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The school system should be held accountable for not recognizing sooner and providing services. Do they not receive additional funding for IEPS or 504s?

I'm doing a bit of necroposting, but I can't stress enough how useful was this talk. I'm currently doing a project for college about ADHD, and I stumbled upon this while searching for material to work it. I was also diagnosed with ADHD not long ago, so everything you said resonated with me, even 10 years after this. Thanks a bunch.

I intentionally procrastinate studying for my physics even though i know it's destructive. It's miserable. I'm going to see a cbt specialist. I've been struggling for a couple years now and stagnating in engineering school. Hopefully i will graduate as an engineer. I doubt it at this point. I thought i would outgrow my adhd, apparently not. I also thought perhaps this was all nonsense and an excuse for me being dumb even though when i was young i tested just below gifted. Perhaps that test was inaccurate and I'm actually too low to become an engineer. Both outcomes are possible. Hopefully the therapy will help, because i have been cycling the same failing patterns over and over again. Time to try a different approach. Wishing you all luck who deals with this shit.

I dropped out of 6 collage programs, graduated from 1 - i got a crappy diploma that got me nowhere. I have new hobbies every few weeks and cycle through them but can't stick to any of them. I cant keep a job and usually have the urge to quit after 1, 2 months.

Really liked your video.

Here i am, watching this video instead of working on my paper due tomorrow

Thank you. I'm 23 but I've never been formally diagnosed. No one around me seems to be like me, at least none of the people I admire. I've made numerous audio recordings and notes I've never listened to or read, been constantly late, been chronically disorganized, and have a tendency to just wing it. I've always hated myself for it. I think you're the first person I can both admire and relate to.

I laughed out loud when you said the part about the school kids having done the homework but its scrunched up in a locker. I laughed because my god its just so accurate, I feel like that one sentence is a metaphor for my whole life. Thanks, absolutely brilliant talk, second time I'm watching it

Hey! Thanks a lot for sharing this insightful presentation on ADHD and its impact on college students and beyond. Super important topic to discuss openly. 🙌 #ADHDawareness #MentalHealthMatters

Awesome video i felt so understood and from a fellow poet myself that was a brilliant poem

Love this video. I wish I live in the US cause Adhd isn't even a thing in my country. Went to multiple hospitals but no one there believed that this exist. Menta health care is terrible in my country

This was the most brilliant lecture on ADHD!

Thank you for the very insightful speeches!

I am a law student in Berlin and just figured out i have ADHD at 21. I am struggling with how theoretical university is and how overly structured. I Funktion well in arguments and in extrem situations like you and feel like it’s the right thing but i also feel paralyzed and procrastinate because in Germany it’s all so theoretical. I want to get a grip but it’s still a Prozess. I hope with time I find my place and your talk gave me a lot of hope. Thank you very much!

This hot girl in high school wanted to try my medication. I was willing to make an 'exchange' lol. Oopsy. That law that giving is selling is a blatant violation of Rules as Written and Spirit of law.

I'm starting my second year (third semester) of psychology and im so terrified alredy (second day). I could swear I was prepared, im taking meds now so i can go through the 4hours of class every day but then i need to study after and i don't have the energy anymore, I'm tired. Also, im so lonely and im so confused with everything, i cry when i don't understand bc i need to self rrgulate myself and i feel so embarrassed bc of it. My medication helps me so much, the last semester was horrible. Anyeay, I have 8 different subjects this semester (its a must, I can't take less) and im scared, Im so scared.

Here's the solution to the car key problem. Put your car keys on a string attache to somewhere on your person.

Thank you very much for subscribing. I subscribed to your channel, too. I am very pleased to make your acquaintance.

I am writing my master's thesis and suffering heavily from ADHD.

Wow, I appreciate this presentation and your work. Thank you!

This was amazing. Thank you for spreading awareness

If one is undiagnosed with learning disabilities and / or ADHD, they graduate from college and possibly graduate school, maybe the transition to the workplace maybe tougher , @roberttudisco the workplace does not accommodate LD and / or ADHD, however many qualifications one has . Undiagnosed ADHD and / or undiagnosed learning disabilities looking for work can be tough .

