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Thank you so much @HowndsOfDoom ! You’re so right! It’s like… why? They probably just want the views and attention of all the non-suspecting ADHD-ers out there 😒
@Akima_therian you‘re not alone!! Depression is the most common comorbidity and I‘ve been there many times myself ❤️ hugs!! You deserve to live a happy life on your terms!
I have a small request… could we refer to him as Huberman instead of Andrew? After the article in New York magazine came out, it sort of makes my skin crawl to think of him as Andrew.
I'm get my diagnos as a adult (54) and as you I see and understand situations in previous life 🙂. But for a half year ago, I start mourn my life - the hard and tuff life have had without knowing it (just blame myself) and move on whit a smile until next wall. And the life that never happened. I think it is a process. But can't people like Hubermann STOP now to continue blame us. And about the drogs 😂😂😂, they work 10 hours (get me more alert not exhausted as I am otherwise because the "H" brain I have 😅. But I can skipp them whenever I want, no problem at all.
Me too! I think my symptoms have always been this bad, I just really liked school. It wasn’t hard to focus on most of my classes because I found them interesting, and I was smart enough to do well without always paying attention. Unfortunately, work and the daily chores of adult life aren’t nearly as interesting
Thank you so much for calling him out! I watched a few minutes of his ADHD video when it popped up in my RUclips feed. I couldn’t continue because it felt so ableist and disconnected. Thank you for articulating why it didn’t sit right and for fact checking his misinformation. 🎉
Yay, I‘m so glad he‘s not fooling everyone! I feel so bad for the people he‘s turned away from diagnosis, medication, therapy etc. 😔 Thank you for watching ❤️
I don't need help with 'focusing', I need help with motivation to do mundane tasks. This is rarely talked about even in clinical settings. I also have ADHD.
@@mannheim2go46 Hey! Executive dysfunction, according to ADHD researched Dr. Russel Barkley consists of self-awareness, self-control, self-motivation, working memory, emotional regulation, planning and problem solving. So if your brain was a boss and it had to give orders to your body to do stuff, it would not have the awareness, control, motivation, working memory, emotional regulation, planning and problem solving capabilities to do that to the extent that the brain of a neurotypical person could. (of course this is not an extensive explanation, but I hope it helps)
Despite being a great scientist, he always brings his bias. It's the gym bro, 'alpha male' vibe that betrays him. His podcasts are a lot better when he is confronted/challenged by the people he interviews.
You‘re definitely on to something. It felt like he‘s trying to appeal to the conservative, traditional families here by not saying a single thing they would find problematic or hard to believe. „Protect the children, fix yourself, work hard, etc..“
Hahaha. He really does have the gym bro vibe. Or red pill vibe. It’s true! I really agree about his interviews. When he’s on his own, he asserts so much misinformation. But he does sometimes get amazing guests.
he never claims he is 100% right on anything. his humbleness is admirable. just like anything, even the info from great scientists like Huberman, i take everything with a grain of salt, as everyone should, since schwab's young leaders and other agents, focus now on how to manipulate truths when they are spread all over numerous channels ( just 20 years ago they were focused to manipulate just TV and newspaper )
@@majavitanovic9085he doesn't need to make that claim. His tone and demeanour do it for him. If he knows so little about ADHD he shouldn't be speaking on it.
I used to watch Huberman and then I started catching on that he is only using a handful of studies (if that) for most of his "research." Often times these studies are weak. I feel he goes outside his lane too much; he likes to present like he is an expert in all the things. He augments episodes with very scientific sounding jargon but when you look deeper, it lacks any real substance. I also don't like how supplements that are unregulated get a pass but medications that are regulated get painted as "your brain on chemicals." Supplements are also chemical intervention. It's ALL chemicals, doesn't matter if it is made in a lab or picked out in your garden. Plus, I got tired of hearing about dopamine and ice baths.
I remember I watched this episode when I first started to suspect that I have ADHD, it made me abandon the idea for a while before I lost again and looked for other resources. I was diagnosed a year after that.
Wow, that’s awful :( I‘m so glad you eventually found out the truth ❤️ I hope things are going well now! My heart breaks for all the people he fooled with such videos. I could never live with myself regardless of how much money they made…
Hi from England, I started watching one of Andrew's blogs, wow I got 5 or 6 minutes in and gave up, it's obvious that he doesn't understand a thing regarding ADHD suffering. I understand what you have said regarding your drug treatments and value your output. I start my titration next February and will revisit your blogs regarding your experience. As always I enjoyed this video, very amusing. ❤
Exactly! His whole gist is very very close to toxic positivity so he has no clue how traumatized our community is about ”trying harder” and feeling bad and confused after failing after short period of success.
I‘m so glad you didn‘t get caught in it! I can’t imagine how disappointing it must be for some ADHDers to try his tips and feel like a failure because they’re not „healed forever“ I‘m excited for you to start your meds and so happy to be able to come along on your journey!! ❤️ I hope it works out amazing for you!
hyperfocus for me comes when something awakens intense emotions, "positive" or "negative". when positive, i can be in it for hours, days weeks and it will not exhaust me. when negative, i can dissociate, or i can stay in it for days or weeks and i do get sick (burnout)
Thank you for sharing! Good point. It’s a really complex process and it’s different every time. Definitely not just based on some basic self-serving sense of enjoyment. 😒
Huberman constantly misrepresents research, touts things that have no scientific backing, makes shit up, and seems to have zero fact checking for his podcasts. I wish more people were calling him out.
He may have gotten some things inaccurate and misinterpreted but most of his videos and research are very sound. I grew up with ADHD in a poor country and was only diagnosed as an adult when I came to US for college. His emphasis on habit building, explanation of dopamine cycles and the NSDR videos have been very helpful for me in changing my life. I am a crisis case manager at a mental health crisis center on my 6th year and have used his suggestions to help hundreds of people over the years serving people in my community with such a positive feedback. He has gotten me through a lot of tough time by empowerment through his educational content.
I‘m so glad his stuff helped you! I wasn‘t looking to discredit all of his work but to add important context and detail that would not only help us on an individual, but also on a societal level. I‘m sure he has some great episodes too as his career and achievements are quite impressive. Thank you for the work that you do!!
@@AntoniasUniverse given the responses that you cater to I wouldn’t trust your opinion much more than I trust anyone else’s and his seems to actually be backed up more with articles that I can point to and study on my own (which he very much encourages.)
@@isiahtuke6466 I never said you should trust me more. I say that explicitly in some of my other videos :) My description is full of sources. BTW I've been trying to reply to every comment since Friday, but I'm getting a bit slower.
I've been running off trying harder my whole life - was exhausting, stressful and confusing. I'm 54. Was recently diagnosed with adhd. Started medication and my life changed.
Antonio, I just subscribed because I enjoyed this video. Thank you..especially when you explain the quality of the research used. ADHD is real, and it can be absolutely debilitating.
Let me guess… were they all like, “he can’t possibly be wrong! He’s a scientist at Stanford! And that means everything he says is true.”?! Or did they try saying something like, “well I think I’ll believe the guy with a lab at Stanford over you,” or, “but he was cheating on 6 women at the same time. Therefore his advice is totally solid and tested.” If you experienced this when attempting to correct his misinformation, I feel your pain. You have my sympathy.
@@AntoniasUniverse How many fidget toys had to die because of this, lol? I would have thrown out my laptop if I had to listen to this dude so many times.
@SimoneEppler LMAO!! You know what‘s up 😂 thankfully I scavage for fidget toys mostly in nature, I love all the textures they provide there for free! 😃 But mostly my friends probably hate hearing me talk about this now.. You can’t imagine how much more information I had - AG1 shady business, random interviews where he tells some dismissive ADHD stories, other scientists calling him out on his BS, even professors from his own uni talking about it… I could make a 5 hour video, but it wouldn’t be ADHD-friendly 😂
@@AntoniasUniverse That's good, lol! Nature fidget toys are abundant 😂😊 You became an Huberman expert by accident, now you have to start a podcast about it. 😂
After watching one of his episodes I came to the same conclusion. Any simplification of a complex experience like ADHD creates more problems than it solves. He is likening symptoms that everyone gets sometimes with those who are non neurotypical, who are wired differently.
@@nandanugent I can’t remember the quote exactly or who it’s from but it’s some like for every complex problem there’s a simple straightforward wrong answer. Hahaha.
If he at least said „I don’t know“, „the research is inconclusive“, „in my opinion“, „I‘m not an expert“ etc. it would leave space for people to understand that his opinion is not the be all end all of the topic, but he doesn‘t. It‘s so weird too cause scientists love saying „we‘re pretty sure, but who knows? do more research“ and he loves to remind people that he’s a scientist… Oversimplifications without any disclaimers are just… off for someone in his position. 😒
@@AntoniasUniverse Agreed. This threw me from the very beginning. I think anyone who went to school for anything remotely scientific learned to never state things the way he does. It’s actually shocking.
This is so harmful. I was diagnosed as an adult and before that I was always wondering why NONE of the advice worked for me. I was frustrated and constantly asking myself what was wrong with me. Even after the diagnosis (and with medication) I still sometimes get mad at myself for not being able to *just* do things. Imagine people listening to this and thinking they can "cure" their ADHD by following his advice, only to hate themselves even more because it doesn't work for them. Oh, and if ADHD medication is so addicting why do so many of us forget to take it? I have never gotten a high from medication, but I was finally able to do things that I had been procrastinating for months. People should stop talking about things they have no business talking about.
100% I felt the exact same way. Nothing stuck no matter how hard I tried and I was like wtf is wrong with me?? The productivity gurus made it worse. Oh!! I love the point about forgetting meds! So true! It’s only a psychological addiction. I never miss them on med breaks at all. It makes no sense.
I love the forgetting to take your meds point! And, I know what you mean about people listening to Huberman on ADHD. I partially believed him when I first heard this episode. But it wasn't long until I was suicidal... It took a long time to get out of that.
He is giving "everyone is a little ADHD" vibes... 😂 I got a degree and I performed well on the outside. I had severe CPTSD and I studied a lot just to get out of my abusive household. I was completely fueled by cortisol and adrenaline from age 10 to 25. I can agree on the comment about being scared of the consequences, but living that way is the absolute worst. When I got my diagnosis and took my first med it was like... Silence. My brain was completely silent, I suddenly could focus on what I wanted. I could finish my tasks without the horrible boredom... It was the biggest AHA moment of my life. My life has improved so much that I feel like I live in an alternate reality. I treated my CPTSD and now I feel so normal. I wash dishes, do laundry, respond emails... I don't lose my keys multiple times a day.
@@neon_dex42 I took concerta which is methylphenidate (aka ritalin) in an extended release form. With concerta I felt like I wasn't quite myself, like I lost my "spark". I switched to samexid a couple of years ago that is lixdenamfetamine, i think it is called vyvanse in the US. Every med has it's plus and cons. Concerta made me be more serious, like I couldn't switch my attention fast enough to make a quick joke and for me it was risky to drive. My general attention is so "impermanent" like it isn't fixed on anything in particular, so I was really good at driving, but once taking concerta I almost had an accident because I was fixated on a sign... So dumb. I felt dumber on concerta, I realized my diffuse attention is part of what makes me special, I can sense when someone enters a room in a different mood and I just know everything, ln concerta I lost all that. Samexid on the other hand lets me kind of be me, but I can still direct my attention if I want to. I still get distracted and I am able to switch back to what I was doing. I hope this helps to understand how these feel.
It's even more sad because my psychiatrist recommended these Huberman videos to me when i got my official ADHD diagnosis, god they are just SO long. I swear he actually makes them that long so you have to go back and watch 😆and not to mention how many sponsors he has that also have no scientific studies to support their claims. He obviously just cares about money and the sound of his own voice. Thank you for making this video, it really highlighted to me how much ableism and misinformation he perpetuates.
Oh no! He got to a psychiatrist? I should really ask my own if she likes him 😔 Sadly psychiatrists have to deal with sooo many topics they just don’t have the time to review everything in such depth. That’s why I love doing only ADHD, you can help people in way more depth. I have no idea why his videos are so long, most of the information is super diluted and he doesn’t get to the real point for like hours… 😒 Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story ❤️
I watched Huberman's video a couple weeks ago and completely agree with you that it was not an in depth video and he has allot to learn from true ADHD experts
@@AntoniasUniverse I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD at age 45 and i have been down the rabbit hole of ADHD hyper focus and have learned so much in a short time, its like i know what i need to do for the first time in my life and Vivance has been a life saver.
@morro8785 That was an irony. He keeps advertising the supplements in the every podcast. It usually takes a few minutes. He is more focused on making money than doing a real research.
