How I Manage My ADHD Without Medication

Do you deal with ADHD or have someone in your life that struggles with it? I know it’s frustrating. In this video, I go totally off script and talk about how I manage my ADHD without medication.

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[danmartell]

ADHD almost killed my entrepreneurial career before it started. This episode covers the 9 steps I took to turn it into a superpower (without meds).

[stefani]

I can’t watch a YouTube video without reading the comments simultaneously ...

[invalidavatar]

Tips with timestamps bc im adhd and get bored easily:
2:48 - Nutrition. sugar is bad, drink water from your personal bottle.
4:32 - Work out, even in your room, just sweat. He didn't mention it in the video but exercise causes our bodies to release dopamine, which our adhd brains need more of.
5:34 - Sleep. Use white noise and read, create a routine that tells your brain that you are indeed going to sleep. Min 7h, try to go for 8h of sleep.
6:37 - Morning routine/ritual. Stick in meditation it's very important
8:14 - Use the pomodoro technique.
9:11 - Energy management. Try to understand which are the best times for you to do certain tasks during the day.
10:34 - Music.
11:52 - Block time. Just schedule your day to the minute so you don't have to decide during the day.
13:16 - Build a team, for the support and delegating tasks.

[devitaiyomoyo]

It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling knowing everyone watching this is fighting not to wander off to something else like I am 😂

[cherylm.]

1.) Nutrition
2.) SWEAT everyday
3.) 8 hrs of sleep nightly
4.) Morning Routine
5.) 30 MIN POMODORO technique
6.) Energy Management
7.) Music
8.) Block Time
9.) Build A Team
Thank you 🙏

[rafaelbalsan]

- I start watching this video
- 10 seconds in, I pause the video
- Open a new tab to google something I thought of
- Don't even remember what I thought of in the first place
Ah yes, ADHD.

[dssoper]

Just discovering I'm ADHD at 39. Devastating...not because I am but because I've gone all these years not knowing and realizing life shouldn't have been such a struggle and feeling dumb lazy and alone. Attempted entrepreneurship and not giving up but it's in the crapper right now.

[hagridsbeardguy]

"Pills don't build Skills, and Skills don't alter brain chemistry."

These tips do help. Please don't feel ashamed of you need to combine with meds to get on.

[arifa]

The 10 sec back skips in YouTube are most used by ADHD ones

[augustineahmedconteh]

My ADHD is so bad that I am as excited about this video as I am about not finishing it🤦🏿

[ronjohnson]

I decided to stop ADHD meds when my coworker told me I didn't seem like the same person I was before. I want to be who I was born to be. A badass ADHD Superhero   :)

[juicetin]

Who else has Adhd and forgot what the tips where half way threw? Lol

[tuck]

I am a self taught programmer with ADHD - and spent my life frustrated with how my mind was always racing. I was constantly being sent to the office in school because of acting out due to being bored, and in many cases I would be ostracized to a desk all by myself just so that I could focus on my test/class work. I am now a software engineer for the US government without a college degree, and all of my peers have a master's degree or higher. Worst of all... I am getting bored and am obsessing over entrepreneurial thoughts day in and out. Point being, I learned how to harness my ADHD for solving profitable problems for others, now I am striving to aim my ADHD towards problems I want to solve. Out of everything he said, I think the most important is diet. I removed sugar (and went vegan) and my focus went way up... like waaay over 9000... ;) . Thanks for making such a fantastic video and channel.

[TheJamation]

I started laughing because as soon as he said “you’ve probably already clicked off this video” I had just changed to 2x speed hahaha

[adibnasirkhan]

I just could never stick to a routine. I struggle everyday.

[rheospliffington]

For years I’ve tried to deny my adhd and I’ve struggled silently. Now that I’m accepting it, I’ve been looking for ways to manage it without medications and I found this video. Thank you. Now I don’t feel so hopeless.

[keithm]

I’m goin to adopt your entire plan. You probably just changed my life for the best. See you at the top brother.

[vanessaloggins]

About the reading and getting sleepy: A good trick of the mind if you want to read a book and *not* get sleepy and even get energized by it is to use your finger to guide your eyes through the lines. Something about the action of pointing and having something moving with your eyes turns it into a kinesthetic action and also helps people who “learn by doing.”(:(:(:

[emmacruz]

I want a routine and rituals but every system I try I fail at :( I just can’t seem to get organized in any way with my life….I’m going to adopt this little by little!!! Thank you 🙏🏼

[stoicpresence]

I have ADHD and you posted this on my Birthday!!! That's awesome