Take enough breaks
- Breaks are not just about recovering and letting the amount of stimuli you have been exposed to flow away:
A clearly structured daily routine, in which activity and breaks alternate sensibly, can train the noradrenergic system and normalize the production of noradrenaline.1 - This follows on from Scheidtmann’s suggestion that noradrenergic drugs (e.g. antidepressants) do not help with motor rehabilitation if they are used as long-term medication, as tricyclic antidepressants permanently stimulate the noradrenergic receptors and this leads to a loss of receptor sensitivity (especially with regard to learning processes).2
This is consistent with the experience of using noradrenergic tricyclic antidepressants for ADHD. It is often reported that there is a very good response at the beginning, but that this diminishes with continued medication. - Taking breaks can counteract the hyperactivity of ADHD.3
Müller, Candrian, Kropotov (2011): ADHS – Neurodiagnostik in der Praxis, Seite 86 ↥
Scheidtmann (2010): Bedeutung der Neuropharmakologie für die Neuroreha – Wirkung von Medikamenten auf Motivation und Lernen; neuroreha 2010; 2-2: 80-85; DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1254343; Schwerpunkt Motivation ↥
Adamou, Arif, Asherson, Aw, Bolea, Coghill, Guðjónsson, Halmøy, Hodgkins, Müller, Pitts, Trakoli, Williams, Young (2013): Occupational issues of adults with ADHD. BMC Psychiatry. 2013 Feb 17;13:59. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-59. ↥
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