@@kustyq every bit of research he’s done is a peer reviewed research study, and he specifically mentions when it isn’t and many people have found his provisions of research quite adequate and helpful. this seems like a very biased and uninformed opinion about his methods.
He did a second video on adhd a couple of years after this one where he focuses on medication and how adhd actually occurs. He suffered a lot of criticism on this first video and I would love to see you react to the second one, because in my opinion the second video is one of the best videos on the topic of adhd! Thank you for your great video and great analysis, I agree with almost all you said
adhd meds brought me a sense of calm I've never had before - diagnosed as an adult but high IQ so managed to white knuckle life until eventually burning out without end insight - hence finding out about adhd when diagnosed. I watched this as I'm a fan of Andrew Huberman but he definitely did not do us any favours here. Also, he continues to mention it's addictive and habit forming - so why do I keep forgetting to take it????
Same! Same, everything you said. I‘m so glad you got diagnosed and got treatment too. I hope things are much better now! I wish I‘d had thought of your argument before cause I love it. I forget and I don’t even miss my meds in any way when I do. I just notice my behaviour and think „this feels different“.
@@AntoniasUniverse Sounds like the subject of a new video maybe?😉 yeah same I usually figure out I've forgotten my meds when on my way to get my 50th coffee! Really glad we have people like you calling out misinformation 🙌
I just turned 33 and got diagnosed 2 months ago. I am taking the smallest dose and you know what my biggest takeaways are? 1) oh, I can have 1 thought at a time, not 5, 2) I can just DO things? 3) I can support my friends and famliy more effectively. I really love productivity content and trying new methods to see what helps for myself. It's so frustrating that people like this are considered such an "authority" and have such a huge platform
Yes, yes, YES!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for this!!! I am a medical doctor, and the Huberman episode you look into PISSED ME OFF when I listened to it! He is NOT a psychiatrist (or a pharmacologist), so why does he think he can do this topic justice?!!! 😡🤬🤬🤬 Do better @hubermanlab
I got diagnosed with ADHD last year at the age of 32. Now I am in constant pursuit of understanding this condition and myself better. I personally feel Hubberman's podcast was of the most informative and video I have seen so far. I could also relate to a lot of stuff he was saying during the podcast
You did an amazing job with this video! I appreciate how you reviewed and broke down his video point by point and debunked the harmful information that someone with a very large voice is spreading so carelessly. I so appreciate when neurodivergent voices speak up in this manner and we need more channels like yours.(PS- I am diagnosed AuDHD, take Adderall and could literally take a nap right after I take my medication... my understanding is that it only works like "speed" in people that don't actually need the medication.)
I have ADHD with all the typical symptoms since early childhood, and stimulants make me euphoric and fiendy. After three days of taking them, I feel like shit, dysphoric and nauseous. I prefer natural ways of dealing with my symptoms over these neurotoxins. I agree with Gabor Mate on this, that ADHD is a trauma response, be it childhood or generational trauma passed through epigenetic mechanisms. So you should release trauma, not take neurotoxins to mask the symptoms. And of course, a HEALTHY DIET low in carbs and processed foods.
Im a psychiatry nurse and have ADHD. Ive beenbtaking long and fast release adhd medication for over 2 years, same dose for around the last two years and I if I forget to take my medication I only have an impossible time (hours) to get out of bed or to do much. I have so much knowledge on what helps, the how to, etc. But I cant focus to stick to stuff and even worse all that needs to run a normal life. I can choose to work and take care of myself, or socialize and... Never mnd... Socialicing sucks the life out of me. Its like saying,we are all a little depressed so instesd of taking antidepressants you need to change your perspective onblife and practice greatfulness. 🤣🤣🤣 Oh yeah,exercise and clean eating. Sure, itts very helpful, but not when you have mid or severe depression and also the impossibility of doing an of that when you are trying to convince your mind to just survive. 🤣🤣🤣 Halv truths are the most dangerous kind. Thankbyou for your video, it certainly adds to the discussion.
Hey found your videos on Vyvance recently, as I got diagnosed with adhd Inattentive and will be starting on 30mg soon, really nervous especially for heart issues (psychiatrist asked so kuch about heart, now I'm all health conscious like "is my heart beating too much, is my resting heart rate bad, should I be exercising way more". I was also a huberman fan and listened to a lot and assumed all was fact. I'm now more open minded thanks to your video, even made me laugh a few times with your comebacks! He certainly still is credible but this video showed some... Crazy takes from him. Thank you for all your content, you make me feel very reassured!
"Just try harder, and take unregulated supplements because your meds are basically street drugs anyway." K, thx. Im cured. Never heard any of this advise before 🙄
A "good" university doesn't warantee good scientists. Shown. When science can't get to a conclusion that's what real scientists say. More researc is needed. I'm autistic (not ADHDer) but we share the same problem with "experts" .
Thank you for sharing! Exactly! His autism episode was awful as well. I really don’t get why he feels the need to speak out on these highly sensitive topics without proper research. It felt like he thought we should fix autistic people whether they like it or not, just so that they appear neurotypical on the outside and that that would be a job well done. I‘m sorry you have to deal with this bs 😒
Remember one thing. No one person is right about everything. Is it possible to function in society as someone with adhd? Yes. Will it take a lot of work? Yes. Exercise, good diet, certain vitamins and minerals, certain supplements can help. A ketogenic diet can help, but is not proven to be safe for the long term. But they - by far - do not solve ADHD. The way you're brought up and the emotional maturity and self awareness of your parents can make a large difference too. But not cure it.
Yes. Always do your own research, no one is right about everything! What society really needs is understanding, awareness, support, and accommodation. Then life with ADHD would be substantially easier, but it will never really be easy. A healthy lifestyle and trying things is always good too, of course. It’s just Andrew doesn’t really understand or represent the depth of the struggle and offers very surface-level solutions. Also, he puts a lot of expectation on us to „do better“ and pretty much none on systematic change.
Thank you for being the advocate we need and explaining so well what is intuitive to us but we can’t often explain well for ourselves to those around us. And thank you for the time and effort you placed into this piece. I’m a new viewer and now a subscriber. Pleased to meet you and your content.
Thank you so so much for your support and your kind words ❤️ It means the world to me and it‘s an honour to serve wonderful people like you and our community! So pleased to meet you too! I hope you like what I‘ve made and enjoy what‘s to come 😊 Wishing you all the best!
Thanks for making this video, Antonia. I felt really bad when watching Huberman’s video on ADHD; it made me feel like I was a failure because I had symptoms even though I don't eat sugar or use a smartphone. A month afterwards I started treatment and learned about ADHD from professionals. Real coaching and therapy taught me the opposite of what was in this podcast. I agree with you: the narrative of that podcast is damaging, because its spreading incorrect information.
In retrospect, I wonder if the studies mentioned featured actual ADHD or AuDHD people at all, or if it was just another "study" where neurotypical persons were cast, then the results extrapolated to how they think ADHD an AuDHD people move through the world. Author Ash Banks who wrote some great books on ADHD and on neurodivergency in general, mentioned in an interview on the Irish Neuro Pride Channel that many ADHD people often prefer the lowest dose possible, also often forget to take their medication, which is what addicts do not do, (paraphrased) "No heroin addict will face palm on Friday, saying 'Oh no, I forgot to take my fix on Monday'". Yet the fearmongering against adhd medication continues. That said, I prefer to function without, with AuDHD in my case my autistic part creates an interacting balance, not being dependent is really handy in times of a worldwide medication shortage. Another aspect is society itself, is adapting to fit a deformed system not just the same as a victim of domestic abuse settling with the abuser and the abusive situation? Giving them paracetamol for the headache, instead of preventing the abuser from throwing the victim from the stairs again. At a certain point, also systemic problems need to be addressed.
It's really a shame Huberman had so much misinformation and low quality information in this episode (which I listened to--and it made me suicidal for 2 days - 1 week+). I say this because a lot of other things he mentions on his podcast have helped me, or are substantiated by significantly more/better research, though I obviously can't speak to everything else he talks about. Most of the things I appreciated were things I read in The Lost Art of Thinking by Neil Nedley chapters 1-19.
Heart rate: Adding maybe on average 1 beat per minute.... :) That's not a lot compared to chronic stress. He should not be talking about this. Edit 1: Ohh. he is selling tools. :) This is how research works today. Everyone wanna sell something and they tailor research papers and studies to their needs. This is sadly how a lot of research work today. One always have to take away the money from the equation to find out what the truth is. Edit 2: This guy makes me annoyed to listen to. Even a bit angry! Edit 3 (hahaha): OK... A lot of this stems from a broken healthcare system in the USA. People can't afford real medications and treatments there, so they are prone to believing anything people like that guy tells them.
Exactly! And he was also talking some strange stuff about having less erections after that 😀 And sadly yeah, that’s how research works since forever even - only if someone somewhere can profit. Thanks for sharing! So unfortunate that he doesn’t advocate for a better system instead of giving people false hope for some dodgy treatments.
@@AntoniasUniverse Sexual dysfunction huh? You know what doesn't cause that? Stress, anxiety, depressive thoughts, racing thoughts etc. (sarcasm if it wasn't obvious). The addictive nature of amphetamine he is talking about is just ridiculous as you point out. It cannot at all be compared to ritalin or others. It's an extremely safe medication with few side effects if any (I mean some don't get side effects at all even) and it's out of the body fast if something isn't feeling right. It's not like for example SSRI. That I am much more skeptical towards. It probably helps people, don't get me wrong. But it has way higher risk of negative long lasting effects. If I was he, I'd focus on that market instead :P :P
Great video Antonia! I am sure he wants us to drink AG1 (don't forget of his discount code, of course) while using panoramic vision. 😆🤣 Huberman truly lost the plot, he is on a steady decline and talking a lot of nonsense lately. So glad that there are a lot of people on youtube unmasking him and other "health gurus".
Oh boi, I cut a whole section on the AG1 thing but I think I put the video in the sources. Basically the AG1 guy is literally an Australian con man who conned people out of their homes (allegedly). So AG1 probably about as effective as the panoramic vision 😃 I‘m glad people are starting to realise the BS. How can someone make two hour weekly episodes on specialised topics without ever talking off‘ the top of his head?
I remember watching his podcasts about ADHD when I first started noticing my symptoms and he induced my initial fear of medicating symptoms. Ofc my amazing psychiatrist and doctor quelled those fears as well as your great videos and some videos from how to ADHD.
As i have been trying both Vyvanse and Concerta i can say that they are very different in theyr effects. Also regular ''speed'' is mix of levo- and dextroamphetamines when infact here in Europe you can only get Dexamphetamine. Adderall is the only drug that is kind of similar to ''speed'', but the dosages are way too different. It's interesting because there has been promising studies about using Vyvanse as therapy for meth and speed addicts. I think those drugs are just way too complicated than just saying ''they are speed or meth'' and so they addicting. I don't even care anymore what anyone has to say about these things anymore.
I love it when people whose brain is "standard" tell those that don't have a "standard" brain, how to force our brains to work like thiers Also i would to add this; you can not, ever, choose what you like/find interesting
Thank you 😀 me too! It would really justify the long months of work! Making stuff with ADHD is never easy, regardless of how much you love it, but it feels so worth it when lovely people like you comment ❤️
The problem here is that he took the video to cover parts of adhd ánd people who have have some problems with focusing and is trying to address these two groups with the same sentences. For example, the part that he is talking about smart drugs, was in my understanding, meant for people that are experiencing problems with focusing but do not have adhd. Like students who feel the pressure to succeed. Some points you are making are needed to be said. But I feel the biggest problem here, is he is not saying things so it can be interpreted in different ways. The way you took things, is just one of the ways. There was also one episode with a guest who had adhd and his 'succes story'. Which was ja 'just try hard enough and you wil succeed which I found way may toxic than this episode.
Yeah, that is the fundamental problem. You can’t put the two groups together. I said it in the beginning but I cut some of that out cause length. Sadly the smart drug study is the only one he cited on medication and never said it‘s not about ADHD-ers. Omitting that is manipulative and anyway it wasn’t a good study. I know about all the other videos he has on ADHD too but my initial script was at least 50 pages and I wanted to make this shorter for the community. Maybe if this video does well I‘ll release the full thing. 🤔 Maybe I should have some kind of membership for such things… Thank you for sharing your points!
Person with ADHD, here. I don't find that Huberman has been so inaccurate. His coverage of it is more helpful than harmful, in my opinion. I agree that he doesn't cover all aspects, but what he has covered I think hits the nail on the head. Actually Huberman seems to me to be someone who genetically has ADHD, but has worked with it through an accumulation of experiences and habbits. That is the same for some of my bosses. It's amazing how distractable and disorganized they are. But they are largely in control, due to frameworks and compensatory behaviours. I'm learning to be the same, but it's one habit at a time.
