ADHD with Over-Focused and Rigid Thinking
Over-Focused and Rigid Thinking in ADHD
Rabbit Tends to His Garden... and don't bother him.
The least flexible character in all of the stories of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin has got to be Rabbit.
Oh, he can get a lot of things done, and he's the one character who will be prepared when winter comes, but he has a very hard time shifting from one activity to another. He is absolutely "task oriented" and is focused to whatever that task might be.
The person with "Over-Focused ADHD" is much the same.
He has trouble shifting attention from one activity to another, and he frequently "gets stuck" in loops of negative thoughts.
He can be obsessive, and very inflexible. He can also be oppositional and argumentative to parents.
He may be like a "bull dog" and not give up until he gets his way, or until his worn-out parents finally say, "yes," to his 100th request for something. His parents are often worn-out, worn-down, fed-up, and ready to break.
Parenting a child like this is hard.
Someone with "Over-Focused ADHD" is like Rabbit, in that he:
- May worry a LOT, even over things that don't really matter much
- Can be very oppositional to parents
- May like to argue
- May be somewhat compulsive about the way things ought to be done
- Will have a very hard time shifting from one activity to another
- Always wants to have his way
The cause of this type of ADHD is an over-active Anterior Cingulate Gyrus. This part of the brain is over-active all of the time.
And, to make things worse, when a "work load" is put on the brain, such as school work or a chore to be completed, there is the common ADHD symptom of decreased activity level in the Pre-Frontal Cortex.
In this type of ADHD some stimulants, and too much use of L-Tyrosine to increase dopamine production can actually make the problem of over-focus worse. So be careful.
Alternative Treatment Strategies for Over-Focused ADHD
- For best results, try our Eating Program along with the nutraceutical medicines recommended below.
- We also highly recommend using Essential Fatty Acid supplementation - Omega Oils - with either Flax Seed Oil or Borage Oil added to cold foods like salads. We have a growing concern over fish oils, as there can be mercury in fish (we don't know for sure, but be careful).
300 mg of St. John's Wort is recommended per day for these children, and 600 mg per day for adults, along with 5-HTP, and B Vitamins.
To provide this, and much more, we recommend for Over-Focused, or Rabbit style ADHD the following for adults. Children can take less.
- ATTEND for ADHD symptoms, take 2 capsules per day
- EXTRESS for symptoms of impulsivity, temper, restlessness, and anxiety take 4 capsules per day
- DEPREX for symptoms of worry, take 2 capsules per day
ATTEND contains:
- GABA,
- DL-Phenylalyne,
- Ginko,
- Pycnogenol and Grape Seed Extracts,
- 5-HTP,
- pregnenolone,
- DMAE,
- and over 60 other important ingredients including essential fatty acids, lipid complexes, and homeopathic medicines.
See the ATTEND ingredients list here.
EXTRESS contains:
- GABA,
- DL-PA,
- 5-HTP,
- St. John's Wort.
DEPREX contains:
- more GABA,
- lots more DL-Phenylalyne,
- 5-HTP,
- and just 2 capsules of DEPREX contain 320 mg of St. John's Wort.
Together these three products give the best over-all combinations for the alternative treatment of "over-focused ADHD."
Order ATTEND, EXTRESS, and DEPREX here.
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