Not Everything's ADHD: 5 Hidden Causes of Adult Attention Problems

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Not all problems with attention are ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The reason it is important is because you don’t want to take stimulants if problems with attention and focus if these problems are not the result of ADHD.
Here are other problems that can cause you to have trouble focusing and concentrating.
Anxiety
Depression
Insomnia
Bipolar disorder
Stress and having too much to do
ADHD starts in childhood but can continue into adulthood. Some people may have ADHD as a child, but never take medication until they get older such as young adulthood. But with this person, they still would have had problems in childhood. It’s probably not ADHD if everything went smoothly from childhood until age 30 or 40 when your life is now more stressful. If you take stimulants to perform better, you can push your mind to do more than it can naturally do. This can result in burnout that looks like unmanageable anxiety or depression.
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@DrTraceyMarks 8 месяцев назад

LISTEN WITHOUT THE MUSIC There are now two audio tracks. Go to the settings wheel on the right-hand side of the video player and choose the English (Descriptive) track.

@inforestsweheal Месяц назад

thank you! The music is annoying.

@ems7623 2 года назад

It doesn't show up later in life but many people who have ADHD but were not diagnosed as a child can be quite bad about noticing their own patterns of dysregulated attention. It can take a long discussion tracing back through their experiences to uncover the truth

@PickledPixiePie Год назад

That's what I was going to say. If it was up to my dad, I would have nevergotten diagnosed, because I "was fine". However, my mom took me to a psychologist at 15 (and generally at that, not specifically looking to check for ADHD), and they diagnosed me with ADD. I immediately agreed with the diagnosis. I was just lucky enough that my parents did not agree. What's the difference between person the disgnosed kid or teen who takes meds in adulthood and someone who never went to a psychologist as a kid and got diagnosed as an adult? Also, self-awareness of my ADD symptoms as an adult with responsibilities, including 3 kids, CAUSES me anxiety. Taking Adderall helps with the symptoms, which directly reduces the anxiety, because I don't have to rely as much on the OCD I formed as a teen who chose "behavior modification" over meds to get past the inattentiveness of ADD. I now takes meds as an adult and I don't have my mom berating me to take sleeping meds that I don't need.

@noperception5073 Год назад

Usually those who aren't diagnosed as a kid go through life with depression as they wonder what's wrong with them, they get treated for anxiety or depression and nothing fixes things, you keep going through looped cycles, and throughout school and adulthood you're told you're lazy and need to try harder, and when you're already trying and failing, that's when you start to wonder if it's even worth trying anymore considering everyone thinks you're useless... Meanwhile you have undiagnosed condition getting in the way of life that you probably never even considered because people always said you were just to lazy, but when you suddenly get diagnosed, get treated, a curtain lifts, the lights turn on and the path of what you need to be doing in life clears it'self. It's almost like life is easy, we spend so much time trying too figure out systems to do things neurotypical people do, that once our brains are re-wired correctly, it just feels so easy and natural, and that's what causes the emotions after. You see what you missed out in life with all the struggles, and you see just how much simpler and more organized life could have been. The stigma has ruined so many undiagnosed lives.

@tylercampbell6272 Год назад

@@noperception5073 I think this is me. I was prescribed SSRI's for anxiety and they did NOTHING other than helping with coffee jitters. Changed psychiatrists and explained the struggle I had with organizing my thoughts, weird coping mechanisms I didn't realize were weird, memory issues, the root of my social anxiety.... she put me on Wellbutrin and it's early but it felt pretty immediate unlike anything I took prior. General anxiety and irritability is WAY down and I'm not mentally wandering off in conversation. I'm catching more details and slip-ups in work. I completely relate to the loop cycle. I was really good at slipping by but had so little self-confidence with my working memory issues. I was so great in college but it felt like I had to spend enormous amount of time to stay on task., and usually only got anything when I hyperfocused before the deadline. It really takes a toll on your health and anxiety to. operate that way for years.

@footballguruhighlights6276 7 месяцев назад

@@noperception5073I would really love to ask you some questions after all this comments

@Mexicochann 4 года назад

I can't focus on what the doctor is saying because I'm distracted by the comments.

@akaniotevanos9861 3 года назад

Ugh, that's me on every video XD :P

@bekkaadair854 2 года назад

😂 me toooo!

@norhan5684 2 года назад

AND THE MUSIC

@halfofakitty 2 года назад

🤣 looks down while video is playing and sees this as the first comment

@robynelks9134 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@space302 2 года назад

I got diagnosed in my mid 40's. I always had the symptoms but was not informed at all about ADD ( grew up in a country where it is not taken seriously ). I was doing fine as a studient because I was gifted at maths and science, so daydreaming and studying at the last minute was good enough. Then I was able to focus at work for years because I was very interested in it and usually under pressure. But then in my 40's various things happened that made me seek treatment ( and medication ). As I was very experienced, my bosses no longer pressured me ( they expect me to be fully autonomous ) . Also, my work was no longer my main interest in life. So I was not able to focus on it anymore. Also, I came to realize that I still had not started on any of the personal projects I have been wanting to do for years. And I was not getting any younger. At that rate, I was going to die having accomplished nothing but earn paychecks and pay rent. That made me realize I had a serious problem that needed to be treated urgently.

@erickfernando18 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing your story, I had similar things happen. Always last minute work in burst in school and in college that didn't work really well so I went for a 2 chance

@nensi1972 Год назад

...hope you have managed that...🌹🙏🏻

@mrjohncrumpton Год назад

And how are you now?

@PJakaPrince Год назад

what medication worked for you? I am. in 40s and relate to your post a lot

@brookssnozek4153 Год назад

How are you now? Have any of your thoughts changed?

@jazzalterio692 5 лет назад

Maladaptive daydreaming :(

@Brainjoy01 3 года назад

more like toxic day dreaming

@caatabatic 4 года назад

Start slowing down by 9 ( me: yes, I wake up at 9 tho.)

@PattymacMakes 6 лет назад

I love that funny ending!! Oh yes! Let's talk about too much on the plate! I see it as when I have too many programs running on the computer at once and the RAM is struggling. Yeah. That's my brain. And thank you for saying it's normal to be tired by 9 PM! We are not meant to live endlessly in "hustle" culture. I'm definitely tired of that nonsense!

@Brainjoy01 3 года назад

Its taken me almost 30m getting through this because I keep pausing, thinking, getting day dreams and forgetting why I was thinking of it to begin with :( I'm like halfway through right now. I'm pretty sure I've seen this video like twice already but I always rewatch your videos to feel understood.

