ADD & Loving It?! (Full PBS Documentary)

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  • @StevenKurtzKurtzPsychology
    @StevenKurtzKurtzPsychology 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    What a treat it was for me to work with Rick and to participate as a professional in this documentary. It has stood the test of time because it is so spot on.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks for the kind words, Steven. You were the first interview we did and it was so interesting. We could have talked for days!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks Steven, it was wonderful to talk to you. You were one of the first experts we interviewed, along with Lenard Adler, and when you said that what you learned to do in medical school to treat ADHD, you would now consider malpractice, Ava and I both thought, "Okay, that goes in near the top!"

    • @billdickerson2228
      @billdickerson2228 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Steven - I hope you actually see this. I have been in trouble and had trouble my whole life. In grade school it was so bad a psychologist was called in (this was the latter 1960s) he said it was because I was bored, my extreme IQ and all, I'd be impatient with those who couldn't keep up and so on. (my sons and my grandson live with it as well). I knew my mother was "different" Table covered with notes. We both talk 100 miles an hour non-stop. I was having trouble at work. My work was second to none and I solved problems few could solve - it was my "getting along". I was at the end of my rope. Then during IPTV Festival, I believe it was, I was flipped stations, bored as always, looking for something........ and I saw two of my favorite people from the Red Green show and they were being semi-serious. I came into the show a few minutes late and Patrick was with his wife, going through this list. And my jaw dropped - are they talking about Patrick, or ME? Good grief! That's me they are talking about! I sat down and finished the show. That was it - now I understood. Family doctor said no way, he'd KNOW if I was ADD/ADHD. I pleaded with him - just test me, please. He gave me the standard test on paper and left. He returned to "score" it and as he went down my responses I could hear him mumble words I won't repeat here. He sent me to the "behaviousal clinic" where after some deeper testing, I went for results and the ARNP turned to me and said "I have NO doubt you have ADHD". She asked if I wanted to know more. Heck yet. So off to a neuro-psychologist who gave me a battery of tests that should take "about 45 minutes".- an hour later, we were wrapping up. I went back for his diagnosis. SEVERE ADHD, social anxiety (he said likely caused when I was a kid dealing with this and bullying and so on), OCD, superior in math, science, puzzle solving and pattern recognition. The doc was thorough as heck.
      So my son sees me as Sheldon Cooper - and sent me a Flash t-shirt like Sheldon wore in BBT. He's got some parts of it (and depression) but has succeeded well at work (his high IQ helps there, the bosses love his ideas) and my grandson is in advanced classes, is a lightening bolt and talks 100 miles an hour.
      This show opened my eyes and led me to a whole new world - and and an understanding of myself, my kids, and my mother and grandfather. (also looking back - ADHD and depression)
      I can't thank you and Rick and Patrick enough. There's just no way to express it.
      Rats, looks like someone with ADHD wrote that!

    • @bricemiller2644
      @bricemiller2644 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@rickgreen4131 I was diagnosed in the 3rd grade was put on medication for a short amount of time and haven't been on meds for it in years

    • @larrybrown1627
      @larrybrown1627 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best part is interview that starts at 3:30 and as a fellow twice exceptional ADHD have an offer to help. At 3:48 psychiatrist says What I learned to do in graduate school to treat ADHD I would now consider malpractice. The CC word is wrong, it says "create ADHD". In terms of typing errors this one ranks up with with the US just dropped A bomb on Hiroshima, instead of Atomic, to anybody who is paying attention. Also way above my paygrade, but getting this released, or remade, on American TV would do wonders for ALL ADHD beneficiaries, and their misunderstood friends too. Comedian Larry Brown is not nearly as good as Rick Green.

  • @kirara2516
    @kirara2516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    As someone who tries to live with ADHD, it can be both a blessing and a struggle. It's like a twin. It's got your back when you need it, but it annoys the crap out of you when you don't

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      So true. One powerful phrase that still resonates with me every day is that it is 'situational.'

    • @lindalangeheine5787
      @lindalangeheine5787 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickgreen4131 I laughed so much! What great humor! Being fun and talking about everything under the sun in 2 minutes sounds about like my son and me. In Germany, they call it "von Hölzchen auf Stöckchen". Our conversations remind me of the Flipper pinball games.😵‍💫

  • @gobbon
    @gobbon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The world needs more Rick Green; someone who can put a human touch on tough subjects. He makes them accessible, less threatening and in the process, increases empathy to those dealing with them.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you. I think it's Patrick and Janis who bring the humanity to this. She's funnier than either of us! Two really amazing human beings.

    • @CoachAllen76x
      @CoachAllen76x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed! And it is so comprehensive, structured... and complete that I m taking notes all the way.

    • @To-mos
      @To-mos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rickgreen4131 Keep your stick on the ice. :)

    • @NarniaHarvey
      @NarniaHarvey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Rick for reminding me of the importance of laughing at myself, if we don't laugh, we cry. The ability to laugh at our selves makes the hard times easier to bare.

    • @billdickerson2228
      @billdickerson2228 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For all I know, they may have saved me - for sure my career/job.

