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Idk how you can be high functioning underperforming. Maybe at adhd parts, but I exce and my body of work is great. Just adhd kills my time and I jump from one thing to another. But I think because I can hyperfocus, it makes me great at things. So can’t knock it, I guess

When the obvious is "Mission impossible".

i have adhd and im skipping this because it talks to slow

Id rather be functional than non functional

If I was diagnosed as a kid, does that still count?

Bill Gates, Leonardo, da Vinci and Albert Einstein all had ADHD. If you want to say they had deficits and deficiencies so be it.

I'm not sure ADHD was a thing when I was a kid in 80s and 90s. I don't remember hearing anyone being diagnosed with it. I struggled alot in school though, I'd hope if it was a thing teachers would've noticed and helped me along.

Dr. Feldmeier, is it true that benzodiazepines and alcohol are the only substances that extinguish social anxiety? 🃏🎱🎲

The bit you're missing here is the fact that the depression, anxiety, OCD and trauma are (in people with ADHD), caused by the ADHD and it's symptoms.

I’m in my 40s. I cannot keep a job because of that, but a disability insurance company don’t want to hear it. I have so many other problems too… Chronic pain that flares up constantly, cardiomyopathy, copd, nash, Anxiety, depression with paranoid personality traits (probably RSD)… How can I get the disability insurance company to leave me alone!? 😡. It’s evil! I’m no longer willing to continue trying after 7 attempts, career changes, major investments. I just want a doctor that supports my disability. I reached a very high paying career (200k+/year), and now the disability insurance company say I can’t be disabled at 40 because I’m too young. But the truth is they’re trying everything not to pay me!!!!

I was diagnosed and treated for anxiety for years before getting the proper adhd diagnosis. My anxiety never got better with treatment because it was a symptom of untreated adhd. I didn't know my constant overlapping thoughts that I couldn't catch hold of were adhd and not the racing thoughts of anxiety. And medical professionals aren't trained any better to notice the things I was describing to psychiatrists and therapists for years were textbook symptoms of inattentive adhd. It's so frustrating.

I was seriously starting to wonder if there is a link between ADHD and diabetes? Even binge eating is a sign from what I know.

Except for my job requires me to multitask

People with ADHD are genius, without exception

The stigma of the abuse that we suffer all of our lives, including being labeled neurodivergent, which is cultural Marxism, and the worst self talk in the world is absolutely be on anyone’s comprehension who doesn’t suffer ADHD is God’s gift to humanity and the people with ADHD, who isolate themselves are smart, and they know they need to do that for survival, and they become the greatest artist and scientists in the world

The problem is people with ADHD are genius without exception, and are completely misunderstood and horribly abused by everyone

That music is annoying

What is with the techno BGM? NGL, that was weird and highly distracting.

I get BORED of sleep sometimes. Like I wake up too early and my mind starts racing and I’m tired enough to lie back down but I just can’t. Sometimes a cup of coffee helps induce a caffeine nap if I’m tired enough. Other times, I’m up at that point!

Omg the music is distracting. 😂 But I got halfway through and heard some of the message. Was that a test? I’m pretty sure it’s ADHD. Been present since early childhood, diagnosed at 21. 😂

Find a psychiatrist who specializes in adhd

The psychiatrist said my ADHD was missed because I was well behaved in school, intelligent and driven. I had a nervous to get it detected. I got a degree, postgraduate qualification without support . I also have diagnoses of dyspraxia and Aspergers traits.

Same here...

Biggest roadblock here is that local psychologists and psychiatrists won't test for adult adhd. They used to, but..... so now you have to leave the city and hope that the psychologist (NOT psychiatrist) you find will test for it so that you can get an official diagnosis.

Where are you guys getting thia music from? Stop, plese.

i moved around in a military family and having any labels is a problem. as well as constant moving going to new schools you don't really stay in one place for things to start showing up as a problem. intelligence, persistence, and charisma have helped mask my adhd.

fantastic reality check for me. thanks for making this video!

I was told on my diagnosis appointment that o couldn’t have adhd because kids can’t mask or cope because of children not being able to do that because of executive dysfunction. I felt like I wasn’t being heard with my current problems as an adult. And I was told that I needed to have bad grades, been disruptive and been in detention all throughout my school years.

These are really good and actionable tips, thanks for sharing.

I think I may fit into the catagory you descibed, and i think I would get a good deal of benifit from the tools and tactics that similar minded people use to achieve more of their potential. My smarts and skills are above average, and im reasonably good at what i do, but my ability to turn that potential into success similar to my peers has been below average. So count me in as your 913th subscriber

I know this video is old but ppl tend to check out once docs/physicians bring up weight… still informative tho

Meditation has been a godsend, but timers are needed to deal with time blindness.

This video convinced me to get therapy, thank you

Great video!

so absolutely no help at all? thanks tips

I just found out my adhd boyfriend has been hording his money. For months I've been paying for everything and he's never offered to help out once. He said all the money he gets goes to meds but won't even pick up his meds so he's not even on them. My brother used to lie about money as well. Is this a common trait of adhd men?

Why does my adhd boyfriend hord his money and drains my bank account without any guilt?

Its not about the efficiency its just how our minds like to do things. Might take forever and be allover the place but we have a process and it works for us.

Imagine getting a second opinion when already getting a first opinion takes like 1-3 years of waiting for an appointment in germany 😂 Unless you got a well paying job and can spend around 600€ out of your own pocket 😆 I couldn't bring them up, I landed on the welfare landfill after multiple failed attempts at getting educated and thus getting severely indebted.

