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Are There Any Legit Ways to Heal the Prefrontal Cortex?

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Are There Any Legit Ways to Heal the Prefrontal Cortex?

Postby Noitartst » Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:36 am

I read Daniel Amen's ADD book, and I was wondering. If I do have a defective prefrontal cortex, making me stare at walls, and do dishes in four hours where it normally takes others a half hour, I wanted to know if there was helped. Amen's book is largely infomercial, but it has raised a lot of questions in me, for which I seek answers.

As is, I'm doing talk therapy, but wondered in there were any good ways to make thebrain self organize better; I've long been told I'm smart, but I've always had a hard time living up to it, and was wondering if this could help me do so, and stop being so repetitive, and reactive.

Also, I feel a lot of sadness, or pain (non-physical, I'm in great shape), in my heart. Outside of dealing with loneliness, I was wondering what could be done.
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Re: Are There Any Legit Ways to Heal the Prefrontal Cortex?

Postby Bert the Turtle » Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:23 pm

Hi, Noirartst. This is an OCD forum, not an ADD forum. That said, I will say that I'm generally skeptical of attempts to root any mental behavior straightforwardly in one location of the brain; especially if the person doing it is selling something.

If you're staring at walls, doing tasks slowly, and feeling sad, perhaps you're just in a strong depressive funk? If you really suspect there's something physically wrong with your brain the right course would be to consult a neurologist.
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