When comparing how well someone is doing in life and handling themselves we should always look at all factors - how are their relationships, sports, hobbies, home life, rest, and work, and how much help are they getting to keep it that way. Many people with ADHD sacrifice their health and relationships for work success for example. To me that’s not a win though. Also spreading false facts with the truth is worse than not speaking out in my opinion because misinformation can get stuck in the public‘s head for decades and it‘s a lot more work to dispel it than it is to introduce it. What he covers doesn‘t hit the nail on the head sadly because some of it is just plain wrong. Not all of it, but enough. In terms of working on your ADHD, that’s hard work that takes away from other aspects of our lives too and even if it‘s successful for some, it‘s important to acknowledge how much effort we have to put in that others don‘t. Unfortunately we are all treated equally when we‘re really not (at least not in that sense). Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
@@AntoniasUniverse I see many people in the comments section here feeling validated for not taking steps to treat their ADHD. You should also consider the harm that your own video risks influencing. There is such a thing as Nocebo, as not believing in our own potential to change.
If it wasn't for Huberman's work, I would be in the gutter. So please go somewhere else with that overly critical perfectionist attitude of "it would be better to not put things out at all than to put out many helpful things with one mistake".
@@Yamikaiba123 Conflating anecdotal evidence isn’t helpful. If you had a positive experience, that’s valid for you, but it doesn’t negate the broader issue of misinformation. The point of the video is to highlight how much incorrect information can be presented; for instance, this identifies 5 inaccuracies. While this might seem minor, it could be significant if the original list included 10 or 15 points. Viewers, whether they have ADHD or not, might not recognize which parts are incorrect, potentially leading to misunderstandings about the issues discussed. Which can be more damaging than helpful. A common pitfall for people with ADHD is assuming that what works for them will work for everyone. This issue is exacerbated when someone with ADHD gains a platform and fails to account for the diverse experiences and needs of their audience.
It's a great video from a discussion point of view. But I believe that you hyperfocus too much on word-for-word details and miss the overall message. It's a valid perspective to clarify a lot of things. For instance, a person with a high IQ may perform similarly to a typical person but with many difficulties that are invisible to the untrained eye. I would love to see a face-to-face interaction between you two because that could benefit the community much more than this video. You're emotionally reacting to his video and presenting it as a black-and-white issue. ADHD is a spectrum. And yes, social media functions with intermittent rewards, which is bad for typical people, but it's even worse for those with ADHD.
also ich hab jetzt mitbekommen, das du (ich dutze einfach mal dreisterweise) aus deutschland bist und schreib mein kommentar deshalb mal auf deutsch. VIELEN VIELEN DANK für deine Arbeit!!!!!! Ich selbst wurde erst dieses Jahr Ende Mai, mit 26 Jahren, diagnostiziert und nehme seit dem meine Medikamente (Elvanse 30 mg). Und ich könnte jetzt noch jeden Tag aufs neue, vor Freude heulen, weil sich endlich das letzte Puzzelteil ins Bild gefügt hat! Aktuell sind es noch die 30 mg die in Kombo mit einem Kaffee am Morgen, genau richtig für mich sind und mir in so vielen Bereichen in meinem leben geholfen haben, das ich es selbst kaum glauben kann. Ich weiß, das ich schon sehr lobend klinge, weshalb ich auch erwähnen möchte, das es nicht das Medikament alleine war. Mit 18 Jahren hab ich angefangen mich mit dem Gedanken auseinanderzusetzen, eventuell doch ADHS haben zu können (rückblickend auf meine Kindheit, war eigentlich doch sehr offensichtlich). Ich hab mich seit dem auch viel mit Themen wie dem Unterbewusstsein, Glaubenssätze, Mindset, Charackterdevelopemend und ähnliches auseinander gesetzt (eher leihenhaft und nicht zwingend professionell, würde ich behaupten). Dies jedoch nicht gezielt für meine Vermutung ADHS zu haben. Diese Themen haben mir sehr viel beigebracht und mir sehr viel Wissen verschafft, welches ich aber nie imstande war, aktiv in meinem Leben, auf Dauer, zu integrieren. Das hat über die Jahre für eine Menge Frust gesorgt, weil ich immer beobachten konnte, wie meine auf diesem wissen basierenden Ratschläge, meinen Freunden half und ich aber iwie immer auf der Strecke blieb. Was ich damit sagen möchte ist, das ich durch viel ungeplante Vorarbeit, mir einen guten Startpunkt hergerichtet hab, um mit den Medikamenten zu beginnen. All die Dinge dich ich über die Zeit gelernt habe, sind plötzlich umsetzbar. Aufgebaute Routinen bleiben bestehen und ich fange von tag zu tag an mir immer mehr zu vertrauen... Ich bin an einem Punkt in meinem Leben angekommen, an dem ich mir nicht mehr ständig selbst im Weg stehe und anfange mich immer mehr zu mögen und sogar ehrlich zu lieben ( sowohl das gute, wie das schlechte!). Und das hat mir so viel mehr Lebensqualität gegeben. Ich hätte das nicht für möglich gehalten, doch jetzt ist es meine Realität.... Verzeih mir bitte das ausschweifen und vielen vieln Dank noch mal für deine Mühen und die wirklich gute und tolle Aufklärungsarbeit, die du hier leistest!!!
I listen to Huberman Lab for the experts he brings on because he only studied ophthalmology/neuroscience. He is a researcher, not a clinician. I’m glad I didn’t listen to this 2 hour+ rant. Thanks for calling him out and fact checking him.
I hate doing my admin. I will leave it to the last minute usually. The deadline does kick start me. I had hyperfocus for doing a task I disliked (so doesn’t match what Huberman says)
Argument 1 - his objective is not to make people feel validated. It’s to provide information. I have struggled with adhd incredibly my entire life, but as I get older and my responsibilities have changed, and it became more of a struggle…Like most. There is a spectrum, and my adhd affects ALLL aspects of my life greatly. I struggle in ways hard to explain and sometimes in ways that feel shameful. Even with all I’ve learned. I do struggle. But I can say that making challenging effort to limit my screen time has made a dramatic difference in my life. There is science behind why our phones have become what they have. It all comes back to dopamine. And yes… this broad spectrum human dependence on the phone is MUCH more of a problem for the ADHD individuals. And limiting it has played a key role in improving my adhd life and happiness overall. You say this is false because it doesn’t validate us ? I do not agree with that. but really I don’t think that is an argument that should even be made. In fact, I think it’s terrible for the listener especially the adhd listener. Am I upset that I have to implicate more regulation in my life than the typical? I could be. I was at first. But once I just accepted it and stopped being a victim, implicated regulation, (yes, regulation that others don’t have to..) please understand my life changed DRAMATICALLY in positive ways. And now, I do not care that I have to regulate and maybe others don’t. I am responsible for my life. Doing this has HELPED me. My life improved in the areas that my adhd was taking a dramatic toll on. Victimizing myself has only made everything worse. Of course I have my setbacks! And of course there are other things that have helped. And of course I am NOT hard on my neurodivergent mind, But I’m not going to say that a highly qualified scientist is wrong for not validating me. For not reminding me that I’m a victim. For letting me know what I can do for my life if I want to improve it. I could cry about how it’s unfair and say that a scientist is wrong because his advice doesn’t validate me… or I can take control of my life and do what I can do FOR MYSELF. This isn’t about a luxury that others have and I have to be understood and validated by science. This is a BAD argument to make. So to be continued.. I’m still listening.
Okay to continue on argument one… and then I’m done listening because I simply can’t emotionally cope with the detrimental consequences that these “arguments” or the language and viewpoint she has, i cang emotionally cope with how detrimental this view will have on our adhd individuals IF they acquired this view themselves. WE DO NOT NEED TO BE LABELED AND ACCOMMODATED TO. Please listen to me if your looking for ADHD advice, please understand my adhd has been an absolute tragedy when I had the view that she is expressing. Before and then when I obtained this view. I can’t express enough how much hubermans advice has changed my adhd life. Taking his advice simply comes with some responsibility and effort. But his advice has helped me take control and adapt. As we are fully capable of. Even with accommodations in and out of my life, they have NEVER changed my outcomes. I simply took control. And boo hoo maybe others didn’t have to put the time and effort into these things to take control.. but life doesn’t revolve around us individually because it does not have to! To any adhder listening to this.. and reading my comment PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO ME, do not adopt this viewpoint. This victim mentality is suicide. Please show yourself how in control you really are and seek Hubermans advice. Which is advice according to science. Not according to your feelings
Thank you, you are perfectly correct. Great rebuttal of the misinformation Huberman has made. Also, if you haven't already, please check out the International Consensus Statement on ADHD (Faraone et al., 2021) which debunks such myths using the entirety of the literature.
Thank you so much! I did a community post on the Consensus a while back! I totally forgot about it since though, would have been a useful resource to cite 😅
agreed 1000x and thanks 1000x - I am fed up to the fucking nies of fighting prejudice and misconception - I have been there and done that with trying to sort out my adhd without medication - having hated methyphenidate - until I took lisdexamphetamine - and realised all my life I had been doing the equivalent of trying to learn to walk with two legs when one of them was inot fundamentally enervated properly - it was never going to work - and taking the medication is like freeing up the nerve for the fucking short few hours that I have on it - at which point there is no way it can be called a high - all I want to do is chill - to the point that I can sleep restfully in sheer fucking relief - thats not entirely accurate - I desperately want to chill and just rest but I also want to get things done because life is so on top of me so I am stuck in a terrible conuncrum that I never escape day after day because of the effing prejudsices that Huberman is perpetuating - and he doesnt mention the chaos and the discomfort of feeling so effing drifty - or that so called hyperfocus is not productive for everyone - it is a state of 'stuck,' unable to tear oneself away in spite of a pricking conscience of all the things one actually wants and needs to do in life - 'perseverance' is a better word for it I learnt a while ago - which is pronounced differently to the quality of perseverance, with a soft 'e' in 'ver' rather than an 'ee' sound - which is associatated with brain injury - Healthygamer has a good video about that - I hate it when someone like Hubermnan perpertuates this idesa that we ahve some sort of ability tobe super productive in the face of deadlines as well - I get the concept and have experienced this once in a blue moon but more often than not I get like a Rabbit in Headlights. ANd as for suggesting that severe gonsequences and fear can help one get things done - the harm in that and the potential for where people will take that - people cannot effing well punish me out of my adhd - I am in my bloody forties and the mental health system has wrecked the shit out of my life trying to do that - and I still get that from time to time - I am in hosptial for various reasons of l;ife getting in a mess at the moment and have been refused my meds before on the basis of having been late for them and that that would make me remember thenm in future - urgh - no it just causes me pain and anxiety and sets everything further back and causes more insomnia not to mention frustration and fury which I am rather at the stage in life that I just let lose with because I am at the end of my fucking tether with it all, being told to take responsiblity, constantly being fordce d to 'take consequences' of my mistakes and heing set back by this - just give me a bloody fucking break I want my life back I have missed so bloody much of it already - but no, I am still being accused of being addicted to them because I argue that they only last six hours a day, that the first time I ever slept on the long release dex was the first time I had ever woken feeling refreshed, that the bloody things only last six hours and that the BNF limit is set at the bullshit of big pharma and I am not frigging well 'addicted' to them - I have expalined more times than I care to count that they help my anxiety and the doctor still explained to me very seriously the other day that a side-effect is anxiety - NOOOO THEY HELP ME THINK CLEARLY AND MAKE ME FEEL WITH_IT AND THEREFORE CHILL ME OUT so that I am not in a fog of discomfort and constant effort just to exist - just to do things I enjoy, come to that - not that doing things I am motivated about or enjoy somehow pull me magically out of the fog - redsucing everything to 'dopamine' and 'adrenaline' etc in a general way is so simplistic - we know so little about the brain and the intricate ins and outs of the interactions - dopamine does so much more than affing reward and focus - look at parkinsons - it is involveed with co-ordination of movenment and likewise of thoughts - theres working memory - and a whole loads of subtle stuff that I have no concrete way to explain because I have never heard anyone discuss - I think because they are not aware of it because they have never had to do without it - case in point regarding the subtleties that Huberman goes sailing straight on past is adrenaline - god knows the stuff has been known to help me but its really hit and miss and exhausting and not guaranteed even in an activity like competing horses that I used to love more than life itself - and inflicting fear of consequences on me generally does nothing more than leave me dealing with the machine being even more jammed than ever. With which metaphor - a jammed machine - and that of fog - it beggars my belief that people are still so ignorantly ignorant on the most surface-level perceptions of what 'focus' is that they think the internet and smartphone type of distraction could 'cause' adhd - no, that is just self effing discipline -often as not I am too spaced out and unfocussed to even notice notifications let alone get waylaid by them. This in itself is an oversimplification on my part because I do wander around the internet but that is a working memory and organisation issue as much if not more than a distraction issue in the normal sense of the word. Crikey now I think about it even distraction could be classed as an infuriatingly 'umbrella' term and thereby being miscontruable into innumeral paths of misconception leading to wroing assumptions. Doubt anyone will read this but yay that got an iceberg-tip off my chest in a rambley unmedicated and peri-menopausally-pissed off way ... which is another thing I am surprised he made jack shit in the way of mention of considerng one of the things I used to like Huberman's original podcasts for is that one would learn more detailed physiological nuances of things than most of the wellness genre offers - but not a dickybird about the fact that the variation in hormones either side of ovulation can have a massive impact on the effect and efficay of the medication and its even more commplicated once ones physiology is in the pre-menopausal run. Fuckers.
