This document discusses attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment. It begins by exploring the history and definitions of ADHD, noting debates around whether it is a disorder, disability, or difference. It then examines potential causes and considers ADHD as a neurodevelopmental condition. The document outlines various treatment approaches, including medication, nutrition, education, therapy, environmental supports, and lifestyle changes. It emphasizes treating the whole person, not just symptoms, and the importance of personalized treatment plans.

1. ADHD
TRICKS TREATS
& TREATMENT
I N N O VAT I V E I D E A S A N D I N T E RV E N T I O N S
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2. WHAT IS ADHD?
DISORDER?
DISABILITY?
DIFFERENCE?
DISREGULATION
?
DEVELOPMENTA
L?
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• 1800 Minimal Brain Dysfunction/Damage
• 1902 An abnormal defect of moral control in
children
• 1968 hyperkinetic impulse disorder
• 1980 ADD with and without hyperactivity
• Currently commonly referred to as a
neurodevelopmental disorder
• There is also the consideration of the
consequences of untreated ADHD as it contributes
to or increases symptoms that then look like
comorbitities that may or may not be part of the
original problem, which is hard to tell in adults.

3. WHAT IS ADHD? DISORDER?
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In the Psychiatric
“Bible” DSM 5 ADHD is
classified as a
DISORDER
Past research has consistently
revealed neurochemical
irregularities
Emerging research is now
revealing further concrete
organic physical causes.
but….. it is still debated
hotly, because it is
describing a collection of
behavioral and cognitive
symptoms without
specified organic causes
Dopamine is the most
studied, but it turns out
that there are specific types
of attentional troubles from
imbalances in specific
neurochemicals.
There are clear developmental
delays in neural network
development, blood volume
differences and more than 12
specific genes associated with
ADHD

4. WHAT IS ADHD?
DISABILITY?
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• People that live with untreated ADHD often end up
classified as DISABLED for other reasons
• Canada Revenue says it is a
DISABILITY…sometimes
• 45-50% of ADHD persons ALSO have specific
learning DISABILITIES in addition to the ADHD
• Basic definition of DISABILITY: preventing “normal”
participation in life but where is the line
• ADHD as a DISABILITY is much harder to prove,
due to the nature of ADHD; variable engagement,
performance, motivation, emotional instability,
concurrent conditions and responses to treatment.

5. WHAT IS ADHD?
DIFFERENCE?
• This represents a new and fundamentally
different way of looking at conditions like
ADHD and Autism that were traditionally
pathologized.
• For some people being neurodiverse is a good
thing, that they have been able to capitalize on.
• For most navigating a society that isn’t
accepting of much of the divergent behavior;
like impulsive blurting out in conversation to
being late and disorganized, this idea of
“celebrating” it just leaves them with another
failure. So this is an important evolving
concept
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6. WHAT IS ADHD?
DYSREGULATION
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7. WHAT IS ADHD?
DEVELOPMENTAL?
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• Neurodevelopmental delays such as network
development and cortical thickness
• Cortex development motor before master
• Motor and speech development
• Clear developmental delays/deficits in cognition
and behavior
• Learning to understand and operate time
• Social skills, impulse control and learning writing
• Confounds between delayed or suppressed. Up to
2/3 of adults had childhood symptoms.

8. DOES ADHD
EVEN EXIST
?
CONDITIONS BEHIND ADHD SYMPTOMS
Vison>Hearing>Sleep>Substance Abuse>Sensory Processing
Disorder>Mood>Disorders>Learning>Disabilities>Giftedness>
Seizures>OCD>Tourette’s>Asperger’s>Brain Chemistry
Imbalances>Schizophrenia>FAS>Fragile X Syndrome>Endocrine
Conditions-Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies>
Tumor>Hormones> Metal poisoning>
Prematurity>Concussion>Trauma>Allergies>
Food Sensitivities> Severe Neglect> Ongoing unmitigated stress>
English as a Second Language>Bullying>Eating Disorders>Diet
Dr. Richard Saul
author of
ADHD
Does Not Exist
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The point he makes is, that ASSESMENT and investigation
of possible causes and clarification of symptom etiology
is the key to effective treatment!

9. TREATING ADHD
WHAT ARE WE
TREATING?
Specific Performance
or Function Related
Problems
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10. TREATING
ADHD
WHAT ARE
WE
TREATING?
GENERAL ORIENTING
PERCEPTIONS
COGNITIVE CORRECTIONS
DANI DONOVAN HUMOR HELPS!
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11. TREATING ADHD
EMOTIONAL
DYSREGULATION
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Emotional processing and regulation
problems had been a integeral part of
the problem of ADHD from the start.
BUT it was taken out of the description
because scientists couldn’t cope with
measuring and clarifying the variations
people experienced with this facet of
ADHD
Think about emotionally dysregulated
people facing the difficulties of ADHD
with no assistance to face the emotional
impact of the experience of ADHD!

