@@deathandcats the original statement is false: it's harder to see ADHD in you girls/more women don't get diagnosed until later in life if at all. Women are under diagnosed.
Highlights: Omega 3 and Exercise (specially cardio) help. 41:47 Helpful Suggestions for your job; sad about the cut. 48:30 Multi-modal treatment of ADHD & Medications discussion. 58:00 Study on Group Treatment for adults with ADHD. 1:20:00 Cool Tech stuff that helps. Keywords: Cognitive Behavior Thterapy (CBT) & Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) I'm sure there were some other relevant highlights, but you know.
The BEST treatment for ADHD, in my humble opinion, is a combination of both exercise AND mixed amphetamine salts. This is a neurotransmitter disorder, somewhat similar to clinical depression. In depression, the classic assumption is a depletion of serotonin due to serotonin-receptor exhaustion - essentially not enough serotonin, or it is used up too quickly. ADHD appears to be similar, but the neurotransmitters involved are both dopamine and norepinephrine. The stimulant medication (NOT Stratera), influences both neurotransmitters by agonizing, or increasing the production of these transmitters, while simultaneously decreasing their depletion. Since dopamine is closely associated with higher executive function, such as concentration, working memory, reduction in distracting stimuli, etc. Exercise is vitally important for a number of reasons, but it compliments the stimulatory medication by naturally increasing dopamine levels, as well as having a positive impact on the dopaminergic receptors. Exercise also has a mild sedating effect - people tend to find they are more relaxed after a mere twenty minutes of moderate exercise. You must work up a sweat. What makes me laugh is that the ADHD patient has a much lower concentration of dopamine than the non-ADHD person. Dopamine is highly elevated when using elicit drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine. This is because the non-ADHD person has normal levels of dopamine, and the illicit drug skyrockets the dopamine, resulting in the addictive euphoria. If the ADHD patient used the same illicit drug, they probably would not experience the same euphoria, since their dopamine levels are in the tank, and the drug may simply raise their levels to what is considered normal, or only slightly elevated above baseline. What depresses me, to some extent, is the lack of physical findings. There is little to no structural differences between the ADHD and non-ADHD brain. I think I read the corpus colossum is slightly thicker in the ADHD brain, but I have found little to no research confirming or disputing that theory. I have ADHD, with a preponderance towards attention deficit. Prior to my official diagnosis at age 30, my life was a mess. I was constantly either getting fired for being late or "failure to be detail oriented", or quitting before I could get fired. I was convinced I had a brain tumor and visited a family friend who was a family medicine doctor. He immediately wrote me a prescription for 10mg spansules of Dexedrine - a single amphetamine salt. The result was nothing short of miraculous. To say it helped me immensely, not only proved the diagnosis, but allowed me to acquire my BS in biology and chemistry - something I could never have achieved without the medication. I have been counselled a number of times during my life, as it was required to refill the prescription. This was prior to the non-psychiatrist prescribing physician being able to to prescribe it. Since the Dexedrine days, I have been on a standard 30mg daily dose of mixed amphetamine salts once in the morning. I have found that hitting the gym after work, primarily running on the treadmill for an hour augments the benefit of the medication. I have never used illicit drugs for recreational purposes, nor do I now, or ever, drank to excess. I used to smoke excessively, but have stopped since being medicated, and quit cold turkey. This tells me that I was self-medicating stimulatory medication through the nicotine and other stimulants found in cigarettes. My life is nothing close to what I thought it would, or could, ever be, and for the better. My suggestion and plea is this: if you feel there is something wrong with your psyche, there probably is. Get tested, get tested, get tested!!! Don't let yourself get to age thirty, suffering through your entire life and accepting personal failure as the standard expectation. If you have a child exhibiting symptoms, get them tested, Don't let them suffer with being different than their peers, since you all know just how cruel children can be to those who are different. Depression and illicit drug use is common among the undiagnosed, untreated ADHD patient. My parents could not bring themselves to accept the fact that I had a "problem" that required psychiatric medication, and their problem became my curse for 30 years.
Excellent post!!! There are now imaging modalities that show areas of the brain that are over or under stimulated causing the symptoms of ADHD. Dr Daniel Amen is using these SPECT scans( single photon emission computed tomography ) to diagnose and treat this disorder with tremendous success.
Get tested my a$$. Living in Northern Canada I’m lucky to have a GP to throw some Ritalin at me. They don’t do assessments and I’m damned sure I am on the autism spectrum and /or other comorbidities that mess with with my executive function. 47 and my life may as well be over because I haven’t accomplished anything or achieved any educational goals and I just can’t start another entry level job. I’m sick and tired of my life.
Discovered that I had adhd when I was about 6 or 7 and my mom got me prescribed to medication. When I started visiting my dad, he thought it was complete non sense and demanded that I stoped taking the medication. Years later when I was in high school I remember being extremely active & wanting to over achieve. I tried taking AP physics, honors Calculus, & AP English. Turned out I had a hard time studying and doing school work compared to my peers,so I concluded that I was simply just not as bright as the other kids. Later on after senior year of HS I become extremely depressed and just couldn't understand how my head worked. I thought there was just a million things I was doing wrong and came down on myself really hard. Now I realise that I've been hating my self because I've never understood myself.
Sameting I did,didnt let my dsughter to see the mrntal health nurse,I did mind about this,now suddenely in high school,last month,she went into depression,stress,....
@@MTH077 yes! "Y'all" should try living in the South (USA) where most of us talk really slow. And most folks have to give you the long version of what they want to say 🤣
I was undiagnosed until I was in college. It’s a nightmare and is the reason I chose to never have children for fear I’d pass it on to my child. Undiagnosed ADHD has devastated my life.
I feel you, I was diagnosed this year at 30. I never wanted kids, now I have a specific reason I dont want kids. But if I did have kids, they would be screened from an early age an medicated so their lives could be as close to normal, developmentally, as anyone else.
Lastly. Anybody else always have a song playing in their head? I can go to sleep with one and will wake up with the same. I pick them up if I hear one I like, or even if I know it well and that can be a dud like say.. Hotel California pa tu eee.. that’s when I have to stop and change my mind picking working man by Rush or four Tops singing Bernadette.. I’m just glad I know, and love music so well.. that and it isn’t playing two.,,
Im constantly singing an pple say to me aw ur happy! But i sing even more when im nervous an uncomfortable an sometimes cuz im happy but so does my son
I am triggered by phrases that sound like a song I would have heard and then sing the line over and over and over (mostly without realizing it until much later). In my mind voice that it.
my whole life, Was a store owner many years , I always knew I could never hold a job for 30 and retire so self-employment was it, I strongly recommend it, partly why I became a realtor so things are always interesting and when I can't get started and miss hours work as we do, we don't make money but at least during moments of clarity you are not looking for a new job, and it panders to our sense of wanting to do something, grandiose and be done quick, it also uses our good brain, heres how it works for me, my low self-esteem nobody ever knows, but knockinng doors for buiss is all but impossilbe so here how I make it work, I flip houses with investor money, I write many offers on distressed properties , I get well paid in 7 days then I remodel the house with my crew where I am designer and our brain works wonders making the floor plan awesome, your brain is kept busy and its fun 6 weeks later the house is ready, mine sell in one week or 1 day most recent, for the most money of any in the area, and I double end many, so 6 percent payday again. so that's 3 paydays and if you have to sell that buyers' house and double end that, that is five paydays created from one acquisition. why is this better because we disappoint fewer people and personality quirks don't matter, you can do the math on say a $300k single payday 3% fixer, and$425k double 6%, then buyers sale at least 3 %, but my most recent double 6%. even we can add this 3 % of 400k 12k now add the rest and remember when your late and when you have to reschedule RE will love you again, I don't know if it can help but I don't want anyone to go this long without help.
Ray Tatro Hey man, I’m 22 years old and have ADHD, I’m not medicated and I’m in the middle of getting my real estate license. I’m a manager at a restaurant right now, but I’ve almost been fired multiple times for being late, every day is a constant struggle multitasking and I honestly can’t take this anymore. (Didn’t go to college either I got shit grades in highschool because I didn’t do homework). Do you have any more advice you could speak on how to get started and be successful in real estate being someone with ADHD? Would help me out a ton. Thanks.
I struggle with work IM ALWAYS BLOODY LATE AN HATE WORKING I ALWAYS THINK FK THIS THEN BUGGER OF JUST TO REALISE I AINT GOT NO CHOICE AN START AGAIN,had enough of this adhd shit its a bloody problem for me
There are two problems in making exercise a strategy to deal with ADHD: 1. Exercises are boring. Seriously. Especially to people with ADHD. They will stop exercising in no time. 2. Sports are better. But it can be too exciting that they spend a lot of time and money on sports they like, instead of doing the things they need to do. Two classic features of ADHD, not doing important but boring tasks and hard to stop doing things they love when they need to.
I did best when I could go for long walks while listening to music, RUclips videos, and podcasts. Especially during the winter, when I am not usually working at my physically demanding job.
I had a college instructor introduce that Livescribe pen to me. I recorded lectures on a MP3 player AND used the Livescribe pen. When I was cooking, cleaning, going to sleep or driving, I listened with the MP3. When I needed to sit and study, I used the Lifescribe. I graduated college! Highly recommended that pen! Thank you for sharing this video.
It's nice to have access to real professionals talking about this. It was very informative, thank you. One small niggle: please consider a larger resolution (such as 1080p). The text was often not legible.
That's why I find I hilarious that these people think that reading books trumps real world life experiences. The title of doctor overpowers the person who has concord it.. strange world we live in
Incredible stuff. At 33, I’m at an impasse with my goals and my symptoms, So, I’ve refocused on analysis and treatment. This was very energizing, especially knowing that theres so much expertise and compassion being invested into the study. Hope to see more videos.
Great information. Please try, when presenting to (particularly)ADHD populations, to use proven teaching methods to engage learners. Please also limit the "you knows" I had to repeatedly stop and start this to stay attuned due to these factors.
I likely do have ADHD, going to a therapist in a couple of months (it's a pretty famous specialist, so waiting line is long). Being a bit "off this world", disorganised, inattentive, making mistakes, with twisted sense of time etc was OK, but a few months ago it REALLY hit me - rumination, likely caused by RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria) since the main theme of it was my breakup with a girl decades ago, and middle-age crisis added on top of that, making me feel worthless, like I'm a failure, having dropped out of university over 20 years ago. THAT thing can really turn life into hell for a couple of days, before it goes away again.
Infinite Axis You have ADD OR ADHD. Along with depression. The symptoms mimic and cross over each other. Remain on the ssri and ask your Doctor to prescribe Adderall immediate release and titrate up to extended release. And emphasize that you finally want and need a quality of life and if Doctor doesn’t agree report Doctor and find new.
