ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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

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Jan 5, 2022

Tired of ineffective ADHD strategies? Discover how exercise can be your secret weapon! Tracy shares research showing that movement boosts brain function and enhances learning. She highlights the Naperville school study where exercise dramatically improved academic performance. Explore which types of exercise work best for ADHD and learn how to make fitness a habit. Find joy in movement and watch your focus and mood improve—it's the perfect goal for the year ahead!

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ANECDOTE

Son Used Medication Temporarily To Learn

Tracy shares her son's experience: Vyvanse helped him learn study habits so he no longer needed it regularly.
He uses medication only for demanding periods like heavy finals weeks now.

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Tracy Built A Morning Home-Gym Routine

Tracy Otsuka describes shifting to morning workouts and creating a small home gym to use exercise as medicine.
She combines 30 minutes of aerobics with 15 minutes of weight training to start her day.

INSIGHT

Exercise Mimics Medication Effects

Exercise immediately increases neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine, similarly to stimulant medication.
Tracy Otsuka emphasizes exercise balances these chemicals without medication side effects for many people.

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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. There is no brain function that exercise doesn't affect in a positive way. When you're exercising you are literally growing your brain, and if that's not motivation to exercise more, I don't know what is.

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