I was diagnosed with ADHD 18 years ago as a teenage. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
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Kinda ignores the fact that many kids with ADHD are incredibly creative and intelligent so they coast through elementary school and middle school before “lagging behind”
Exactly. I saw him put in his disc that our brags just develops about 2-3 years behind neurotypical kids, but, I am in high school, and I am in all the GT classes that I am able to take (which for me is my main four) and I have a overall GPA of the first three quarters of 3.375, pretty good for someone in GT classes, let alone someone with ADHD. I was diagnosed recently, but looking back I have shown signs my whole life, just swept under the rug because it didn't show as much as my younger brother's symptoms. This frustrates me lol
For me it was the complete opposite. I did so badly in elementary school and middle school, but in high school I haven’t gotten a single grade below an A. Probably cause I was medicated at the end of 8th grade.
@@rockymntdan1 No, I mean medicated. I’m fact, I was given the choice to take it. My mom said that she would accept the choice I make, which is what happened. I am forever grateful that I was medicated. My whole life went from a constant state of depression and emptiness to a life filled with meaning and happiness. I understand the thought of medicating children is weird, but genuinely consider the number of children who have benefited from it.
Throwing out the baby with the bath water some these stupid comments. Anyone who thinks “ADHD” isn’t grossly over diagnosed and that our culture isn’t chronically over prescribed on medications has more than “ADHD” to be concerned about.
@@gen387 Nope. In Germany at least if you are somewhat hyper or inattentive you get an ADHD diagnosis. But recent studies found out that many children with an ADHD diagnosis have a documented past of s3xual abus3 ( 36 % of girls with ADHD ) and c-ptsd from it. Ptsd presents different in children than in adults. Daydreaming is dissociation and being hyper is being on alert due to trauma. Disregulated emotions is also normal after being abus3d. The problem is that people who don't know enough about psychology "diagnose" children like teachers and then expect the parents to strife for a diagnosis or they will call cps ect. Some are vile.
People in the comments getting angry are misunderstanding this guy. He doesn't say your the symptoms and struggles are not real or should not be addressed, he says that ADHD as a disease isn't real, it is neurodivergence.
@@opodeldoxI disagree that there are only disadvantages. This is why as someone "with ADHD" I think it's detrimental to call it a disorder, we are confining humans to the rules of the medical text and treating it like it's something that needs to be solved. People "with ADHD" are not compatible with rules. They should be exploring positive and constructive things to do with their energy instead of limiting themselves to what they can't do, because even if someone is just inattentive there is at least something they are able to do for hours on end without stopping for breaks. My dad is going to be 70 next year and he is still a tornado of hyperactive energy, it has kept him young as he's able to hike all day at work and ride his mountain bike on the weekends.
“We’ve taken normal development and turned it into a mental disorder,” said Dr. Allen Frances, professor emeritus of psychiatry at Duke University and author of the book Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life.
it's honestly funny this is how I was taught about ADHD and these new studies come out and I'm where dafaq this come from I don't remember this happening to me I just always thought I was different from people and thought it was normal I was never depressed tell I got older just from being in a very strict household
On the one hand I think a lot of it is normal development. And then on the other hand, I think a lot of it is just bad behavior that is being accepted as normal. I mean, we all feel hyperactive sometimes. That's natural. That's normal behavior. But it's the parents job to teach the child how to have discipline when they need to. How to have patience. And a lot of people simply are bad people. They don't have virtues and values. So they teach their children to be difficult assholes. Then those kids grow up to be adult assholes and they teach their children to be difficult assholes as well. So now we're diagnosing them as having Oppositional Defiant Disorder and hyperactive disorder. That's just a fancy way of saying they're obnoxious assholes.
@@zzzcocopepe"We're all hyperactive sometimes" is true but for someone with adhd that can be more severe. Its like saying to someone whos pregnant, "we all get back pain sometimes" but just put it as a mental disorder.
There is something so interesting and important (maybe especially psychologically so, though it's above my scope to express it), that so many of the comments are attempting to correct the speakers denial of ADHD as being 'not real', when he never even makes such a claim. He in fact offers several analogies (like the flower petals) to help demonstrate it. Even the given title helps make this point. Analogously -- He's not saying that kids don't do funny voices and play pretend; he's saying that that shouldn't be counted as a dissociative disorder. There are portent take aways here, I'm sure, from so much anger over something that wasn't even said, though I'm not the one to articulate them. Hopefully it's worth something just pointing this all out, to start.
ADHD is a big excuse, you are right. Those kids are defending their lifestyle. What they do not realise though ,that they are the ones to be emliminated from society under this very excuse.
Oh wow... I have ADHD, predominantly inattentive, and I never had a phone before I was about 11 I think, and I played outside a lot. I didn't watch a lot of TV and generally grew up without that many electronics around me. And I still have ADHD, and I've always had it. I only got diagnosed when I was 18 because my symptoms weren't outwardly that obvious, or maybe some were but people just thought I was a bit of a daydreamer/free spirit. I did well at school, so no one suspected anything. It was me who started the process of getting a diagnosis, because as I got older and got more responsiblities and I needed to be more independent, I realized that my struggles were bigger than what is "normal". It feels really bad to see someone being this igorant about a disorder that affects many people's lives so much.
How on earth you decided that your struggles relate to medical condition not to having been brought up badly? Do you understand that loosers, stupids, fools - they exist, and they are not ill! Instead of looking at yourself as a patient, don't you see the more logical explanation for your struggles - that simply you are not the best?
Ifvyou got a phone at 11 - thank your parents for your adhd - a child should mot have a radgetvor access to internet at all, if they display any problems with attention at all.
@@kuroknight5103 A failing worried teenager, hiding behind cartoons and labels, knowing inside own unworthiness. Well, be angry at your mom. who failed to prepare you for life.
@@svetavinogradova4243 well, I reckon all of us now see your charecter. No matter my psychologists and pediatricians, diognosis. Nevermind the DSM-5 listing it as an actual mental condition, nevermind the millions of people in the U.S alone with our condition. Ya, you think its bad charecter so... Ya! Whatever you say oh righteous one.
@@ohspono Depression is giving up in the life circumstances, in the world of availability of food, heating and safety. One of the major cures of depression - cold - is never used, same with hunger. Working as a cleaner in a Siberian village surgery could also provide cure - but those depressed patients are too spoilt to be cured.
I took meds for one year and I went literally mental, gained 100 pounds, was extremely irrational, bashed windows in and destroyed my walls leading to me being relocated .... got off the meds and instantly came back to my senses
@@silvagni97 This guy defends his toxic parents claiming any one else is not healthy for not standing up to the faulty insultive authorotarian parenting he refuses to acknowledge as an issue. You need to be a servant to be happy because you were raised or be happy you have food on the table. He judges every one else to be poisoned by drugs yet keeps mentioned giving kids bread for just "bad grades" when conventional school system is broken. He loves bread. He is chemicaly castrated by bread having sugar as well as many other chemicals that are harmful. Authorotarian parents are awful. He consumes drugs, sugar as well as many other drugs that are habit forming in food and drinks. Our bodies produce drugs from daily life struggles, such as oxitocin, adrenaline, dopamine. The list goes on. Our bodies have drug receptors. This guy says he has respect for adult authority yet doesn't have respect for any one from the respect he claims to have.
So I've had this argument a lot. I use to refuse to believe that ADHD is real. Now I have come to the conclusion that ADHD is infact real, but rather very misunderstood.
so misunderstood that i wouldn't even use that name. calling it adhd implies everything that comes with it: the permanence, and the life long excuse of why you can't do x y or z
I kind of see it as a medical technical term. Like, conjunctivitis and pink eye. Just as a sort of analogy or example. So, a regular person might think of something is pink eye. Then you go to the doctor and they call it conjunctivitis. I think that's kind of what it is with psychological disorders. I think it's technical jargon for things that we already have words for. Depression is an extreme Melancholy. It's something that we've all known about as a human race for our entire existence. That's sometimes we experience melancholy. But modern psychologists are trying to reinterpret it so that they can address it scientifically. However, they're kind of fucking up because they're not acknowledging that it's something that we've always known existed. And that's why people rejected and say it's not real. Because it's not a new medical thing. And it's wrong to say that it is. Adhd's just when somebody is bored or distracted. It's normal human behavior. But it's just being taken way out of proportion I misinterpreted.
it's imaginary outside of just being a healthy reaction to being forced into classroom or anti-learn-drive-destroying "education". there is no legitimate diagnosis of "adhd" as a disorder in and of itself. and that is true of basically every disorder in the garbage a s s DSM.
@@alexandralarrad3974 centuries even! ADHD has been written about in medical documents since the 1700's but it had many names before it was given the name ADHD.
As someone previously diagnosed with ADHD, I wholly agree with much of what this video talks about. The reason there is so much vehement disagreement in this comment section is because many of those diagnosed have accepted ADHD as part of their identity. It’s now what makes them special and anything they accomplish should be recognized and cheered more than someone with equal achievements who does not have a diagnosis. ADHD is more of a pattern of behaviors established early in life once useful but no longer serving the person. There are those who may struggle with dopamine deficiency, but it is not as common as the modern world has made us believe. You were not born into the world evolution designed you for.