@brendalg4 3 месяца назад

That's why I always put a thumbs up or thumbs down on the video... Then I know if I have seen it or not

@gracerobinson-dorn1282 3 года назад

So since stimulants that are used to treat ADHD can cause anxiety to worsen, how do doctors treat people with anxiety and ADHD at the same time? I am currently diagnosed with anxiety and depression, which I take SSRI for, but am my psychiatrist thinks I may have ADHD.

@jadejago7664 3 года назад

Anxiety first, and see if ADHD symptoms improve, then reevaluate and treat ADHD if necessary.

@dewberry150 2 года назад

you can be prescribed non-stimulant treatments for adhd they have a lower chance of increasing your anxiety however they also have a lower chance of helping the adhd as well

@sallyjane8274 2 года назад

Sometimes the anxiety is just the hyperactive thoughts, so when the adhd is treated the anxiety goes too because the thoughts aren't going a million miles an hour anymore.

@gurukiran4567 2 года назад

I'm 23 lot of anxiety issues....diagnosed with adhd getting treated for ADHD....my anxiety is a bit okay now ......

@naughtyducky6325 2 года назад

My anxiety dramatically improved when I started taking stimulants.

@MsMeghanSusanne 6 лет назад

So, is adult-onset ADHD real? I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and ADHD at 20 years old. I've experienced depression since childhood, but my attention was not an obstacle until college. I find that, unless the stars are aligned and my mood state is balanced, I have hard time focusing on only one task at a time, which makes it very challenging to follow through with things and meet deadlines. When I am down, I feel too slow to focus. When I am hypomanic, I am constantly chasing ideas. My imagination goes into overdrive, and I will often forget my ideas before I even have a chance to write them down. Could you please explain ADD symptoms within coexisting conditions like bipolar disorder? Do you have any tips or recommendations for managing these symptoms? Thank you so much for these videos! What you are doing is extremely important and valuable, and I cannot wait to watch your channel grow!

@DrTraceyMarks 6 лет назад

Hi MeghanSusanne! Thanks for watching and appreciating what I do. It's people like you who are making my channel grow. 🙂 I feel a video coming out of this question... Teasing out ADHD and bipolar is complicated and too much for me to address here. So I'll do a video and give you a shout out. In the meantime, as for adult ADHD (probably another video), - adults can have ADHD, but it doesn't start for the first time as an adult. You must have some manifestation of it in childhood - even if you never got treatment or got by without needing medication. Sometimes people can "get by" during the school years, but as the demands of life increase - like grad school, or high intensity job - some young adults start on meds for the first time because they can no longer get by. But if a person has attention problems that are only connected to depression, anxiety, mania or some other illness, it wouldn't be called ADHD. ADHD is it's own entity. Hope this helps for now.

@MsMeghanSusanne 6 лет назад

It does, thank you! I've been worried about my ADHD medication and whether or not I actually need it. However, I have to be honest, I feel this way about all of my medication. Which leads me to another topic...I see a lot of stigma surrounding medication for mental health, and frequently from sources I'd least expect, like parents, friends, teachers, and other mentors who claim to be advocates for wellbeing. Unfortunately, I have a lot of shame associated with my medications, and am always thinking about the day I no longer have to take them...even though I know that is not exactly a healthy way of thinking. This has recently become a huge problem. I resent my meds, so I don't prioritize them. My prescription runs out, and I think, "This is an opportunity to see what it would be like without it," even when I KNOW this is not smart. I cancel appointments to pick up my meds because I am "too busy." I'll lay down and suddenly remember that I forgot to take them, but I think, "Oh well, too late now, you're already in bed," even though I know that is irrational. I know I am not the only one who struggles with this. Do you have any tips for keeping track of your meds, or for holding yourself accountable? I know I've asked a lot already haha, but I would love to hear your thoughts.

@DrTraceyMarks 6 лет назад

Meghan you are SO not the only one who thinks like this. People are very uncomfortable with things they don't understand. Any maybe taking meds for depression makes sense, but ADHD is a tough sell to a lot of people. It's very hard for the unaffected person to understand how you can forget things or not hear something, lose stuff, etc. Then for the affected person, when you're surrounded by people who think there's nothing wrong with you except that you don't have your act together, you start to believe that OR you resent that you got stuck needing to take a medication to make your brain work correctly. I've heard the story many times. It makes me sad a lot also when I see people struggle thinking they're not smart because of this. I can go on... I would start with convincing yourself that no one has perfect health. The brain is an organ that can not function properly just like your pancreas or kidneys. You are fortunate to have a medication available that can help your problem. You may not need this for the rest of your life. At least for the ADD, a person can end up in a career that plays to their strengths such that they don't need medicine to perform their duties. The need to take meds is a threshold issue, there may be times when your life functioning falls under the threshold of needing meds.

@MsMeghanSusanne 6 лет назад

Wow, thank you. I haven't felt this seen in a very long time. That makes total sense to me, especially the part about resenting your situation. I didn't know I needed this...I should really go back to therapy. Thank you!

@autumnakins7640 5 лет назад

Yes I would also like to know about add when it's with depression and/or other diagnoses.

@geoffreybradford Год назад

I see that later videos are minus the very distracting and annoying musical background. Thank you. But If you’re testing those of us with diagnosed ADHD to see if we’re distracted by a continuous musical background , I can tell you that WE ARE! Thanks 😊

@berryreadable Год назад

LOL! I was thinking the same thing. :) I had found it distracting, too.

@hsmd4533 11 месяцев назад

Love your videos but please omit the background music, it’s unnecessary and makes it so hard to concentrate on what you’re saying.

@madhousediy5050 Год назад

My ADHD was a superpower for me as a technician tasked with troubleshooting complex problems, but being a manager pays more. I would dump the meds and go back to fixing machines in a heartbeat, but I took the job because inflation ate my ability to exist at the technician pay rate. Now the market dictates I have a tedious job that requires me to abandon a billable, supposedly valuable skill set, for one that burns overhead and is much less accommodating to ADHD inattentive. I’m medicating for the first time in my 40s. It is definitely not optimal, but capitalism eats people. Claudia-Katrina 2024.

@333funkymunky 8 месяцев назад

Why does medication stop you from being a technician

@madhousediy5050 7 месяцев назад

@@333funkymunky It doesn't. I didn't need the medicine to excel at that job, but I do to not be fired as a manager.