@@leighth763 Lol...it's bad enough when these psychologists and psychiatrists diagnose people based on random questionnaires...but now even RUclips commenters can diagnose. How about you find some real scientific evidence that these "diseases" exist, before you start diagnosing people based on two sentences in a RUclips comment.
Thank you, that’s what my heart and gut have been saying. I’m 45 now. Symptoms are only getting tougher. I’m currently pursuing a likely ADHD diagnosis…. I have a feeling it’s going to be a real Drudge getting a proper diagnosis, hopefully I’m wrong . I’m sorta on my own, & honestly I just wanted to hear some one say “Fight for your self Audrey”! If you don’t get a decent Dr. or your being dismissed, get a second opinion”. At this point, I’m pretty certain of what I’m going through . Just need to hold the line ,until I can get some help 🌞
MPH in my late 40s drove my anxiety to dangerous levels. I was having vivid, horrible, involuntary, mind's eye type hallucinations about a loved one getting hurt. Initial diagnosis at age 5. I took 3 standardized tests(ACT/SAT/ASVAB) over a 3 year period and in both subjects, placed in 99th percentile... I have 0 problems driving. There is a HUGE difference in expression in individuals.
with me 1) because 20 TVs are open in from of me all the time, i become isolated in front of computer, trying to accomplist 20 TVs at the same time, it sucks! i become home sick 2) because there are 100 things to do in my head, computer is a fast way to accomplist any task (shopping, calculating, watching instead reading) i am always in front of computer. 3) because adhd creates understanding problem, i think i can lead myself to arts, such as music, which needs creativity that all adhd people have 4) i will try to have an activity to earn money in a sociable environment, not in front of the computer on my own trying to make software. moreover, if you want me to understand, read, write something in front of computer every body must shut up, which is not possible in a software company. so to be able to understand what is written in front of the display, i isolate myself to earn money, it sucks as well. To sum up, to perform a "brain work" both in an social environment and on my own (individually) did not work for me. 5) I am very sorry to have adult adhd, i am not enjoying.
I have it as well the crazy driving ,the angular parking , the panic of time frames ,the difficulty staying in the moment , the forgetting of names , the difficulty of self hating and the almost impossible fight to keep hope that one day I will be better at organizing my thoughts ! I am really sad and am always wishing to die but never trying suicide again as I failed the only time I tried and realized that one would have huge consequences if they fail
Yes! Thank you! I've lost track of how many times I've replayed portions of video. I have to SPEED UP most videos just to help pay attention...it helps most of the time. But this video was a painfully looong....even sped up :-(
and allready in the begining she makes obviously errors .. who is looking for treatement first .. for an adhd person this really shakes the focus .. cant listen to her ... sorry ...
Why is it expensive for me to get the help I need to make it in this life . I didn’t know how serious my sickness was until 20 years later now I can’t seem to control anything anymore
BRACE yourself for when they turn stimulant meds into the new opiate. It's the service to get treatment that is expensive you mean? Because amphetamine salts cost pennies. Just good luck in finding a doctor in network to prescribe them anymore if you don't have a hi copay or expensive insurance. Good luck getting any helpful CBT or DBT unless you have a lot of money to pay out of pocket. Your best bet is be as informed as you can to help yourself as much as you can. RUclips alone has tons of videos of people explaining great methods that work for them and some are bound to help. There are natural alternatives to help that aren't near what the RX do but they can help. Excersize also can help. If you aren't just an "excersize person" like the lucky few, try your best to push yourself into it. It takes tremendous dedication and fortitude but once the endorphins etc flood your brain and you start feeling the effects of the "runners high" it will get easier and easier. Hopefully it is possible for you to do something aerobic like running or swimming. Last I heard there is no fee to run outdoors, but unfortunately it does cost a lot of money to swim even in rivers, lakes and the ocean however.
Disco Fiesta this is true , thank you for your insight . I’ve found a way to deal with it on my own . Etc overload my brain with my own company and work ethic . It has its advantages of being like this. I’ve gained most control over my overwhelming thoughts . You’re right exercise is a great release .
Everyone in the Midwest part of us says “you know” equal to are you following me do you understand.....other languages do this too: Spanish “sabes” & Arabic “sadig”
Oh, god... Yes, I'm not the only one. Learn to speak! Practice! Uh, um, ahhm, you know,. My other thing is the way female speakers seem to raise their voices at the end of every sentence. Very very painful.
U gotta slow it up for Alice.. I can see what I must look like, in that girl. She mades the doctors to the right, act like they are in Sloowww motion.. and it’s pink sweater at the finish line 🏁
Bumpride rolling, I have symptoms of ADHD & OCD but I was diagnosed and got meds for OCD at 51. Am going to try to see someone in a month about getting help for my ADHD. I was wondering what kind of treatment did they give you?
Woman 2 does talk about the progression of ADHD from childhood to adulthood. I thought the same as you but went back and listened. Woman 1 says that ADHD is most often diagnosed in kids because that's when the symptoms appear. True, childhood IS when the symptoms appear, but if you were unlucky enough to grow up any time before the 90s, when testing became more commonplace (but not commonplace in every state or school district), then you were SOL until you figured it out on your own
Thanks for the information, having lifelong ADHD I had to increase the video speed to 1 1/2 and was able to get to watch it without picking up my phone as I’m doing now.. lol but shopping on eBay or something else. As a kid my hands shook from age six to twenty one and the only thing that would calm them from noticeably trembling was to beat the shit for an hour or two out of my drums. I was one of the first double bass drummers by the way. Anyhow if I did that I would come away with steady as a rock hands and for a few hours wouldn’t have anyone ask why at your age .. say ten .. are your hands shaking. I always thought that it was mercury poisoning. As our dentist would always send my sister and I home with a big lump of the fun stuff in our hand. Only to loose it in a few hours in front of the tv in the carpet. Do that now and they come in wearing space suits and tear out not only the carpet but the drywall too. But I’m still watching the show and it’s playing in the right speed for me. Thanks
I agree. Can't refill my Rx because they "ran out". It's the weekend so have to wait until Monday especially now with no paper RX can't go to different pharmacies without doctor calling in, but again it's the weekend. Hope this is just a one time event not like years ago when they ALL RAN OUT.
That's not necessarily the issue in my area. However sinds I've switched medication I've been asked to "pass on" my meds twice, one guy seemed pretty persistent (I yelled at him). I've been on it for like 3 weeks. This is seriously not okay and disturbing.
Nikki Bentley Is My Angel Pointing out a comments spelling error especially on a video about adhd isn’t exactly adding anything to the conversation. Nor would the commenter or anyone else really give a shit because no one actually thinks they mean “wasting” as possessive
I hope that's a joke... I know for a fact having watch people with light to moderate ADHD work with a coach and with a few life style changes and custom coping measures get on fine with life and avoid the meds and costs, , , then there are those like me who can take the max allowable dose of 2 or 3 of the various stimulant drugs and not feel a damn thing. I get the feeling I'm going to have to find the closest drug and still need a coach .
Straight talk no run around. Attention is like a muscle, You have to excerise it to develop Mental endurance. I have dedicated the last 2 years @ 1hour daily to focus on my breath and every time my mind wonders I acknowlage the thought and retain the focus on my breath. These last two year my focus has skyrocketed I feel calm collected and on point. It's not difficult to understand, Only two factors in the equation. #1Motivation #2 precistance.The rest is only a matter of time, if you feel you have no time? while in bed before you fall asleep. Just focus on your breath laying on your back until you fall asleep. Good luck from the guy with the superpower of ADHD
I’ve been getting a lot more helpful info from connecting with an ADHD community online through various social media vs any info I hear from experts. The psych field is so far behind what you can get from hundreds, even thousands of RUclips, Instagram and tiktok accounts.
I got ADHD and work as a delivery driver where I drive like 400 km everyday in all kinds of terrain and weather. Never had an accident, but I got 1 speeding ticket 2 years ago, then I lost my licence for 3 months for speeding during last years Christmas. (Got a 1000$ monthly reise in this period😂. And a ticket for Phone usage 1 month ago... The only sanger for me is being pulled over 😂😂
This is a typical presentation at a conference for professionals. It is simply posted on RUclips for information. Medical conferences are long - like 10-14 hours per day.
DHA is one heck of a great treatment. I tried 4 drugs; DHA works far better with zero side effects. It's nice to actually have something that's not potentially harmful, that gives control over your brain. It makes it way easier to win the battle against this issue. I'm yet to find a psychologist who is even aware of this treatment. The struggle is real, though. And it's SO easy to slip into anxiety and depression. I went from C's and D's to A's in my senior year and throughout college. DHA is wonderful, but I still had to put in the work to learn how my brain bests learns and handles information. Those skills weren't taught to me in grade school. I had to figure it out on my own. It was super frustrating b/c I would forget everything as soon as I would walk out of the classroom. I would have to spoon-feed everything from the textbook at home....and take notes constantly. The connection between SLOW reading and writing made me an A student. I had no social life in college, but I learned the material :) I wish I would've known that I had a problem, while in school. You're not stupid. You just need to learn how the ADHD brain processes information. What works for the majority is NOT going to work for you.
please correct me if I am wrong but it feels a lot of this information is wrong? and I am only at 4:40 ??? I am going to stop watching bc this is making me mad but like... from what I have read females have it just as often as males but it is underdiagnosed
What is wrong with Dr, D, Amen's SPECT brain imaging for numerous brain distinctions including ADD/ADHD? His work using Brain immigrating via SPECT scans are Bang on?
SPECT has very poor spatial and temporal resolution as an imagine technology compared to fMRI. Essentially his work is akin to taking tens of thousands of blurry photographs. It actually helps if the photos are clear. Thats why the cutting edge research focuses on imaging technologies with the highest possible combination of spatial and temporal resolution. Clear pictures are better. A higher volume of blurry pictures doesn't really tell you much. Sure, it's cheap and you can sell it to a desperate and uneducated public but that doesn't make it right.
@@kaneshirojames Have you seen his images? They work perfectly well. Although PET scans are better, SPECT scans do a perfectly good job for Brain imaging doe their intended purposes. Thanks for getting back.
@@ethimself5064 Sorry, but they don't. It's accurate down to about 1cm vs a few millimeters for MRI. There's a good reason SPECT isn't actively being pursued in research or clinical settings. Even MRI at this point doesn't provide diagnostic value. As a technology MRI techniques are evolving towards a point where one day they will be able to be used clinically. The Nuero-Imaging researcher on the panel (and many other professionals in the field) state that it is a long term goal to be able to use Nuero-Imaging in a clinical setting. It's not there yet.
