Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, supervisor of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, uses a lens of dependency to the weight problems epidemic.
Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, supervisor of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, uses a lens of dependency to the weight problems epidemic.
Karen Brubaker
I always learn something valuable from Nora Volkow. I have been watching and read ing up on her research for some years now. The information is so enlightening and so valuable. She has helped me to understand addiction. All healthcare related professionals should listen to her. Thank you NIDA and Nora Volkow for sharing your incredible minds in an effort to solve this very devastating problem
This talk reminds me of the classic Sir Ken Robinson’s talk about education, creativity and the future. Nora Volkow refers to the global change we need to make to tackle a serious problem. I hope humanity catches on and makes serious changes from it’s money/material centric reality to a more idealistic, love centered way of doing things in order to ensure the happiness and health of all people.
@Karen Brubaker I agree, Dr. Volkow is a national treasure.
As a recovered food addict (obese person), I said this years ago. At the time, few would believe me. Food addiction – obesity is horrifying. With food addiction —One has to take the tiger out of the cage walk it three times a day and walk it.
I have a friend with diabetes that when he got injured his inability to decrease his caloric intake while on bed rest resulted in him ballooning, at which point the slightest physical activity became painful, troublesome, and sometimes resulted in further injury. There are those for whome social changes won’t necessarily help. not saying these changes aren’t good, just that they aren’t necessarily a complete solution. granted the outliers can be taken case-by-case, but they should be considered.
Amazing, committed, emotional, clear, science based speaker. I wish she could come to Argentina to add her vision of this time of change we are going through. Thanks Dr Volkow!
as a recovering addict I truly appreciate this woman. She helped me understand my urge to drink. I’m not sure if I can completely beat it… but it has helped me cut back. I’m using meditation and keeping busy to sway my mind from (I need a drink mode) to (I have many other things mode) Thank you Nora for helping me to understand my faults👍
There is a LOT of truth to what she says about the link between Dopamine and compulsive behaviors (like addiction and overeating). For as long as I can imagine, I’ve had trouble with both attention/focus and managing my food intake. I’ve never been obese, but I’ve always had to fight the urge eat more than I knew I should. I didn’t want to feel that way, but there was little I could do about it. It was like having a constant, insistent “push” to eat in the back of my mind. I couldn’t “will away” the urge….believe me, I tried for years! Eating high sugar/high carb foods (foods that increase brain Dopamine levels) temporarily made that feeling fade, but then it would be back again.
As an adult, I finally sought help for my attention issues and started taking a medication that increases the amount of Dopamine in the brain. Presto! In addition to being able to focus MUCH more easily, that “push” to eat simply evaporated. I no longer felt a compulsion to eat more than I should, and I was able to make healthy food choices much more consistently.
I can understand how a “typical” person could think “well, just don’t eat…its easy”. Because, for them, it IS easy. But, believe me, its not in ANY way easy for someone whose unconscious mind is driving their compulsion because their brain is staved of a neurotransmitter it can’t make enough of.
Es emocionante lo claro y cercano que resulta esta magistral exposicion de la Dra.Volkow,acerca de temas tan estigmatizados como la adiccion y obesidad.Gracias x hacer de esta causa una lucha y bandera.
Brother your not alone, im in the sane boat. the thought of going the rest of my life without a drink is scary and depressing but on the flip side the thought of having healthy success and helping others, being s good man because i stay sway from the drink is motivating. the in between ate the bored complacent moments that test me and ive failed so many times. but im taking it one day at a time man. god be with you man. ✊🏼
I wish she would go to Argentina too, and STAY THERE!
Curtis Chase So am I…I was addicted to opiate painkillers and despite losing my RN license after 30 years of having a decent record, I.Just. Could. Not. Stop. I’m clean four years and counting! I thank my Higher Power(Jesus) NA, and doing the 4th step CRITICAL in loosing the desire to use. We have to learn to LOVE ourselves, because everyone knows that active addiction is fueled by a low self esteem, among other factors..
I wish I knew someone like Nora Volkow. I really, really love her insight, drive to knowledge and ability to articulate it. She truly cares about people and their well-being. Science combined with compassion.
I remember my dad asking me what my struggle was like. I could never give him an adequate answer. Always something like “Your brain turns on you” or “Like having a song you don’t even like being stuck in your head for years or until you finally play it” Lame. I know. But how to adequately describe something like this would be like trying to describe what taking a bath feels like to someone who has never even heard of water.
I first heard this brilliant Doctor speak when I was at Awakenings by the Sea treatment center and I was nodding my head to every word.
