Ep 1193 | A Balanced Approach to ADD Medication | Guest: Dr. Daniel Amen

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In today's installment of our Wellness Wednesday series, we talk with Dr. Daniel Amen, psychiatrist and and founder of Amen Clinics, about ADHD and mental illness treatments in the United States. He tells us about the seven different types of ADHD that he has seen in his clinics as well as some of the potential causes and treatments beyond medication that are available. And are young boys being over-medicalized just for being rambunctious boys, or is there a real rise in ADHD diagnoses? Lastly, we pick Dr. Amen's brain, no pun intended, on marijuana and mushroom use in adolescents and just how harmful it can be. Buy Dr. Amen's newest book "Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults": https://a.co/d/afp0IjV Share the Arrows 2025 is on October 11 in Dallas, Texas! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sharethearrows.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for tickets now! Buy Allie's new book, "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4COtBxy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Timecodes: (01:21) Dr. Amen introduction (02:09) Brain scans & ADHD types (15:20) Are boys over-medicalized? (18:38) How do you know if you have ADHD? (27:08) Increase in ADHD diagnoses (30:14) Artificial dyes and unsafe foods (36:47) Investigating causes of ADHD (44:48) “Chemical imbalance” theory (51:40) Marijuana use (56:41) What to do --- Today's Sponsors: Interior Delights — Interior Delights takes the guesswork out of decorating with new collections every season to help you style your home. Visit InteriorDelights.net/Allie and use code ALLIE for 10% off your first purchase. Pre-Born — Will you help rescue babies' lives? Donate by calling #250 & say keyword 'BABY' or go to Preborn.com/ALLIE. Fellowship Home Loans — Fellowship Home Loans is a mortgage lending company that offers home financing solutions while integrating Christian values such as honesty, integrity, and stewardship. Go to ⁠fellowshiphomeloans.com/allie⁠ to get up to $500 credit towards closing costs when you finance with Fellowship Home Loans. --- Links: Amen Clinics: https://www.amenclinics.com/ Effects of an elimination diet and a healthy diet in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40059999/ Change Your Brain Every Day podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-your-brain-every-day/id1178337794 --- Related Episodes: Ep 857 | Is ADHD Real? | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin (Part One) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-857-is-adhd-real-guest-dr-roger-mcfillin-part-one/id1359249098?i=1000624680025 Ep 858 | The Disturbing Origins of Adderall | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin (Part Two) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-858-the-disturbing-origins-of-adderall-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000624797989 Ep 983 | What Doctors Aren’t Telling You About Antidepressants | Guest: Brooke Siem https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-983-what-doctors-arent-telling-you-about-antidepressants/id1359249098?i=1000652056518 Ep 1189 | SSRIs Are Rewiring Babies’ Brains — and Killing Their Moms | Guest: Dr. Adam Urato https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1189-ssris-are-rewiring-babies-brains-and-killing/id1359249098?i=1000708507649 Ep 1031 | Psychiatry Is Killing People | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1031-psychiatry-is-killing-people-guest-dr-roger/id1359249098?i=1000661830317 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://alliebethstuckey.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wellness Wednesday is back. Today with Dr. Daniel Amen. He is probably one of the best known
0:08.2	psychiatrist in the country and he has a novel approach to looking at brain health when it comes
0:15.1	to ADD, ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety. And today we are going to talk about the mainstream view of these
0:24.5	diagnoses versus how we can actually care for our brains in a way that helps us. He is not
0:31.3	anti-pharmaceutical, but he is holistic health, looking at the whole picture of the body. And so
0:37.4	today he is going to break that
0:39.2	down for us. He is also going to tell us what to look for. If you or someone you love, maybe ADD,
0:46.5	it was an absolutely fascinating conversation. We'll also get to the damaging effects of weed on people's
0:52.8	brains and our society.
0:57.2	It is not as innocuous as you are being told.
1:00.7	Just an incredible conversation you will learn so much from.
1:01.7	I know I did.
1:05.2	We've got all of this and more on today's episode of Relatable.
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1:23.0	Dr. Amen, thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:27.1	I know a lot of people listening and watching, they follow you, have for a while.
1:27.9	But for those who may not know, can you say who you are and what you do?
1:32.6	So, Daniel Amen, I am a husband and a father and a grandfather to five, and I am a psychiatrist,
1:43.0	but I do things very differently than my colleagues.
1:46.4	I actually think you should look at the brain before you go about treating it.
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