What was the book mentioned in the video? I can't sit through the whole thing again rn. Great presentation btw! I have ADHD, I'm in Uni, and this has been very helpful and encouraging

BETWEEN COLLEGE COURSES WHICH I PASSED MOST EXCEPT 1 D IN MATH I LIKED READING BOOKS MUCH MORE THAN TAKING COLLEGE COURSES. DOING HOME WORK OR READING A BOOK???? SADLY I PICKED READING A BOOK. NEVER COMPLETED A MAJOR IN ANYTHING. ONLY COLLEGE COURSES AND ONE D IN MATH.

I should've seen this when I was in college... its too late now... i fucked up

I LOVE THIS. You should do a presentation at the next International Conference on ADHD!

I’m currently in my 1st semester of university and this spoke to me… I got diagnosed at the end of my last year of high school and meds changed my life. They gave me so much motivation and the power to be able to turn my education around, I still failed high school but I was able to complete a tertiary course that got me into uni, where I am now. During that course I was getting straight A+ (aside from 2 assignments where I got an A!) and I couldn’t believe it. But here at uni I’m barely scraping by, I’m doing much worse than I was before and I’m failing tests and assignments. I’m filled with so much anxiety because I’m trying to get into medical school which requires excellent grades, I keep looking back to me during that course and thinking “what’s wrong with me? I was doing so well”. This video made me realise… during that course I was living at home and the class size was small. My lecturers knew I had ADHD, were so kind and helped me, my classmates and I all knew each other and would all go study together after class, I’d go home and my mum would be there to encourage me and make sure that I studied at the dining room table until dinner (was my own goal, she just made sure I stuck to it), every time I felt like I was unable I had a community of people there to motivate me and hold me accountable. But for uni, I’ve had to move to a new city, living away from home with 500+ people in my lectures and with hardly any friends in my degree. The only support I have is my alarms that I ignore and the impending doom of failure which sits heavy on my chest until the due date draws too near. It’s not just my meds, it’s the things around me which help, and now that I don’t have those I’m struggling. At least now I know that it’s not me just being lazy, it’s that I’ve lost a whole bunch of coping mechanisms and support which worked with my meds. It’s scary, but I think I might have to reach out to those around me and ask for help, because I can’t go on alone. Thank you, I loved this talk!!! Now I have to go back to studying for my exams 😅

Thank you for this. It's important to be able to laugh at our quirks as ADHD folks. I've just been let go from my job despite being a hard worker and strong contributor. Why? Because in-between my successes, I also fail often. And my career is one where you can't afford to fail as much as I do. So there's that. Thank you for comforting me with this talk.

Hi, could you please enable CC on this video? The button is grayed out. Thanks!

I just ordered both books recommended thus far... And I am going to try and see my doctor BEFORE next year. (Social phobic)😅

Listening to this, I'm reminded of my mom's furious hatred of my cleaning system because I put things in piles, don't make my bed, leave my shoes in a specific spot, and always leave my closet open so I can see everything inside it. She hates coming to visit my dorm because of my cleaning system LMAO

You're such a good speaker! Maintaining that energy level for 1 hour is impressive

Jeez this is just me 😪😭 even detailed to the school manouvres, seeing the Psych Dr tomorrow

I laughed out loud when you said collapsible dog dish. Exactly what was on my ADHD mind.

I'm an ADHD millennial who graduated hs in 2004 and is now teaching at a university. I wasn't diagnosed until I was 31 yo. The difference in conversations about ADHD between the noughties and now is almost total, it seems. Growing up hearing adults disparage and deny the reality of ADHD has given me some trauma and mental tension about it which I think severed me from possibilities of looking into it much sooner. This is something i know a lot of you can relate to. It's really nice to see how positive the conversations about ADHD have become in the past few years. But still, employers need to take it way more seriously than they do.

Relate to this so much.

Im a 59yo guy with ADD on meds for the past 10 years. Life is still a struggle. It is hard to stay on task to finish projects at work and at home. Time DEFINATELY passes differently for me than for my wife.

