DR. GABOR MATE: IS ADHD A DISEASE? 

Nope caused by , glandular fever, an aggressive strain of, that was grown in a laboratory & injected into humanity over 100yr ago, the toxins that the virus releases in the late stage cause connective tissue disorders & ADHD

This is how I see it too

How is it practically easily curable?

Blunderbuss.

Grandiose statements. Back them up.

How do you cure it?

Please tell me more

He is not wrong. Many cases are misdiagnosed as AD(H)D. In a study they found around 36% of adult women with the diagnosis were s3xually abus3d as minors. If you look at c-ptsd and ADD f.e. the symptoms are the same. They just have different names. Dreamy=dissociation, hyperactive=hyperarousal due to being on alert, impulsive=emotional disregulation, problems concentrating and staying focussed. If you show all these you will get an ADHD diagnosis as a child. But they are also very common c-ptsd symptoms. Interestingly both can be therapised with neurofeedback, calming the amygdala down f.e. And in both cases you even use the exact same neurofeedback, mostly the game where you fly the airplane around. And it has the same effects on both people with ADHD and childhood c-ptsd. Then maybe they are often the same thing or related somehow. That doesn't mean ADHD doesn't exist at all. But what we interpret as ADHD is often something else. English is my second language.

Finally someone with a good command of this!❤🎉

​@@danika9411you keep repeating this in so many comments and I'm surprised at how you cannot see the error yourself. If 36% were discovered, how do you then draw a conclusion that it speaks for all ADHDers or their situation is the underpinning of this disorder? "Association does NOT equal causation." Is one of the cornerstones of research and is a platitude every researcher asserts. Till date, abuse has not been identified as a cause for ADHD, it remains a RISK FACTOR. Regardless of the noted association, there isn't enough evidence to solidify it as a cause because there exists MANY other noted associations (the newest being dysbiosis) apart from trauma, and many ADHDers do NOT have a history of trauma. By your logic I could also make a video claiming dysbiosis to be the sole cause of ADHD because there's been a very convincing growing body of research pointing to the same. But I am not doing that because this is not as simplistic as it seems.

Gut flora is HUGE It can make the symptoms 10000% worse Trauma is a factor It can mimic adhd and make existing adhd worse But it is also genetic! And it can exist alongside dyslexia, like it did in my family You take one kid with neurodiversity, give them lots of antibiotics, trauma, poor attachment and guaranteed there symptoms will be through the roof. The other child in a different environment would be 80% more functional and would grow up to be a relaxed and functional adult

Diet affecting ADHD symptoms doesn't mean trauma wasn't part of what caused some of the base ADHD to start with. Both can be true. Yes sugar can make most of us jittery; coffee, caffeine, food colourings. But some will respond in different ways than others; some get more jittery/distracted from this than others.

@@ktnow88what's the relation between eating sugar & disasociating from society?

@@claudialaura Can you please share more about your trauma, adhd symptom history, and how you got help?

I trust Mate 1000 times more than any quack - why dont you go and see the psychiatrist and let us here who want another perspective watch this in peace 🤷🏼‍♀️

Have you read his book buddy? Barkley has false accusations of Mate which is utterly embarrassing. Dr. Mate’s book is available on RU-vid for free. His claims answered all my questions in one coherent clear way. Absolutely mind blowing. Read the books then come back here. I promise you will delete your comment. He never claims you can cure 100% or over time. He says you can train brain circuits that were under developed and that can take decades. Makes sense. I’m not new in studying cognition as a therapist myself. Dr. Barkley and his title doesn’t full me. His personality is not that respectful when he puts up sloppy researched videos about a colleague.

@@sanamsi where do you find it for free?

@@SarahHodgins hi there, if you look up Scattered Mind by Dr Mate, there are 6 chapters of the book on RU-vid for free. You can listen to the free portion and if you like it, the book is on audible, 11 hrs long. If you don’t have an audible account Amazon is offering a 99 cent deal per month for 3 months by signing up right now. The deal gives you one free audio book credit per month. You can sign up for 99 cent and use your first free book credit to get this book. There are other ways too, since the audio version is widely published on different websites. With a quick Google search I found websites that offered free credits for your first audiobooks choices just by signing up. I wish I could just borrow mine to you as it is possible on audible to do that. I’m sure there are many ways to have the book for free or very cheap though. Good luck on your research and I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did. All I can say is none of the claims Dr. Barkley made against Mate is valid once you actually read the book. Dr. Mate is not that great in interviews and misses some main points, perhaps because of his adhd. His book is a different story though.

