How Is the ADHD Brain Different?
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- If you’re online, you may notice that conversations around ADHD are everywhere. You may even be starting to wonder, as you flick from one app to the next, that you yourself may have ADHD. So in Part 1 of this series about ADHD, Julian explores what this disorder is, what’s happening in the brain, and so much more.
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So, what is ADHD? ADHD can come in a few different flavors. Typically, when we think of ADHD, we think of someone who's hyperactive. Someone who's just all over the place, but ADHD is a disorder, a diagnosis that describes someone who struggles with executive functioning, and with attention, typically to the degree that it causes pretty significant disruption to daily life.
People with ADHD aren’t just particularly inattentive and/or hyperactive, their brains are empirically different compared to people without ADHD.
People with ADHD appear to be low on two important chemicals in their brains, dopamine and norepinephrine. But their brains might not just fire differently, they could be built different. Particularly there appears to be differences in the circuitry that connects the front of their brains to other parts of it.
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What is ADHD?
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“ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.”
7 Differences in the ADHD Brain vs. the Neurotypical Brain
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“A 2017 MRI imaging study found that overall brain volume and brain volume in six of the seven brain structures listed below were smaller in people with an ADHD diagnosis. Multiple studies have validated significant brain developmental delay and 3-5 percent smaller whole brain volume in individuals with ADHD compared to neurotypical brains.”
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The life of a person with ADHD: people constantly questioning if it’s even real while also berating you for not acting normal and asking why you can’t just DO THE THING and you not having any answers for them because you’re really trying and you don’t understand why you can’t do it either. All I’m gonna say is, my friends and family started believing ADHD is real when I got medicated and suddenly became a functional human being.
Well, if it's any consolation at all, at least today we are much more aware about ADHD and ASD - when I was a kid, I was "just a brat that deserved a beating" and "who's parents obviously didn't knew how to discipline"....
I'm not diagnosed with adhd, but I've always had this. Always. It's terrible and together with a troubled past, I developed a neat little depression. My mom is currently dating someone with ADHD and ever since she has, she's always noting just how much we're alike and that she's convinced I've got it too. I'm gonna get tested next month :)
@@A_Casual_NPC
Great to hear you're getting tested Niels.
And your story is far from uncommon.
I've heard similar stories quite often, where parents suddenly get a frame of reference they can see their child in.
Also, a lot of adults gets diagnosed when it's discovered that a child has ADHD.
When the psychiatrist explain to them what their kid goes through they answer, "but that's so similar to myself when I was a kid" - sure Sherlock, care to guess why?
Because there's a huge grade of hereditary factor in regards to both ADHD and ASD...
So basically, there's a huge chance that one of your parents have ADHD/ASD or at least is very close to being on the spectrum of one of them if not both...
Best of luck with the tests.
Sure it can really suck having ADHD - but hey, it's better to know if it's at play or not...
@@A_Casual_NPC
Also, both depression and anxiety is sadly very common comorbidities to ADHD and ASD...
BUT, knowing it's part of it all, often makes it more manageable...
@Michael Skinner
Apparently you didn't read what I actually wrote, perhaps you should try medicine anyway because you're answering east when I was writing west.
I didn't write anything about "a beating" being an approach anyone should take, as you apparently understood it, but I wrote about how things sadly was when I was a kid, more than forty years ago.
(Being in my early fifties now).
Back them, it was mostly viewed as an issue causes by a combination of bad behavior and lack of discipline from the parents.
My mother was looked down upon and scolded almost as much as me, she was perceived as someone who couldn't manage getting her son to behave and I was just seen as a brat.
Seen as a unruly child that deserved a beating.
Luckily today there's a lot more people who know about ASD and ADHD - although there still is some clownhorns who deny its existence or try to downplay how much it can affect people.
So most of us will still experience meeting people who think it's "lack of character" or unwillingness to overcome and just "be normal"...
ADHD mood of clicking this video, saving it for later, forgetting about it, finding it recommended, increase the speed, and then finally enjoying it. Love this channel so dearly
Same. Although I never increase the speed. Should do what you do and see if it works.
I have an entire backlog of things in saved or even the likes list when I can't be bothered to click a couple of extra buttons saved on CZcams that I have still never seen 😂
@@epicmonkey6663 Lol!! This is so painful and hilariously accurate! Im constantly adding to my watch later playlist, but it collects virtual dust unplayed lol.