@@kaneshirojames Have you see his imaging, it works well for the INTENDED purposes. A PET scan is much better, again for the intended purposes. Also, have you followed his work over the decades? He was a total pioneer in this area and has nothing short of spectacular results. I have believed for many years that he should switch to PET scans but who am I to judge what works very well for the intended purpose. His intended purpose is what counts. Please check is imaging work and his results for the intended purpose. SPECT scans simply work for his work. This is not a debating issue, it is a factual imaging issue.His work is impeccable so far.
Dr. conners (the father of ADHD) writes: "For many years I interpreted everything about ADHD in a positive light: the increased research funding and accumulating research findings; the increased clinical awareness; more kids being treated with stimulants; the interest of parents and teachers; legislation making ADHD kids candidates for Special Ed; even drug company support for medical education and parents’ groups like CHADD. All seemed to be positive solutions to an important problem facing many families and school systems. But then one day I was asked to give a talk on what is the true prevalence of ADHD, as shown by empirical data. I was already aware that in some circles America is a laughingstock for its love affair with the idea of ADHD. Massive European birth registries show far lower rates than those being reported in the U.S. And my wife, who is a school psychologist, was telling me that any misbehaving kid in school would be quickly labeled ADHD by teachers. I was always suspicious that the high rates of “diagnosis” and prescription for ADHD came about because researchers based their figures on reports from parents, who in turn based their beliefs on teachers or doctors with no credible evidence. However large a massive survey, the data are pretty much worthless for one simple reason: there is no thorough history taking and hands-on clinical diagnosis. Large numbers of participants in a study guarantee sloppy diagnoses done via telephone interviews conducted by non clinicians. Careful diagnosis by clinicians is simply too expensive. The reported rates are inaccurate and exaggerated, upper limits not true prevalence. There was one exception in the literature, a massive study in the Western counties of North Carolina by two epidemiologists at Duke University. The investigators, Adrian Angold and Jane Costello, interviewed thousands of parents AND THEIR CHILDREN, using the latest epidemiological methods. They devised a comprehensive interview schedule and trained dozens of interviewers with a thesaurus that made sure the same inquiry took place exactly the same way for each family. For the first time, this highly praised award-winning study had both large numbers and detailed clinical examination. The results of this amazing project were startling. Only about 1-2% qualified as ADHD. Moreover, many children not sick at all had been given a stimulant drug. Also there were some children who actually qualified for the diagnosis of ADHD who never were identified by a mental health professional; there was both over-diagnosis and under- diagnosis. The findings were replicated in successive rounds of follow-on studies. It seems obvious to me that the steady increases over time In the apparent high prevalence of ADHD is due to doctor practices fueled by the shoddy science and allure of the big numbers, without the only meaningful ingredient of a comprehensive clinical history. Doctors on the front line who only have 20 minutes to get a story from a parent or to follow with medication checks or alternative therapies, are under pressure that guarantee mistakes with a complex disorder like ADHD. My review suddenly flipped my perception. I felt and announced to stunned colleagues that the over-diagnosis of ADHD was “an epidemic of tragic proportions.” Tragic because many kids get the wrong diagnosis and really have a different problem that needs a different treatment: or they are normal youngsters given a treatment they don’t need; or the drugs prescribed for them are given away or sold to other students wanting a quick fix for studying or partying-a reason why schools and colleges now have huge numbers of students using stimulant drugs, and why emergency rooms are increasingly overwhelmed with overdosing youngsters. Alan Schwartz of the New York Times exposed how disease-mongering and ruthless advertising by big Pharma had fed an eager medical system with false data, also capitalizing on the cooperation of unscrupulous “thought leaders” in child psychiatry. Doctors of course bear a lot of the responsibility- prescriptions for stimulant drugs can only come from doctors. Most hard-working primary care or general pediatric practitioners mean well but have too little time to really get to know their patients and too little expertise to be skeptical of misleading Pharma propaganda. I am alarmed to see how even some of my most respected colleagues deny the facts and bury their head in the sand. I recently talked to one of these highly published senior professors who has a “Distinguished Chair of Psychiatry and Genetics” and many publications on ADHD. I asked him what he thought about the New York Times revelations on the role of pharmaceutical companies in promoting over-diagnosis. He said, ‘I really don’t know that much about the numbers; I’m not an expert in epidemiology.’ Well, neither am I, but I know how to tell the difference between studies relying on telephone interviews of parents and those doing an actual meaningful clinical assessment. In today’s ADHD world the detailed family and developmental history has been replaced by word of mouth from parents and teachers and quickie interviews, largely by untrained primary care or general pediatric practitioners. I now believe that ADHD is part of a normal continuum going from very mild restlessness and Inattention to a severe form that requires treatment and skilled diagnostic assessment by well-trained clinicians.”
...and the swing this way is why many people no longer get treatment and suffer. They are accused of being drug addicts. People think they are on a crusade for saving poor kids with terrible parents medicating their children instead of reading them a book. Pharma will come up with a new drug or more drugs that "can't be abused" for "stimulant addicts" and push that agenda and capitalize on it since there is no more money in generic ADD medication. Same thing as happened to chronic pain patients. Only 5% of true chronic patients took the medicine incorrectly or as addicts (different than dependence), yet they were lumped in. When the pharmaceutical companies jumped on board that opiates were bad after developing suboxone and other meds especially used by the highly profitable industry of drug rehabilitation was taking off, the big craze to cut off all pain medication began and that is when the main spike in deaths happened. It was a crusade to stop "Pill Mills" and little Johnny next door from ending up with a needle in his arm because he sprained an ankle and the bad Dr and PHarma made him an addict. When people physically dependent on a chemical to be normal were cut off without any solution, many turned to unsafe means to self medicate. Of course China jumped in on the solution for americans and took over the heroin drug trade in America with it's extremely lethal reformulated fentanyl for street profit. Blah Blah BLah. What will happen if they take away the drugs that helps from the highly functioning, successful and wealthy people and children who need it because of those who don't and abuse it? It depends if there is a lot of money to be made in whatever "solution" they come up with. We see there is already Dr shopping for "ADD Doctors" for adults and parents. It's easy for the powers that be to terrorize them if they don't play along. Lets see what the big businesses and pharma comes up with and how they direct this to go. They know exactly how to use the researchers and the "research". They just love to use the people that hate them without them knowing it indeed, look at the NY Times. Champion on, eh eh
@@usualsuspects42 because I lost my husband in 2015, my “mother in love” and son in 2020, and as hard as I try to move forward, I feel stuck in the past.
Suicide attempts count all forms of self harm reported by hospitals. It doesn't distinguish between unique people (1 person can count for multiple attempts) Often guys don't attempt, they just do it. They don't seek help from hospitals. They don't do it as a very for help. Each person who committed suicide will only ever count once.
I took Strattera and it was the worse thing ever. The side effects will kill you. I took it for about a month, and took me six months to get normal body functionality back. Yah, using the bathroom caused 8 out of 10 on pain levels. I took Ritalin as a kid, it had major side effects, and the damn thing was a torture drug. My fear was through the roof, my o.c.d. was out of control, and I only had had three emotions, fear, hate, and rage. I got a lot done, but never pleased with what I did, nor happy about anything. I didn't realize how much hell my life was until after I got off of it. I should have been raised without and taught how to life with my ADD not drugged into submission.
Wow , sucks. Sorry to hear that. I’m 45 and pursuing a likely ADHD diagnosis…. 😕🙃 WILD. I heard Vyvanse is working for a lot of folks ? Dang , this is going to be a Real Challenge, I hope to hold the line and get myself some help🤞🏻. It’s due time for Myself. Take Care!
Oh my gosh!! LOL, I had the same issue! I'm laughing so hard. I forced myself to get over it because she was saying things I needed to hear but my gosh it was reeeeaallly frigging tough.
There must be a solid scientific way to test ADHD rather than someone's judgement? If it's biological why cant something be developed to help definitely test people for ADHD
@@bnnyslpprs Wrong. I could very easily fake my way into an ADHD diagnosis. And it's been done...though I doubt you bothered to research this because you're too excited to blame you problems on a disease, not your own personal failings (which we all have, myself included).
I have horrible ADHD and am an adult who has Narcolepsy too. It is very obvious if you have real ADHD and narcolepsy. The medications for this should work for the tiny group who has these things because this should be schedule 2 and should be something people take seriously. There has to be a genetic or environmental reason to have these conditions. These drugs are not the same as the ones of the past given to celebrities and soldiers of WW2. That was real speed and barely anyone needs this as that is why they will be addicted bc they will get high but then ruin their lives. Luckily for ppl nowadays no one is going to give you the really strong stuff bc it is and was illegal in the 1970's except for fat ppl for 4 wks. They will sell something to you with the same name to make Money and you may be willing to pay based on the reputation. Ask yourself does anyone selling this to you care if you perform or not? Are you Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Judy Garland, a wealthy 50's house wife, Jane Fonda, or in an important military battle? If not your carbon chain and sticker and weight for something with the same name will not contain anything of the quality of the older drugs but they will weigh out and be sold to you. Those old drugs I was put on 15 years ago bc my Dr's sub while he was on vacation was very old school and remembered dexedrine of the 60's. I know no one else who took this and the real thing actually did help me a lot for about 7 yrs. I never wanted to have ADHD narcolepsy but do. I had 5 other autoimmune things and had pneumonia and my thyroid med I think was not absorbing. The Drs didn't figure that out. I already had all As at University of Southern CA in the middle of my 2nd yr. and was pretty, skinny and popular already. I never ever took drugs to be smart in my life. I said when the other dr asked me if I thought I had an attentional problem that's for little boys. 3 months later I got the real dexedrine 40 mg w my mom there bc this had taken long enough and I wanted my Dr to try everything else first. I couldn't sit in class, was very emotional, unlike I used to be, and had huge sleep issues since I was 18, started the thyroid thing at 16.5 and was 20 at the time. My friend had her thyroid radiated and took levothyroxine too and ended up on Adderall and I ended up on Dexedrine. Until we started taking them felt kinda crazy bc our blood sugar was so weird. she went off but I stayed on levothyroxine bc my heart was 29 from now I guess pneumonia, when I went on that low thyroid drug and the dr attributed that to thyroid when I went on and was afraid to go off levothyroxine for that reason. The average weight gain on those thyroid meds for low thyroid or radiated hyperthyroid I read is actually despite what ppl think 85 pounds on that synthetic med. I didn't gain any weight but remember eating 30 calories a day miso soup bc that TRH that no one measures for thyroid is so key to whether that med is absorbing. I never had an eating disorder neither did my friend we just hated those side affects of levothyroixine it was intolerable. I never liked Adderall at all and never saw dexedrine but it contained barbiturates which they completely lied about and you do not want to take those everyday and have them be discontinued bc were in the 70s. Id say look at sleep, diet, blood sugar, thyroid, history of viruses like strep or pneumonia or staple, or emotional issues. This has to do with reuptake of neurotransmitters recycling them back and if they sit too long connections will die like w meth and you will not feel as much pleasure from normal things long term. Once one creates lesions in the pleasure center of the nucleus accumbens it is hard to get real motivated by anything at all so all you memorize is useless. The pros must out way the cons to take meds. They did for me. Take the smallest and lowest purest thing from the most trustworthy manufacturer and pharmacy. Smart ppl do not need these pills to study. Drugs do not make anyone smart. No one who hasn't taken this should explain it to ppl it is silly.
