Tag Archive for: Research

Experience vs Diagnoses in Mental Health

Everything must be labeled, these days.

Labeling is the keyword for every behavior in Research, nowadays.
It serves as diagnostic criteria, I agree, despite penalizing patients’ knowledge and experience.

The discrepancy is about Disclosure: employers still rely heavily upon Diagnoses rather than subjects’ experiences.

Sufferers always provide the best insight into the condition.
We are all unique even within the same diagnosis.
Listening to the individual fosters accommodating options.

ADHD is more versatile, with specific positions welcoming the disclosure.
There is still no official Disability Report Form.

Most neurodivergent exhaust themselves to Masking disclosures.

ADHDers are in a slightly advantaged position.
They throw their diagnosis, as they describe it, like it or not, as result of Impulsivity.
The good news is Impulsivity being sought-after in fast decision-taking jobs.

ADHDers should research which jobs value Impulsivity before applying, while breaking the Worry-Paralysis typical of Introverts.
Introverts have plenty of initiatives, they get lost in rumination, they are not less productive than Extroverts who should give testimony, to the extent of taking Introverts physically to prospective employers, when friends or family.
Online Addressing can play a role, nevertheless.

Giving Testimony is rewarding in ADHD. 
One of the biggest obstacles in Mental Disorders is lack of Camaraderie, or Distrust.
Building Community is my main goal.

Impulsivity as a Gift.

The first priority of ADHD is Staying Alive.
Impulsivity is one of these gifts.
It is not meant as Arrogance, never, something all NT should know.
It is the desire to be listened to, like watching a movie together.

Impulsivity is not permanent. It abates when needs are met.
The reason a rewarding job is often more satisfactory than an insensitive family.
ADHDers crave Camaraderie. I can’t watch tv alone.

After all, talking of Arrogance, who scores higher…? The NT refusing to share our favorite drama once a week or us?

Altogether, latest research defines Impulsivity/Compulsivity as Fear of the Unknown.

Looking forward to enjoying a movie with my wife is an Incognito.

I don’t fear tomorrow, I m a Believer.
I fear tonight, despite Jesus being with me all the time.
Again, living in the Present Moment is the most feared experience, since we focus on the task at hand, forgetting Jesus’ Presence.


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Gut-Brain Axis

Nutrition has a major impact in mental health.

The distinction between psychiatric and neurological disorders is evermore unclear.

Psychotropic drugs can modify Cerebral metabolism, though can’t rewire brain-circuits.
Brain metabolism is controlled by blood and oxygen flow.
No psychotropics target these two basic vital elements.
Current medication still targets neurotransmission only.

My impression is that research always overlaps the basics.
Scientists know that essential enzymes regulating metabolism are produced by blood-cells, so that a new field of research is developing, GBA, the Gut-Brain Axis.

GBA

GBA is deemed as a virtual Communication Network connecting the Brain with Gut-bacteria and the Endocrine System.

The Gut and Adrenal Glands are major manufacturers of Serotonin, Adrenaline and Dopamine, the 3 main cerebral neurotransmitters, yet the brain produces these chemicals independently.
However, 90% of Serotonin is produced in the Gut and it’s responsible either for Mood and Intestinal Functions.

Based on this assumption, we deduce that Adrenal Neurotransmitters send Signals to the brain.

Henceforth, there are two lines of thought defining GBA:

  1. The Vagus Nerve connecting the brain with the gut directly.
  2. The connection between the Hippocampus and Hypothalamus.

Both models work on Signals and Memory.
The Hypothalamus is the Feeding center, the Hippocampus the Memory Center.
This connection would remind us when to eat by regulating Metabolism and Mood.
The Vagus Nerve would complement the process through Nerve Fibers.

This Communication Network would explain the codependency between Brain and Gut.

New developments are expected.



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