@Freja Lindberg Your assum,ptions about yourself were correct. The label ADHD means exactly that = "abnormal, lazy retard" put in a more obscure wording. Nothing else. it is just a lable for those very problems of being "abnormal, lazy retard". Now you are on drugs - this is the beginning of an end.
This feels insulting. I suffer with ADHD everyday since I was a toddler. I didn't go to public school until the 2nd grade. It took me about 8 years to FINALLY realize I was different from the other kids back then.
@@svetavinogradova4243 I was diagnosed a little over 2 years ago while at boarding school. My diet consisted of coke, cookies pizza and nicotine. Since diagnosis I have been struggling to use my medication as prescribed due to the addictive potential. I am in my last year of school and very nearly done with exams, once done I will stop taking this poison. I would stop immediately but it will take more than the short term to be able to focus without it
I have ADHD (inattentive), anxiety, and PTSD. The only place I have ever had difficulty was in school. Everywhere else I was praised for my interest, creativity, passion, and hard work. In school, there was too much input, and I had very adverse surroundings within that system. (i.e. bullying, emotional abuse, etc.) So...I agree to an extent. There is nothing wrong with me, as far as my ADHD is concerned, but with the culture that we must all be the same. What's so scary about being different? What is so scary about learning at a different pace or having strengths AND weaknesses? Honestly. Isn't that what makes us human? I have plenty of motivation when I am doing things I want when I am treated with respect. But if you keep beating me down, literally and physically, no wonder I won't work for you. You're abusive! (That was aimed at the American School System btw.)
After having been convinced for years that I have adhd, I can finally say that adhd is completely fake and not a real disorder. Think about it, what do you do if your car is not running? You call a technician and expect him to figure out why the car is not starting. Would you be satisfied if the technician told you that your car had "Car Not Starting Disorder(CNSD)"? The only thing that this "diagnosis" implies is that you cannot understand why the car is not starting. ADHD is the same, it means that you do not know why you are unable to focus. Any sort of problem from actual disabilities, excessive antibiotic exposure, allergies, psychosocial issues and laziness can produce similar looking symptoms. How is it possible that people experiencing similar symptoms from different causes can be labeled with the exact same disorder? The biggest issue with this approach is the lack of treatment that it causes for people suffering from legitimate cognitive issues and had it all pushed aside because it is just "ADHD".
It takes 5 minutes to deconstruct this whole argument, my favorite being the point about boys having adhd at a higher rate than girls, when in reality girls have more internalized symptoms and boys actually act out. And the point about mass media is just asinine, people with ADHD spend more time on mass media than their peers, at the very least this video is ignorant at its best it’s just dumb
I have adhd and no one is gling to say "YoU jUsT nEeD tO bEhAvE BeTtEr". Like human im one of the smartest and most well behaved people in my class- if i take my medicine.
this is clearly made by a nerotiptcal person, and i'm saying that as a person with adhd. most on the thing you say are just saying that a sign it positive. the resons that you say are just other things cant be all present, for reson 17 what are the chances that all of the causes you list have the exact same respons. this only covers kids with adhd because thats the stareo type that society thinks of but 2 3 4 7 8 9 can be disproven by seeing how an adult adhder is afected by adhd. and to dis prove some others, hyperfocus can be very problematic for example i didnt notis my brother crying when when i could easy hear him, stres and angstety can be simtons of adhd and no causes of then, and its not a fare excuse to just say we can just reinvent society to be adhd frendly because we cant just go back to being hunters gatherers. so if you have saw this comment and stil think this video is anything but total BS then your at the same level as the people that think vaccines cause atism.
I was secretly hoping this video was true because I’m sure I have it and I’ve spent months trying to get help but because I have “medical” free Health care. I being completely ignored.
@@ninilovenana the guy is partially right ADHD is a genetic trait that is has been misdiagnosed as a disorder due to its lack of fit with modern society. However the better the society understands the trait the better they could make use of it. The doctor who created this video does not understand ADHD, but he understands that it's only a problem because the world has changed. The sad fact is society require a regimented slow paced education that is totally unfit for an ADHD person in order to get a job that is perfect for an ADHD person. For example my brother is interested in 3d printers. As in developing them not just using them. He got a 2 year degree, barely, and got a low level CNC programming job he slowly worked his way up due to his ability to solve complex problems. Just in the past year he got a job that would usually require a masters degree it only took 15 years of drudgery and now he's where he wants to be and is a perfect fit. It took 15 years for our society to realize his abilities just because he didn't have a fancy paper proving that he was able to focus through 8 years of sitting through boring classes that taught things he already knew or that were already outdated in his desired field.
I was diagnosed with ADHD while attending a top university as an African woman in my 20s. I went through days of testing with a psychologist and chose to try medication. I wasn't the stereotypical image. I can't relate to the reasoning people give that it's not a real condition. Although I agree that some are misdiagnosed and given stimulants too young, I don't believe this overall makes it illegitimate. My own parents refused to have me tested when I was younger.
@@svetavinogradova4243 You've been all over this comment section for at least a year and evidently obsessed with ADHD by harping against it and expending negativity to others who disagree with you. Surely you have something more substantial to do, but I can only hope. If you just enjoy getting dragged then do you, of course. I'm not interested in entertaining an argument with you. Anyway, I got into a T10 by being adaptable despite not being diagnosed, but dismissed and called "lazy"/"defiant" like other Black children were called. My strict and cultural background allowed no excuse to not excel academically, however, this only made the struggle worse. You love talking about bad parenting; mine simply had high expectations. I made a wise decision to get evaluated in university before the vigor could overtake me. It was a good call for my well-being. ADHD does have advantages, no matter how much you refuse to believe so. It would hardly have been a "disorder" to our ancestors, but whatever. There's a societal lens the condition is looked through. One who is motivated to improve their position learns to harness opportunities to get to where they want to be. It wasn't easy and I was often alone but I still picked myself up and advanced toward my goals. Sometimes traits like having perseverance despite your circumstances are more impactful than only having the GPA and income. All the top unis have been using holistic reviews in admissions for years. Along with a suggestion to expand your perspective beyond pessimism and confirmation bias, I'd suggest looking into the demographics of students in universities like these. A high percentage of autistics have a comorbidity of ADHD. Oh wait - Everyone with ADHD is stupid, spoiled, fatherless, and drugged up from our tax dollars. Big pharma puppets. I'm amused tho.
@@XxQueenChristinaxX It is my profession. Your personal attacks, aiming to discrediting the facts that you cannot argue against, are ridiculous, as every professional is expected to be interested in their subject. So, first of all, shu @ p, you have a psychiatric diagnosis and I do not. Your opinion is the opinion of a psychiatric patient. You got there to the uni on a quota, nothing to be proud of. Yes, people who told you that you were lazy and defiant were RIGHT, and you know it. " Everyone with ADHD is stupid, spoiled, fatherless, and drugged up from our tax dollars. Big pharma puppets". Exactly. You are one of them, an extremely unpleasant person, jealous of your more intelligent classmates who could not play the race card to get it where you do not really deserve to be in, as your aptitude and results are lower than those rejected, but hey - ...they need political correctness. Anyone who can study at uni has ok attention.
@@XxQueenChristinaxX Stop brandishing your race card, nobopdy is interested, bad behaviour is bad behaviour! Or do you want to say that you believe black are inherently less intelligent so for them bad behaviour is so natural that unis still take them for numbers? This would be a very cruel suggestion of yours.
@@svetavinogradova4243 RU-vid won't even show me most of what you replied, and now I'm even more amused. You fulfilled my prediction. I knew an unfortunate person would cry "race card", hell no. I get respect from my achievements, not the color of my skin. People like you call me slurs under their breath, and you clearly took all that personally. Easily trolled. I'm literally a Black person who you don't even know in real life - you cannot tell me to not to speak on how that affected my childhood. I didn't choose how much melanin I was born with. Stop wanting me to feel bad about it. You'll never understand that perspective, anyway. Just live with that. Bye-bye, Sveta (I like that name btw). It was fun talking to you, if you can even call it that. Your fixation on ADHD is considerably admirable.
80% of these only work if your taking about children(being impulsive for example), but that wouldn't explain why adults can have adhd, and the other 20% are just wrong... In every way
I can only speak for myself I wouldn't say impulsive for me it's more not thinking things through I remember last year me and my mom saw an injured puppy on the freeway. Without thinking I ran towards the puppy not bothering to look left or right. Thank goodness my mom was there to grab my hand because seconds later a truck flew right past me. When I think back to it I recall my mind being blank. I acted on a complete impulse not bothering to look left or right.
Btw bro, I have ADHD and doubt what this man says because there are literal brain scans showing physical changes to the prefrontal cortex. But what you said doesn't make any sense, adults can't develop ADHD out of nowhere. ADHD is genetic mostly and also you must have had ADHD as a child to have it as an adult
Pills aren't fixes, they're coping tools. Even for conditions which aren't neurological, like a cold. A pill doesn't get rid of the cold but soothes what the cold causes. And if I weren't medicated for my ADHD my life would be much worse than it is now.
@@katzecafe There are other, more safe and natural coping tools - hunger,. cold and pain. You need a good treatment by stinging nettles every time you misbehave, stale bread when everyone is enjoying nice supper, a night in a cold utility for your failed homework - ho god you will get curedin a couple of weeks!
