It is common for children to have imaginary friends. Especially if they are deeply introverted, as I was (and still am, though I am more social now …
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Supplements; Quit Adderall
When deciding you’ve had enough, quitting Adderall or its equivalent will involve you and everyone around you to show and establish the most helpful thing, a support system, to begin with, is to educate my family and me on withdrawal, Adderall’s chemical compounds, and what this stimulant medication does to my brain and body.
The first thing I learned was my brain has to learn how to produce dopamine and serotonin on its own, and during this process, I will behave upset, on edge, and anxious. I also knew that I had likely destroyed my output for my adrenals, which contributes to sleep/wake processes, so fatigue in the beginning and bouts of insomnia about six days into drying out would be expected.
Last but not least, I had a fear that my metabolism may slow down without Adderall speeding things up, so I wanted to make sure I was on top of my weight management. When I read further into it, Adderall contributes to slower metabolism if used as an adult, long term.
Here are a few of my quick tips and tricks that helped with treatment for SAD disorders or diseases of the mind, such as, inability to create our own happiness. (serotonin, adrenal, and dopamine)
The first few days are easy, for those with no obligations- you will be sleeping excessively. Get the sleep aid (melatonin) because day 5-7 are bits of extreme anxiety and nervousness, followed by, a clear mind.
Sentiments of Anxiety + Depression are going to happen. You need to remember that these feelings are TEMPORARY. You will not be “high” anymore but you will not be that sad, all the time. If you can go 11 days clean you’ve beat the physical addiction, and mental addiction is based on your strength in restraining. Quitting Adderall shouldn’t mean upping your doses of other medicine such as benzos. It means you commit yourself to not dying a painful, young, untiming death.
Are there any drugs on the market to replace Adderall?
No. There are supplements you can take depending on your mood. You should see how you feel around day 11 before considering supplenting primarily Non-FDA approved medications.
If you are most of the way through withdrawal and extra hydration, meditation,cleaning, exercise, and rest didn’t help. It’s possible you may need a little extra help fixing the engines on your serotonin or/and dopamine machines.
“Dopamine is associated with pleasurable sensations, along with learning, memory, motor system function, and more. Serotonin. This hormone (and neurotransmitter) helps regulate your mood as well as your sleep, appetite, digestion, learning ability, and memory. “Sep 30, 2019
Some studies have found that supplementing with Ginkgo biloba in the long term increased dopamine levels in rats, which helped improve cognitive function, memory and motivation (healthline)
Ginkgo biloba extract appeared to boost dopamine secretion by decreasing oxidative stress.
Curcumin is the active element of turmeric. Curcumin comes in capsule, tea, extract, and powdered forms.
Oregano oil supplements increase levels of dopamine and produce antidepressant effects in mice. Human-based studies is lacking research.
Magnesium and its antidepressant qualities provided that magnesium deficiency contributes to decreased dopamine levels and increased risk of depression.
Vitamin D has numerous functions in your body, involving the regulation of specific neurotransmitters like dopamine.
Green Tea has long been touted for its antioxidant properties and nutrient contents also contain the amino acid L-theanine, which directly affects your brain.has many roles in your body, including the regulation of certain neurotransmitters like dopamin
L-theanine increases dopamine production, similar to antidepressants, and L-Theanine has an enhancing cognitive boost in it.
Fish Oil helps with dopamine regulation when taken daily.
Caffeine (for some)increases brain function by boosting dopamine receptor levels in the brain.
Ginseng root can be eaten raw or steamed, but it’s also available in other forms, such as tea, capsules or pills. It enhances brain function, mood, behavior and enhances memory.
Berberine increases dopamine levels and helps to fight depression and anxiety disorder.
Dopamine is essential for brain health, and the health of your body and mind. Dopamine affects many brain-related processes, such as attitude, vitality, and memory.
Normally, the body regulates dopamine levels on its own, but medical conditions, diet,and lifestyle choices can increase or decreass your dopamine levels.
Along with eating a balanced diet, many possible supplements may help encourage the release of dopamine, including probiotics, fish oil, vitamin D, magnesium, ginkgo and ginseng.
This, in turn, will enhance the brain process and mental vigor.
All of the supplements have a sound safety profile when used correctly. However, some supplements may interfere with specific prescription or over-the-counter medications. Be sure to check for interactions with meds.
