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ADHD, adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, is amental health disorder affecting about 6.1 million children in theUnited States between the ages of 2 to 17 (Melissa L. Danielson,2018) and can affect them in adulthood.
ADHD, if left untreated, is linked with a reduced quality oflife for adults. With medications coming with unwanted sideeffects, is there really a natural ADHD treatment that can help thesymptoms and perhaps the underlying cause?
Symptoms of ADHD
As those who have ADHD age, some may begin to have fewersymptoms. However, there are adults who will continue to have majorsystems that affect their daily life. The symptoms faced in adultswho are diagnosed with ADHD include:
- Impulsiveness
- Poor Planning
- Hot Temper
- Frequent Mood Swings
- Difficulty Coping with Stress
- Disorganization and Issues withPrioritizing
- Trouble Focusing on a Task
- Excessive Activity or Restlessness
- Low Frustration Tolerance
- Problems Following Through or CompletingTasks
- Poor Time Management Skills
- Difficulty Multitasking
While many symptoms of ADHD can occur to almost everyone at somepoint in their life, if you experience these symptoms recently orthey only make an occasional occurrence in the past, there is achance you do not have ADHD.
Those who are diagnosed with ADHD have experienced thesesymptoms severe enough to cause them constant problems in multipleparts of their life and can be traced back to when they were muchyounger – in their early childhood.
How ADHD Affects Adult Quality ofLife
Finding an ADHD natural treatment can be a literal life-changerfor adults living with ADHD as there are many ways ADHD affectstheir quality of life.
Adults living with ADHD are more likely to have trouble inobtaining or maintaining employment compared to adults livingwithout ADHD. Adults who have not sought out treatment for theirADHD have an even higher chance of experiencing employmentdifficulties.
Because of their vulnerability to anxiety, addiction, and mooddisorders, their relationships can be affected as well: romantic,friendships, family, etc.
ADHD will often lower your level of dopamine and those who haveADHD typically struggle with the ability to set limits on theirbehavior. This can be an unhealthy mix as it can lead to compulsiveeating, as consuming food can help temporarily raise dopaminelevels.
The struggle with setting limits on behavior does not only stopthere, however; this can also play a role in misusing or overusingalcohol and drugs.
Symptoms associated with ADHD can become very stressful, keepingyour stress levels up longer than those without ADHD and lead toother issues such as breathing problems, trouble controlling bloodsugar, muscle tension and pain, digestion issues, and heartissues.
The list of how ADHD affects an adult’s quality of life can be along one. Some other effects include the following:
- Sleeping Habits
- Anxiety
- Forgetfulness
- Inability to Focus
- Impulsive Spending
- Finance Issues
- Addiction to Phone, Video Games orTelevision
- Emotional Outbursts
As it is harder to achieve feeling “pleasure”, spending habitsand addiction to screens can become a problem for an adult withADHD.
Treatments for ADHD
Knowing how it can affect your quality of life, treating yourADHD can make significant changes to it. Although finding quickrelief sounds idea, the most common treatments for ADHD may notwork in giving you the relief you want or cause more issues toarise from their side effects.
Medications used for ADHD are based around your ADHD symptoms.Because these are not natural ADHD treatments, they work by forcingthe body to change in an unnatural way – bringing about sideeffects as the body tries to adapt to the unnatural changes.
Stimulant medications, like methylphenidate or amphetamine, arethe most prescribed medications for ADHD. Depending on the severityof your ADHD, more prescriptions may be prescribed along withthem.
The goal of the stimulants is to boost and balance the levels ofyour brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. Other medicationsused for ADHD include non-stimulant atomoxetine and certainantidepressants.
While these other medications work slower than the stimulants,they become a good alternative to those who cannot use stimulantsdue to health problems or if the stimulants have caused severe sideeffects.
The side effects of these medications include quite a lengthylist and make finding an effective natural ADHD treatment moredesirable.
Depending on the type of medication, the side effects can varybut each medication can cause some. Some of the most troubling sideeffects include suicidal thinking, cardiac problems, and visionproblems.
Because of the side effects associated with medication and onlyreceiving temporary relief from ADHD upon taking them, manypatients are looking for a natural ADHD treatment that will beeffective.
How Upper Cervical Helps ADHD
Usually, when researching for natural ADHD treatments, we findtreatments that target the symptoms of ADHD: focus, anxiety,emotional changes, and more. While having relief from the symptomssound great, the underlying cause of your ADHD is still leftuncorrected as treatments help you ignore the symptoms.
The best way to know if a natural ADHD treatment will bebeneficial is to know if it is helping your natural body fightagainst the cause or if it is targeting only the symptoms. If leftuntreated, the cause of your ADHD can worsen over time and causemore issues to arise.
Dr. Daniel Amen is a brain disorder specialist who has shownpeople diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have abnormal brain scans. Inaddition to his findings, there has been plenty of evidence thatrelates ADHD to abnormal brain activity.
Keeping this in mind, when an upper cervical misalignmentoccurs, it can disrupt the natural function of the brain stem andchange the way your brain communicates with the rest of your body.Functions that change due to a compressed brain stem includethinking, balance, memory, sleeping habits, emotional reactions,and more.
Many of the functions affected by an upper cervical misalignmentcan be seen to trigger symptoms found in those diagnosed with ADHD.To restore proper function, the pressure on the brain stem needs tobe removed.
An upper cervical chiropractor focuses on your upper cervicalspine and makes gentle, precise adjustments to restore properalignment that will remove any interference with the brain stem. Assoon as a correction is made, the brain to body communication opensto begin properly repairing and restoring parts of the bodymedication and surgery cannot help.
Many patients with ADHD who have used upper cervical as theirnatural ADHD treatment have reported a great improvement in theircondition in as little as one adjustment such as the ability tofocus, reduction in depression and anxiety, better memory, andachieving better sleep.
The severity of your misalignment will determine the number ofadjustments you need, but the goal of an upper cervical naturalADHD treatment remains the same: to adjust the patient as little aspossible until the interference is gone and the body grows strongenough to hold the adjustment correctly on its own.
References
Melissa L. Danielson, R. H. (2018). Prevalence ofParent-Reported ADHD Diagnosis and Associated Treatment Among U.S.Children and Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child &Adolescent Psychology. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834391/pdf/nihms937906.pdf
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