Thank you!

Guilty

thank you

Children endure a lot of unnecessary shadow projection from parents who likely experienced that as well - all stemming from a lack of self awareness. "The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others." - CG Jung

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Thanks for this comment - I love the positivity and hope it presents.

I didn't even participate in a discussion (there was none) but still got an unwanted advice... Wow

And eat healthy, lots of veggies and drink a lot of water. But yeah. You nailed it 🥰🙏

Hello, you can watch the entire series or course at wholehearted.org : www.wholehearted.org/title/healing-trauma-addiction/

To take medication it is not a big deal, it is a tool, it is not magic, our condition it will remain, but it helps to feel better, so I think, that we obviously must look for other ways to improve our condition,,but if it is positive for your whole life, why not take medicines during our life span?

breathwork and meditation can help a lot to regulate the nervous system get more calm and relaxed,

why do you say that? it seem rational to me?

@@ahmedmohmed4346 Mate is not a specialist on ADHD. In his view on psychiatric problems he’s a one trick pony. According to Mate the underlying cause is always trauma. Although trauma is very important, it’s not the cause of all mental problems. Adhd is for 80 percent hereditary. Science is not on Mate’s side. This is the problem with all those medical psycholigal influencers, there’s an urge to putt stuff online because is very rewarding for them. It feeds on the person’s narcissism.

At least he substantiated his claim

@@JoeMoss83 no he didn’t, he just made a construct which is not proven

@@sidewinder1639 Oh please. Call it construct if you want, but there's still more substance and logic there than your claim that he's talking out of his ass 😂 Also you know what else cannot be proven? ADHD. There's no biological or physical proof of it. It's diagnosed through subjective observation.

TY

He's definitely talked about the brain and gut before in many videos

@@akashicrose5551 good to know..allopaths don't usually connect brain and gut.

Did you finish it?if so did the book add anything new to you?

@@ahmedmohmed4346 yes, I was in the dark about the connections. Did u read it?

I have ADHD and am married to a brilliant European educated, Mayo Clinic trained, family med physician who would NEVER NEVER NEVER spout such b.s. like Gabor. She's busy working 60+hrs/wk solving primary care issues for her patients. Full-on quackery if you ask me. So far out of his lane I have to question if he still has a license to practice or if he's depending on RU-vid as a way to get rich quick.

​@@foundajobstudiodo your brilliant spousse didn't Cure your ADHD yet?

He’s full of crap when it comes to adhd. No clue whatsoever

Mates opinion is based on nothing, no data, no proof.

It's not (at least not directly). ADHD isn't a personality disorder. If it is caused by trauma, that is picked up in the diagnosis and the person likely wont be diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD often causes a lot of trauma but it doesn't work the other way around.

It’s not. This dude shouldn’t be talking about ADHD. Maybe there is a developmental and environmental factor. Maybe. Which is what can be said with any mental condition period, it’s not groundbreaking to suggest it with adhd too. What this idiot is preaching is that it’s somehow avoidable, and has said it doesn’t get passed down genetically which is just hilarious to believe considering it is literally one of the most heritable disorders period. You’re born with it, it doesn’t develop... maybe just gets worse with trauma, but this jackass wants you to believe that there is something you can do to fix it and it’s up to ADHDers to stop ADHDing and then they’ll be normal and healthy and happy.

​@@shizukashimoda2242 nah i trust gabor he looks enlightened

@@TheDaveGaminG98 No. The biggest factor for ADHD is gut flora. Trust me. We have tons of research on this. Diet and sterility of the enviroment. But stress, also maternal while pregnant already, has an effect on gut flora of the mother and her future child. You could actually call it genetic coz it depends on genes of microbiota. Human genes can create some vulnerability (coz these are also related to what gut flora person develops, immune and flora are interacting).

