out of this mental state. When you have the fog, it’s extremely difficult to start making change – as you incorporate healthier habits and positive change into your life on a daily basis, change will occur. The longer you continue a regimen like mine, the easier it is to reap and feel the benefits ;)

I have a few suggestions for you to try:

- Find a great psychotherapist and talk things out — you’d be amazed what a great therapist can do for your mental health

- Talk to your parents about your problem (or another trustworthy adult) — they should be understanding and at least someone to talk to!

- Try my regimen. I know it takes lots of discipline, but maybe incorporate just one of my 5 daily steps, then build up to 2, then 3, 4, and finally 5. Once you have the routine down, things get extremely EASY.

- Use positive self-talk & positive incantations.

- Consider doing neurofeedback / brainwave entrainment if you cannot afford neurofeedback.

- Force yourself to be with other people

Best of luck & I hope you can work things out :)

Let me know if you’ve got any more questions / concerns.

]]> By: arlene corwin http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-374 arlene corwin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:26:56 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-374 (I'm sorry, my computer did something to interrupt the thought). When you start this discipline, you realize it is a discipline and requires practice. Do it. The mind can't think of two things at the same time. A 'now' awareness replaces worry, because worry is always a thought about the future or past. If 'Mike' is reading this, I promise you your problems will solve themselves in your favor. Bringing the mind back to 'now' is the key to focussing and a cure for "zoning" or "blanking" out. (I’m sorry, my computer did something to interrupt the thought). When you start this discipline, you realize it is a discipline and requires practice. Do it. The mind can’t think of two things at the same time. A ‘now’ awareness replaces worry, because worry is always a thought about the future or past.
If ‘Mike’ is reading this, I promise you your problems will solve themselves in your favor.
Bringing the mind back to ‘now’ is the key to focussing and a cure for “zoning” or “blanking” out.

]]> By: arlene corwin http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-373 arlene corwin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:19:50 +0000 http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/03/10/how-i-cured-my-add-in-5-daily-steps/#comment-373 I've read Mike's story and felt that i had to contribute a little something to curing his plight. It is the practice of bringing the mind back to the present moment. Each moment is a unit. Your hands are doing something, your body,your senses, etc. Each time you find yourself going into the future or past, come back to some slight detail of the moment. I’ve read Mike’s story and felt that i had to contribute a little something to curing his plight. It is the practice of bringing the mind back to the present moment. Each moment is a unit. Your hands are doing something, your body,your senses, etc. Each time you find yourself going into the future or past, come back to some slight detail of the moment.

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