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Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by VoreLuka »

FollowingTheDao wrote: post #63
skywhopper wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You clearly don’t know much about the topic. There’s a huge variety of medications for ADHD. Some are classed as stimulants, but in many people with ADHD, it turns out that many stimulants actually provide a calming effect. If you take ADHD stimulant meds and get high, you probably don’t have ADHD. Also, not sure what epilepsy has to do with anything here.

People with ADHD and in a low energy state. By taking stimulants we can say it brings them up to a "normal" state. If they too more of the drug it will surly over stimulate the patient.

For me its the oposite, too much makes me sleepy. I actually slept for 24hours because of an ritalin overdose

Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by simplyinfinity »

FollowingTheDao wrote: post #56
simplyinfinity wrote: post #18

I'm also going to stick to the meds, as they work very well for me, with that said tDCS seems to have some merit, according to research [0]. But there doesn't seem to be a lot of data with larger sample sizes yet. So this product doesn't completely strike me as snake oil, but i have my reservations until more data is available or at least FDA approved [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32418073/

You might want to know that ADHD meds may increase the risk of Parkinson's. This is something that needs to be spoken about more. https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-medications-parkinsons-dise... I have another comment here that explains how this may happen and why blasting EMFs in your brain will do the same thing. If I had ADHD the first thing I would try is B6 in the form of P5P: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2432…

In my case it's genetic. My mom & sister also have it. My grandmother has Parkinson's, so I'm extremely likely to also get it at some point. I've tried all recommended vitamins, supplements, etc. nothing really helped as much as Concerta.

Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by dennis_jeeves2 »

lexicality wrote: post #67
dennis_jeeves2 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>cutting carbs: also depression Did anybody give you tips on this? the depression generally lifts after 2 months. For most people it's around 2 weeks, but for stubborn cases it may take upto 2 month especially for women. Anyway, I'm sure you are fed up hearing advise/tips, I'll leave it at that. If you think I may have something to offer (and I think I do) email me. Ps: I'm fully cognizant that every person has their…

I dunno if anyone's ever told you this, but one of the symptoms of ADHD is executive dysfunction which causes extreme difficulty in dealing with deferred rewards, especially if discomfort is involved.

Then I'd say that there is very little hope. The discomfort can be extreme when one gives up carbs to a point where one could could be bed ridden for a few days. The addictive characteristics of carbs resemble narcotic drugs.

Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by jijijijij »

This isn't some new, or innovative technology. Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDSC) has been studied for a long time and there even is an active community of enthusiastic DIY experimentalists. tDSC is certainly interesting, but it is also inherently limited, evident by lack of praxis/application. If tDSC is proven effective for treating ADHD symptoms you can relatively easily have the same thing (probably better) as an opensource project, 3D printing and FOSS. Not going this route is kinda sus to me. Pretty sure this was a business looking for an idea, not the other way around. Probably targeted at TikTok diagnoses not eligible for controlled meds and clout-chasing "biohackers", who will gladly preach the good news through affiliate links.

I doubt tDSC will ever beat stimulant medication, which is a cheap, safe and very effective treatment option, for almost a century. Some studies even show MRI evidence for long-term normalization of (young) ADHD brains with stimulant medication. Retarded formulations have a very low abuse potential. The biggest problem with these meds is legislation and stigma. And lately supply chain issues...

Oh, and the advertised thing is most definitely not a "brain-imaging device" lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_direct-current_st...

https://old.reddit.com/r/tDCS/

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Post by varispeed »

rendx wrote: post #62
varispeed wrote: post #17

This kind of snake oil stuff should be illegal as it only enables abuse of people with such condition. I can easily picture this: "concerned relative / partner"> You could be much better if only you tried this person with condition> I have researched this, these things don't work, it is a waste of time and money. "concerned relative / partner"> No, you just don't want to get better! I am really losing patience with y…

Great if this happens, since it uncovers ongoing unhealthy relationship patterns, and makes them more visible. It does absolutely nothing to enable them. To label it "abuse" immediately is modern, but not necessarily the most beneficial perspective if you want to grow with each other. You may also not always be in the position to choose who you interact with (e.g. relatives). Then you can still work on why (and how)…

Now that's some gaslighting here.

These products give false hope and are triggering for people susceptible for it which leads to abuse.

Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by varispeed »

aniviacat wrote: post #27
varispeed wrote: post #17

This kind of snake oil stuff should be illegal as it only enables abuse of people with such condition. I can easily picture this: "concerned relative / partner"> You could be much better if only you tried this person with condition> I have researched this, these things don't work, it is a waste of time and money. "concerned relative / partner"> No, you just don't want to get better! I am really losing patience with y…

> No, you just don't want to get better! I am really losing patience with you. Why don't you want to get help!? I do not understand why people choose someone who says stuff like this as their partner.

These things don't come out on the first date, they can develop over the years at which point you become stuck with that person (could be children, pets, property and other stuff). Many people are simply trapped - they cannot leave because they won't have money to get some place to live, they got cut out of their friends / family and are controlled by fear ("If you leave me I am going to kill myself and leave a note that you did it, you'll go to jail" or "Without me you are nothing, you are worthless, you won't find anyone and you'll die alone" etc).

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Post by pkroll »

engineer_22 wrote: post #11
bubblesnort wrote: post #6

The meds are basically speed. Epilepsy patients are told never to use speed, but then another doctor can diagnose AD(H)D and prescribe ritalin. I hope these new treatments work well, reduce side effects, and have less chance of interacting with other treatments.

The headband doesn't work. You'll never hear about it again

The "fixes your colorblindness" glasses don't work, and they're still a thing.

Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by ricc »

amarcheschi wrote: post #42
GrantMoyer wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CBT for ADHD!? Oh, that CBT.

I don't know why, but we have an off topic chat for our university computer science students - a field where there's a lot of autistic and adhd students, both diagnosed and undiagnosed - and God they're (or, we're) the kinkiest people I've met

The word "kinky" sounds so tame nowadays, especially with that news about Diddy...

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Post by red-iron-pine »

ywvcbk wrote: post #48
lexicality wrote: post #5

As someone with severe ADHD who has been repeatedly told they need to try everything that's not medication (so much CBT), I am now deeply sceptical of every new supposed cure. A presumably extremely expensive headband that claims to be a "MRI in your pocket" and has an AI assistant to help you use it correctly seems like yet another scam preying on the disabled. I'll stick to the meds thanks.

This just seems to be tDCS stimulator with a bunch of bells and whistles and possibly better UX. Probably not technically a scam, there is plenty of research showing that it might be somewhat effective but nothing particularly innovative (you can get a generic stimulator for probably a lot less without all the extreme marketing overhead).

tDCS is a thing, truly, but the risks of doing it wrong were things like... blindness.

presumably this induces a flow state, one of the documented advantages of tDCS, and helps drown out the ADHD

Re: ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

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Post by FollowingTheDao »

VoreLuka wrote: post #71
FollowingTheDao wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People with ADHD and in a low energy state. By taking stimulants we can say it brings them up to a "normal" state. If they too more of the drug it will surly over stimulate the patient.

For me its the oposite, too much makes me sleepy. I actually slept for 24hours because of an ritalin overdose

This is because it also releases serotonin, and the serotonin turns into melatonin, which makes you tired.
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