@Myself2Disturb 2 года назад

Is it possible for someone to be ADHD and have a cocktail of other traits that just balance out all disruptive/easy to spot ADHD symptoms? I had very good grades my whole academic life, but I also played sports a lot. However, I was so constantly distracted that I was known as Alzheimer guy. I have a good memory but at least once a week I forgot my things somewhere or forgot to even close my front door going out and other basic instantaneous stuff like that. I am not sure I have ADHD, but I've been taking Vyvanse for a year now and boy oh boy is it a boon for me. I can now orally formulate COMPLETE SENTENCES! (I used to cry because I couldn't, searching so much for my words or just disconnecting from the thread and couldn't go back to where I was.)

@monicarenee7949 Год назад

Sounds like me and I was diagnosed with ADHD. I feel like people assume you don’t have it if you got good grades in school. I had good grades but didn’t really need to sit and focus at school. It was just easy to me. It wasn’t until college that I found studying to be harder, but I still did well because I enjoyed what I was learning. But my whole life I was disorganized, forgetting random things, spaced out, etc. The first word I remember forgetting was I was about 6 or 7 and was saying something about winning and couldn’t pull the word “trophy” from my brain. The picture of it was there in my head and for some reason I couldn’t pull the word out. A word I definitely knew. Now as an adult I’ve learned how to work around losing words in sentences by substituting them, but it’s so hard on me when I work in a career where I’m talking 3-4 hours a day.

@STUNTHEINSECT 3 года назад

I had to study like hell in school to be able to get acceptable grades. When I got to college everything went to hell. I'm suicidal now. Got expelled and had to leave engineering for business management. I really think I have adhd, and have started researching recently about what to do.

@Nehway 3 года назад

Same here. Senior in college, finally realizing that my struggles have been connected to adhd. College has been absolute hell.

@erickfernando18 2 года назад

@@Nehway same here brotha, struggled in school and college destroyed me mentally

@reemahmed6935 2 года назад

I'm so sorry buddy :( please hold on.. good on you for researching what might be a significant cause in your decline in mental health! but please try and see a psychiatrist soon so you'd start getting help (whether meds or other treatments). and this sounds a lot like what im going through rn.. failed medical school last year and about to do the same this year as well and would then have to be expelled and have only a few options of other faculties like business as well, which in my country are really not good colleges and work opportunities are not good in most cases. But I'm holding on to the fact that once i tackle what my problem is I can do the best of what I have in hand. Hoping the future is brighter and better for both of us and everyone in the reply sections! 💙

@wendyhannan2454 2 года назад

Good luck guys,I hope things become easier for you all. 👍

@SANITIZEDINC Год назад

You posted this two years ago. I hope you're still with us, friend.

@gavingud5633 6 лет назад

Thank you for making this channel and this particular video. I was put in special education when I was in high school and dropped out for a few years but I took the GED and passed it without studying. My son was diagnosed with ADHD and my daughter. I tried it and at 40 the light came on. I wish my mother let me take the medication instead of special education. That's why these videos are so powerful. People without insurance like me need some type of help understanding certain things. Thank you again. Gavingud

@DrTraceyMarks 6 лет назад

Hi Gavin. You're welcome. I'm glad the lights came on for you.

@hmax1591 3 года назад

"People without insurance like me need some type of help understanding certain things. " How is having insurance going to help you understand things? I have insurance and there are lots of things I don't understand.

@katarina7520 3 года назад

@@hmax1591 it gives you access to therapy, dummy. someone without insurance is much less likely to have therapy as an option because they cant afford dropping 100+ a week to talk to someone

@ebisawkward 4 года назад

I'm an adult and I've suspected for the past couple years that I might have had ADD since childhood and just never been diagnosed. I also have anxiety and depression so I'm not sure if it's just similar symptoms or if it's comorbid or if the potentially untreated ADD as a child led to anxiety and depression later in life. I've always struggled with organization, memory, procrastination, and some executive functioning which are things for all three disorders so it's hard to tell. Doesn't help that hyperactivity and impulsivity were never really a thing for me.

@cerealis_5432 3 года назад

This is so me right now. I’m even procrastinating on my work by writing this comment. I hope you’re doing well. Have any advice?

@ebisawkward 3 года назад

@@cerealis_5432 put phone away where you can't reach it. If you live with someone else that you feel comfortable working in front of, go in the same room as them for accountability. That usually works for me.

@mirmamirmic8974 3 года назад

It's like you were describing me. I would also like to know the answer to that question. My psychiatrist says I'm struggling with concentration because of my depression and anxiety. On the other hand, if you're doing average in school, they won't diagnose you with ADHD in my country. I just had to study twice as hard to maintain the higher academic average. Currently, I'm taking the lowest dose of SSRI but I feel kind of numb. Now that I'm working from home I asked my boyfriend to come work with me in the apartment so I can be more productive. The same thing you do :D

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 3 года назад

Your post was a year ago, so you may have found your answer, but you sound like you have what I have (same symptoms), which is the Inattentive ADD subtype. Sometimes the "hyperactivity" is not in our bodies, but our minds... like you never stop thinking and your mind switches thoughts easily or you daydream. Check it out if you haven't already...

@pongop 3 года назад

I feel this.

@tehKettyBear 3 года назад

Can you have ADHD but had good grades growing up because your had really demanding parents? I coped with getting 2-4 hours of sleep since 14. I couldn't keep up anymore after I got older...Couldn't run on 2-4 hours of sleep anymore. Now I feel like I'm failing at my job or getting blocked because I cannot focus and keep procrastinating. I can't make up for it by skipping sleep anymore.

@ThoughtsAreReal 2 года назад

I had to pause at 0:44 to say - seems like some nuance is needed? ADHD may not "show up" when you're 40 but lots of people have never had access to health care, mental health treatment and diagnosis, etc. I can't say anything about adult onset ADHD but I do believe in adult diagnosis.

@ThoughtsAreReal 2 года назад

Yeah - 2:30, that's where you hit the nuance I was seeking. Thank you.

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

@@ThoughtsAreRealtotally.

@amandaausman9395 4 года назад

My friend just introduced your channel to me today and I jumped right into the ADHD series! I am loving your videos - but I definitely did have to pause and rewind a few times as I zoned out doing chores and had to re-listen to what you said, haha! (I end up having to ask people to repeat themselves a lot). I was diagnosed at 19/20 when I was in the middle of undergrad (Im in grad school now, getting through at a snail’s pace) and it explained so much about my life. It shocked everyone because I was such a “well behaved” child who did pretty well in school overall- but teachers always described me as “spacey”, which is true- my head was always in the clouds and I was a huge daydreamer. Once the people close to me considered how I had always been, they realized how the diagnoses fit me so well. (My mom didn’t allow tv or video games so I read a lot, and my dad was a classical musician so I went to a lot of concerts where I had to sit still and be quiet- and I would slip back into my daydream world and imagine whole stories to the music.) My pediatrician said that the reason I wasn’t diagnosed as a child was because ADHD presents differently in girls, usually. I was wondering if you could do a video on that? Is that common? What social factors can change the way adhd manifests in different people? I definitely feel that a childhood with less tv and video games, and more reading and attending shows forced me to at least look like I was paying attention, haha. I would be super interested to hear your analysis, if you get the chance! Thank you for being an amazing resource :)

@melissasaal8577 3 года назад

This is so me omg 🤍 but I'm not yet diagnosed

@cassiel.6918 2 года назад

I have many ADHD symptoms, so my psychiatrist gave me samples of a stimulant medicine to try out. I still feel restless and unmotivated after taking them, so I guess I don’t have ADHD, just really bad anxiety?