@@katzecafe Getting hooked on drugs instead of learning proper work ethics and discipline is the beginning of a long sad road to mental institution or prison. Good luck with your life choices, kid.
of course it doesn’t ‘require’a pill, chatter someone in there 40’s who works, they have made it that far right? That being said a pill can really help people to mediate the impact their brain type seems to have on there day to day functioning
You can look out your street now and see the reasons for these disorders. No kids playing outside. The streets are full of cars. The roads are barely safe to cross. Houses are getting thrown up in all the areas kids used play in.
It seems like a lot of the people commenting on this video did not watch the entire video. He is saying that adhd is real. He is arguing that is just human nature, as opposed to a ‘disorder’. Gosh peeps…watch the whole video. If your attention span is too short to watch the entire video don’t comment on it.
@@lordfarquaad2705 because they target people with adhd to tell them there’s something wrong with them that they can’t fix then give them drugs that increase the boob size of men for the rest of their lives. Idk man, seams pretty reasonable that it doesn’t exist and that your actually just standing on the graves of the liars victems.
@@LuciferXFallen290 yes it does - I’ve used vyvanse 60mg and dexamphetamine 20mg - Whenever I give it to my friends who don’t have ‘adhd’ they get exactly the get hyperfocused
Dr Thomas Armstrong, I agree that ADHD is mostly false. Being attentive is a learned skill through life, some are better at it than others just like some paint better than others and some write better than others. Just because you can't write better than another person doesn't mean you have a disorder, same goes for attentiveness. The bottom line is that even if ADHD were real, the solution for ADHD which is to prescribe excessive amounts of prescription drugs does more harm than good and leads innocent most people down a road of more complications including the development or exacerbation other mental illnesses. Proof is to simply read the comments section here. Unfortunately for you, doctor, you have the entire pharmaceutical industry, the mainstream political system, and a deluge of uninformed and misinformed people who validate their existence through their mental illness and fragile emotions working completely against you.
17 arguments in support of his claim. This is a thoughtful and convincing video. You don't often hear people making arguments (premise + conclusion) it's mostly just fallacious appeals and biographical details. Thank you for the video!
I see this one chick on RU-vid talk about ADHD I honestly hate her she cry's about having ADHD I just thought it was me and it's normal Ik I was different from people and god made me that way
@goatsmagoats8015 you have no evidence to support that. Adhd isnt real. It's like the semantics of "GOD" its so many interpretations and explanations but the reality is you don't know you even have ADHD. A psych told you that, just like your parents told you about God. Be critical here, you're told adhd is caused by poor signals in the brain, chemical imbalance, a smaller prefrontal context etc. But u can be my life savings nobody has even scanned your head or checked your signals to make sure you really have adhd. No you came in you spewed your suffering and they said you fit this drug criteria here you go, here's your whole identity, your whole personality, you will never stop watching and seeking adhd content because you just accept what you've been told. Have some pride in yourself, fellow human. You've had a rough ride it's most likely why you are the way you are. Reality is scary, but you can do it because you are human just like all other humans in history, you're autonomous, don't limit yourself with a fixed mindset.
@@mastakazam5094 you saying what you said doesn't make it true. An argument is a proposition with a premise that logically follows to a conclusion. In this video he provided 17 arguments, please counter them with better arguments if you want to disprove them.
there IS an overdiagnosis among children, no doubt. but ADHD is real, nonetheless. i'm in my 40's and i struggle with it every single day. as a child i was a discipline case, but i was considered highly gifted. i didn't get diagnosed until i dropped out of college. i was accepted into my first choice school, but i couldn't handle the volume of work. before college my raw intelligence was enough to pass tests without doing much homework. in college i actually had to study the material, and i just couldn't reign in my brain no matter how hard i tried. i'm a large, rather masculine man, and i found myself in tears more than once because i couldn't make it past a page or two once i lost interest or if there was no urgency. at the other end, i was given 3 weeks to read a book in one class, and i read the whole thing in one night and aced the presentation because the urgency put me in the zone. but i couldn't trick myself into getting there. my entire future was handicapped by undiagnosed, untreated ADHD. i would give ANYTHING to get a do-over with the help that i needed. instead, i just criticized myself for being lazy and wasting the biggest opportunity of my life.
I have alike symptoms and ADHD seems to be a weak willpower. You and I just weren't taught self control. All my concentration problems naturally go away, when I organize my working place to exclude any type of distraction. Then my mind gives up and starts working.
@@justrandomguy5010 if that's your conclusion, then we may have some alike symptoms, but we are NOT alike. i don't have a willpower problem; i have an executive function impairment. i have a 130+ IQ, and i'm no less impaired. i haven't lived 40+ years without ever "organizing" my environment. i didn't fail to complete my degree because i never figured out that a clean work pace would help me focus. it's a little frustrating and insulting to read that. we are clearly not the same.
Have you ever thought that maybe reigning your brain in is something you simply shouldn’t have to do and our education system should accommodate people who learn differently?
It's hereditary. Both my parents have it, my brothers too. My dad grew up in rural WALES in the 60s... Guess all that freedom, fresh air, nature, and learning the welding trade at 15 didn't help his ADHD!? Also isn't there literally brain scans showing there are PHYSICAL and NEURAL differences in an ADHD brain than normal!? As a "medical professional" shouldn't you know this? Or were you too DISTRACTED to look into it!? Maybe you should quit your day job.
Your elderly parents pverindulged and overprotected you, failed at their parenting duty and raised an inadequate individual... Well, genetic in the meaning that disorganised people will not make good parents.
@@svetavinogradova4243 if you had ADHD you'd know it's not that. Or if you actually did research. Sometimes trying to look smart backfires and you end up looking dumb and closed minded.
It’s called being kids it’s not a real disorder. I was diagnosed with it also same with tons of other people in my family. My one uncle had it and he was given medicine and it fucked him up even to this day he didn’t abuse it at all he was Just a kid he didn’t know any better. There’s tons of legit psychologists getting on the train of believing this isn’t a real disorder rightfully because it isn’t. What you’re experiencing isn’t adhd
@@svetavinogradova4243 people with adhd have less dopamine, it’s not just being lazy, most normal people can bring themselves to do it even if it’s boring because of how their focus works, adhd makes it much much much harder to focus since dopamine which is responsible with focus, is low in their brains
ADHD causes difficulties with starting, organizing, and sticking with tasks, ADHD is not a matter of willpower. It is a problem with the dynamics of the chemistry of the brain.The ADHD Brain: Structurally DifferentSeveral studies have pointed to a smaller prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia, and decreased volume of the posterior inferior vermis of the cerebellum - all of which play important roles in focus and attention. There are a lot of myths about ADHD on the internet. Here are a few: It's not a real medical condition. All children with ADHD are hyperactive. Kids outgrow ADHD .......... The adhd brain tends to show differences in structure, chemistry, and function, leading to the characteristic symptoms
It is a very real and extremely problematic condition. It needs treatment and the meds are often the only practical answer with only upsides for most once the right medication and dose is discovered.
@@svetavinogradova4243 bruh you've been responding to comments on this video for damn near 2 YEARS. I can find your comments on this video that are a year+ old. Get a hobby.
ALSO!!! FOCUSING ON THINGS FOR A LONG TIME "GOOD THING"!? So when I've spent all day focused on one task, not eating, not drinking, not going to the bathroom, not able to indicate myself to do other things I need to do as well, GREAT!!!!! CAUSE AT LEAST I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS!!!???? If you had ADHD you would slap yourself for this crap!
@@yuluvii let alone the times when your brain decided that eating doesnt give you a dopamine rush, so eating is boring and therefore my brain would rather die some days than let me eat. On top of it I personally cant feel physical hunger due to other issues. Like Adhd is cause by a lack of neurotransmitters in the brain. That seriously fucks you up
@@yuluvii For real why is it good for my brain to replay every negative interaction I've had with someone It gets to the point if I push them away or avoid them
@@McBike770 I wish it was, unfortunately, it is not. Plenty of people with ADHD have put off eating for days simply because they are focused on projects or hobbies.
You are failing at school because your parents failed to teach you sefl-discipline? work ethics and respect for adult authority. The cultural and social reasons for your failure are glaringly obvious. Everything is normal with your brain, and your level of IQ will roughly reflect that of your parents (are they professors?), if you want to get out of failure path - realise that youself is the only person in the world who can save you.
Tough talk coming from someone with two working eyes valued around $771 each on the black market. Clearly your parents have failed to teach you respect for disabled people and treat them like normal people who just have some differences. You're obviously a social failure and a very lonely person, now go back to your parents' basement
AD/HD is probably real. It's also probably rare. SCHOOL is the illness; it's boring and tedious as all fuck and takes forever to get through. Young people know full well that they're only going to be young once. They also know from being around their parents that youth doesn't last very long and normal adult life is mostly tedium, which doesn't help matters much. Spending your whole developmental life dying of drudgery is going to play havoc with your mental health and that's all there is to it. Getting high on drugs that are stimulants improves your mood and make it easier to tolerate boredom, and that's likely what happens most of the time with prescription meds for AD/HD given to people that don't have a problem with their brain chemistry. Anyway, when a person has a rough time paying attention to something they LOVE to do, they very well *might* have AD/HD. Having difficulty focusing intensely on things that bore you out of your cotton-picking skull, take all day long, and take years and years to get through is called being *human* and has nothing to do with psychiatric disorders.