Oh my God I didn't realize I'm not the only one that increases the speed of videos LOL
ahh sounds just like me😊
Even at 56..people think I'm brilliant and ask how come I didn't get a college degree...i tried but it was hard..i missed assignments..i couldn't follow lectures..i was so much better in high school. I dropped out. I got diagnosed after my teenage daughter was diagnosed...I'm on medication and its so much better. I wish I had known. Its like when i got glasses i was shocked that this is how people see with regular vision see and think.
What medication are you on I feel I need to go back on mine but I am worried I have not taken it in near 15 years life is hard. Any advice I'd appreciate 🙏
This topic is very closely related for me, my son (8) is diagnosed with ADHD. I can really see how he strugles with it constatly. After he was diagnosed, I'm trying to find every peace of information that i can get my hands on. My son is very smart child, he have a fenomenal memory, but his short term memory is a mess and its a huge problem for him. What i found to work best for him is expesing love and understanding, that really help a lot.
My 8yr old son was also just diagnosed with ADHD and Autism. Can relate entirely with you on this!
Make sure he stays curious. Give him structure and accountability - it acts like scaffolding. I was “highly” gifted as a child and dx with ADHD at 44. My parents were very structured about our days - breakfast lunch dinner bedtimes. They took us to museums and parks on Sundays after church.
I hated it but looking back it’s what has saved my ass many times.
The bad short term memory, and sometimes all memory in general can be quite distressing. Communicating and connecting with each other is a big help, it'll help him feel like you really care.
No matter what you very clearly care and love your son and want the absolute best for him, but trying to really understand him, and that's beautiful to see. Most parents would get mad at their child's behavior instead of helping them.
Just a PSA
ADHD is not quirky or a gift.
To me personally, it just ruins my life, each and every day the simplest things are sometimes the biggest struggle
I absolutely hate it when people claim it's a gift because "so and so" - especially when it's things where I personally know lots of neurotically people who can do the same thing just as well, without suffering the backside of the "medal"!
There are ways in which I am thankful for my ADHD, but it also makes my life very difficult. Every person with ADHD has their own unique experience with it and they are the only ones allowed to define what ADHD means to them.
Nah that's your bs victim mentality. Dont project your own insecurities on everyone
I would literally give my left eye to no longer have ADHD.
@Taylor Tot
True, sadly there's still people who won't recognize and acknowledge the struggle that usually follows neurodivergency.
Very often it's due to an inability to set their political ideology aside.
In some cases it's very clear that "survivor bias" plays in.
(I know at least a couple of people who do show clear signs of being on the spectrum, but because they managed to do very well in life, they have a hard time understanding that all people isn't like them - and also a very hard time accepting that the factors in life they do have a very hard time dealing with, is clearly due to issues caused by them not being neurotypical...
And then there's the privileged mofos who come from high income families with high ressource supportive parents - a lot, (of course not all), of the "neurodivergency is a gift" people, is from that category - and a lot of parents in that group is extremely toxic to the work of getting people to understand the difficulties a lot of is facing....
The fact of life is, most neurodivergent people doesn't live in a society or belong to an economic class that allows them to "realize themselves and live full filling lives"...
And in my opinion, those of us who do have the capability to speak up, and do manage to get through it all, even with sometimes debilitating comorbidities, we have a responsibility to those who are drowning in the shit, to those who can't speak up because the struggle to just stay alive is overwhelming in itself....
We belong to a group where, depending of where we live, life expectancy is 5-15 years lower than the rest of the population!
If you look at prisons, there's an extremely high percentage of inmates who meet the criteria of being neurodivergent.
We are far more likely to end up in abusive relationships, develope addictions, commit suicide, become homeless, and of course, the myriad of comorbidities that are far too typical in the world of the neurodivergent...
So every time I hear someone claiming neurodivergency is either a gift, or simply just about taking responsibility of your own life, FFS, it's such moronic and f..k¡ng toxic claims to make, and it makes me wanna puke right in their face!
I was diagnosed with adhd in 2nd grade, I’m a sophomore in college now, it’s really weird. Basically just like a brain that never sits still and breaks the fourth wall constantly
My least favorite thing people say is "it's all in your head".
Well no duh, genius. It's a neurological disorder.
I was diagnosed with the inattentive version of ADD when I was a kid. Essentially, ADD without the hyperactivity. I've never had any issues with impulse control or any trouble sitting still. I'm just prone to easily forgetting tasks due to my mind wandering. I also put very little effort into organization.