@Micah2591 4 года назад

My father was diagnosed with adhd in early childhood. My mother who is 35, after her second divorce decided to get a psych evaluation. Turns out she has adhd, even after the doc thought it could be bpd or bipolar

@user-ee2zp7md2r 3 года назад

These adhd videos are really changing my life! I got my diagnosis at 26. 😟

@adrianayon5513 2 года назад

Just curious will assumptions bypass the expertise of a psychologist and psychiatrist evaluations?

@sleepingatthefrontrow 2 года назад

My parents never thought I had problems because "I was good at school" despite them wooping me because I wouldn't pay attention when they tried sitting with me to do homework. I also used to be like a child on steroids and stay up 'til 2 a.m. and had to read everything three times because my mind would fly away. I always felt stupid, I had to do triple the effort to get normal results as a kid who barely studied. I went through math class in my 2nd year of highschool three times (not USA) until the teacher felt pity and helped me pass. Honestly after Uni I was DONE with studying

@nraynaud 2 года назад

There is a statistical anomaly that suggest adult onset of ADD. Sorry the video is in French, but the reasonning is this in a cohort studdy: you have 5% of kids with ADD, 90% of ADD kids get better by the time they are adults. If there is no adult onset you should find about 0.5% of adults with ADD. But a random sampling in the adult population gives about 3%-4% of ADD. So either there is a mis-diagnostic amongst kids or adults, or you trust the study and there is a silent adult onset. A keyword seems to be "Dunedin Cohort" (where they found 3% of kids with ADD, then 2.8% of 38 years old with ADD).

@user-yx7qx7hu4g 2 года назад

i cant focus for more then 3 seconds reading a book before i start thinking about something else is this adhd?

@druwk 3 года назад

My son was diagnosed with ADHD (…and he really has IT!). In an effort to be able to better understand and support him, I have come to believe that I have had many of the symptoms and consequences of ADHD…? I’m in my fifties. I work in restaurants. Partly of out of my passion for Food Service, but mostly because I have had to adapt to a career that has pressure. Restaurants provide a constant stream of immediate low level problems to solve. I have learned to organize myself better to achieve some level of success, but I really have a hard time focusing without pressure? My personal goals suffer, and I feel scattered. My self worth centers around work. Stress and constant pressure have their own downsides. I wonder if I am just identifying with my son’s condition, viewing my past struggles with education through the lenses of his disorder? Or, if I have had this disorder myself? If so, how has it impacted me? Life choices? Does confirmation do any good? What can I, or should I do about it?

@FelineFurKin Год назад

There’s a lot of people realising they have it too once their child is diagnosed. I don’t know of evidence showing the hereditary link, but I’ve seen it mentioned a lot so I wouldn’t be surprised. I’d say it’s worth looking into especially if it could help you access treatment, and not just medication, and if some extra support eg at work would help.

@julianstanev3772 Год назад

I am diagnosed and take medication for ADHD, but sometimes it may have almost zero effect while sometimes the effect is like I took twice the dose even that I am take only once. Weird how sometimes medication is making it worse with some symptoms. But seems to follow some complex patterns of periods and interfere with other waves.

@olexvndrv Год назад

Unfortunately the way stimulants affect us depends on many other factors :( Such as your diet, the quality of your sleep, and your hormones in general. Yup, this aspect of medication is tough. But it gets better once you observe the patterns of your body. :)

@iamnooneokplsdont Год назад

Same, using concerta

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

@@iamnooneokplsdont I hated concerta. I was so irritable on it and i also felt miserable. Other people it suits well If possible to go back to the psychiatrist, medication is trial and error, different for each person.

@TAPnRACK_SEZ 3 месяца назад

Stims, when effective, completely erase my anxiety. That was the lightbulb 💡 for me.

@vanessas131 3 года назад

What are options for people who can’t take stimulants to help with ADHD due to heart problems?

@therowjl 5 месяцев назад

How to get views and hella watch time on RU-vid 101 Step 1: make video talking about ADHD Step 2: People with ADHD watch the video 7 times in a row because they got distracted by the comments every time and didn’t hear the video Step 3: Profit

@clarablayden2001 Год назад

Hi Dr Tracy Marks, I am a 21 year old female. I have been on Sertraline for nearly 4 months. I started it for sticky intrusive thoughts. However, it seems that everyday I day, whilst on Sertraline I feel more hypomanic and energised with racing thoughts. I feel like I cannot come off this hypomania!! However the psychiatrist I met said that I do not have bipolar. But I’m confused why I feel hypomanic?! The intrusive thoughts have improved but now I have a new symptom… what are your thoughts!?

@resourceress7 4 месяца назад

This video is in a playlist of yours about not having loud background music. But I prefer the ones with zero background music. The music on this one makes the words a lot harder to focus on. I see that you actually have two audio tracks for this video, and that's kind of neat. I didn't know that was a thing. But you should make the non-music one the default. Thanks for all your great content.

@jeroenmoolhuijsen Год назад

Hi. I suspect that my wife has ADD and she doesn't agree with with me. One of her really good arguments is, is that it's because that's just how a woman's brain works (going from one subject to another for example). She's referring to Mark Gungor's explanation on the differences between male and female brains. My question is: how can you discern between ADD symptoms and it being a healthy characteristic of your brain. So especially in the light of the women's brain as explained by Mark Gungor. Thnx

@KoarngeSound 2 года назад

I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult 2 years ago. I’ve taken pretty much every stimulant medication, and all they really do is make me sleepy. Do you think it could really be bipolar?

@ems7623 2 года назад

If they make you sleepy, you're having a reaction that some MDs would call atypical. However, i know that many people with ADHD can sleep on their stimulant med and I've even seen one friend actually get drowsy and doze off in front of me - midconversation. Talk to your to psychiatrist but I suspect what you're experiencing is normal. I think the reaction to stimulants in bipolar is QUITE different.

