Do I have ADHD?
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If you search “Do I have...” on Google, the first suggested phrase you’ll see is “Do I have ADHD?” And it’s easy to see why. The quizzes and self-diagnosing tests (I’ve gone through a few of them) are extremely relatable - especially when you do them while putting off chores. But here’s the thing: ADHD can easily be misdiagnosed.
There are two sides to this argument. Are there too many people being diagnosed with ADHD? Or too few? First, we spoke to Dr. Allen Frances, who believes ADHD is being overdiagnosed. He pointed to the number of studies done in the US, Taiwan, Iceland, and Canada showing that the youngest kid in a classroom was consistently more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than the oldest kid. He says this problem is also due to time constraints faced by doctors.
On the other hand, Dr. David Goodman argues that ADHD is being underdiagnosed - especially for women. ADHD is harder to diagnose in women because while hyperactivity is common in men and boys, inattentiveness is more common for women and girls. He also argues that there is a pattern in psychiatry where mental disorders are dismissed before being taken seriously.
One thing’s for sure: A professional evaluation will always be better than Googling for self-diagnosing tests for ADHD, because misdiagnosis happens often and can be dangerous. For more information, check out the video above.
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Do I have ADHD? **immediately starts scrolling through comments**
Amy Jensen
it helps me focus on the video lol
Why you gotta call me out like that?
that doesn't mean you have ADHD just because you scroll through comments...
@@Yerfdog1 twas a joke, my dear
ME
I have ADHD myself, and when I was younger I used to think it was spelled 80HD.
Duuuude SAAAAME ha ha
ME TOO AHAH I THOIGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF 3D GLASSES THING AHAHAH
80HD audio lol
ok but like same-
80Hd is a character in dog man so this made my day
Over-diagnosing young boys and under-diagnosing adult women
@Leo Maunsell much better
I was one of the over diagnosed person😌💅
nido as a young adult woman with ADHD, I am living proof of this
@Leo Maunsell No, the original comment was right.
@@nido3356 much worse
Getting misdiagnosed with depression when you have ADHD is really rough
Yeah, that's the comorbidity struggle. I feel you man
*laughs in having both*
When you have both 🤪 needless to say I can literally never get anything done
ok so, im 11 and ive been diagnosed with deppresion since i was 6. my mom has adhd and i expierence all the symptoms, im trying to get tested and my mom doesnt believe me. should i self diagnose?
@@joanarengstorf6347 Hey Joana, I'd speak to your doctor and try and speak to your parents or even your teacher. Teachers can often pick up on if you're struggling to focus cos they see you quite a lot.
I hope you get better soon
Can we diagnose the real problem? The fact that society expects children (hell, even adults) to sit still and focus on boring, abstract material for 6+ hours a day.
What are we going to do? We need to educate our kids. People can choose to stop medication when they get out of school, but it's for the best that kids are able to sit and learn for at least a few years of their life.
I would agree that education is necessary, but there are many options beyond lecture+test-based learning. I think we're at fault for assuming that because a kid can't sit still through a 30min history lecture, his entire future is in jeopardy. Or more to the point, we are at fault for assuming that because a kid can't sit still he SHOULD be considered a failure/in need of help.
Hey I'm with you. It'd be great if we had the resources to structure curriculum around individual needs so everyone can be accommodated without having to apply metaphorical bandages over some students for the good of the whole but that's how it is. Unfortunately, change is hard and with Betsy Devos as our Secretary of Education I don't see any much needed change anywhere on the horizon.
Too bad, that's how society works.. And even if we could all live on an island drinking out of coconuts, ADHD-people would still be restless and impulsive and have to learn to control their disorder, or maybe get medication. :)
We do need to educate our kids, but the current school system is designed to teach kids the skills they would have needed to be workers in factories as well as the skills of reading and writing and doing math and so forth. We could and should reform that system for an era that has seen so much change in the job market. Some people might still need meds, but we could do a lot more to help kids with ADHD and other special needs by restructuring, especially if the second psychiatrist is right and such a big population of people has ADHD. Also, everyone in this thread of comments needs more John Taylor Gatto in their lives.
I think that ADHD is both over and under-diagnosed. Overdiagnosed in young kids and underdiagnosed in adults, especially females, who previously did not have this diagnosis on their chart.
Rheumatologist exactly. It's different among different demographics.
yes yes yes yes yesssss
Rheumatologist i wasnt diagnosed until 2 years ago and i had it my whole life
This is the top comment for a good reason.
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Vox: “Do I have ADHD?”
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this is probably my favourite meme ever
"wHEre aR yOr pArEnTs??"
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Having adhd (inattentive) and having school online is the worst. There are so many things around you to distract you. Also, I have to get out off my chair and walk around every 5 minutes when doing homework. I miss going to my university's library. I don't walk every 5 minutes or else I will annoy people
Being cooped up and having no schedule is actually what made me seek a diagnosis for ADHD (inattentive, mainly). I've always had executive function issues, but with a structured environment my teachers could keep me in check. Now it's just me. Alone. Getting distracted and getting nothing done. My meds help a bit, but I also need to learn coping strategies because I will not survive in the world while procrastinating like this
Another ~fun~ thing that's happened since I was cooped up was multiple stim attacks. Before I always had things to do, but now that I'm sedentary I don't have an outlet. I had a whole half hour where it felt like my body was going to explode if I didn't move a bunch right then. Just rocked on the floor the whole time. Meds did fix that, thankfully
Yea but I still don't know if I have adhd or not .
@@beep3242 hey that’s me :( same here :(
for me i like online better bc in school i was forced into a seat with so much people around me and i always was thinking about everyone else and everyone distracted me while online school i got to get up and like move around my room while my teacher was talking and I would often turn off my camera and just feel nonexistent
I had to position my desk and chair in such a way so that It was harder for me to get up often. With the chair back against the wall, and the desk almost tightly in front. Just enough room to squeeze yourself in and out of the space, but so annoyingly/frustratingly so that you won't be doing it every 5 minutes. I had a standard 4 legged chair that doesn't spin, I imagine certain spinny chairs may eliminate this possible idea lol
The problem is ADHD is so misunderstood. It's so misunderstood that the name itself misunderstands it. It is not a problem with attention or hyperactivity. Those are just two common symptoms. It is primarily a problem of having a very low sensitivity to reward. To a person with ADHD, if a task has no immediate reward it feels like a punishment. The darker side of ADHD that is never touched upon in the stereotypical representations is what is sometimes referred to by people as an "addictive personality". People with ADHD are at a much higher risk of becoming drug addicts or alcoholics if the condition is untreated. ADHD also very often causes ups in downs in a persons mood all throughout the day. You can range from feeling depressed to feeling super happy. This is what is sometimes colloquially called "bipolar". I say colloquially because it is. This isn't bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is where the individual experiences long periods of depression (weeks or months) followed by long periods of mania.
So the stereotype of a fidgety person who gets distracted mid-sentence is really just what fidgety people who get distracted easily are like. Sure, many people with ADHD might display traits like that at times, but those traits aren't what the condition is really about. ADHD is highly co-morbid, meaning that the condition normally produces other mental health problems if untreated. So if you wonder if you have ADHD, it might be worth asking yourself if you have mental health problems. Have you ever experienced panic attacks? Do you have issues with depression? These are two problems commonly experienced by individuals with untreated ADHD.
People with ADHD also don't often fit in well with others. They experience over-focusing problems. This sounds contradictory but it isn't at all. Due to always seeking reward, people with ADHD can't take their mind away from stimulating things. You may be stressed as hell to the point of feeling ill because you haven't started any of your essays that are due, but have sat for hours researching string theory online. The issue is not about attention. It is about a lack of executive function, meaning tasks are not prioritised properly and decisions are made on impulse, and an issue of low reward sensitivity.
The list goes on. This is in no way a full description of the condition.
very interesting, thanks for sharing --- fighting stereotypes like you say, does seem important
Wow, it's hard to believe such a well-measured explanation could be found in the CZcams comments section. Thank you!
