Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)-2000

[Buffheart]

That guy was right. I have had ADD my whole life, but because I wasn't bouncing off the walls nobody noticed. It is easier to notice the kid who is constantly yelling than it is to notice the kid who is constantly day dreaming. That's why I wasn't diagnosed until I was 19.

[arthurzen69]

How can professionals deny this. I have suffered all my life because of their ignorance.

[unicep12345]

smoke weed, it's a good medicine against ADHD.

[HumanSayNo]

Just take the drugs. The drugs will cure ADHD. Drugs are always safe and effective. The benefits of drug taking always outweighs the risk of side effects. Take the drugs because the drugs will make you well and you will not want to kill yourself because of taking the drugs. Get some drugs guys!

[TheDescentJatt]

m 19 i cant study and focus.my mind starts wandering ,daydreaming a lot.i used to be good at studies in school but from around age 15 i find studies very hard.i feel anxious around in crowd,neither i want to be left alone.i dont like doing boring stuff or things that are not easy.Do i have ADHD/ADD or nothing ?

[Lucius133]

My doctor says I have ADHD, but most people who know me say I'm a loud, self-centred ass.

[WhatsUpScrote]

My ADHD is so bad that I keep hitting myself with a hammer.

[comecra85]

where can i get ritalin ?

[sugarpiexoxo1987]

i got diagnosed with ADHD and havent been feeling well. yet. i was currently on medication...concerta. but my doctor is stopping it, because i also have bipolar disorder. and my moods have not been well controlled.

my attention and focus is so horrible. and im so impulsive as well

but i hope 2 get better though

[piromaniac9999]

I have that problem myself.

I got neurofibromitosis

Adhd and problem with my nervous system.

I end up getting up and sitting down constantly.

Sometimes i end up losing weight because i move around so much.

[gibrish1]

I am Hyperactive :D but I don't have ADD or ADHD :o

[ramseyrachel89]

Mercury in any form is toxic. The difference lies in how it is absorbed, the clinical signs and symptoms, and the response to treatment modalities. Mercury poisoning can result from vapor inhalation, ingestion, injection, or absorption through the skin.

Elemental mercury (Hg) is found in liquid form, which easily vaporizes at room temperature and is well absorbed (80%) through inhalation.

[ramseyrachel89]

the reason ritalin is their first choice is because it has been around the longest & has been studied longer.

[28g34ajbsd]

and typically all the first generation drugs are more than a bit heavy-handed. any bipolar soul who had to suffer through lithium will testify to that.

[MORCOPOLO0817]

It is more than likely a result of Mercury toxicity from amalgam dental fillings.

[threadysparrow]

no adhd is not because of mercury toxicity. that is just retarded

[MORCOPOLO0817]

Why don't you look it up instead of calling it retarded!

[threadysparrow]

i dont need to look it up. the issue has been debunked many times. its retarded to say mercury and adhd are linked

[earthygreen]

@threadysparrow ---- lol

[AdreanTeeter]

I am 36 years old and have ADHD. I found somthing natural, no side effects, and works. One word. L-THEANINE at about 300mg per day. I hope this helps someone. God Bless

[Ariosto9]

Heartrending video!! Here in the UK we need better NHS services for people with ADHD so please sign the petition on 10 Downing Street site. Sorry can't put a link here so do a Google search for "aadd uk petition" to find it . Thanks for your help!!

[romanticspirit]

I am devasted, my disorganization , scatteredness is s obad.. I am 45 yr sold I don't want to be a Zombie as I can Hyper focus on what I like but yrs of messiness as now become a mountain.. and I am depressed I need a Loving caring smart person with patience to help me... I want to become Better; Please Help;

Kelly :)

[chaoticpix93]

Dear god, there are plenty of people willing to help, check out CHADD chapters near you, talk to a PSYCHIATRIST not a PSYCHOLOGIST (psychologists mostly perscribe drugs) talk to them about coaching, read the book "Driven to Distraction" and "So you mean i'm not lazy, stupid or crazy?" Knowlege will help you a lot and they'll give you more info than I can give in this limited space.

[kiggity9]

psychiatrists can prescribe meds, not psychologists.

[jballzzz]

a psychologist can't even presribe a freeken aspirin!!!!