Ads same here, I guess the irony didn’t show in my comment. I had great grades but crap discipline, which ultimately made me face too much trouble in school.
@@BeGioBijoux I can relate all too much. I'm in my last year of undergrad now and pursuing law school (which obviously is anxiety-inducing), but I'm trying to use this last semester to really work on my behavioral issues and hopefully get to a place of better discipline/organization; Wishing you the best of luck on your current endeavors!
Nothing can ever be generalized. My twin brother and I have ADHD and we both still - in our 40s - can't sit still. A friend of mine who is also in his 40s with ADHD is constantly in and out of rooms without any specific external need to leave, he just has that internal need to move. Perhaps they mean adults in their 60s?
Seriously CHALLENGED with CHALLENGES Difficulties. Shameful feelings. People are too quit to JUDGE HYPERACTIVE MINDED people. Defective a.unable to REASON TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE. LACK OF OXYGEN may be part of cause???
I have lack of o2 literally and add. Had a 3.8 GPA on meds in middle school. Miracle! I wish I could get properly treated and succeed. A dream blessing!
and allready in the begining she makes obviously errors .. who is looking for treatement first .. for an adhd person this really shakes the focus .. cant listen to her ... sorry ...
You know I was poundering same question myself. Then I realized, To who is the one that dictates what is important at that exact moment of another persons life..? I had trouble paying attending in school, untill I found somethin that was remotely a challenge. That was chemistry and quantum mechanics. Think of I like this. How boring would it be if you knew basic math and people assumed you didn't, you were thinking of how to solve a wave function equation.yet forsed to solve a million different addition problems. I don think you would pay much attention especially when you have an inch to do something more complex.
No but I accidentally tried microdosing psilocybin when I didn't want to trip but didn't want my friend to feel alone - this was years ago - and I noticed that I felt AMAAAZING and super positive, which helped with the depression you feel as an adult with ADHD whose life hasn't exactly gone well. Unfortunately, when it wears off you feel more down than when you started, so there's a mini withdrawal when the serotonin goes away.
After 72 years I am thinking about myself, with sympathy. Looking around somewhat desperately for help. Recognizing now, as I look back, why it was always so hard, feeling left behind, not having time for enjoyable activities. It's gotten harder and harder over the last 10 to 15 years. But demands suddenly increase. Physical abilities decrease. Financial issues are harder to navigate. Go through a recession, lose some investments, get hit with taxes, and there are not years to make it up. And mental resources are reduced. Friendships take too much "bandwith" to fit in life, therefore general helpful information doesn't come to me. Just this year I have come to realize and remember (!) I have ADHD. My experience is that I am dismissed by medical providers. HMO / MCRE providers (mine at least) have a policy that if you're older you cannot even be evaluated for ADHD. I am on my own. Without even the courtesy of a diagnosis or more than a 15minute screening consult apparently for suicide thoughts. Without being diagnosed I can only self diagnose. With the conflicting encouragement to participate in online group classes for adult ADHD. The classes also are structured to require actions from the invited participants that are specifically listed by experts as difficult or impossible for ADHD people. Now, have you ever told a MD you "self diagnosed" anything. They don't even try to hide the sneer. So now I have to have enough faith in myself being right. Now I have also determined, on my own, I need to go through mourning for all those missed opportunities, forgive myself, accept that I am/have ADHD . I need to do those things so I can accept that I need to use external assistance like alarms and post it notes. Mourn/accept so maybe I can curtail the automatic thought that I will try harder , pay attention this time ... because those are not the cause.. At least a consult and diagnosis would have helped. A diagnosis, counseling to mourn, so I could come to terms with the fact that part of my brain is not normal. If I'd realized earlier, and started with external structure my life would not be so far out of control. MDs out there....this is called failure on your part. I call it willfully causing pain and suffering. I only add this at the end because you need to hear it. It won't help me. I am on my own. That is with the exception of those that put their lectures online and accessible so I can dig through this on my own.
40 minutes in, and nothing more than utter fluff that any journalist could put together. How about something that requires medical knowledge and can actually help people.
You want an adhd issue? Well when I hear people who talk like you I walk away and instantly dismiss it. It sounds like there are marbles in your mouth chattering off your teeth. You can be the nicest person in the world only speaking truth but all I hear is clack clack tink and I have to walk or I'm going to get rude and not mean it .
I thought it was just me! lol - I got the impression comments were about the first one - but for me it was the second and I had to switch it off. Which is ashame because I'm sure the info was good.
ADHD is an emotional dysregulation condition. Executive function, inattention, hyperactivity, disorder DO NOT come close to having the negative implications in life as emotional dysfunction such as anger resulting in social isolation. I did not see one slide addressing this issue or how various medications help to resolve anger dysregulation. Sorry folks, but this was by far the worse seminar I have ever seen on this topic.
This is terrible video explanation .you are ta!king to the adhd pop. I know if no one has to deal at or know wouldn't be looking videos up on said topic for just understanding what's wrong with us the adhd burdens "l oblem"
"Are causing " problem me for the fam.yeah where create an environment of work life a disability of physical and Mabry the world n environment is the issue sorry u just made me feel like a dam burden thanks now u confirmed my parents excuse not to help but selfish n tho I now my energy makes them nervous to but I'm Sen n told I'm a rare breed. Severely high energy sobriety test use lack of focus to arrest for duo n ovi they accused arrested me n yeah work suffered n I had no money for lawyer that what ruined my life getting charged n accused of being on drugs by other people can't get help wt disability till I can get shit straight n coinciding n just learning how to .management it and society looks me . Some one on meth or speed I just found out this all happen with in this year so it's ignorance of this subject n o or they never met One of just to many addicts so do a study of collaboration of how much normal working society loss n responds to about out know how to help or handle a high energy do study on how many normal People know if can identifh and understand adult adhd
I guess they never consider the world is moving too fast and these people with ADHD don't funtion well in an environment that moves at 10,000 miles an hour. I look at ADHD as a gift not a problem. When i was younger i would skip to project to project and subjust to subject. Sure it may seem in the short prospective i'm not acheiving much, however the long hual i'm much more intellectual safisticaticated then the advrage bear. As i have a detailed understanding in a wider range of subjects. Here is an idea maybe society needs to slow it down a bit so we don't drive outselfs off a cliff of financial ruin and debt.
Isn't the increase of medication and cases because the pharma is making a lot of money by advertising it to the health professionals? Wasn't the original ADHD researcher fined in court because his research was paid by pharma? I don't know if ADHD is real or not but few years ago there was no issue with kids being restless, now its like they have AIDS. Suspicious at the minimum
people love to be able to blame all of life's problems on a "disease." personality differences are not diseases. It's shocking how many people are taken in by this stuff.
@@bnnyslpprs lol. Please provide scientific evidence that proves your "disease" exists. There is none. All there is is speculation and theory, neither of which are proof. You'll have to find something else on which to blame your failures and problems. Maybe you drink too much.
"In women it's less common" - no, in women it's less diagnosed. Important difference.
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@@taopaille-paille4992 you don't believe the comment, or the original statement?
@@deathandcats I actually don't remember 😅
Very big difference
@@deathandcats the original statement is false: it's harder to see ADHD in you girls/more women don't get diagnosed until later in life if at all. Women are under diagnosed.
Highlights:
Omega 3 and Exercise (specially cardio) help.
41:47 Helpful Suggestions for your job; sad about the cut.
48:30 Multi-modal treatment of ADHD & Medications discussion.
58:00 Study on Group Treatment for adults with ADHD.
1:20:00 Cool Tech stuff that helps.
Keywords: Cognitive Behavior Thterapy (CBT) & Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
I'm sure there were some other relevant highlights, but you know.
Thank you!
Thanks
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The BEST treatment for ADHD, in my humble opinion, is a combination of both exercise AND mixed amphetamine salts. This is a neurotransmitter disorder, somewhat similar to clinical depression. In depression, the classic assumption is a depletion of serotonin due to serotonin-receptor exhaustion - essentially not enough serotonin, or it is used up too quickly. ADHD appears to be similar, but the neurotransmitters involved are both dopamine and norepinephrine. The stimulant medication (NOT Stratera), influences both neurotransmitters by agonizing, or increasing the production of these transmitters, while simultaneously decreasing their depletion. Since dopamine is closely associated with higher executive function, such as concentration, working memory, reduction in distracting stimuli, etc. Exercise is vitally important for a number of reasons, but it compliments the stimulatory medication by naturally increasing dopamine levels, as well as having a positive impact on the dopaminergic receptors. Exercise also has a mild sedating effect - people tend to find they are more relaxed after a mere twenty minutes of moderate exercise. You must work up a sweat. What makes me laugh is that the ADHD patient has a much lower concentration of dopamine than the non-ADHD person. Dopamine is highly elevated when using elicit drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine. This is because the non-ADHD person has normal levels of dopamine, and the illicit drug skyrockets the dopamine, resulting in the addictive euphoria. If the ADHD patient used the same illicit drug, they probably would not experience the same euphoria, since their dopamine levels are in the tank, and the drug may simply raise their levels to what is considered normal, or only slightly elevated above baseline. What depresses me, to some extent, is the lack of physical findings. There is little to no structural differences between the ADHD and non-ADHD brain. I think I read the corpus colossum is slightly thicker in the ADHD brain, but I have found little to no research confirming or disputing that theory. I have ADHD, with a preponderance towards attention deficit. Prior to my official diagnosis at age 30, my life was a mess. I was constantly either getting fired for being late or "failure to be detail oriented", or quitting before I could get fired. I was convinced I had a brain tumor and visited a family friend who was a family medicine doctor. He immediately wrote me a prescription for 10mg spansules of Dexedrine - a single amphetamine salt. The result was nothing short of miraculous. To say it helped me immensely, not only proved the diagnosis, but allowed me to acquire my BS in biology and chemistry - something I could never have achieved without the medication. I have been counselled a number of times during my life, as it was required to refill the prescription. This was prior to the non-psychiatrist prescribing physician being able to to prescribe it. Since the Dexedrine days, I have been on a standard 30mg daily dose of mixed amphetamine salts once in the morning. I have found that hitting the gym after work, primarily running on the treadmill for an hour augments the benefit of the medication. I have never used illicit drugs for recreational purposes, nor do I now, or ever, drank to excess. I used to smoke excessively, but have stopped since being medicated, and quit cold turkey. This tells me that I was self-medicating stimulatory medication through the nicotine and other stimulants found in cigarettes. My life is nothing close to what I thought it would, or could, ever be, and for the better. My suggestion and plea is this: if you feel there is something wrong with your psyche, there probably is. Get tested, get tested, get tested!!! Don't let yourself get to age thirty, suffering through your entire life and accepting personal failure as the standard expectation. If you have a child exhibiting symptoms, get them tested, Don't let them suffer with being different than their peers, since you all know just how cruel children can be to those who are different. Depression and illicit drug use is common among the undiagnosed, untreated ADHD patient. My parents could not bring themselves to accept the fact that I had a "problem" that required psychiatric medication, and their problem became my curse for 30 years.
