I apologise in advance for the length of my post. ADDitude is also very much appreciated here in Germany! Thank you very much, that was once again a great, very inspiring video. Rick Green knows exactly what he is talking about and I can confirm everything! The reaction of my (young!) psychotherapist when I presented him with the diagnosis of a specialist was: That's just such a fashionable diagnosis. You will understand that this was my last session with him. I no longer need psychotherapy, my problems were only a consequence of the undiagnosed ADHD. After the diagnosis, I unfortunately told far too many people about it. I was so happy and unfortunately far too talkative. Today, a year later, I am much more careful. All the reactions that deny me ADHD hurt a lot. They are encroaching and disrespectful. Would the same people say to someone with asthma: Oh asthma, I also cough from time to time. Just inhale a bit and learn to breathe better! Would they? The diagnosis also separates the real friends from the fake ones.... Every day I learn a bit more about myself and my special way of being. ADHD medication was a breakthrough for me. I am still stunned by my experience every day. I am reinterpreting my life. I am a 56 year old woman and wonder how I managed to find my husband, raise three children and have a career. On the outside, everything must have looked perfect - until the time when a burnout knocked me out of my everyday life for almost a year and I was finally diagnosed with ADHD. What drama for my life so far and what great luck for my future. Great video, a thousand thanks!
Just got a ADHD diagnosis recently it was a long and very expensive process I'm certain I won't ever be able to afford treatment but at least I got a diagnosis.
This is what I say when I hear untrue statements about ADHD: •There are at least two types of brain maps that diagnose ADHD. •One is a type of EEG brainmap. It shows that when a person tries to concentrate, the prefrontal cortex (forehead area), usually lights up electrically and the brainwaves go fast. •In a person with ADHD, trying to concentrate, that area goes electrically quiet and slow. The slowness can be between brainwaves the slowness of meditation and deep sleep. It feels “Spacey” at best and exhausting at worst, trying to stay awake, when trying itself slows down your brainwaves. •Another type of brain map, SPECT, uses a radioactively-tagged sugar molecule. Usually, when a person tries to concentrate, the prefrontal cortex lights up, because so many sugar molecules are going there. •On that brainmap, the ADHD person trying to concentrate has a prefrontal cortex that goes quiet and dark. The harder you try, the darker it gets. •Imagine trying to concentrate, when your brain anatomy and physiology are going the opposite way. •Then imagine what it is like when everyone who doesn’t understand says it’s your fault, there’s nothing wrong and you’re not trying. •Then imagine that you try harder, and with effort, it gets much worse: less sugar, and slower quieter brainwaves. •Imagine that, and then realize ADHD is very real, and very serious.
Wow! I hadn't heard about that! Could you point me to a source, please? I'm not snarky, just genuinely interested, because that would explain so well what I experience when I have to concentrate!!!
This came from my personal experience. •But perhaps you could look for the Dr. Daniel Amen video called something like ‘What we learned from 70,000 brain maps’. He used SPECT scans, but he may also mention other types of brain maps. •The last I knew, there were at least a dozen next gen new types of brain maps in the pipeline. The difficulty with the newer technologies is that they may not have the track record, and still are gathering enough data to back up the diagnoses. •Unlike them, the QEEG brain map has been extensively documented, including a 20 year normalized study paid for by federal funds. (A Quantitative EEG is much more detailed than an EEG. The 20 year normalized study was of QEEG brain maps, not EEG.) •But unfortunately, for ‘medical-political’ reasons, (IMO) the QEEG had fallen out of favor. Yet because of that very thorough study, Medicare still covers for it to be done once a year. •Maybe this information will help you find the diagnosis and treatment you need. You don’t have to give up, or skip it. I didn’t. It took me until my late 50s and mid 60s to get diagnosis and then proof. Good luck.
It's tricky because the EEG doesn't make a diagnosis by itself. You also have to have the symptoms on a consistent basis and they have to affect your day-to-day life. That being said, your post really helps me. Thankyou!
You entertained me in the early 90s. Your show helped me survive a largely non-existent social life which up until a week ago I had no idea was the result of ADHD and ASD. Now, some 30 years on, you are helping me as one who has travelled, and is travelling the same road (and I'm not talking about the 401). 🇨🇦 Thank you Rick!
I first saw Rick Green on the How to ADHD channel with Jessica. I like his style and - although jumpy sometimes - he knows how to make a point and bring it in a fun and down-to-earth way. This presentation was a perfect example. Thanks.
I thought the diagnosis would make me feel better. I spiraled a bit after it. Just wondering where my personality ends and the symptoms begin. Just about every aspect of my personality is a symptom. All in all I will be better with treatment. I am certain of that. I did not think I was hyper until it dawned on me that my hands always have to be busy. I truly wish I was diagnosed 40-50 years ago.
Ive needed (not wanted, *needed*) to hear these since i was a kid. Thank you so, so much.
I apologise in advance for the length of my post. ADDitude is also very much appreciated here in Germany!
