By Sarah Sheppard, Nov 22, 2022

“Medications that treat ADHD help with attention and focus, and reduce distractibility, [but can] suppress the qualities that make people with ADHD chatty, spunky, and easy to connect with,” says Alex Dimitriu, MD, double board-certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. 

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By Emily Weaver, Nov 17, 2022

“People will stay up late to celebrate, clean up, or just have some much-needed alone time [after] a long day of festivities and socializing,” Dr. Alex Dimitriu, Founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, and SleepFoundation.org. contributor said. “The trouble is that a later bedtime, alcohol, and late meals all have a negative impact on both sleep duration and sleep quality.”

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By Sarah Bradley,  Nov 14, 2022

Here’s some good news: any kind of exercise is good exercise if you have ADHD. There’s some evidence that more complex activities (like swimming, biking, martial arts, or even rock climbing) may be better for people with ADHD, but “the best exercise is the one you can do regularly, consistently, and that [you] enjoy most,” according to Alex Dimitriu, MD, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine. 

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By Erica Reagle, Nov 7, 2022

“Anyone using a weighted blanket should make sure it is not too hot and allows them to sleep slightly on the cool side at night,” says Alex Dimitriu, MD, owner of SiliconPsych and BrainFoodMD. “Cooling blankets achieve this–and can help with deepening of sleep.” The best cooling weighted blankets help reduce stress and improve sleep quality through deep pressure stimulation.

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By Zoe Malin, Nov 4, 2022

Weighted stuffed animals are smaller than weighted blankets, so they cover less of the body and you can hold them on your lap or sleep with them (usually with your arms wrapped around them), experts told us. While anyone can use a weighted stuffed animal, they’re geared toward children: Weighted blankets are often too large and heavy for kids to maneuver by themselves, while weighted stuffed animals are smaller, lighter and similar to other toys they may already have at home, Dimitriu said.

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By Eileen Bailey, Nov 2, 2022

“Chronic pain could result in altered self-care, sleep, exercise, diet, and likely socialization – all important factors to emotional well-being and physical health,” Dr. Alex Dimitriu, the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD, told Healthline. “Chronic pain, mental health, and self-care likely come together to result in diminished health outcomes and a greater likelihood of illnesses, such as COVID.”

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By Emma Penrod, Oct 28, 2022

We need processing time during the day to synthesize everything that’s happening to us, says Alex Dimitriu, MD, a psychiatrist and sleep medicine physician in Menlo Park, California, who is also an Everyday Health medical reviewer. “With the advent of the smartphone our downtime has been taken away.” We’ve become so increasingly busy that we don’t take time to give a second thought to the things that stress us out or worry us. That’s a problem, because left undealt with those problems have the potential to grow. And the other issue is that they tend to crop up again when we don’t want them to, like when we try to fall asleep at night, Dr. Dimitriu says.

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