  • @MamguSian
    @MamguSian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    So glad this is now on TH-cam where everybody can see it and get a better understanding of ADHD.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too! It's why we made the program, to change lives and bust all the myths.

    • @DX-d
      @DX-d ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rickgreen4131and promote medication for ADHD and undermine its side effects and make money off of that.

  • @leet3298
    @leet3298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I saw this documentary about 14 years ago, when I was 28, sitting in a hotel room alone, working my remote job that I was struggling to keep up with. Nearly every point and symptom applied to me and I felt like the show was talking directly to me. It ended up changing my life. I got diagnosed, medicated, and on the path to better understanding how my brain works. Thank you for posting this, I will be sharing it with people I think it would help.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's why we posted it. Heck, that's why we made the documentary and why the network gave us the funding to do a proper job of it. And I suppose it's why so many experts were willing to talk to us.

    • @debbiedebbie9473
      @debbiedebbie9473 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Which medicine helped you ?

  • @candicemurray5830
    @candicemurray5830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    A "must see" video for anyone affected by adult ADHD. So glad it is now available for everyone to watch!!

  • @LedgerAndLace
    @LedgerAndLace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    That's the fastest 57 minute documentary I think I've ever seen! You're one of the only channels I don't have to speed up to at least 1.5 and sit with my finger on the FF button. I know so many people who can relate to having ADD or living with someone who has it. You've busted myths and destigmatized it, all while being hilariously entertaining. THANK YOU, Rick!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You are welcome! I'm impatient. When I'm teaching comedy writing I talk about editing, trimming, tightening... "If you can say the same joke in half the words, people will think you're twice as funny!"

    • @XXXkazeXXX
      @XXXkazeXXX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait! Was it really almost an hour long? I could’ve sworn it was more like 20 minutes.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@XXXkazeXXX I know. I sit down to watch a few minutes and, well, it's like potato chips. One of the upsides of having a lousy memory is that so much of it is a surprise. "Oh, right, this part!" This may be the only program our of 700 episodes of radio and television that I've created that I can watch without cringing and thinking of ways to make it better.

  • @deepestbluesea_6351
    @deepestbluesea_6351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a great programme. I speak as someone diagnosed at the age of 57 - a diagnosis that explains my whole life. No exaggeration, no hyperbole. Including 35 years of misdiagnosis with recurring, treatment-resistant (i.e. inappropriately treated) depression.
    That diagnosis was a year and a half ago. I'm still trying to find my way out of where I was (lost and without a map), and to identify where I need to get to. There has been some progress on that last point just in the past month or two - diagnosis is, gradually, providing the previously missing map. Outwardly I had some success in life - a science PhD and a 20-year globe-trotting career I loved, doing field research in very exotic places, actually getting PAID to do stuff that had been a childhood fantasy since, errmm, childhood. The kind of career and work and adventures that might make others envious. But otherwise, life from my early teens onwards was one long, slow train wreck, albeit one that was probably not very apparent to passersby. At least *mostly* wasn't: Occasional asteroid-strike, extinction-level type disasters probably were prety obvious. Definitely were [holds head in hands]. Then, about 10 years ago, the wheels even came off the career. Which loss was, I now realise, largely down to the ADHD.
    Anyway, since diagnosis I've had 16 months of reading about ADHD, watching youtubers talking about ADHD (there are some really good ones, including but not limited to Rick Green) and for some obscure reason I've actively avoided watching this one until now. Actually no, I DO know why I've avoided watching it: "Loving" ADD? Nope. No way. That one's not for me.
    At least, that's what I thought, because I f**king hate ADD/ADHD. Yup. Hate it. Given my own experience living with undiagnosed with ADHD for 57 years, something that really pisses me off and, frankly, makes me feel, yet again, like a monumental failure, is someone saying 'I love my ADHD' or 'ADHD is my superpower', and similar stuff. Yeah, right. Pull the other one. Then f**k off.
    But this film,IMO, gets the balance right. Strongly recommended.
    One caveat (and this is one that I know isn't just me, it's a widespread concern about discussions of ADD/ADHD) is that the role of emotion, and specifically emotional dysregulation, in ADD/ADHD, and in wreaking ADHD havoc, doesn't get enough acknowledgement. A reliance on the DSM when describing the nature and impacts of ADHD to people who have to live with it (as oppposed to those who 'merely' have to diagnose it) leaves out a large part of the equation. OK, whinge over.
    Thank you Rick Green and PBS.

  • @samacuna1080
    @samacuna1080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This documentary changed my life. I was watching it on PBS a few years ago to see if it would help me understand my daughter's struggles (I suspected she may have had ADD), when I realized it was talking about not just her but me as well. I was diagnosed shortly after and so were my three wonderful girls. Thank you for making this! You have helped me and my family truly discover who we are and talents/strengths we were not aware of and maybe most importantly our limitations.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh, that's wonderful! Thank you for letting me know. I had a sense it was going to be popular, and a fear that it might be attacked or dismissed or scorned, but I had no idea how many lives it would change.

    • @samacuna1080
      @samacuna1080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rickgreen4131 , thank you for responding! You are amazing!

