Dr Russell Barkley - Diagnosis Acceptance

Dr Russell Barkley, Ph.D giving a lecture on ADHD at The Centre for ADHD/ADD Advocacy Canada (CADDAC).

To view the full-length lectures, visit http://www.caddac.ca

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• ADHD
• ADD
• Attentive
• Deficit
• Hyperactivity
• Disorder
• Russell
• Barkley
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• Lecture

[sactownteri]

It's hard to diagnose ADHD if we generally conforming to societal norms. For my part, I loved school, got great grades, and have a successful career and beautiful family. That's what people see on the outside. They don't see what's going on inside...the constant struggle with focus, the hyperfocus (bad for me), the distractions, the exhaustion at the end of the day but no sense of accomplishment. Schools, employers, it doesn't matter. If they don't see it, it doesn't exist-hence, no problem.

[felix242]

@MosquitoBite82 People with ADHD live a difficult life because they live in a non-ADHD world.

[Cheerios11992]

@sactownteri If people can't see these things, they are not looking.

[vestlen]

@islespatrick While I agree with your point, I think it's naive to say that all would be fine and dandy if we were treated completely normal. For example, I tend to do my college work in binges, rather than on a weekly basis--which makes me terrible with due dates. My prof's sometimes work with me, allowing me to turn things in late or coming up with alternate assignments. I still do all the work though. I think I would have failed out by now if they'd expected me to be "normal."

[islespatrick]

@charitha42 Why do people with ADHD live a difficult life?? Well, it's mainly due to how our society functions. Speaking from someone who has the disorder..society acts like you should be treated differently-giving you more room to mess up, no consequences, etc. If we want people to have a better life in terms of the disorder, they should treat you like a regular human being, not like some spectacle at a freak show, or a child.

[MosquitoBite82]

So to answer the question without without involving the school system would probably be impossible. It is more relevant to try to answer the question without Blaiming the school system(!), or its employees, and develop (!) the school system and other public and private institutions, making room for people who by this day cannot adapt to its framework.

[MosquitoBite82]

Hi! Answering the question: "Why do people with ADHD live a difficult life??", without involving the school system is quite easy. Mainly because it is not the school system that has ADHD/ ADD, it is the student. My personal experience with ADD is that the difficult parts are the attempts to adopt to the everyday life around you, being reminded constatnly that you´re not able to do things that to most people seems basic, resulting in depressions, unfinished college degrees, unemployment etc.

[lenore123456789]

@charitha42 "Why do people with ADHD live a difficult life??"... answer it without involving the school system ;)

[charitha42]

Why do people with ADHD live a difficult life?? why is the social and educational systems are in such a way that those who can parrot out the pre learnt memory and arguments stuff are promoted to higher levels? Who formulated the standards of normality? True intelligence is found in producing something new and that's called creativity... In an environment where the true essence of creativity is suppressed (deep imagination) ... What is there for Acceptance??