Same here!
Sameee
Me too
I was diagnosed with ADHD shortly after passing the bar exam about 10 years ago. I've noticed more and more people coming out as well and I HEAVILY relate to those experiences. I think one of my daughters may have it too. I need to see about a diagnosis for her.
My mom went out of her way to convince me I didnt have it and basically taught me how to mask like a pro because she couldnt deal with me. A diagnosis would have been much more helpful.
In this society I see ADHD as an expression of our broken society.
TIK TOK etc..... There is this thing we have called as Awareness.
If nobody teaches you how to control it.... YOU LOSE CONTROL OF IT...
Same thing goes for the mind, imagination and the body..
Yes, chemicals are part of our experience. One must take control of the emotions as well.
Chanting AUM and contact with the 5 Elements will remedy much of this.
@@pbottomley14 it's where I started
@@Sirach-pv5xv This. Exactly, learn about yourself and work with who you are mentality and physically. Healthier choices than doping up with medication. To me , its like some doctors are only slightly different than street drug pushers, they make more money and look more respectable societally, but its getting people addicted to drugs, both are doing the sane thing.
@@jessiferri2922 from my understanding "hyper" is not energy exerted externally. It's your brain that is moving faster then the "norm". Being in the brain it qualifies as a disorder. I myself have a over active brain. My son calls it a computer since I digest information so fast. I spit it out like a computer
From my experience people who are labelled as adhd or add are Intelligent, having a strong heart or strong will, are a lot of the time intellectuals who are very intelligent when it comes to certain subjects.
When I was younger, it was called "being bad" or "calm your ass down" disorder.
Smh... I feel like my childhood was so shortchanged by the generation before mine
better than now!
100%! And now it's being talked about. Back in the 90s when I was diagnosed in childhood...it was simply " can't pay attention" and "hyper"... So I thought something ELSE was wrong with me when I was sensitive to sounds, and had impulsive out bursts/stimming.
To anyone who had to deal with me I was "the class clown", "disruptive", or "bad" as you said... SO much emotional trauma comes from not being understood
Tried to watched this but then started reading the comments.
I have ADHD and I try to look at my friends and people who don’t have the symptoms and mirror their personalities. It really helps me cope with the disorder but I always feel like I can’t be myself because I have to copy other people to look “normal”
As a licensed clinical therapist who specializes in ADHD treatment, I can definitively say we are just scratching the surface of what all ADHD encompasses in a person’s brain. Each ADHD case a treat is unique and comes with its own sets of symptoms and quirks. Great video on bridging the gap between ADHD myths and truths.
As a (M 21) person with both AD(H)D and atypical autism diagnosed in early childhood, I may or may not have immediately tapped on this video as soon as I accidentally glanced at the title..
My limited understanding from hearing people talk about their experiences with autism makes the symptoms sound so completely opposite to my and others' experiences with ADHD. If you don't mind, I'm curious to know how it manifests when you have both.
@@Sam_on_CZcams You say that, but if one person cannot focus enough to pay attention and the other cannot read social cues at all, there is a similarity in the way they act.
@@hampshire2821 Maybe as viewed from the outside. But I was thinking mainly the coping mechanisms. But I'm speaking specifically of some CZcamsrs with autism like Jimmy Snow and Kyle Hill who have spoken frankly about their experiences. Meanwhile, the experiences of people with ADHD match my personal experience and are completely opposite. Most people with ADHD need some small level of constant distraction to quiet the mind from major distractions. Fidgets are common. Personally, I use CZcams videos in the background while I work. People with ASD often talk about needing quiet and organization and avoiding overstimulation. Specifically, the level of stimulation needed to cope with the symptoms can be completely opposing, so I was curious how that plays out when you have both.
@@Sam_on_CZcams
There’s a very high correlation between ASD and ADHD
I can’t remember the percentage right now, but the chance someone who has ASD also have ADHD, wether diagnosed or not, is significantly high!
There’s also a lot of people who is diagnosed with ADHD, who also have ASD, but the ADHD camouflages the ASD, so it’s often first discovered after years of treatment for ADHD….