  • @MRVere64
    @MRVere64 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    WOW did I need to watch this. As a 59-year-old who has been struggling since I was 12 is school issues, work issues, and relationship issues, which I was told were everything from laziness to depression and so much more, this was very informational. Now I just need to find a doctor/group of doctors that will be willing to properly diagnose me. If anybody is still following this thread, pls reach out to me. I'd love to get input. Thanks

  • @candacetaylor2553
    @candacetaylor2553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I've lost track of how many times I've seen this video, yet each time it never fails to make me chuckle, cry a little, drop my jaw at points, howl with laughter, and send up a gratitude prayer that Rick and Ava Green managed to put together a brilliant, and factually sound documentary that checks all the boxes for understanding ADHD.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are welcome, Candace. I have to say, even now, I'm still amazed at how briskly it moves, how much information is in there, and how many of the popular myths and misinformation we managed to bust.

  • @ADDCrusher
    @ADDCrusher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is the ORIGINAL #ADHD video that changed everything. I hope everyone will take the time to watch it and learn from it -- and SHARE IT!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you sir! I now have a crush on ADDCrusher

  • @AttentionTalkVideo
    @AttentionTalkVideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This documentary was a game changer for the ADHD community.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hopefully it still will be! Thanks for the kind words.

    • @wendyhannan2454
      @wendyhannan2454 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% true, teachers should watch this.

    • @AttentionTalkVideo
      @AttentionTalkVideo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wendyhannan2454 agreed.

  • @duanegordon7553
    @duanegordon7553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Does anyone remember Rick and Ava Green's fantastic video, "ADD & Loving It?!" It was a TV show in Canada and the U.S. that ran for many years. It did miracles for raising awareness about adult ADHD at the time, and continues to be a fantastic resource for educating yourself, your friends, your and family. Watch it yourself... and share this with everyone you wish could understand adult ADHD.

  • @ALADDIN22091978
    @ALADDIN22091978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have dyspraxia, ADHD and Aspergers traits. It is the best documentary for people with ADHD/ ADD. It is detailed, funny , poignant and presented by people who have a big association with including people who have ADHD.
    It is the best introduction, for people who just learned he/she has ADHD recently.
    I had a nervous breakdown. I became better, once I learned from a therapist via ,my doctor’s surgery, I had ADHD in February 2020. It was probably, the worst possible time . I received, a diagnosis of ADHD ( combined presentation) in August 2020.
    I believe, it should be translated into different languages especially Arabic , Farsi etc !

  • @AnuraUkulele
    @AnuraUkulele 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how this video is designed to attract my fragmented attention span. It moves fast enough to keep me watching. Thanks for the info and the way you presented it too.

  • @jess913
    @jess913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is great in many ways, but it floors me how much so many of these things focus almost entirely on the hyperactive type. I am inattentive, not hyperactive, and many of the the things they are saying about adults with ADHD are only relevant to hyperactive types. I have never been high energy and I always think about decisions for too long and am very indecisive. This is also true in Edward Hallowell’s books.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it does focus on the Hyperactive type because it was about Patrick getting diagnosed. (And I have that subtype as well.)

    • @heatherzwicker8031
      @heatherzwicker8031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So do I and my cats love it. They jump off me before I mention them needing to get up for me.

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rickgreen4131 OK Rick, time for a special program devoted to Inattentive ADHD! 😀 We need the public to understand us better... heck, we need to understand OURSELVES better!

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @jess913 I agree with you... this is an awesome video, but definitely leans to the hyperactive type, which is strange as the title has ADD in it. I've never been high energy and research everything to death before I can make a decision. How wonderful it would be to see Rick and these ADHD specialists do a program for us! 😀

  • @dt3509
    @dt3509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This video is a classic! It really is a must-see for those dealing with ADHD, those living with someone with ADHD, as well as for those who treat persons with ADHD. Rick Green has done a fantastic and creative job, as usual, to educate and get the information out there for all to see. This is one of those timeless videos.

  • @Wildmanmercury
    @Wildmanmercury ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They definitely focus more on males here too which goes to show how much progress we have made and have to go.

  • @DianeOReillyADHD
    @DianeOReillyADHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love, love love this documentary! It's like a fast and funny education on everything ADHD- without the boring bits! it's clever, funny, poignant and real, most of all it hits home and spreads clarity where there is usually confusion, misinformation, apathy and ignorance. It's a great one for anyone who loves someone who is ADHD to help you understand this stuff is very real or if you suspect you are ADHD yourself and the usual lists don't really resonate, then this will! It's real people, telling real stories that (if you are ADHD) you will be nodding and laughing and maybe crying a bit too. Enjoy! Thanks Rick and Ava for this work of love!