12. TREATING ADD
CONSEQUENCES OF
HAVING ADHD
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• FAILURE breeds negative emotions, guilt
over the failure, feelings of
disappointment, even rejection, from
yourself and others as a result of the
failure. These smaller emotions become
stronger feelings of shame, fear about
initiating new tasks, worry about one's
ability, even loneliness if you are
repeatedly rejected due to your mistakes.
• Daily dealing with this before anything!
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WALL OF AWFUL

13. NEUROCHMEIC
AL IMBALANCES
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The Brain Boys
• Dr. Joel Robertson
Robertson Brain Health
• Dr. Eric Braverman
The Edge Effect
• Dr. Daniel Amen
Healing ADD: The
Breakthrough Program That
Allows You to See and Heal the
7 Types of ADD,
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14. GENERAL ORIENTING
PERCEPTIONS
COGNITIVE CORRECTIONS
DANI DONOVAN HUMOR HELPS!
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• People not conditions
• Families
• Communities
• Organizations
• Systems
• Countries
Creating understanding,
ease and growth around
the ADHD experience
requires far more that just
treating the identified
person their supports and
environments need
“treatment” too.
Honest patient feedback is
vital to evolving solutions!

15. TREATMENT TRAILS & TRIALS
• Education Station
• Substance Solutions
• Body Basics
• Activity Alignments
• Cognitive Corrections
• Emotional Evolution
• Environmental Engineering
• Practical Paths to Persistence
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16. TREATMENT:
SUBSTANCE SOLUTIONS
MEDICATION
• Stimulants
• Non-stimulants
• Other conditions
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR
SYMPTOM PROFILE YOU
CAN TRACK WHAT
WORKS!!
Medication Is An Art
As Much As A Science
Different people
Different attitudes
Different needs
Different experiences
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NUTRIENTS
• Omegas DHA/EPA 2:1 2000UI
• BRAIN MULTINUTRIENTS True
Hope
• Aminos depending on your levels
• Herbs

17. TREATMENT: EDUCATION & AWARENESS
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INFORMATION is the most important piece of initiating treatment
 RESOURCES – investigate available resources, public, private, professional, self help
 What is ADHD? do a little research and see what resonates with your experience
 ASSESSMENT investigate possible causes, conditions and current symptom profile
 TREATMENT OPTIONS take time to investigate, prioritize and plan
 TALK TO OTHERS 2 opinions and perspectives - real people have real experience
• Attitudemag.com
• How to ADHD YouTube
• Russel Barkley
• Alberta Access Mental Health

18. PREPARATION FOR TREATMENT
Personal Performance Perimeter
• Realistic! understanding of what I
can do and cannot do
• Inside the perimeter – can do pretty
consistently and comfortably
• Outside the perimeter – can do it
sometimes but not usually easily
• What supports and resources do I
have
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Personal Symptom Profile
• What am I trying to address
• How does the symptom show up
What, when, how, how often?
Sensation, Image, Feeling, Thought
Triggers, Tamers
• How long have I had this symptom?
• How did it start?

19. TREATMENT: BODY BASICS
SLEEP
• #1 target to improve
ADHD
• Sleep Assessments
• Naturopaths
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EAT
• Unprocessed simple food
• Sufficient healthy protein
• Adequate healthy fats
• Address disorderly eating
Overeaters Anonymous
• Address obesity (Vyvanse)
BREATHE
• Consciously Deeply Slowly
• Resets ALL body systems
• Fuels and calms the brain
• HEARTMATH Biofeedback
• Breath physiotherapy

20. TREATMENT:
THERAPY FOR COGNITIVE CORRECTIONS & EMOTIONAL EVOLUTION
Adjust
Open to
change
Think about
acting
differently
Act
differently
Assess
feelings
Integrate
experience
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
Change thoughts < > Change Actions
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
Regulate thoughts and behavior
SOMATIC THERAPY
Recognize and release body discomfort
RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
Recognition and Reconnection
EXPRESSIVE THERAPY
Utilizes creative avenues to evolve
ACCEPTANCE THERAPY
Mindful occupation of how it is
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21. TREATMENT:
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
• Bring things into the here and now making
internals external
• Make mental info physical – externalize
information and problem solving
• Make time physical and real – externalize and
compartmentalize
• Dependent on the environment for motivation
and cues – organize and externalize tasks and
rewards
• Executive function has limited willpower
resources, small tank and bad mileage –
requires constant refueling.
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22. TREATMENT: PRACTICAL PATHS TO PERSISTENCE
TARGETED SELF CARE
Do things that fill your tank not drain
it!!
Setting an appointment, taking a class,
joining a group and repeating the
behavior decrease the will power
necessary to take it
I’ll do it when I can or have time
makes it harder and less rewarding to
do so we default to RELIEF like
eating, media and isolation, instead of
REPLENISHING
*EF – executive function
SR – self regulation
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23. TREATMENT: PRACTICAL PATHS TO PERSISTENCE
SUPPORT GROUPS
• ADHD groups
• Therapy groups
• 12 Step Groups
• Church groups
• Activity groups
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MEDITATION
• Required for brain upkeep
• Constant exploration and
experimentation
• Reconnection
• Regulation
• Restoration

24. THE END WHEW!THANKS FOR COMING
AND SPENDING YOUR ATTENTION WITH ME
NOW GO DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR BRAIN
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25. OBESITY AND ADHD
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Kentucky: 14.8% >30-34 % Obesity
Arkansas: 14.6% >30-34 % Obesity
Louisiana: 13.3% >30-34 % Obesity
Indiana: 13.0% >30-34 % Obesity
Delaware : 11.7% >30-34 % Obesity
South Carolina: 11.7% >30-34 % Obesity
Nevada: 4.2% <25-29 % Obesity
New Jersey: 5.5% <25-29 % Obesity
Colorado: 5.6% <25 % Obesity
Utah: 5.8% <25 % Obesity
California: 5.9% <25 % Obesity