Thank you for creating the most efficient description of ADD i have ever encountered... i will use this the next time i try to explain why my ADD diagnosis
Pretty sure you're describing Bi-polar disorder not ADHD.
Smoking Horsey I was diagnosed at age 9, and you described it quite well. I finally found meds that didn't have side effects, and they work well.
*When you have ADD and start reading the graphs and realize you haven’t been paying attention for 30 seconds so you have to play back the video*
Relatable as evah
Tbh I did the same
were there any graphs in the video? really let me check out again
Literally me like 30mins ago trying to finish my homework
Nicholas Pinsonneault sAme
I have a lot of the symptoms and my moms like:
“Lol it’s a phase”
Exactly my mom said the exact same thing lol
same but my parents say it's because imm always on my phone
My friend's mum says that it's just her personality when she shows so many signs.
Literally. my mom thought it was puberty
I have adhd
As a member of the black community, I feel like ADHD is EXTREMELY under-diagnosed. There would be kids in my class that displayed all the signs of hyperactivity ADHD but instead of being evaluated they were suspended, called trouble makers, told they wouldn't be successful because they were struggling in classes and being disruptive. Most of them ended up dropping out of school. As for myself, I'm going to be getting tested next week for inattentive ADHD. My family used to say it was just an excuse for white people not to discipline their kids... and so when I was younger they never believed in getting me tested even though I showed all the signs.
***EDIT**
So I ended up being officially diagnosed with ADHD and I was prescribed Adderall (I combine it with therapy which really helps).
I graduated my last semester of college with all A's and I'm currently studying for the law exam. So to all my fellow neurodivergents, it's possible! You got this!
100% agree
How did the test go?
If you want to say, its really up to you sorry for being nosy
Not gonna lie that seems like a slightly racist problem
@@CornG4397 not really the same happens in my school with all the white kids. It's more likely incompetent teaching. I mean, it could be racism, but this is a very common problem.
Wow, my life did a 180 when I got treatment. For the longest I thought I was dumb because I struggled. With some coaching and medicine. I got the chance to go back to school for something I love to do, I'm not depressed because I like to go to work, made friends with similar goals, got paid better which in terms got me off government aid. It really hurts to see that people don't believe it to be a true problem.
Thank you for this comment
Nearly the same here. I'm in my last semester of my undergrad and I just got prescribed adderall at the beginning of the semester, now that I have found my proper intake/mg I literally feel my life is brighter. I feel in control of my own capabilities and I trust in my skills, I'm happy I'm studying what I'm studying, and I'm able to focus on the work I need to do. I can't recall a time in my life, even as a kid where I didn't wait until the last minute to do an assignment, but now I chip away at it bit by bit. I don't crave junk food as often, and I do more of my hobbies. I really hope more people can get the same kind of help, but it took me my whole youth and 3 years of an official misdiagnosis of depression and anxiety to finally get to the root of the problem.
Honestly, life without Concerta for me probably wouldn't qualify as a life at all. It changed everything. It literally made life worth living. I had an issue with my perscription last week, and missed three days. The feeling of being unable to string together a thought, unable to actually direct my choices, unable to put off reward was so familiar. And I don't understand how I made it so long before my diagnosis. I didn't know any better, but now that I do... no wonder I was so depressed back then.
Same happened to me, but in elementary and my teacher never told my parents that I wasn't doing my work
Angel Lopez in turn*
I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 16 years old. Looking back at my childhood, I️ still had a super short attention span, hyper focused on stimulating topics (at 9 years old, it was the Black Death of all things) for hours, and couldn’t hold a rational conversation with anyone (what I thought was relevant was actually ten thoughts ahead of what would make sense to reply). But my grades were always perfect in school and it was so easy that I didn’t need to focus to do well. So no one suspected anything Then when high school started and school got harder and I started learning to drive, all hell broke loose. I couldn’t understand how people would be able to do school work for 10 minutes straight without getting up to walk around, sing, make noises, etc. I️ just thought these things were normal. Until I️ found out that math homework isn’t supposed to take 3 hours. Now, if I try to drive more than 5 minutes without meds, I get so distracted by signs and buildings that I have almost caused accidents. It’s bad. My biggest problem though is that I️ hyper focus on irrelevant topics when I am supposed to be doing homework. I will read for hours about supplements for my horse when I have a paper due the next day. Or I will spend the whole afternoon researching the effects of gun laws on gun violence. These are hi stimulating, high reward topics for me and my brain gets sucked in.
Omg im passing through exactly this! Though i have 9 symptoms (3 more than the minimum required), the doctor ignored them just because i had great grades in my hole life, but im really struggling to keep them good on high school...
@@juliamidori4103 that's messed up, what an ignorant doctor! Do you have any chance of seeing a different doctor or being referred to a psychologist? I'm the same, I had good grades so "I couldn't have it" and they didn't even bother to test. After I moved to a different city and so got a new psychologist and doctor, they had a totally different attitude and actually listened, got me tested, and diagnosed adhd. I'd defenitely try to find someone who'll listen, it's really worth it to try meds, get some coaching or therapy and learn more about yourself! I almost dropped out of high school, but now I just finished my 2nd year of college w good grades, you can defenitely make it through school with the right tools!
I'm 15 and right now I'm going through this too! I have good grades, but I've always been really good at pretending to do well, does that make sense?
This sounds a lot like me (not diagnosed though). I did great in school up until high school, but even then i would have a short attention span and get up a lot during class to stand while doing work because I couldn’t sit still. High school hit and things got weird. Honestly i still do good during class, but once i get home it is impossible for me to focus on work. I bombed my sophomore year because of this, then started going to the library (in school) with no distractions to do my work added with the drive to get homework done before i got to the class, and it worked wonders for me. Then coronavirus came and its so impossible for me to sit down and do any work now. Im lucky that i had my grades from before it ended to stop me from failing EVERY class but I don’t know what’s gonna happen next year
Once got asked how i knew so much about everything. My answer:
Have you ever searched for the role of the teutonic knights in eastern Europe....at 3 in the morning....because you couldn't sleep? I mean, how could you resist not to?
Internet was just NOT MADE for people with ADHD, it's like sweets... and we're hungry children in Halloween.
And don't worry about singing and walking, i'm third year in college (math of all disciplines) and i still Talk to myself when i study....and walk and Sing. Try whiteboards and in general writting down, It helps to Focus your attention on high effort low reward activities like studying.
The question still remains: Does she have ADHD?
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I don't know I got distracted
I believe that ADHD is being overdiagnosed in the wrong age group. ADHD is usually diagnosed at a young age, usually when a child is in elementary school. The problem with diagnosing at a young age is that children are usually being held inside a classroom, required to do work, and only given a few minutes off for recess and lunch. It would make sense if an elementary-aged child would be more distracted and energetic as they've stayed inside for a good majority of the day. I feel like the correct age group to diagnose ADHD is in middle school or high school, 4th, or 5th grade at the very earliest.
Note/Edit: Just a heads up, this is coming from someone who has ADHD and was diagnosed in first grade.
The problem is, the earlier treatment and strategies starts, the more they become a ritual for the child. When they become adults, they have a multitude of resources and experiences to draw from.
It's not even just about sitting still or focusing. It's about relationships. If you're bullied from age 6-11 because of how weird you are, that is going to impact the rest of your life. It's going to make romance, friendships, and professional interactions difficult. It's not an easy thing to unlearn. Rejection sensitivity dysphoria is a real problem for a lot of people with ADHD. Most of it stemmed from early childhood interactions.
It can mean the difference between success and failure, or at least feeling that way.
This is from a 38 year old who was diagnosed at 37.
The problem is that the struggles that come with ADHD lead to academical failure and other issues which then can lead to depression and anxiety at an early age if the ADHD goes untreated. So, diagnosing kids later will lead to having patients with an accumulation of disorders which could have been prevented if ADHD was treated in a timely manner.
I was diagnosed in elementary school and while it would be good to diagnose kids later in life (I think 6 years old is too early to tell) the problem is by the time I got the treatment I was behind my fellow classmates in my math skills and I never recovered.