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

@@ems7623yes. If it was not adhd the stimulants would give a lot of energy etc. and less sleep. I oversleep too. No fun this business of adhd and additional conditions. It is so frustrating when people minimise the conditions and then the frustration of treating not solving as much as hoped for.

@ThatOneGanyuMain Год назад

I got distracted twice by my own thoughts during this video. Amazing. I almost missed the part that I was most looking forward to...and I already forgot what it was :') I'm not diagnosed tho, maybe I just need some omega 3 😂

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

I am now on high levels of stimulants and I sleep lots. I also have anxiety. But I’m no longer verbally hyperactive. So I think these are 2 important points- I’ve slowed down in some key areas with stimulants. It’s still very challenging and draining in a lot of areas of life.

@sandrasavage9650 3 года назад

I can't sleep no matter what I do! Not sleeping for days on end is literally killing me!

@deeknits 3 года назад

I can't afford to get tested right now, but at 54, I'm 99.99% sure I have ADHD, that was missed as a child, bc my hyperactivity was credited to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. The levothyroxine leveled my hormones, but failed to calm my "flightiness" as my mother called it. In my 40s, I discovered gluten's been wreaking havoc on my entire system, so I'm pretty sure I have a Hashimoto's/Celiac/ADHD trifecta goin on, that's been screwin' with my life for as long as I can remember. I just wish I knew all this earlier.

@sunnycin66 3 года назад

Do you think auditory processing disorder may cause similar symptoms like ADHD? I enjoy your channel very much. Thank you!

@mycreativedesignsspace6739 2 года назад

This is so true, I’ve had adhd my entire life. However some of my adhd has gotten worse and I honestly believe it’s because my dr’s have tried t9 label me as bipolar or manic depressant…. Then prescribes me meds for those. I have recently been working with a new dr and we have finally gotten me off everything except adhd meds. I feel so much better and my depression is subsiding, I’m also able to get back to being social. It’s a process and this is the first time in my adult life that I feel like the dr is working with me.

@KhairulAnwar-mp8lo 2 года назад

It was in college when it all unravelled. My brain could not compensate with the technical difficulty and the workload.

@lou6574 Год назад

Cptsd is similar to adhd, which is from long term trauma but your likely to be aware of the toxic environment where you got it from. Recommended treatment for both is extensive self care!

@jpdavid2765 2 года назад

This is a bunch of shit, a stimulant cleared me right up, and I have OCD and Bipolar disorder. Just take stratterra, or norepinephrine based medications

@jamonieshorts6500 Год назад

Diagnosed as a child and had a horrible time on stimulants for the most part since treating symptoms doesn’t automatically mean better productivity. I still struggled in several ways with life skills, at the same time I learned to minimize my life and only take on what I can handle which is barely much and yet I can still struggle there. And I can’t adapt easily to new challenges. Idk what this video does to differentiate, This information is ambiguous and makes treatment difficult. Not everyone wants stimulants and adult treatment for ADHD isn’t widely implemented in therapy.

@AK-vx4dy Год назад

What if some one compensated in chilchood and later have medicore grades, failed in college but somehow keeps jobs and even has family but struggle still to 48... Does he had no right to any relief? Or to be at least better father?

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

Yes. That is very possible.

@AK-vx4dy 6 месяцев назад

@@melliecrann-gaoth4789Scenario or no right to relief ?

@eljefe8149 2 года назад

I've been feeling like my thoughts are attacking me lately. I took Strattera and all the extra thoughts went completely quiet.

@user-th7lu2yf7n 2 года назад

Is it dangerous to take stimulants? Can it cause "addiction" as some people say? Is it dangerous for teenagers to take stimulants? Please answer, i am struggling a lot with my adhd and no one is allowing me to take them because of this, it's very hard to study and function normally and it's really hard. I think i really really need help, i think this can't be just be "gotten by" for me

@udeshikadewasinghe603 Год назад

Thank you very much madam for making this channel - im from srilanka ❤️

@tomspettel3646 Год назад

This is great but i have never been able to find anything that works for me. For me school was nearly impossible for me and flunked nearly all my classes and it never changed when i went out on my own.

@brookegaddis4969 6 лет назад

I was diagnosed at 38 earlier this year after first being diagnosed as bipolar. This was based on past history of impulsivity and major depressive episodes, and the fact that there is always chatter or a song in my head. I space out when talking to people and can’t read a book. Is it possible to find out you have ads after so many years? Or is it part of bipolar? My dr and I are thinking if the Adderall works we can try to taper off the bipolar meds. Thoughts?

@DrTraceyMarks 6 лет назад

I think it's easier to mistake to think someone mistakenly has ADD when they really have bipolar d/o vs the other way around. As I mentioned in the video, mania, depression and anxiety can all cause attention problems. But if you have bipolar illness, it's also possible your mood disorder was a bigger deal and masked ADD. So yes, someone could have missed it early on (but usually shows up to some degree in childhood). All that to say, if someone missed a separate ADD dx, and now want to try you on stimulants, I'm not sure why your bipolar meds would be tapered off - unless that's a misdiagnosis. Stimulants are not going to keep your depression and mania away.

@traviswatts5418 4 года назад

Been diagnosed with schizophrenia for over 20 years 2 suicides in the family questioning about a classic double bind

@jkohutiak 2 года назад

so my life isn't worth fixing and i should continue to suffer because Ive suffered for 39 years since all the other Dr's didn't notice adhd my whole life? solid advice!

@anatolylavrenty4405 2 года назад

im diagnosed... at 19 and for some reason i feel as if its just not real and its my problem for not focusing an dnot a real disorder. i am being medicated, it does work for the period the mediation works before it washes away but once it does i feel lost and that makes me believe i have a drug addiction, yet my logical self knows whats up and knows what is best but for some reason my body doesnt respond to my mind and it maes me doubt even more and feel worse each day when people praise me for what i do when in reality i cant be consistent, i cant do anything at all

@rebecca840 2 года назад

Sitting down is so frustrating, it physically hurts my legs to sit still. I couldn't even watch this video without pausing it halfway through and then going outside for no reason other than to look at my trees and then coming back in again 1 minute later, now I've gotta restart the whole video because I forgot to pay attention :/

@Purpleskyshorizon 2 года назад

I’m 46, have a lot to get to (debt from spending money that I don’t have, bills, etc.) but I can’t even start taking care of everything. I have had probably close to 20/25 different jobs, can’t even start on a career job; Btw, I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child but never treated. I find life is too hard. I don’t even know where to start on all the things I have to do. My psychiatrist refuses to give me a stimulant medication because of my past substance abuse problems; even though I’ve tried Adderall a few times and it worked; I was able to get things done and focus _and_ it produced absolutely no euphoric high whatsoever. I don’t know what to do anymore to get the help that I desperately need. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you 🙏

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

That is very hard - purple sky , you may never see this. The experts now disagree with your doctor- they say your history of substance abuse will not lead you to abusing ADHD stimulant medication treatment and all treatment involves a level of trialing to see what drug and what dose is the one that is actually resulting in alleviation of symptoms. Also the experts say that your untreated Adhd is what had you as very high risk for substance abuse. Wishing you well. Life has been very hard. RU-vid talks might help also for strategies such as Russell Barkley . Take care and small steps.

