Hi, I’m 45 and I’m on the list for an assessment. I feel life is getting harder every year and it’s nice to hear you say it changed your life for the better. It definitely gives me hope. Good luck
@@stephentyndall159 I wish you all the best! Hopefully you can find some answers and get some help with the things you find difficult in life, take good care!
His documentary where he's walking around his house, talking to himself, looking for stuff & asking himself questions absolutely cracked me up - so me!
I also have ADHD and I honestly thought Sam already had a diagnosis years ago, but just thought he didn’t talk about it. So glad he got his diagnosis ❤
Thanks! As someone who also struggles with ADHD, seeing Sam Thompson share his journey is truly inspiring. Your documentary has given me hope and motivation to continue working on overcoming my challenges, and I'm grateful for the support that you provide to our community.
Anyone looking to get an assessment, make sure your GP is aware of Right To Choose. Find the information online, print it out and take it with you to you GP appointment.
We’ll done Lorraine for talking about this. Much appreciated. So much ignorance around this. Lives are lost to suicide and addiction to undiagnosed ADHD, it’s a fact.
I watched the doco "Is This ADHD" today here in NZ on Channel 4 On Demand (E4)!! I self-diagnosed recently aged 70. If ppl can't afford to go Private OR don't want to wait 2 years for an Official diagnosis, then at the very least take the online test. Self-diagnosis is effective if you answer honestly. If the result is Positive then begin to learn coping strategies and minimise the negative impact on yourself and your loved ones...
Good documentary apart from the glaring problem with the 'discovery' part where he 'tries the medicine' for one day. That was almost misleading. Even though every professional made it clear to him what the condition was, he almost selfishly decided no to drugs after one day. You need weeks and weeks of trial and error until you get used to what works for you and then it just gets better from there, the more you know about the condition and how to manage it. In other words, he was either too scared to find out how the drugs could improve his life or just too distracted and decided he had had enough fun with this project-- typical of this condition btw if you missed it. Getting the diagnosis is the first step, that's the easy part, the difficult part is getting the help to go from there, it doesn't have to be pills but it sure does make it much easier.
Right? I found the doc really interesting... up until the part about medication! One day, and one tablet? Is not "trying" meds and finding they don't work for you, a lot of them need to either build up in your system or at least allow your body enough time to adjust and get over the negative effects 🙄 day 3 of trying the lowest dose of concerta I couldn't move, I felt so listless and unmotivated, after 7 days no bad side effects at all (unfortunately didn't notice enough of a benefit after giving it a few months). I know the impatience to just want to find something quickly and cba to wait but unfortunately that's the way it is!
It's a spectrum, so he may have just some aspects but not everything :) it's like how two people with ADHD can have completely different experiences with it. Some people with ADHD hate driving because they can't focus on it which is dangerous, I find the things I get distracted by when I drive are things like traffic lights, pedestrians, road signs, other cars, bikes etc. So all the things you need to be aware of which works really well. I think that's why it can be so hard to diagnose sometimes
That comment can come across as Gaslighting. Please educate yourself on Autism. It’s called masking, we all do it, just to be accepted by Neurotypical people.
ADHD has become a joke. Every person and their dog claims to have it these days. Even my mate who is a GP said so, you can ‘diagnose’ it right away. It’s just feeding into the victim mentality everyone loves to have these days.
It's actually a long process to get a diagnosis and there are long waiting lists I got diagnosed with Autism at 30years old it was a lengthy process being neurodiverse doesn't make you a victim
@@eleseclarke6038 nope, you can diagnosed medically by filling out a quick questionnaire. If there’s a ‘long list’ then you are only proving my point. If everyone has a ‘condition’, then does that condition exist at all?
@madams989 not in my experience it took a long time I had to go through an evaluation with trained medical professionals also its not just filling in an questionnaire and not everyone is neurodiverse
@@madams989 not all people are neurodiverse, and not all neurodiverse people have the same conditions, and not all people with the same condition have the same set of struggles. Getting diagnosed with a condition is valid and unique to each person and can really help them deal with their struggles more.
Kinda, until diagnosis most people don’t acknowledge a lot of the symptoms. It’s only once you get diagnosed that you properly learn about yourself and ADHD
@@SleepyJord I had the diagnosis but I knew years before it, I googled why do i keep losing jobs came across a reddit post and people were saying to the poster it sounds like you have ADHD, once I googled what that was and read up the symptoms and it all more i 100% knew I had it, the diagnosis was a just a formality, I know myself so someone else telling me didn't make any difference when you have so many of the symptoms
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Big hugs to everyone finally getting a diagnosis - I was finally diagnosed with ADHD at age 43 and it changed my life for the better
Hi, I’m 45 and I’m on the list for an assessment. I feel life is getting harder every year and it’s nice to hear you say it changed your life for the better. It definitely gives me hope. Good luck
@@stephentyndall159 I wish you all the best! Hopefully you can find some answers and get some help with the things you find difficult in life, take good care!