​@@0626love nah i trust Gabor he look enlightened

Yes. And he may be an expert on trauma, but not every mental issue is dependent on outward stressors. I don’t get why people refuse to accept that the brain is still also an organ with physiological properties and bodily functions can always happen to deviate from the normative healthy state. Biology doesn’t cease to exist because the mind is involved

Please check the documentary: In Utero (2015) if you not already did. The question is, where does these biological, genetic or neuropshysiological liability's come from? And maybe this is complementary on his vision: "There are multiple genetic and environmental risk factors with small individual effect that act in concert to create a spectrum of neurobiological liability." - Paolo Curatol

His last book explains why and has a looooot of references on studies. He his not only using correlation as you may think.

@@ProjetSoma As I wrote, I don't deny that there is a developmental component. Research suggests that around in 25-30% of the cases the environment played a key role, like injuries of the brain in the womb or later in life. For the rest (66-75%) genetics are the main cause (inherited or by mutation). This is shown through many twin studies. We know that Maté is not a big fan of genetics. But the cause of ADHD isn't socio-educational, maybe the reasons of diagnosis are, but not the development of the condition itself. It is important to understand, that you get a diagnosis if your difficulties in executive functions are impairing and lower quality of life. But you cannot teach ADHD as you cannot teach autism. You can teach how to live with it.

@@kvr6869 If you want to go even further, you could say that there is no mind without a body. Which I find is plausible.

Generalization isn't helpful. Many teachers are brilliant, many schools serve students very well.

@@OceanFrontVilla3 Teachers that do not make you think for yourself are not helpful. Generalizations make you think. Being able to think for yourself should always be the main aim. Life is like sailing navigation, on course corrections; and that is why people need to think for themselves. What somebody has to give you an instruction manual every time they say something? Just to add that I porpbab;y seem a bit hard here but think it is relavent and true.

I think you’re on to something. Can you help me understand what you mean by elitism? Are you in America or another country. Is it the absence of Socratic Dialogue? Thank you!

I believe this 100 %

@@cpucilowski by elitism I mean that those who are top become favorites, there is a social class. Sport is prime example, the school sports team, those in it are held in high esteem. It develops a mentality in students. It is called pare pressure but the real name for it is elitism. And there is the in crowd, and another spattering of individuals, these are people who exploit it, often, most often, pretty much guaranteed there are also those who push themselves (actually this would be a lot of individuals), individuals who are fighting for recognition, they push the envelope of recognition. It is not ADHD that is driving them, it is elitism, a mentality they fall into by mistake, they have no guide, no mentor, only what they see, which is those considered to be elites and they want to be one. They get a response, they manifest an act, they get a response. No different to those who crack the upper recognition group for being top swimmer or lead actor in the school play. And it doesn’t help that at that same time they are exposed to adult emotions, starting to emerge into an adult world, pushing themselves courageously as they know how. Behind it all is fake misguided pretentious undercurrent created by teachers themselves. Teachers who cannot be blamed, really it’s all they know. They battled through it all themselves. Being a winner is fun. Being broken by that regimen is not but winning is. Like one successful misfit once said “everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame.” School, the psychology of pare pressure can easily overpower what is in the home. It is 50% of their woken lives. If they are not getting what they need in the other 50% at home, around friends and family, it can easily overpower them. At home, around friends, that is where they are made or broken, it is what makes or brakes them. Trauma’s can do it, social pressure. At high school level especially but earlier in social situations is where it starts. A falling out with a parent can do it. Not having enough of that parents time usually the father can do it. In the end it can get down to prayer. Faith and prayer to the Father of the heavenly lights and in the name of Jesus that can do it. The very last verse of the very last book of the prophets in the Bible says, “I will turn the heart of the children to the fathers and the heart of the fathers to the children lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” I for one know and have experienced this to be absolutely 100% true. You don’t know what is going on in the child or father’s heart. Such powerful forces of self righteousness at work, yet he is there calling both to the light of Christ. It just takes patient prayer which changes everything. It turns the heart of the father to the child and the heart of the child to the father. And if there is no father even better because God himself takes that role. I wish I had that but in the end the Lord he turned my heart to my father’s and my father’s heart to me. Such a self righteous man but at the end before he died that man would invite his friends into his home and tell them they need to put their faith in Jesus. He told me once on the phone he prayed for me every night. This was a very successful man at work, study, sport, everything (except parenting) that was reduced to prayer, his heart was turned, the most self righteous man ever, his heart was turned.

