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The Cause of ADD

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EatCannabisRaw

ADD is not an illness, perse.

It is a disfunction. The disfunction is not the problem of the brain, but what FUELS the brain.

People with ADD are known to be extremely smart. They have a different mind then other people do. Its almost like their brain genetically uses more of itself, or just is more active genetically.

Here lies the problem. Because of the way we grow our food, we are not supplying ourselves with enough nutrition. People with ADD have brains that use a LOT of nutrition...and when they don't get enough vitamins and minerals, the brain malfunctions.

Its like having a 4 gigahertz computer but giving it half the electricity. You know what I mean...

The solution is to get more nutrition so your brain can run on the right fuel.

Much of our meat/grains/produce is grown on mineral deficient soil. We have literally mined the minerals out of our soils... We feed our cattle grains grown on depleted soils...so the fat/meat has way less minerals.

One solution is to buy free-range animal products...where the animals can graze on wild natural land... Not just converted depleted farm-land previously used for agriculture.

Another solution is to buy organic...however this isn't always going to work...

One great way to remineralize your brain/body is to eat edible wild plants... plants like dandelions, amaranth, lamb's quarters... these greens are loaded chock full of minerals. These plants breed to be strong and survive... pulling as much nutrition from the soil as they can. In contrast, much of our modern produce is bred to be baby-ed its whole life.

Doesn't mean its bad, but it pulls less nutrition from the ground. Especially when its grown on nutritionally depleted soils.

This is my guess why certain types of weed helps people with ADD. The leaf/bud of marijuana pulls lots of minerals from the soil...which helps keep the brain running good. Thats why growing marijuana in mineral rich soil is even better for ADD...

Alot of these ideas could be tied to many other diseases too, obviously.

I find eating raw, sustainably grown yerba mate, grown in the rainforest (guayaki brand)... gives me a sense of being nourished by tons of vitamins/minerals. This is a great source and there are many people with ADD who have been helped by it. The trick is to really get all of the stuff out of the leaf. I drink it whole, after its been soaked a bit in juice/water. But you can also drink it out of a guard... and by continually refilling the gourd with hot water, you extract alot more of the nutrition then just making a 3-5 minute steep in hot water. The teabag is the American way of using yerba mate, not surprisingly it doesn't get NEAR the nutrition potential of the plant... the gourd method, or just raw, works much better.

So if you have a smart brain out there, and for some reason its not working... up your nutrition intake.

Pills seems to help by restructuring the way the brain uses itself... and ultimately it has to restrict some functioning... so that the brain won't use so much nutrition. So pills don't provide a full solution... they actually make you use LESS of your brain.
 
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EatCannabisRaw

Add is just a description of what happens in a brain not functioning properly. I would agree its BS in the way its described in society. People says its a genetic dis-function. I would disagree. I say its a genetically powerful brain that is being starved of the nutrition it needs as a result of the way our food is being produced today.
 

diggity

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do they say it's genetic? I thought they said they really can't determine what is the 'cause'

ps. do you eat all raw food?
 

cocktail frank

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so if i eat vitamins for those extra minerals, my add will go away?
i'm not sure if thats the answer, but i do.....oh look a bunny....
 

diggity

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cocktail frank said:
so if i eat vitamins for those extra minerals, my add will go away?
i'm not sure if thats the answer, but i do.....oh look a bunny....

^^^gold
 
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EatCannabisRaw

Taking a multivitamin isn't really the answer. The answer is eating foods that are connected to the real earth... which are full of all the vitamins/minerals/and trace minerals.

Go find some wild edible weeds and have a good snack. Notice if you feel different.

Go get some real free range meat products, or kill some yourself... cook it up a bit and eat that... notice how you feel.

No I don't eat only raw stuff...although alot raw.
 

Sheriff Bart

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what ever you do dont take drugs from your doctor to treat your add/adhd. did you know they actually prescribe methamphetamine for add/adhd in some cases? more commonly is plain 'ol amphetamine but none the less they are horrible drugs and should be avoided at all costs.
 

