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Topic: ADD/ADHD and Nature
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proxieme
Knowflake Posts: 4534
From: Southern 'Bama
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted March 07, 2005 09:43 AM
 
I've recently come across several articles on a study that showed that spending even a minimal amount of time outdoors in "green space" significantly reduced ADD/ADHD symptoms in kids diagnosed with the disorder - reduced them to the same extent as moderate levels of medication.
Now, something like that gets the wheels spinning...
To me, that points to ADD/ADHD - and perhaps myriad other "disorders" - not so much being a problem with "us" as a problem with the way that we're living.
Perhaps we've gotten to the point at which too much of what we're doing is inimical to what we are as organisms.Any thoughts on this? -----
Here's one of those articles: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/93/102307.htm IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 982
From:
Registered: May 2004
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posted March 07, 2005 01:01 PM
I can relate to what you said, Prox by giving my strange vertigo problems as an example. Too much computer work and indoors work in general makes me dizzy  I don't have an inner ear problem, I guess it was all related to the tons of bad food I was eating, the lonely and isolated life I lead and definatelly that fact that I spend my days indoors!IP: Logged |
thirteen
Knowflake Posts: 247
From: Rochester Hills, MI USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted March 07, 2005 01:32 PM
Interesting, i never feel relaxed say on a weekend until I get outside for even 15 minutes. Thats why sleeping in and hanging out in the house is not fun for me. I need to get up, dress and go out for one errand or something to feel ok.IP: Logged |
Kat
Knowflake Posts: 358
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted March 16, 2005 06:02 PM
I sometimes wonder if florescent lighting has something to do with our emotional states of being. Over the last year I've noticed more sensitivity to indoor lighting and think it's had a negative impact on my mood. Also, many individuals with ADD/HD tend to be males - who are by nature more physically active, it might make sense to let "boys" (and all of us) be outside like nature intended us to be. Being indoors for long periods of time just seems unnatural and with artificial lighting - even more unnatural.IP: Logged |
wildflwrs
Knowflake Posts: 133
From: Albuquerque
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted March 16, 2005 09:01 PM
I guess meditation helps with ADD/ADHD.IP: Logged |
Philbird
Knowflake Posts: 2103
From: Here, there and everywhere.
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted March 17, 2005 10:04 AM
My 2 cents...
I've read in different places that people with ADHD/ADD are people with more activated DNA strands than most. They get bored easily, because of society forcing them to be "normal" they don't use make full use of the the activated DNA, so their brain is thinking so fast, they don't have an outlet for the extra stimulation. Getting outside is important!
My son has ADHD. We have chosen to medicate him. without medication, he couldn't focus. With the meds, he is able to put thoughts in order, has less anxiety and is keeping friends. This semester, he had all A's and B's in school. He enjoys it now. He got a D in math because he did the problems in his head, instead of showing his work. This is algebra! I believe he has a gift, really. Later, when he has finished his formal education, he'll go off the meds and I know he will make a difference in the world.
I think we should start looking at ADHD as a gift, not a disability. I do wish we had the money to have him home schooled so he could develop his way of learning, instead of having to conform to a regimented way of learning. He's actually getting frustrated by the unnecessary crap they teach in school.
Art was his favorite subject this semester and the school didn't even put those grades on the report cards! IP: Logged |
proxieme
Knowflake Posts: 4534
From: Southern 'Bama
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted April 01, 2005 09:53 PM
I've been doing some more research on thisReason: My husband's in the Army in Helicopter Flight Training...er, he was in helicopter flight training...he went in for some sleep problems and they diagnosed him with ADHD (a disqualifying condition if medicated) and he's trying to find ways to deal with it without using meds. and've dug up some interesting stuff. In response to a few things said here:
In one of the books that Jase picked up, a neuropsychologist talks about, among other things, a simple change in activity level being enough in some cases to moderate the symptoms (I say "moderate" because it doesn't have some of the reported dulling effects of meds but takes the edge of and allows for concentration). Some of the more compelling cases referenced are people that he knew with ADD/ADHD who got through med and law school by excercising 2 1/2 hours a day. Philbird - That sounds exactly like my husband (me, too, for that matter  ).
And I can't flippin' believe that they don't "count" art. I mean, on one hand I can see the point: Who can really grade someone's artistic output? But on the other hand, geez. IP: Logged |
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