Suffering and being in a survival mode throughout childhood development is not random but may have a genetic component if this is ingrained in the previous generations preparing the child in uterus to be in survival mode when born. My son seemed a bit distressed after birth…it was very concerning. However, I had been in survival mode all my life up until 3yrs before he was conceived then once he was conceived his father left me at 4 months pregnant and I felt like I was having a heart attack for about week… I almost miscarried I was in such distress they put me on bedrest in order to save the pregnancy. He felt all that pain and turmoil. When he was born he at time looked like it too. My mother was an orphan with her 3 sisters as teens… they were in extreme survival mode and my mother was in this mode until her 70’s she got used to it. I have been in survival mode until 10 months ago. I’m 52yo I’ve been in regular survival mode all my life but I’m black that’s been our societal existence

@OMG-FineChina it makes 100% sense because our ovules are "recording" everything we women experience since we are born. Our babies (fertilized ovules) get all that baggage plus their own experience starting with their own conception. They receive all the constant adrenaline of the permanent state of fight or flight. My mother had a precarious life emotionally and physically, since she was born and also during her pregnancy. My life was full of emotional stress from my time in the womb and on. I experienced stress and anxiety for as long as I can remember and in both my pregnancies it was the same situation. I'm not diagnosed but I have all of the ADHD traits I've learned about. My daughters too. Genetics aside, I've come to believe that the root is in the actual daily stressful experience and the excess of unsolved inner issues manifesting.

Your insight into ADHD is itself a coping mechanism

that is the smartest assesment in all the comments@@asafeplacepodcast2690

Kinda makes sense.

He is wrong. It actually is primarily gene-related. BUt but - mainly the genes in our gut flora - yes - fix the gut flora! ( stress and trauma has effect on gut flora and its metabolites (many of which are neurochemicals) but the diet component is big, and the sterility of environment). Human genes can create some vulnerability (coz these are also related to what gut flora person develops, immune and flora are interacting). We have tons of research on this. Diet and sterility of the enviroment. But stress, also maternal while pregnant already, has an effect on gut flora of the mother and her future child.

@Gilly according to research the association between ADHD & DRD4 is small. "...the DRD4 gene is one of the most variable human genes and unlikely causes psychiatric disorders." NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560519/

​@@gilly5094 I've listened to a number of his talks and instinctively I find a lot of his views are really just variations of discussions of his own experiences. A close family member was diagnosed with ADHD just last summer, in her 30s, and I can assure you there was no childhood trauma. Because she is highly intelligent (she has 3 degrees, 2 are post grad), she was able to successfully mask her struggles but looking back I now see certain situations and events quite differently. She describes her experience as an ongoing daily phenomenon and social situations in particular are especially challenging for her.

@@gilly5094 I was thinking the same thing!! An ADHD attack???? Adhd is with u constantly.

​@@OceanFrontVilla3yes Gabor clown is Just Guessing

An issue lies in people being unable to see any difficulties in childhood too. I was a therapist for a while and many people think their childhood was good/ fine/ great etc, but when they actually really talk about it, you can see that it wasn't at all. It's like a classic Stockholm syndrome. If you can't tell your dr that you possibly have childhood trauma of some kind how else is ADHD seen? As something genetic. Who truly knows how many cases are genuinely nature without any nurture involved at all? It's impossible to say. Unless you work in a therapeutic environment and see clients who have had such a diagnosis it's very hard to know whether something is genuinely completely unconnected to childhood experiences.

It doesn’t mean you don’t need your Medications. Or that you don’t have ADHD or that you can just STOP the disease and the symptoms if you tried hard enough. If this is true, and to me- it really does seem like the two are connected- that doesn’t make your experience, or struggles ANY LESS VALID valid. Or your ADHD less valid. So many people have it, it’s definitely VALID and real. But trauma, maybe even being passed down genetically through generations, does definitely seem, like it could be a possible cause. And it’s definitely a RESULT of adhd, that’s been proven and agreed upon. It’s already IN the “chain reaction” or whatever you’d call it, along with adhd. It follows adhd. So it’s not so crazy to think or theorize or draw a conclusion, that it very much, just as well, could have proceeded it, or proceeds it. Even if not directly/personally. Even if u don’t think so, at the very least, the two are VERY closely related, whether it be the similarity of. or the identical symptoms, or the fact that one of them is often found with the other. The two are certainly connected- in some sort of way, at the least.