As someone with ADHD, the fact that you have responded to SO many comments blows my mind. Text messages, emails, etc are so overwhelming to me to keep up with. But this video made me feel so heard. It’s so frustrating when people can’t fully understand how my brain works. It’s so relieving to hear others talk about it and make me feel less alone. Great presentation! Definitely sending to my parents haha they’ll love this. Especially my dad who has adhd, you remind me a lot of him :)

I have diagnoses of dyspraxia, ADHD and Aspergers traits ( autistic traits ) as an adult , after graduating. As a child there were concerns about my coordination. I am a British national. I got a degree aged 20 in 1999, pgdip in 2000, statistics qualification 2008. I knew I had dyspraxia aged 23, I received a diagnosis of dyspraxia aged 33, Spring 2012. I had an assessment for Aspergers, Aspergers traits , not very practical. I had a nervous breakdown to get my ADHD detected, February 2020, aged 41. I received a diagnosis of ADHD, August 2020, aged 41. I am self employed. I am not married, no children. Underachievement. My ADHD was missed, because I was well behaved in school, intelligent and driven .

I think this is my new favorite RUclipsr to put on for background music and information

I’m astounded by your sheer complete and easy to assimilate understanding of ADHD. I’m learning about for the past few months for the first time in my life. It’s been a difficult and much of the time overwhelming struggle for me and it’s such a gift to receive from your video! Thank you❤

#legalizeADHD

Hahaha hes too funny!!! He has an art and engaged so much with the audience almost feels like I am in the room. Cracked me up a lot and made me feel better. We got this! <3

I could listen to every talk you've ever given! Your presentations rank right up there with Delivered from Distraction!

I’ve been recently diagnosed, thank you for this! Very helpful!

Oh dear. I was diagnosed with adhd in October at the age of 34. After struggling with my bachelors degree for 10 YEARS. sure, I switched school, had 2 kids, was diagnosed with depression that I had for years, and finally it all makes sense. I just can not manage exams. The subjects are so fascinating and I just couldn't let go of that. I know that I am smart. I get it, but I can't deal with the time limit during the exams. Time perception way off 🤪 and stress leads to blockages during exams.So I fail everything the first time I write the exams. Now I will be thrown out of my uni because I failed chemistry a second time, with half a point. I wish I had known Earlier to gain more knowledge about my brain and have the tools in place for me showing what I am actually capable of. Too bad the university here just keeps the system where people like me can't thrive and contribute.

Amazing Robert. Just amazing. I’ve not heard someone talk about the wet blanket paralysis thing we get when a deadline is looming in such a great understandable way before. I’m a physio with add. High functioning like yourself. Similar iq scores in those areas. I am also dyslexic too. I’ve found my girlfriend helps my life tremendously with routine and keeping on track. I really struggle to prep for interviews and get so nervous. Thrive off kinaesthetic and visual learning. Trying recently to stop being so hard on myself and self-tortuous, k is my limits and take time with things but it’s hard when you have passion and drive in excess. Also a beautiful poem. I have shared with my girlfriend who is soon to be a clinical psychologist.. who would predicted she would be with me! We truly are brilliant in some ways, just misunderstood. Finding someone who takes time to understand you both and work and in friendship and relationships should not be overlooked.

21, I'm not diagnosed and haven't met with a therapist yet, but I really identify with the videos I've seen of "How to ADHD" with Jessica McCabe. I was always called out for daydreaming and spacing out in class, and would somehow always lose my sweater or lunchbox as a kid. Also, homework was an endless struggle no matter how old I got, it would take hours to do a simple task that probably would take 15 mins tops on a really focused day. I feel like I had learned to mask these symptoms by the time I got into high school mostly. But in college, I'm finding that I can't keep doing what I've done during my school years, it's not healthy or sustainable to continue like I've been. So since then, I've been researching things I can do and I'm building the courage I need to go to a therapist and talk about it. Through the algorithm, I got your video suggested to me. Thank you for going out and lecturing about this, it lets people like me find more information and know that we're not alone.

I'm 6mins in & I'm like "THAT'S IT"... when I'm in a class/lecture, doctor's appt w/a lot of info thrown at me, watching a movie w/MANY important characters... Thx for a way to explain it.

I was still in denial when I started watching this (Got diagnosed a few weeks ago). But at the end, my life experiences, thought processes, and systems are too similar to yours 😂 It’s funny that you mentioned planes because at my lowest point, I thought maybe if I switch careers to air traffic control or some urgent services, I might soothe the hyperactivity in my brain and be tired enough to be sleepy at night. It took me years to realize how I operate was not the norm and have the courage to ask if something was wrong with me. I think this was just the thing I needed to end my grieving period. It’s an understatement, but thank you so much!