I loved this comment and reading your thoughts! Thank you for sharing and normalising these struggles we all face. I would 100% sign under your experience and I‘m right there with you. The missed time, the hospital visits, all the trying and failing…❤️ This is what ADHD really feels like. It’s s feeling most neurotypicals will never be able to imagine… I‘m terrified of the perimenopause things you mentioned. I‘m also terrified of losing my meds because of all these horror stories of psychs just denying them randomly all because of the BS stigma. I hope if we keep speaking out it gets better, because some people are only making it worse. Also, *hugs* Please get better soon! ps. I‘m super curious about the perseverance thing. So cool you shared that! I’ll check it out! I really hope we can move past the hyperfocus superpower thing soon…
Using Dr. Huberman for views is something that your future self will be embarrassed by. Maybe you should make a 2-3 hr lecture explaining your findings and the science behind them as opposed to attacking arguments from other people.
My understanding of adhd is that it’s a list of symptoms as defined in the dsm . A child’s home environment could easily produce those symptoms id imagine , especially once you put them in a boring class. Regarding huberman, I like to listen to him drone on as I go to sleep. I find him incredibly over rated , he over complicated and over states things
The list of symptoms is endless, the ones defined in the DSM are just a set of examples used for diagnosis. When your brain works differently it affects everything that you do. That’s why it‘s so important to identify the underlying processes- executive dysfunction, inattention, hyperactivity etc. I‘m glad he helps you fall asleep 😁
I can't put into works how much Andrew has helped me, not just with his ADHD coverage but on gratitude, habit breaking/building, neuroplasticity and just generally learning about brain chemistry in general. To say he's changed my life for the better is a complete understatement. I'm not sure why you're choosing to criticize everything he says so enthusiastically. You're attacking him for leaving out information when his videos go for upwards of 3 hours already?! For someone who apparently has ADHD, you should understand how simplifying and leaving out certain details is important when it comes to learning so much information.
I think attacking is a bit harsh, I'm glad you feel he has helped you tremendously, but it's okay to question him and to question him is not trashing him.
I'm so glad he helped you! I never said his work wasn't good. In my summary I specified that I meant his ADHD videos are not a great source of information and that I base my statement on this specific video I analyzed. My opinion is that he has some good and bad information on this topic based on my analysis, and that his words can be misinterpreted and harmful to our community. Of course some of it can be helpful. Simplifying is perfectly fine if it's given a disclaimer. He could easily say much less and complete it with "but there's more to this", "I'm not sure", "do your own research about that part" etc. He just speaks so overconfidently as if that's all there is to what he isa saying. For example, saying that every third person is on Adderall, but not saying that this is only in the US if at all, is not just a simplification. Adderall is illegal in my home country and it most certainly isn't used by 33% of people. But if people in the government hear his video and think Adderall is addictive for everyone and basically all of the world is infected, maybe they will never make Adderall legal. You know what I mean?
PS: Dr. Russell Barkley did a response video to Gabor Mate's view on ADHD, you may already know, but just in case: ruclips.net/video/bO19LWJ0ZnM/видео.html. And I hope he will likewise join you in responding to the Huberman ADHD episode.
thank you very much for this video. i remember watching this podcast a long time ago and i couldnt believe how bad it was. this one however isnt as extremely bad as another one thats on autism. if you think this video misrepresented adhd, the one on autism basically depicts autistic people as complete psychopaths. sorry that i cant provide any details but i rather forgot the specific. i guess what im trying to say is just dont watch his videos. you'll do yourself a great service.
Thank you so much! I actually know the autism one and I was horrified and heartbroken. I cant believe I thought I could use it to help my AuDHD coachees… but that was before I clicked. Awful stuff.
Antonia, I don’t think you realize how much of your own personal bias comes through this video without much backing on it yourself. as an adult 26-year-old with ADHD I feel very encouraged and helped by Dr. Huberman.
Neuroplasticity is definitely real, but a lot of it is due to the brain still developing and so different influences can cause the development to take a different course. This can probably happen to an extent in adulthood but it’s far less effective. This is just my opinion though I haven’t researched exactly how much adult neuroplasticity can do. I just know its much less.
I appreciate somebody providing some pushback on this. I had watched the original content hoping for something useful or helpful. Only to find a smug neurotypical jackass implying that I am just some big lazy baby who needs to try harder. As though I don't already have 42 years of internalised ableism telling me the same. Cycling through furious and futile attempts to force myself to function "normally". Resulting in the inevitable burnout and despair. To all the well intentioned folk concerned about dependence on stimulant medication. I ask should people with visual impairment throw away their glasses? Are they not dependent on those to approach functionality? What about wheelchairs?
The internalised ableism part hits hard. It breaks my heart to see people so deep in it they practically wish they were someone else and they can’t be. It’s so bad for our self-esteem and mental health…
@@AntoniasUniverse I no longer wish to be somebody else, I do wish the world wasn't set up like a one size fits all scenario. But as my grumpy old racist grandmother used to say. You go ahead and wish into one of your hands and shit into the other, let me know which one fills up first. Hahaha
Your video is interesting, and an appreciated voice against another that is loud but often inaccurate, but… I don't trust you because you're a "coach" with just 4 years of experience and the first thing you do in video description, is you sell some bogus ADHD-friendly morning routine…come on! Your arguments feel like a combo of straw-mans, personal reactions or misinterpreting what he says. I'm not saying he's right. I'm saying you could do a better job and drop the commercial angle, if you want to out-do him on "benefit the community" angle.
Great video. He's fundamentally wrong about lots of things, he studied opthalmology, and often is sharing 'new' amazing stuff we learned in Psych 101 20 yrs ago🙄. Dexamphetamine does NOT cross the blood brain barrier immediately, meth on the other hand does. Hence no euphoria. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. And he's never experienced it, so, nope. JUST NO. But ppl love to look up to ppl, so...
You should read Dr. Hallowell's book, CRAZY BUSY, on the topic of ADHD-like symptoms creeping into the general population. It's a real thing, despite genetics.
Sure, but these symptoms are not permanent and because they are not caused by neurodevelopmental disorder they are not necessarily present in all realms of life. For example, I struggle to focus both on fun and not fun things whereas someone who just has phone addiction might not struggle to focus on fun things. (oversimplified but hopefully gets the point across) ☺️
@@AntoniasUniverse I think it depends on how early they became trained by their environment to have these symptoms. Neurodevelopment happens a lot in childhood and adolescents. So it's possible that people bejng raised in our culture will have life long challenges not exactly like ADHD, but similar to it (and maybe not as severe), that cannot be reversed. However, I agree that adults who have had healthy childhoods mostly but trained themelves now to be dopamine-deficient, etc. Maybe just have a wiring problem and can undo that with therapy and practice.
Your brain develops in response to your environment, experiences, beliefs you lay down, coping mechanisms - it creates patterned responses as a way to survive and navigate the world - neurodevelopmental disorders develop as a response to these things. You're ignoring epigenetics and neuroplasticity. It's a Western centric perspective the DSM is not gospel - it's theory and theory is not fact it's based on the subjective thinking of a group of so called experts, who in the West are feted by pharma
I have never watched/listened to him as I find him arrogant and speaks way too fast. Lol. Now however I am even less likely to watch him because he probably doesn't research any topic well! Hence the reason why he is popular - he is click bait for people.
No offense, but people don't need to be validated. Also you're inserting your own words into his mouth. The levels of inaccuracies are so high, I'm having trouble not attributing them to actual malice. First example; you claim he states that that smart phone usage causes ADHD, his actual claim is excessive smartphone use CAN cause ADHD-like symptoms, these are not the same. Second; you harang him for saying there are ways to combat the symptoms of ADHD, you say "How can you combat your own braid development?" How indeed? How about medication??? Anecdotally, medication has been monumental in mitigating my ADHD symptoms, and there is solid research out there to support extending this to the general population, I suggest you go read it. :)
What are you talking about? I’m a scientist and so is Andrew and peer reviews are crucial for accuracy. I don’t have to insert words into his mouth because I added the clips I referenced. He said the smartphone thing twice and the second or first time, I don’t know which one anymore was indeed as I quoted. He says you can overcome your symptoms in the video. Also he cites false numbers of how many people grow out of their ADHD. I said multiple times that medication is foundational. He suggested that it‘s addictive and potentially dangerous and you could train yourself until you can taper off the meds. All my sources are in the description so you can go read. I assure you I have no personal feelings towards Andrew (esp. not malice) I just want me and our community to live good lives, have support and learn from factually accurate sources.
FINALLY!! After 6 months in the works 😭What's YOUR take on Huberman?
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ADHD made me a people pleaser and i have depression 😄😄😄😄
Great Video Antonia! It's unbelievable the amount of people without adhd feel the need to tell the person with adhd how it really is!
Thank you so much @HowndsOfDoom ! You’re so right! It’s like… why? They probably just want the views and attention of all the non-suspecting ADHD-ers out there 😒
@Akima_therian you‘re not alone!! Depression is the most common comorbidity and I‘ve been there many times myself ❤️ hugs!! You deserve to live a happy life on your terms!
I have a small request… could we refer to him as Huberman instead of Andrew? After the article in New York magazine came out, it sort of makes my skin crawl to think of him as Andrew.
I grew more into my adhd. It deff got worse as I got older, but like now that I look at my childhood I see all the connections
Sadly it gets worse for many people, females especially. 😔
But growing into it sounds good - accepting, accommodating, loving yourself. ❤️
Sameee
I'm get my diagnos as a adult (54) and as you I see and understand situations in previous life 🙂. But for a half year ago, I start mourn my life - the hard and tuff life have had without knowing it (just blame myself) and move on whit a smile until next wall. And the life that never happened. I think it is a process. But can't people like Hubermann STOP now to continue blame us. And about the drogs 😂😂😂, they work 10 hours (get me more alert not exhausted as I am otherwise because the "H" brain I have 😅. But I can skipp them whenever I want, no problem at all.
Me too! I think my symptoms have always been this bad, I just really liked school. It wasn’t hard to focus on most of my classes because I found them interesting, and I was smart enough to do well without always paying attention. Unfortunately, work and the daily chores of adult life aren’t nearly as interesting
Thank you so much for calling him out! I watched a few minutes of his ADHD video when it popped up in my RUclips feed. I couldn’t continue because it felt so ableist and disconnected. Thank you for articulating why it didn’t sit right and for fact checking his misinformation. 🎉
Yay, I‘m so glad he‘s not fooling everyone! I feel so bad for the people he‘s turned away from diagnosis, medication, therapy etc. 😔
Thank you for watching ❤️
@@AntoniasUniversethank you for making this video!! He’s infuriating.
I don't need help with 'focusing', I need help with motivation to do mundane tasks. This is rarely talked about even in clinical settings. I also have ADHD.
Yep, that’s an essential part of executive dysfunction.
@@AntoniasUniversewould be amazing if you could share some knowledge on that one🙏 subbed your channel
@@mannheim2go46 Hey! Executive dysfunction, according to ADHD researched Dr. Russel Barkley consists of self-awareness, self-control, self-motivation, working memory, emotional regulation, planning and problem solving.
So if your brain was a boss and it had to give orders to your body to do stuff, it would not have the awareness, control, motivation, working memory, emotional regulation, planning and problem solving capabilities to do that to the extent that the brain of a neurotypical person could. (of course this is not an extensive explanation, but I hope it helps)
For real the Mundane boring shit is where I fall flat on my face every time!
Nice to know that others with ADHD also have no problem focusing. My issue is the constant craving of something.
smartphones do not induce adult ADHD, they are a convenient coping mechanism for someone who had ADHD before smartphones were invented.
exactly
Despite being a great scientist, he always brings his bias. It's the gym bro, 'alpha male' vibe that betrays him. His podcasts are a lot better when he is confronted/challenged by the people he interviews.