@@gorillaguerillaDK Interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks.
mental illnesses or disorders obviously arent the only thing that determines your overall behaviour in life. theres the environment u grew up in, your parents values and how strict they are, your blood type, your gender, how many siblings you have, your ethnicity, what you eat, lifestyle habits etc. these definitely dont apply to everyone but most people are either directly or indirectly affected by one or more of these factors to a certain extent.
I have ADD and I hate it. My dad has even told me it was a big mistake to tell me bc he didn't want me to feel any different. On my end I want to know what medical issues I have so I can deal with it better.
I have ADHD myself and I find it really hard to focus in school. I am in college and focusing on classes and homework that I'm not interested in is really hard because my brain keeps jumping to other topics.
Was part of study when I was just 18 about how I react to stimuli, I had to perform tasks in an fMRI. Now to do this particular test they had me in a dark room with only the task as a stimuli, I fell asleep before the test even began while they were establishing baselines and they just said that's great thanks 🤣 Remove the stimulus and I just shutdown, now I don't know if many people here have been in these machines but they're not exactly a situation where you would fall asleep. I did much much better than Normies though in the tasks that required a fast reaction or any of the other tasks that were more stimulating to me. ADHD while it is a set of traits, it's our brains are physically wired different. That's not something you can fake.
Removing my glasses (limited sight) makes me drowsy and inattentive so I pass out within 30 mins.
Very informative. Thanks! Looking forward to the next part.
0:25 When he said that we have most likely already changed out focus to something else while this is playing in the background, I had literally just done that haha
I can't describe the feeling I just had when returning to this tab and resuming the video at 0:23
I'm wanting to get a formal diagnosis, it's a bit difficult as I love in China but it seems abundantly clear that I have it. I'm currently reading Scattered Minds and I can relate to so much of it. My wife read it first and recommended it to me, I trust her so judgment so others might find it good too!
I find ADD to be a blessing and a curse, more often a curse.
Here's an example, at school I had the widest range of results of any student.
For the subjects I enjoyed, I would have the best results in class. For the subjects I didn't enjoy, I would be near the bottom. I came out as an average C student in almost every subject (some were Bs) as in an academic subject, half of the course I would enjoy and half I wouldn't.
I didn't need to study at all for the parts I enjoyed, I just knew them and they made sense immediately as the teacher was teaching. For the ones I didn't enjoy, they might make sense but I would need to study them to ensure a higher grade.
The only time in recent memory that I could consistently fall asleep (as an insomniac) was trying to study for something I didn't enjoy. I have never been able to do revision for something I find disinteresting in my entire life.
On the topic of sleep, I've heard about some clinical studies of ADD sufferers taking melatonin due to their body's clock (I can't remember the name for it knowing when it's time to sleep) is often delayed by 2 hours but by consistently taking melatonin supplements many saw a marked improvement.
The caffeine thing during pregnancy is probably correlation not causation-- undiagnosed ADHDers are very likely to self medicate with large amounts of caffeine (since it's a socially acceptable and readily available stimulate) to function better. Even if pregnant then, they are more likely to just cut down rather than give it up because without some stimulant their ADHD tendancies are more uncontrolled.
This is exactly my thoughts. Im heavily caffeinated all the time. Before I got my diagnos and medication. My daily intake of caffeine was in the 2000mg range.
Love learning more about common issues that we have yet to fully comprehend. Thanks for the amazing content, please keep it up!
Having ADHD, bipolar, OCD has basically destroyed my life. People don’t understand why you do what you do what you don’t do etc. Your misunderstood so they end up leaving is exactly as is what happened to me even my own father left me.
I was going to type something but then I got distracted by a train
- Starts this video on TV
- Looks up a resource for work project on laptop
- Looks up some other snippet of info related to above work resource on phone
- 0:24 - ....
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Have you hacked my camera?
ADHD is a super power guys, why doesn’t anyone see it? With great power comes great responsibility, if you train your mind good enough, you are blessed. You have the freedom to walk anyway any how, you see the bigger picture all the time. Duck social restraints, give yourself the priority and open up your mind , people will follow you.
Needed to watch this!
This is an interesting video. I myself was diagnosed ADHD at the young age of 10, and then later on in adulthood as Adult ADHD (I am 39 now), my eldest son as well was diagnosed ADHD. Ironically, my son is also epileptic with Focal epilepsy and low-average Autistic. In 2020 my son had to undergo a craniotomy to resect a rather large benign tumor. Since then his ADHD, memory, and Autistic tendencies and behaviors have been incredibly challenging. Luckily he is possibly the most resilient person I’ve ever had the pleasure to be around and he’s my son, it gives me pride how resilient he is. He struggles but I have put in place an extensive support system for him from school to therapy to home. Children and Adults with ADHD require structure, we crave structure and routine no matter how hard it is to keep focus it helps give us a rope to hold onto so things don’t spiral out of control.