For mr it is sometimes really hard for me to focus on things I love too. Even if it's something I am hyperrixated on, I will find myself being scatterbrained at the same time within that hyperfixation. Having an incredibly hard time staying on the track that I was trying to follow. But I am doing the activity for hours and hours and hours and am so glued to it I dont get up to go pee or eat, because I don't like pulling away from it. But is that just an addiction if it's something unproductive though? Like playing minecraft a putting together a huge modpack and playing through it. or working on a huge building project in it. or terraforming mountainous terrain for a HUGH map that is basicly and entire detailed mountain range in roblox studio for a game that my friend invited me to help with. But then something like music. I love music! I am passionate about it. And I really want to make music, but for the life of me I can not even get myself started on puttjng something together besides maybe recording myself humming a tune ro save it for if one day I do manage to do something with it, or writing down lyrics on the rare occasion I get poetic. Idk. I'm confused. Also, I genuinly have always been slower than my coworkers at pretty much everything no mater how hard I try. At several different jobs and when I was in school there have beesn a good number of times over the years that people have told me I am literally the slowest person they have ever seen or can't believe how slow I am! And my boss at my current job noticed that I get overwhelmed very easlily, not being able to take on very much at a time in comparison to others, and that when I get too overwhelmed I just shut down. This is definitely true and I think a lot of people can see it. I really do just loose my abilty to think straight at all it seems and I become almost usesless for a bit and ithers are helping me by taking care of stuff for me since my tasks are not getting done since I havn't even got to them yet. And somehow they are able to help me out when the seem to already have more things in their plate than I do? what the heck! How are they even doing that man? I also had another job where I go so overwhelmed with so many sensory inputs and information and demands I was trying to keep up with that I literallu just froze up completely and curled onto the floor against the wall and my boss had to tell me to clock out and go take a break. But wveryone else seems to be able to handle just as much demand or more and keep going just fine. There are a lot of ither thinfs too, like sicial dificulties and such. Although I am pretty social, its just difficult to navigate a lot of times unless it's the right people.
the whole focusing thing is adhd is named poorly because people with adhd (like myself) cant focus on one thing but hyper focus on another so the name is not right
@@svetavinogradova4243 OK i was diagnosed when i was 4 and am always outside especially compared to my sis who dosent have it and i was parented amazingly and idk why you dont want to believe that its real because it is and thats rude to anyone who has it by basically saying that they are just dramatic when people are actually struggling with it
@@xxcriminalwolfiexx5492 this diagnosis cannot be given before age 6. Your parents going to a psychiatrist with you meant that they were failing their parenting.
A bunch of ivory-tower academics get together in a room and decide a set of behaviors is a "disorder," and people believe it because it comes from an authority. I'm shocked at how much of the comments are hostile towards the video's arguments. An entire generation of people have been raised to embrace mental disorders as some kind of badge of honor. To be presented with the argument that their "disorder" is in fact normal human behavior shatters their special status and they reject it with hostility.
No it's cuz this "doctor" didn't do his research before making a video that promotes the discrimination of individuals with ADHD. Imagine not having legs and your whole family is yelling at you telling you that you just aren't trying hard enough and that everyone else can walk so why can't you. This is a reality people with ADHD face daily. Expect instead of legs it is depression. Cuz guess what happens when you don't have a source of dopamine( which is what ADHD is) you get depression. And it's really hard to do homework when you have no dopamine.
@@lordfarquaad2705 Nonsense. What you lack is SKILLS. You won't claim you have a piano disorder because you have not mastered piano? Do you have a driving disorder because you cannot drive? Your parents did not teach you the important life skill: doing something when you feel you rather not.
What about adults? Because I exist and STRUGGLE and suffer a lot no matter what “strategies” I use. I try my very best, but I can’t remember things or focus I have the hardest time with my emotional control Ect. which lead to serious depression and anxiety. I was diagnosed as a child but because of videos like this I decided to believe that it wasn’t real or at least not a big deal. I have a very high IQ but always fell behind. I have suffered for so long not getting the help I need feeling less than because I cannt compete with nerotypical people and to minimize that deep ache is so invalidating if not shaming of those who have it.
@@svetavinogradova4243 Hyperfocus is also a symptom of ADHD, considering you're clearly such an expert...I thought you would have known that already...
@@Chiller-pc1dv Nope, kid. Read diagnostic criteria carefully, NO mention of hyperfocus. We ALL have hyperfocus, just good mothers do not EVER LET their young to sit hyperfocusing on something like a computer game. Everyone has hyoerfocus if develops an addiction. Everyone has hyperfocus when interested or obsessed. You are NOT special, but bog standard ordinary poorly parented kid.
@@svetavinogradova4243 IQ is not relative to intelligence. The IQ test has been largely thrown out due to it being illegitimate. People use convergent and divergent problem solving skills, the IQ test largely focuses on convergent. The IQ test is an industry and largely a scam. Stop kidding yourself.
@@jacksonohno You have a huge problem with logic, kid. The woman claimed she had high IQ.This it not possible with ADHD, as to score high, one needs to have excellent attention and concentration skills - ADHD people have really bad attention and concentration skills, so bad that it warranted a psychiatric diagnosis. Talks about intelligence are irrelevant, keep dreaming, but you show inability to understand the neaning of a simpke argument.
@@svetavinogradova4243 no she is right she could have high IQ, because adhd there comes a times when you are totally focus on somethings , and when we focus on something wich is rare our focus ability then shows a significant intelligence. I think you are messing the point here my freind adhd people show high expectations and intelligence but they fail to concentrate on pritucular things or take an action, Leonardo da Vinci had adhd he was an extremely intelligent person who failed to complete many of his works and never focused on one thing.
As someone who has an actual large amount of adhd (inattentive type) This really hurts my feelings. I’m fine with you making a point that you think that but really, it’s not ok to show people this and make them think we aren’t struggling with the basis of our own lives with this mental disorder as well. I’ve struggled my whole life with paying attention and everyone got angry at me when I was only a toddler because I was completely unable to focus. I was yelled at, smacked, and hated by my own teachers. I struggled a lot and then when someone says it just isn’t real really hurts me. A lot.
Yeah, really your feelings and your mental health have nothing to do with each other. Stop going on the internet and listening to TV and do what you need to do and what you love to do and you'll be fine. If what you need and love to do includes media, change your life. Change your diet. Man, like if you're smart enough to make up some bs about your mental illness, you're smart enough to change your life for your own benefit and stop relying on the crutch of mental illness for... for what? Go outside, bro, go winter camping, make a fire, hunt yourself some wild hens. Jeez.
As a 50 year old man with ADHD, I disagree with your conclusions. As an adult, I still struggle with the core deficits of ADHD. I grew up in a loving home, played outside most of the time, and only consumed media on Saturday morning. I do aggree with your assessment regarding outside play resulting in a reduction of symptoms. I find regular excersize leads to an improvement in execitive functioning, but it's not a cure, and when I no longer engage in regular exercise, my executive functioning declines. It is a lifelong condition that is physiological. It is the most common comorbidity amongst people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and appears to be a hereditary condition in a similar fashion as ASD. There are many variables that you haven't considered that have taken place in the last 30 years that strengthen the case for it being biological or physiological in nature. One example is the mothers age at birth. I believe that Autumn and ADHD are different manifestations of a similar core structural issue in brain development, and with ASD, the prevalence of ASD goes up with the age of the mother at birth. There has been a trend in the last couple generations of families waiting and having children later. My mother was 33 when she had me. Two of my 4 girls have adhd, and my wife and I didn't start having kids till we were 30. Perhaps you are too fixated on your societal causation theory and need to step back and consider biological origins.
@@wimpb For a short time until it the damage it's doing starts catching up. It's a slower build up, but it's the same thing that happens with meth addicts.
The problem is everything now of days needs to have a diagnoses, it’s so bad that legitimate issues get watered down by made up terms and symptoms. Sometimes being an asshole is a result of poor upbringing and parenting
Thanks for the video, I truly believe your intention is good. I also believe kids are overdiagnosed these days. But I disagree with the conclusion ADHD is not a legitimate medical condition. I was diagnosed at 40 and the medication really helped me out. I tried every non-medical solutions (well, I didn't know I had ADHD) but nothing was as effective as 5mg Ritalin a day. Really, there is no comparison.
@@Unknown-ek8eq Exactly. Ritalin doesn't cure anything. It only suppresses symptoms. Symptoms are a result of an imbalance from within. We all have the ability to balance ourselves through the right practices.