You‘re definitely on to something. It felt like he‘s trying to appeal to the conservative, traditional families here by not saying a single thing they would find problematic or hard to believe. „Protect the children, fix yourself, work hard, etc..“
@AntoniasUniverse yep, that does make sense. And I've subscribed, so I look forward to more great content from you!
Hahaha. He really does have the gym bro vibe. Or red pill vibe. It’s true! I really agree about his interviews. When he’s on his own, he asserts so much misinformation. But he does sometimes get amazing guests.
he never claims he is 100% right on anything.
his humbleness is admirable.
just like anything, even the info from great scientists like Huberman, i take everything with a grain of salt, as everyone should,
since schwab's young leaders and other agents, focus now on how to manipulate truths when they are spread all over numerous channels
( just 20 years ago they were focused to manipulate just TV and newspaper )
@@majavitanovic9085he doesn't need to make that claim. His tone and demeanour do it for him. If he knows so little about ADHD he shouldn't be speaking on it.
I used to watch Huberman and then I started catching on that he is only using a handful of studies (if that) for most of his "research." Often times these studies are weak. I feel he goes outside his lane too much; he likes to present like he is an expert in all the things. He augments episodes with very scientific sounding jargon but when you look deeper, it lacks any real substance. I also don't like how supplements that are unregulated get a pass but medications that are regulated get painted as "your brain on chemicals." Supplements are also chemical intervention. It's ALL chemicals, doesn't matter if it is made in a lab or picked out in your garden. Plus, I got tired of hearing about dopamine and ice baths.
Agree! He's full of it
When he brought someone on that looks like a simp for narcissists that a narcissist would walk all over and never respect he totally lost me
Yup. A professional mansplainer.
“Wo wants to live in constant stress?” No one! Thank you for pointing it out.
I remember I watched this episode when I first started to suspect that I have ADHD, it made me abandon the idea for a while before I lost again and looked for other resources. I was diagnosed a year after that.
Wow, that’s awful :( I‘m so glad you eventually found out the truth ❤️ I hope things are going well now!
My heart breaks for all the people he fooled with such videos. I could never live with myself regardless of how much money they made…
Hi from England, I started watching one of Andrew's blogs, wow I got 5 or 6 minutes in and gave up, it's obvious that he doesn't understand a thing regarding ADHD suffering. I understand what you have said regarding your drug treatments and value your output. I start my titration next February and will revisit your blogs regarding your experience. As always I enjoyed this video, very amusing. ❤
Exactly! His whole gist is very very close to toxic positivity so he has no clue how traumatized our community is about ”trying harder” and feeling bad and confused after failing after short period of success.
I‘m so glad you didn‘t get caught in it! I can’t imagine how disappointing it must be for some ADHDers to try his tips and feel like a failure because they’re not „healed forever“
I‘m excited for you to start your meds and so happy to be able to come along on your journey!! ❤️ I hope it works out amazing for you!
hyperfocus for me comes when something awakens intense emotions, "positive" or "negative".
when positive, i can be in it for hours, days weeks and it will not exhaust me.
when negative, i can dissociate, or i can stay in it for days or weeks and i do get sick (burnout)
Thank you for sharing! Good point.
It’s a really complex process and it’s different every time. Definitely not just based on some basic self-serving sense of enjoyment. 😒
Huberman constantly misrepresents research, touts things that have no scientific backing, makes shit up, and seems to have zero fact checking for his podcasts. I wish more people were calling him out.
Yes, yes, yes!
@@OriginalOogway thank you but may I ask… why does it sound like I’m a sir? I’m female. Tnijo is not my real name. Is that a male name?
@@OriginalOogway thanks. Does the name tnijo sound male though? I was wondering. Or is it a male name? Please let me know. Thanks
Why did he make this? Was this to say medications is bad for those with ADHD? He gives me a headache, hard to finish.
He may have gotten some things inaccurate and misinterpreted but most of his videos and research are very sound. I grew up with ADHD in a poor country and was only diagnosed as an adult when I came to US for college. His emphasis on habit building, explanation of dopamine cycles and the NSDR videos have been very helpful for me in changing my life. I am a crisis case manager at a mental health crisis center on my 6th year and have used his suggestions to help hundreds of people over the years serving people in my community with such a positive feedback. He has gotten me through a lot of tough time by empowerment through his educational content.
I‘m so glad his stuff helped you! I wasn‘t looking to discredit all of his work but to add important context and detail that would not only help us on an individual, but also on a societal level. I‘m sure he has some great episodes too as his career and achievements are quite impressive. Thank you for the work that you do!!
Sounds like Andrew watched Netflix “take your pills: Adderall” and wrote a podcast.
Oh god… I hadn‘t heard of that but if many people watched it I might have to 😫
@@AntoniasUniverse given the responses that you cater to I wouldn’t trust your opinion much more than I trust anyone else’s and his seems to actually be backed up more with articles that I can point to and study on my own (which he very much encourages.)
@@isiahtuke6466 I never said you should trust me more. I say that explicitly in some of my other videos :) My description is full of sources. BTW I've been trying to reply to every comment since Friday, but I'm getting a bit slower.
I've been running off trying harder my whole life - was exhausting, stressful and confusing. I'm 54. Was recently diagnosed with adhd. Started medication and my life changed.
Antonio, I just subscribed because I enjoyed this video. Thank you..especially when you explain the quality of the research used. ADHD is real, and it can be absolutely debilitating.
Thank you so much!! ❤️ That’s right!
OH MY GOD! THANK YYOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO ;-; I'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE THAT HE'S WRONG
YAS!! I‘m glad I could help 😄 it‘s been bothering me forever too!
Let me guess… were they all like, “he can’t possibly be wrong! He’s a scientist at Stanford! And that means everything he says is true.”?! Or did they try saying something like, “well I think I’ll believe the guy with a lab at Stanford over you,” or, “but he was cheating on 6 women at the same time. Therefore his advice is totally solid and tested.” If you experienced this when attempting to correct his misinformation, I feel your pain. You have my sympathy.
I couldn't complete the video because I couldn't listen to him speaking any longer😂 I hear you there Antonia.
I feel you 😭 I had to listen to it 263836438 times and I‘m so excited to not listen to him again
@@AntoniasUniverse How many fidget toys had to die because of this, lol? I would have thrown out my laptop if I had to listen to this dude so many times.
Never listen to Huberman any slower than double speed or it will destroy your soul.
@SimoneEppler LMAO!! You know what‘s up 😂 thankfully I scavage for fidget toys mostly in nature, I love all the textures they provide there for free! 😃 But mostly my friends probably hate hearing me talk about this now.. You can’t imagine how much more information I had - AG1 shady business, random interviews where he tells some dismissive ADHD stories, other scientists calling him out on his BS, even professors from his own uni talking about it… I could make a 5 hour video, but it wouldn’t be ADHD-friendly 😂
@@AntoniasUniverse That's good, lol! Nature fidget toys are abundant 😂😊 You became an Huberman expert by accident, now you have to start a podcast about it. 😂
After watching one of his episodes I came to the same conclusion. Any simplification of a complex experience like ADHD creates more problems than it solves.
He is likening symptoms that everyone gets sometimes with those who are non neurotypical, who are wired differently.
@@nandanugent I can’t remember the quote exactly or who it’s from but it’s some like for every complex problem there’s a simple straightforward wrong answer. Hahaha.
If he at least said „I don’t know“, „the research is inconclusive“, „in my opinion“, „I‘m not an expert“ etc. it would leave space for people to understand that his opinion is not the be all end all of the topic, but he doesn‘t. It‘s so weird too cause scientists love saying „we‘re pretty sure, but who knows? do more research“ and he loves to remind people that he’s a scientist…
Oversimplifications without any disclaimers are just… off for someone in his position. 😒
@@AntoniasUniverse Agreed. This threw me from the very beginning. I think anyone who went to school for anything remotely scientific learned to never state things the way he does. It’s actually shocking.
This is so harmful. I was diagnosed as an adult and before that I was always wondering why NONE of the advice worked for me. I was frustrated and constantly asking myself what was wrong with me. Even after the diagnosis (and with medication) I still sometimes get mad at myself for not being able to *just* do things. Imagine people listening to this and thinking they can "cure" their ADHD by following his advice, only to hate themselves even more because it doesn't work for them.
Oh, and if ADHD medication is so addicting why do so many of us forget to take it? I have never gotten a high from medication, but I was finally able to do things that I had been procrastinating for months. People should stop talking about things they have no business talking about.
100% I felt the exact same way. Nothing stuck no matter how hard I tried and I was like wtf is wrong with me?? The productivity gurus made it worse.
Oh!! I love the point about forgetting meds! So true! It’s only a psychological addiction. I never miss them on med breaks at all. It makes no sense.
I love the forgetting to take your meds point! And, I know what you mean about people listening to Huberman on ADHD. I partially believed him when I first heard this episode. But it wasn't long until I was suicidal... It took a long time to get out of that.
He is giving "everyone is a little ADHD" vibes... 😂
I got a degree and I performed well on the outside. I had severe CPTSD and I studied a lot just to get out of my abusive household. I was completely fueled by cortisol and adrenaline from age 10 to 25. I can agree on the comment about being scared of the consequences, but living that way is the absolute worst.
When I got my diagnosis and took my first med it was like... Silence.
My brain was completely silent, I suddenly could focus on what I wanted. I could finish my tasks without the horrible boredom... It was the biggest AHA moment of my life.
My life has improved so much that I feel like I live in an alternate reality. I treated my CPTSD and now I feel so normal. I wash dishes, do laundry, respond emails... I don't lose my keys multiple times a day.
Hi there, thanks for sharing. May I ask which medication you’re referring to?
@@neon_dex42 I took concerta which is methylphenidate (aka ritalin) in an extended release form. With concerta I felt like I wasn't quite myself, like I lost my "spark".
I switched to samexid a couple of years ago that is lixdenamfetamine, i think it is called vyvanse in the US.
Every med has it's plus and cons. Concerta made me be more serious, like I couldn't switch my attention fast enough to make a quick joke and for me it was risky to drive. My general attention is so "impermanent" like it isn't fixed on anything in particular, so I was really good at driving, but once taking concerta I almost had an accident because I was fixated on a sign... So dumb. I felt dumber on concerta, I realized my diffuse attention is part of what makes me special, I can sense when someone enters a room in a different mood and I just know everything, ln concerta I lost all that. Samexid on the other hand lets me kind of be me, but I can still direct my attention if I want to. I still get distracted and I am able to switch back to what I was doing. I hope this helps to understand how these feel.
Just because someone isn’t officially diagnosed with ADHD doesn’t mean they don’t have ADHD. Getting diagnosed is really really hard.
So true!
It's even more sad because my psychiatrist recommended these Huberman videos to me when i got my official ADHD diagnosis, god they are just SO long. I swear he actually makes them that long so you have to go back and watch 😆and not to mention how many sponsors he has that also have no scientific studies to support their claims. He obviously just cares about money and the sound of his own voice.
Thank you for making this video, it really highlighted to me how much ableism and misinformation he perpetuates.
Oh no! He got to a psychiatrist? I should really ask my own if she likes him 😔
Sadly psychiatrists have to deal with sooo many topics they just don’t have the time to review everything in such depth. That’s why I love doing only ADHD, you can help people in way more depth.
I have no idea why his videos are so long, most of the information is super diluted and he doesn’t get to the real point for like hours… 😒
Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story ❤️
I watched Huberman's video a couple weeks ago and completely agree with you that it was not an in depth video and he has allot to learn from true ADHD experts
Right??? It‘s wild that he has so many long-ass ADHD episodes and none of them is actually in-depth. Lots of talking though…
@@AntoniasUniverse I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD at age 45 and i have been down the rabbit hole of ADHD hyper focus and have learned so much in a short time, its like i know what i need to do for the first time in my life and Vivance has been a life saver.
I‘m so happy for you!!! Congratulations!
Thanks for calling him out on his bs!! He' such a scammer.
Here, here!!!
He just advertised the "suplements"
@@kustyq On which platform?
@morro8785 That was an irony. He keeps advertising the supplements in the every podcast. It usually takes a few minutes. He is more focused on making money than doing a real research.
@@kustyq every bit of research he’s done is a peer reviewed research study, and he specifically mentions when it isn’t and many people have found his provisions of research quite adequate and helpful. this seems like a very biased and uninformed opinion about his methods.
He did a second video on adhd a couple of years after this one where he focuses on medication and how adhd actually occurs. He suffered a lot of criticism on this first video and I would love to see you react to the second one, because in my opinion the second video is one of the best videos on the topic of adhd!