  • @smam60
    @smam60 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Much of this documentary is describing ADHD, not ADD, so the title is a bit misleading. That said, what I have watched of it thus far has been fun and spot on for those with hyperactivity, and much of it spot on for those without. I will get back and finish it later. Maybe. Of course I likely will have started something else and forget about it. 😉Anyway - what was I saying? Oh yes - my brother has the hyperactive component but I fall into that category of girls who don't have the hyperactive part, and so it never occurred to me that I had ADD. Eight years ago, while trying to improve time management skills once again, I stumbled on an article about "Now and Not Now" thinking (a concept I have found that people without ADD just can't comprehend), that article led to other articles about ADD, and it was life changing. I finally stopped hating myself for my failures and mess ups. I finally stopped comparing myself to people who don't have it, and started using the techniques and mindsets that work for us. Huge difference! Since then I have refinanced my mortgage, completed home improvement projects to the 90% done point (100% may be too much to ask), and so much more. The sad thing is I did not understand what was going on until I was 53. If I had understood at 18 what I understand now, I know I would not have made some of the unfortunate mistakes I made that can't be undone. Thus, if I see anybody dissing the teenage girl who is ditzy but smart, messy, running late, impulsive etc I will be on my soapbox in a flash. I can't go back and undo mistakes in my life, but I WILL be an advocate for the next generation.

  • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
    @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh wow! So wonderful this is available for all to see! I bought the whole CD package after seeing this on PBS because it resonated with me so strongly! I had recently been diagnosed when I first saw this, and all I kept saying was, "yes!, that's me, that's me!" I was SO excited to finally feel HEARD. Having this available on TH-cam is going to help so many people!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks!! Yes. I want to reach as many people as possible. That’s why it’s so important for people to like, comment, and share this video with as many people as possible in these early days. A strong start tells TH-cam that this deserves to be seen by more people and it gets more exposure. Otherwise it will just disappear among the millions of videos that are uploaded every week.

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Rick Green For sure Rick! I am going to be sending this TODAY to at least five people I can think of off the top of my head, and when I see comments on other videos or just talking to people about ADHD, I'm going to send them to this as well! This is the BEST video on ADHD because it helps explain what is so hard for all of us to explain. Thank you, thank you, a million times, THANK YOU!!! Patreon for life! 😀

  • @Sugar3Glider
    @Sugar3Glider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I described myself as "The cat that looks in every box, but doesn't sit in any one for long."

  • @isaacw1689
    @isaacw1689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My psychiatrist is having me get evaluated for ADHD, I am more hopeful than I have been in my adult life that I can actually start treating the real issue.

  • @HCoons1975
    @HCoons1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I worked at a gas station on 9/11/01 in the US. It was.... busy. But I felt calm in the chaos.
    Thank you for sharing the video. I see a lot of myself, husband, and our kid in this video.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, as the experts say we can be calm in a crisis. But in crisis when it’s calm,

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am calmer onstage in front of 500 people than sitting down to do paperwork.

  • @stellawalker4240
    @stellawalker4240 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was diagnosed with ADD 20 years ago. My worst problem has always been the inability to memorize anything. Does anyone else have this issue?

  • @Chanie787878
    @Chanie787878 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The title "ADHD" doesn't actually describe what the person experiences. It describes what other people see. Ask a kid with ADHD "what do you have trouble doing?" Help them figure out what their individual challenges are. Provide support and structure for tjose individual challenges and you'll improve the trajectory of the kid's life immeasurably!

  • @GinaPeraADHDRollerCoaster
    @GinaPeraADHDRollerCoaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Should be required viewing for everyone affected by Adult ADHD! Great stuff! And entertaining, too!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks. Going into production I decided to make a program that answered every question I when I was first diagnosed, and busted all the myths and misinformation that I thought were true.

    • @GinaPeraADHDRollerCoaster
      @GinaPeraADHDRollerCoaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rickgreen4131 Sounds very familiar! 😁

  • @keithunlimited
    @keithunlimited 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Like I've said before.. please more of these from the old channel. The old channel is a giant part of pretty much saving my life. Thank you and keep up the great work. :)

  • @christianwright5813
    @christianwright5813 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My family always had resistance to any of my mental health problems, they knew about my diagnosis but because I was labeled with ADD and not ADHD my family basically said that I don't have it that bad because I'm not physically hyperactive. They still acted as if I didn't have it at all.

  • @jakesandersonaudio
    @jakesandersonaudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    oh wow!!! thanks Rick, Patrick and everyone who made this happen! this is really helpful and empowering when I was diagnosed with ADHD 8 years ago. I'm grateful I can share it so easily from TH-cam now. Much appreciated !!

  • @tiblanes
    @tiblanes ปีที่แล้ว

    “Thank you” seems an extremely inadequate expression of gratitude. This documentary WILL change my life for the better and hopefully that of others I love as well.

  • @PioLisieux
    @PioLisieux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awesome! Thanks Mr. Rick 😁
    .
    I had looked for this on TH-cam a while ago but couldn't find it. Much appreciated👏👏👏

    • @RickHasADHD
      @RickHasADHD  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are very welcome

  • @catalinapazlanati6996
    @catalinapazlanati6996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the fact that i watched this in 5 minute parts speaks volumes

  • @simongilchrist3329
    @simongilchrist3329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My wife is a superstar of patience and understanding but I don’t think she really gets it. I’m going to sit with her tonight and watch this with her. She’s always taken the good with the bad but understanding the bad might ease her mind, insofar as seeing the why of it. This was amazing to me to see other people who understand my ways and challenges, and the part about foreground and background noises was news to me. I thought pretty much everyone had the same problem except a few very talented people. Thanks, for making this documentary, Mr McKenna.

