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ADHD Medication Considerations
Reasons for a Drug-Free ADHD Treatment
Controlling Caffeine & Sugar in ADHD
Recreational Drugs & ADHD
Organization & ADHD
Exercise & ADHD
Meditation & ADHD
Talk Therapy & ADHD
How to Eliminate Distractions with ADHD
Working Tips for ADHD
Sleep & ADHD
Eating Routines & ADHD
Working with an ADHD Coach
Support Groups & ADHD
Tips for Drug-Free AHDH Treatment
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"I wanted to take some time in this series of videos to talk about controlling ones caffeine intake. And the concept of refined sugar is actually being a drug in itself. Caffeine is not only a popular drug with the population as a whole, especially is. We here in America become more and more over worked and get less and less sleep. And have so many more things to cram in at the course of the day. Caffeine becomes a fall back just as refined sugar does. Caffeine is a drug even though it's present in everything from coffee and soda. All the way to coffee ice cream, coffee flavored yogurt, caffeinated water, energy drinks. Caffeine can be a point for somebody with ADHD to fall back on. And indeed there is benefit in caffeine helping to focus somebody, helping to sort of eliminate some of the, not eliminate but control some of the negative symptoms of ADHD. But for somebody who chooses to go drug free or chooses to go off ADHD medication, caffeine can quickly become a disruptive force. It can make you too speedy. It can cause you to go beyond a point where you're focused due to the stimulation of the caffeine. And head into a point where you're plain stimulated. Refined sugar can also have this effect on somebody with ADHD. And it can cause complications for somebody who's trying to manage ADHD without the use of medication. Refined sugar is also in it's own way a stimulant. And can be over stimulating to a person with ADHD. thereby exacerbating negative symptoms. "
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