There are options other than a C-PAP machine. I can't use it. Getting "ISPIRE."

@MikeFeldmeierMD - These medical practicioner definitions of RSD don't quite hit the nail on the head on this topic. They are outside-in observer descriptions, as opposed to inside-out 1st-person navigation tools for the user (the person with ADHD). RSD is less about "fear of rejection" and more about "fear of not being suffiently heard and thereby, misunderstood (again)". These papercut-like experiences compound into Adult ADHD & cPTSD, kinda-like interest on a principal does over time. Death (/depression) by a thousand cuts. An outside-in only, behavioral psyche approach is... not so much 'wrong' as just grossly insufficient at least as far as helpful, tangible, developmental scaffolding goes. For someone with RSD, we need scaffolding and literacies that help us 'construct and navigate' an ADHD umwelt (/subjective world). An ADHD person perceives a different world, often richer in interrelational nuance. It's like we can see things in HD that others can't see in 480p. Things which are tangible for us are intagibles for others (and vice-versa). We struggle to find 'common' words which both accurately describe our conceptions, and yet are succinct and tangible enough for those without ADHD to understand (with their limited 'empathic attention'). So over time, we tend to withdraw from our ADHD-unfriendly relationships. Increasingly, into a tradjectory whose end is some form of withdrawal/catatonia from norm-y world "executive functions'.

It is virtually impossible to get an adhd diagnosis in France if you can't afford to go to the private sector. This is partially due to the overall state of french psychiatry and scepticism or lack of awareness of adhd in France but also due to the insanely heavy bureaucracy of the public sector.

I was diagnosed from a young age and I’m in my early twenties now. I didn’t know this was a thing, but it makes a lot of sense. I didn’t have family members calling my a failure, but instead I realized myself that i am a ‘failure’ because of all the times i failed. Very nice video

This video has really made me think about taking medication for my adhd again. I see the points you are making and think, "How the hell do I actually get my brain to let me focus on one thing and one thing only?" The only answer I find is, "Well, the only times in my life I've actually been able to do that were when I took medication for my ADHD."

Hello. I want to know if I had ADHD when I was young. I suffer from difficulty in focusing, paying attention, and checking details, in addition to my wide endless imagination that prevents me from focusing, my activity, my constant movement, my love of running, sports, movement, and my poor academic achievement. When I was young I was a girl. I talk a lot, either because I speak less, I'm slow in completing tasks, and I forget a lot, but I didn't riot when we were going to a relative's house, and I didn't riot either in class, but I didn't focus

It took me 3 years from finding out I have ADHD to getting diagnosed, because my psychiatrist at the time just said I don't have ADHD. He had no arguments and the discussion ended with "an adult ADHD diagnose is too much efford".

When I was in school, a common belief what ADHD is, was "you didn't get enough attention from your parents, so you are hyperactive in school, to get the teachers attention". So it was not seen as a disorder that causes your behavior but more like such an extreme form of misbehavior, that you get a diagnose and meds for it to so you're easier to handle.

Diagnosed at 30. My IQ definitely masked a chunk of it, and also the problems I had with developing friendships and in social situations, managing projects, prioritising, organisational skills, etc were treated as character defects that I needed to “work on”. It was a different time.

mine isnt TOO bad. im actually rather frugal as a trauma response from losing so many storage units or stuff from moving over the years, i actually have downsized a lot of what i own despite how much i spend. i always put 3/4ths of my check in savings so that i can pay my rent at the end of the month, and my meals are prepped a week ahead, leaving the rest for saving or spending, problem is that if i see a game on sale that ive wanted, why wait for it to be full price? or if i know i can get somethign cheaper on amazon, i will buy more than just one thing so i can get free shipping and cross a few things off my built up list. funny enough though, a lot of the list items actually do help me downsize my stuff, like more compact storage stuff or replacements for my more used items. im actually really stable financially, i just cant seem to save because.. well what am i saving for? capitalism wont let me save for a house unless im a capitalist. i dont regret any of my purchases, and my quality of life normally goes up for them, but at the cost of savings.

I live in Texas, stimulants and opiods down here carry SUCH a stigma. It's woven into the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality. My pcp referred me to a psychiatrist. She is the only one within a 100 mile radius that accepts my insurance, so there is no option of a 2nd opinion. But, she keeps insisting that my symptoms are all just from depression and will not entertain the thought of stimulants. I DO have anxiety and depression. But I feel a huge factor in that, is from untreated ADHD. But if I push at ALL to fight for myself, I'll be red listed as pill seeking. And I currently 100% HAVE to have my anxiety meds. So I can't just quit this doctor. I feel like a failure as an adult and moreso as a mother. The hard part is knowing exactly what I need; but said doctor will not hear of it. And all those online psych places are crazyyyyyy expensive. It's no one's fault other than my own that my life's circumstances have prevented me from affording better treatment. But it doesn't mean I don't deserve just basic human compassion and ALL I want to do is better myself. The tool to do that is medication, as I've tried alllllllllll the alternative medicines and natural "hacks". It's frustrating when life is just passing me by while I'm trying so desperately to crawl out of this hole so I can have a more productive and happy life, and I 100% deserve that. But sadly it's not going to happen anytime soon until I'm in a better position. There's no answer for this aside from better mecical training and understanding, I just want other mothers who are going through this to know you're not alone ❤