I had ADHD in 1961 at St Pacal's Catholic School in Toronto, Ontario and my Nun teacher tried to beat it out of me with the strap, Scott, "Are you ready for your daily strapping?" but this dosen't even compare with the abuse dished out at the Residential Schools in CANADA on the indigenous young people at the time.
At 26 seconds I laughed out loud when he said “i wouldnt be surprised if you’ve already clicked on something else while this plays in the background…” cause you know, I def had!
Cool to talk to these people. It would also be cool to talk with Jess from How To ADHD, although she might already be known to most ADHD viewers of this channel.
Can't wait for the next episode
ADHD is very real. It is just as real as as conditions such as bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, depression, and schizophrenia. People who dismiss the condition are like people who have normal color vision that deny color deficiency is real.
I have great ideas, and wish I could just organise and put them together, but then I’ll have brain fog, forgetting, start thinking of other things and also loose the same interest and motivation I had earlier. I am awaiting my assessment, but all the research and education I know about it, I’m convinced I certainly have it. However I’m not keen on just trying to get a diagnoses or have a label, but i confess, if it explains the struggle and associated problems I’ve endured, most of my life, and there is help. It will be almost a relief.
I believe there are personalities with natural “affinities” (for lack of a better term lol) to ADHD symptoms and those with the opposite personalities. I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and I’ve learned that many people with similar personalities as me are also diagnosed with ADHD, I’ve also been Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and many of those same individuals I met diagnosed with ADHD also have a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. There are some who prefer to plan, take their time, and are rarely impulsive, I believe those with this personality type will have a hard time believing in ADHD, I think they are more likely to say something like “they’re just bored and restless, I get that way sometimes too.” Also, in my experience many people born before like ~1980 seem to not believe in many neurological diagnosis especially common ones that are hard to distinguish from personality traits like ADHD.
It's more than likely your personality is a construct of the similar experiences faced. Instead of "People with my personality are being diagnosed" it's more "People with ADHD develop similar traits"
HealthyGamerGG suggested in one of his videos that social media and the modern world may be making ADD worse. constantly exposing ourselves to bite-sized content. Reinforcing our tendency to constantly shift attention rather then practice focusing on something for extended periods, like reading a book.
I did not except that “built different” reference that got me really good XD
I made it half way though this video and now I'm going to watch a different one. Adhd thanks...
More power to you, Louis! I’m compiling a list of stories about toxic/predatory capitalism, and many of your videos are on it.
I would love to see an video about lyne disease, especially about its late stage.
Thanks! I'll add it to our google doc of possible topics.
Thank you!!
Get them to talk about the relation between ADHD and ASD…..
We filmed the interview in one sitting and cut it into three episodes. The next two will talk about how ADHD relates to other disorders.
@@jhug111
Fantastic, looking forward to it, and thank you so much….
Yes please
Yes please if they could had dislexia too
Watching later, probably will forget it...
my hardly focused mind always wondering off when anyone talks about something whether about me or not about me regarding insignifficant(at least to me) stuffs. And my special brain at that frame of time is still thinking like "why six betray mono"...
Nice video! I think the segment about the "risk" of adhd development should have been refraimed though, the whole neurodiversity movement has struggled for years towards a de-patologization of adhd, autism,... and uncritically presenting science that quintifies the "risk" of having adhd kids inherently supports the idea that adhd is always harmful. Adhd can be harmful because our world doesn't accomodate for behavioural differences: in a world more welcoming to neurodiverse people adhd would not be as invalidating, if at all, and the rethoric around risks during pregnancy doesn't help in that sense. Parents should not fear having adhd children, I hope my parents don't regret me thinking the way I think or being the way I am.
Exactly, having 4x faster brains is a risk?
It's not always bad, but it's not all that great either. Having a fast brain is cool but there are lots of challenges that come with living with ADHD. I think the word risk is used just fine. If they were saying something like "if you have ADHD don't have children", then that would be an issue. I struggle with the thought of having a child daily due to the fact that I have ADHD and I also don't want to risk pregnancy/breastfeeding a child while on stimulant medication. It's something not to be taken lightly. But that's just me.
