ADHD Symptoms & Treatments : Diagnosing Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

[TheSerenaLA]

Researching, reading and listening, Finding maybe ADD or whatever can bring on stress, depression....etc....Just a thot....Know having hard time focusing, get distracted easily, jump from one subject to another...etc....Lose interest quickly But God is helping me with all, Thank you for sharing, Prayers Always, Power Of Prayer....this info does help understand all better so can deal with symptoms and know what to rule out or what can cause problems etc... :)

[Osyran]

I lost my concentration and wrote this within one minute of the video...hmmm...

[romans52345]

@462kitkat and he told me that aspergers is the more of the likley disorder that i posess so i was happy because i know i do have aspergers , but only a Pchyitrist (i don't know how to spell it sorry) can make an offical diagnoses so i went to a shrink and he said he has to do more tests but i more than likley have ADHD which pissed me off because i know and evreybody who knows me knows i have Aspergers.

[romans52345]

@462kitkat ok was her ever misdiagnosed with anything else because i feel i have aspergers a lot of people i know think i have it because of my amazing memory and very poor socail skills, in 1995 at age 14 i was diagnosed with Obsessive Compolsive Disorrder, then when i was 17 a friend of mine looked up Aspergers online and found that i have very same characteristics, i did very poorly in school and they say aspies are highly intelligent and i recemtly started going to a phycoligist

[romans52345]

@462kitkat Did your Boyfriend do well in Grade School??

[TheGeekies]

This was a recommended video...

[cyberlarry7]

I've been diagnosed by 3 different people and they think I have GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), but when I read current book on adult ADD - OMG - I'm positive I have it, I have sooooooooo many of the symptons. What I'd like to know is: with depression, stress, and GAD having so many similar/the same symptoms --- then how in the heck does ANY doctor or therapist know you have adult ADD??? You might as well give up and just say: :You have 1) depression 2) stress 3)GAD 4) ADD. Good luck!

[mcbrainlegend]

I hav 1000 words more to do for this essay dude in an hour and a half and I'm watching this. Except I'm not watching it, I quickly got bored and started playing with my dog.

[danielmurray04]

ADHD is almost always covered up and misdiagnosed as GAD or Depression. Not the other way round.

[IndyCovaHart]

A fly buzzing around during a video about ADD...?

Come on, folks... you should have known better. lol

[BrendonUrieSays1]

I have ADHD. I find it hard to concentrate on anything for too long. I get distracted easily by cars or a bird flying by the window or friends having a gossip or just things i havnt noticed before! I dont understand simple things and need to be told them over and over. My hyperactivity causes people to think im younger than i am immature and not-trustworthy as i laugh most of the time. Sometimes i do things without thinking like answering back to the teachers and my mom. Things can get confusin

[InspiredMuse74]

I feel overwhelmed and often try to hard to make things simpler. For me it is like everything is so hard and the harder I work to simplfy the more difficult it becomes. I am very naive and often get taken advantage. People misunderstand me and when I explain I over explain. I often run into trouble due to explaining but going too far. Sometimes I talk louder and I don't realize I am too loud. ADHD Is hard too fit in with the current society. Does anyone else feel like this?

[freeadultdating115]

Awsome Short Video

[petchharrison]

@dem0nthesis oh so you are a doctor are you well done good on you...jeff

[petchharrison]

@whiff1962 your right mediction the new stuff is to stong and its dangerious this what works i use this myself

sertraline and amitripyline..these are safe stay away from ritline and imphreen,,it will make you worse believe me ive tryed...jeff...aspie 48---uk

[whiff1962]

@petchharrison Who says Zoloft and amitryptaline (sp) are "safe". You are perfectly free to "treat" yourself as if you had a disease, but don't think for a moment that dangerous pharmaceuticals actually balance anything in the brain; this is a flat out lie, that makes billions for the drug makers.

[petchharrison]

@whiff1962 i dont know about the zee stuff maybe its new..ADD and aspie is not not a disease its the way the brain is wired again you know nothing and are not in a fit state to say anything i am trained in childcare

and child health conditions,as for pills i do think they should be used inless as a last resort....jeff...

[whiff1962]

@petchharrison @petchharrison Who says Zoloft and amitryptaline (sp) are "safe"? You are perfectly free to "treat" yourself as if you had a disease, but don't think for a moment that dangerous pharmaceuticals actually balance anything in the brain; this is a flat out lie, that makes billions for the drug makers.