That could be true, but that's literally not the only component of ADHD that makes it a clinically significant neurodevelopmental disorder. The DSM(diagnostics and statistics manual) has several criteria needed to meet a diagnosis. Often fidgets with or l The brains of those with ADHD are different structurally, then the brains of those without ADHD. Issues with the hypothalamus. Differences in the cerebellum, prefrontal cortex, and other lobes within the human brain. Delayed brain development as well. Issues with production of dopamine, norepinephrine, and other neurotransmitters that play key roles in being able to sustain focus and regulate aspects of planning needed in everyday life. Issues with reuptake, where neurotransmitters that are released from that reduced production in the presynaptic neurons, and bring the lease neurotransmitters back to the reuptake transporters that leads to a cycle for many of not being able to properly maintain the neurotransmitters to again function to the extent of their neurotypical peers without those issues. ADHD is so much more than not being able to focus. Everyone has that struggle, but to the extent and severity where maintaining concentration and other executive functioning aspects are impaired, a sign of the population has an underlying cause that can leave them struggling if they're not treated. Some people have other disorders or things in their life, that can cause some issues with concentrating. That doesn't mean ADHD is invalid. It's misunderstood by a lot of people, who may or may not be willing to actually listen to the science behind it and work to help those with it live better lives. It's not even about being self-important, even though self-care is definitely important within itself. Most people with the disorder get down by those in society without it, so they have to speak up and explain the difference between normal struggles and the severity of a neuro developmental disorder with studies going back to the 1700s.
just bc you're an ignorant idiot who doesnt know the first thing about adhd doesnt mean you have to push your wrong opinion onto everyone else god people think they know everything dont they
Wow… as someone who suffers with ADHD this is the WORST take I’ve ever heard, I’ve had a friend who had incredibly severe adhd and I’ve had to help her talk and translate for her because it was difficult for her to speak. And adhd isn’t just “oh look a squirrel” it’s much more complicated than that
hes provided factual statistics, ADHD is environmental, hence the gender Skew. Its not a physical thing that you can diagnose like say Cancer nor does it give of certain chemical stimuli that can be detected.
If you have a broken leg. You go in and you get an X Ray. Wow you fractured your Tibia. No validated diagnostic test exists to confirm the clinical diagnosis. It is a complex neurodevelopmental constellation of problems rather than a single disorder. The core symptoms are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. These are also, however, normal behavioural traits present in unaffected children.
They can actually look at you levels of neurotransmitters like dopamine. While multiple mental disorders have that as well, if you take that along with symptoms and activity in the prefrontal cortex which would be under active.
Ok. Think of depression. I guess its not real cuz you cant see it with a medical scan. Oh and god. Since you cant see him, you arent allowed to beleive in him
@@LordDirus007 they have brain scans...our nervous system is also different. I am now on meds. I used to be so tired all the time, fatigued, migraines, anxiety, depression, wanting to kill my self, no motivation. Now I don’t have of those symptoms. I’m on concerta. I was on Zoloft...it made my depression and anxiety better but I still couldn’t focus, still got fatigued...oh I used to stutter now I’m on concerta...no mor3 stuttering...
The most messed up symptom experts put is non-compliance. Many creative and leaderlike people are non-compliant. But the experts want us to think that being a sheep to authority is healthy. Also most kids who have non-compliance symptom are not severe but just energetic boys who want to play more.
Compliance is essential for learning. Nobody will bother to teach someone else's brat. All high achievers have been very compliant, and nobody in the world is totally compliant.
So fidgeting helps kids with ADHD concentrate better.... which I agree with. But fidgeting and making noise infringes on other kids’ learning. So it DOES pose a problem in life. Fidgeting could also mean that a person is thinking about lots of other things. Just because I’m fidgeting doesn’t mean that I’m concentrating better- well, I may be, but on the wrong thing. On the thing that I’m NOT supposed to be focusing on. I just can’t believe how ridiculous it is that people who don’t have ADHD or a kid with ADHD think it’s not real. It is ABSOLUTELY crippling at times, ESPECIALLY when people with ADHD are not societally equipped to function to their greatest ability.
Most types of fidgeting are quiet. The kids who fidget loudly by throwing pencils and humming are not fidgeting but are trying to get attention from other students.
Exactly! I think it’s easier for us, as a collective, to accept that “individuals” have problems rather than that the entire way we live is terribly messed up and anti human. It’s far more of an undertaking to fix society than it is to label and drug “individuals”. I put that word in quotes because I don’t believe in the concept of individuality. We are all deeply impacted, not only by things that happen to and around us, but by everything that has ever happened anywhere. I’m a different person today than who I would have been if a stranger three towns over hadn’t lost his job two days ago. That can be very difficult to wrap our heads around, because we have been so effectively programmed to see ourselves as autonomous beings.
@@katieandnick4113people with ADHD exist today in tribal culture/hunters and experience problems, they do not thrive. They are excluded socially for being unreliable. They haven't thrived in non-modern times either. It's like saying tourettes is normal behaviour and those people would do well with different non modern circumstances...
Underlying issues may exist. And need to be explored. Domestic interactions and circumstances are also suspect. Chaos, no routine, toxicity, high performance expectations, siblings, familial relationships, parents - situations can all be influencial. Even the teacher.
I started commenting before actually listening to the video reflecting my thoughts and observation. As a senior with husband and adult kids, I am in the position of observing and reflecting. I get what is said. I cannot but agree. Therapy, life coaching and possibly anti depressants might help for the journey of emotional healing of childhood trauma. 💙
This is very interesting. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was in college and I never bought it. I always thought childhood neglect, addiction to video games, addiction to sex, addiction to sugar, depression...had more to do it than some hereditary condition. The overdiagnose of ADHD today only confirms this idea. Its not possible that so many people have this rare condition that affects only 1% of the population. I think your points are very valid and your conlusions are correct.
Addictions are very likely to be a result of your ADHD dopamine dysfunction and depression is also linked to ADHD. i agree that ADHD is over diagnosed but in your case maybe you should start believing it.
I don't care how many reasons you have or how long you spent thinking about it, you're wrong. The problem is misdiagnoses, cheap doctors mass-misdiagnosing energetic kids as having a disorder without performing a proper series of tests and scans. As someone who is almost 40 and has long been working very hard through it, I promise you and everyone else who doesn't know what you're talking about, this physical inability to willfully control my focus and attention is not a lack of discipline or will, I am almost 40 SO YES I HAVE TRIED AND TRIED HARDER AND AGAIN you're not close to the first to say it, stfu it's a daily and constant struggle, and just because you can't understand or imagine doesn't mean it's not real
@@bernardolarisch if you're asking me, I'd say my diet is *irrelavent* as it has changed over my decades-long life and my attention-deficit situation has been absolutely consistent
When an owner fails to teach a kitten to use a litter tray, the cat will be left to struggle all its life fe to use little tray, will pee on owners' carpets, will be thrown away to shelters, rehomed and thrown out again... some habits must be instilled during childhood.
@@svetavinogradova4243 I was trained and helped to try to sit and focus daily for YEARS, so again NO GOD F***ING DAMMIT NO, no, ADD is not simply the result of a lack of trained discipline Many children ARE simply undisciplined, but some have a real neurological condition. It's infuriating, the arrogance and stupidity of internet people like you, being able to assume so easily that such an obvious solution was not honestly tried, and that something so simple is the solution. Who do you think you are that you can make such blanket assumptions about groups of people, their experiences, and believing you have an obvious and easily solution to a widespread problem when you clearly have no personal experience with the matter. I don't know if you're racist too, but you certainly have the qualities for it.
A psychiatrist's test for me was taking his ruler and scraping it down my arm to test my histamine levels. Hence, this was his proof that I had severe ADHD. ADHD is simply, symptoms caused by simple or severe stress as a baby, child or even an adult. It happens mostly empaths, deeply sensitive to their surroundings. If you added this to your magnificent speech, I feel it might help people to understand why symptoms happen to some and not to others.
This guy has not the slightest clue what he is talking about. I would usually never wish ADHD on anyone as I live with it and know how miserable it can be, but you sir, I do wish you could experience it so you would know not to talk shit.
This "guy" is saying the absolute truth. Yes, you feel bad to be a loser - but there is nothing medical about it. Second-rated quality genes, bad patenting, low social class - as a result, a useless, inadequate individual. It is not an illness.
@@svetavinogradova4243 lmfao, you literally have more hate in your body than you do brains, it's not my fault your parents beat you for having something you didn't choose to have, you Deny modern research which is pure ignorance. It's sad to see humanity slump to the low levels your living in, I'm praying for you.
@@bypasssecurity6361 Pitiful. I have no hate. I despise you and your likes, that's all. I was never beaten, and my children as well. We do not need it. We are not failures, We do not have psychiatric diagnosis. The god dnmped people like yuo at the stage of DNA - so your prayers will go unanswered, slime.
@@svetavinogradova4243 you have commented negatively on basically every single comment on this video, which has to have taken a large amount of time,and intention, Which indicates that you are infact hateful. I don't know if I'm more sorry for the people of your country, or you, because honestly it's clear as night and day that you hurt inside, I hope you seek the help you need to live a fulfilling life, it is out there and available, also you really should do modern research, maybe when your country becomes civilized and you get proper internet and computing power you can put some of your wasted time into something productive, like learning how wrong you are and how big of a dick you are, you discriminate against literally 10% of everyone alive, must be miserable. I do NOT envy you.
@@bypasssecurity6361 You are stupid and primitive. It took me half an hour total, but taking apart the horrible propaganda of this fake diagnosis is a good thing- it took the creator of this video a lot more time, and IU support him , against those diagnosed inadequate idiots who are here looking for excuses for being rubbish pieople. I despise your , waste.
what I've learned from my personal experience with medications, I realize now that any type of behaviour that is repeated in other humans can be categorized as a "disorder". it's unclear on what a neurotypical person really acts like when everybody now adays is being diagnosed with dsm 5 propaganda. the dsm 5 book is a coverup for demonic opression, although some mental disorders are real (the ones without behaviour patterns) such as for an example an auditory processing disorder. demons want people to think that pharmaceutical drugs can fix bad behaviour patterns in humans. pharmacutical drugs can cause permanent brain damage or could cause abnormal thinking patterns which is opposed to how your thinking pattern was before pharmacutical medications.
