10 Home Remedies To Treat Attention-Deficit Disorder

ADD stands for Attention-Deficit Disorder. ADD is very similar to ADHD (which is more common in children while ADD is more common in adults). To be diagnosed with ADD, you have to speak with either your doctor or a psychologist. The easiest way to put it. ADD is ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) without the energy. While ADD cannot be cured entirely with home remedies, these home remedies for ADD can help to treat the symptoms.

No one knows for sure what it is that causes ADD. It is believed that genetics might play a part in how it comes; general brain chemistry is another idea. Studies are also starting to show that if a person was exposed to cigarette smoke or alcohol in the womb they are more likely to have ADD than others; low weight at birth could also contribute. As could an injury to the brain.

There other ideas as for where ADD comes from but those have been becoming more stories than anything else. For example. bad parenting, too much sugar, too much TV, too much food additives. No research suggests that any of these are a cause for ADD.

# Zinc

Zinc is an essential mineral that is very important to your body. This healthy mineral fights off cancers keep your skin healthy, but it also improves your brain functions. The zinc helps your cognitive strength and stability while also aiding your memory. Zinc is really easy to add to your diet. You can just take a supplement pill or you can get it from food. Foods that are high in zinc are lamb, beef, liver, and bran.

# Choline

Choline is docked in the vitamin B group. It is linked to helping dementia and just over memory (visual and verbal); early development and growth; strengthening cell membranes, and nervous system activity. You can buy choline over the counter but you can also get it from different foods like beef liver, nuts, beans, eggs, and dark leafy greens.

# Panax Ginseng

Some doctors suggest taking 100 milligrams of panax ginseng twice a day. This herb has been used for years by the Chinese for calming people down. More recent studies have shown that the herb can also help concentration, physical stamina, work efficiency, thinking, memory, and athletic endurance.

# Cut Back on Coffee

A single cup of coffee is suggested in the morning, but not more than that. Coffee, because of the caffeine helps you to focus by regulating the concentration in your brain. By regulating concentration, you also improve your memory as well as general mental performance. A single cup of coffee can take anywhere between four and six hours to wear off, so that should be plenty of time for it to help with your school or work way.

# Exercise

Catecholamines is a neurotransmitter that increases your concentration. The best way to trigger more catecholamines is through aerobic exercises to get your blood moving. The exercise does not even have to be all kinds of strenuous. Just something light will do. A 20-minute run, walk, or jog in the morning can do wonders. Or if you are in night school or have a graveyard shift, then you can just do it in the evening.

# Ginkgo Biloba

What you are looking for in this herb is the extract from it. Ginkgo biloba has been found to help with age-related memory issues, Alzheimer’s, and it can even strengthen the mental abilities of younger people.

# Use a Planner

This might be one of the easiest ways to help your ADD. Use a planner. If you have trouble remembering things, or the order in which things go, then make a to-do list. IF you are organizing something, then try to get loose ideas onto a paper before you forget and then you go back and refine the list later.

# What to Eat

There are foods that you can eat that boost your memory and that can help you to focus. For that, you want to look into more natural foods. Foods that can help your memory because of needed fats, vitamins, phytonutrients, minerals, antioxidants include turmeric, coconut oil, leafy greens, dark chocolate, cold-water fish, rosemary, and nuts.

# Bacopa

This herb has been used for centuries to help with improving learning, concentration, and memory. Bacopa helps to improve the aforementioned things as well as depression and anxiety because it balances hormones and neurotransmitters in the brain.

# Relieve Stress

Stress is not helpful to anyone in any way. It certainly does nothing to help those with ADD. If you are too stressed, it can poorly affect your attention span, make it even harder to remember things, and it leads to more frustration. So if you know that you are stressed or feel that you cannot focus, that is more than okay.

Take a break, go for a walk, color something, read a novel or something that is not connected to school or work, even take a little power nap. If you need to, do not be afraid to take mental health day. Sometimes, the best way to calm down is to just spend a day watching and reading something that you truly take an interest in.