0:02 This remedy, by far, has been the
0:04 biggest game changer for my ADHD and for
0:06 hundreds of my ADHD patients. I would
0:08 say this one definitely out-beats any
0:10 other kind of ADHD supplement out there,
0:12 and I'd say in a lot of ways also
0:14 out-performs a lot of different ADHD
0:16 medications. And here's the reason why,
0:17 because when it comes to ADHD
0:20 medications, they are just only stimulating
0:22 stimulating
0:24 dopamine. And so, when you are just
0:27 stimulating dopamine, that becomes a
0:30 problem over time. Why? Because dopamine
0:33 eventually doesn't produce enough. And
0:34 usually the problem is not that we need
0:36 to stimulate dopamine, it's because our
0:39 body's not producing enough dopamine,
0:40 and so it's the things that help make
0:42 dopamine that becomes the big issue for
0:44 a lot of people with ADHD. But it's not
0:45 only that, in fact, when I was first
0:47 trying to discover this, even at a very
0:50 young age in my college years, I had to
0:50 go to a bunch of different other
0:52 functional medicine doctors to figure
0:54 out why the ADHD medication was not
0:56 consistent, why I was still struggling
0:57 in school and not able to focus and be
1:00 motivated or driven, and how the
1:01 different issues a lot of people with
1:03 ADHD suffer with. It wasn't until I had
1:06 a doctor that ran specific tests to see,
1:08 "Okay, it isn't just dopamine, there's
1:11 other things that also are rely on
1:13 helping you have motivation and drive."
1:15 And that was phenylethylamine, where
1:17 they were testing these things, and now
1:19 as something that I use all the time and
1:22 test for to see, "Okay, is this the
1:24 problem? Is it a phenylethylamine
1:27 problem? And how can we tackle both
1:31 phenylethylamine and also dopamine at
1:33 the same time? Because both of these are
1:34 important when it comes to motivation
1:36 and drive." And so, this remedy I'm
1:39 referring to is an amino acid that is so
1:41 critical that can both support and build
1:43 dopamine and phenylethylamine at the
1:45 same time. What I'm referring to is
1:48 phenylalanine. Now, phenylalanine helps
1:51 make phenylethylamine. It also helps
1:53 make tyrosine, which then tyrosine helps
1:55 make L-dopa,
1:58 which then L-dopa helps make dopamine.
2:01 And so, this remedy specifically is
2:03 responsible for helping most of my
2:06 patients. In fact, about 90% of the
2:08 people that I do run these tests for
2:10 need this support. So, how do you use it
2:12 effectively? And there's also a wrong
2:13 way of using this, and this is where
2:15 people get this messed up all the time
2:16 when they're trying to use something
2:18 like phenylalanine to help with their
2:20 ADHD. Now, the very first thing that you
2:23 have to do is you do need to test for
2:24 things like phenylethylamine to see if
2:26 it's low, and also to see if do you
2:28 really have low dopamine levels to begin
2:30 with? Because if you don't,
2:32 phenylalanine is not going to solve the
2:33 problem. It actually can make things
2:35 worse, especially when we see it too
2:37 high and too elevated. If this is too
2:38 high and also dopamine levels are too
2:40 high, then it can make the situation
2:43 even worse. But when it's deficient,
2:45 then we want to focus on mega-dosing.
2:46 This is where people get this wrong is
2:48 they'll try a supplement and they'll
2:49 just usually stick with just the bottle
2:51 recommended, which is fine. It's usually
2:54 a good starting point. In fact, when you
2:55 are starting with phenylalanine, you
2:58 want to be doing about 250 mg
3:01 per day. Now, that is very like the very
3:04 safest form that you can use is just
3:07 doing 250 mg a day. But that is just to
3:10 get started. Generally, usually when
3:11 you're deficient in this, this is when
3:14 you want to do about 500 mg
3:15 per day.