To all skeptics, it is becoming more and more accepted by the scientific community that ADHD was an evolutionary advantage in nomad societies. Our culture does not tolerate ADHD and instead try to put us into a mold, that does not mean ADHD is an illness.
With those with adhd, they have an abnormally low amount of abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitters transmitting between the prefrontal cortical area and the basal ganglia i.e., dopamine and noradrenaline. Dopamine is closely associated with reward centers in the brain, and also interacts with other potent neurotransmitters to regulate mood. Low dopamine levels thus drive the individual to seek the reward feeling by other means. This dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex results in a lack of alertness, shortened attention span, and decreased efficiency of working or short-term memory, difficulty in initiating and sustaining activities, and being unable to distinguish and avoid unnecessary or distracting activities. Underactive frontal and parietal networks which regulate execution of actions and attention, leading to poor attention and hyperactivity have been seen. Additionally, there are overactive visual and dorsal attention networks as well as the default mode network.
@@aubrey5577 No there is not. The only research that showed any brain difference was the research involving ONLY children who spent several years on ritalin/adderoll - their brains were a bit shrunk FROM THE MEDICATION which is nothing but drugs!!!!!! There is no funding about ADHD brain, moer than that - if any change in the brain structure/functioning would be found, the diagnosis must be immediately changed to a relevant different diagnosis, such as organic brain damage or epilepsy.
@@tomw7551 When I hear someone say they don't believe in global warming because it gets cold in winter, or that the world is flat because you cant feel yourself moving through space, I think of people like you. You base your opinion of the world on what you feel rather than what can be proved. Why do you think it matters that you have been "diagnosed" with ADHD. Maybe you were misdiagnosed, maybe you are in denial, maybe you are on the autism spectrum and your symptoms are being confused with ADHD. Why do you feel like the doctor that diagnosed you is the authority on the subject and therefore because you don't feel like you have ADHD means it must be a hoax for drug companies to push pills?
I am to totally agree with this man. Children are naturally playful and discovering their world. I loved to be outside and play and fish and find animals but instead we are stuck in an un natural class room and given long lectures and pencil on paper work. They tried to tell my parents I have ADHD as a kid and wanted to put my on meds but my parents said hell no. Western culture and education system is fucked.
Alright I’m an adult who didn’t have much screen time as a kid so my depression anxiety and overall lack of self confidence, which mostly comes from my ADHD even if I had classes for people like me that have more activity’s and hands on learning. Now what I’m I just faking something I can’t control. Though school has indeed over diagnosed it I’m not arguing with that.
Dang. I'm 3 years late. I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD at a young age but I no longer label myself this. I was on a ton of medication throughout my childhood. Ritalin and Adderall were the big two. These medications eventually evolved into depression and anxiety medications when I came into adulthood. If a medication didn't work, my father would put me on a new one. He wanted me to be medicated at all times. I HATED it. I finally got off ALL meds in 2014. This angered my father but I did not care. I was SICK of taking medication that I knew was damaging my mind. My uncle even referred to me as "a zombie" when I was on depression/anxiety meds and he was ecstatic when I pulled myself from these meds. Parents need to consider this once a doctor diagnoses their child with ADHD and may try to push drugs onto these imaginative and creative children. There is a part of me that wishes I could go back in time to comfort that little imaginative little girl who felt ashamed of her personality. I can't though. All I can do is "reparent" myself. This needs to addressed. This video is all the more relevant in this generation what with crap like TikTok.
Thank you for sharing. For some reason, there's so many people right now who are just taking this sort of thing way out of proportion. I guess, kind of like your father, in this story that you told here. I mean, I don't know your father and I don't want to insult you or him. But in this example, he took this the wrong way and took things way out of proportion. Seems like there's so many people nowadays who are doing this. For me, it's just really invalidating. Because, I whenever I say something about how ADHD is not exactly a real thing, people freak the fuck out. I think it's normal for people to be hyper or bored or distracted sometimes. Every single person experiences that. And it's the parents job to properly teach their children how to have patience. But a lot of people just don't understand how to do that. And some people actually actively raise their kids to be difficult instead of successful. Anyways, I don't mean to speak about your personal experiences from an intellectual perspective. I just mean to say thank you because it's really validating hearing the truth that so many people are gaslighting everyone about right now.
@@zzzcocopepebut heres the thing you guys (neurotyipicals) have that experience sometimes while people with adhd or other disorders have it all there life. If you have dementia and i tell you we all forget sometimes that would be wrong right?
Stories like yours make me really upset. What an idea to drug young and developing minds in order not to have to deal with challenges that living with any human being - especially young child am- involves. Stay well and don’t be afraid of who you are. Read biographies of artists, scientists, “regular” people and you’ll see that everyone had quirks, hard times and difficult experiences while growing up. It’s part and parcel of being human.
adhd is 100% real, my dad grew up in the 70's and had only about 6 hours of screen time a week, he was always outside or reading or drawing, he was also depressed because his teachers just thought he was dumb, he is actually one of the smartest people i know. i also have adhd, i didn't know what a touch screen device was until i was 7, i didn't have a phone until i was 10, i didn't have social media until last year. adhd is real.
Dietry reactions has a negative impact on gut health too. Diary and wheat are immediate suspects. There are things like food colouring and preservatives that can have negative impact on behavior too. All these avenues should be explored to get to the root cause of attention deviated behavior.
i have ADHD and i suffer from it every single day. I am not like that. ADHD does not make you childish it makes it harder to focus at a normal level. I barely sleep or eat just trying to make up for the effort loss and still can't do it .
@@svetavinogradova4243 That’s why so many people with ADHD have depression. They believe it’s inherent character flaws, that they’re just not meant to succeed. We try so hard, just as hard as anyone, but when you’re trying you’re damned hardest, and still fail. Still don’t manage to breeze through the task that took your peers only 2 minutes, while it takes you 10. You start to ask yourself “what is wrong with me?” My dad always said I was inattentive, appeared to be asleep, in my own world. And well, I am, it mind wander very easily the moment I’m not doing something engaging. It’s almost second nature me at this point like an involuntary action that I don’t even realize I’m doing most of the time. My point is when you see something that exactly describes your experience, the difficulties you had, it’s pretty hard to brush off as fake. Maybe you still won’t be convinced, it’s something that someone who doesn’t have it couldn’t truly comprehend. But I am asking you you try and take a step out of your own shoes for a second, and realize that this is a real disorder that affects real people.
@@helios2664 No, you do nto try hard enough. You don't. Suppose you watch a concert pianist play a piano concert o- it takes them effortless 40 minutes. You try to play it? No way you can. Why? You have no "inherent piano flaws"???? Nope. You just did not have a single piano lesson!!!! What you lacl is skills - skills of concentration, self-control, discipline. These are skills that porper parentsa instill in their kids since 12 month of age! By age 3, were you taught to tie your shoe laces? I bet not! By age 1, were you trained to eat any food in front of you with gratitude? I bet not. Were you trained to tidy your toys by age 2? Nope. Are you given access to waste your time on internet - yes, you are, despite lacking the basic skills so no time for fun! This is all parenting. You are not trained. You have "piano disorder". You think pills will help you to play like a concert pianist? Nope. only lessons, and a lot of them. You need to try harder that anyone, as you are well behind. You need a good winter in Siberia, where every morsel of food you will be earning by hard physical work, bring water, make wood for fire from huge logs, clear the snow 2m high every day... Well, keep dreaming - what a pity.
Nononono as a person diagnosed with adhd by a professional. I do not know much but I know it is very real and has effected my life in both good and bad ways. I have had many adhd episodes that can start from dissociating and zoning out to a spiral of depression and frustration with myself. Never tell someone with adhd that it is “easy to focus” and “you can pay attention” I legitimately can NOT pay attention I need medication for it and my life has been both easy and hard with it. It is very real and urge people to treat it as it should be.
You will get good attention after you will have to earn evety bit of your food. Sitting being cared for by others does not train attention. You could watch the video.
@@ameliamcclure4847 Look: you are rude, your spelling is bad, you are given access to computer to waste your time - this is all sign of bad parenting. Your parents need to be shamed for raising such an unfortunate useless parasite.
As someone with severe adhd I struggle so unbelieviably heavily with self doubt, emotional dysregulation, mood swings, and much more every day that no one ever mentions about adhd. It is devastating to see someone who seems so smart actually think that a disorder that affects people so severely that they are writing this comment CRYING because of how much they hate themselves for not being able to act "normal", not being able to just get up and finish a task because of a literal feeling of being frozen, and feeling so unbelieviably misunderstood because of the stupid name of this disorder and how misunderstood it is that I have hurt myself because I feel obligated to live to societys expectations of neurotypical people, actually make this video. It is mind boggling to me how some people just cannot step into others shoes for just a moment to try to understand. Do you think I would feel this insanely pissed at myself if i didnt ACTUALLY struggle with any of this? Do you think i would actively hate myself this much? Do you think I would have these unreasonably high expectations of myself if not for the stigma around adhd and the fact that these symptoms ARE REAL and are NOT just "controllable" or something created from "Society's changes"? Please delete this video. It hurts.