I did however recover in social skills and eventually caught up to my peers so it is possible to recover.
@@bentewells5150 might depend on the country, I certainly don't know the regulations of the all, but there are definitely countries where pre-schoolers/kindergarten kids can be diagnosed with ADHD
The issue with diagnosing when they're older is that, at least with me and the people I know in the spectrum, by the time you're older you've subconsciously learnt how to act like others, or 'normal'. This can make it really hard to diagnose because you can't tell if they don't have it or if they're just acting. And you can't tell them to stop acting because it's done subconsciously, there's little to no control over it.
You have to get it at just the right age
I was diagnosed with ADD and they put me in special math classes. It was the worst thing they could have done to me. I'm now a software engineer. University was a HUGE struggle to catch up in all the math I didn't get in highschool.
[spoilers] I never actually had ADD [/spoilers]
MrC0MPUT3R Why would they put you in special math classes? You dot have an intellectual disability
Everybody struggles with math in university.
[spoiler] Your videos are bad [/spoiler]
MrC0MPUT3 Can't they give you a test to see where you belong in math?
I am a woman who is amost 40 seeking a ADHD diagnosis. It's something I have struggled with my entire life. My brother was diagnosed at age of 6. My son was diagnosed at the age of 8. Yet, here I am at nearly 40 still struggling. It's frustrating and completely overlooked just as many medical conditions are overlooked in women.
Especially mental health
I mean what does being a woman has to do with a sickness. I'm not from the us so i don't really understand
@@rainvast8982 Women's mental health problems are more often overlooked - In addition the symptoms of many health problems ( mental and otherwise ) might present differently in women
@@rainvast8982 most studies on diseases or illnesses (mental especially ) used mainly men as their test subjects. Due to societal conditioning, symptoms may appear differently in women, which leads to them being misunderstood.
@@rainvast8982 Women also tend to be affected by symptoms that are internalised, meaning that people around them are less likely to notice something wrong.
When your parents will not let you get checked 😑
Ikr
Same I have basically all of the symptoms and she won’t let me bc she’s scared I’m going to be put in the special classes.
@@judithhx888 better than struggling and failing the whole year
Im not sure how they would react,,, heck I don’t even know how to bring it up
@@machinegirI what type of parents do you have? just go to them one day when they tell you to focus and say it's difficult then bring ADHD/talk about yourself
1:20 How tf am I supposed to remember anything from when I was 12 if I have ADHD?
It's probably required that you have a person with you who remembers you and your behaviour as a child.
ADHD effects short term memory more than long term memory
I remember getting in trouble for missing assignments....
@@sigdfuysdfhj2853 lol but I have childhood trauma so I don’t remember anything from like 9 to 13
@@jasmijnprins3352 me too! It makes it so hard for me to determine if it’s been present during that time. I hope that we can heal 💕
I was diagnosed at age 6. My parents decided yelling the ADHD out of me would be more effective than medication or therapy (which would have been free for them). I didn't find out about the diagnosis until I was 19 and failing my 2nd year of college. Even then, literally no one in my life encouraged me to get help but nearly everyone made an effort to discourage me from taking medication or seeing a psychologist. The social stigma was so intense that I didn't seek help for another 13 years.
did the medication help?
Everybody in this comment section needs to realise just because medication worked or works for you doesn't mean it'll work for someone else and just becuase it didn't or doesn't work for you doesn't mean it won't work for somebody else.
THANK YOU.
bnar saeed THANK YOU
TrasH aw I literally wanted to reply the same thing before I saw your reply :’) ❤️
I completely agree I’m medicated for adhd but I understand being medicated doesn’t help everyone
This video hurts, and my school all say they have ADHD but only like five other people have it. I have to take a huge pill, that gives me a lack of hunger, lack of patients and happiness, I almost killed myself twice and I am just 12.
She went through a whole video of research and interviews and actually forgot to answer if she has adhd... mood
hahahahhahhaha 😭
I wasn't diagnosed until after almost failing a semester in first year uni. Ive had symptoms my whole life, but my parents always thought "well as long as he does well in school there must be nothing wrong with him" since my many family members with ADHD all did poorly in school, and I was some weird prodigy. Turns out you can be depressed and overwhelmingly anxious and have ADHD all while getting straight A's every year. I definitely have more mental health issues/disorders than I have diagnosed (just the ADHD currently) but for some reason I can never bring myself to get them treated.
How did you convince your parents to get it checked? cause I am failing classes and my parents think I just have to study more
@@imlio3312 Unfortunately I dont know how to make parents believe you, which is something parents tend not to do because they think they're the authority on everything about you when they're not. If you're an adult, I think you can find ways to get diagnosis yourself, but if not it'll be more difficult. Dealing with parents is a really case by case thing, but id recommend stocking up on adhd knowledge, telling them adhd symptoms and the ones you have in order to dispel false preconceptions - basically argue your case so they can't NOT believe you and maybe it'll work.
Thanks I'll do what you said it's so hard to make parents understand about mental health
Btw what's the solution meds?
@@imlio3312 generally it's stimulants (famously adderall and Ritalin) but there are different brands and stuff and you just gotta find what works for you.
ADHD and ADD are two different things!
Diogo Almeida not really, it falls within the same spectrum. You could describe it as both the color blue (or any color for that matter), but just different shades. Many psychologists will say that it's a disorder within the autistic spectrum, however thats an ongoing debate.
People with ADHD have ADD.
Igor Gonçalves ANTIFA! But people with ADD don't have ADHD
Jelmer Stavenga they are different disorders, just with similar behaviors. ADHD is caused due to hyperactivity of the brand in ever changing attention subjects. ADD is only caused by the way you're brain is wired. Like me. I have ADD, and when reading a book I can read 10 pages but by page 2 read a triggering word that sends me in a side chain of thoughts that take me from what I'm reading without knowing. On the other hand a ADHD person would have the same problem but caused by boredom and not "triggering words".
The most up-to-date hypothesis is that both ADD and ADHD are symptoms of a dysfunctional immune system (i.e. Elevated Cytokine production and diminished Dopamine production ; etiology unknown and most likely multilayered encompassing diet, sleep patterns, infection and genetics/epigenetics.)
The DSM has some catching up to do on ADHD: emotional dysregulation, executive dysfunction, rejection sensitivity... There’s a whole lot more to ADHD than just having trouble paying attention and potentially being hyperactive, and just because a kid is doing well in school doesn’t mean that they don’t have it. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was twenty three and I did excellent in school when I was the age a lot of folks get diagnosed. It wasn’t until I crashed and burned in high school that anyone began to realize that something might be up.
I fccked up college I'm 22 rn how's it going for u rn?
Pinkrevenge101 I’m doing quite a bit better; diagnosis, medicine, a year off of school, and supportive friends have really helped. I think the biggest thing for me was working on regaining my lost confidence.
@@Pinkrevenge101 So true! I have adhd and honestly, emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitivity are the hardest parts to deal with. It's a shame the DSM doesn't include that.
@@ryth1441 because emotional dysregulation is a common festure of multiple psychiatric illnesses and even normal in adolescents because of their underdeveloped brain.
Can you people stop trying to decide which symptoms should be in which disease?
These things take intense research and statistical analysis. Not just one person saying "i don't like rejection more than most people and i have adhd so it should be in the diagnostic criteria."
Me: * forgets where phone is*
Me: * remembers*
Also me: * forgets what I needed to find *
*walks back to room where I thought of what I forgot *
me: *remembers and actually finds phone*
•lil pan • I got bored reading your comment...
Omg this is me
•lil pan • today I needed to get my glasses from the bathroom but instead walked to the kitchen, rembered that I was supposed to goto the bathroom not the kitchen, but decided I was hungry so I got some cereal and went back to my room without getting my glasses and then remembered just after I laid down, decided I would get them later. Forgot. Went from watching hairdressing videos to living on a boat on CZcams, saw someone with glasses on and was like hey! That’s why I can’t see so then I went and got my glasses- if this isn’t my life in a nutshell I don’t know what is😂
this exact thing happens to me all the time
Me: starts looking for phone while im holding it with my hand
The problem with ADHD is that the DSM-V is extremely outdated on what it says about it. The number one, most important core symtom of ADHD is lack of emotional regulation, and emotional problems aren't even mentioned there. That is the whole core if the issue. People with ADHD have problems with getting their brain to listen to them.
