Neuroscience of ADHD

You don't outgrow ADHD you always have it, some people can cope/manage it better than others.

"ADHD is not an impairment of knowing what to do - but rather doing what you know." - Russell Barkley PhD No explanation describes my life experience coping with ADHD better than that quote.

As someone who is diagnosed with ADHD, I swear I found myself losing focus of the video multiple times and having to rewind to listen to what i missed. This is something that happens daily to me and boy is it frustrating sometimes.

As someone who was diagnosed at 17 years old, I'm tired of people thinking ADHD is only for kids. Thank you so much for bringing visibility to neurodivergence in adulthood!

"Most people outgrow adhd" Every single adhder I know: "it got worse"

Ahhh, the way this couple supports each other is so cute

Thank you for showing adults with adhd who are successful in there fields!

i have two sisters and all three of us have been diagnosed with ADHD. we think our dad has it too but he would never go to the doctor for that let alone consider he has any kind of psychological disorder. crazy how genetic ADHD actually is

Great video. I was diagnosed with ADHD in my early forties after struggling with depression and sever anxiety from the age of 8. I was a good student and athlete but hated myself for being lazy because I didn't want to work harder. Even the things I was good at made me anxious. Going to school or work was excruciating. I was suicidal when I finally began medication. Everything changed instantly after that. My brain finally stopped long enough for me to catch my breath. Most people have no idea how ADHD can affect adults. It can be debilitating.

I think adhd has one of the most misleading names - we don't a deficit of attention, we just can't control *what* we pay attention to. Adhd isn't the average "oh I'm not particularly interested in this class, I'd rather pass notes to my friend," it's more like " I know there's an important test coming up in this class, I know I don't understand the material, I need to pay attention, I *want* to pay attention, but I can't"

I really like the incorporation of interviews in this one. Added a nice touch of human element and told the story of the science nicely. Well done Ali and Micah!

I'm a second year medical student with ADHD-PI. Among my peers and my family, a lack of understanding for our condition is very palpable. Most people simply do not grasp that the lack of motivation and attention stems from a neurochemical deficit. On a personal note, a lot of things from the interview with the lovely couple (forgot their names already, hah!) resonated with me, especially about not feeling like you've deserved it, or having trouble with believing that you are actually good at something. I find comfort in the fact that I am not the only one with this condition (and a fellow med student as well, wow!), and that we are all trying our best to overcome it. To all my peers out there, remember that the path is a long and tortuous one, just keep your chin up, and keep at it, success will follow.

I know I have ADHD, but hearing and knowing that others have the same. It gets me in an emotional way.

When I got my diagnosis and started getting treatment for ADHD it was like I put glasses on for the first time. Before I was diagnosed with ADHD, I was diagnosed and treated for depression and anxiety. Now that I’m managing my ADHD, I’m finally able to focus, finish tasks, stay motivated, and I notice changes in other areas as well such as emotional regulation. It’s definitely a very unique and fascinating mental illness but I think what was said towards the end is exactly how we should approach mental illnesses in society. We shouldn’t expect every person to conform to the same societal norms and expectations in work, school, etc. Hollywood and media also needs to do a better job of how they portray mental illnesses. It’s overdramatized way too often…

As a person diagnosed at 2 year old and since with adhd everybody like doctors and teachers and just people in general will tell you that you suck at school or that you're going to fail in school or that you cant make it to collage... and seeing Someone with adhd have a big Career is amazing to me and so inspiring <3

As someone with high functioning ADHD myself, I can tell the two being interviewed have it without them telling me. It was the avoiding of direct eye contact for a prolonged period of time, and the fidgeting of the hands. Even though I can hold down jobs and drive cars, ADHD still really affects me in my daily life

It's soooo difficult to talk about it!! I mentioned it to a friend who told me that if I can live with it then it's not a disorder, my friend doctor just said that I don't look like her regular ADHD patients but has agreed to look further into it after I threw at her the 50 ADHD symptoms I have that don't include "jumping-around-8-year-old-boy", the handicap director at work started speaking about Asperger for 30 minutes then finally started listening, the work doctor had to google ADHD then told me to try harder, thank you that's so helpful, my mom said I don't think you have ADHD, it seems like more than that, like your anger is so violent, I angrily told her to learn more about it, and recently the regular doctor told me it was insomnia and looked at me with a condescending smile when I mentioned ADHD, basically saying it was a trend and every kid now goes to a psychiatrist. So I'm not close to getting any help, even after diagnosing myself, which was not supposed to be my job, but all of the people my mom took me to when younger and the people I still go and see once in a while even if I don't trust them anymore..

This helped me understand my boyfriend way better. He's been diagnosed with the hyperactive-impulsive subtype since he was a kid and he never ever ever shuts up. Thanks so much!

Listening to the couple at the beginning make me think I may need to see the doctor. I suffer from depression caused by my inability to ever achieve anything. I normally refer to myself as a compulsive procrastinator. I actually got distracted writing this comment. I opened my phone after about 30 minutes and realised I’d been writing a comment.

As someone who has also been recently diagnosed with ADHD (Without the hyperactive part too, I'm a pretty passive guy haha), thank you for this video. It was a brilliant interview and it's pretty motivational to see how successful they've become despite their ADHD. Personally, I learned a lot from my own condition and I'll share it with those around me that don't take my condition seriously... The first time I took my medication was truly a life changing so it is truly sad when people judge you for taking them.