[thepurpledude101]

childadhd.info For more information on Child Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

[lizzy2492]

@dem0nthesis no it's not I have it

[Strongarm778]

I DON'T THINK ITS A DISORDER! or always negative as medical professionals profess it to be, I feel like the disorder was created when drugs could be sold to "cure it".

[sk8teh14]

This video bears an uncanny resemblance to a bogus investor explaining "technical analysis" to somebody, despite all evidence in favor of the efficient market hypothesis.

Take the lesson from William Sharpe vs. Wall Street, folks. Just because people wear a suit and talk with confidence doesn't mean they're not following a religion. What matters in science is the *evidence*, not confidence and suits. What this man explains has no foundation in actual science.

[synthem]

I really tried to watch through the video in its entirety, but as I soon found myself browsing through the comments and opening other web pages while the video kept on playing, I realized that maybe there might indeed be a problem.

damn. mad at myself for not focusing. it's only 2minutes for pete's sake.

[pussymoneyweed432]

@synthem It might help if this video had a louder volume

[criticalcaleb]

@synthem I hear ya man...

[yadilove818]

I think I have adhd Im always forgetting things, Im always always late to everything school, work, meeting with friends. Super undecisive and unorganized it's very depressing Im 29 and idk if I would be able to raise a family it makes sad :(

[bparrish25]

@yadilove818 i know how you feel dude, i got the same thing going on. i actually looked this up to get a better understanding, i've already looked at different sites for symptoms, out of like 21 on one site i checked about 18 applied to me. no organization skills, late, and generally uninterested in most things except entertainment. sucks but, oh well what are you gonna do?

[TheAngryPirateSays]

@yadilove818 I have the same problems. Im 18 and went to the doctor for it and it really changed my life. Just having the diagnoses helped more than you can imagine. Just knowing that im not crazy and that its a disorder changed the way i saw myself. Seek help, it cant hurt

[Gingagirl]

I'm a 19 year old girl. I have a concern that I have ADHD/ADD! I have anxiety, depression. I can't structure or have routines, i easily get tired mentally, can't koncentrate while reading, and have a limited sence of consequenses(I'm Swedish) I know when I do wrong, or that I HAVE to do something but often fail. In the beginning i thought that I was bipolar or something but i then realised that I've been having these issues all my life. It's kind of sad that women never get a proper diagnosis..

[1800tellmama]

Some people (many people) say I'm not listening. I'm just trying to listen to them over everything else. It's very depressing.

[86egh]

Hi, i am 24 year old, in the last 2years got really hard for me to read a book for more than 10 minutes.actually i was never able to finish reading a chapter of a book in my entire life unless i had to cause it was related to my studies but that was hard too.now i am having problem sitting still for more than 30 minutes.i get bored sooner than other people.i asked my mom she told me that when i was a child i would get bored soon & she asked my teacher, she said i am intelligent, do i have ADHD?

[Parbod]

@86egh you may or may not egh. I am 25 and have been struggling to find out if I have ADHD for the past 2 years. I kind of refused to accept but now after hours and hours of research online and offline, I'm seeing more of what I call "good days" by trying some drug-free resolutions such as sugar-free diet and exercise. I have been different or not understandable by others many many times. Your story tells me that I am not alone though! But I do recommend you do your homework and get to know more

[coqpit77]

@whiff1962

Strattera is more dangerous than Ritalin and Adderall while providing more side effects, like impotence. It increases a risk of sudden death more than Ritalin

[whiff1962]

Drugs don't "provide" side-effects. Moreover, what is being treated in ADHD? To date, there have been no pathophysiological or histopathological markers of ADHD, and no surprise. As it is with all other "mental Illness" (the mind can be physically ill? Really?) and disorder, it is the social, political, moral, and economic considerations that are being addressed, not diseases of the mind or brain! This doesn't include organic brain illness, like epilepsy, properly treated by neurologists.

[bparrish25]

@whiff1962 you fail to realize that we are not you and you are not us. you think you can feel what i feel? how can you be sure? you think we are all the same? there's an obvious answer to that one. you say we are looking for false answers for what we feel. i think you are looking for a false answer in what you don't. it would be easy to label this a learning disability for "stupid" people, only problem with that is most ADD people are above average IQ, yet we still struggle in life, WHY?

[whiff1962]

@bparrish25 "[Y]ou fail to realize that we are not you and you are not us. you think you can feel what i feel"

What you are describing is the stigma you feel. I, too, labored under the same misconception for years, in this faith that I was brain damaged or disorder. There are no "false" answers in life; the real challenge we set before ourselves, as individual human beings, I believe, is in ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. Seeing oneself as "disordered" is a matter of faith, and it is your right.