Thank you for your great video and great analysis, I agree with almost all you said
adhd meds brought me a sense of calm I've never had before - diagnosed as an adult but high IQ so managed to white knuckle life until eventually burning out without end insight - hence finding out about adhd when diagnosed. I watched this as I'm a fan of Andrew Huberman but he definitely did not do us any favours here. Also, he continues to mention it's addictive and habit forming - so why do I keep forgetting to take it????
Same! Same, everything you said.
I‘m so glad you got diagnosed and got treatment too. I hope things are much better now!
I wish I‘d had thought of your argument before cause I love it. I forget and I don’t even miss my meds in any way when I do. I just notice my behaviour and think „this feels different“.
@@AntoniasUniverse Sounds like the subject of a new video maybe?😉 yeah same I usually figure out I've forgotten my meds when on my way to get my 50th coffee! Really glad we have people like you calling out misinformation 🙌
I just turned 33 and got diagnosed 2 months ago. I am taking the smallest dose and you know what my biggest takeaways are? 1) oh, I can have 1 thought at a time, not 5, 2) I can just DO things? 3) I can support my friends and famliy more effectively. I really love productivity content and trying new methods to see what helps for myself. It's so frustrating that people like this are considered such an "authority" and have such a huge platform
Yes, yes, YES!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for this!!! I am a medical doctor, and the Huberman episode you look into PISSED ME OFF when I listened to it! He is NOT a psychiatrist (or a pharmacologist), so why does he think he can do this topic justice?!!! 😡🤬🤬🤬 Do better @hubermanlab
I got diagnosed with ADHD last year at the age of 32. Now I am in constant pursuit of understanding this condition and myself better. I personally feel Hubberman's podcast was of the most informative and video I have seen so far. I could also relate to a lot of stuff he was saying during the podcast
I‘m glad his work was helpful for you! If I could allow myself some self-advertisement, I‘d say this channel is a great place to learn from as well. 😇
You did an amazing job with this video! I appreciate how you reviewed and broke down his video point by point and debunked the harmful information that someone with a very large voice is spreading so carelessly. I so appreciate when neurodivergent voices speak up in this manner and we need more channels like yours.(PS- I am diagnosed AuDHD, take Adderall and could literally take a nap right after I take my medication... my understanding is that it only works like "speed" in people that don't actually need the medication.)
More people need to hear this.
I have ADHD with all the typical symptoms since early childhood, and stimulants make me euphoric and fiendy. After three days of taking them, I feel like shit, dysphoric and nauseous. I prefer natural ways of dealing with my symptoms over these neurotoxins. I agree with Gabor Mate on this, that ADHD is a trauma response, be it childhood or generational trauma passed through epigenetic mechanisms. So you should release trauma, not take neurotoxins to mask the symptoms. And of course, a HEALTHY DIET low in carbs and processed foods.
What a great video, thanks for the work, and bigger thanks for fighting for the community!!!!!
Thank you so much ❤️
Im a psychiatry nurse and have ADHD. Ive beenbtaking long and fast release adhd medication for over 2 years, same dose for around the last two years and I if I forget to take my medication I only have an impossible time (hours) to get out of bed or to do much.
I have so much knowledge on what helps, the how to, etc. But I cant focus to stick to stuff and even worse all that needs to run a normal life.
I can choose to work and take care of myself, or socialize and... Never mnd... Socialicing sucks the life out of me.
Its like saying,we are all a little depressed so instesd of taking antidepressants you need to change your perspective onblife and practice greatfulness. 🤣🤣🤣 Oh yeah,exercise and clean eating. Sure, itts very helpful, but not when you have mid or severe depression and also the impossibility of doing an of that when you are trying to convince your mind to just survive. 🤣🤣🤣
Halv truths are the most dangerous kind. Thankbyou for your video, it certainly adds to the discussion.
I so appreciated this video. Thanks for correcting the record.
Thank you ❤️
Hey found your videos on Vyvance recently, as I got diagnosed with adhd Inattentive and will be starting on 30mg soon, really nervous especially for heart issues (psychiatrist asked so kuch about heart, now I'm all health conscious like "is my heart beating too much, is my resting heart rate bad, should I be exercising way more".
I was also a huberman fan and listened to a lot and assumed all was fact. I'm now more open minded thanks to your video, even made me laugh a few times with your comebacks! He certainly still is credible but this video showed some... Crazy takes from him.
Thank you for all your content, you make me feel very reassured!
"Just try harder, and take unregulated supplements because your meds are basically street drugs anyway." K, thx. Im cured. Never heard any of this advise before 🙄
Did you try panoramic vision? 🤔
A "good" university doesn't warantee good scientists. Shown.
When science can't get to a conclusion that's what real scientists say. More researc is needed.
I'm autistic (not ADHDer) but we share the same problem with "experts" .
Thank you for sharing! Exactly!
His autism episode was awful as well. I really don’t get why he feels the need to speak out on these highly sensitive topics without proper research.
It felt like he thought we should fix autistic people whether they like it or not, just so that they appear neurotypical on the outside and that that would be a job well done. I‘m sorry you have to deal with this bs 😒
Remember one thing. No one person is right about everything. Is it possible to function in society as someone with adhd? Yes. Will it take a lot of work? Yes.
Exercise, good diet, certain vitamins and minerals, certain supplements can help. A ketogenic diet can help, but is not proven to be safe for the long term. But they - by far - do not solve ADHD. The way you're brought up and the emotional maturity and self awareness of your parents can make a large difference too. But not cure it.
Yes. Always do your own research, no one is right about everything!
What society really needs is understanding, awareness, support, and accommodation. Then life with ADHD would be substantially easier, but it will never really be easy. A healthy lifestyle and trying things is always good too, of course.
It’s just Andrew doesn’t really understand or represent the depth of the struggle and offers very surface-level solutions. Also, he puts a lot of expectation on us to „do better“ and pretty much none on systematic change.
Thank you for being the advocate we need and explaining so well what is intuitive to us but we can’t often explain well for ourselves to those around us.
And thank you for the time and effort you placed into this piece. I’m a new viewer and now a subscriber. Pleased to meet you and your content.
Thank you so so much for your support and your kind words ❤️ It means the world to me and it‘s an honour to serve wonderful people like you and our community!
So pleased to meet you too! I hope you like what I‘ve made and enjoy what‘s to come 😊 Wishing you all the best!
Thanks for making this video, Antonia. I felt really bad when watching Huberman’s video on ADHD; it made me feel like I was a failure because I had symptoms even though I don't eat sugar or use a smartphone. A month afterwards I started treatment and learned about ADHD from professionals. Real coaching and therapy taught me the opposite of what was in this podcast. I agree with you: the narrative of that podcast is damaging, because its spreading incorrect information.
In retrospect, I wonder if the studies mentioned featured actual ADHD or AuDHD people at all, or if it was just another "study" where neurotypical persons were cast, then the results extrapolated to how they think ADHD an AuDHD people move through the world.
Author Ash Banks who wrote some great books on ADHD and on neurodivergency in general, mentioned in an interview on the Irish Neuro Pride Channel that many ADHD people often prefer the lowest dose possible, also often forget to take their medication, which is what addicts do not do, (paraphrased) "No heroin addict will face palm on Friday, saying 'Oh no, I forgot to take my fix on Monday'".
Yet the fearmongering against adhd medication continues.
That said, I prefer to function without, with AuDHD in my case my autistic part creates an interacting balance, not being dependent is really handy in times of a worldwide medication shortage.
Another aspect is society itself, is adapting to fit a deformed system not just the same as a victim of domestic abuse settling with the abuser and the abusive situation?
Giving them paracetamol for the headache, instead of preventing the abuser from throwing the victim from the stairs again.
At a certain point, also systemic problems need to be addressed.
hi from germany, you have got another new subscriber here. still waiting for my adhd diagnosis... since 14 month now.
Hallo ❤️!! The psychiatrist situation here is horrific… I‘m so sorry! Please keep pursuing your diagnosis and treatment - it‘s so worth it!
It's really a shame Huberman had so much misinformation and low quality information in this episode (which I listened to--and it made me suicidal for 2 days - 1 week+). I say this because a lot of other things he mentions on his podcast have helped me, or are substantiated by significantly more/better research, though I obviously can't speak to everything else he talks about. Most of the things I appreciated were things I read in The Lost Art of Thinking by Neil Nedley chapters 1-19.
Heart rate: Adding maybe on average 1 beat per minute.... :) That's not a lot compared to chronic stress. He should not be talking about this.
Edit 1: Ohh. he is selling tools. :) This is how research works today. Everyone wanna sell something and they tailor research papers and studies to their needs. This is sadly how a lot of research work today. One always have to take away the money from the equation to find out what the truth is.
Edit 2: This guy makes me annoyed to listen to. Even a bit angry!
Edit 3 (hahaha): OK... A lot of this stems from a broken healthcare system in the USA. People can't afford real medications and treatments there, so they are prone to believing anything people like that guy tells them.
Exactly! And he was also talking some strange stuff about having less erections after that 😀
And sadly yeah, that’s how research works since forever even - only if someone somewhere can profit.
Thanks for sharing!
So unfortunate that he doesn’t advocate for a better system instead of giving people false hope for some dodgy treatments.
@@AntoniasUniverse Sexual dysfunction huh? You know what doesn't cause that? Stress, anxiety, depressive thoughts, racing thoughts etc. (sarcasm if it wasn't obvious).
The addictive nature of amphetamine he is talking about is just ridiculous as you point out. It cannot at all be compared to ritalin or others.
It's an extremely safe medication with few side effects if any (I mean some don't get side effects at all even) and it's out of the body fast if something isn't feeling right.
It's not like for example SSRI. That I am much more skeptical towards. It probably helps people, don't get me wrong. But it has way higher risk of negative long lasting effects. If I was he, I'd focus on that market instead :P :P
Great video Antonia! I am sure he wants us to drink AG1 (don't forget of his discount code, of course) while using panoramic vision. 😆🤣 Huberman truly lost the plot, he is on a steady decline and talking a lot of nonsense lately. So glad that there are a lot of people on youtube unmasking him and other "health gurus".
Oh boi, I cut a whole section on the AG1 thing but I think I put the video in the sources.
Basically the AG1 guy is literally an Australian con man who conned people out of their homes (allegedly). So AG1 probably about as effective as the panoramic vision 😃
I‘m glad people are starting to realise the BS. How can someone make two hour weekly episodes on specialised topics without ever talking off‘ the top of his head?
Thank you for this exposing video! Huberman is so ignorant but talking as if he knows it all. Arrogant.
My heart rate has gone down with adhd meds as I was not suffering from chronic stress and anxiety
I really love how you explain your points in this video. The critical look at what Huberman is implying is really helpful.
Thank you so much!! ☺️ This makes it so worth the work!
Great Vid!! Thanks ;)
I cant stand his videos... They are always suggested to me too. Yawn.
I remember watching his podcasts about ADHD when I first started noticing my symptoms and he induced my initial fear of medicating symptoms. Ofc my amazing psychiatrist and doctor quelled those fears as well as your great videos and some videos from how to ADHD.
Great video analysis. I love Huberman, but as an ADHD adult and professional counselor who treats ADHD, I struggled with this video.
First of all, you certainly can overcome your symptoms of ADHD pass the age of 25 It’s not even unheard of.
Finally, i found this video
very helpful!
Thank you 😊
As i have been trying both Vyvanse and Concerta i can say that they are very different in theyr effects. Also regular ''speed'' is mix of levo- and dextroamphetamines when infact here in Europe you can only get Dexamphetamine. Adderall is the only drug that is kind of similar to ''speed'', but the dosages are way too different. It's interesting because there has been promising studies about using Vyvanse as therapy for meth and speed addicts. I think those drugs are just way too complicated than just saying ''they are speed or meth'' and so they addicting. I don't even care anymore what anyone has to say about these things anymore.
I love it when people whose brain is "standard" tell those that don't have a "standard" brain, how to force our brains to work like thiers
Also i would to add this; you can not, ever, choose what you like/find interesting
Hope this video goes viral 😃
Thank you 😀 me too! It would really justify the long months of work!
Making stuff with ADHD is never easy, regardless of how much you love it, but it feels so worth it when lovely people like you comment ❤️
Keep up the good work
The problem here is that he took the video to cover parts of adhd ánd people who have have some problems with focusing and is trying to address these two groups with the same sentences.
For example, the part that he is talking about smart drugs, was in my understanding, meant for people that are experiencing problems with focusing but do not have adhd. Like students who feel the pressure to succeed.
Some points you are making are needed to be said. But I feel the biggest problem here, is he is not saying things so it can be interpreted in different ways. The way you took things, is just one of the ways.
There was also one episode with a guest who had adhd and his 'succes story'. Which was ja 'just try hard enough and you wil succeed which I found way may toxic than this episode.