  • @debbiedebbie9473
    @debbiedebbie9473 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Please post the "UNOFFICIAL ADHD TEST " video. It's so good.❤
    Most books on ADD/ADHD are huge and technical and dry, and there's no way most people who have add/adhd will ever actually read it.
    Thank you for the video. I'm having trouble getting through it. 🙈💕

  • @physioflow7863
    @physioflow7863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this wonderful video! I am an adult who thinks they may have ADD and this was fun, clear and personable. I could relate and the experts were as clear as Patrick and his wife were open and humorous. Much gratitude!

  • @michellejackson1021
    @michellejackson1021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent information! Thanks for sharing.

  • @skintnomoney6000
    @skintnomoney6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A life changing documentary for sure! Thank you for putting this on TH-cam

  • @davidcronmiller
    @davidcronmiller ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is such a great and informative show that needs to be played for public viewing more often . Thanks guys for all your hard work on this GREAT JOB !

  • @adhdmarriage
    @adhdmarriage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Have loved this film for a while. Great way to learn more about adult ADHD, have a bit of fun, and hear top experts talk about the real skinny on ADHD!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes. We tried to get a range of views. And between the 9 experts there are decades of experience with tens of thousands of people.

  • @ElaineTaylorKlaus
    @ElaineTaylorKlaus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing to see this ground-breaking video available to all -- thank you so much for this incredible service!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are welcome! We made it to change a few lives. Little did we know it's still doing that.

    • @ElaineTaylorKlaus
      @ElaineTaylorKlaus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rickgreen4131 yeah -- a FEW :)!!! A few million!

  • @jillmurphy9726
    @jillmurphy9726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Knocked this one outta the park. Finally! Understanding, strategies, supports and answers. Thank you!

  • @smokesletsgo2374
    @smokesletsgo2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    While ADD/ADHD is not fun for those who have it, I don't think the Red Green Show would have been the same without it

  • @thesevenminutewriterwithde4280
    @thesevenminutewriterwithde4280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you Patrick and Rick- I learned a lot about this as I have had family members have it and I've not understood all the contradictions, you did it with such a great job with such a great sense of humour!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks that’s wonderful. I tried to make a documentary that would contain everything I wish I had known when I was first diagnosed. It was tailored to answer every question, concern, and doubt I had.

  • @sarina76667
    @sarina76667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have multiple copies of this dvd, but I’ve lent them out to family who need to learn more about ADD. But I watch it whenever I feel frustrated with myself. It makes me feel better. It reminds me that I can only do so much to control my symptoms and that more often than not conflict with other people can be resolved by teaching them how to communicate better with me. So many people see ignoring or overlooking something that bothers them as being the same as accommodating or accepting, but it’s not. It just causes resentment and makes them avoid interacting with the ADD person which leads to isolation. And this can go on for years when all they have to do is be direct and specific and be willing to discuss a reasonable solution to the problem. Most people think they have to be aggressive and authoritarian when they approach me, but that’s just going to make me scared of them. It never dawns on people that they can be direct and specific without being a jerk. Anyway enough of my tangent back to watching my comfort documentary.

  • @spacetobreatheacademy6305
    @spacetobreatheacademy6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm supposed to be doing some research for a blog post about email marketing now. Instead, I'm watching this....

  • @billdickerson2228
    @billdickerson2228 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I retired from Iowa's Vocational Rehabilitation agency as an IT specialist, networking, security. Our agency had trained counselors who worked with people with disabilities of all sorts and types. I had occasion to travel to our other offices to get information on some network troubles. While getting ready to leave one of our remote offices, it was their quitting time and they were standing in the lobby talking and one of the counselors there started talking about a client - complaining, actually - saying the guy was always late, missed appointments, talked a lot, had trouble holding a job and went on and on and as I listened, I grew angry as he was describing an adult client with ADHD. It was all I could to do keep from walking up to him, giving him what for, then a left cross. I mean - a counselor? He must have had NO clue about the poor client and what he was living with.
    I have trouble myself with others like me because, as one college that tested personality types and other things told me - I gave 10 page explanations, but expected others to give me the whole scoop in 2 words or less. I was fuming the whole 4 hour drive back home. Luckily it was a state-owned car so I was super careful driving.
    Anyone working in that capacity needs to be EDUCATED on this. That's the thing - doctors, counselors, others - clueless.
    This video needs to be blasted across every TV network in the USA 7 nights a week for a month. Sadly, Canada, Australia and some other places are far far ahead of the USA in such matters. We're in the dark ages as far as mental health, ADHD is part of that.

  • @tayagreen7826
    @tayagreen7826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very informative! Thank you for sharing

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're welcome! And feel free to share as well!

  • @cherylsusman8238
    @cherylsusman8238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wonderful, heartfelt, funny, and poignant documentary for the ADHD community! Thank you!!