Tom Saueracker has to come pop p
I agree with regards to the exercise + amphetamine salts, I've tried various treatments and found that works best for me.
dude im 30 and there wasnt a thing you just said that i didnt 100percent identify with thankyou going to the gp on monday
Excellent post!!! There are now imaging modalities that show areas of the brain that are over or under stimulated causing the symptoms of ADHD. Dr Daniel Amen is using these SPECT scans( single photon emission computed tomography ) to diagnose and treat this disorder with tremendous success.
Get tested my a$$. Living in Northern Canada I’m lucky to have a GP to throw some Ritalin at me. They don’t do assessments and I’m damned sure I am on the autism spectrum and /or other comorbidities that mess with with my executive function. 47 and my life may as well be over because I haven’t accomplished anything or achieved any educational goals and I just can’t start another entry level job. I’m sick and tired of my life.
Discovered that I had adhd when I was about 6 or 7 and my mom got me prescribed to medication. When I started visiting my dad, he thought it was complete non sense and demanded that I stoped taking the medication. Years later when I was in high school I remember being extremely active & wanting to over achieve. I tried taking AP physics, honors Calculus, & AP English. Turned out I had a hard time studying and doing school work compared to my peers,so I concluded that I was simply just not as bright as the other kids. Later on after senior year of HS I become extremely depressed and just couldn't understand how my head worked. I thought there was just a million things I was doing wrong and came down on myself really hard. Now I realise that I've been hating my self because I've never understood myself.
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Thank you so much for finding the courage to shares
Thankyou so much for sharing
Sameting I did,didnt let my dsughter to see the mrntal health nurse,I did mind about this,now suddenely in high school,last month,she went into depression,stress,....
Ooof. Right in the feels
I recommend turning up the playback speed until you hit the sweet spot where you can listen comfortably. Mine is 1.5x at the moment.
I always do this hahahaha. 1.25
@@MTH077
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! 😂
@@MTH077 yes! "Y'all" should try living in the South (USA) where most of us talk really slow. And most folks have to give you the long version of what they want to say 🤣
@@MTH077 LOL That doesn't count as The South!!! 😘🤣🤣
You can do that!?
I was undiagnosed until I was in college. It’s a nightmare and is the reason I chose to never have children for fear I’d pass it on to my child. Undiagnosed ADHD has devastated my life.
I feel you, I was diagnosed this year at 30. I never wanted kids, now I have a specific reason I dont want kids. But if I did have kids, they would be screened from an early age an medicated so their lives could be as close to normal, developmentally, as anyone else.
Diagnosed ADHD with unmitigated amounts of disabling depression has devastated much of my adult life.
Lastly. Anybody else always have a song playing in their head? I can go to sleep with one and will wake up with the same.
I pick them up if I hear one I like, or even if I know it well and that can be a dud like say.. Hotel California pa tu eee.. that’s when I have to stop and change my mind picking working man by Rush or four Tops singing Bernadette..
I’m just glad I know, and love music so well.. that and it isn’t playing two.,,
Im constantly singing an pple say to me aw ur happy! But i sing even more when im nervous an uncomfortable an sometimes cuz im happy but so does my son
Yeah music is always playing in my head. Maybe not lyrics but sounds, as if I have memory abilities that I cant utilize.
I am triggered by phrases that sound like a song I would have heard and then sing the line over and over and over (mostly without realizing it until much later). In my mind voice that it.
I’m losing jobs and they love my work ethic but once I feel troubled it ruins my judgement and I quickly leave my job 😭😭😭 I really need help
my whole life, Was a store owner many years , I always knew I could never hold a job for 30 and retire so self-employment was it, I strongly recommend it, partly why I became a realtor so things are always interesting and when I can't get started and miss hours work as we do, we don't make money but at least during moments of clarity you are not looking for a new job, and it panders to our sense of wanting to do something, grandiose and be done quick, it also uses our good brain, heres how it works for me, my low self-esteem nobody ever knows, but knockinng doors for buiss is all but impossilbe so here how I make it work, I flip houses with investor money, I write many offers on distressed properties , I get well paid in 7 days then I remodel the house with my crew where I am designer and our brain works wonders making the floor plan awesome, your brain is kept busy and its fun 6 weeks later the house is ready, mine sell in one week or 1 day most recent, for the most money of any in the area, and I double end many, so 6 percent payday again. so that's 3 paydays and if you have to sell that buyers' house and double end that, that is five paydays created from one acquisition. why is this better because we disappoint fewer people and personality quirks don't matter, you can do the math on say a $300k single payday 3% fixer, and$425k double 6%, then buyers sale at least 3 %, but my most recent double 6%. even we can add this 3 % of 400k 12k now add the rest and remember when your late and when you have to reschedule RE will love you again, I don't know if it can help but I don't want anyone to go this long without help.
Breath and be strong
Ray Tatro Hey man, I’m 22 years old and have ADHD, I’m not medicated and I’m in the middle of getting my real estate license. I’m a manager at a restaurant right now, but I’ve almost been fired multiple times for being late, every day is a constant struggle multitasking and I honestly can’t take this anymore. (Didn’t go to college either I got shit grades in highschool because I didn’t do homework). Do you have any more advice you could speak on how to get started and be successful in real estate being someone with ADHD? Would help me out a ton. Thanks.
John Jeffy was that a fkn joke?
I struggle with work IM ALWAYS BLOODY LATE AN HATE WORKING I ALWAYS THINK FK THIS THEN BUGGER OF JUST TO REALISE I AINT GOT NO CHOICE AN START AGAIN,had enough of this adhd shit its a bloody problem for me
There are two problems in making exercise a strategy to deal with ADHD:
1. Exercises are boring. Seriously. Especially to people with ADHD. They will stop exercising in no time.
2. Sports are better. But it can be too exciting that they spend a lot of time and money on sports they like, instead of doing the things they need to do.
Two classic features of ADHD, not doing important but boring tasks and hard to stop doing things they love when they need to.
Agree that exercises are boring, and easily forgotten about, but so are sports.
3. Dance
I did best when I could go for long walks while listening to music, RUclips videos, and podcasts. Especially during the winter, when I am not usually working at my physically demanding job.
I had a college instructor introduce that Livescribe pen to me. I recorded lectures on a MP3 player AND used the Livescribe pen. When I was cooking, cleaning, going to sleep or driving, I listened with the MP3. When I needed to sit and study, I used the Lifescribe. I graduated college! Highly recommended that pen! Thank you for sharing this video.
It's nice to have access to real professionals talking about this. It was very informative, thank you. One small niggle: please consider a larger resolution (such as 1080p). The text was often not legible.
nobody knows what any mental health is like unless they have experienced it themselves or really been through it with someone!!
That's why I find I hilarious that these people think that reading books trumps real world life experiences. The title of doctor overpowers the person who has concord it.. strange world we live in
John Jeffy The possibility of these doctors also having experienced these issues first hand has not occurred to yoh?
Incredible stuff. At 33, I’m at an impasse with my goals and my symptoms, So, I’ve refocused on analysis and treatment. This was very energizing, especially knowing that theres so much expertise and compassion being invested into the study. Hope to see more videos.
@Dominic Velando I am close to your age and at a similar spot in my life. Have you tried medication yet?
Just hope it filters out to the wider community to be more understood
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Great information. Please try, when presenting to (particularly)ADHD populations, to use proven teaching methods to engage learners. Please also limit the "you knows" I had to repeatedly stop and start this to stay attuned due to these factors.
I likely do have ADHD, going to a therapist in a couple of months (it's a pretty famous specialist, so waiting line is long).
Being a bit "off this world", disorganised, inattentive, making mistakes, with twisted sense of time etc was OK, but a few months ago it REALLY hit me - rumination, likely caused by RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria) since the main theme of it was my breakup with a girl decades ago, and middle-age crisis added on top of that, making me feel worthless, like I'm a failure, having dropped out of university over 20 years ago. THAT thing can really turn life into hell for a couple of days, before it goes away again.
Been diagnosed with depression a dozen different times. Of course I'm not "satisfied with my life" because I can't get shit finished! I'm screwed.
Infinite Axis You have ADD OR ADHD. Along with depression. The symptoms mimic and cross over each other. Remain on the ssri and ask your Doctor to prescribe Adderall immediate release and titrate up to extended release. And emphasize that you finally want and need a quality of life and if Doctor doesn’t agree report Doctor and find new.
@@leighth763 Lol...it's bad enough when these psychologists and psychiatrists diagnose people based on random questionnaires...but now even RUclips commenters can diagnose. How about you find some real scientific evidence that these "diseases" exist, before you start diagnosing people based on two sentences in a RUclips comment.
@@driver8M3 GETTA life doooosh bag
@@leighth763 Solid advice 👍🏻!!
Thank you, that’s what my heart and gut have been saying. I’m 45 now. Symptoms are only getting tougher. I’m currently pursuing a likely ADHD diagnosis…. I have a feeling it’s going to be a real Drudge getting a proper diagnosis, hopefully I’m wrong . I’m sorta on my own, & honestly I just wanted to hear some one say “Fight for your self Audrey”! If you don’t get a decent Dr. or your being dismissed, get a second opinion”. At this point, I’m pretty certain of what I’m going through . Just need to hold the line ,until I can get some help 🌞
And I didn’t even read the other comments.
Speeding up the video was my idea 💡 so there’s that.
MPH in my late 40s drove my anxiety to dangerous levels. I was having vivid, horrible, involuntary, mind's eye type hallucinations about a loved one getting hurt.
Initial diagnosis at age 5. I took 3 standardized tests(ACT/SAT/ASVAB) over a 3 year period and in both subjects, placed in 99th percentile...