Yeah, that is the fundamental problem. You can’t put the two groups together. I said it in the beginning but I cut some of that out cause length.
Sadly the smart drug study is the only one he cited on medication and never said it‘s not about ADHD-ers. Omitting that is manipulative and anyway it wasn’t a good study.
I know about all the other videos he has on ADHD too but my initial script was at least 50 pages and I wanted to make this shorter for the community. Maybe if this video does well I‘ll release the full thing. 🤔 Maybe I should have some kind of membership for such things…
Thank you for sharing your points!
Person with ADHD, here. I don't find that Huberman has been so inaccurate. His coverage of it is more helpful than harmful, in my opinion. I agree that he doesn't cover all aspects, but what he has covered I think hits the nail on the head.
Actually Huberman seems to me to be someone who genetically has ADHD, but has worked with it through an accumulation of experiences and habbits. That is the same for some of my bosses. It's amazing how distractable and disorganized they are. But they are largely in control, due to frameworks and compensatory behaviours. I'm learning to be the same, but it's one habit at a time.
When comparing how well someone is doing in life and handling themselves we should always look at all factors - how are their relationships, sports, hobbies, home life, rest, and work, and how much help are they getting to keep it that way. Many people with ADHD sacrifice their health and relationships for work success for example. To me that’s not a win though.
Also spreading false facts with the truth is worse than not speaking out in my opinion because misinformation can get stuck in the public‘s head for decades and it‘s a lot more work to dispel it than it is to introduce it.
What he covers doesn‘t hit the nail on the head sadly because some of it is just plain wrong. Not all of it, but enough.
In terms of working on your ADHD, that’s hard work that takes away from other aspects of our lives too and even if it‘s successful for some, it‘s important to acknowledge how much effort we have to put in that others don‘t. Unfortunately we are all treated equally when we‘re really not (at least not in that sense).
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
@@AntoniasUniverse I see many people in the comments section here feeling validated for not taking steps to treat their ADHD. You should also consider the harm that your own video risks influencing. There is such a thing as Nocebo, as not believing in our own potential to change.
If it wasn't for Huberman's work, I would be in the gutter. So please go somewhere else with that overly critical perfectionist attitude of "it would be better to not put things out at all than to put out many helpful things with one mistake".
@@Yamikaiba123if he has helped you that's great but here we are talking about a specific complex condition like ADHD.
@@Yamikaiba123 Conflating anecdotal evidence isn’t helpful. If you had a positive experience, that’s valid for you, but it doesn’t negate the broader issue of misinformation. The point of the video is to highlight how much incorrect information can be presented; for instance, this identifies 5 inaccuracies. While this might seem minor, it could be significant if the original list included 10 or 15 points. Viewers, whether they have ADHD or not, might not recognize which parts are incorrect, potentially leading to misunderstandings about the issues discussed. Which can be more damaging than helpful. A common pitfall for people with ADHD is assuming that what works for them will work for everyone. This issue is exacerbated when someone with ADHD gains a platform and fails to account for the diverse experiences and needs of their audience.
It's a great video from a discussion point of view. But I believe that you hyperfocus too much on word-for-word details and miss the overall message. It's a valid perspective to clarify a lot of things. For instance, a person with a high IQ may perform similarly to a typical person but with many difficulties that are invisible to the untrained eye. I would love to see a face-to-face interaction between you two because that could benefit the community much more than this video. You're emotionally reacting to his video and presenting it as a black-and-white issue. ADHD is a spectrum. And yes, social media functions with intermittent rewards, which is bad for typical people, but it's even worse for those with ADHD.
also ich hab jetzt mitbekommen, das du (ich dutze einfach mal dreisterweise) aus deutschland bist und schreib mein kommentar deshalb mal auf deutsch.
VIELEN VIELEN DANK für deine Arbeit!!!!!! Ich selbst wurde erst dieses Jahr Ende Mai, mit 26 Jahren, diagnostiziert und nehme seit dem meine Medikamente (Elvanse 30 mg). Und ich könnte jetzt noch jeden Tag aufs neue, vor Freude heulen, weil sich endlich das letzte Puzzelteil ins Bild gefügt hat! Aktuell sind es noch die 30 mg die in Kombo mit einem Kaffee am Morgen, genau richtig für mich sind und mir in so vielen Bereichen in meinem leben geholfen haben, das ich es selbst kaum glauben kann. Ich weiß, das ich schon sehr lobend klinge, weshalb ich auch erwähnen möchte, das es nicht das Medikament alleine war. Mit 18 Jahren hab ich angefangen mich mit dem Gedanken auseinanderzusetzen, eventuell doch ADHS haben zu können (rückblickend auf meine Kindheit, war eigentlich doch sehr offensichtlich). Ich hab mich seit dem auch viel mit Themen wie dem Unterbewusstsein, Glaubenssätze, Mindset, Charackterdevelopemend und ähnliches auseinander gesetzt (eher leihenhaft und nicht zwingend professionell, würde ich behaupten). Dies jedoch nicht gezielt für meine Vermutung ADHS zu haben. Diese Themen haben mir sehr viel beigebracht und mir sehr viel Wissen verschafft, welches ich aber nie imstande war, aktiv in meinem Leben, auf Dauer, zu integrieren. Das hat über die Jahre für eine Menge Frust gesorgt, weil ich immer beobachten konnte, wie meine auf diesem wissen basierenden Ratschläge, meinen Freunden half und ich aber iwie immer auf der Strecke blieb.
Was ich damit sagen möchte ist, das ich durch viel ungeplante Vorarbeit, mir einen guten Startpunkt hergerichtet hab, um mit den Medikamenten zu beginnen. All die Dinge dich ich über die Zeit gelernt habe, sind plötzlich umsetzbar. Aufgebaute Routinen bleiben bestehen und ich fange von tag zu tag an mir immer mehr zu vertrauen... Ich bin an einem Punkt in meinem Leben angekommen, an dem ich mir nicht mehr ständig selbst im Weg stehe und anfange mich immer mehr zu mögen und sogar ehrlich zu lieben ( sowohl das gute, wie das schlechte!).
Und das hat mir so viel mehr Lebensqualität gegeben. Ich hätte das nicht für möglich gehalten, doch jetzt ist es meine Realität....
Verzeih mir bitte das ausschweifen und vielen vieln Dank noch mal für deine Mühen und die wirklich gute und tolle Aufklärungsarbeit, die du hier leistest!!!
I listen to Huberman Lab for the experts he brings on because he only studied ophthalmology/neuroscience. He is a researcher, not a clinician.
I’m glad I didn’t listen to this 2 hour+ rant. Thanks for calling him out and fact checking him.
1:06 What?! Nothing more needs to be said.
I hate doing my admin. I will leave it to the last minute usually. The deadline does kick start me. I had hyperfocus for doing a task I disliked (so doesn’t match what Huberman says)
Yep, hyperfocus is much more complex
Argument 1 - his objective is not to make people feel validated. It’s to provide information. I have struggled with adhd incredibly my entire life, but as I get older and my responsibilities have changed, and it became more of a struggle…Like most. There is a spectrum, and my adhd affects ALLL aspects of my life greatly. I struggle in ways hard to explain and sometimes in ways that feel shameful. Even with all I’ve learned. I do struggle. But I can say that making challenging effort to limit my screen time has made a dramatic difference in my life. There is science behind why our phones have become what they have. It all comes back to dopamine. And yes… this broad spectrum human dependence on the phone is MUCH more of a problem for the ADHD individuals. And limiting it has played a key role in improving my adhd life and happiness overall. You say this is false because it doesn’t validate us ? I do not agree with that. but really I don’t think that is an argument that should even be made. In fact, I think it’s terrible for the listener especially the adhd listener. Am I upset that I have to implicate more regulation in my life than the typical? I could be. I was at first. But once I just accepted it and stopped being a victim, implicated regulation, (yes, regulation that others don’t have to..) please understand my life changed DRAMATICALLY in positive ways. And now, I do not care that I have to regulate and maybe others don’t. I am responsible for my life. Doing this has HELPED me. My life improved in the areas that my adhd was taking a dramatic toll on. Victimizing myself has only made everything worse. Of course I have my setbacks! And of course there are other things that have helped. And of course I am NOT hard on my neurodivergent mind, But I’m not going to say that a highly qualified scientist is wrong for not validating me. For not reminding me that I’m a victim. For letting me know what I can do for my life if I want to improve it. I could cry about how it’s unfair and say that a scientist is wrong because his advice doesn’t validate me… or I can take control of my life and do what I can do FOR MYSELF. This isn’t about a luxury that others have and I have to be understood and validated by science. This is a BAD argument to make. So to be continued.. I’m still listening.
Okay to continue on argument one… and then I’m done listening because I simply can’t emotionally cope with the detrimental consequences that these “arguments” or the language and viewpoint she has, i cang emotionally cope with how detrimental this view will have on our adhd individuals IF they acquired this view themselves. WE DO NOT NEED TO BE LABELED AND ACCOMMODATED TO. Please listen to me if your looking for ADHD advice, please understand my adhd has been an absolute tragedy when I had the view that she is expressing. Before and then when I obtained this view. I can’t express enough how much hubermans advice has changed my adhd life. Taking his advice simply comes with some responsibility and effort. But his advice has helped me take control and adapt. As we are fully capable of. Even with accommodations in and out of my life, they have NEVER changed my outcomes. I simply took control. And boo hoo maybe others didn’t have to put the time and effort into these things to take control.. but life doesn’t revolve around us individually because it does not have to! To any adhder listening to this.. and reading my comment PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO ME, do not adopt this viewpoint. This victim mentality is suicide. Please show yourself how in control you really are and seek Hubermans advice. Which is advice according to science. Not according to your feelings
Fantastic critique of this oveblown podcaster.
Thank you!
Greetings from Germany, I feel slightly insulted for you imitating my accent. However, it was really funny 🤣 Thank you for this informative video! ❤️
Sorry 😂😂😂 Your language is beautiful, I just couldn’t afford a real German in this economy 😄Thank you so much!
It’s no problem ☺️ If you need a German, I am there for free 😂
Thank you, you are perfectly correct. Great rebuttal of the misinformation Huberman has made. Also, if you haven't already, please check out the International Consensus Statement on ADHD (Faraone et al., 2021) which debunks such myths using the entirety of the literature.
Thank you so much! I did a community post on the Consensus a while back! I totally forgot about it since though, would have been a useful resource to cite 😅
@@AntoniasUniverse Thank you and you're welcome! :)
agreed 1000x and thanks 1000x - I am fed up to the fucking nies of fighting prejudice and misconception - I have been there and done that with trying to sort out my adhd without medication - having hated methyphenidate - until I took lisdexamphetamine - and realised all my life I had been doing the equivalent of trying to learn to walk with two legs when one of them was inot fundamentally enervated properly - it was never going to work - and taking the medication is like freeing up the nerve for the fucking short few hours that I have on it - at which point there is no way it can be called a high - all I want to do is chill - to the point that I can sleep restfully in sheer fucking relief - thats not entirely accurate - I desperately want to chill and just rest but I also want to get things done because life is so on top of me so I am stuck in a terrible conuncrum that I never escape day after day because of the effing prejudsices that Huberman is perpetuating - and he doesnt mention the chaos and the discomfort of feeling so effing drifty - or that so called hyperfocus is not productive for everyone - it is a state of 'stuck,' unable to tear oneself away in spite of a pricking conscience of all the things one actually wants and needs to do in life - 'perseverance' is a better word for it I learnt a while ago - which is pronounced differently to the quality of perseverance, with a soft 'e' in 'ver' rather than an 'ee' sound - which is associatated with brain injury - Healthygamer has a good video about that - I hate it when someone like Hubermnan perpertuates this idesa that we ahve some sort of ability tobe super productive in the face of deadlines as well - I get the concept and have experienced this once in a blue moon but more often than not I get like a Rabbit in Headlights. ANd as for suggesting that severe gonsequences and fear can help one get things done - the harm in that and the potential for where people will take that - people cannot effing well punish me out of my adhd - I am in my bloody forties and the mental health system has wrecked the shit out of my life trying to do that - and I still get that from time to time - I am in hosptial for various reasons of l;ife getting in a mess at the moment and have been refused my meds before on the basis of having been late for them and that that would make me remember thenm in future - urgh - no it just causes me pain and anxiety and sets everything further back and causes more insomnia not to mention frustration and fury which I am rather at the stage in life that I just let lose with because I am at the end of my fucking tether with it all, being told to take responsiblity, constantly being fordce d to 'take consequences' of my mistakes and heing set back by this - just give me a bloody fucking break I want my life back I have missed so bloody much of it already - but no, I am still being accused of being addicted to them because I argue that they only last six hours a day, that the first time I ever slept on the long release dex was the first time I had ever woken feeling refreshed, that the bloody things only last six hours and that the BNF limit is set at the bullshit of big pharma and I am not frigging well 'addicted' to them - I have expalined more times than I care to count that they help my anxiety and the doctor still explained to me very seriously the other day that a side-effect is anxiety - NOOOO THEY HELP ME THINK CLEARLY AND MAKE ME FEEL WITH_IT AND THEREFORE CHILL ME OUT so that I am not in a fog of discomfort and constant effort just to exist - just to do things I enjoy, come to that - not that doing things I am motivated about or enjoy somehow pull me magically out of the fog - redsucing everything to 'dopamine' and 'adrenaline' etc in a general way is so simplistic - we know so little about the brain and the intricate ins and outs of the interactions - dopamine does so much more than affing reward and focus - look at parkinsons - it is involveed with co-ordination of movenment and likewise of thoughts - theres working memory - and a whole loads of subtle stuff that I have no concrete way to explain because I have never heard anyone discuss - I think because they are not aware of it because they have never had to do without it - case in point regarding the subtleties that Huberman goes sailing straight on past is adrenaline - god knows the stuff has been known to help me but its really hit and miss and exhausting and not guaranteed even in an activity like competing horses that I used to love more than life itself - and inflicting fear of consequences on me generally does nothing more than leave me dealing with the machine being even more jammed than ever. With which metaphor - a jammed machine - and that of fog - it beggars my belief that people are still so ignorantly ignorant on the most surface-level perceptions of what 'focus' is that they think the internet and smartphone type of distraction could 'cause' adhd - no, that is just self effing discipline -often as not I am too spaced out and unfocussed to even notice notifications let alone get waylaid by them. This in itself is an oversimplification on my part because I do wander around the internet but that is a working memory and organisation issue as much if not more than a distraction issue in the normal sense of the word. Crikey now I think about it even distraction could be classed as an infuriatingly 'umbrella' term and thereby being miscontruable into innumeral paths of misconception leading to wroing assumptions.