  • @user-xr7zb1ze6x
    @user-xr7zb1ze6x 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This doco has decribed my life so accurately, its so well done. Rick Green is brilliant

  • @CoachAllen76x
    @CoachAllen76x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks Rick, Patrick and Janis for this video. It is so comprehensive, structured... and complete that I m taking notes all the way. I kind of only had the realization / suspicion a week before last Christmas and sealed by my work dismissal two weeks ago. Explains so much of the 'WHYs' in my life. Now comes the 'whats'... what to do next. It's a tough subject to break down but with Hyper Focus... Creativity... Innovation...Intuition and passion ta daaaa 🙌 Thank you and lotsa love ❤️ from Malaysia!!

  • @Chanie787878
    @Chanie787878 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:50 As an adult you don't have as much energy as you did as a child. So you sit still, but the hyperactivity may be in a person's thought process.

  • @Interplanetary_Dust
    @Interplanetary_Dust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for putting this on-line! I was so bummed when it was taken off Amazon Prime in the US.

    • @RickHasADHD
      @RickHasADHD  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too. All of our other videos will be back eventually as well.

  • @t.nysted4146
    @t.nysted4146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Looking forward to see this - curious about the word 'treatment'.
    Seen it. First thoughts. I love my Diagnosis 3 years ago and I love the adhd super powers I have. As all super powers it comes with great responsibilities and require a lot of struggles to learn to master, but I know I can use it for good. Teaching 15-25yr olds in Denmark who all dropped out of schooling and work. So many of them are like me, with super powers but noone taught them they weren't villains in their stories. This documentary will very possibly help some of them on the good path. Thank you.

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's a tricky term. There's certainly no cure. And most of us don't want to be 'cured,' so my focus has always been on managing the downside and building and developing potential strengths. I think you can look at many of symptoms, say hyper-focusing, as a strength or a problem depending on the situation and how you manage it.

    • @t.nysted4146
      @t.nysted4146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rickgreen4131 Oh yeah. But I do think you nailed it. A positive narrative and better understanding of self and how we tend to clash with society is almost half a cure. Teaching society awareness and especially that our clashes aren't intentionally disruptive, and good faith that we can improve collectively is almost the other half.
      And then comes medication. Often a great stepping stone to learning better practices. I am at a point where I now somehow forget my second pill almost daily. I just helped a student for 2 1/2year pass examns - despite him not taking meds as they made him tired. We 'just' had to find other solutions, and he marvelled after years of hopelessness.
      My student, my colleagues and I learned a lot from your work and How to ADHD. So thanks.

    • @pongop
      @pongop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Great comment! I do something similar in the US with 18-29 year old students. Learning about my potential ADHD and strategies has helped me become more understanding of students' diverse learning needs and different strategies to help. Keep doing what you're doing!

  • @canadianwhiskysmith6453
    @canadianwhiskysmith6453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember watching this on TV several years ago. Have bookmarked it so I can rewatch!

  • @randyh3761
    @randyh3761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate this being shared!
    'Treatment can make you, "very functional"'
    sign me up!

  • @bugsybrown1745
    @bugsybrown1745 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Two of my favourite comedians and actors growing up have ADD too. So funny. As an adult, one of many moments of realizing it’s a commonality in families, friends and interests!

  • @hugbloom2664
    @hugbloom2664 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "unfinished projects...ooh! Basements full!" 😂❤
    I relate to saying ooh! mid sentence.

  • @exorsistje
    @exorsistje 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love it!!! This docu made me very happy :) ...with a (happy) tear now and then

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am so glad. I still alternate between laughing and misting up. I can't tell you how many millions of lives this has changed. Tens of thousands of messages of gratitude.

  • @tmoo11
    @tmoo11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well done!

  • @Souprised_all
    @Souprised_all 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely loved this documentary, even the shape of the documentary was like how the brain with add works, jump jump jumps. And knowing one can live with it exactly with this sense of humor.

  • @LoveLightLifeLena
    @LoveLightLifeLena 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this initiative to bring this important topic to greater awareness!

    • @RickHasADHD
      @RickHasADHD  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are welcome. Please, do share and like and comment. As you may know, this documentary changes the lives of people who have this mindset or who love someone who has it.

  • @pongop
    @pongop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, this is great! Thank you for uploading this video! It's so nice to watch the whole documentary since first learning about it a year or so ago. I had seen a few clips only. After discovering this channel about a year ago, I pretty quickly recognized Rick Green, and was very excited because I grew up watching the Red Green Show on PBS. But how did I just find out that Patrick McKenna was Harold Green the whole time?! That's so cool and makes sense why you did this documentary together. Great collaboration from great minds!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the coproducer and editor was my wife Ava, who was the editor of 299 of the 300 episodes of The Red Green Show!

    • @pongop
      @pongop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rickgreen4131 That's so awesome! I really appreciate both this documentary and the Red Green Show. Thank you Ava!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pongop Since the program is no longer running on PBS we're now relying on our Patrons to be able to produce new videos. If you want to support me go to Patreon.com and search for Rick Green! As a Patron you'll get the sneak preview of every new video, exclusive webinars, and access to safe, secure, Patron-only chat rooms. (It's a pretty great community.)

    • @pongop
      @pongop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rickgreen4131 Thank you for the info! I just checked out the Patreon page and it looks pretty cool. Definitely something to consider supporting.