I am fascinated with the idea of how this science relates to the classic case of Phineas Gage.
Not me changing the playback speed to 1.5x
Adhd,bipolar, type 1 diabetic, seen some dark times but things can get better and have been. Whats been working for me is not being a people pleaser, and not overthinking absolutely everything down to its microscopic core lol. Lastly what other people want or expect from you doesnt matter and is their problem not yours, if because of your adhd you are too much for people thats not your problem dont hold your adhd brain back instead unleash it and use it.
Thanks I needed this
i found out I probably have ADHD because my bipolar is so under control. I thought my inability to do stuff was purely a lack of motivation due to chronic depression, but I started taking magnesium supplements and my mood is now normal most of the time, except the odd mild hypomanic episode. I'm now well enough to work, but I constantly have problems at work due to my inability to focus on my boring work. I can understand neuroscience, but I struggle with basic tasks like doing the washing up.
@@lambd01d thats great very happy for you. Improving your health is key. Magnesium is a good choice for some. As far as focusing on the boring task heres what works for me ( yell at yourself in your head to fing do just do it quit bullshitting just do it lets go gotta get done get it done and back to the fun stuff fuking gooooooooo). Our lives will be infinitely filled with boring stuff that we dont want to do but we have to we must do those things its healthy for us. Other option is slowly put yourself in a work environment that adheres to your strengths and has nothing that can cause or trigger the adhd or struggles of doing boring things. Only other thing i can think of is no caffeine alcohol or uppers of any kind and eat healthy. If anyone has further tips or tricks i would love to read them. Never stop improving.
As someone who's consumed every medical grade book on the topic written by experts since young teenage years (and the bloody books to understand them tbh) I'll be HEAVILY fact checking every word:
*you put 2 experts on to tell us themselves*
*rapid eye blinks*
Well played and thank you very much for not being part of the problem ^^
My goal with every single video I make is to present the science as accurately as I can and maybe squeeze in a joke or two. Luckily for this topic I had access to experts who were willing to sit down with me. And their jokes were funnier.
My younger brother and i both have adhd but present very differently and i have a theory abt why that is. Obviously there is the factor that it can present differently in boys n girls but my older brothers also have adhd like symptoms n they present like mine so i dont think its that. Ive read that theres a connection between adhd and lead exposure and it just so happens that a few years ago my neighborhood found out we have been getting exposed to lead since like the 60s by a nearby private airport that uses leaded fuel (for context a long term study was done on kids in the area n it found that kids here had blood lead levels comparable to kids in flint, michigan) and my family only moved here after i was born so my mom was only ever pregnant with my younger brother while living here. I think him being exposed to that lead as a fetus affected how his adhd presented bc his symptoms are so much more heightened than the rest of us and its made him struggle so much more than any of us ever did
I was diagnosed at 8 years old with severe adhd I took medicine till 14 soon after I stopped I developed addiction and its been hell. I am 29 years old now a few years off drugs and alcohol but I have a hard life my mind is hard to live with. I am getting reassessment for adhd and I think I need meds but I don't like to take them can anyone give me some advice do you think they will help ?
Introductions over at 2:02, lol😊
Raise your hand if you're dealing with ADHD and grew up seeing "Is a pleasure to have in class," and/or "needs to put forth more effort," on their report cards before they went digital. 🙋🏻♀
5:40 *actually* a growing number of ADHD cases are misdiagnosed traumatized 'normal people' who's temper & lack of attention can be traced back to Mental issues, not physiological.
Normally, when diagnosing ADHD one look at when the symptoms started, as well as if there could be other explanations!
In fact, ADHD is probably under diagnosed, especially in girls/women!
0:25 I didnt come out here to get called out like that
You look like Leon Larregui, a Mexican singer I love. And yeah, I will start the video again
Best topic expand on it pls
Two more episodes are on the way!
My grandson's having difficulty he seems to be schizophrenic it sounds very much like he has ADD I wonder if Also he has an eating disorder try childhood trauma and O CDC germ Phobia I really need some help here. 8:50
That's a funny looking Tracey D. Well, now that I know that 'Neurotransmissions' is reputable (it has been in the recommendations one time so far, yesterday actually), I'll be certain to follow it on through.
I have had it all my life from a precitpitous borth
Or a traumatic birth, I didn't sleep a full night until I was 6 yrs old... !!