@Stella2U Год назад

Thanks, good information but the peppy music is distracting.

@nikkidev1 4 года назад

Why suddenly the music or tune during the talk? It is really distracting...

@robinberry4957 Год назад

I also need to add that my entire family because that is diagnosis of ADHD. My niece was three she would rip the entire house apart. My younger brother has ADHD. My father has ADHD and I have ADHD. I stayed back in first grade they didn’t have that back then that diagnosis you know they said it was a reading and comprehension problem but it was a concentration problem. So, dopamine is dopamine and if you why is it that something that is originally derived from Coco leaf and perverted basically do the same thing as these big fan of that but if you take the big Pharma med the way it’s prescribed it’s a damn miracle. The difference between my writing in my notebook made me cry the other day I said who wrote this? And it was me when I was on my meds so I don’t want to hear it, some people really do need these meds I’m 47 just because I’m old does not mean I don’t need them. I don’t care what you say. I can only concentrate if I have the fake dopamine, but when the lack of sleep occurs, that’s what burns the brain cells out more than any drug ever that’s what’s going on here and I just want my psychiatrist back, but Medicare Medicaid is just so much for the anti-kickback statute all you have to have a therapist know to get meds while I am I was diagnosed I’m on SSI and I have two jobs and I will be gone so I’ll be even more broke and I’m anxious to so what did I do you know what what’s the point in even trying? I’d like to know could you tell me what is the .7 wonder why I was born

@jamestrentham8576 Год назад

Hi Robin, I totally agree with your points 100%. I was diagnosed at 37 and have been taking Methylphenidate ever since. Had I not I don't know where I'd be. I'll certainly need them beyond 47! I agree, always money in big pharma, that's the way it goes but yeah if it works, it works! I never looked back and it is a required evil but with good responsibility and self awareness, safety is greatly increased, and not enough credit is given to you and everyone else who shoulders this responsibility. I don't have ADHD in my family but done genetic dopamine issues and I take SSRIs as well. Everybody reacts differently to side effects and direct impact of meds and the better we know ourselves the better we can navigate. I trust you completely so I'll say it respectfully, and I love your passion; if you have mega increased libido and orgasmic side effects then I envy your guy!

@LittleRayofSunshine69750 11 месяцев назад

The music is driving me crazy - I want ti listen to you but the music is too much!

@F4ngel 2 года назад

I have an ADHD diagnosis but I also have depression and anxiety. Doctors have tried to treat my depression with 2 different anti depressants but they didn't work. I've tried to self medicate with energy drinks and funnily enough I get less anxious when I do and I feel some what relaxed. I'm not downing a whole can but only take a few sips when I need to. I've not burnt out yet and have done this for about 3 weeks now so it must be ADHD. I've also been told by two ADHD specialists so am not doing it off a hunch even though I suspected as much. If anyone else thinks they have ADHD, do go see a doctor. Try to do the things that they ask you to do even if you know it doesn't work. It's important that there's a paper trail from a practicing doctor that says for sure hat it doesn't work. Self diagnosis is hard and your brain will try to trick you, I know this from personal experience. Everyone is different and ADHD effects everyone differently. Please seek advice from a trained specialist

@Dad-ij2qy Год назад

I was just diagnosed with ADD at age 62 (though I knew I had it for 29 years 9 months). Thank you, Dr. Marks, for including all the what-if's and in case-your-also-have anxiety or some other mood disorder remarks. Your providing full detail has helped me become aware that my short-term memory has improved on 75 mg bupropion and that I am not sure that I can consistantly read cues from people when in groups of 6 people or more. I have always been poor at self-monitoring my own behavior. I do think my "attention-shifting" is improved on bupropion. (less likely to be distracted by thoughts 15 to 20 times whilst going up a flight of stairs to fetch one specific tool I need to complete a task).

@tinanel49 Год назад

I knew something was wrong with me from the moment I started school something that was a problem throughout primary school and college. It was when at my very first therapy session ADD was mentioned to me. I was tested and diagnosed with ADD at 45 part of me was happy to No it was not all in my mine the other part was angry that I struggled all my life to accomplish little milestones.

@DaveE99 2 года назад

I remember that in college the only indicator i had was that i felt like my adhd "flared up" unusually. and im not talking about acts out here or there, im talking conistently "flares up". in hindsight this feeling or sense was one or both of the issues i was dealing with around that time. Hyperthyroid (graves) and then following a good long year like that and just being run down and shot physiologically and emotionally and mentally , i had depression. both of these felt like adhd "flared up" but neither of them were. so in case you ever feel this sort of sense liek your just consistently not regulating as well or it feels like what you think is your adhd is just a bit worse, its not your adhd, it something else. dont go 2-3 years without getting the propper physical and mental help you need. I know kids with adhd who suffer depression in college struggle much more than just those with adhd who do struggle more than expected but not as badly. there is also a connection between adhd and autoimmune conditions and or endocrine disorders like thyroid conditions. something about how it affects how the brain develops. its one of the causal pathways for it. there are others but its interesting.

@GilliMarieMoody Год назад

…? With much respect, (1.) I trust that anyone claiming ADHD has had extensive testing because it’s not something to be casual about. (2.) I did Not get by, I did Not have a successful career and, at 56, I have yet to have a spouse and/or a “family”. I spend my days trying stay awake and find some bearable work towards eventually returning to self-employment. (3.) After years of advanced meditation slowing the return of my depression, I recently found a virtual walk-in doc who enabled me to go back on one of my meds: the anti-depressant. I have had to resort to drastic measures so that I will remember to take them. Thanks. …Just noticed that this is four years old.

@gail9566 2 года назад

I saw my doctor 20+ years ago to get a depression diagnosis. She diagnosed me with ADD. I started treatment for it 3 months ago.

@Unknown-wl7vl 2 месяца назад

Is add the same as adhd ?

@Somecreacher Месяц назад

@@Unknown-wl7vlADD is now and outdated term for predominately inattentive adhd (adhd-pi). All three types of adhd (inattentive, hyperactive, and combined) all fall under the adhd label now.

