errors in thinking
A common error is confusing correlation and cause. For example:
The number of people who watch Fox news has risen in the last 10 years. The scores of American students on standardized tests have been falling over the same time period.
Coincidence? You decide.
Another common error is assuming that our opinions are facts; if I believe something, it must be so.
color additives and ADD ADHD
Comment by Mike Ragnarok
Color additives tend to come in consumables that are unhealthy for other reasons. Bad diet makes everything worse, including brain function.
Eating junk makes you less capable of overcoming ADHD challenges. That’s not the same thing as eliminating junk being an effective treatment for ADHD.
If I follow you around screaming and shooting you with Nerf darts, I pretty much guarantee that me going away will improve your ability to pay attention to your tasks. Doesn’t make me going away a treatment for ADHD.
supplements to ADD ADHD treatment
Ari recommends mindfulness as a supplement to other treatments.
response from me:
ari- good comment!
there are a lot of things that help with ADD ADHD – mindfulness, exercise, adequate sleep, and good nutrition. These help with pretty much everything, not just ADD ADHD. I highly recommend them.
But the fact that they help with ADD ADHD doesn’t mean that the lack of them is the cause, or that ADD ADHD doesn’t exist.
Lots of different opinions.
Doug
question o the day
If I do something, or take something, and it helps my ADD ADHD symptoms, does that mean that it’s a treatment for ADD ADHD?
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Statistics are tricky. You can make them say anything you want. Which is why we should always think about any statistics we hear to see if they’re legitimate. Remember the one that said most traffic accidents occur within 25 miles of your home? Well guess what? Most of our traveling is done within 25 miles of our home.
Just because we read something doesn’t make it so. We need to think, think, think!
I think I got off topic a little.
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Homey –
I think you are right on topic!
but I know some people, actually, relatives, who think you don’t need to put on a seatbelt. If you’re not going far.
“There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
Thanks
Doug
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Just. Great.
And no, it doesn’t make it a treatment, just a very good idea.
Although, and it’s a recent brainwave of mine: given so many different things having a positive or negative influence on my brain functioning, I’m thinking that there may be times in my life in which I may get away with no meds… but that would mean doing everything else right.
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busy –
I’m wracking my brain to get clear about what’s the treatment and what is just something that helps??
One of the beauties of the medications – Ritalin, etc. – is that you only need to take them when you want to, and there’s no harm in skipping them. Of course, as you suggest, we may need to be a little extra careful when we’re off them.
thank you for the comment
Doug
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I suppose, technically speaking, there is no treatment for ADHD. Just a whole lot of symptom management, some more effective than others.
A healthy diet falls in the category ‘not making it worse’, while some other things are ‘making it better for now’
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busy –
excellent! Thank you for your help. I will repost this, it is so good
thanks
Doug
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