Dark Moods, Anger, and ADHD

There is another, more difficult type of ADHD that you should be aware of.

There are no Winne the Pooh characters for this type of ADHD, as the creator of these children's stories would never have created a character with these challenging, difficult traits.

This type of ADHD can be very severe, and will require significant treatment, and great patience on the part of the parents.

The Temporal Lobes and ADHD

People with Temporal Lobe problems and ADHD can be very hard to live with.

They can have gigantic mood swings, get very angry for almost no reason, and be nearly impossible to live with on a daily basis. The key to look for with this type of ADHD is anger outbursts for little or no reason.

Decreased activity in the left temporal lobes causes problems with temper outbursts, aggressive behaviors, and even violence toward animals or other people.

Temporal Lobe ADHD is characterized by:

• Inattention, just like in other kinds of ADHD because during concentration there is a decrease in activity in the pre-frontal cortex;
• Being easily irritated or frustrated;
• Aggressive behaviors;
• Dark moods, big mood swings;
• Impulsivity;
• Breaking rules, in trouble a lot, in fights a lot;
• Defiant toward authority, disobedient toward parents and others;
• Can't get along with others, can be anti-social or just in trouble a lot;
• Often has terrible handwriting and problems learning;
• You expect him to be arrested at any time.

Individuals with this type of ADHD are often treated with a combination of stimulants, like Ritalin, and anti-convulsants.

You can see that this type of ADHD looks very much like Bipolar Disorder. See our discussion on ADHD vs Bipolar Disorder.

Research shows that about 15% of those diagnosed with ADHD actually have an early onset bipolar disorder. Physicians and therapists must be very careful in making their diagnosis. See our section on Differential Diagnoses of ADHD.

For someone who wanted to try an alternative treatment approach to this type of ADHD, or an "additional treatment" approach, we would recommend considering the following:

• GABA (an inhibitory nerortransmitter) to act as an anticonvulsant and anti-anxiety agent,
• Phosphatidyl Serine (and other phosphatidyls), DMAE, Pregnenolone, and Ginko as memory enhancers to help with the learning problems
• and these people sometimes are helped by Ibuprofen in small doses.
• no St. John's Wort or Hypericum, as it could make things worse.

Using the VAXA nutraceutical product line, our recommended protocol would look like this:

• ATTEND, 2 capsules per day
• NEURAN, 4 capsules per day

Two capsules of the ATTEND contain GABA (33mg), and DL-PA (16mg) for mood stabilization, plus L-Tyrosine (67mg), Ginko (33mg), Phosphatidyl Serine (0.5mg) and other phosphatidyls (200mg) and DMAE (33mg) and Pregnenolone (8mg) for learning enhancement. There are over 70 total ingredients in ATTEND to help with learning, performance, and mood.

Four capsules of NEURAN contain GABA (240mg), and DL-PA (32mg) for mood stabilization. Children might take less. Consult your healthcare professional.

As you can see, using the Neuran along with the Attend can enhance the mood stabilization components without adding either St. John's Wort or Hypericum, two ingredients that some experts believe could make the problem worse.

Together the Attend and Neuran can also enhance learning and memory, and therefore school performance or work performance.

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