And then women who have ADHD may be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder because of the emotional instability
lobsterbark that's interesting, I've always been very inattentive and emotionally unstable but whenever I hear about add i get told that people with it are hyperactive and get told nothing about emotional stability.
I do feel like I may more extreme and over we are two things that seem small to other people but aren't small to me. I have been diagnosed with ADHD and I'm not sure if this is the right example of the emotional part.
I feel like people with ADHD are more attentive to the things that they like more than the boring things
Wow you are so right. I have ADD and i never looked at it like that, but it really feels like my brain is just working on impulses. It doesn’t start my homework but it will watch 20 videos, even if i’m getting stressed to the point my head hurts...
Her: * talking about how people with adhd dont pay attention very well *
Me: * sitting here not paying attention to what she’s saying * oh shi-
Lol ikr I didn’t learn anything from this video bc i was lookign in the comments and not payign attentinion lol
Eee
adhd isn’t as simple as not paying attention lol
@@Green-mp6ho exactly. All the people saying, "I got lost in the comments and forgot what I was watching," doesn't mean they have ADHD. My brother does it all the time, my dad does it too. My friends do it too
whenever i mention possibly having adhd to those older than me the first thing they say is "everyone has a little adhd in them" technically they aren't wrong, people lose focus and forget things all the time. the key word here is little , if everyone has a little adhd in them then why don't we try to help those who have a lot of adhd in them?
God, when they say things like that it enrages me. Everyone gets distracted or forgets things but adhd while amplifying those things a lot is muchhh more complicated. And when a family member says its normal because they probably have it too (since it tends to run in families)
same vibes as saying 'everyone is a little OCD' ughh. whenever people tend to generalize any kind of disorder/mental health problem, no matter how good their intention are, all it does is undermine the severity of the actual problem :/
There's a difference between having a bad day and experiencing symptoms of that bad day your whole life, I hope people would understand
This is why one of the fundamentals of a diagnosis is “does this disorder significantly affect the persons day to day life. Sure, someone might lose their keys say once a week, but when it’s happening daily, and your brain is constantly in a whir, that’s when it becomes an issue
What you say is so true! But the phrase "everyone has a little adhd in them" invalidates the individuals that suffer from this disorder. I would rather go with, " Yeah, everyone can be a little forgetful or distracted at times"
“Enourmous increase !!” Woah its almost as if.... traits pass over generations 😳😳 and maybe its that diagnosing and science has been improving ... gee who wouldve thought
Yo, momma, would've of thought these nuts on her chin
Love that comment. When that guy was talking about the increase I thought to myself "my grand parents probably didn't believe too much in mental health when they were my age"...
Thats what I was thinking!! Like, honestly, years ago people thought that people were demon spawns for having mental illnesses. Our perception of these things have come a long way...
Also the inattentive part was added on later so yeah
If thats the case we should be comparing the increase to the diagnosis rates of other comparable mental health disorders to see if there is a disproportionate increase or if its a product of general improvement of diagnosis ability
Saw this video and stopped doing my homework to watch it then got bored half way through to do something else then came back to comment this
Send help
Thats means you have ADHD my friend, google it!
idk username If you realized you did this... you most likely don't. Bored is not what I would use for what happens in my mind, it's more like I gradually switch a channel.
i did worse i googleed do i have adhd took a quiz to the 3rd question then got bored because i had to read
idk username Same, I should be doing my history homework and it's 7:30
you are just Lazy procrastinator.
So??? do u have ADHD???
After doing my research for this video- I'm like 90% sure that I don't have ADHD! -dion
No ：D
XD U REPLIED
+Dion So.... You're just a slob? I am too.
Whoa , Vox replied .
I am diagnosed with ADHD
I was diagnosed when I was 14 (I’m still 14)
I am one of the oldest people from my grade
It does negatively influence my day to day life
Taking medicine is a must for me
Sometimes I do forget to take my medicine and my family notices because I change (just a example of how necessary it is for me)
My grades have gotten a lot better because I used to get distracted during a test, classes, etc.
Just wanted to share how it is for me
And I am really sorry if there are some errors, English is my third language and I don’t live in a English speaking country
Damn, third language? That’s crazy. You speak this really well. I’m glad you’re doing better
The Other One7 omg thank you ! ❤️
The exact same thing for me. I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist 4 years ago, but got my official diagnosis and meds from a psychologist about half a year ago. They do help with school, I don't space out and "disappear" so much, and my brain doesn't lock up during tests. Still a huge procrastinator and clumsy as hell, but at least I can focus a bit better
Yeontan's Eyebrows I’m glad your doing better!
thank you sooo much for the info it made me wanna get it checked out cuz i dont wanna fail my GCSE's and A levels. ESPECIALLY GCSE's cuz college usually focuses on your GCSE grades more so ya i just really want my mom to just bring me to a doctor😭
A good way to watch CZcams videos if you have ADD or ADHD is to scroll through the comments and watch the video at the same time. It usually works if the video isn’t boring.
Excuse me are you watching me..?
according to the internet everyone has adhd
Pistol 8 Kev Lol
And any physical health problem could be caused by a hidden tumour.
that's one of the main problems I think, people just look stuff up on the internet, think they have ADHD and then tell that to their doctor et voila you have been diagnosed with ADHD.
And breathing gives you cancer.
don't forget depression, bipolar disorder, and ptsd, schitzo.... etc etc
Go see a doctor. Internet quizzes aren't right at all. A quiz once said I was Jesus and that I have cancer. I mean c'mon.
but what if the quiz was right and you really are the cancerous second coming of Jesus?
@@myfriendwolf omg ilu, can't stop laughing
@@myfriendwolf yeah and the only reason hes alive is because of the miracles and that
Some doctors are quick to dismiss people though :( its best to go to a specialist
@@myfriendwolf I'd like that.
me: telling my mom i think i have ADHD and i want to see a doctor cause Ive had the symptoms ever since i can remember
my mom: no you don't have it.
me: 😀🙂😐🤨
Same lol my mom said I was just thinking too much, but it's kinda odd when all ur classmates can listen attentively and do their homework while my attention span is probably like 2 minutes and I cannot process anything very quickly so I'm a slow learner. I can't work without walking around, getting food every ten minute or singing and my classmates would be like 'how are u still so active?' however I could still do exams and actually score quite good without studying 10 hours. I'd always interruped conversations until I was 13 without being conscious of it, so people called me rude but I never knew why until I was 13 😂
Your mom might also have ADHD, and think it's normal to struggle
I know! My mom said its just a phase and it will go away... my mom is awesome and loving though... I just am HORRIFIED to go to the doctor for the fear of them saying im just lazy. Plus my friends don't believe me. I can't focus and we learn a lesson and I do 5 problems then my mind goes blank then I cry but no one notices because of them masks then I just randomly burst into dance or humming in class to get my energy out..... its just really annoying :(
@@madelynjohnson5898 the worst that could happen is you waste a day and get called lazy then you have to find another doctor. The best that could happen is that you get meds and change your life.
SAME
The internet can't diagnose ADHD, but if it wasn't for all the posts online where people talked about it, and shared their daily experiences, then I never would have thought to go to a doctor for testing.
I used to think a quiet, dreamy, anxious, and perpetually out-of-place person was the exact opposite of someone who had ADHD. I wish I hadn't waited until I was 21 to discover just how wrong I was.
i dont know Vox..do you have ADHD?
Tomato Tom right, they upload good content way too often...
Frank Underwood that could be the hyper focus part of add
no they have multiple personalities
Is this girl vox?
RABBY PRINCE. No Vox is a company but it has many hosts so multiple personalities
Addiction as a side effect of ADHD medication? I wish. Maybe that would help all of us forgetting to take our meds every day.