[narutofan9999]

u confused psychologist and psychiatrist there... a psychologist usually does the diagnozing, psychiatrists are the ones responsible for treatment (well... kinda. actually, the one to be treated is the one who has the last word regarding the treatment).

[jballzzz]

I'm 47...I was diagnosed with ADHD/Bipolar 5 months ago...I volunteered for help at the VA...at first...what a mess...it took some adjustments...10mg ritalin 3 times a day...I'm very relieved...but at the same I'm pissed cuz nobody said any thing...I feel I waisted 47 freeken years!!! "oh...oh he's just a hyper little boy...or your not studying enough, that's why youre failing...what a bunch of crap!Hey, the past is the past and I AM better thanks be to GOD!!

[periphery09]

good for u man, but dont thank god.. thank yourself for realizing that you should go get tested and got enough courage to do so.

[jballzzz]

Cool!...ese!

[xXMonaLisaSmileXx]

I was diagnosed with ADD when I was a small child, I am 23 years old, I feel like their is no hope. I have tried different ADD medications, some didn't work but caused other problem, and the medication I am on now (Dexedrine) works okay but I still have quite a bit of ADD symptoms. I know I am a severe case, I am just praying that someday someone will create a medication that will be more successful in controlling my ADD, or better yet, a cure...

[ADHDRollerCoaster]

It can take some methodical trial and error to find the right medication/dosage. It's also important to eat ride, get sufficient vitamins/minerals (because medications AND brain signals depend on these to transmit messages), and exercise. And cut the caffeine -- it can create side effects with the medications.

[rextony22]

@xXMonaLisaSmileXx

just walk really slow and you will become more relaxed. remember that.

[romanticspirit]

Also.. What about a Hormonal Imbalance.. My Disorganization has been severe since I was a Kid.. I am 45

[ADHDRollerCoaster]

Middle age often hits women with ADHD hard, due to changing hormone levels.

Disorganization is one of the most commonly reported BIG problem for adults with ADHD. But there are strategies and solutions.

[romanticspirit]

What about ADD.. and Hoarding../Extreme DisOrganization and Lack of Understanding.. .??

[romanticspirit]

For Women with ADD.. Go and see Sari Solden Michigan.. She wrote a book called "Women with Attention Deficit DisOrder" .. We need an ADD coach.. /Organizer/and counsellor

[starlet7]

I'm actually crying. This screams 'Me'. I'm classic ADD but because I get good grades, my parents dismiss it. My doctor dismisses it. Everyone dismisses it!

[eminemfansite]

Yeah everybody dismisses it out of ignorance.

I'm in the process of getting referred to a clinic at the moment.

People who dismiss it are idiots and usually have no idea what it's about. Ignore them at all costs.

[whiff1962]

I managed a perfect A average in grad school, and when I went back for post-graduate studies, I decided that I would see a counselor for inattention issues, about a year into my studies...don't know why I did, because I was diagnosed with ADD, and thought meds would give me the edge. Well, the ADHD was the edge, and I lost it when I started meds. Lesson: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[kevinherbert]

whiff1962: you're ADHD has confused you on this occasion...who's saying you MUST take meds..it's not the premise for treatment in this piece.

You sound like you have issues with Global News, not ADD or ADHD.

As 4 your Aint broke etc adage...what dross......you need to open your mind.....put down those engineering texts, & read some philosophy

[whiff1962]

You have it backwards. I read philosophy not engineering texts. I did open my mind, and realized one important fact that informs the whole of modern-day psychiatry: coercion as cure. Read the book of the same title. And I would likewise urge you to open your mind and delve into the history of madness, by Michel Foucault.

[kevinherbert]

I suggest that you talk to your counsellor for further advice.

If indeed you did read philosophy, I suggest that it hasn't done you any good to date..or maybe you're one of those people who've been formally educated beyond their intellectual capacity. As for the coercion as cure claim, you have confused it with the increasing support globally for cognitive therapy.

I note that you didn't answer my point re the Global News piece & taking meds. You must concentrate !!!! ..this is important.

