Living with Inattentive ADHD, with Cynthia Hammer | EDB 312

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025
  • Cynthia Hammer, self-advocate & founder of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition, shares her experiences with the disorder, and how it can differ from other types of ADHD.
    Cynthia Hammer is the Founder and Executive Director of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition, and author of the book She earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work in 1972. For many years she was a stay-at-home mom raising three sons while her husband spent long days at work as a general surgeon. She started a non-profit organization in 1993 to help adults with ADHD, and she recently started a different non-profit, the Inattentive ADHd Coalition to create more awareness of Inattentive ADHD.
    For more about the Inattentive ADHD Coalition: www.iadhd.org/
    To learn more about Cynthia’s book: a.co/d/h8EpdXI
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Комментарии • 17

  • @angryvigilante9018
    @angryvigilante9018 3 месяца назад +5

    "They've had hurtful lives and they're figuring it out." Yeah I felt that one

  • @squashedmike
    @squashedmike 7 месяцев назад +16

    I was diagnosed with Inattentive 13hours ago. I'm 50. This explains a lot!

  • @mitch-te5ss
    @mitch-te5ss Год назад +7

    i finally feel heard, thank you for this video. i would love to see more stuff with her.

  • @bellyfulochelly4222
    @bellyfulochelly4222 8 месяцев назад +10

    Great interview!
    That bit about untreated ADHD making us more susceptible to dementia I had never heard. That's unsettling.

  • @rivera0822
    @rivera0822 Год назад +3

    Thank you for this informative talk! I needed to hear this today.

  • @t.terrell7037
    @t.terrell7037 3 месяца назад

    I’m confused when she says psychologists can’t diagnose. My doctor made the referral for testing and sent me to a neuropsychologist but unfortunately the person wasn’t taking new patients. So not all doctors are able to diagnose. So who is supposed to be equipped to do so for adults?

  • @karenmacrae3189
    @karenmacrae3189 2 месяца назад

    I’m 66 and self diagnosed. I am not taking any meds for it but would like to. I feel like I want to feel normal at least for a try,

  • @souley2752
    @souley2752 7 месяцев назад

    For me it is really complicated. I had absence epilepsy from the age of 2 to the age of 11-12. Now it is possible that I would have developed a lot of these symptoms without the epilepsy but Ican't differenciate the symptoms from medical side effects and I feel like my whole self only started developping after getting freed of my epilepsy and the medication. But that was after the age of 12. After that I had everything on that list, now I don't know what to tell the doctor's

  • @tjparker8654
    @tjparker8654 3 месяца назад

    I have combined . The biggest prob is the bias of and by women regarding this brain function.😢❤😂❤

  • @tonynunez6539
    @tonynunez6539 9 месяцев назад +2

    Only a psychiatrist can prescribe ADHD medication. My nurse practitioner said he/she could not.

    • @bellyfulochelly4222
      @bellyfulochelly4222 8 месяцев назад

      I think it depends on that state you live in.

    • @ben144
      @ben144 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@bellyfulochelly4222 yes, my doctor said she technically could but wouldn't feel comfortable without a psychiatrist controlling it, which i had a lot of respect for.

  • @tonynunez6539
    @tonynunez6539 9 месяцев назад +3

    Everyone has a level of ADHD. Some are bad enough to need medication. Over 25% of people in prison have a serious problem.

    • @t.6071
      @t.6071 9 месяцев назад +13

      No they don’t because it only counts as adhd if it affects your daily lifestyle

    • @ironmeme7340
      @ironmeme7340 3 месяца назад +5

      That's like saying everyone has a wee bit of schizophrenia because they feel depression sometimes.

  • @tjparker8654
    @tjparker8654 3 месяца назад +1

    I have combined . The biggest prob is the bias of and by women regarding this brain function.😢❤😂❤