How ADHD Affects Adults | ADHD - Not Just for Kids (Full Documentary) | Only Human
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Length: 41min 16sec (2476 seconds)
Published: Sun Aug 19 2018
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33 here, just got diagnosed a few months ago. Crazy to look back at so many years of my life and how miserable I was not being able to focus on anything. I just thought I was inherently lazy. Also a big thing I now realize after getting on medication is how much anxiety I had about everything I wasn't doing. Basically worried to death about tasks and obligations, but too paralyzed to do anything but endlessly jump between irrelevant thoughts. Mental torture all day.
Anyways, medication has made my life 10x better. I was afraid of the stigma the medication carried through recreational use in college, but when used correctly it's a gamechanger for everyday life. Not just for focusing on work and tasks, but now I can actually be present with my family and enjoy it.
I need to get back on adhd medications, my executive function is awful, and I need to do something with my life.
At 32 my adhd is still raging strong.
Spent 10 years on clonazepam intellectually wasting away, now I have been forcing myself to read for hours on end, but there is only so much I can do when I am not in the mood to focus
I work as a doctor - i cannot even begin to describe the enormous uptick in adults coming in saying they have all the diagnostic characteristics of ADHD and while itβs true for some of them, the majority of them are actually just people who struggle with self-control, have difficulty focusing on tasks that donβt interest them (like many people), smoke to much pot, have anxiety, etc. You do not need stimulants because you want to scroll your phone while you should be listening to a first year lecture in calculus. That being said, for people that do have ADHD, medications can be life changing.
To clarify: Iβm being accused of bias against patients inquiring about ADHD. I diagnose and treat patients with ADHD often; i also work closely with 2 psychiatrists and my partner is a psychiatrist - Iβm able to discuss cases with all of them. I also readily refer people that are struggling and need to help. I am arguably too liberal with my diagnosis of ADHD. My point was regarding the volume of people that come into my office suggesting they have ADHD and then find their symptoms improve/resolve after they regulate their sleep pattern, minimize substance X, appropriately treat their anxiety or depression, turn their phone off during lecture etc, etc. I am in no way suggesting this is not a real disease or doesnβt require treatment.
Also - diagnosing many psychiatric illnesses is incredibly nuanced. These are all phenomenological diagnoses; based on patients subjective experiences. I could walk into the clinic down the street and answer the questions on medical history in such a way that i would meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD - and so could anyone else. Itβs hard, this is hard, many people need help, but stimulants can be very dangerous for some people. Itβs difficult because there are people that have ADHD self medicate with stimulants of abuse (cocaine, crack, meth), but it is impossible to diagnose ADHD in the setting of substance use. Anyway, i could talk about this for hours (and have); just want to save some face and identity that i am not kicking people out of my office who are struggling and suggesting that have ADHD.
Be well everyone, thanks for the award.
Wow, 41 minutes long and the slow steady talking. This was definitely not made for somebody with ADHD to watch. LOL
Please be a good documentary π. I've struggled with ADHD my whole life and it really blew up in my face last year. Only after that and having to move back home with my parents have I started researching what ADHD really affects in my life and I wish I had known sooner. Mentally I'm doing better than I have in a decade.
Werenβt posts like this recently exposed as shill marketing for pharmaceutical companies?
...Why does "ADHD: Not just for Kids" sound like a Trix Cereal slogan? X_X
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I just turned 55 a month ago, and didn't know the symptoms of ADHD until a few years ago. The symptoms certainly sound like me. It also might be a contributing factor to why I have had such a difficult time keeping a job. I have a difficult time staying on task and my brain feels like it's racing. Also, I have a generalized anxiety disorder, so that plays into this.