I have 0 problems driving. There is a HUGE difference in expression in individuals.
with me
1) because 20 TVs are open in from of me all the time, i become isolated in front of computer, trying to accomplist 20 TVs at the same time, it sucks! i become home sick
2) because there are 100 things to do in my head, computer is a fast way to accomplist any task (shopping, calculating, watching instead reading) i am always in front of computer.
3) because adhd creates understanding problem, i think i can lead myself to arts, such as music, which needs creativity that all adhd people have
4) i will try to have an activity to earn money in a sociable environment, not in front of the computer on my own trying to make software. moreover, if you want me to understand, read, write something in front of computer every body must shut up, which is not possible in a software company. so to be able to understand what is written in front of the display, i isolate myself to earn money, it sucks as well. To sum up, to perform a "brain work" both in an social environment and on my own (individually) did not work for me.
5) I am very sorry to have adult adhd, i am not enjoying.
I have it as well the crazy driving ,the angular parking , the panic of time frames ,the difficulty staying in the moment , the forgetting of names , the difficulty of self hating and the almost impossible fight to keep hope that one day I will be better at organizing my thoughts ! I am really sad and am always wishing to die but never trying suicide again as I failed the only time I tried and realized that one would have huge consequences if they fail
How cruel to have a video about adhd that is an hour and a half
Thats truly funny, only because I was just getting ready to click off after reading some comments
We are in the process of making shorter videos
Yes! Thank you! I've lost track of how many times I've replayed portions of video. I have to SPEED UP most videos just to help pay attention...it helps most of the time. But this video was a painfully looong....even sped up :-(
and allready in the begining she makes obviously errors .. who is looking for treatement first .. for an adhd person this really shakes the focus .. cant listen to her ... sorry ...
watch on 2 x speed! It helps a bunch
Speak more on Adults and seniors please.
Why is it expensive for me to get the help I need to make it in this life . I didn’t know how serious my sickness was until 20 years later now I can’t seem to control anything anymore
im 61 and it seems to be getting worse
BRACE yourself for when they turn stimulant meds into the new opiate. It's the service to get treatment that is expensive you mean? Because amphetamine salts cost pennies. Just good luck in finding a doctor in network to prescribe them anymore if you don't have a hi copay or expensive insurance. Good luck getting any helpful CBT or DBT unless you have a lot of money to pay out of pocket. Your best bet is be as informed as you can to help yourself as much as you can. RUclips alone has tons of videos of people explaining great methods that work for them and some are bound to help. There are natural alternatives to help that aren't near what the RX do but they can help. Excersize also can help. If you aren't just an "excersize person" like the lucky few, try your best to push yourself into it. It takes tremendous dedication and fortitude but once the endorphins etc flood your brain and you start feeling the effects of the "runners high" it will get easier and easier. Hopefully it is possible for you to do something aerobic like running or swimming. Last I heard there is no fee to run outdoors, but unfortunately it does cost a lot of money to swim even in rivers, lakes and the ocean however.
Disco Fiesta this is true , thank you for your insight . I’ve found a way to deal with it on my own . Etc overload my brain with my own company and work ethic . It has its advantages of being like this. I’ve gained most control over my overwhelming thoughts . You’re right exercise is a great release .
I just became an admirer of Julie Schweitzer.
Certainly enlightening, love the research!!
(But the 'ahhm' and 'you know' count so triggers my ADHD (diagnosed) ;) )
Everyone in the Midwest part of us says “you know” equal to are you following me do you understand.....other languages do this too: Spanish “sabes” & Arabic “sadig”
Oh, god... Yes, I'm not the only one. Learn to speak! Practice! Uh, um, ahhm, you know,. My other thing is the way female speakers seem to raise their voices at the end of every sentence. Very very painful.
@@holly7869 o7
@@elisafrye2115 translate please
@@holly7869 I think it's a wink
Has anyone mentioned diet!!! Apparently there has been great success in that area lately.
U gotta slow it up for Alice..
I can see what I must look like, in that girl. She mades the doctors to the right, act like they are in Sloowww motion.. and it’s pink sweater at the finish line 🏁
It eems that the lady with the glasses says that ADHD is diagnosed in childhood. I was diagnosed at the age of 50 by a psychologist.
Listen again....
Bumpride rolling, I have symptoms of ADHD & OCD but I was diagnosed and got meds for OCD at 51. Am going to try to see someone in a month about getting help for my ADHD. I was wondering what kind of treatment did they give you?
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Woman 2 does talk about the progression of ADHD from childhood to adulthood. I thought the same as you but went back and listened. Woman 1 says that ADHD is most often diagnosed in kids because that's when the symptoms appear. True, childhood IS when the symptoms appear, but if you were unlucky enough to grow up any time before the 90s, when testing became more commonplace (but not commonplace in every state or school district), then you were SOL until you figured it out on your own
Trying to pay attention but drawn to the comments.......hmmmm. Gotta expand the video so I won’t be distracted.....anyone?
Thanks for the information, having lifelong ADHD I had to increase the video speed to 1 1/2 and was able to get to watch it without picking up my phone as I’m doing now.. lol but shopping on eBay or something else.
As a kid my hands shook from age six to twenty one and the only thing that would calm them from noticeably trembling was to beat the shit for an hour or two out of my drums.
I was one of the first double bass drummers by the way. Anyhow if I did that I would come away with steady as a rock hands and for a few hours wouldn’t have anyone ask why at your age .. say ten .. are your hands shaking. I always thought that it was mercury poisoning. As our dentist would always send my sister and I home with a big lump of the fun stuff in our hand. Only to loose it in a few hours in front of the tv in the carpet.
Do that now and they come in wearing space suits and tear out not only the carpet but the drywall too.
But I’m still watching the show and it’s playing in the right speed for me. Thanks
So since people fake it now it’s much harder and more expensive for me to treat my condition. Great.
I agree. Can't refill my Rx because they "ran out". It's the weekend so have to wait until Monday especially now with no paper RX can't go to different pharmacies without doctor calling in, but again it's the weekend. Hope this is just a one time event not like years ago when they ALL RAN OUT.
That's not necessarily the issue in my area. However sinds I've switched medication I've been asked to "pass on" my meds twice, one guy seemed pretty persistent (I yelled at him). I've been on it for like 3 weeks. This is seriously not okay and disturbing.
Fake it? How?
Without Medication your wasting your time.
You made a joke that was not ironically not funny.
Nikki Bentley Is My Angel Nice one dude, definitely furthered the conversation there.
Nikki Bentley Is My Angel it’s a turn of phrase my man.
Nikki Bentley Is My Angel
Pointing out a comments spelling error especially on a video about adhd isn’t exactly adding anything to the conversation. Nor would the commenter or anyone else really give a shit because no one actually thinks they mean “wasting” as possessive
I hope that's a joke... I know for a fact having watch people with light to moderate ADHD work with a coach and with a few life style changes and custom coping measures get on fine with life and avoid the meds and costs, , , then there are those like me who can take the max allowable dose of 2 or 3 of the various stimulant drugs and not feel a damn thing. I get the feeling I'm going to have to find the closest drug and still need a coach .
I cant watch this and listen
Although possibly contentious, sympathometic amines (stimulants) are quite effective
Multitude of therapy is NEEDED. Can thinking be CHANGED?? Focus mapping. ???
Diagnosed at 29. Living in Belgium (Europe)
Is it curable...please send me the message...
@@aaymathebest4705 nop its not
@@Rozekiwi treatable he might wanted to say
Straight talk no run around. Attention is like a muscle, You have to excerise it to develop Mental endurance. I have dedicated the last 2 years @ 1hour daily to focus on my breath and every time my mind wonders I acknowlage the thought and retain the focus on my breath. These last two year my focus has skyrocketed I feel calm collected and on point. It's not difficult to understand, Only two factors in the equation. #1Motivation #2 precistance.The rest is only a matter of time, if you feel you have no time? while in bed before you fall asleep. Just focus on your breath laying on your back until you fall asleep. Good luck from the guy with the superpower of ADHD
I’ve been getting a lot more helpful info from connecting with an ADHD community online through various social media vs any info I hear from experts. The psych field is so far behind what you can get from hundreds, even thousands of RUclips, Instagram and tiktok accounts.
very dismissive of ppl who were not diagnosed as children.... horrifying
I got ADHD and work as a delivery driver where I drive like 400 km everyday in all kinds of terrain and weather.
Never had an accident, but I got 1 speeding ticket 2 years ago, then I lost my licence for 3 months for speeding during last years Christmas. (Got a 1000$ monthly reise in this period😂. And a ticket for Phone usage 1 month ago...
The only sanger for me is being pulled over 😂😂
The remark about France and the mild shot across the bow, is off base to say the least.
Why are these videos on adhd help!! Are so long 1.5 to 2 hr videos?
This is a typical presentation at a conference for professionals. It is simply posted on RUclips for information. Medical conferences are long - like 10-14 hours per day.
DHA is one heck of a great treatment. I tried 4 drugs; DHA works far better with zero side effects. It's nice to actually have something that's not potentially harmful, that gives control over your brain. It makes it way easier to win the battle against this issue. I'm yet to find a psychologist who is even aware of this treatment.
The struggle is real, though. And it's SO easy to slip into anxiety and depression. I went from C's and D's to A's in my senior year and throughout college. DHA is wonderful, but I still had to put in the work to learn how my brain bests learns and handles information. Those skills weren't taught to me in grade school. I had to figure it out on my own.
It was super frustrating b/c I would forget everything as soon as I would walk out of the classroom. I would have to spoon-feed everything from the textbook at home....and take notes constantly. The connection between SLOW reading and writing made me an A student. I had no social life in college, but I learned the material :) I wish I would've known that I had a problem, while in school.
You're not stupid. You just need to learn how the ADHD brain processes information. What works for the majority is NOT going to work for you.
please correct me if I am wrong but it feels a lot of this information is wrong? and I am only at 4:40 ??? I am going to stop watching bc this is making me mad but like... from what I have read females have it just as often as males but it is underdiagnosed
ANXIETY in NATURAL IN ALL PERSONS. BALANCE IS NEEDED. SELF-CONTROL. SELF-RESPECT. SELF-PRESERVATION. AND SELF-AWARENESS. & CALM.
@@bnnyslpprs Lol. I'm not impressed with your opinions either.
It was probably less common diagnosed for women because it was swept aside as pms.
And depression. And bipolar. Anxiety. 'Hysteria'
What is wrong with Dr, D, Amen's SPECT brain imaging for numerous brain distinctions including ADD/ADHD? His work using Brain immigrating via SPECT scans are Bang on?
SPECT has very poor spatial and temporal resolution as an imagine technology compared to fMRI.
Essentially his work is akin to taking tens of thousands of blurry photographs.