Pops

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The worst part about medicine is that doctors do not know nearly as much about the human body and how it works as they would like you to think. Instead of finding out what you have and how to cure it, they are trained to give you a bunch of dangerous chemicals to mask your symptoms, in the hopes that your body might heal itself.

We currently have more diseases and conditions than ever before. Is it because medical science has progressed and identified more conditions or is it because genetically modified foods, pesticides in our veggies and hormones in our meats have caused more problems?

I have 2 daughters with Fibromyalgia and a 39 year son who is losing the use of his limbs to Multiple Sclerosis. It seems that medical science can't help much and I am frustrated.
 
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Sheriff Bart

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pops, im very sorry to hear about your struggles, or the anguish you must go through seeing your children suffer, but to me it seems you have it about right. although, that isnt to say doctors arent handy at sewin up big gashes or puttin bones back where the should be, it's just the pill side to medicine seems a bit too involved. that and the great earth has already provided us with what we may need. there are many great healing plants out there. **** the pills.

oh yea i love yerba mate. cruz de malta is my brand. i like the flavor of the stems. guyaki/nativa/etc are stemless and taste so bland to me...but yea everyone should put away the coffee and bring on the yerba!
 

thekingofNY

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Can I have some of what you're smoking. Where did you come up with this therory? Do you have any scientific proof??

Everyone has ADD if you think about it, it's just some people are better at managing it. If you want to fix it, get rid video games, cell phones, computers etc. We have so many things in todays younger generation that we overstimulate children and it's no wonder they can't pay attention. Granted there are some people that have ADD symptoms and don't have a lot of modern technology, but the number of people with ADD has grown steadily over the past 5-10 years.

If you want to "cure" ADD, go outside and play. Get some physical activity and DON'T sit in front of a screen for most of your day.
 
EatCannabisRaw said:
I find eating raw, sustainably grown yerba mate, grown in the rainforest (guayaki brand)... gives me a sense of being nourished by tons of vitamins/minerals. This is a great source and there are many people with ADD who have been helped by it. The trick is to really get all of the stuff out of the leaf. I drink it whole, after its been soaked a bit in juice/water. But you can also drink it out of a guard... and by continually refilling the gourd with hot water, you extract alot more of the nutrition then just making a 3-5 minute steep in hot water. The teabag is the American way of using yerba mate, not surprisingly it doesn't get NEAR the nutrition potential of the plant... the gourd method, or just raw, works much better.

Maybe you get a false sense of nourishment from yerba mate cause it's a stimulant(contains caffieine). You kind of come off like a salesman making a pitch for guayaki.
 
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EatCannabisRaw

thekingofny - I agree man. I think technology makes our brains overstimulated for sure... something about that.

I am not a salesman for Guayaki. I have tried other brands. They actually -do- have stems. The reasons Guayaki is a good brand is that they grow their plants actually IN the rainforest. Yerba Mate is a plant found under the canopy like many other plants. They grow them naturally...so they soak up all the nutrients/minerals etc in the rainforest soil...

This is different from other brands... which clearcut the rainforest...then plant monocroppings of yerba mate in full sun. The plant wasn't designed to grow this way. Rainforest grown yerba has twice the nutrients...and is just way better for the local environment.

Its not just a stimulant that helps, although the stimulant probably does. Yerba Mate definitely has a different effect than other stimulants. The trick is to either do the gourd repetitive infusions or just eat it straight from juice. I have experimented on and off with yerba mate over the years because I am very sensitive to any kind of stimulant.

I found that if I just do the traditional American way of making a tea out of yerba... I end up feeling out of sorts...not good. The gourd method is a step in the right direction... but eating it raw in juice is the BOMB. Seems you really get all of the minerals in the leaf that way...

Here is a link to the nutrition in yerba...at least the rainforest guayaki stuff..
http://guayaki.com/index.php?p=health&id=32

I'm not saying yerba mate is the only way to go. I just have had good experience with it, in its raw form... same with raw weed... and with some other foods.
 