@@sperez3275 Yes, it's a lot of unknowns whilst still struggling with either adhd or adhd-like symptoms. ASD is also misdiagnosed and trauma can be a cause of very similar symptoms, but it can exist alone as ASD and trauma follows too from living in a neurotypical world. It's all very complex for sure. Struggle is still struggle no matter the label.

Yes, exactly!

@@sperez3275 agreed. It seems like lots of things (depression, trauma, lack of sleep) can aggravate ADHD. As I learn more about it (after getting diagnosed myself) it’s really interesting to see how complex “mental health” issues can become.

It can, but one has to work a lot on seeing the trauma, the pain that one felt and still feels, make a decision to forgive, here’s where it gets difficult because we’re not always aware of of our drives, our unconscious beliefs, the things we told ourselves we were due to what we saw in other people. So, some people take medication, others therapies and ultimately some kind of deep acceptance at a spiritual/higher power level

@@ilianamarisolromero7816 do you know what I mean by mine chatter? I feel like if i can switch that off then my ADHD has gone

@@liam.4454 mind chatter, omg, very hard for me to switch it off, I’m always thinking in some way when I hear something or someone, turning it around, finding another narrative, practicing dialogues, jokes, I’m fidgety. I also think that deep inside we’re very smart, can abstract concepts and see the bigger picture. I’m just going to start therapy, hopefully I can actually put it all in practice. I know what I have to do, that’s why I get annoyed when people give me suggestions to change. I’ve read all kinds of self help, philosophy, metaphysics, history, I work in healthcare as a translator, and I understand a lot of what’s going on with disease. Problem is procrastinating and self sabotage. I’m glad you can manage your adhd

It actually is primarily gene-related. BUt but - mainly the genes in our gut flora - yes - fix the gut flora! ( stress and trauma has effect on gut flora and its metabolites (many of which are neurochemicals) but the diet component is big, and the sterility of environment). Human genes can create some vulnerability (coz these are also related to what gut flora person develops, immune and flora are interacting). We have tons of research on this. Diet and sterility of the enviroment. But stress, also maternal while pregnant already, has an effect on gut flora of the mother and her future child. Best one can do to avoid ADHD is to eat mostly plant-based (no need to go 100%), use lots of fermented foods, not over-sterilize oneself and the environment - healthy flora requires fiber, polyphenols etc. omega-3, lots of spices. But remember, gut flora takes time to develop - some species lost over generations may not be easily recoverable. FOr some people quick diet changes also cause immune reaction (the best known is how bad bacteria react to fiber and initially create toxins in response to convince the host organism to stick to old diet but it changes when enough time allowed and good bacteria overtake - bacteria and viruses run us if we don't govern them consciously ourselves), so the change needs to be slow and accommodating.

@@0626love do u have a link to this or studies on it or more articles about what kinds of foods, or diets, or vitamins, to consume ? I’m really interested & curious.

Yes it is. Of course you won't buy it.

@@MishaSkripach Because there's no proof . You should also be very aware of the power of that allegation while having no idea of narrative , construct or context.

@@dibdab699 Well, the power is needed to make you think. As all other methods did not help your kid, the condition stands, doesn't it? Had other means been effective, you would have a model child by now. Look through the diagnostic criteria of ADHD and you will find the exact description of the word B R A T. Who are badly parented kids? Those who are not trained to obey authority, to wait their turn, to comply with adult instructions, to be quiet, to work hard. All those skills are the job of the parents to instill. All those skills are not inborn, they are like piano skill, need to be taught! Not just told about, but the parents should make sure those skills are trained in by age 4-5. There is no proof whatsoever that ADHD is of medical nature. A child lacking piano training is not piano dosordered, he just did not gave a good piano teacher. Rachmaninoff concerto disorder! Think. Don't be negative: my words are providing you with hope, you insist on hopeless version. It is good and reassuring that the kid is poorly parented, as the parent might be willing to be changed, to use completely new approaches, and thus will get the child out of the psychiatric abyss of the disorder. If course you can keep biting the hand that is given to you, at the end of the day it is your life, your choice. ADHD drugs destroy heart muscle.