[IsabellaOlivia]

Originally Posted by geoblewis

Yes, that's in my ADD library, amongst other books. Went through my new therapist's ADD library at her office and mostly stood there and said, "Yep, got that book. And that one. And that one..." I love buying books. It feels like I've single-handedly supported the self-help industry through the last two decades.

I just ordered some ADD vitamins from http://neu-be-calm.com/index.html. I'm going to give them a try, and if they work for me, then my son will try them too, I hope. We are going round and round about his diet. He's not eating healthfully at all. He thinks that because he's gone vegetarian that he's eating well enough, but when I point out all the sugar, fat and salt from the processed foods in his diet, he tells me I'm too health-obsessed. He eats like that when he's away from the house. I don't keep food like that in the house.

When I eat off the ADD diet plan, like I have been over the holiday season, even just a little bit, my concentration falls off and I get into a big emotional funk. And it's hard to get back on track! Tomorrow morning I promised homemade cinnamon rolls, and we're going to make them together. And then about an hour after we eat the last of them, we are making a clean sweep of the house. All the unhealthy holiday food is going in the trash!

And then we're going to shop for vegetables!

What's the ADD diet? I'm interested to know because I will in the future months be undergoing an evaluation for ADD. I'm 22 and this has just been found out about. I'm interested to learn all I can about ADD.

[geoblewis]

I just happened to come in the door from our appointment with the psychologist, where she confirmed that both my son and I are ADD Inattentive. She suggested low dose stimulants for us as well as taking a fish oil supplement and cleaning up the diet by not eating refined carbohydrates.

If you do a search on Amazon.com for ADD diet, several books come up. Basically, they suggest making sure to include fatty fish (wild-caught) several times a week, lots of leafy green vegetables, whole grains. Depending on the type of ADD/ADHD you are, further recommendations are made. For my son and me, the refined carbs and sugars had to go because they make us sleepy. We don't have the H to counterbalance the extra sugar.

Best of luck to you Isabella. It's important to get your diagnosis documented. It might lead to help with funding for treatment. My son will now be elligible for scholarships, special counseling and special consideration when applying to larger universities.

[aliasihaya]

I'm finding this thread extremely interesting. I've never been diagnosed with ADD, but a lot of the symptoms that you're talking about seem to fit with what I go through. Additionally I do suffer from a mood disorder and depression. Those two diagnosis has kind of trumped the doctors to looking for anything else. Well I finally started going to a new psychiatrist who after one visit I think I like. I was completely honest with her and she's now open to reassessing everything about my diagnosis. One thing that she mentioned was putting me on a stimulant. She's the first doctor to ever suggest it. My health is also pretty bad and motivation is extremely difficult for me. My mind can run a mile a minute yet my body won't move at all. She said that she's had really good luck using it as a supplement to depression medication. Sometimes all you need is a boost to get moving. She feels that if I can just get moving then I can make the life changes to become healthier so that one day I won't need the drugs.

I'm really looking forward to it. I'm really hoping that it will be the boost that I need. I'm not looking for a wonder drug. I just need help concentrating and focusing and motivation and I'm tired of being tired. Unfortunately she hasn't prescribed it yet. She wanted me to get an EKG and talk to my PCP about it. I think it's great that she's making sure that I'm fit enough for it. But it's been an excruciating two weeks waiting to see if she will prescribe it. I meet with her next Wednesday and it can't come soon enough. I've never been so eager to see a doctor. I've tried so many medications and nothing has ever helped. If I've really been suffering also from ADD as well and it was undiagnosed then maybe this will be the final piece to the puzzle.

But I want to stress that I'm still changing my eating habits and exercising more. I know the importance of getting the tools outside of drugs to help with my issues. But if I can just find something to get me over the hump then it would make a world of difference.

Good luck with your journey!