  • @Firstthunder
    @Firstthunder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So grateful to find this video and the truth of myself. This video is changing my life as I type.

  • @homeworkshopengineering
    @homeworkshopengineering 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was diagnosed a week ago and on Holiday looking forward to taking steps to change what I thought, were things everyone struggled with.
    I have had huge success with my passions but the essential and menial tasks have created chaos.
    I’m now realising I have been creating this roller coaster partly by my struggle to do those tasks but also, it creates the stimulation I crave to pull it back from the brink.
    Fantastic programme that really made sense.

  • @MsJazbren
    @MsJazbren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    3:19 " .... if you can pay attention long enough."
    *skips back 20 secs to catch what he said before that*

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HA HA! Takes on to know one.

    • @Globe_Tasters
      @Globe_Tasters 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Can’t distinguish between background and foreground noises” - me, watching with captions on for that exact reason, lol

  • @stevenharlan8575
    @stevenharlan8575 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The post it part was hilarious 😂.. exactly how my brain works(organized chaos)

  • @volume10industries...24_7
    @volume10industries...24_7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent! This was really innforrrmaaaaa...
    oh, sorry. This was really informative, and it's always great seeing Patrick and Rick in anything. Their work on the Red Green show and Rick in The Frantics is part of my everyday.

  • @linda3482
    @linda3482 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Late reaction but I just got diagnosed four months ago at age 53 after a burn out my compagnies psychologisch send me for an ADHD test. Scored 9 out of 9 symptoms on almost every test. Now dived into the ADHD rabbit hole, and it's crazy that always thinking I'm weird, immature and a poser and should just act " normal" I now suddely discover there are so many people on this world who are the same like me. who discribe my problems like I'm looking in the mirror and am telling it myself. I can almost finish their sentences. Just so happy there is more information about it now, because not only do I understand myself better, but also my mother and the way she raised me ( really, she has it too) and can help my son better who is also diagnosed by now.
    Fun detailil, I also took off on my tricycle age three. Found money on the ground and cycled to the candy shop. Got distracted on the way back home and arrived home when my mother allready called the police😂

  • @123-yoyo3
    @123-yoyo3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    43:13 Thank you all. I've learned a lot 😊

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonderful. I have to admit, I learned a lot making the documentary. About ADHD and myself.

  • @shivajamshidi7329
    @shivajamshidi7329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watch this every day it keeps me motivated you guys are awesome :)

  • @rebeccagrunfelder5417
    @rebeccagrunfelder5417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for making this documentary. It is very informative & it is so important to get this information out to everyone & anyone - especially, those who know or love someone with ADHD.
    It is so hard to try & teach loved ones or important people in our lives about the way our brains work & why we do the things we do. Thank you for doing a great job in helping people to understand the daily & life struggles those living with ADHD go through (as well as their loved ones that are also gong through it being by their side)

    • @rebeccagrunfelder5417
      @rebeccagrunfelder5417 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have ADHD, but I was mis-diagnosed (& over medicated) for having only depression for 20+ years. It is not easy to find a doctor who specializes & understands the struggles & impairments of ADHD.

  • @kirsika-maiutrik1936
    @kirsika-maiutrik1936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for this! It is a great peace of work you've done there. I just didn't see you come over to my house, nor my brain.... how on earth did you know to make such an accurate documentary about my life😂😂😂

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ha! Basically, it’s a case of “Been there, done that!”

    • @kirsika-maiutrik1936
      @kirsika-maiutrik1936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rickgreen4131 true dat!😂

  • @madeinengland1212
    @madeinengland1212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of progress can be made by total acceptance of emotions and not running away from uncomfortable feelings

  • @wendyhannan2454
    @wendyhannan2454 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is fantastic, it’s the best ADHD video I’ve seen. Congratulations to every one involved, I love it.

  • @maryam7402
    @maryam7402 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have bipolar and add.. I’m crying seeing this video .. 😢I tried adding other meds to help with my add..but it interacted with my bipolar meds.. and my doctor and I stopped trying..
    Years later.. I think I need to try again .. hopefully there are new meds that can help me .. I need a lot of help.. god bless all that are suffering with this.. ❤️🥰

  • @laabud
    @laabud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this!! Will be sharing it! But were the typos in the captions put there on purpose...to annoy an ADD person??!!

  • @MsLisa551
    @MsLisa551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boy... i could tell you some stories. A lot of them make me laugh.
    Being married to someone for 23 years that didn't enjoy my Adhd didn't help. Getting divorced helped me though. I'm learning to accept myself for who I am. I like what I see. Yes ,, I'm on medication and I feel content with the changes.

  • @sharonwolf4019
    @sharonwolf4019 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for posting this! So important!!!

  • @pwillis13
    @pwillis13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Red Green show is amazingly enjoyable with ADHD ❤

  • @robgaughan
    @robgaughan ปีที่แล้ว

    Seriously a great piece of work capturing the growing body of science behind a tough condition. 👍👍

  • @sirslice
    @sirslice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They guys (Rick & Patrick) "get it" because they have "it". Getting the true facts, about ADHD, out there is important. Getting that information "out there" in an entertaining package is called "ADHD and Loving It"!

