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Thanks for the opportunity to work together!

It's been very busy lately ironing out the details of the DC office – and I did take some time off with family for Thanksgiving, out to see my family and new grandson [#2] in the Los Angeles environs – thus the quietude on these airwaves.

I have a lot to be thankful for – an interesting family with fresh insights, great friends, the gym guys who ride me when I don't show up, and on a daily basis – everyday – I appreciate you folks who read these lines, comment and give me the opportunity to work with you. I love this chance to work together on many levels.

I know I said this earlier when I was commenting on the Google ratings on the multiple Intuniv postings, but my deep gratitude bears repeating. There's no learning without feedback, no growth without community and networks of like minded folks.

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You will appreciate this observation:

We should work on our process, not the outcome of our processes.

W. Edwards Deming

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Brief: Kindle News From the Front

For those of you Kindle lovers – and we do have a few asking for this out there…

 

1. You will notice that CorePsych Blog is now with Kindle, with some brief notes at the CorePsych Book Store.

2. And I plan to load ADHD Medication Rules on Kindle as soon as possible as well, will keep you posted.

3. If you're a professional interested in CoreBrain Training, specifics regarding how to use the neuroscience in your own office, do sign up so I can keep you posted on those interesting and useful personalized training developments. Look for an CoreBrain Training opportunity in the next post tomorrow.

And Check Out That New Highlighter Tool!

Now we can really get into that conversation process! Over there on your left is that inviting Yellow Highlighter Tool-Guy. Check it out, – it is very cool! 😎 The process is painless: Highlight any text on any of my blog posts and notice the box that comes up when you lift your fingers from the keys – that exceedingly useful box provides easy links upon which you can: agree, disagree, Comment, Tweet, Facebook, you name it! Sooo easy to connect on the details – Deming would fully approve! [Available only on each specific page, not on the home page.]

More posts on Neurotransmitters coming soon – consider this important point: ADHD symptoms are created by far more problems with neurotransmitter imbalance than simply with DA – our old friend dopamine.

Thanks again!

Best wishes to you and yours for the Holidays!

cp

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5 Comments

  1. Ana says:
    December 25, 2010 at 11:17 PM

    Dr. Parker,My son is 9. Diagnosed ADHD since he was 7. His issues: besides his poor attention span, he could get angry (just at home) so easily if he does not get his way. When he gets mad, with age during his meltdowns, he has become very violent, he would get out of his mind and attack (really attacks and sometimes threatens to kill) whoever is the object of his rage,could be his dad, little bro or myself. After the episode he would be remorseful, but during the episode I can really see that he as much as he tries he es unable to control his emotions. This doesn’t happen on daily basis but happens often. At school he is doing mostly fine with his IEP but having low self steem since he just can not keep the pace in Math and totally hates doing homework,that sometimes may trigger an explosion at home since he hates so much.
    He was a very easy,happy baby with no signs of anything different besides that he was very intolerant and intense when he was mad.He started to grow and the tantrums started to escalated as well.I was on denial stage about his ADHD at the beginning thinking that he will outgrow those behaviors. First, we tried alternatives approaches.He is seen by a Naturopathic Dr. and after some testing he came out as highly sensitive to gluten and eggs so, he has been in a gluten-eggs free diet for two years now. We have seen improvements but not as much as we would like. We have tried homeopathy we little success. Also he had 22 sessions of Neurofeedback with NO success and several ADHD supplements. Through his Naturopath Dr. he had Neurotransmitters testing made by NeuroScience and the results shows that he is way above the limit on every single of them. We are also addressing some gut inflammation that is getting fixed slowly. After too much thinking and without having had great success with our alternatives options we decided to tried him on meds last November, we tried 1 mg. of INTUNIV for about 6 weeks and he was calmer and a bit more focus but he would have awful headaches every single night, he would wake up in the middle of the night saying that he was dizzy and complained of feeling sick most of the time, he had a couple of mood swing episodes-becoming suddenly sad- because of all of this we suspended and stop for a week and then his Dr.suggested to try TENEX .5mg in the morning and .5mg in the afternoon. He took it for one week having the same symptoms so, we suspended it again. Since 10 days ago he has not taken anything but his behavior is totally changed. Now he is totally hyper-HE WAS NOT LIKE THAT BEFORE- now, he just can’t stay still for a minute he needs to be moving every second. We are so confused. I wonder if starting the med and stopping it changed something inside of him in such a drastic-and not so good- way. Now, we still have the “initial behavioral package” plus the hyperactivity. In few days we’ll have an appointment with his doctor but I would love to have your valuable input before hand. What could be a good med match for him? THX A LOT!

    • Dr Charles Parker says:
      December 26, 2010 at 10:41 AM

      Ana,
      Having seen many of the NS test results with high inflammation, I can tell you several likely problems:
      1. Likely he needs testing to re-eval IgG and searching for any other antigens.
      2. Until the gut is healed none of the interventions work.
      3. Consider other toxins and need for detox, possibly heavy metal challenges.
      4. Glutamate is encouraged with tenex and Intuniv, so I strongly expect his glutamate is out the roof.
      5. Look for Lyme – perhaps My Lyme ID?
      Hope this helps-
      cp

  2. Tracy Will says:
    December 16, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    My son, 7yrs, moved to 2mg in Oct. 1mg, 7am, 1mg after school (3:30pm) with no side effects. He isn’t drowsy at all. He is a VERY high energy kid. The medication has been very helpful. Pschychiatrist has mentioned going to 3mg as he is still sometimes irritable, but not explosive as before. We have held off so far.

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