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budvapor

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EatCannabisRaw: interesting points. respectfully, let me ask if you have any serious studies to inform your claims? or is it just your intuition? (which could be spot on; I don't know. although it sounds exagerated.) you should know that caffeine is often reported as helping people with ADD. but i've also heard it can make you moody.

i think ADD is real, but not something bad in itself. not something 'wrong' with your brain. more of a personality trait. you just don't fit the mold as well. you just get bored more easily than most people! and it's all a matter of degree. it's not like you either have it or don't. and it usually comes with associated strengths, so you could say it's an advantage.

the problem is that today's life is not well suited for people like that. i've been struggling with school then work forever because of that. and certainly the 'standard' lifestyle does not help (poor nutrition, little exercise). and don't discount it so easily as BS. it can make life very difficult. i'm sensitive to parents with kids like that too. but again, i think it's a question of lifestyle. poor nutrition and not enough exercise. our society does not make it easy.

i tried the medical route, briefly, and i was shocked at the side effects. it's like i wasn't really me anymore. i was kind of angry all the time; i had vivid and disturbing dreams; it was pretty strange. i felt pumped though, i was more motivated to work out! in the end it didn't help much with work though, i was still bored. and then the doc said it's normal because he had given me a very small dose to see if i was having adverse reactions. he wanted to triple the dose!

after i couldn't even discuss these things (they want you in and out really quickly), and seeing how they don't even know how the shit works, i dropped the treatment. i'm happier being myself and struggling with being bored; all i need to do is find more interesting activities (like growing :)) it's a challenge, but i prefer that to the alternative, coercing your brain to bear today's 'normal' lifestyle.

and about pharmaceuticals... there's no money to be made from healthy people for them! i think that says it all. you can't trust the bastards. of course it's not all bad; they know they have to maintain appearances to keep making money. but for sure it is about making money first.
 

teddybud

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i had the supposed "ADD" But constant medication has put that to waste year and years and years ago.
 

HuffAndPuff

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EatCannabisRaw- the analogy I like to use is horsepower and tires. People with ADD/ADHD may have all the horsepower in the world, but lack the tires that will put it to the pavement, because of the disorder.

I fully understand why people call shenanigans on ADD, but let me assure you that it is real. I think that it is over-diagnosed for a few reasons. The schools want every student to be able to adhere to method of learning that may not be best suited towards many of them. Amphetamines given in these thereapeutic doses will increase concentration in the majority of the population- with ot without ADD.

Many parents look at a diagnosis as an easy explanation for why Johnny is acting out, though it may be for other, more serious, reasons. The associated medical treatment (prescribing speed) is an quick fix for this easy explanation. Doctors are having trouble paying bills, partially because of rising insurance costs. I suspect they would be much less hesitant today to diagnose a child as ADD, than they would have been 15 years ago. Every kid they diagnose is going to have to get a script written every month, with a physical every 6-12 or so. The pharmacy stays in business by filling these scripts. Insurance companies gouge at every turn, and are some of the biggest lobbyists in the country. Drug companies, like all publicly traded corporations, exist to make a profit for their shareholders. Why would they try to derail this train?

None of this means that ADD/ADHD doesn't exist, or that life can be very complicated and frustrating for those who have to deal with it. I was a "troublemaker" until the summer before my frosh year in college. Then I was diagnosed as severely ADHD. I had pretty much figured this out, and begun self-medicating with marijuana about three years before. My grades skyrocketed, as did my self-esteem, because for the first time, I could sit through a class without being distracted, distracting, kicked out, or spaced out.

As far as the origins of ADD, I think that there probably is a genetic component, as well as environmental ones. In some cases I believe it occurs in-vitro because of various deficiencies. I also think it can be rooted in complications during the birthing process. In my case, I believe it was caused by a lack of oxygen to my brain during my mom's delivery. I had rotated while she was in labor, and wrapped the umbilical cord around my neck. Everytime she laid back, my heart would stop, so they induced the delivery, and when I came out I was purple. Seems a likely culprit to me.