[whiff1962]

Hey, dude, first off, "Their" is never used in the singular possessive. Secondly, I see you have degenerated into ad hominem argument. Educated beyond their (his) intellectual capacity. Tell me of your academic training. And what the hell does philosophy have to contribute to the hard science necessary to study the brain. Sorry, but I really don't know what you are trying to communicate. You are all over the place. Global support for cognitive therapy. Geez, where did you pull that one from?

[kevinherbert]

1. You're making clearly innaccurate statements which you refuse to discuss e.g. re meds in the Global News report.

2. In the mental health treatment community, the rise of cognitive therapy has been among the most important developments in treating mental illness, of the past 25 years. 3. When you post 'junk' claims, expect them to be junked. 4. check out your grammar instruction manual: 'their' attaches to 'people'...a collective noun.

What kind of dufus gets into grammar duels ?

[whiff1962]

Your statement was aimed at me, not a collective, so, you were grammatically incorrect. Are you steaming yet?

[whiff1962]

What shit pseudo-scientific goobledegook.

[kevinherbert]

whiff1962: give your reasons..

[whiff1962]

For what? That this old maid of a woman swallows the whole thing, hook, line and sinker? What is this piece from? A local news program ? Nothing worth saying about state mouth-piece local news. The same news that gives us the constant drone of the same script: Reports of recent burglaries(always a black male 20-30 years old), and sundry crimes; local law enforcement community activities: so that we can all rest easy that our streets are safe from the boogy man. This piece fills minutes not heads

[ALLtalants]

hey it's not that a big problem you can live your life like another person i have but it's it's not a big problem gust you have a litle concentration on the thing you are thinking or doing that's it and a llitle bit hyper ! that's it not a big deal !

being adhd it's not a problem or desorder you are a person like others , encourage your self sir/madam !!!

[nate180]

O_o You're right! lol Doesnt even look like a girl.. XD D

[bealeyboi]

youtube keeps taking down my pics

[sexyjulie17]

what s that ?

[JulieJohnson]

I think I must suffer from ADHD. Every time my friend tries to discuss quantum physics with me, I lose interest.

[DemonosZXZ]

Then just tell him hes the one with adhd, equality not excellence.

[ourben]

Sounds like your friend has ADHD.

[justtxjim]

I understand the personality that get "tagged" adhd. I believe that calling it a disorder is outrageous. I watch that women in the video and realize she is in the wrong job. I think of children and think ... their parents don't respect their fun-loving nature or creativity. This world is structured for the organized / ritualistic doers. Well ... not really ...

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[taralynnnn]

you believe calling it a disorder is outrageous???? i don't think you have any clue as to the pain and struggle of living with severe add.

the women in this video did not speak of severe add and they probably should have used a person with a worse case of it to help people like you gain some empathy.

[justtxjim]

they are just the accountants who know where the money is. They seem to respect the docs no matter how crazy their opinions are. There is so much reform needed here. Those that are diagnosed with ADHD ... relax ... you are wonderful amazing people and were made just the way you are. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with you. It's just those around you that don't see the potential in you.

[amazingeddie]

ADHD can be a neuro-condition in which the part of the brain responsible for regulating executive functions doesn't work right... ADHD people are often BLESSED with the gift of creativity and imagination, but paying bills, holding down jobs even keeping the house clean enough not screw up relationships can cause big problems...  People need to recognize both sides... the good and the bad...

[thesimwoman]

Well said.Love creating on the computer.

Loved working with the Aged,active- multiskilling.

exceptional video

[abelbendel]

I belive that ADD is very real - for some it can be a blessing(beeing creative and so on), but for other its a curse(cant concentrate at all more than 5 min at the time)

Im hit by the last part = my live is a pretty miss ..and u can be sure i aint gonna do Einstein or Mozart over again - both takes more than 5 min to manage/cover.

For some, medicin will work and for other, althernative treatment will work ..up to the ppl to find out!

[sanjianjc]

Its about context.

ADD is not a disorder. Its different.

We are all hunters living in a farmer's world.

[czlucar]

Cont'd: People desperately want answers, and one answer they'll settle for is some 'diagnostic' label like ADD, even if it's inappropriate or not helpful. The label itself has some healing benefit. It makes people feel better. Even if they're worse off on the Ritalin, they're happy to know that it's not their fault and that there's a name for it. Such is the world we live in right now. Pharmaceutical companies of course profit.