This is not an effect of ADHD. I honestly believe that for some people, they are just giving "ADHD" as an excuse for procrastinating and avoiding doing things they don't like. Most symptoms of ADHD are normal. When you write your comment, I can barely see any facts; you are speaking purely from emotion and hatred.
Life has been night and day once I started my medication at 21 years. Your opinions on the matter are not facts. People like you are why so many feel guilty for seeking the help they need
@@svetavinogradova4243 no they dont "dumb". when an adhd person is given adderall,ritalin whatever it calms them down to the point of being sleepy which contradicts the effect of the same pills on neurotypical people, which is giving them high and making them more energetic. and lastly it's not there to improve us(which is backed by science that meds do little to no effect on those who do not have adhd) it's actually there to balance us, to make the conditions of the "race" even for everyone
@@svetavinogradova4243 incorrect. Ritalin and other adhd medications help to correct a dopamine deficiency within our brains. As such, this correction brings our brain chemistry in line with neurotypical individuals. The effect it has on neurotypical people vs adhd people is vastly different.
@@CooleyHigh20 The effect is the SAME on all people - ADHD or not. Dophamine theory is just a theory. Ritalin is a drug, similar to cocain. Taking it regularly for years makes the brain shrink, legs will be ugly and short, heart muscle like of an 80y old. It is a poison for disfunctional people, who need to be giving no offspring and not to litter the society.
I think it should be made less “normal” as so many people think they have it when it’s just a reaction to fast paced society we have. BUT it is a legitimate issue and here are my reasons: • I have a harder time visualising time because of my adhd. This means I can overbook myself without knowing as I can’t always see how this Saturday and this weekend are the same thing. • I almost didn’t graduate because I couldn’t do what was asked of me and only survived after I got a diagnosis and built up the courage to ask what I could get help with. • when things are a little too complicated or too overwhelming I shut down completely. Now this might be part of my autism but mainly I notice it’s common in people with adhd. If I have to do something that has one extra step to it it doesn’t matter how much I want to do, how much mental scream at and kick myself, I will not be able to do it for a really long time which has cause an insane amount of legal and medical problems. • Since I was 6 I have had severe chronic insomnia where I am up doing arts and craft, singing, reading, or even cleaning until the clock it’s about 3-4am. NEVER was it about school, society, or electronics. So I have been used to only sleeping 4-6 hours a night and I never knew why. • I have to have a clean space for my mind to feel clear but having adhd is literally the exact reason I can’t have things clean because even though I try so hard every day my room ends up a mess and when it’s too much my brain shuts down. • I couldn’t get work because nothing was my pace. • I felt horrible working with people as a helper because the adhd makes me want to have everyone like me yet I only always felt like I was in the way. • I would get really high or really low and these low moments were brought on by the in-consistent serotonin chemicals adhd caused me. • I thought the reason I couldn’t do so many things like study correctly, summarise books, know how to prioritise etc was because I was dumb. But it was my adhd that caused me to not understand what is important and what is not. • When I was at certain places doing things that ended up turning my brain to mush, that wasn’t something I thought was out of my control. Adhd is legitimate because if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be here right now. I would either still be in high school or dead. But what people need is to get educated on a better level because when I got my diagnosis (along with my autism when I was 16-17 which was the diagnosis I was primarily looking for) I didn’t know what it was to a certain extent. My mum has it so my own behaviour was excused, still I couldn’t tell what was adhd traits I had like my mum and what wasn’t because we NEVER talked about it. Having adhd is so much more than these baseline issues: To have adhd is to want everyone to like you whilst not be like everyone else. It’s to have a planner you need to go by religiously to avoid double booking, forgetting to eat, and to mentally prepare for the next day. It’s to needing a whole day off if you’re going to an appointment or meeting because you will physically be unable to do anything else. It’s to having to be on medication just to function on a natural level, and needing accommodations just to have the same chance at success as the average person. It’s to almost cause a traffic collision in the middle of a crossroad with four traffic lights on each side, because there was one too many elements to keep track of and you nearly drove into someone who actually knew what they were doing which caused your car to die from exhaustion. To have adhd is to be about to go down with the dishes and ending up writing a strong comment under a video for half an hour, sitting cross legged on the floor. I respect you as a person but not your opinions, these are privileged opinions from someone who clearly doesn’t know what it’s like to have adhd.
Here is what is great about having adhd, however: + I am the most creative person I know. + I can evolve to the same skill level on an instrument in a week as the average person get to in a month or two. + I change my mind constantly but it’s thanks to that that I know when something sticks for longer than normal it will stick forever. + I am incredibly motivated and driven, all I need is a goal and then I will not do anything else until I’ve hit it. + having a diagnosis has made me 1000 times more confident in my abilities and EXTENSIVE knowledge. + I can sit on the same project up to 96hrs straight. This has resulted in beautiful artworks, clothes, realistic portraits, music, clay sculptures, upcycles, books, and even a Sesame Street monster puppet. Don’t use your disability to see the worst of it, especially with add and adhd!
I experience very many of the issues you’re describing, so in a sense I do know what it’s like to have ADHD. I think a big difference between people who cling to that diagnosis and myself is that I am able to step back and look at things more objectively, rather than focusing completely on my experiences. If a society is very sick, as ours is and has been for thousands of years, would you say that the people the society produces that appear to be the most well adjusted to that society are objectively healthier than the people who have not adjusted well to the sick society? Or is the inverse more likely to be true? That the “sick” individuals produced by a “sick” society are actually more objectively healthy?
Well, you got the moron part right, along with the reality denying aspect too because ADHD is still listed as a "Hypothesis" in the DSM-5-rt...meaning it's existance is still Inconclusively proven and factual so 🙄 unless you know something science doesn't... Looks like you're wrong on this one lol
This is a great video and the rise in ADHD diagnoses (and subsequent medicating of small children with stimulants) is in many ways troubling. At issue is not whether these traits are real; they are. Rather, it's that whether they constitute a disorder is entirely context dependent. We increasingly live in a society in which anyone that isn't naturally predisposed to being comfortable strapped to a desk staring at a screen or text book 12 hours a day is some how now suffering a sort of mental illness. A good example of the point here is that studies on peoples that still retain a hunter gatherer life style show that people in those societies that exhibit all the "symptoms" of ADHD are on average better nourished and healthier, because they seek novelty more and are better at both finding new sources of food and avoiding danger. Point being is that if a "medical condition" is actually evolutionary an advantageous set of traits for survival in contexts not of the desk-work variety, then its fair to ask who is really sick, those with ADHD symptoms or society?
Society I believe. I think it's people who are low in openness, disagreeable and highly conscientious ( in the big 5 ) who are pedantic and try to dictate how others have to be and live their lives. And who can't accept that not everyone is like them. People with ADHD tend to be high in openness and lower in conscientiousness which is the opposite of what is needed in todays society.
Perfectly stated! In a very sick society, it is those of us who seem to be the most well adjusted that are the most objectively sick. But if we were to acknowledge this fact, if we could even do that on any sort of collective level, we’d be tasked with fixing the very very broken systems under which we live, and we don’t believe that’s possible. So we point at and diagnose individuals with problems and illnesses, in an apparent attempt to help them, when in reality, we just want them to stop making us see things about our society that we don’t want to see. Medicating(and in the past, often institutionalizing) the so-called mentally ill is akin to sticking our fingers in our ears and singing “lalalalala” when we don’t want to acknowledge a problem.
I read this in the article form the other day. Thank you so much for this. It's really trying when you think along these lines, but it seems like everywhere I turn, nobody is getting it. I actually disagree with a lot of the reasons that you proposed. I think a lot of them kind of play into the same sort of logic behind the whole idea of ADHD. For me, it just seems like it's a misrepresentation what is actually happening. I think it's parents with oppositional problems. And so they raise their children to be oppositional. And i think it's really that simple. . The thing is, you can't say what I'm saying. Because, when anybody says this, including me, oppositional people freak the fuck out. They don't like being called out. So, they attack. But anyways, I really appreciate that you said this stuff. It's really validating. Because so many people are refusing to acknowledge the truth of this situation. It used to be much more common to hear people saying things like this. But nowadays, for some reason, people don't want to say it
Humans are hardwired to oppose authority, particularly when said authority is telling us to do things that don’t make sense to us. We are naturally cooperative and egalitarian, and are supposed to treat children like human beings and not objects that exist to do what we want. I think that kids(especially boys) who seem to have no issues sitting still and paying attention in school for 7 hours a day probably have parents who are incredibly dominant and controlling, and so the children learn from birth about hierarchies and the “fact” that they are at the bottom of it. These are the children who are likely to victimize other children(particularly younger ones), though they will often do it out of sight of adults. They treat other children the way their parents treat them. Again, this is not natural. Being raised by very controlling, dominant parents may produce “productive members of society”, but in a very twisted society, I don’t want to be a productive member. It’s no sign of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
@@Chiller-pc1dv I am not hurt at all. It is you who is a psychiatric patient. I am fine, I have brilliant education, highest qualification, I am gifted, well respected, I have lovely kids who I brought up to become amazing, highly successful and respected people. And this "coloursedhair" human piece of lower quality genes tries to dictate me something on the internet... it is so funny! There are nice vegetables and rotten dirty vegetables. Same with people. You should be where "reduced to clear" stuff gets thrown to take for free, and still there will be nobody to desire those left-overs. Accept this. Quality. Below average. Yes, it hurts and should hurt. Deal with it.
