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70 primary disorders · Text by julespeter dorval

5. Exhaustion

Manuscript · pages 18–19

5. Exhaustion

Exhaustion is frequent; the way the AS and ADHD brain functions is particular. It is like a computer running at 3,000 revolutions per minute. The motor heats up and uses a lot of fuel; the head becomes very hot around the cortex at the top and back of the skull. The nervous system is pushed to its limit by excessive impressions, noise, the management of social complications and the obsessive way of dealing with topics and interests, which costs too much energy; consequently, the metabolism, as well as the management and conversion of fuel into energy, cannot meet this demand.

Advice: a different pace of life with more rest and suitable food is greatly needed; sugar, processed foods and gluten should be avoided. More of The diet consists of one third plant proteins, one third vegetables and fruit, and one third starchy foods. Yoga for circulation can start very young: breathing and meditation to rebalance body and mind.