[czlucar]

So true Neilgs! There is the creative sort of ADD, where you don't mind the disarray while you're coming up with some beautiful creation or the solution to some difficult problem. And then there's the uncomfortable kind, where you want to focus but can't. Maybe because you're sleep-deprived, or exhausted. Maybe because your blood sugar is soaring from not enough fibre in your diet and too much soda pop. It could also be the side effect of some medications.

[Neilgs]

"Piles of paper, excessive lateness, distractability, impulsivity.." Thank God that Einstein and Mozart as children were not around to receive the tremendous benefits of this insightful analysis, "compassionate counseling" and pharmaceutical accoutrements, otherwise their enormous gifted and eccentric sloppiness of their vivid Imagination leading to the idea of relativity and notes never before heard would been nicely and neatly drowned in a stupor and confined to a set of dying synapses.

[YanStofurst]

@Neilgs Medication don't kill creativity. When you're ADHD it can be so hard to get organized and focused that your creativity become totally useless. Medication can help to find a balance

[TheMagcee]

@Neilgs Mozart died of poverty at 35, mainly due to poverty. Maybe Ritalin could have given us a lot more music from his hand.

[Neilgs]

I am afraid quite the opposite. In all actuality pharmacology had been advanced,and the profits of runaway bio-psychiatry complex reined supreme, as they do today, you would have heard far, far less if anything, or of an extremely poor quality at best as his name (or his creativity viewed as "aberrant behavior" particularly as a school-child who would not sit still, would have been sacrificed in the name of Pathology. It is NO stretch to say, that any one who is not an automaton .....continued

[Neilgs]

.who lives and breathes and draws outside the box of monotony (and the priesthood of the criteria as found in DSM IV, V), that is to say from Bill Gates to Einstein, to Beethovan, is diagnosed. Do you realize that Ritalin is reconstituted speed (meth)? Creativity and neurodiverse thinking is view as pathology. Welcome to Huxley's 'Brave New World.' In fact you can take entire (whatever vestiges remaining, aborigine populations placed them in NY and watch the med's prescribed in a blink of eye!

[Neilgs]

"If the task is boring they can't do it. If it's engaging (as in perhaps let's say their ART) they have sometimes no control in but being captivated by it." Sorry that does, even in part constitute a criteria for "a brain disorder" but simply a disorder to comply with the mundane and the superiors who hold the paycheck. Welcome to Orwellian 101!

[fc007]

I don't know if I have ADD,but if I do, then that would explain a lot. I was always distracted as a child and from childhood to my teens, I had a very short-term memmory.

[Jabronimus]

Hey fc007 ... I had the same symptoms and now I'm starting to take medication ... I would consider talking to a therapist.

[ShockResistor]

Jabronimus, how is the medication working for you? Are you experiencing any sde effects?..if so, what are they? Any description of a person with ADD describes me, not to mention that at age 14 I had a full analysis done because of the fact that I had learning difficulties. The analysis concluded that my academic difficulties were due to a combination of mild to moderate ADD as well as having anxiety.

[katana002]

ADHD is complete bullshit psichiatry makes up these dmental disorders to sell drugs at high costs . The trick is that you have to keep buying them because suposebly you will allways have ADHD and the drugs dont really cure it because you have to take them forever

[drunkdecoy]

your not bright are you? why dont you do some MINOR time just a little bit i dont want to harm you, minor like maybe a few seconds before your head starts to hurt and go look up what causes ADHD. Instead of making yourself look like a complete jackass.

[zezt]

As long as their are fools there will be foolERS

[Nazcon]

Always nice to know that you arn't alone, and that there is ways to cope =3 Thank you for posting ... I have ADHD. And as an aswer to YourtubeStars, I love having ADHD... tho there are parts of it that I hate, like not beeing able to get myself to do things I really shuld. I just can't...

[johnfx240]

Thanks gave me a good idea to get involved with several different types of jobs...I wish skeptics were right about this that it doesent exist ...Unfortunately im living proof that it does. Ive lost many jobs and yet my IQ is higher than 93% of the us population...I cant even begin to tell you all the tests i was forced to take in grade school....

[574lk3r]

ditto, thank you.

[macychick]

Thanks for posting this! It's always nice to hear a success story. I have ADD too.