[bparrish25]

@whiff1962 Well then i will suggest that the general population is at an above average iq as well. as for being brain damaged. i never said that is what i believe add/adhd to be, only that (as far as you are concerned) scientifically speaking, does not fit the "make up" of a "normal" brain. people believe that they can change, when in actuality only situations, circumstances, and experience do. the physical make up of my psyche IS diff, from yours, and everyone elses........

[bparrish25]

@whiff1962 also you didnt answer my question about autistic kids, and i'll throw in down syndrome, and hey, even midgets, (all of whom society says "cant control it") for good measure. these people. faking it for all this time and we never even recognized. very intriguing.

[whiff1962]

@bparrish25 If you want to discuss autism, then I suggest you go to an autism blog on YT. One argument at a time, please.

[whiff1962]

" that they can change, when in actuality only situations, circumstances, and experience do"

And how might "circumstances" and "situations" change, if not for willed and conscious behavior? Your insinuation, if I can actually understand your word salad, is that the individual (brain) is more or less fixed, and it is one's surroundings that are in flux? This assertion, in a nutshell, is exactly what the mental health priestly class preach, and is a most reductive take on human conduct.

[whiff1962]

Our culture has come to see the metaphorical nature of mental illness as literal. The psych enterprises business has and always will be in labeling the troubling and troubled as ill or disordered. As for the child, who for no other reason than one's (mis)behavior and non-conformity to the programmatic and institutional requirements of the factory school, is poisoned to conform, I say, this is one unsavory result of taking the metaphorical nature of psych labels to its literal extreme.

[whiff1962]

ADD people are above average IQ, yet we still struggle in life, WHY?" First off, if you are going to make reference to any one of the many spurious and specious statistical "facts", might I suggest you further research. The fact is is that the range of IQ in people "diagnosed" as ADHD is consistent with the general population; so much for your glamorizing. Moreover, this struggle for life, is each and every person's burden to assume or not. Is this, then, a medical or moral concern?

[petchharrison]

@whiff1962 your wrong sorry they can tell by brain scans now try utube under

TEMPLE GRANDIN..she is utistic and this showed up in her brain scans and she let you see it for yourself.

jeff

[TheDescentJatt]

i had no problem in studies in my childhood.does this rule-out the possibility of ADD or ADHD in me ?

[jt455]

@swgopium um dude thats actually retarded everyone has different symptoms that stand out more than others that is just a generalized symptom most ADD victims have

[PanzerBlitz43]

@jt455 there's NO SUCH THING AS ADD and ADHD. They're made up, bullsht "disorders" so that pharm industry and psychiatry criminals can make profits from giving you poison brain drugs that stay in your system and destroy your life for good..

[simboy1]

did anyone else see the fly?

[Rotties9292]

@simboy1 lmafo!! so I did see a fly I thought I was seeing things. btw what was this guy saying? Oh the fly hahaha I saw it too :)-

[nelnehal1]

I know one thing, no matter how much people explain what ADHD is, most people can never grasp what it is. People just dont get it. It sad but it is true



[dasdasist]

@nelnehal1 i know what you mean, i have it and i know i have it, i dont force myself to not pay attention but try but look at me, im writing this comment while the video just started haha

[petchharrison]

@jjason23296 rude and vile..jeff..cant your write without the foul words,,

[TheGodiswithus]

THANKS

[whiff1962]

And I would anticipate your response as being one being based on medico-scientific "progress" in the recognition of what? The need for greater measures of control over those deviant and troubling individuals? There is no disease being treated, and such a spurious notion is but a political maneuver to justify the continued course. Is the drugging of tens of millions of children the answer to our culture's stubborn course of "treating" (mis)behavior in our classrooms, and other institutions?

[Stringprodigy]

Got anything besides unsubstantiated whiffle, Mr Whiff? Seems as though you could benefit from psychiatric treatment. Anyways, good luck with your plight to win Youtube! ;)

[whiff1962]

As for your snipe that I lack intellectual integrity, it is most ironic that so many who hold to psych labels are no different than those who profess religious faith. Think about that a while, and get back to me.

[Stringprodigy]

If you actually held an advanced degree in psychology, then you would not be so fervently committed to 1. such an obtuse smear campaign, and 2. spamming sets of Youtube comments, mostly containing smug assertions completely devoid of reason and fact. For someone with an advanced degree in psychology, I would expect much more detailed and intellectually honest responses. As for your last comment, I am an atheist and I happen to have ADD.