3:17 And you wait about a week to see, "Okay,
3:19 is it making differences? Am I starting
3:21 to see some more better focus,
3:22 motivation, and drive?" The thing you
3:23 have to be careful here, and this is
3:25 where people make this mistake, is that
3:28 they will go too high and then they'll
3:30 get overstimulated, where they'll feel
3:32 more where dopamine levels are starting
3:33 to go a little too high,
3:34 phenylethylamine levels are going too
3:36 high, and you feel a little bit more
3:37 agitated, irritated, and this is not
3:39 what we want to have this happen. So,
3:40 this is why it's good to kind of start
3:43 slow where you're doing 250 mg a day,
3:45 500 mg a day. And then the other thing
3:48 is effectively of when to specifically
3:49 be taking this. And so, when we're
3:52 looking at, "Okay, when should we be
3:54 taking this?" I ideally, because usually
3:57 how our brain functions and how we want
3:58 to be using our brain to be more focused
4:00 and motivated and driven, is I like to
4:02 split these up. So, when we are trying
4:05 to do 500 mg a day, we want to be doing
4:07 about 250 mg
4:09 first thing in the morning,
4:12 and then we want to do another 250 mg
4:14 about midday.
4:15 I generally don't want to do this at
4:16 nighttime just because I want that extra
4:18 boost at night, and especially if you're
4:19 trying to sleep and just kind of wind
4:21 down, that is usually generally what you
4:23 want to do. Now, once you've done that
4:25 effectively for about a week to two
4:28 weeks, this is where, "Okay, there's
4:29 been no side effects, it's just been a
4:31 little bit of subtle improvements in
4:32 your motivation, focus, and drive." This
4:34 is where you can start to increase it a
4:36 bit more. And so, this is where I go to
4:38 about 500 mg
4:40 twice a day. So, we're doing it in the
4:43 a.m., in the morning, and also midday.
4:45 Now, if you would like my help on this
4:47 and be able to run these different labs
4:49 and also give you a a breakdown of
4:51 helping you with your ADHD, then you
4:53 should book a diagnostic assessment in
4:54 the description below so that I can run
4:56 these labs for you, also help you tackle
4:58 your ADHD. Again, that's in the
5:00 description below. Now, at this stage,
5:02 you generally can even increase it even
5:03 more so. In fact, the highest that I
5:05 would say to even go, and this is where
5:07 I'm usually tweaking this and working
5:09 with my patients to see, "Okay,
5:11 can we go further or is it too much?"
5:13 And this is where you can go up to about 4,000
5:14 4,000
5:16 mg per day.
5:18 But break it up. So, do up to like about
5:21 2,000 mg in the morning, 2,000 mg
5:23 midday. But you want to gently go up.
5:25 So, if you're doing 500 mg, the next
5:27 step would be doing 1,000 mg twice a
5:30 day, and then 1,500 mg twice a day, and
5:32 then 2,000 mg twice a day. Now, there's
5:34 one other effective tool and remedy to
5:37 use alongside phenylalanine, and that is
5:41 using vitamin B6 along with
5:43 phenylalanine. And the reason being is
5:45 because both of these help make also
5:47 phenylethylamine and dopamine. Another
5:50 great one to also include is L-theanine.
5:52 Generally, with these three combos, it's
5:53 probably one of the most powerful ways
5:56 that I've seen effectively people
5:58 improving their ADHD symptoms and
5:59 helping them manage it throughout their
6:01 life. And like I said, if you're wanting
6:03 my help to run these labs and actually
6:06 dive deep and give you a 90-day plan to
6:07 execute so that you could thrive on your
6:09 ADHD, then go ahead and book your
6:10 appointment with me in the description
6:13 below. But supplements are just only one
6:15 piece of the puzzle when it comes to
6:18 really solving your ADHD situations.
6:19 Like I said, it comes down to looking at
6:22 critical labs to see what the imbalances
6:23 and so, there's more than just looking
6:26 at just dopamine. There's other critical
6:28 labs that need to be tested and looked
6:30 at. So, you should watch this video next
6:31 where I talk about the critical labs
6:33 that every person with ADHD should get.