Doubt anyone will read this but yay that got an iceberg-tip off my chest in a rambley unmedicated and peri-menopausally-pissed off way ... which is another thing I am surprised he made jack shit in the way of mention of considerng one of the things I used to like Huberman's original podcasts for is that one would learn more detailed physiological nuances of things than most of the wellness genre offers - but not a dickybird about the fact that the variation in hormones either side of ovulation can have a massive impact on the effect and efficay of the medication and its even more commplicated once ones physiology is in the pre-menopausal run. Fuckers.
I loved this comment and reading your thoughts! Thank you for sharing and normalising these struggles we all face.
I would 100% sign under your experience and I‘m right there with you. The missed time, the hospital visits, all the trying and failing…❤️
This is what ADHD really feels like. It’s s feeling most neurotypicals will never be able to imagine…
I‘m terrified of the perimenopause things you mentioned. I‘m also terrified of losing my meds because of all these horror stories of psychs just denying them randomly all because of the BS stigma.
I hope if we keep speaking out it gets better, because some people are only making it worse.
Also, *hugs* Please get better soon!
ps. I‘m super curious about the perseverance thing. So cool you shared that! I’ll check it out! I really hope we can move past the hyperfocus superpower thing soon…
Using Dr. Huberman for views is something that your future self will be embarrassed by.
Maybe you should make a 2-3 hr lecture explaining your findings and the science behind them as opposed to attacking arguments from other people.
He clearly has no understanding of the experience of having adhd.
I totally agree with you, tnx.
He actually mentions in 10:09 in his video that IQ test are a rather controversial issue...sooooooo idk xD
What is happening with these Harvard, Yale, Stanford supposed authorities
I like your chair.
Naww thanks! 😅 I didn’t even realise it‘s in the video. I love interior design!
Given that I know nothing about Andrew Huberman, or Antonia, or ADHD: what do I believe?
My understanding of adhd is that it’s a list of symptoms as defined in the dsm . A child’s home environment could easily produce those symptoms id imagine , especially once you put them in a boring class.
Regarding huberman, I like to listen to him drone on as I go to sleep. I find him incredibly over rated , he over complicated and over states things
The list of symptoms is endless, the ones defined in the DSM are just a set of examples used for diagnosis. When your brain works differently it affects everything that you do. That’s why it‘s so important to identify the underlying processes- executive dysfunction, inattention, hyperactivity etc.
I‘m glad he helps you fall asleep 😁
He's getting a lot of hate here but some of his videos can have a lot of good info.
I love huberman and have adhd, this should be interesting 😅
I can't put into works how much Andrew has helped me, not just with his ADHD coverage but on gratitude, habit breaking/building, neuroplasticity and just generally learning about brain chemistry in general. To say he's changed my life for the better is a complete understatement. I'm not sure why you're choosing to criticize everything he says so enthusiastically.
You're attacking him for leaving out information when his videos go for upwards of 3 hours already?! For someone who apparently has ADHD, you should understand how simplifying and leaving out certain details is important when it comes to learning so much information.
I think attacking is a bit harsh, I'm glad you feel he has helped you tremendously, but it's okay to question him and to question him is not trashing him.
I'm so glad he helped you! I never said his work wasn't good. In my summary I specified that I meant his ADHD videos are not a great source of information and that I base my statement on this specific video I analyzed.
My opinion is that he has some good and bad information on this topic based on my analysis, and that his words can be misinterpreted and harmful to our community. Of course some of it can be helpful.
Simplifying is perfectly fine if it's given a disclaimer. He could easily say much less and complete it with "but there's more to this", "I'm not sure", "do your own research about that part" etc. He just speaks so overconfidently as if that's all there is to what he isa saying.
For example, saying that every third person is on Adderall, but not saying that this is only in the US if at all, is not just a simplification. Adderall is illegal in my home country and it most certainly isn't used by 33% of people. But if people in the government hear his video and think Adderall is addictive for everyone and basically all of the world is infected, maybe they will never make Adderall legal. You know what I mean?
@@AntoniasUniverse OMG who cares? Use common sense and realise he's only talking about people in the US?!?!?! The rest of us did?? ffs
Cool lets ignore all the other amazing bits of information he provides and focus on how he generalized once
PS: Dr. Russell Barkley did a response video to Gabor Mate's view on ADHD, you may already know, but just in case: ruclips.net/video/bO19LWJ0ZnM/видео.html. And I hope he will likewise join you in responding to the Huberman ADHD episode.
thank you very much for this video. i remember watching this podcast a long time ago and i couldnt believe how bad it was. this one however isnt as extremely bad as another one thats on autism. if you think this video misrepresented adhd, the one on autism basically depicts autistic people as complete psychopaths. sorry that i cant provide any details but i rather forgot the specific. i guess what im trying to say is just dont watch his videos. you'll do yourself a great service.
Thank you so much! I actually know the autism one and I was horrified and heartbroken. I cant believe I thought I could use it to help my AuDHD coachees… but that was before I clicked. Awful stuff.
Antonia, I don’t think you realize how much of your own personal bias comes through this video without much backing on it yourself. as an adult 26-year-old with ADHD I feel very encouraged and helped by Dr. Huberman.
Dude, not bad.
Instant sub!
Thank you!! ❤️
Does your argument start from the proposition that brain is unable to change at later age, do you believe in neuroplasticity?
Neuroplasticity is definitely real, but a lot of it is due to the brain still developing and so different influences can cause the development to take a different course. This can probably happen to an extent in adulthood but it’s far less effective.
This is just my opinion though I haven’t researched exactly how much adult neuroplasticity can do. I just know its much less.
@@AntoniasUniverse Thank you, I understand your points and will seek to understend the matter further! Best regards, Velid
Can't stand the guy. Who can get through his 3+ hour videos? That must be my ADHD. Beware the guy who is an expert in everything.
I appreciate somebody providing some pushback on this. I had watched the original content hoping for something useful or helpful. Only to find a smug neurotypical jackass implying that I am just some big lazy baby who needs to try harder.
As though I don't already have 42 years of internalised ableism telling me the same. Cycling through furious and futile attempts to force myself to function "normally". Resulting in the inevitable burnout and despair.
To all the well intentioned folk concerned about dependence on stimulant medication. I ask should people with visual impairment throw away their glasses? Are they not dependent on those to approach functionality? What about wheelchairs?
The internalised ableism part hits hard. It breaks my heart to see people so deep in it they practically wish they were someone else and they can’t be. It’s so bad for our self-esteem and mental health…
@@AntoniasUniverse I no longer wish to be somebody else, I do wish the world wasn't set up like a one size fits all scenario. But as my grumpy old racist grandmother used to say. You go ahead and wish into one of your hands and shit into the other, let me know which one fills up first. Hahaha
@@saxonkrautz lmao! Yes, we need societal change and support for everyone, not just perfectly neurotypical, healthy people.
Bro is so special 🙄
Your video is interesting, and an appreciated voice against another that is loud but often inaccurate, but… I don't trust you because you're a "coach" with just 4 years of experience and the first thing you do in video description, is you sell some bogus ADHD-friendly morning routine…come on! Your arguments feel like a combo of straw-mans, personal reactions or misinterpreting what he says. I'm not saying he's right. I'm saying you could do a better job and drop the commercial angle, if you want to out-do him on "benefit the community" angle.
Great video. He's fundamentally wrong about lots of things, he studied opthalmology, and often is sharing 'new' amazing stuff we learned in Psych 101 20 yrs ago🙄. Dexamphetamine does NOT cross the blood brain barrier immediately, meth on the other hand does. Hence no euphoria. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. And he's never experienced it, so, nope. JUST NO. But ppl love to look up to ppl, so...
Thank you so much! Woo! A psychologist approves 😊
You should read Dr. Hallowell's book, CRAZY BUSY, on the topic of ADHD-like symptoms creeping into the general population. It's a real thing, despite genetics.
Sure, but these symptoms are not permanent and because they are not caused by neurodevelopmental disorder they are not necessarily present in all realms of life. For example, I struggle to focus both on fun and not fun things whereas someone who just has phone addiction might not struggle to focus on fun things. (oversimplified but hopefully gets the point across) ☺️
@@AntoniasUniverse I think it depends on how early they became trained by their environment to have these symptoms. Neurodevelopment happens a lot in childhood and adolescents. So it's possible that people bejng raised in our culture will have life long challenges not exactly like ADHD, but similar to it (and maybe not as severe), that cannot be reversed.
However, I agree that adults who have had healthy childhoods mostly but trained themelves now to be dopamine-deficient, etc. Maybe just have a wiring problem and can undo that with therapy and practice.
Your brain develops in response to your environment, experiences, beliefs you lay down, coping mechanisms - it creates patterned responses as a way to survive and navigate the world - neurodevelopmental disorders develop as a response to these things. You're ignoring epigenetics and neuroplasticity. It's a Western centric perspective the DSM is not gospel - it's theory and theory is not fact it's based on the subjective thinking of a group of so called experts, who in the West are feted by pharma
I have never watched/listened to him as I find him arrogant and speaks way too fast. Lol. Now however I am even less likely to watch him because he probably doesn't research any topic well! Hence the reason why he is popular - he is click bait for people.
I'm pretty sure the guy with the Ph. D. in Neuroscience understands what he's talking about.
thank you
I don’t like him at all.
u r in germany ?? ur englisch is very not german haha good content pls continue
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Yes! I‘m a Bulgarian living in Germany, but I do speak German fluently 😁
No offense, but people don't need to be validated. Also you're inserting your own words into his mouth. The levels of inaccuracies are so high, I'm having trouble not attributing them to actual malice. First example; you claim he states that that smart phone usage causes ADHD, his actual claim is excessive smartphone use CAN cause ADHD-like symptoms, these are not the same. Second; you harang him for saying there are ways to combat the symptoms of ADHD, you say "How can you combat your own braid development?" How indeed? How about medication??? Anecdotally, medication has been monumental in mitigating my ADHD symptoms, and there is solid research out there to support extending this to the general population, I suggest you go read it. :)
What are you talking about? I’m a scientist and so is Andrew and peer reviews are crucial for accuracy.
I don’t have to insert words into his mouth because I added the clips I referenced.
He said the smartphone thing twice and the second or first time, I don’t know which one anymore was indeed as I quoted.
He says you can overcome your symptoms in the video. Also he cites false numbers of how many people grow out of their ADHD.
I said multiple times that medication is foundational. He suggested that it‘s addictive and potentially dangerous and you could train yourself until you can taper off the meds.
All my sources are in the description so you can go read. I assure you I have no personal feelings towards Andrew (esp. not malice) I just want me and our community to live good lives, have support and learn from factually accurate sources.