@cobalius 3 года назад

I guess i have depressions as well.. it feels so cloudy.. i'm using the term environmental awareness.. thos stuff became lesser and lesser over the last couple years.. and the breakpoint where it started to annoy me was march (start of corona crisis).. then it was enough to tackle the adhd diagnostic (because i already thought it might be that for over 5 five years and yes they had seen it the same way).. And now.. november.. the month of my usual blues.. i normally like this a lot, because it contrasts well with the spring feelings.. Anyhow. This environmental awareness went down from a about 25m to just a couple steps. It's hard to explain.. it feels like forgetting, but it isn't exactly the same. It's more like orientation problems with sensory stuff outside of the sphere i have. Well.. usually this sphere should be about 120m but it is so weird.. i can go from A to B and constantly forget where i am and what i wanted to do.. luckily i'm young enough to stitch it fast enough together, but i see and feel it. It is real to me and just looks a bit more clumsy and stupid as normally on the outside.. i say this is depression because it's not normal to me but i can't really tell why, because i already have less than 4 hours in my adhd time window as well.. maybe it is sleep related too, i mean i sleep very unsatisfied and i'm awakening 3 times each night due to noises (even with my headphones).. Oh and i have a huge appatite for fish the last couple days. I just write that, because it makes me happy. I like fish. Salmon with herb quark and potatos, yummy. Nja, whatever. Yipp yipp and away i am, up to the grocecy store~

@jenniporras0312 2 года назад

Unfortunately it's hard to say what is what and what is not. The symptoms are all so similar.

@stephanies9735 2 года назад

Do you have a study supporting that stimulant use in Bipolar Disorder (with hyopomania) can trigger the onset of a full manic episode w/ psychosis? I was recently diagnosed by a neuropsychiatrist with Bipolar II and ADHD, and I'm doing a lot of research before I make any treatment decisions. I've searched myself, but haven't been able to find a study indicating the above-mentioned. Thanks for all the great info you share, Dr. Marks!

@mahleezy 2 года назад

As someone who struggled with attention since I was a kid and never went to the doctor for it because I grew up believing that I was just being lazy and needed to try harder, I'm curious now about what life would be like with meds. It used to take forever to study and do homework and even now, it takes me longer than most to get my reports done. Despite my curiosity, after seeing people on stimulants in college I'm a little afraid of meds. I saw one lady in class have a full fledged panic attack in class and she was popping those meds like Skittles lol

@LucarioBoricua Год назад

Popping them like candy and getting panic attacks sounds like she wasn't supposed to get them in the first place, and was excessively stimulated (worries become panic, imagination becomes psychosis, breathing and heartbeats become hyperventilation and cardiac problems....). Don't forget there's people who do abuse these medications as performance enhancements, without having a legitimate medical need.

@mahleezy Год назад

@@LucarioBoricua lol probably not. It was hard to distinguish whether it was the meds or the program I was in.

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

⁠@@mahleezyi think it would be very worth while going to a medical doctor/ psychiatrist for a adhd assessment. This means if you are diagnosed that you can be treated medically and that can take time to get right. I hear a lot of me in your description.

@mahleezy 6 месяцев назад

@@melliecrann-gaoth4789 I'm considering it

@staceytolliver567 2 года назад

Just curious to know if the practice of meditation can minimize symptoms of ADHD🤔

@robinhood6948 6 лет назад

Another good video. They are very informative and helps me a lot, and it gives me more insight. Thank you, Tracey :) Wishing you a wonderful day

@DrTraceyMarks 6 лет назад

Thanks a lot Robin Hood! You have a great day too

@Phronesis7 Месяц назад

Can I ask something? Why does EVERY video about telling the difference between ADHD and other conditions exclusively talk about Stimulant medications as though other medications don’t exist??

@naomirodriguez6417 3 года назад

I have a question - If you are on medication and doing therapy is it possible for ADHD symptoms to completely go away, in other words, can the stimulants and therapy train your brain to focus so that you can eventually get off medication? My medication is really night and day for me in terms my focus and ability to perform tasks, sometimes I am doing so well, I don't think I need it anymore. However, I have tried to stop to see what happens and I feel like my symptoms come back and it gets worse and worse as I start to fall behind and my anxiety goes up and then I realize I need to go back to it. I should also mention that I have c-ptsd and I am also on mood stabilizers.

@Captain_MonsterFart 3 года назад

I've been getting the impression that the medication does not change your brain permanently. It only works while you're on it. It gets compared to glasses a lot. Take off the glasses, you still have shitty eyesight. It's unfortunate. I don't want to take that shit for the rest of my life but presently my life is pretty stagnant.

@naomirodriguez6417 3 года назад

@@Captain_MonsterFart That makes a lot of sense, well, silver lining I still have access to the "glasses" so to speak lol thanks for the response.

@Athaya88 5 лет назад

Having bipolar, I can relate well to ADD. Most of the time I feel I have it. You probably meant stimulant drugs here but this video made me think about the caffeine thing again, as I have anxiety and a challenging job... Great video anyways.

@DrTraceyMarks 5 лет назад

Thank you. 🙂

@timothymulholland7905 Год назад

I was a child in the 50s and 60s. There was no ADD back then, just unruly and lazy kids. I learned to cope, more or less, and got through college and grad school, compensating for the difficulties in focusing by long hours. I only began to suspect I had ADD at 50 years of age. I’m quite sure of it now, but at 73 it doesn’t make much difference any more. My wife still complains that I don’t pay attention, though. Sorry 😢.

@meganweaver-england1010 2 года назад

Hello Dr Marks. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I am not diagnosed ADHD but I feel like I have been since I was a kid and now I have children of my own my oldest son is four and I'm having a really hard time handling him and my own emotions I want to do what's best for my kid. do you treat people over the phone?

@leftthatbehind6090 2 года назад

What if you have anxiety and ADHD

@terriusthomas1146 3 года назад

I have attention issues and i hate when people assume i have adhd when i don't. like just because someone has attention problems doesn't mean they have Adhd.

@808758 4 года назад

Can coffee be a mild form of a stimulant because I've been drinking this since I was 8yrs old and I'm in my mid 30's now. Plus I had ADHD while growing undiagnosed , but you're other vid described me ,but now I think I just have ADD.