Individuals have a child-like way of viewing the world which is why we tend to get diagnosed with things like ADHD. However it's the environment around us that doesn't give our brains a chance to relax because it's structured as this cliche adult world that won't allow the brain to roam free. Like everyone has to talk like an adult, dress like an adult, read things for adults, watch movies/shows for adults, or discuss bland politics all the time. The BRAIN isn't meant to withstand all of that because the KID in you never goes away. You just get smarter, bigger and more wiser.
As a person who is diagnosed with Adhd I understand that adhd is overly diagnosed so I can understand why some people dont believe it is a legitimate medical condition. It is overly diagnosed in males than females because females display it differently. For example many young boys are more hyper and rowdy compared to females. some of those boys may actually have adhd but most of them are diagnosed with it when they dont have it. Adhd is real for the people who actually have it and it causes trouble learning and not just at school at home, with social interaction emotions etc
@@svetavinogradova4243 ok people who have cancer don’t actually have cancer they were just parented badly. There’s actually mri scans that show the difference with ppl with adhd vs someone who doesn’t. I understand some ppl are badly parented but not every single person with adhd has had bad parents
@@xkirstinx8058 Nope. ADHD is made up. It is nothing more that a selection of behaviours. NO mri scans show any differences, more than that - aNY difference , any pathology discovered on an MIR will immediatley lead tochanging of the diagnosis to the real one. ADHD ONLY means "the person has such and such inappropriate behaviours, for our modern society". Mentally handicapped people have their own, true diagnoses. The ones of normal intelligence are ALL badly parented or trained and simply lack skills.
@@xkirstinx8058 cancer shows on tests. You might get it - you will see your tests. But your lack of skills is just lack of skills. Your mommy failed to train you, failed to get you into a good elite school, failed to teach you to behave.
@@svetavinogradova4243 and your mommy failed to educate u about mental health conditions and neurological conditions. If adhd isn’t real then nor is anxiety depression or cancer
ADHD being a “disease”, is treated with excuses & lack of intervention. ADHD is not a tortuous diagnosis you cannot overcome. I’ve watched how people never grow up or mature, because “IT’S ADHD!!!”. Mommy & Daddy, teachers, everyone will allow abusive violence and even emotional violence. Siblings and peers suffer because of it. These golden children impose it on others, rather than learning the necessary coping methods to operate in society. It’s literally a list of traits… not an illness. My older brother smashed out my teeth, broke my bones, and busted my lip as a little girl. We both had the same problems, but nobody cared about MY WELLBEING. I found my own coping mechanisms, and figured my shit out, because I wasn’t living on the graces of a “condition”. I was actually held accountable for things. Alter your environment if you want to find happiness, change your routines or methods. Society is over sensitive, and needs to get it together. Grow up, life isn’t always comfy. Psychopathic behavior is still psychopathic behavior. Parents need to stand up for the vulnerable siblings & peers, it’s abusive in so many cases.
fun fact: ADHD was first discovered in 1902 originally going by the name of Hyperkinetic disorder. (i did research on adhd and add for a school project i chose that because it’s something dear to my heart as someone who struggles with adhd so my brain had gladly hyper focused on the subject because i was really interested to learn more about it)
You are normal and seek excuses for your useless behaviour. Learn about normal distribution - you are simply in the normal range close to unfortunates.
@@mmmm11199 Ir is real - just nothing medical about it - it is Arrogant Dumb Hopeless Dude. They do exist. They are healthy - just stupid, badly parented and with a ruined life ahead of them.
@@svetavinogradova4243 did you know Albert Einstein had ADHD? Explain that bitch even Steph Hawking had ADHD. Jon Bellion too has ADD so explain how they turned out so great
I am 38 and a week ago I was asked if I had ADHD because I was so excited about something. ADHD is a badge thrown around by schools to bully students and parents into sheepish obedience and submission. A lively person is not disordered.
I know why you feel that way. You do not understand the meaning of the word disorder. A disorder is any collection of correlated traits or symptoms which cause impairments in ordinary living and enjoyment of ordinary aspects of life and which are correlated enough to be reasonably grouped together as opposed to being disparate traits or as opposed to some or all being classified into another group or other groups and which group’s symptoms cause significant impairment in ordinary living and enjoyment of ordinary aspects of life. Such impairments are usually defined so as to exclude purely social non functional or performance reasons like prejudice which are outside the control of the patient and which are dependent on the society in which the patient lives. So for example left handedness is not a disorder because it does not represent significant impairment, even if the society discriminates against left handedness, but having only one hand would be even if you are royalty and this not expected to perform manual tasks, as the fact that you could enjoy tasks involving both hands but for only having one right hand is a significant impairment). Of course there are grey areas. In a population dominated by right-handedness, things are often made with right handedness in mind for convenience or to preserve resources or reduce costs. Thus, there is a socially caused impairment with fundamentally biological roots. But the important distinction there is whether the impairments are significant. Transgender people, intersex people, and other gay people thus are not defined as having a disorder, but gender dysphoria is defined as a disorder of it causes significant impairments to happiness or other important aspects of life.
@@svetavinogradova4243 Well if there was a disorder that was recognized and accepted by him like schizophrenia that was revered in another culture, and if such people had a special and comfortable place in society, would that not make it either not a disorder or less of one?
Half of these Arguments are even less valid when we look at any person that is older than me (26). Because they are people that are like 50 now and get diagnosed with ADHD. I already had my issues in the very first year of school. The only thing I had was Games with Puzzles like „The Legend of Zelda“ or „Star Fox Adventure“ I cant really say these are Games that make you have less attention or you can play brain afk. Honestly, this makes no sense to me. Blaming all to the Media is a little too easy. I didnt had anything like this until I was 14. I also dont had problems with my Parents. At this point, more Children should be suffering from AD(H)D because the Rest ist pretty mich affecting alot of us (society, pressure in School etc). I think people like this guy here are the reason why we feel even more like we are different/wrong/a failure. „You just played too many games, you should stop using your electric devices, play outside more often, its the fault of the FEMALE teachers.“ WHAT? I still cannot focus on anything unless i love it although I wanna learn it or are on some level interested but not enough or I am struggeling from frustration. Then why can medicine work if it doesnt help you with producing stuff in your brain that helps you have priorities with sorting information? I was not treated right either as a female by a female teacher and i am not loud, im not angry, im not running around in class or cutting off people. Still i have Hyperaktivity and cant focus AT ALL. Nothing here makes sense to me, there are many types of ADHDers it sounds alot like there is only the really troubled ones that get mentioned here because they are harder to manage then others. Edit: Ive seen some people here claiming that ADHDers are BEHIND and need drugs to compensate… WHAT? That is so sad and disrespectful. If you feel like that is true then you obviously dont have this neurological discorder. Until today, 26 Years of my Life I have received ZERO threatment. No Therapie, no Meds. I feel miserable, still I have finished Highschool and even studied Game Art and 3D animation and got my Diploma. The only thing I felt like I couldnt finish is the Bachelor of Arts. This became so dry and went into things like Economy and Copyright Laws, I knew I just couldnt, although I really wanted that for myself. I ve just beaten myself up for being too stupid, although I clearly are not, because I have a very good Education. I learned English in Kindergarten because thats not my first Language. I feel still so frustrated about my Memory loss, loss of focus etc that I cant wait for trying the Meds. Please stop insulting people that feel a bit or even extremely better with it. I want ro see you with that discorder without medication, it is frustrating. I know that..
An expected rant for a no-so intelligent average person, brought up without propper discipline. Attending to things that are boring is a skill learnt in childhood - when you must pay attention to the most boringsubjects under the danger of punishment. If you failed to acquire such skill - you are simply a loser by character. ADHD is NOT a meurological disorder. It is just a lable for behaviours that are considered unfortunate in the modern western culture. You needed to become a cleaner or a bird-catcher, would have suited you better. You can be frustrated with yourself all you like, but normal people come in a range of stupid-to-genius continium, and you are just closer to the lower end - it is no worry, just match your expectations to your very average-to-low abilities.
@@svetavinogradova4243 Wow that is the best you got?? From what i can see the person has a good head for 3D objects, creative mind and has gotten a lot farther than most averages in society. Bachelor of arts means at least 3 years in univeristy meaning they gott into university. Or would you prefer if i judge you by your inability to simple google a grammar checker online for your english writing and say that you should go back to driving a waste truck instead of wasting intelligent peoples times online with your poor english and even poorer arguments?? XD
@@BuilderB08 Life will teach you. Concentrating on unwanted is about skill and discipline. Losers are the very people who have not acquired this skill.
@@_VISION. Which scenarios?You will start paying attention when life teaches you to do it - for example, after you have an accident and are left not allowed to drive.
This is so wrong in so many ways. I found it difficult to listen past point #1. Anyone who has observed a small child with ADHD (or who has BEEN that small child!) would have a problem believing that our "complex society" was a cause of that person's behaviors/challenges.
@@svetavinogradova4243 Is that supposed to be an insult? If yes you did a horrible job at trying to insult me. And i think that my opinion probably is taken more seriously than that of a clown 🤡