Maybe, rather than just saying that they can't focus, it would make more sense to say that they can't figure out what they're supposed to focus on? Or maybe the desire for the marshmallow is just too strong and they can't wait. They need to learn to wait for the desire before they choose something at random though. Could ADHD simply be the random side of human nature?
mate i just can't focus period
@@sagrinne9922 Sounds like distraction. So that would be distraction by something at random rather than just can't wait for the reward right?
@@shatterthemirror8563 it's not that we can't figure out what we're supposed to focus on but we can't choose to give our attention to one thing only, imagine walking alongside a road and you're talking with a friend, there's cars passing by, bird chirping, people walking and talking, several other subtle noises. That's enough stuff going on to overstimulate our brain so much so that we can't hear what our friend is saying sometimes, but for a normal person they'd be less likely to not hear what the friend is saying because a normal person can put their attention to one thing only
So similarly, if a person with adhd has studying and marshmallow in their mind, they would not be able to finish a sentence before thinking of marshmallow several times, whereas a normal person can tune that out and minimize the attractiveness of the reward until they finish studying. This can be applied to alot other stuff too and explain why we struggle in today's society
adhd is a chemical imbalance in our brain and not a random side of human nature, more specifically the lack of dopamine, the very cause of executive dysfunction. I can see why u would think it's a human nature as we do stuff that everyone does, but it's about the high occurrence that's the issue. Everyone gets distracted, but if it happens 50 times (not an accurate number by any means) more often than the average person, of course we're gonna struggle, and no the chemical imbalance is why we can't stay focused, not because we lacked discipline, telling us to just stay focused or beat us so we are instilled with discipline would only cause negative affect to us
@@TheS1lentX Ok, but note that it's normal to be in a situation where you can't figure out what to focus on. Maybe your a prisoner and your being gaslighted. Who knows. But if you find that the distractions are truly random (still could be getting gaslighted). But there's a possible solution in that case since you can try to make the distraction less random by organizing your environment, or by organizing your mind.
I need captions so I don’t zone out the audio
every one thought it was just excuses for bad kids, among others! I've dealt with this crap for 40 years unmedicated due to poor guardianship, im here to say to all those people FU.
Yeah, I'm convinced that my dad has ADHD but that my mom and I don't
and yes, I stopped the video at 4:12 to move onto something else. Forgot my 4 o’clock dose.
I was diagnosed before it became a trend...
How could you not when our brains are programmed to change subjects at lightning speed
Wow! Brains are different! I thought all brains are same
I tried to watch this a year ago…. Lol here I am
Could being stressed out mimic ADHD Symptoms?
"Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if you've already clicked on something else while this episode plays in the background" ...Are you spying on me?
Hahaha. Started this video and immediatly started clicking on YT shorts, while turning on my switch to play while listening......short ends and this video starts....you may have already clicked on something else. Caught!
if we know all this neuroscience, why is it still so difficult to diagnose ADHD?
We live in a southpark episode @.@
(that was aimed at the ad i saw at the end of the video, something about express vpn and mom isp and hackers watching my internet history and the boy bought ninja or isis outfits im so confused)
I'm super interested. I watched the whole episode without doing anything else 🙂..
Well I was eating a few chicken strips, but that's it.
Ha you did better than me, I started reading the comments and had to re watch the video again
@@tomnichol9193 That’s me! Reading comments until the video stopped, now I’m going back to watch again.
Ok if there isnt as much dopamine in an ADHD brain, would that make it easier to get addicted to drugs.
Since nobody has answered, the answer is actually yes. ADHD brains latch onto sources of dopamine and such them dry. This is why its good to have multiple sources to draw from.
They cant even work out what it is thats different about these people and how to teach them to use their gift...which is what it is....once they understand where to begin the training then theres personal control over the gift
I got diagnosed when I was 7 I am 20
I've been on medications for close to 13 years. it's not fun
Does it work for you ?
I am my son is I was with him every step of the way the school that wouldn't listen everyone shouting down the side effects don't matter the drugs help they did help him focus in class but he stopped eating growing and then sleeping. The absolute nightmare of trying this drug or that worked better it was awful for him I'm so sorry you had to go through it too he is 23 now and hates Adderall with a passion I understand why
@Angela Sieg u sound like my mother well done 👏 your son is lucky I'd be nothing without the support of my mother just like u did. I went to university and done good keep pushing him 💪
This is definitely something that has been studied for a very long time, one of the longest pathologies studied if I remember correctly and there is plenty we still don't know. I have ADHD myself and most likely ASD. You never grow out of it, you just gain coping/masking abilities that you end up believing everyone has to do or you sink.