Thank you very much, that was once again a great, very inspiring video. Rick Green knows exactly what he is talking about and I can confirm everything! The reaction of my (young!) psychotherapist when I presented him with the diagnosis of a specialist was: That's just such a fashionable diagnosis. You will understand that this was my last session with him. I no longer need psychotherapy, my problems were only a consequence of the undiagnosed ADHD. After the diagnosis, I unfortunately told far too many people about it. I was so happy and unfortunately far too talkative. Today, a year later, I am much more careful. All the reactions that deny me ADHD hurt a lot. They are encroaching and disrespectful. Would the same people say to someone with asthma: Oh asthma, I also cough from time to time. Just inhale a bit and learn to breathe better! Would they? The diagnosis also separates the real friends from the fake ones.... Every day I learn a bit more about myself and my special way of being. ADHD medication was a breakthrough for me. I am still stunned by my experience every day. I am reinterpreting my life. I am a 56 year old woman and wonder how I managed to find my husband, raise three children and have a career. On the outside, everything must have looked perfect - until the time when a burnout knocked me out of my everyday life for almost a year and I was finally diagnosed with ADHD. What drama for my life so far and what great luck for my future. Great video, a thousand thanks!
Just got a ADHD diagnosis recently it was a long and very expensive process I'm certain I won't ever be able to afford treatment but at least I got a diagnosis.
This is what I say when I hear untrue statements about ADHD:
•There are at least two types of brain maps that diagnose ADHD.
•One is a type of EEG brainmap. It shows that when a person tries to concentrate, the prefrontal cortex (forehead area), usually lights up electrically and the brainwaves go fast.
•In a person with ADHD, trying to concentrate, that area goes electrically quiet and slow. The slowness can be between brainwaves the slowness of meditation and deep sleep. It feels “Spacey” at best and exhausting at worst, trying to stay awake, when trying itself slows down your brainwaves.
•Another type of brain map, SPECT, uses a radioactively-tagged sugar molecule. Usually, when a person tries to concentrate, the prefrontal cortex lights up, because so many sugar molecules are going there.
•On that brainmap, the ADHD person trying to concentrate has a prefrontal cortex that goes quiet and dark. The harder you try, the darker it gets.
•Imagine trying to concentrate, when your brain anatomy and physiology are going the opposite way.
•Then imagine what it is like when everyone who doesn’t understand says it’s your fault, there’s nothing wrong and you’re not trying.
•Then imagine that you try harder, and with effort, it gets much worse: less sugar, and slower quieter brainwaves.
•Imagine that, and then realize ADHD is very real, and very serious.
Wow! I hadn't heard about that! Could you point me to a source, please? I'm not snarky, just genuinely interested, because that would explain so well what I experience when I have to concentrate!!!
This came from my personal experience.
•But perhaps you could look for the Dr. Daniel Amen video called something like ‘What we learned from 70,000 brain maps’. He used SPECT scans, but he may also mention other types of brain maps.
•The last I knew, there were at least a dozen next gen new types of brain maps in the pipeline. The difficulty with the newer technologies is that they may not have the track record, and still are gathering enough data to back up the diagnoses.
•Unlike them, the QEEG brain map has been extensively documented, including a 20 year normalized study paid for by federal funds. (A Quantitative EEG is much more detailed than an EEG. The 20 year normalized study was of QEEG brain maps, not EEG.)
•But unfortunately, for ‘medical-political’ reasons, (IMO) the QEEG had fallen out of favor. Yet because of that very thorough study, Medicare still covers for it to be done once a year.
•Maybe this information will help you find the diagnosis and treatment you need. You don’t have to give up, or skip it. I didn’t. It took me until my late 50s and mid 60s to get diagnosis and then proof. Good luck.
It's tricky because the EEG doesn't make a diagnosis by itself. You also have to have the symptoms on a consistent basis and they have to affect your day-to-day life. That being said, your post really helps me. Thankyou!
You entertained me in the early 90s. Your show helped me survive a largely non-existent social life which up until a week ago I had no idea was the result of ADHD and ASD. Now, some 30 years on, you are helping me as one who has travelled, and is travelling the same road (and I'm not talking about the 401). 🇨🇦
Thank you Rick!
I first saw Rick Green on the How to ADHD channel with Jessica. I like his style and - although jumpy sometimes - he knows how to make a point and bring it in a fun and down-to-earth way. This presentation was a perfect example. Thanks.
Best webinar on this subject I've heard. He really knows what he's saying.
I thought the diagnosis would make me feel better. I spiraled a bit after it. Just wondering where my personality ends and the symptoms begin.
Just about every aspect of my personality is a symptom.
All in all I will be better with treatment.
I am certain of that.
I did not think I was hyper until it dawned on me that my hands always have to be busy.
I truly wish I was diagnosed 40-50 years ago.
Such a wonderful discussion. Very helpful to people working with ADHD diagnosed leaners. Thank you so much and God bless po!
Thank you!!!!
Super, view from diffrent perspective 👌
Brilliant! ❤
thanks
The comic at 31:00 has a typo "any".
I doubt Adderall works. But maybe here n there
It has definitely worked for me