Fanni Sarkadi Kristiansson honestly... these drugs are some of the most studied drugs in existence. They will not cause physical dependence unless they’re abused
Mental dependancy can absolutely ensue without physical dependancy, when your brain cannot function "normally" without medication, and you grow accustomed to the mental clarity provided by your medication of course..... ask me how I know! However in response to the original comment, for me personally, Adderall has strongly debilitated my impulsive cravings for other addictions, caffeine, nicotine, THC etc. And I know I'm not the only one.
I quit taking mine and won't take meds anymore
Taking medication actually reduces chance of addiction for us ADHD peeps. Who would have thought that treating ADHD also helped reduce one of the symptoms that is bigger chance of getting addicted to stuff
@@bakedjesus1177 maybe you got the wrong one?
Me:getting distracted by watching this video
My homework: 👁👄👁
Keep in mind that there are still a lot of people with ADHD who don't take ADHD medicine at all.
Iam the one
Me!
That includes me. I used to take adderrall for adhd back when I was first diagnosed in 6th grade but my parents didn’t like how it made me act.
@@wholelottapain8130 what happened? My brother is diagnosed but was not given meds. Didn't know there was such thing.
@@playanakobi4407 it makes you a zombie. Emotionless.
Commonly used words or phrases ascribed to me, during my K-12 school years: “lazy, lots of potential, forgetful, follow-through-challenged, PROCRASTINATOR, disorganized, “But she is so well behaved!” (Often said 3+ weeks into the school year by my teachers, to my parents, when teacher finally realized I wasn’t completing my work).
That "lots of potential" .. FEEL IT TO THE CORE. because at first you are so into it and doing so well but then things going downhill and those people who have expectations on you will get disappointed. Then you depressed as fvxk.
I wonder if we sometimes confuse our quirks for mental problems
It happens all the time. Not only 'mental quirks', but all sorts of stupid stuff. My mother was for a short period of time diagnosed with depression, because she had a hard time getting up in the mornings. It turned out to be a dust mite allergy that had been wearing her down for a while. She got prescribed some anti-histamins and now her health is in good condition!
tl;dr: dust mite allergy was falsely diagnosed as depression.
the main problem with metal illnesses i a lack of care for the underlining cause they just diagnose something give a pill to deal with the symptoms and be over with it. metal illnesses are a collection of symptoms as such in your case it was depression cause by allergy just as you can have depression due to dengue and other diseases. if you can find the underlying cause maybe we could cure this diseases instead of just medicating the symptoms
dannyzep92 Eh, I mean that kind of thinking can also cause problems too. Because there's a difference between quirks and actual problems. I didn't get diagnosed with autism until I was 23 because people just thought I was "quirky", "unique", "shy", "artistic", etc. And as a consequence I didn't get the needed support and accommodations for my sensory, social, communication, (etc.) difficulties.
Even now I get people who tell me not to worry about labelling myself. Like it's not about labelling, it's about having a legitimate disability.
dannyzep92 is there a difference between a quirk and a mental problem?
dannyzep92 Lol!! Like being disorganized or the number of other things that just take some work to brake bad habits. But hey everyone wants the easy way out. Unfortunately that comes with consequences.
I never thought I could have ADHD before I ended up seeing a CZcams video from the channel How to ADHD about overcome motivation issues. And I just watch cause I figured, if can help someone with a mental problem, so can help me as well.
Since I saw this video, I told my therapist that I think I have ADHD, because I feel represented on all the struggles, I never felt more part of something, and I'm oddly optimist about. There are people with ADHD that overcome their issues and have a successful personal and work careers. So, I don't intent to take any drugs, but to work on my struggles with the tools that this awesome people make available for their peers.
I relate to this so much! I never really considered that I might have it until several friends who do have ADHD told me that I remind them of their own struggles. I started looking it up, and man, do I relate to those videos and articles and everything else I'm finding! I got really optimistic about it too. However, if I do have it it's so mild and/or well-coped-with/covered up that I'm not sure I can qualify for a DSM diagnosis. I tried for a little bit to get one but got really discouraged.
At first I was frustrated because I really wanted answers, but I think I'm coming to the solution you put here: whether I have it or not, the coping tools that exist for ADHD seem awesome for anyone, and well-geared towards the tendencies that I do have, whether it's full ADHD or not. I wasn't looking for medication anyway. I'd love to know for sure what's going on, but either way looking into this has helped. Finding these tools helps!
Thanks for your comment, I feel less alone. :)
"My room is a mess. I cleaned yesterday..."
It's really a pain T_T
THANK YOU for making this video. I was diagnosed by a registered psychologist with ADHD and fall into the "inattentive" category. Mainstream media has been portraying it as something cool to a certain extent and it is not. The main problem is that too many people claim they have, while they don't. If you are one of those people, please go to a psychologist if you really think you have ADHD. This is the reason why people think it is an excuse for people like me. In fact, it is not a disease, it is just that our brain is wired differently. Feel free to do more research, it is indeed very interesting to learn :) It would be better if a neuroscience perspective is presented in the video.
I mean wouldn't you classify an abnormal brain wiring as a disease if it has a significant impact on your day to day life? Like with a genetic disorder the DNA is just wired differently, that doesn't make it not a disorder.
Yes I made a mistake. It should a disorder. thank you for point it out. Nonetheless, I was trying to convey that I am working with ADHD rather than making excuses. thank you
I have ADHD in the USA it is over diagnosed but in the UK it is under digonosed. In America as well ADD is basically your hyper in the uk we don't Have ADD as a condition.
I feel your pain, I don't even want to tell anyone I have ADHD. 4 out 5 will go, "Oh yeah? I think I have it too...". I feel so belittled, like my struggle to cope in an environment that requires you to focus for hours at a time is nothing.
I think is under-diagnosed, but also often misdiagnosed. This caused ADHD, that has some very serious impacts for some people with it, to be misunderstood.
There is an under diagnosed of people w actually have it and an over diagnosis of people who don't have it
I have severe ADHD, but not the one that you'd think of. I was never hyper active so I was never diagnosed. I always thought I was stupid as I tried to learn the "regular" and it obviously didn't work. Teachers said I was stupid, other students thought I was dumb and most of all I thought I was too. Once I got older I couldn't hold a job because my mind was latterly all over. Never calm always on and literally drove me insane. I tried to take my life several times. Once I ended up getting professional help it got better. I was diagnosed last year and thank God I was. The saddest thing is, I tested out as having an IQ of 121. The testers were amazed I even passed highschool let alone with decent grades.
No More I honestly feel so proud for you lol
I went the opposite route in primary/secondary school. My eagerness was seen as a gifted quality so I took a lot of gifted courses early on which put 5 kids with 1 teacher, which is the perfect environment for ADHD. Coasted through high school on the academic buffer I accrued in previous years and then hit a brick wall halfway through college. Met plenty of other late diagnosis ADHD students who managed so long as it was "hear it once and got the entire concept." Once practice was mandatory but not done in a group setting, that's when it always fell apart.
Educational institutions have no real way of dealing with ADHD, which is why you can have such disparate treatment. It just isn't shaped to really work with ADHD, unless if the classes basically are apprenticeships or definitely below the student's comfortable level of academic strain.
My experience...
Terrible at school. Except for physics. Murdered it. Like, I was a god in that class. Like, here were all these AP and IB kids who get straight As every year, where I was like a C student in high school trying my best.
Physics comes along and it's like I just murder it because I find it interesting.
People thought I was stupid growing up too.
Wow, these posts are so cool to read. I was diagnosed with ADHD last year. I taught myself to read and write when I was four, was miles ahead of my classmates from 1st-5th grade and was always seen a highly intelligent and gifted, and when I started failing math, chemistry, physics and the like (when just figuring things in my mind wasn't enough anymore and I was actually required to pay attention in class and learn formulas etc) it was attributed to laziness and just not caring enough. My grades kept worsening but I still went to high school at which point I'd already been suffering from panic disorder for years, the panic disorder got worse and I eventually got kicked out of high school because I didn't show up for classes anymore or just got drunk to handle the panic attacks and feelings of personal failure. At no point did any of my teachers reach out to me or notice anything as off, not even my first grade teacher who attributed me walking around in class and not paying attention to instructions as being bored by school subjects that were too easy for me. Anyways. See ya
No More this sounds like me but I'm not getting any help because my school quit on me
I'm a 28 year old woman and I'm almost 100% positive I have ADHD. I will eventually seek a diagnosis, since I'd like to try medicine. Some friends of mine who got adult diagnoses said they felt like an entirely new person after they began meds. I can't even imagine myself feeling focused, emotionally regulated, and well. Normal. Day to day. idk what that's all about.
kassie jane did u end up with meds ?