Proven Therapies: Self-Hypnosis, Therapy, Psychotherapt, DBT, CBT, meditation
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Living your life with purpose
If you think this sounds foolish, maybe it does. It also maybe doesn’t, so embrace the embarrassment. When you feel uncomfortable with an idea, or foolish for thinking about your “purpose” remember that every time you step out of your comfort zone, you are taking another step towards achieving something important, something with meaning. The more life scares you, the more you’re being pushed to your purpose. Monetize My Skillset, Live My Purpose « Larry Kessler
Living With Purpose
Some of us were born lucky. With a clear passion that is obvious and clear to themselves and others around them. They may be talented and in persistent practice with working on their talents. They may have turned their talent into a skill which they now use in the work industry.
Defining your path as early as possible (usually 25-30) is the most important decision in your life. But, curiously enough, this is something some can discover in their teens, their twenties, or even late in life. The reason for defining your purpose early on is so that you can live in peace. You can live a happy life with the direction you chose. You will fulfill your purpose.
Having a purposeful life, whether it be manufacturing guitars or tennis or volunteer work, plays a heavy role in your mental and physical health, researchers find. It even showed to be of more importance in lowering the risk of death than exercising regularly. Some researchers suggest that having a life purpose reduces stress and anxiety, thus not compromising their immune systems constantly trying to figure themselves out.
Having a purpose in life may decrease your risk of dying early. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 7,000 American adults between the ages of 51 and 61 who filled out psychological questionnaires on the relationship between mortality and life purpose. What they found surprised them,
“People who didn’t have a strong sense of life purpose — which was defined as ‘a self-organizing life aim that stimulates goals’— were more likely to die than those who did, and specifically more likely to die of cardiovascular diseases. ” Celeste Leigh Pearce, one of the authors of the study published in JAMA Current Open.
“I approached this with a very skeptical eye,” says Pearce, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan. “I just find it so convincing that I’m developing a whole research program around it.” Those who lack a strong spirit or purpose are at least twice as likely to die between the study conducted the years of 2006 through 2010, comparing those studies with the studies of participants who claim they have a life with a purpose. This relationship between a low level of purpose in life and fatality has remained accurate despite how wealthy or how poor participators are, and regardless of their sex, ethnicity, or educational level. The researchers also discovered the relationship to be so powerful that knowing and having a life purpose seemed to be more significant for lowering the risk of death than drinking, smoking, or exercising regularly.
“Just like people have basic physical needs, like to sleep and eat and drink, they have basic psychological needs,” Alan Rozanski, a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The study conducted adds to a small but growing body of literature on the relationship between life purpose and physical health. Rozanski published a 2016 paper in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, He used data from 10 different studies to prove that strong knowledge of life purpose was correlated to lower risk of death and cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks or stroke. The researchers for the new JAMA Current Open study pulled data from a bombastic study of senior American adults called the Health and Retirement Study. The study participants were asked a diverse range of questions on matters such as monetary resources, physical wellness, and home life.
A subset of study participants filled out psychological questionnaires, including a study named the Psychological Wellbeing Scale, in 2006. This included questions specifically intended to interpret how significant a person’s feeling of their life purpose is. The questionnaire asked them to rate their answer to questions such as, “Some people wander through life, but I am not one of them.” The study research authors used participants’ answers to provide evidence of how strong their degree of life purpose was. The research authors then deligate information on participants’ physical wellbeing as of 2010, including whether or not participants died, was studied, and what the cause of their death was.
“What matters, Is not exactly what a person’s life purpose is, but that they have one. For some, it might be raising children. For others, it might be doing Veterinary work, wherever your life fulfillment comes from can be very personal and individualistic to oneself.” Researchers state.
The study’s lead author, Aliya Alimujiang, who is a doctoral student in epidemiology at the University of Michigan, says she got involved in the study because of a personal interest in meditation, mindfulness, forgiveness, and wellness. Before she started graduate school, Alimujiang worked as a volunteer ai at a breast cancer clinic and says she was stricken by how the patients could easily articulate how they found substance in their life and how they seemed to be doing better than before they figured it out. That goes through experience helped her specify part of her living purpose: researching the life purpose phenomenon. “I had a close relationship with breast cancer inpatients. I saw the scared looks and anxiety and depression they had underneath their promising smiles,” Alimujiang says. “That helped me to apply for school. That’s how I started my career.”
“While the link between life purpose and physical well-being seems strong, more research is needed to explore the physiological connection between the two, like whether having a low life purpose is connected to high levels of stress hormones. She also hopes to study public health strategies — like types of therapy or educational tools — that might help people develop a strong sense of their life’s work. What I’m struck by is the strength of our findings, as well as the consistency in the literature overall, it appears quite convincing” A researcher on the subject states
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