Thanks for revealing to us your profound ignorance. ;)

[whiff1962]

As the general public goes, ignorance is bliss, and the nature of propaganda as pertains to the notion of "mental illness" qua disease (read on the medical definition of disease), counts on the media and public credulity. The nexus of the argument is not one of truth versus falsehood, especially as it concerns the psychiatric enterprise, it is of power over the powerless. Psychiatry, in its present engenderment, rationalizes coercions and force through its pseudo-medical mystifications.

[whiff1962]

How did you come about getting ADD? How was it "diagnosed"? What test was administered? I know, the DSM, the bible of the secular priesthood of mental health, was the means test. Your insurance was billed, you have an excuse to go on, safe and secure in your label, as shelter against the adversities of life.

Now, who is the more ignorant, with the foregoing argument? Self-determination & responsibility come at a price, not in a label and a pill. Psych labels have never freed anyone. They jail

[joanekins123]

may be the councelor has ADD

[whiff1962]

In all honesty, I think that the MH profession needs to proffer its evidence-and not just speculative, threadworn postulations. However, given the institutional mission and requirements of our schools, it is no small wonder that Ritalin is the drug most prescribed to willful "disordered" children. This is not a scientific discussion, it is a moral one.

[Stringprodigy]

@whiff1962 get over yourself. You armchair intellectuals are a dime a dozen.

[whiff1962]

Getting over myself? Are you saying that those who embrace the label of AD(H)D, as if it were some article of faith, and an excuse for all manner of indolence and excuse, are not to get over themselves?

[whiff1962]

that should read "an excuse for indolence and lack of ambition".

[whiff1962]

And I would agree, armchair intellectuals are plentiful, especially on YT. However, I believe my own experience with my being labeled ADHD as a child, and my eventually understanding the socialLy and politically strategic nature of labeling all manner of "deviant" behavior, is worth discussing, even if most YT members hold faith in this pseudo-scientific enterprise.

[Stringprodigy]

@whiff1962, I'm saying that those of you with an obvious Wikipedia education aren't worth debating due to a severe lack of intellectual integrity. Cheers! ;)

[whiff1962]

Well, I do hold several degrees, with an advanced degree in psychology. I, too, was once a faithful member of the church of mental hygiene, however, life has a way of bringing things into sharp relief, as does serious-minded inquiry.

[whiff1962]

First off, as has already been arrived at, there is no disease, so, no diagnosis can be had. Secondly, even if one is to take a most liberal definition of disease to include all manner of socially deviant behaviour, as per respective institutional backdrop, a symptom is not synomous with sign, the latter being a signal (etymologically identical words) of pathophysiology. This is an important distinction, as the MH profession obfuscates by mixing and matching medical jargon. Mutual deception.

[jordandelphonic]

it's a disorder amigo. it is not referred to as a disease by most people. I think you have some very strong statements! Perhaps you'd like to back them up with scientific evidence so that your statements have even a small bit of debatable value within the scientific community.

[whiff1962]

Yes, disorder. Most who are conversant within the lexicon of psychiatry know where this has taken present day culture. BTW, if one were to apply the Virchowian nosological model as a reference point, ANY pathophysiological lesion, alteration, or function, either at the cellular or tissue level, constitutes disease! However, given how socially and politically contigent psych disorders invariably are, the profession has resorted to no subtle legerdemain. The scientistic, reductive science. Proof?

[Michaelfreakincombs]

The only thing I find interesting about your comments are the sheer number of unnecessary words you use. I've been jumping around to different videos on ADD only to find you spewing personal, pseudo-intellectual OPINIONS all over the place. I'm not sure what you think you're accomplishing by doing this, but if I had to guess, it seems you get off on trying to appear smarter than others. But all you're doing is distracting people that are actually interested in learning about this. Please stop...

[whiff1962]

Please stop... And I am to assume that the use of ellipses is some intimation of what? A threat of some sort? Really, tell me, why should I stop, and, for that matter stop doing what? By the way, learning also is taking place when people are given the OPTION of reading opposing views, and not only the form of gospel, as proffered by the the variety of Mental Health professionals, pharmaceuticals in tow. So, as for stopping, I obviously have hit a nerve with someone. GOOD!

[reginaldcabbageflute]

are you from the future? ease up on the vocabulary attack you sound blisteringly arrogant.

[absurity]

lieje71, depending on your meds.. if you read some of symptons it will say it may cause wieght loss, and appitite loss.

[lisje71]

i have a quistion i have adhd and lost 40 pounds in four months how is that possible.

thanx melissa

[ApostolicGodsChild]

Again, another great video