You are absolutely right that our environment plays a role, a large one. The most drastic change I've ever made was with my diet. My mom said it was like night and day. Mind you, my symptoms didn't go away, but everything was so much more toned down. The #1 thing that I kept reading on all sites with regardless to both ADHD and ASD, was a plant based diet. I removed all animal products and went whole food plant based and feel absolutely amazing! I honestly wish I could have done this when I was much younger, as I would have done much better in school. Awell, live and learn, but I still have yet to see many people talk about this specific aspect of the conditions to help alleviate symptoms.
What's the #1 factor when it comes to almost all pathologies? Environment. That INCLUDES the food we eat. MASSIVELY. Considering 70% of our immune system is in and around our gastro system, you'd think more emphasis would be put on this area, rather than the treatment of specific symptoms. Oh, right, companies don't make money when people get better from PLANTS. You could NEVER pay me enough to go back eating animal products, that's how much better I feel!!
My dad has it, I have it, and my daughter has it
It's definitely not something that you develop after you're born because I've had it all my life and when I was in my mom's womb I had moved around so much inside her womb that I had a cord wrapped around my neck eight times and I came out blue🤷♂️
If our brains were simple enough to understand - we wouldnt be clever enough to understand them
You should ask my wife she's crazy lol 🤣
was watching xqc then found this in my home.
6:40
Ahahahaha. I just realized I watched this already.
We all have ADHD
I don't have ADHD but i want to understand because my dad had both types of ADHD
i do have physical disabilities :D
I was diagnosed as a kid I stopped taking my medication at 16 and never went about going back to a doctor to be out back on
Same, but I stopped taking meds at like 11 or 12 and learned how to live and work with it.
Did you not get what he said lol. How do you find out if they can't pay attention...duhhh u put them in a "school"
I hate having adhd. Lol
Where's the medical test that shows a person has ADHD?
I haven't watched this video yet but I'm guessing there's still no bloody test! The reason some experts say there is no ADHD is because the science isn't settled.
Yeah if you can't explain what a normal brain is, you aren't going to help people understand what ADHD is or why it's different than the normal you can't explain.
The rise in adhd in my opinion is exacerbated by the 9-5 capitalistic world that molds everything into being robots. Maybe ADHD is not the problem it's the stupid way humans decided to live their lives.
This video neglects the whole social constructivist aspect of ADHD. While it is true that brains might be different it's worth printing out that until we started putting people in schools and making them sit and listen we didn't have this problem. Society has deemed the skills of people with ADHD not "practical for the workforce" which is why people medicate.
In fact there's is a theory out there that the ADHD trait comes from the need to hunt, where people with ADHD would be the hunters etc.
That's an interesting concept. Modern life is toxic
Well.... sort of. One thing that also needs to be addressed is that ADHD is not only deemed "not practical" for the workforce, but is also definitely not practical for living/self care in a non-nomadic lifestyle. Things like paying bills, keeping schedules, and maintaining a home, are also struggles for people with ADHD that wouldn't necessarily be present in a nomadic lifestyle and are much more of a requirement than one's choice of work. And about the nomadic lifestyle, I sort of agree with your idea, but in my mind (as someone who has ADHD) I find it to be more of a "foraging" trait than a "hunting" trait as hunting requires a lot of stillness and patience, while foraging thrives off of the instant gratification of finding things, constantly having your attention caught by the next thing in sight.
This is the adult version of little Jimmy whont sit down theory it's something that's been said for years that as we speak isn't the case. Even the statement about social constructs could be debunked with any other historical articles involving different mental cognizant types depicted through a variety of nations
Eat clean sleep and read
Unfortunately it's abused. The meds make you feel like Einstein so tons of college students "have" ADHD. I believe I might have it. I remember every parent/teacher conference every one of my teachers would talk about how I couldn't sit still or pay attention. But I'm 38 and that shit just wasn't well known yet. I believe I self medicated with marijuana. Shit I still do! It makes me less bright but at least I can work. I should probably talk to my doctor but I've done it this way for over twenty years now...
The a.d.h.d brain ..... why think outside the box when you can just redesign the box