    • @rickgreen4131
      @rickgreen4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! You should have been our publicist!

  • @laetitiabotma6903
    @laetitiabotma6903 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazingly insightful

  • @KoronisMediaRu
    @KoronisMediaRu ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fabulous movie 😍🍿 thank you very much for the effort 😊 very helpful

  • @johnprinsloo4428
    @johnprinsloo4428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this documentary and it is great that people are trying to drive more awareness to our superpower (disorder?) I was only diagnosed a few months ago at age 31... and I got so much resistance and backlash when I made my loved ones aware of my problem even when they struggled with me all my life and all the markers are there; I still get the 'BS, you dont have ADHD you just have to strengthen your willpower and stop being lazy and finish things your start... just focus!' ..... Suuuuuuure, thanks for trying to understand 0_o

  • @BlueMonkVR5953
    @BlueMonkVR5953 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seems odd that there were so many adds during a PBS documentary that originally had no commercials. But great information.

  • @Mr.KellyMelvin
    @Mr.KellyMelvin ปีที่แล้ว

    I had some adhd furniture in the room that I didn’t like or understand why it was there. Then the carpet that is Rick Green really tied the room together and that was a massive deal for me. Then in his videos,he mentioned this doc and I’ve been looking for it ever since. Then google was listening in on my conversation about it and sent it my way. Thanks Rick, Patrick, Janis and omnipresent advertising website…………..squirrel!

  • @AlstarPalmer
    @AlstarPalmer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so informative. Thank You sooo much!

  • @hugbloom2664
    @hugbloom2664 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At the start it's hard to know when the guy in the yellow shirt is joking 😁 so many smart comedians in this doco!

  • @crebafurros
    @crebafurros หลายเดือนก่อน

    3 minutes in the video and i already paused it 5 times went to send messages to a group chat searched for an image went back in the video and started playing it again because I didn't retain anything

  • @jenniferpolverari4575
    @jenniferpolverari4575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was just diagnosed this morning. Having difficulty focusing on this video. 🤣

  • @The_Vanished
    @The_Vanished ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only interaction from my childhood was just intense rage about everything. My father just blamed us for everything and drove my brother to an early death six years ago. I put all my effort into growing myself and my career but still would loose control at times. Doctors say dopamine is the pleasure chemical but is not true. Dopamine helps us with motor control and coordination, which is what I feel like I had a major deficit in. Considering that's what ended up happening too many times and talk too much etc, it could help if mental health professionals actually considered reality rather than just automatically saying everyone is depressed and stop being so extreme, everything isn't so bad you're just catastrophizing. And they just never allow anyone to really convey how harsh their reality can be. Being 40 and now realizing the damage that I had to deal with is difficult and struggle every day. It also needs a better name and the abuse that the adults with undiagnosed ADHD do should be discussed rather than swept under the rug.
    The abuse of undiagnosed ADHD adults is why fox news tells the abusers ADHD doesn't exist. Just like my parents they just are a rubber stamp to undermine the country and keep everyone under totalitarian control. Fear and anger will keep those in control without anyone being able to figure it out. Shuts down the minds of the adults and keeps them unable to gain higher level understanding and see the real picture of who is causing the problems instead of abusing children because of the child having ADHD and not getting any medical help. Then blaming their children for the parents problems in life. Then the children can't even have their own opinions in life.
    Maybe that's a lot but from my experience it's all true, obviously my parents have ADHD and are controlled by the fear on news, blame the younger generation and continue to elect officials based on lies and those officials perpetuate gun violence and terrible values all while telling the abusive adults they will go to heaven and are the best 'christians' that ever lived.

  • @pjackson8322
    @pjackson8322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I tried Adderall. It gave me a glimpse of what the 100 voices are calmed down and I could focus more than I ever could. But the "spark" did get dulled down. So now I know what focus looks like. I'm off the meds and lean into the feeling of that focus by staying productive, a perspective I wouldn't have had without the trial of meds. So I recommend to at least try it under drs supervision to see how it helps you.

  • @speculative
    @speculative ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the questionnaire they are using at the start of the program?

  • @theJellyjoker
    @theJellyjoker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was diagnosed with ADD as a child and still got told I was lazy and not trying hard enough. Then ADD and ADHD were merged and called ADHD. Because all the literature now only refered to ADHD, I delayed seeking further treatment because "I'm not hyperactive". I Wish they would stop renaming things like that, it's confusing and potentially fatal.

  • @Sugar3Glider
    @Sugar3Glider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "I feel like a bank robber would take better care of my money than I do..."
    Report > Reason for your Report > I'm in this video, and I feel attacked.

  • @sheskashy3741
    @sheskashy3741 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Let me watch this video to help me betting understand my undiagnosed adhd - goes through comments the whole time

  • @gypsypath1
    @gypsypath1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everyone’s burning question: Are those post-it’s actual size? Follow-up question: Where can we get them?

  • @InAuOb
    @InAuOb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It should ASC - Attention Surplus Condition. So much attention there's enough to spread around.