It actually helps if the photos are clear. Thats why the cutting edge research focuses on imaging technologies with the highest possible combination of spatial and temporal resolution. Clear pictures are better. A higher volume of blurry pictures doesn't really tell you much. Sure, it's cheap and you can sell it to a desperate and uneducated public but that doesn't make it right.
@@kaneshirojames Have you seen his images? They work perfectly well. Although PET scans are better, SPECT scans do a perfectly good job for Brain imaging doe their intended purposes. Thanks for getting back.
@@ethimself5064 Sorry, but they don't. It's accurate down to about 1cm vs a few millimeters for MRI.
There's a good reason SPECT isn't actively being pursued in research or clinical settings. Even MRI at this point doesn't provide diagnostic value.
As a technology MRI techniques are evolving towards a point where one day they will be able to be used clinically. The Nuero-Imaging researcher on the panel (and many other professionals in the field) state that it is a long term goal to be able to use Nuero-Imaging in a clinical setting. It's not there yet.
@@kaneshirojames Have you see his imaging, it works well for the INTENDED purposes. A PET scan is much better, again for the intended purposes. Also, have you followed his work over the decades? He was a total pioneer in this area and has nothing short of spectacular results. I have believed for many years that he should switch to PET scans but who am I to judge what works very well for the intended purpose. His intended purpose is what counts. Please check is imaging work and his results for the intended purpose. SPECT scans simply work for his work. This is not a debating issue, it is a factual imaging issue.His work is impeccable so far.
@@ethimself5064 I accept your faulty perception of the impact and significance of Dr Amen's work.
Thank you for this video!
Great video for everything that is not attention deficit in adults and great presentation to hurt your profesional degree.
“You know”
Dr. conners (the father of ADHD) writes: "For many years I interpreted everything about ADHD in a positive light: the increased research funding and accumulating research findings; the increased clinical awareness; more kids being treated with stimulants; the interest of parents and teachers; legislation making ADHD kids candidates for Special Ed; even drug company support for medical education and parents’ groups like CHADD. All seemed to be positive solutions to an important problem facing many families and school systems.
But then one day I was asked to give a talk on what is the true prevalence of ADHD, as shown by empirical data. I was already aware that in some circles America is a laughingstock for its love affair with the idea of ADHD. Massive European birth registries show far lower rates than those being reported in the U.S. And my wife, who is a school psychologist, was telling me that any misbehaving kid in school would be quickly labeled ADHD by teachers.
I was always suspicious that the high rates of “diagnosis” and prescription for ADHD came about because researchers based their figures on reports from parents, who in turn based their beliefs on teachers or doctors with no credible evidence. However large a massive survey, the data are pretty much worthless for one simple reason: there is no thorough history taking and hands-on clinical diagnosis. Large numbers of participants in a study guarantee sloppy diagnoses done via telephone interviews conducted by non clinicians. Careful diagnosis by clinicians is simply too expensive. The reported rates are inaccurate and exaggerated, upper limits not true prevalence.
There was one exception in the literature, a massive study in the Western counties of North Carolina by two epidemiologists at Duke University. The investigators, Adrian Angold and Jane Costello, interviewed thousands of parents AND THEIR CHILDREN, using the latest epidemiological methods. They devised a comprehensive interview schedule and trained dozens of interviewers with a thesaurus that made sure the same inquiry took place exactly the same way for each family. For the first time, this highly praised award-winning study had both large numbers and detailed clinical examination.
The results of this amazing project were startling. Only about 1-2% qualified as ADHD. Moreover, many children not sick at all had been given a stimulant drug. Also there were some children who actually qualified for the diagnosis of ADHD who never were identified by a mental health professional; there was both over-diagnosis and under- diagnosis. The findings were replicated in successive rounds of follow-on studies.
It seems obvious to me that the steady increases over time In the apparent high prevalence of ADHD is due to doctor practices fueled by the shoddy science and allure of the big numbers, without the only meaningful ingredient of a comprehensive clinical history. Doctors on the front line who only have 20 minutes to get a story from a parent or to follow with medication checks or alternative therapies, are under pressure that guarantee mistakes with a complex disorder like ADHD.
My review suddenly flipped my perception. I felt and announced to stunned colleagues that the over-diagnosis of ADHD was “an epidemic of tragic proportions.” Tragic because many kids get the wrong diagnosis and really have a different problem that needs a different treatment: or they are normal youngsters given a treatment they don’t need; or the drugs prescribed for them are given away or sold to other students wanting a quick fix for studying or partying-a reason why schools and colleges now have huge numbers of students using stimulant drugs, and why emergency rooms are increasingly overwhelmed with overdosing youngsters.
Alan Schwartz of the New York Times exposed how disease-mongering and ruthless advertising by big Pharma had fed an eager medical system with false data, also capitalizing on the cooperation of unscrupulous “thought leaders” in child psychiatry. Doctors of course bear a lot of the responsibility- prescriptions for stimulant drugs can only come from doctors. Most hard-working primary care or general pediatric practitioners mean well but have too little time to really get to know their patients and too little expertise to be skeptical of misleading Pharma propaganda.
I am alarmed to see how even some of my most respected colleagues deny the facts and bury their head in the sand. I recently talked to one of these highly published senior professors who has a “Distinguished Chair of Psychiatry and Genetics” and many publications on ADHD. I asked him what he thought about the New York Times revelations on the role of pharmaceutical companies in promoting over-diagnosis. He said, ‘I really don’t know that much about the numbers; I’m not an expert in epidemiology.’
Well, neither am I, but I know how to tell the difference between studies relying on telephone interviews of parents and those doing an actual meaningful clinical assessment. In today’s ADHD world the detailed family and developmental history has been replaced by word of mouth from parents and teachers and quickie interviews, largely by untrained primary care or general pediatric practitioners.
I now believe that ADHD is part of a normal continuum going from very mild restlessness and Inattention to a severe form that requires treatment and skilled diagnostic assessment by well-trained clinicians.”
...and the swing this way is why many people no longer get treatment and suffer. They are accused of being drug addicts. People think they are on a crusade for saving poor kids with terrible parents medicating their children instead of reading them a book. Pharma will come up with a new drug or more drugs that "can't be abused" for "stimulant addicts" and push that agenda and capitalize on it since there is no more money in generic ADD medication. Same thing as happened to chronic pain patients. Only 5% of true chronic patients took the medicine incorrectly or as addicts (different than dependence), yet they were lumped in. When the pharmaceutical companies jumped on board that opiates were bad after developing suboxone and other meds especially used by the highly profitable industry of drug rehabilitation was taking off, the big craze to cut off all pain medication began and that is when the main spike in deaths happened. It was a crusade to stop "Pill Mills" and little Johnny next door from ending up with a needle in his arm because he sprained an ankle and the bad Dr and PHarma made him an addict. When people physically dependent on a chemical to be normal were cut off without any solution, many turned to unsafe means to self medicate. Of course China jumped in on the solution for americans and took over the heroin drug trade in America with it's extremely lethal reformulated fentanyl for street profit. Blah Blah BLah. What will happen if they take away the drugs that helps from the highly functioning, successful and wealthy people and children who need it because of those who don't and abuse it? It depends if there is a lot of money to be made in whatever "solution" they come up with. We see there is already Dr shopping for "ADD Doctors" for adults and parents. It's easy for the powers that be to terrorize them if they don't play along. Lets see what the big businesses and pharma comes up with and how they direct this to go. They know exactly how to use the researchers and the "research". They just love to use the people that hate them without them knowing it indeed, look at the NY Times. Champion on, eh eh
Wish I could be a study subject on how adults with ADHD process grief.
because...
@@usualsuspects42 because I lost my husband in 2015, my “mother in love” and son in 2020, and as hard as I try to move forward, I feel stuck in the past.
@@user-ei8rb7sj6c yes, the endless ruminating. exhausting.
Suicide attempts count all forms of self harm reported by hospitals. It doesn't distinguish between unique people (1 person can count for multiple attempts)
Often guys don't attempt, they just do it. They don't seek help from hospitals. They don't do it as a very for help. Each person who committed suicide will only ever count once.
I took Strattera and it was the worse thing ever. The side effects will kill you. I took it for about a month, and took me six months to get normal body functionality back. Yah, using the bathroom caused 8 out of 10 on pain levels.
I took Ritalin as a kid, it had major side effects, and the damn thing was a torture drug. My fear was through the roof, my o.c.d. was out of control, and I only had had three emotions, fear, hate, and rage. I got a lot done, but never pleased with what I did, nor happy about anything. I didn't realize how much hell my life was until after I got off of it. I should have been raised without and taught how to life with my ADD not drugged into submission.
Wow , sucks. Sorry to hear that. I’m 45 and pursuing a likely ADHD diagnosis…. 😕🙃
WILD. I heard Vyvanse is working for a lot of folks ? Dang , this is going to be a Real Challenge, I hope to hold the line and get myself some help🤞🏻. It’s due time for Myself. Take Care!
Dr Daniel Amens' material on brain imaging and overall brain health seems to contradict some of your facts.
(I have ADHD) I HATE this ladies' mouth noise !!! I CAN'T STAND IT, I can't listen because of it...
Have a broader mind!!!
Oh my gosh!! LOL, I had the same issue! I'm laughing so hard. I forced myself to get over it because she was saying things I needed to hear but my gosh it was reeeeaallly frigging tough.
There must be a solid scientific way to test ADHD rather than someone's judgement? If it's biological why cant something be developed to help definitely test people for ADHD
There is. It's called a brain biopsy. But that's a highly invasive procedure that can't reasonably be done so frequently.
@@DennisBolanos oh really? I didn't know that, well ideally a much easier and safer test then is needed
there is......read Dr Amens' material..
@@bnnyslpprs ADD is NOT a learning disorder. Sorry
@@bnnyslpprs Wrong. I could very easily fake my way into an ADHD diagnosis. And it's been done...though I doubt you bothered to research this because you're too excited to blame you problems on a disease, not your own personal failings (which we all have, myself included).
I have horrible ADHD and am an adult who has Narcolepsy too. It is very obvious if you have real ADHD and narcolepsy. The medications for this should work for the tiny group who has these things because this should be schedule 2 and should be something people take seriously.
There has to be a genetic or environmental reason to have these conditions.
These drugs are not the same as the ones of the past given to celebrities and soldiers of WW2. That was real speed and barely anyone needs this as that is why they will be addicted bc they will get high but then ruin their lives.
Luckily for ppl nowadays no one is going to give you the really strong stuff bc it is and was illegal in the 1970's except for fat ppl for 4 wks. They will sell something to you with the same name to make Money and you may be willing to pay based on the reputation.