We need an update 🙃
Tell me why I lost focus after 56 seconds and had to rewind and replay 😅
0:56
Wait... did you seriously print the entire DSM-5 on single sided paper!?
Saul McShane Looked like some general white fluff paper was added
I had the same reaction. Ridiculous.
that was tons of paper wasted wanting to" falsely" show how rigorousness the DSM-5 is.
There is no such thing as single sided paper. Unless you've broken science.
Wag Wan Cough cough mobius strip cough cough
QUESTION: Ever notice that chores like cleaning, seem to be easier when another person is with you? Even if that person is not actually doing anything other than keeping you from getting off task?
"Selling the ill, in order to sell their pills" That is an awesome rhyme, Doc 😎😎
You mean, Dr. Seuss?
Sounds like something you’d hear from a Kanye song.
Straight hot bars
thing is i cant remember my childhood
'Just stumbled upon the video' squad?!
हर्षित शर्मा same
हर्षित शर्मा yep Kakarot
+Michael Echeverria, ayy I'm from the notification squad as well
Good thing to name ourselves I'd say! :P
Chandler Bing anyone?
1:00 But for real, let's talk about important things... You printed the entire DSM on only one side of paper???
Iplywittrees For a company that claims to care about the environment, that's an awful lot of paper to be wasting.
probably just printed the important pages and filled the rest with blank
Legit hearing ritalin gives me panicked feelings. Used to be on it for the entirety of my school years bar the last 2. The loss of appetite, the zombification of my personality. Everything was an absolute nightmare and it didn’t even work, i still couldn’t concentrate but nobody really listened. Being drugged at such a young age was horrific
A coworker once told me that watching me do paperwork was like watching a toddler trying to get on an escalator all by themselves. It's amazing that it ever got done. I finally sought care and the change totally surprised me. I took mass transit to the pharmacy because I wanted to take the medication right away and didn't want to be driving, just in case I had a bad reaction. I was on the train, doing what I do when I have quiet time all to myself; Trying to calculate a titration for a hypothetical medication off the top of my head, trying to remember who originally said a favorite quote of mine, wondering if the unkempt man across the way who was swaying and muttering to himself would start to freak out all of the sudden, if the station that I wanted to get off on was closed again...and literally a million other things all at once. It's hard to explain how the medication felt when it first kicked in but I will try, to the best of my ability; all of the sudden everything, all of these thoughts went from coming all at once to rearranging so that they started arriving one after the other in a more linear if not entirely linear fashion. Focus, I had focus. And a sense of calm I have not had since I was a child (before I had the heavy responsibilities I have now). The irony is that I thought that my scattered thinking, my drive, my ability to focus on the present, past, and future at the same time was a plus, was what made me good at what I do, but really it was just holding me back, scattering my focus.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 6. Before then, teachers weren't even able to get me to sit still in a chair, much less get good grades. But 11 years later after being medicated I am graduating high school in the top 5% of my class and will be attending Georgetown in the fall. Anyone who says "children with ADHD shouldn't be medicated" is wrong.
Tyler Copeland Anyone who discusses diseases like you, seeing it as simple as black and white, are wrong.
You say for fact its down to your meds,wake up.
Urelasir It's not black and white to say "medicine works in my experience and it should be an optional treatment to people suffering from the same thing that I have".
I'm sorry, but you are using your experience as proof to the fact that medication is good, one persons personal experience doesn't necessarily reflect the mass. Now I am not saying that medication shouldn't be used when need be. However, I don't think that it is for everyone, I was diagnosed at the age of 7 and am now 21 and graduating University is 2 months and I haven't had an ounce of medication in my life. My mom didn't want to give me medication and instead I was put in therapy to help with my behaviors and let me make my own decision whether I wanted the medication, once I got old enough. I decided not to get medication, don't get me wrong I have contemplated it, because I feel like every day tasks like keeping my room clean, staying on task and remembering what I need to get done for the day, may be easier. But this brain has been all I've ever known and I don't see any point in changing it now when I'm used to it. Again I want to reiterate, this was MY experience and I'm not saying not taking medication will work for everyone, I am just saying every child is different and medication isn't always needed.
Michelle Kristin Yeah but female and male dopamine levels differ. That's why adhd is more prevalent in males. Also female dopamine levels seem to stay constant unlike males. So basically most females don't need medication later in life. Your much better without it. Studies show females mess up their dopamine levels taking that medication which has a high result of increasing depression for no reason.
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 14. There were signs before that, I was sometimes sent to time out because I wasn't finishing classwork as quickly as everyone else. I would stare out the window because I would rather be outside, and other kids would call me day dreamer. The reason it finally became apparent in middle school was that I was having trouble on the practice tests for the state exams. I knew the answers but the test is strictly timed so they would announce we were going on to the next section before I was finished. Thank goodness I got an IEP that year that allowed me time and a half on tests. The extra time was perfect, I would finish with just enough time to look over my answers before the test was over. I've tried medication but I never liked the jittery feeling they gave me so I've been going without for years. I've since finished college so I'd say that sometimes the best treatment is working with yourself, doing something you love so you don't lose interest.
Beth Forrest Describe the Jittery feeling because my Parents are planning on getting me on Medication and they gave me a choice if I wanted to be on it or not and I want to know the effects it might have on you
Medication works differently for everyone so maybe you should consult with your doctor and just try it. There's no really a one-size-fits-all medication or dose.
Beth Forrest why would you get punished for needing more time on tests?
my diagnosis is much earlier but it's so minor that i didn't know about it before i go to a consultation. I take 18 to 27(testing) mg concerta per day and it feels very weird , the 27mg ones increased my anxiety level a lot while the 18mg gives me horrible nocebo(i think) appetit lost
Beth Forrest I
Ha ha just got diagnosed with cool guy syndrome heh ha now I take aDdeRaLL
Ayyyy AdDeRaLl
adderall overdose go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I’m going to get tested to see if I have it but I don’t want to be on medication, I’d rather learn about coping mechanisms and holistic options because I know that over time medication can affect your liver, but a diagnosis would validate what I’m feeling and give me access to accommodations if I have it
I have ADHD and I was diagnosed at a young age. I'm glad I was though because getting the medication allowed me to focus more when I didn't before and now I'm in all above classes and get high honor roll
Leila M.G. Good grades do not entail a good life
Billy bansi Nice day today, Mr. Sunshine?
Same here. I had someone tell me that ADHD wasn't real, it was just some ploy to sell drugs, and we're not friends anymore. It's something that people say they have when they forget their keys, but thats called forgetting, not ADHD. You do not want ADHD.
I took medication and got addicted to it. I got of it and now have good grades, the medication doesn't do anything to you all you need to do is get off it and control it yourself.
TIXLTIF, You know there are people that need this medicine, and it's not bad if someone takes it, and if they are already taking it, something like that, can make them feel real bad, make them feel like they don't belong in this world, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CONTROLL YOUR SELF WHEN YOU HAVE A.D.H.D AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN'T CONTROL THEIR SELVES, AND THERE FOR USELESS IN THE WORLD. WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS LIKE BULLING PEOPLE. IF YOU TAKE MEDICINE, IT MOST LIKELY GO AWAY BEFORE ADULT HOOD
as someone who was on medically administered Adderall for 4 years I can say that the biggest side effect is loss of appetite, when I was in 2nd grade( the year I was diagnosed) I weighed 62 pounds. In 5th grade, I weighed 68 pounds. I never ate lunch, or breakfast and I ate almost nothing for dinner. that was all because my severe depression, was misdiagnosed as ADHD
I had both. also I don't know about you, but I found that doing a lot of physical activity later in the day, when the adder all wears off, often helps regain appetite
That's strange, the medicine I was prescribed made me want to eat much more, IDK what it was though.
