I thought: my child doesn't get enough vitamins. Not enough rest. Too much stimulation.
But that wasn't the real problem.
The real problem?
His dopamine receptors were burned out.
Let me put it simply, as that doctor explained it:
Imagine your brain as a house with a thousand lights. In a healthy child, most lights turn off when they're not needed. Peace. Quiet. Sleep.
With an overstimulated child, all the lights stay on. Always. No quiet button.
And after months or years of “always on,” those lights burn out.
They become desensitized. They stop responding.
That's what had happened to Lucas' dopamine receptors.