@hayleyalena5556 3 года назад

Yes, coffee is a stimulant. ADHD and ADD are the same thing, Dr Marks just uses ADD for short. But you can have ADHD with little to no hyperactive symptoms - this is the inattentive type :)

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 3 года назад

@@hayleyalena5556 Inattentive ADD types can definitely have hyperactive brains though... with constant thoughts... even though we may not have physical hyperness/fidgeting... just wanted to clarify... 😀

@hooshangranji2673 5 лет назад

Funny and nice ending!!! , the same here!! when I am on the phone my son comes to me to ask his questions and my wife gets frustrated about my time :)

@kourtneyerin3897 3 года назад

Waiting to get a psych evaluation for add and I thought I’d try to educate myself more...I spaced out half way through this video and starting reading the comments, then started watching TV and came back to the video shocked that it was over, because I thought I hit pause and I didn’t think I’d looked away for that long.... how telling.

@melliecrann-gaoth4789 6 месяцев назад

Dr Marks- I know that there are co- occurring conditions- ADHD, with Anxiety, Depression, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. My daughter has all- Dyspraxia was first identified. She has been through the mill. This is no fun. Another area of particular challenge- is hormonal fluctuation. She suffers with low mood and increased irritability and reduced appetite for at least one full week every month. She also has a lot of dysmenorrhea. Another area in terms of hormones and women with ADHD and Anxiety and episodic depression is Peri Menopause and Menopause. Is there an area of special study and intervention for women with all of the above. Thank you.

@b1_ferg 3 года назад

Worked a full and part time job, was on my Strata Council working on reno projects, and was juggling everyday tasks with the gf. I also had just purchased a new laptop (first computer I owned ever) and needed to learn how to navigate Windows and Microsoft Office Suite effectively. I signed up for online school as well so I could get started on finally finishing my high school. I was doing alright. I was busy, I felt sharper and more focused than I had in years. I had a full plate and I was managing, but I knew I was at my threshhold. I got a promotion at my full time job to a management position and everything collapsed. It was more than I was capable of and I was sent spiraling into a depression, part of which was because when I went to actually begin my online courses, all the challenges I faced in school came rushing back at me. It had been 12 years. I felt more than ready to take it on, but I couldn't sit down and focus. My distractability was though the roof. 3 months later, I'm still currently navigating the healthcare system, but managed to get an official diagnosis of ADHD at 30 years of age. All this time...if I had known, if someone had spotted it, I could have avoided decades of inner turmoil and torment. It's a relief to know now what I've been struggling with and I'm so very grateful to you, Dr. Marks, for your wonderfully informative channel. Helping us build the knowledge and skills to adapt to our symptoms and move beyond our circumstances is a gift worth giving that will save lives. You give people strength. I hope you get all of the kindness and warmth back from the world you serve and more. Thank you.

@a-ms9760 Год назад

Some of us faced harsh consequences as children if we complained about anything so if we fell behind in class because we couldn't concentrate we had to try to catch up on schoolwork in secret, lost social contact, burnt out a couple of times, were ridiculed and rejected by our parents for being "useless" and "an embarrassment to me / us" during the burnouts and only many years later realised that it was ok to ask for help. It can take a long time to accept that it's not because we're bad people and to break the habit of rejecting any and all help or any gifts for fear of punishment.

@watcherwlc53 5 лет назад

There are some non stimulants for ADHD also like Strattera

@DrTraceyMarks 5 лет назад

Correct

@eduardosanchez3858 5 лет назад

Dr. Tracey Marks Does strattera also maje anxiety worse for people with anxiety disorders?

@watcherwlc53 5 лет назад

@@eduardosanchez3858 I think less so than a stimulant would. Some patients request non stimulants to avoid aggravating their anxiety. Hopefully the Dr will give some more specific feedback.

@rachelg9873 4 года назад

Here to say "Thank you" again, as an adult with ADHD. (Diagnosed as a child and again as an adult.)

@JacobMichael 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for making all these videos Dr Marks! I've been watching your ADHD playlist and they have been extremely helpful. Appreciate this a lot :)

@DrTraceyMarks 5 лет назад

Awesome Jake up. Thanks for watching the playlist.

@mahdiakil3033 4 года назад

Is there any thing called ADD treatment resistent? I have been diagnosed with different disorders, depression or bipolar and ADD, several doctors cant differentiate my cognitive decline and we tried all types of AD's from all classes in addition to amphetamines, atomoxetine, clonidine and wellbutrin with zero results . Any hints?

@lordnoiado 4 месяца назад

Atomoxetine fucked me up lol. Same thing with Bupropion. Both made me irritable, feeling as if I were bipolar, and manic once a week, at least. Tapered off but the insomnia isn’t going away. Will try Prozac now for a little bit and see if it’s better

@jyotivyas9286 2 года назад

थैंक यू। अब हमेशा adhd की दवाइयां नही लेनी पड़ेगी। धन्यवाद। dr tracy।।

@netteloveszebras 3 месяца назад

My issue is I definitely have depression, but I'm unsure if I also have ADHD or if my depression causes similar problems as ADHD.

@hellokitty4me 4 месяца назад

I have anxiety and can’t use stimulants, gotta use Strattera. Also, hypothyroidism worsened my symptoms a while back, that was hoot

@Miss_Millie_ Год назад

I'm 43 & just been diagnosed with ADD & autism. I've started Intuniv because stimulants might worsen my severe anxiety. I've been watching your vids & this must be an early one for your channel. You don't seem at ease or as confident like in your recent ones. You trip over words & seem a little robotic (no offence! I love you!). I reckon you should redo your ADD series

@angeline808 4 года назад

Hi, my dad has ADHD and I show most the symptoms, but I also have many symptoms of depression. I have noticed overlap and such. Is it possible to have both? Can you make a video helping decide which one (or if you have both)?

@Luzac-1 4 года назад

Hey, it is possible to have both it's called Comorbidity . ADHD is highly genetic so there is a big chance that you have it. I would say that: 1- ADHD can cause depression-like sympthoms . 2- Living with ADHD can cause depression. 3- Someone can have both disorders with depression being completly unrelated to the ADHD.

@angeline808 4 года назад

Lusac Thank you!

@Avenue_ad_Astra Год назад

If you can focus on the talking points with the jingle playing in the background you probably don't have ADHD...

@SmellyBeanCheese Год назад

So there's really no chance people can have been able to cope all the way into their 30's? I was diagnosed in my late 20's and at that point I had been very successful; it really was only after my career was getting going that I realized my coping mechanism of just not sleeping to get through everything wasn't working anymore and I always worry if maybe I don't have adhd and am just lazy.

@g-pawmcsammaaayyy...5656 2 года назад

I love quite a few of yourvodeo vids. This music, however, is just not a good idea for this particular on this particular thing. Completely distracting.

@hamishmounsey3989 6 месяцев назад

I can't focus on my job wfh but I think it's maybe I'm not interested enough in it so I watch videos like this or go on other media😅 should I just get a new job?