I also get apatite suppression
I’ve 100% noticed a *HUUUUUUUUGE* decline in my appetite after taking medication, it’s one of the reasons I try to not take it whenever I just want to relax
I took Concerta since I was 6 but I'm obease
I feel like I might have ADHD and I thought that for a long time but I’m over twelve of course so I’m not diagnosed and never really tried to be diagnosed
Im 28 and I got diagnosed last month. I thought there was never any way I would be diagnosed ..... I have a degree in philosophy and political theory from one of the worlds top universities..... I knew I had some issue but I never thought they would diagnose someone like me....functioning as I do. Anyway let a professional tell you whether you have it or not rather than worrying and going on with your problems. Good Luck!
replying to this a year later, assuming youre 13 now. another 12 year old here to say i can relate :p
My kindergarten teacher told my parents I probably have ADHD but my parents never got me tested. I basically have all of the symptoms. I remember watching this video by Ryan Higa about ADHD and realizing I relate to all of it.
Who else got distracted WHILE watching this video?
that's why I'm reading the comments and listening to another youtube video on ENFP/ADHD at the same time
Dude, If you really have ADHD, you'd know it's not so much that everything is distracting, it's more that everything is overwhelming and you don't process any of it. Being distracted by things is natural, and usually not impulsive. True ADHD is very impulsive, because of a dopamine deficiency. meaning your brain is overactive all the time, and you sense more than you can handle.Trying to pull in comments and likes on a CZcams video about it doesn't mean anything, and if you think that you have ADHD, but don't have a diagnosis, or have had major signs, you're using it as an excuse to be irresponsible. This isn't a rant, I'm just confused how you think that being distracted while watching a video is relevant to the subject matter of the video. If you comment, make it valuable. No one appreciates this.
Me, XD
The Real Feels well said
Darth Vader I got distracted by the comments
As a student with ADHD (I'm currently a senior in high school) (type with inattention without hyperactivity), I was not diagnosed until the second semester of 8th grade. I was showing symptoms before I was diagnosed but was not diagnosed until more people noticed. Finding the correct medication was a hard journey but I can personally say it is nice being able to focus (even if I hate some of the side affects). Anyway, I was not diagnosed until I was 13 which shows that even though symptoms might been seen before diagnosis the patient may not always be diagnosed until later. Looking back on my early grades I can see my symptoms but no one ever realized until I was 13.
neurologicalRadish same, except i wasn’t diagnosed til 16. i might have never gotten diagnosed if my psychiatrist at the time hadn’t suggested i be evaluated for it lmao. it’s kind of funny how obvious it seems in hindsight, but also a bit sad yknow?
I wasn't diagnosed until I saw a therapist because my parents thought I was just always to lazy and wanted to change that. however, after hearing our problems, the therapist recommended I see a psychiatrist to see if I had ADHD or ADD, I then found out I had ADD, and yea now my life is much better 10 years later
Didn't find out I had ADHD (inattentive type) until I was 15 but looking back on it I have no idea how I wasn't diagnosed earlier because all the symptoms have clearly been there my whole life
I was lucky and got diagnosed when I was 12.
Johan Uskrup my parents have always complained about me being lazy, not paying attention and being too emotional. I kind of wish my parents did what yours did because instead of getting an answer and actually getting my life sorted out it's the same thing.
I just asked my mom if I have adhd and she just said you’re lazy and need to pull yourself together because your grades are not great. Good old Slavic parents.
I'm not diagnosed, but if I do have ADHD, it would be the inattentive kind. I try very hard to listen to people, but I often get wrapped up in my own thoughts and don't actually absorb what people tell me :( It makes me sad because I think being a good listener is a really valuable trait to have. It is my New Year's resolution to be a better listener
I was diagnosed with ADHD while in graduate school and was given adderall. And I think the adderall just made everything worse. I saw a different psychiatrist about a year later and he thought I didn't have ADHD but bi-polar and gave me something else. I don't take anything now but I agree with it is possible that ADHD is being overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed in place of other things.
Alan Taylor Farnes Real adhd candidates can't even pass high-school. So yes you definitely were misdiagnosed.
sam l There are different levels of ADHD you dip, do your research first
Alan Taylor Farnes so you made it that far without taking anything and then took meds? What?
Yeah I made it to grad school without taking any meds. I think it was the stresses and pressures of grad school that brought it on. I think the diagnosis was technically adult onset adhd (I guess that's obvious). So I took the meds while I got my masters degree. Now I'm working on my PhD but my lifestyle is different and I haven't been on meds in years. Could be that my stress has decreased with a different lifestyle or that I have learned coping mechanisms or that I was misdiagnosed. The meds they gave me for adhd really didn't work at all and only made things worse which contributes to my belief that I was misdiagnosed (although I know that there are many effective meds for adhd and I could have been on the wrong one).
Sam I deleted his comment. What an idiot
Hey you scrolling through the comments... I hope you have a great day.
Zain A Thanks! I have ADHD, and was scrolling through the comments and got pretty sad looking at all the people antagonizing ADHD. Thanks for making my day better!
You too Zain!
Thanks Zain :)
Unfortunately I wont. I suffer from crippling depression.
Boys collect Toys
Men collect Degrees
Legends collect Alphabet combinations.....
..... like ADHD, BD, OCD, CPTSD.
I'm such a Legend..
(Wipes tears of joy and existential crisis)
This is the worst comment on CZcams I love it LOL
Congrats on the ED
I got diagnosed as an adult and I have to say that it's been a huge pain to get diagnosed. My doctor kept making me jump through hurdles before recommending a psychiatrist, and then after waiting 3 months for an appointment, I had to fight my insurance company to convince them to get me my prescription
I never met anyone in Europe or heard about anyone that has been diagnosed with an attention disorder, does that answer your question?
No one medicates their children here, that's outrageous, giving speeds to kids.
As a European, I know quite a bunch. Like five in my nearer surroundings.
And it's absolutely tiny doses of speed.
That's because they erroneously believe ADHD is a myth and let their people suffer. The majority of studies done on ADHD in the last 60 years were done in the U.S.
isoz I am diagnosed with ADHD and I live in London. In the UK, there is no Adderall due to to its addictiveness. Just because you don't have a disorder, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
I met plenty of people in Europe who has been diagnosed with an attention disorder, and is prescribed either some form of amphetamines or methylphenidate, even as young as 10-11 years old.
This comment is damaging to people that struggle with mental health everywhere. Loads of people get medication in Europe. And it's wrong to think it's just children, many adults are diagnosed and get help. I know several. You're the one who's being ignorant and assuming stuff about how things work in Europe. I hope you never speak about mental health again with an ignorant mindset like that.
"are super effective" yea maybe. You gotta consider the side effects on the amphetamines. It absolutely killed my ability to eat and sleep when I would take it.
did you also try the other one? She mentioned two substances that may help
poodlelord Wow, you must have had a high dosage
then don't take such havy pills man
Sometimes it isn't a choice
Same. I'd feel hungry but I couldn't eat, I completely lost my appetite. I stopped taking the pills after a year or so and I use more practical methods to help me stay focused :P
see but i can’t remember what symptoms i was having and when
That's not how it works though... Its either persistent and it actively disrupts your life and has been for a while or you're probably suffering from some form of anxiety that's messing with your memory.
Sounds more like dementia
Please remember that the symptoms for OCD and ADHD overlap A LOT! I constantly think “shoot I might have ADHD” and then remember that what I just did is also an OCD symptom, which I have been medically diagnosed with :)
JESUS VOX, that's the best audio you could get from your experts???
James Flemming Exactly what I said lmao
Assuming the first interview was either a phone or skype interview like the second one, the audio is the result of the professors audio equipment, so likely a shitty. laptop mic. But yeah wondered about that too, why didn't they interview a local medical professional in person or drove to some university.
i feel like they do it intentionally at this point
benkzr Same
To make it obvious it's on the phone
They could have cleaned up the calls a little, yeah.