I think that my ADHD has been a huge pain in the ass, but only because of how we have decided to orchestrate our social constructs. If school didn't matter so much, or if it was set up differently (in this country), and if we didn't expend so much effort on enforcing minor, pointless laws then I would look at it like a gift. I think it is the source of my quick wit, my ability to look at things in a different light than many. As things are now, I have learned to manage it where it hurts me and turn it up where it helps me. Any adversity can be good for you, and that which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Pops, my mom has Fibromyalgia and has been battling it for the past 15 years- back when almost nobody knew what this was, and most doubted its existence. Marijuana has been a major help in terms of improving her quality of life. It was awful to see her hurt so bad and have people telling her it was all in her head.

Phew. well theres my .04
Stay Safe,
HuffAndPuff
 

budvapor

Member
nicely said huffandpuff. that's a lot of what i alluded to... i'm curious about your use of MJ. any particular strain? or do you get the same benefit in this regard from just any MJ? how about dosage? anything else relevant?

for myself i've noticed MJ helps sometimes. i think it has to do with the only crap i can buy over here. i'm starting to grow and looking forward to better stuff in the next few months. any recommendations will be appreciated.

i'm sorry to hear about your mom. i'm glad she's open-minded enough to try MJ. i know my parents and remaining grandparents would greatly benefit... but they think it's crazy.
 

cocktail frank

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it seems new diseases come out the second a pill is developed to "help" it.....
society is nothing more than "government drug junkies"

do you have this new one?
do you go to bed at night and wake up in the morning w/ nasty breath?
you have bacteriamolecularitis....
take 3 of my pills, brush your teeth and your problem will go away til tomorrow when you take 3 more of my pills for $10 a pop.
 

HuffAndPuff

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As far as doseage goes, I have held steady at about a quarter ounce a day for the last 10 years. I started smoking when I was 15, and though I did experience giggles/munchies for the first few dozen times, outside of that it seems the way I experience marijuana is very different from the way it affects the recreational users I know.

Although I smoke every 2-4 hours during the day, and do so almost every day, I would say I haven't been "high" in 9 and 3/4 years.

To many, I am sure my useage seems excessive. I have a really great shrink that I have seen for a while, and he is the most astute, by the book person I have ever met. He knows my entire history, including my past and current use of marijuana. It goes against everything he "knew" to be true, but I have been able to make more progress whilst even smoking before my sessions, than most people are able to do sober. He has had to rethink his stance that one can only be productively introspective if they can sit with their thoughts, without "self-medicating".

As far as strains go, my heart belongs to sativas. That said, they are not what I find to be the most effective medicine for managing my symptoms. I probably love them so much, because they get me as close to 'high' as I am going to get. Mostly because of the lack of ceiling, I suspect. The best strains for me tend to be ones that express a bit of both sativa and indica influences in the high. The indica "stone" will slow the racing of my mind, but the "high" of the sativa effects will keep me from zoning out, and allow my thinking to be more multi-dimensional.

Thanks for the kind words re: my mom. I am really glad she was, too. It's funny because she knows my history with it... She used to ground me for ages when I'd get caught, but it was only a few years ago that I filled her in on why/how I had been using it. To this day, we don't really discuss her use at all. Mine will come up from time to time, like when the cops find a roach in the car. Smoking with her is probably never going to happen, as she never admitted using it when I was young, and even now goes with the "do as I say, not as I do bit." Whatever, as long as she feels she can use it and finds it beneficial, I don't care. Oh, and she smokes FIRE! Just as good as what I grow, but hers is that diesel that comes out of NY state (Firestick Clique?)... NICE!

If this is your first time growing, find yourself a forgiving strain that is an F1 Hybrid of some stoney kush type plant, and a soaring haze plant, and you will be in the medicine. Plus it's the greatest hobby ever. G-13/Haze comes to mind, I know reef's is actually the one that won Barney's their most recent cup, although I suspect it isn't the easiest plant for a beginner to start with.

Stay Safe,
HuffAndPuff
 
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