Your Brain’s Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD

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Also found the information about the striatum really interesting, and the studies she mentions showing its behaviour in people with ADHD in relation to reward anticipation made sense to me, and the divergent vs convergent thinking stuff blew my mind as I hadn't heard of that before. Oh and the early chapter about emotional regulation was really helpful in understanding what's going on inside someone with ADHD. A subarachnoid haemorrhage is an uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain. It's a very serious condition and can be fatal. Symptoms of a subarachnoid haemorrhage Melatonin Dosage: How Much Melatonin Should You Take 94% of us drink caffeinated beverages. But what does it do to our sleep? Research has discovered that adults are better at overcoming the effects of sleep deprivation than younger people. Teens are considered to be at a heightened risk for detrimental effects of poor sleep on thinking, decision-making, and academic performance because of the ongoing brain development that occurs during teen years. Most of the time, the brain uses almost exclusively glucose for fuel. However, during times of prolonged starvation or very low-carb diets, the brain shifts its main fuel source from glucose to ketone bodies, also known simply as ketones.

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By using ketones instead of glucose, the brain markedly reduces the amount of muscle that needs to be broken down and converted to glucose for energy. This shift is a vital survival method that allows humans to live without food for several weeks. Summary Unlike liver glycogen, the glycogen in your muscles can only be used by muscle cells. It is vital for use during long periods of high-intensity exercise. Muscle glycogen content varies from person to person, but it’s approximately 500 grams ( 2). Ketosis happens when the body produces large amounts of ketones to use for energy. This condition is not necessarily harmful and is much different from the complication of uncontrolled diabetes known as ketoacidosis. If you have ADHD, your brain doesn't work in the same way as a "normal" or neurotypical brain does because it's wired differently. You and others may see this difference in circuitry as somehow wrong or incomplete. It isn't. It does present you with significant challenges like time management, organization skills, forgetfulness, trouble completing tasks, mood swings, and relationship problems. in people with sleep problems, estimating as many as 15% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease were attributable to poor sleep.

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Insufficient sleep and sleep fragmentation are frequently associated with cognitive decline and dementia. Furthermore, in people already diagnosed with dementia, poor sleep has been linked to a worse disease prognosis. Some cognitive effects of poor sleep can be felt immediately, but mounting evidence shows that sleep influences your long-term risk of cognition issues:

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I enjoyed the book, I thought that for the most part it puts things in a simple, clear way and it's a good introduction to ADHD and some strategies for dealing with the difficulties. I like how it makes it clear that everyone is different, with some examples of the different patterns people can get into and including case examples of clients of hers who experience ADHD in different ways (as well as about herself).Killgore, W. D. (2010). Effects of sleep deprivation on cognition. Progress in Brain Research, 185, 105–129.

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The explanation for this association remains unclear. It is not known if excess sleep is caused by a coexisting health condition that may also predispose someone to cognitive problems. Overall, these research findings are an important reminder to get the right amount of sleep each night. Will Improving Sleep Quality Benefit Cognition? estrellas del capítulo 1 al capítulo 7 y el capítulo 14, estos primeros capítulos están perfectos para poder analizar, identificar, saber como mejorar y comenzar a entender el TDAH; ya sea si tienes TDAH o conoces a alguien. Del capítulo 8 al 13 habla de estrategias, se me hicieron bastante repetitivas y la cerdad no creo emplearlas. Para ser un libro sobre TDAH, para personas con TDAH, no pude poner nada de atención en esos capítulos pq sentí que volvía a repetir todo lo que menciono en los primeros capitulos. There's nothing wrong with having a relationship with faith, but dropping small kernels of imperative faith in an otherwise logic-based book just feels awkward. Dawson, D., & Reid, K. (1997). Fatigue, alcohol and performance impairment. Nature, 388(6639), 235.

Creativity is another aspect of cognition that is hindered by sleeping problems. Connecting loosely associated ideas is a hallmark of creativity, and this ability is strengthened by good sleep. NREM sleep provides an opportunity for information to be restructured and reorganized The short-term detriments of poor sleep on the brain and cognition can be the result of pulling an occasional all-nighter, while those with chronic sleep problems may see a continuous negative effect on day-to-day tasks. Over the long-term, poor sleep may put someone at a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia. What Are the Short-Term Cognitive Impacts of Poor Sleep? Furthermore, a review of 22 observational studies calculated that the risk of heart disease was 9% lower for each additional 7 grams of dietary fiber people consumed per day ( 11). Yordanova, J., Kolev, V., Wagner, U., & Verleger, R. (2010). Differential associations of early- and late-night sleep with functional brain states promoting insight to abstract task regularity. PloS one, 5(2), e9442.

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One observational study including over 40,000 men found that a higher intake of insoluble fiber was associated with a 37% lower risk of diverticular disease, a disease in which pouches develop in the intestine ( 6). Summary Glucose in the blood is taken up into your body’s cells and used to produce a fuel molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through a series of complex processes known as cellular respiration. Cells can then use ATP to power a variety of metabolic tasks. Professor James Fawcett is head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are axon regeneration, neuroplasticity and interfacing the nervous system with electronics. Plagiarism is never tolerated. Writers and editors caught stealing content or improperly citing sources are immediately terminated, and we will work to rectify the situation with the original publisher(s) There are usually no warning signs, but a subarachnoid haemorrhage sometimes happens during physical effort or straining, such as coughing, going to the toilet, lifting something heavy or having sex.

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Shokri-Kojori, E., Wang, G. J., Wiers, C. E., Demiral, S. B., Guo, M., Kim, S. W., Lindgren, E., Ramirez, V., Zehra, A., Freeman, C., Miller, G., Manza, P., Srivastava, T., De Santi, S., Tomasi, D., Benveniste, H., & Volkow, N. D. (2018). β-Amyloid accumulation in the human brain after one night of sleep deprivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(17), 4483–4488.