Part of the problem with the conversation with ADHD is the discussion on treatment. Pills aren't the only form of treatment. Increasing the amount of exercise can dramatically improve the ability for a patient to concentrate. I suspect that contributes quite substantially to the increasing number of diagnosis. We expect kids at a young age to transition from active play throughout the day, to mostly sitting and paying attention in school. And that applies to adults, too. The way we have structured our society, it becomes very difficult to exercise and exercise regularly. Changing our patterns of behavior to incorporate exercise, both for kids and adults, would limit the effects of ADHD in most people without the harmful side effects.
You are very right. In fact, 95% of health problems and chronic drug usage require a larger treatment than pills. Although, Concerta does help with many aspects of ADHD, it is not a miracle drug that gives super human powers. Part of the treatment includes developing techniques and evaluating your habits.
that is true. it's also a matter of diet, and other types of therapy like the CBT. learning to train one's concentration through Mindfulness also helps (which, coincidentally, also works for people with anxiety). the problem is that psychiatrists won't tell you this (unless you ask i guess), since their predominant focus is medication. it's up to the patient to seek help externally - whether that be clinical psychologists, or just trained therapists in general.
Yep, agree. CBT didn't help me 100%, but in combination with Concerta, it's done wonders for my life. People hear ADHD and don't realize that many doctors don't, in fact, push medication, or that there actually are resources to try first that aren't medication, so they just never get their kids help. It's sad.
Looking back and love this video! I love how you showed both sides and a bunch of arguments for each!
Ok but like why is telling my parents I might have adhd as hard as coming out even though they would probably support me, I've done neither so far
if you have loving and caring parents, PLEASE COME OUT
@@dineshjanapati6511 u dont know make usre they r actually supportive before coming out as lgbt but for the adhd try to because untreated adhd can cause depression and severe problems
@@coderainbow2581 yep! If they're supportive of lgbt and you trust them, coming out will take a huge weight off your shoulders
No one is perfect, but using an illness as an excuse for not doing your chores is absolutely unacceptable, and I feel that's what people who are diagnosed with these psychiatric problems are doing nowadays
venkat jaya deep You don't know what you're talking about.
Zachary Laborde seems you know a fair bit more than me, why don't you enlighten me then?
I think it's problematic to blame a disease you think you have if you then don't also seek help for it. But if you have it, and you successfully treat it, the perceived laziness should go away, making room for "normal levels" of lazy.
Although it's not quite that straight forward, I think: Just meds alone will help quite a bit but I think it's also recommended for affected people to have behavioral therapy on top.
Incredibly unfortunately, it's actually conceivable that the own "laziness" (which isn't even quite the right word. More like distractedness and disorganization - it just ends up _looking_ like laziness) might _prevent_ you from seeking help.
So this is just a personal anecdote but maybe it will help you see my perspective. I have a genetic disorder known as Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (classical type) that caused me to develop a thing called POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) which is a fancy term to say that when I stand/sit oxygen doesn't get to my brain. It causes neurologic symptoms like constant fatigue, trouble concentrating, and difficulty speaking. In fact I'm basically flunking out of high school because of it. I can't control the way my body reacts to stimulus, I can't change the fact that I will need to take a four hour nap after doing the dishes. And maybe it's different because I have a "real" reason (which is bs to say) but yeah I can't do chores and I really wish I could but I can't.
What if your illness causes you to start doing your chores, then get distracted and start browsing the internet and before you know it, only one room is clean and it's nighttime? Then you try to start chores again the next day, but you forget your laundry in the machine overnight and once again don't finish cleaning because you got distracted. This keeps happening until everything is in piles and you don't know where to start anymore so things get progressively messier and messier until someone intervenes. How do you think hoarders get started?
UBC represent!
UBC sucks
Shut up nerd
Omg yes was just about to comment that
Vox always ends the video on what seems to me to be a cliffhanger - leaves me with more questions than answers. It's fun a lot of the time because it gets you thinking, but sometimes it's frustrating lol.
"And that's not something you're going to find on the internet"
THEN WHY AM I WATCHING THIS
I has ADHD and crippling depression
Micah Greenberg Have you been diagnosed? A lot of the symptoms of the two surprisingly overlap (mostly for those with the inattentional type)
Zachary Laborde I have been diagnosed with ADHD the depression was a joke. I am currently on medication
MyDixieRekt lololololool
I have both. There is a lot of overlap with distractability and forgetfulness, but the anxiety and lethargy don't tend to fall in line with a typical ADHD diagnosis. Fortunately the people I go to tend to treat the two things as interconnected rather than two separate disorders. (Which makes sense... 'cause I only have one brain)
I have osteoporosis
I think the problem is our biology hasn't evolved much from being hunter gatherers
Paralyzed 1 There was an excellent piece hilighting a greater number of genes associated with adhd in modern hunter tribal populations. It suggested in that environment it was conducive to greater fitness. The main suggestion being it drove greater output and general activity.
interesting - could you please point me out to that piece? I'd really like to see it, thanks in advance
Ryan Parkinson Are you referring to the warrior gene? MAO-A?
Paralyzed 1 Yup, and I remember that one person doing and ted talk (I forgot their name) said that people with ADHD are "hunter-gatherer BADASSES" soooo when the earth enters crisis mode and we all have to revert back to Neolithic times, us ADHD people will be the people most likely to survive.
Paralyzed 1 I agree with you
I have a really strong case of ADD, I have almost all the symptoms in the inattention list shown. Medication was a saving grace for me. At eleven, I was at a point of saying "I don't want to try anymore. I understand everything but I still have bad grades". Now, I'm graduating from a really difficult engineering school.
Why include quacks who use moral criteria like "immaturity" to determine whether kids are getting overdiagnosed? I went undiagnosed for 30 years and I struggled for so long.
Your sweater reads UBC.. University Of British Columbia. I live in Vancouver :)
The real question is has ADHD always been this prevalent in our population and we just ignored it or did something cause it to increase over the years?
Human population increased, doctors increased, therefore diagnoses increased.
Art Z its been widely ignored. ADHD used to be treated as something which got you locked away in those super abusive psychiatric wards back when, and the diagnosis is only increasing now because we know what ADHD is. before this point in time we just slapped a "boys will be boyd and also women dont know anything anyway" label on it and it was done with
I know that many people are falsely diagnosed with ADHD, but I was't diagnosed until I was a sophomore in high school. Just having an explanation for why I made the mistakes I made was very helpful for my mental health, although I strongly believe that people are way overmedicated. ADHD medications are some of the most addictive substances you can give somebody, and when I stopped taking the medication I went into a month long withdrawal that made me completely stop functioning. I ghosted my friends, stopped doing any schoolwork, i didn't even watch tv or anything, I just slept and existed and it made me realize that there was no way I would ever touch the drugs again. If you are planning on starting to take ADHD meds seriously consider, DO YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED THEM.
that's a great point, thank u for sharing it.
i got diagnosed with adhd this year, at age 17, and recently started medication, and it has been a HUGE help to me. regardless of whether or not it is over diagnosed or under diagnosed, those who have it need more support in pla e in school.
Welcome to my life. This was definitely underdiagnosed when I was a kid. I didn't understand why I was getting bad grades even though I was reasonably bright and had good intentions. This can be hard for a kid.
Dayum! Alot of my best friends are attending UBC (The University of British Columbia located in Vancouver, Canada). To have a student (current or grad) featured on Vox is pretty cool 😎. Sharing this vid right away.
I like the microphone quality of david
Videos like these make me appreciate professional voice overs.
Adhd is over diagnosed
That's just like... your opinion, man.
Or it's underdiagnosed because people who have it or have children that have clear executive dysfunction symptoms deny its existence.
Depends where, maybe in USA, but underdiagnosed in most of the world.
Avernus Varethi Kids abuse it when you tell them about ADHD. They just want to be "cool" that they have it.
If only they knew how horrible it is. It's a mild form of mental retardation.