In this episode 24 protocols
▶ 2:05 Seek Professional ADHD Evaluation Rather Than Self-Diagnosing Behaviors “However, it is very important that you don't self-diagnose or diagnose somebody else. The clear and real diagnosis of ADHD really should be carried out by a psychiatrist, a physician, or a very well-trained clinical psychologist.” ▷ 55:30 Use the Lowest Possible Stimulant Dose Behaviors “What they said was, look, neuroplasticity is greatest in childhood and tapers off after about age 20.” ▷ 1:00:08 Elimination Diet Diet “Basically what this study said was that eliminating foods to which children have allergies can dramatically improve their symptoms of ADHD.” ▷ 1:01:49 Avoid Simple Sugars Diet “She said, elimination of simple sugars has a dramatic and positive effect. She's observed that over and over and over again in many dozens, if not hundreds of patients.” ▷ 1:03:42 Test for Food Allergies Behaviors “In addition to that, exploring whether or not they have existing allergies to foods they already consume might be a good idea.” ▷ 1:04:54 Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplements “In particular, it getting one gram, 1000 milligrams or more, even as much as 2000 milligrams each day of the so-called EPA component of, having a certain motors and minerals in one person, omega-3 fatty acids known to have antidepressant effects, mood elevating effects,” ▷ 1:16:53 Open Monitoring via Panoramic Vision Behaviors “So what they really need is this property that we call open monitoring. ... You can use panoramic vision to access the state that we call open monitoring.” ▷ 1:19:29 17-Minute Interoceptive Breath-Focused Meditation Behaviors “Subjects were asked to just sit quietly, eyes closed, and do what is sort of akin to meditation, but to not direct their mind into any particular state or place, but simply to think about their breathing and to focus on their so-called interoception, focus on how their body feels, their mind drifted to bring it back.” ▷ 1:28:00 Fixation-Focused Visual Training Behaviors “There's a study again, I'll link to this study, entitled Improvement of Attention in Elementary School Students Through Fixation-Focused Training Activity. ... what they found was a short period of focusing on a visual target allowed these school children to greatly enhance their ability to focus on other types of information.” ▷ 1:29:18 Use Physical Movement Before Focus Tasks Behaviors “Before they did this visual focus task or training, they did a series of physical movements with the kids so that the kids could sort of eliminate or move out some of their desire to move and would thereby enhance their ability to sit still.” ▷ 1:30:27 Fidget Toys Tools “And that's the prevalence of these so-called fidgeter toys or things that kids can do actively and repetitively in order to move out some of their underlying reverberatory activity in their nervous system.” ▷ 1:30:39 Desk Rubber Band Tools “Some kids with ADHD are now given a rubber band on their desk, literally a rubber band that's attached to their desk, and they're able to pull on it, even snap it against the desk. ... it turns out that does enhance these children's ability to focus mentally when they have some physical activity to attend to.” ▷ 1:32:32 Use Subtle Movement to Redirect Premotor Activity Behaviors “What you learn from your mentors, which I did, and what works extremely well, whether or not you're doing a surgery or not, is that you simply tap your foot. ... what it does is it actually shuttles some of the activity from those premotor circuits to elsewhere in the body.” ▷ 1:47:38 Combine Medication with Behavioral Training Behaviors “More likely the best use of things like Adderall, modafinil, armodafinil and Ritalin is going to be to combine those treatments with behavioral exercises that actively engage the very circuits that you're trying to train up and enhance.” ▷ 1:49:41 Phosphatidylserine Supplements “It appears that phosphatidylsterole taken for two months for 200 milligrams per day was able to reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children. It has not been looked at in adults yet, at least as far as I know, but that this effect was greatly enhanced by the consumption of omega-3 fatty acids.” ▷ 1:50:53 Ginkgo Biloba Supplements “You'll also find literature out there and many claims about so-called ginkgo bilboa, which has been shown to have minor effects in improving the symptoms of ADHD. Ginkgo bilboa is not appropriate for many people.” ▷ 1:58:03 Alpha-GPC Supplements “One such compound is so-called alpha-GPC, which is a form of choline and increases acetylcholine transmission. Dosages as high as 1,200 milligrams per day, which is a very high dosage, spread out, typically it's 300 or 400 milligrams spread out throughout the day, have been shown to offset some of the effects of age-related cognitive decline.” ▷ 1:59:15 L-Tyrosine Supplements “And the first one is L-tyrosine. It's an amino acid that acts as a precursor to the neuromodulator dopamine. ... The dosage ranges are huge. You see evidence for 100 milligrams all the way up to 1200 milligrams.” ▷ 2:00:22 Phenylethylamine (PEA) Supplements “Nonetheless, in exploring what's out there and even some studies online that were done, either animal studies or human studies, it's clear that L-tyrosine is being explored for that purpose, as is PEA and phenylethylamine, which is essentially PEA, but some related compounds.” ▷ 2:01:58 Noopept Supplements “But Nupept has been shown when taken at 10 milligrams twice daily can be more effective than some of the other racetams. What is Nupept? Nupept taps into the cholinergic system, the acetylcholine system, in ways very similar to alpha-GPC.” ▷ 2:03:16 Piracetam Supplements “So there does seem to be some efficacy of Nupept and paracetam and things like it. It's an emerging area.” ▷ 2:05:24 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Tools “And that's transcranial magnetic stimulation. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, also called TMS, is achieving increasing popularity nowadays for the treatment of all sorts of neurologic conditions and psychiatric conditions.” ▷ 2:08:20 TMS Combined with Focused Learning Task Behaviors “They're combining that with a focused learning task. So they're literally teaching the brain to learn in a non-invasive way, no drug at all.” ▷ 2:12:06 Limit Smartphone Use and Avoid Context Switching Behaviors “In order to avoid this decrease in attentional capacity, adolescents needed to use their smartphone for less than 60 minutes per day in order to stay focused and centered on their other tasks.”