Post by AustinsMom on Jan 7, 2004 20:31:27 GMT -5
I had buried this in another thread, but pulled it out cause I am interested in other ideas on this:
After reading several posts about Amen's website, I did the checklist too and my ds8 came out with ADD Combined and Cingulate System Hyperactivity, the same 2 primary areas that Kimmers child did. When I read the info on the web site though, it sounds like the frontal cortex needs dopamine and a low carbo diet, and the cingulate needs serotonin and high carb diet. And to make it really difficult it sounds like the dopamine and serotonin have an inverse relationship, so increasing one decreases the other and vice versa. So that left me confused on how to do this...certainly the cingulate issues (opposition and negativity) are the ones that make my life most difficult. But the attention is too critical for education to not say it is the most important. Do you just choosing one to focus on? Just interested to hear how others would approach this. Sometimes it feels like the more you learn the more questions you have..........
After reading several posts about Amen's website, I did the checklist too and my ds8 came out with ADD Combined and Cingulate System Hyperactivity, the same 2 primary areas that Kimmers child did. When I read the info on the web site though, it sounds like the frontal cortex needs dopamine and a low carbo diet, and the cingulate needs serotonin and high carb diet. And to make it really difficult it sounds like the dopamine and serotonin have an inverse relationship, so increasing one decreases the other and vice versa. So that left me confused on how to do this...certainly the cingulate issues (opposition and negativity) are the ones that make my life most difficult. But the attention is too critical for education to not say it is the most important. Do you just choosing one to focus on? Just interested to hear how others would approach this. Sometimes it feels like the more you learn the more questions you have..........