Ask yourself does anyone selling this to you care if you perform or not? Are you Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Judy Garland, a wealthy 50's house wife, Jane Fonda, or in an important military battle? If not your carbon chain and sticker and weight for something with the same name will not contain anything of the quality of the older drugs but they will weigh out and be sold to you.
Those old drugs I was put on 15 years ago bc my Dr's sub while he was on vacation was very old school and remembered dexedrine of the 60's. I know no one else who took this and the real thing actually did help me a lot for about 7 yrs. I never wanted to have ADHD narcolepsy but do. I had 5 other autoimmune things and had pneumonia and my thyroid med I think was not absorbing. The Drs didn't figure that out. I already had all As at University of Southern CA in the middle of my 2nd yr. and was pretty, skinny and popular already. I never ever took drugs to be smart in my life. I said when the other dr asked me if I thought I had an attentional problem that's for little boys. 3 months later I got the real dexedrine 40 mg w my mom there bc this had taken long enough and I wanted my Dr to try everything else first.
I couldn't sit in class, was very emotional, unlike I used to be, and had huge sleep issues since I was 18, started the thyroid thing at 16.5 and was 20 at the time. My friend had her thyroid radiated and took levothyroxine too and ended up on Adderall and I ended up on Dexedrine. Until we started taking them felt kinda crazy bc our blood sugar was so weird. she went off but I stayed on levothyroxine bc my heart was 29 from now I guess pneumonia, when I went on that low thyroid drug and the dr attributed that to thyroid when I went on and was afraid to go off levothyroxine for that reason. The average weight gain on those thyroid meds for low thyroid or radiated hyperthyroid I read is actually despite what ppl think 85 pounds on that synthetic med. I didn't gain any weight but remember eating 30 calories a day miso soup bc that TRH that no one measures for thyroid is so key to whether that med is absorbing. I never had an eating disorder neither did my friend we just hated those side affects of levothyroixine it was intolerable. I never liked Adderall at all and never saw dexedrine but it contained barbiturates which they completely lied about and you do not want to take those everyday and have them be discontinued bc were in the 70s.
Id say look at sleep, diet, blood sugar, thyroid, history of viruses like strep or pneumonia or staple, or emotional issues. This has to do with reuptake of neurotransmitters recycling them back and if they sit too long connections will die like w meth and you will not feel as much pleasure from normal things long term. Once one creates lesions in the pleasure center of the nucleus accumbens it is hard to get real motivated by anything at all so all you memorize is useless. The pros must out way the cons to take meds. They did for me. Take the smallest and lowest purest thing from the most trustworthy manufacturer and pharmacy.
Smart ppl do not need these pills to study. Drugs do not make anyone smart. No one who hasn't taken this should explain it to ppl it is silly.
Academic CHALLENGED?
Prioritization troubles. Explain what is wrong in the brain?
I wonder if all adhd kids present bad grades.
Made great grades my whole life, but the process of getting those good grades has been hell, so no.
Ads same here, I guess the irony didn’t show in my comment.
I had great grades but crap discipline, which ultimately made me face too much trouble in school.
@@bnnyslpprs SAME
@@BeGioBijoux I can relate all too much. I'm in my last year of undergrad now and pursuing law school (which obviously is anxiety-inducing), but I'm trying to use this last semester to really work on my behavioral issues and hopefully get to a place of better discipline/organization; Wishing you the best of luck on your current endeavors!
This was a very very good video and I saw over ten
Are you sure about the hd in adults?
Nothing can ever be generalized. My twin brother and I have ADHD and we both still - in our 40s - can't sit still. A friend of mine who is also in his 40s with ADHD is constantly in and out of rooms without any specific external need to leave, he just has that internal need to move. Perhaps they mean adults in their 60s?
Seriously CHALLENGED with CHALLENGES Difficulties. Shameful feelings. People are too quit to JUDGE HYPERACTIVE MINDED people. Defective a.unable to REASON TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE. LACK OF OXYGEN may be part of cause???
I have lack of o2 literally and add. Had a 3.8 GPA on meds in middle school. Miracle! I wish I could get properly treated and succeed. A dream blessing!
and allready in the begining she makes obviously errors .. who is looking for treatement first .. for an adhd person this really shakes the focus .. cant listen to her ... sorry ...
No U.K. NOT on the list!!!!!! amazing given the number of ppl who have it!!!
This is also an inhibition disorder.
Yes, the name is very misleading!
You know I was poundering same question myself. Then I realized, To who is the one that dictates what is important at that exact moment of another persons life..? I had trouble paying attending in school, untill I found somethin that was remotely a challenge. That was chemistry and quantum mechanics. Think of I like this. How boring would it be if you knew basic math and people assumed you didn't, you were thinking of how to solve a wave function equation.yet forsed to solve a million different addition problems. I don think you would pay much attention especially when you have an inch to do something more complex.
has anyone here tried lsd microdose for adhd treatment?
No but I accidentally tried microdosing psilocybin when I didn't want to trip but didn't want my friend to feel alone - this was years ago - and I noticed that I felt AMAAAZING and super positive, which helped with the depression you feel as an adult with ADHD whose life hasn't exactly gone well. Unfortunately, when it wears off you feel more down than when you started, so there's a mini withdrawal when the serotonin goes away.
Ms j Faye Dixon, Fountain of information. THANK YOU ...please try to stop saying Ahh and UMMM every 3 words
Intro needs work. Looks like it was made in the 90s
Why does she look like she’s on trial, strange set up!
After 72 years I am thinking about myself, with sympathy. Looking around somewhat desperately for help. Recognizing now, as I look back, why it was always so hard, feeling left behind, not having time for enjoyable activities. It's gotten harder and harder over the last 10 to 15 years. But demands suddenly increase. Physical abilities decrease. Financial issues are harder to navigate. Go through a recession, lose some investments, get hit with taxes, and there are not years to make it up. And mental resources are reduced. Friendships take too much "bandwith" to fit in life, therefore general helpful information doesn't come to me. Just this year I have come to realize and remember (!) I have ADHD. My experience is that I am dismissed by medical providers. HMO / MCRE providers (mine at least) have a policy that if you're older you cannot even be evaluated for ADHD. I am on my own. Without even the courtesy of a diagnosis or more than a 15minute screening consult apparently for suicide thoughts. Without being diagnosed I can only self diagnose. With the conflicting encouragement to participate in online group classes for adult ADHD. The classes also are structured to require actions from the invited participants that are specifically listed by experts as difficult or impossible for ADHD people. Now, have you ever told a MD you "self diagnosed" anything. They don't even try to hide the sneer. So now I have to have enough faith in myself being right. Now I have also determined, on my own, I need to go through mourning for all those missed opportunities, forgive myself, accept that I am/have ADHD . I need to do those things so I can accept that I need to use external assistance like alarms and post it notes. Mourn/accept so maybe I can curtail the automatic thought that I will try harder , pay attention this time ... because those are not the cause.. At least a consult and diagnosis would have helped. A diagnosis, counseling to mourn, so I could come to terms with the fact that part of my brain is not normal. If I'd realized earlier, and started with external structure my life would not be so far out of control. MDs out there....this is called failure on your part. I call it willfully causing pain and suffering. I only add this at the end because you need to hear it. It won't help me. I am on my own. That is with the exception of those that put their lectures online and accessible so I can dig through this on my own.
UM YOU KNOW UM YOU KNOW UMM
11:50
40 minutes in, and nothing more than utter fluff that any journalist could put together. How about something that requires medical knowledge and can actually help people.
I cant
Uhm, you know...
Update....they won't treat poor men
Stop making adhd videos so long
You want an adhd issue?
Well when I hear people who talk like you I walk away and instantly dismiss it.
It sounds like there are marbles in your mouth chattering off your teeth.
You can be the nicest person in the world only speaking truth but all I hear is clack clack tink and I have to walk or I'm going to get rude and not mean it .
the second woman's way of talking is unbearable
I thought it was just me! lol - I got the impression comments were about the first one - but for me it was the second and I had to switch it off. Which is ashame because I'm sure the info was good.
Pretty sure bipolar but too old to take lithium now
ADHD is an emotional dysregulation condition. Executive function, inattention, hyperactivity, disorder DO NOT come close to having the negative implications in life as emotional dysfunction such as anger resulting in social isolation. I did not see one slide addressing this issue or how various medications help to resolve anger dysregulation. Sorry folks, but this was by far the worse seminar I have ever seen on this topic.
This is terrible video explanation .you are ta!king to the adhd pop. I know if no one has to deal at or know wouldn't be looking videos up on said topic for just understanding what's wrong with us the adhd burdens "l oblem"
She has ADHD @ 2:06
"Are causing " problem me for the fam.yeah where create an environment of work life a disability of physical and Mabry the world n environment is the issue sorry u just made me feel like a dam burden thanks now u confirmed my parents excuse not to help but selfish n tho I now my energy makes them nervous to but I'm Sen n told I'm a rare breed. Severely high energy sobriety test use lack of focus to arrest for duo n ovi they accused arrested me n yeah work suffered n I had no money for lawyer that what ruined my life getting charged n accused of being on drugs by other people can't get help wt disability till I can get shit straight n coinciding n just learning how to .management it and society looks me . Some one on meth or speed I just found out this all happen with in this year so it's ignorance of this subject n o or they never met One of just to many addicts so do a study of collaboration of how much normal working society loss n responds to about out know how to help or handle a high energy do study on how many normal
People know if can identifh and understand adult adhd
I guess they never consider the world is moving too fast and these people with ADHD don't funtion well in an environment that moves at 10,000 miles an hour. I look at ADHD as a gift not a problem. When i was younger i would skip to project to project and subjust to subject. Sure it may seem in the short prospective i'm not acheiving much, however the long hual i'm much more intellectual safisticaticated then the advrage bear. As i have a detailed understanding in a wider range of subjects. Here is an idea maybe society needs to slow it down a bit so we don't drive outselfs off a cliff of financial ruin and debt.
Isn't the increase of medication and cases because the pharma is making a lot of money by advertising it to the health professionals? Wasn't the original ADHD researcher fined in court because his research was paid by pharma? I don't know if ADHD is real or not but few years ago there was no issue with kids being restless, now its like they have AIDS. Suspicious at the minimum
people love to be able to blame all of life's problems on a "disease." personality differences are not diseases. It's shocking how many people are taken in by this stuff.
@@bnnyslpprs lol. Please provide scientific evidence that proves your "disease" exists. There is none. All there is is speculation and theory, neither of which are proof. You'll have to find something else on which to blame your failures and problems. Maybe you drink too much.
@@bnnyslpprs You view of proof is laughable. That is certainly not proof that ADHD exists. It's just more theory.
nobody knows what any mental health is like unless they have experienced it themselves or really been through it with someone!!