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I have been trolled. I have lost. I will have a nice day anyways.
I like your attitude, son!
If antibacterial products contribute to ADHD, I doubt it's through that mechanism. The impact of antibacterial cleaners versus non-antibacterial cleaners on a person's overall exposure to bacteria is negligible. On the other hand, there's evidence that triclosan, the usual active ingredient in antibacterial soap, could be an endocrine disruptor.
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Interesting, I didn't know that.
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Hang on a second - how are they controlling for effective calorie intake? Intestinal bacteria steal calories, and I would expect that to affect activity level, especially in mice.
The inferential distance between this study and linking antibiotics to ADHD in humans is huge. It's the wrong species; a few antibiotics aren't at all like being raised in sealed plastic and fed autoclaved food (and as far as I know the few people that do live in hermetically sealed environments don't develop ADHD more often than normal); and for that matter, higher activity level isn't the same thing as ADHD. Neither the original study nor the Science Daily article mention antibiotics or ADHD. Sorry mom, there isn't anything here to even raise it as a possibility, let alone meet the elevated standard of evidence required for making reliable conclusions about human behavior.
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I didn't mention antibiotics, I said antibacterial products- I was referring to cleaners that kill all the bacteria on surfaces, thus altering what people are exposed to. Antibiotics do, also, alter the gut bacteria.
Yes, I am saying there may be links that the articles didn't mention. It's not just the higher activity level, but the increase in risky behavior.
Those are good points about effective calorie intake.
I would like to know how living in hermetically sealed environments have effected childrens' brain development. I've never seen anything published about that.
Using measures of motor activity and anxiety-like behavior, we demonstrate that germ free (GF) mice display increased motor activity and reduced anxiety, compared with specific pathogen free (SPF) mice with a normal gut microbiota.
Are ADHD sufferers really less anxious than others? I would have said the opposite.
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The Science Daily report on the article http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201083928.htm states
" The adult germ-free mice were observed to be more active and engaged in more 'risky' behavior than mice raised with normal microorganisms."
That's what made me think of ADHD, but I initially posted the link to the original research and the abstract doesn't mention the risky behavior. Children with ADHD are more active and take more risks. I think that's partially because many of them are less fearful and partially because they often act quickly, without thinking about consequences. Whether they are less anxious on average, I'm not sure. Often their difficulties focusing, poor social skills, etc. lead to negative consequences that can cause anxiety. The experiment was with mice, not humans- so it doesn't necessarily apply the same way. I definitely think this is worth more research.
Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior (at least in mice)
Interesting findings. If this holds true for humans, it seems possible that our use of antibacterial products, etc.may be contributing to the increase in ADHD.
Evidence of a link between what type of fat one eats and depression
I came across this article study and thought it might be of interest:It is a study to evaluate the association between fatty acid intake or the use of culinary fats and depression incidence in a Mediterranean population.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016268
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I'm a clinical social worker/therapist and know a bit about bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia. My clients are all children and few have been given either diagnosis yet, although more will probably when they are older. I don't think that we really know yet whether avoiding medication increases ones chances of actual schizophrenia. One article I recently read actually suggested that taking anti-psychotics long term might prevent one from making a full recovery after a psychotic episode.
I do know that you should avoid certain psychoactive substances, most of which are illegal (LSD, uppers, etc.) and heavy alcohol use. It is also best to try to avoid super stressful situations as much as you can.
It is my understanding that many people with bi-polar disorder (and schizophrenia) don't like their medications because it makes them feel flat.
If you can get objective feedback from family or friends about your behavior in manic states it would be helpful for you to assess whether you should get treatment. You could ask them whether you are doing risky things? Are you so irritable/manic that you are antagonizing others?
My 2nd cousin once removed, Lizzie Simon has bi-polar disorder. She wrote a book, "Detour : My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D " in which she writes about her own experiences and interviews with other individuals with bi-polar disorder. She was looking for individuals who were functioning well. Lizzie goes around the country lecturing about bi-polar disorder. You might want to check out the book or/and her website.
I don't think that's an accurate description of the legal restrictions on doctors. But the legal restrictions are not relevant, only the actual behavior, which has some resemblance to what you say.
As a clinical social worker and a therapist, I can attest to the fact that if you want to bill an insurance company for therapy you have to label the patient/client with a DSM diagnosis. If one is paying a doctor themselves for medication, there probably is a bit more leeway.
I eat it on crackers (hummus is a good suggestion), but the two main areas that aren't that easy to replace are sandwiches and just plain eating slices of American cheese by themselves. Which was originally a replacement for eating slices of meat by themselves.
Cheese has a certain soft-yet-firm quality to it that A) makes it a good glue to hold other things together, B) I just like. I've tried a lot of the standard replacements and I could probably convince myself to prefer them if I worked at it long enough, but it'd be hard.
I suspect fixing the cheese situation will probably end up being last on the list. It's sort of my equivalent to cigarettes - comfort food that I get twitchy without. I don't know exactly how unhealthy it's making me, but I think it's the one thing that if I try to fix at the same time as everything else, I'll end up failing, and most of the other things are at least as high a priority.
To start with I'll try getting some hummus though, and seeing if I can at least cut back a little on the cracker-related stuff.
You might want to consider substituting another kind of cheese for American. I suggest this for two reasons: 1- If you have to cut it, rather than having it presliced, you'll be more mindful of how much you are eating it. 2- American cheese has more additives than other forms of cheese.
I, also, think the hummus suggestion is good. Keeping other healthy snack foods around might also be helpful- fruit, salsa, guacamole, carrot sticks or baby carrots and nuts.
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