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to treat attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder also
known as ADHD and learning the
drug shortage comes after a
surgeon at all prescriptions
during the pandemic fox Carolina
health reporter Kerry Beals live
in studio to explain just how
much those went up and what
alternatives are also out there
the health care company
trilliant health pull data from
hundreds of thousands of people
were prescribed Adderall if you
take a look at this graph pay
attention to the green and the
blue lines you can see that
right around this is twenty
twenty to twenty twenty one.
Those lines started to see an
increase in ages people twenty
two to forty four there is about
a 15% increase I spoke to one
college student who started
taking Amaral during cove it but
now has found alternative ways
to control her condition. During
the spring of twenty twenty
Vicky- mache was in college and
how to do her school work a
fully remote due to close
nineteen by mistake at home
trying to work and there's a lot
of there's a lot of either like
way too much focus are way too
little focus- so I started to
kind of researching and be like
what are the symptoms of ADHD.
She was never diagnosed with the
condition before but decided to
get a diagnosis she was able to
do it online it was a
psychiatrist reviews at online
so I did this questionnaire
filled out everything she then
had to give final approval from
her doctor. Within a few weeks
she was on Adderall and says it
really improved her school work
my head had never been so clear
and it was actually like on
Irving for a little bit and I
was like. Why is my head so
quiet- but want it used to it
was so helpful and I was able to
focus so much better. But then
she ran into some serious side
effects- she said she would go
up to eight hours without eating
or drinking. This was a problem
because she has hypoglycemic
which means she has low blood
sugar levels. If she doesn't eat
there are consequences. I get.
Shaking I get your double- my
mood changes very quickly. Our
comes hard for me to focus I get
sweaty and then eventually I'll
I'll pass out. After graduation
she decided to get off Adderall.
She says she was able to do this
through a lifestyle change.
Instead of studying books all
day she now works three jobs.
One remote one baby sitting and
wanted an escape room and that
helps a lot because like I said
I'm on my feet. I mean and again
I'm I'm doing a different room
every hour so there's- just kind
of a variety and also be able to
pick my schedule and also being
able to pick where I want to do
my work has helped. Immensely
hello she says she started
working with the holistic
medicine doctor I think I might
have a- right now all of our-
somewhere in there. He says
eating the right foods help your
focus. Ultimately she has this
advice for others know that
there are so many. People out
there who have ADHD and have
figured out alternatives for who
are ready to help you with it- I
would have. Had a lot of success
from working with the holistic
doctor- so there there are
plenty of alternatives- and a
lot of them are just lifestyle
changes. It's very interesting
stuff there's a lot of changes
in that they can make. A kind of
those alternate approaches to
the practice or say anything
about other lifestyle changes
that somebody can make. Yeah I
spoke with the nurse
practitioner about ADHD and she
said that just sleeping. And
eating well. As well as you know
just. Kind of having a low
stress lifestyle. That can all
contribute to treating their
ADHD. Is there anything to do
with maybe a different over the
counter pill or or something
holistic like she mentioned that
someone could take. Instead of
that prescription yeah the nurse
practitioner said there are a
lot of options out there but-
every person is going to be
different so you really need to
talk to your doctor. Before you
start anything some of them
might be a little more holistic.
And some of them are actually
prescriptions that you can get
from your doctor that just isn't
after all it's a different type
of medication. But in the same
classifications so you really
need to talk to your doctor
there's a lot out there there's
even something you can buy
online like supplements. And
those are just you have to be
really careful because you don't
always know what you're getting
into. When you get a supplement
that's not fully regulated the
same way as a medication might
be yeah always good to can have
a