EP. 157: The Best ADHD Treatment With or Without Medication

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Well before I was diagnosed with ADHD I was using exercise as a form of self-medication; it’s a way to start the day out right and it helps me to think more clearly and work off my excess energy. All my life I’ve known that exercise helps with focus and self-regulation, but I was curious to find out why that is. After all, if we know the ‘why’ behind something, we’re much more likely to do it. In this episode I break down some of the research into why exercise has such a huge impact on the ADHD brain, the connection between exercise and learning, and the importance of finding a form of movement you enjoy. Incorporating exercise into my daily routine has been the key to managing my ADHD, which is why if you were to choose only one goal to focus on for 2022 I believe it should be this: find a way to move that generates positive emotion and just focus on that. I think you can change your brain that way, and if that’s not motivation to exercise more, I don’t know what is. Resources

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0:00.0	Exercise actually increases neurotransmitters in the ADHD brain, and it does this immediately
0:07.7	just like ADHD medication does, but better because it balances these neurotransmitters.
0:14.4	It doesn't make you smarter, but what it does is it puts your brain in an optimal position
0:19.9	for learning.
0:21.2	It basically improves brain plasticity.
0:29.8	Ms. Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Muntsar, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:39.2	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.
0:45.1	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
0:51.3	And you know what we hear even less about?
0:57.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Erin Brockovich,
1:05.8	Cher.
1:06.8	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD, and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
1:14.4	ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:17.0	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka.
1:19.3	I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:24.1	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is AOK, a system that helps people like you figure
1:31.6	out what they should do with their life.
1:34.1	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how
1:40.2	you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
1:44.4	I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts, and you know what?
1:49.9	I spy a happier life for you too.
1:53.6	So without further ado, a shiny new episode is starting now.
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