I told my dad “This. This Dr Nora. What she is saying!”
He said “What part?”
I said “All of it”. We were both crying by the time she was done. I thought a non addict could never understand until this woman spoke. She was a translator and a teacher and was the reason I started to believe I could quit as long as I kept trying.
Rosa Antonucci I never had a massive food addiction but I did a bit
To recover you just need to think about yourself and imagine yourself as ripped. Then do everything you can to get ripped that thought itself will reduce your addiction
That’s deep man, damn you’be been through so much. keep going!
What is the drug?
Honestly this was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever listened to… Bravo. Very touching.
@Frey So we should just ignore all the information here from the respected neuroscientist, Nora Volkow, and imagine ourselves ripped? Gotcha.
What an amazing speech based on actual matter of fact, worldwide crisis. A place where addiction is often frowned upon. Who are we specifically hurting? That of others indirectly or ourselves. The crux is that despite instigation, we are hurt! Again, thank you so much for posting such articulating and revealing truth!!! 💯
Which medication did u get prescribed?
@Tracey M ?
Great comment
Bless you. Glad her works are helping you.
@Tracey M no. Find what works for you. That worked for him.
Totally agree with her on building an environment to promote healthy habits. We can also try to do that on an individual level to start with! that change will gradually start to nudge us in the right direction without having to rely on self control and willpower all the time.
Food addiction is no different from drug addiction. People hiding from pain through pleasure at the start.
Wow, awesome speech. I am interesting in know if those that have Parkinson’s Disease ( issues with dopamine) had issues with addiction at an young age or did they activate the dopamine to much in their brain and did it lead to this disease. I hope I am making sense. My mom has Parkinson’s and as a chronic condition that causes pain all over her body since she was a teenager, is this linked to her developing Parkinson’s later in life.
This is the 3rd talk I’ve watched by Dr. Volkow, and once again, so little was said about the solutions to the problem of addiction. What would that infrastructure look like for addicts of drugs like heroin?
Also, so little was said about childhood trauma, and the role it plays in addiction.
Is it possible that instead of focusing on complete abstinence as a goal, we might better help those in need by focusing on improving other areas of their lives?
What would that new world look like for those addicted to drugs such as heroin? The current methods aren’t working, so what would a new model look like?
She delivers Scientific knowledge in a language that anyone can understand.
As someone who controls all of my addictions, I control my addictions by NOT allowing sugar to enter into my mouth.
No excuses over here.
She is absolutely right, about all of it. The kicker is that she has never used and she has a profound understanding of the subject
Quite a few years ago there was a BBC lunchtime news feature on a trial to cure chemical addiction. It was reported to be +90% effective in the trials so far.
It worked by measuring the frequency of the drug and then passing electrical current of the same frequency through 2 electrodes the patient held in their hands.
This caused the body to quickly start to excrete the substance out through the skins pores.
The clinic room even had an en-suite shower to wash it all off.
I forgot all about it for years and now can find no mention of it on the net.
I wish I had recorded it but I had missed the very start of the feature and thought I’ll just record the evening news and get the whole thing. It wasn’t on the evening news however.
Nora Volkow, director of NIH, applies a lens to addiction of ADHD.
N.B: ADHD and addiction are identical biologically, however there actual difference is seen behaviourally due to the symptomatology of the exact biological mechanism.
So much respect 🙌 to all those helping others heal. 🦋 It’s a true calling. I absolutely found my purpose in telling my story of borderline death ☠️ and life implosion 🤯 to healing my brain and body to get my life back! Much luv! 🕉 You can heal!
Please. What was the drug you got prescribed?
Yes, learning the biological aspects of addiction is a watershed moment for people like us, who have been through addiction. What I was told in AA and older model treatment centers was, “Your problem is thinking. You don’t need to know why. Just put your a** in the chair.” But humans DO need to know why we use drugs. When we have a devastating medical condition and finally get a diagnosis, we are so hopeful if we learn why we’re sick and there are ways to get better. Science doesn’t give us “an excuse.” It gives us hope. My 5th treatment center took a nonjudgmental, scientific approach. This was so helpful I wanted to give it to others, and am studying more addiction neuroscience in school. For me, this is a better recovery program than the moralistic ones. My favorite books are “Biology of Desire,” by Marc Lewis, and “Drugs, Neuroscience, and the Brain”, by Koob. Also, “Know Science. No Stigma,” but I forget that author. So glad you got the truth! Hope you keep fighting. I am. It’s always a struggle but I’m now a contender.
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