I love Sam so much . He’s just a beautiful soul .
His documentary where he's walking around his house, talking to himself, looking for stuff & asking himself questions absolutely cracked me up - so me!
I also have ADHD and I honestly thought Sam already had a diagnosis years ago, but just thought he didn’t talk about it. So glad he got his diagnosis ❤
Sam is so lovely. Bless him ❤
Thanks! As someone who also struggles with ADHD, seeing Sam Thompson share his journey is truly inspiring. Your documentary has given me hope and motivation to continue working on overcoming my challenges, and I'm grateful for the support that you provide to our community.
I diagnosed him myself after watching him on im a celebrity for 30 seconds 😂
Anyone looking to get an assessment, make sure your GP is aware of Right To Choose. Find the information online, print it out and take it with you to you GP appointment.
I have Autism & ADHD. I was diagnosed with Autism in 2017 then ADHD combined with Autism in 2020. I am 46 this year.
how did you know to get diagnosed?
This so good I’m proud of you Sam you’re doing such an amazing job reaching out to people and helping them with ADHD.❤
We’ll done Lorraine for talking about this. Much appreciated. So much ignorance around this. Lives are lost to suicide and addiction to undiagnosed ADHD, it’s a fact.
No it isn't
@@oiooi6460 yes, it is 😂
Lovely young man explains everything well. Thanks Lorraine ❤
Well done Sam, great job for getting out and talking about it. Will help alot of people
I watched the doco "Is This ADHD" today here in NZ on Channel 4 On Demand (E4)!! I self-diagnosed recently aged 70. If ppl can't afford to go Private OR don't want to wait 2 years for an Official diagnosis, then at the very least take the online test. Self-diagnosis is effective if you answer honestly. If the result is Positive then begin to learn coping strategies and minimise the negative impact on yourself and your loved ones...
Where do we find and watch this documentary by Sam …we are in Canada😊
Sam is so adorable
2 years waiting for the NHS, here in Northern Ireland it's 3 and half years it's ridiculous
Good documentary apart from the glaring problem with the 'discovery' part where he 'tries the medicine' for one day. That was almost misleading. Even though every professional made it clear to him what the condition was, he almost selfishly decided no to drugs after one day. You need weeks and weeks of trial and error until you get used to what works for you and then it just gets better from there, the more you know about the condition and how to manage it. In other words, he was either too scared to find out how the drugs could improve his life or just too distracted and decided he had had enough fun with this project-- typical of this condition btw if you missed it. Getting the diagnosis is the first step, that's the easy part, the difficult part is getting the help to go from there, it doesn't have to be pills but it sure does make it much easier.
Right? I found the doc really interesting... up until the part about medication! One day, and one tablet? Is not "trying" meds and finding they don't work for you, a lot of them need to either build up in your system or at least allow your body enough time to adjust and get over the negative effects 🙄 day 3 of trying the lowest dose of concerta I couldn't move, I felt so listless and unmotivated, after 7 days no bad side effects at all (unfortunately didn't notice enough of a benefit after giving it a few months). I know the impatience to just want to find something quickly and cba to wait but unfortunately that's the way it is!
Big up sam🌝☝️☝️☝️everything makes total sense. ADHD MAT 🤓✌
I wish they didn't title this 'living with ADHD' like it's purely terrible and doesn't come with unique strengths too.
Tests are very expensive
Sunucu hanım.Siz ne zaman yaşlanacaksınız ❓🤔
Slow down Lorraine
I've got severe combined ADHD.... he talked about a second documentary, then anyone listening contact me ;) and then I can go on i'm a celeb ha
So, has he autism or adhd or both, because both have been reported
I don't watch Lorraine, came on to see how this would be portrayed. Is Lorraine always this patronising?
Yes
How can he be autistic? He has very good social skills
It's a spectrum, so he may have just some aspects but not everything :) it's like how two people with ADHD can have completely different experiences with it. Some people with ADHD hate driving because they can't focus on it which is dangerous, I find the things I get distracted by when I drive are things like traffic lights, pedestrians, road signs, other cars, bikes etc. So all the things you need to be aware of which works really well. I think that's why it can be so hard to diagnose sometimes
That comment can come across as Gaslighting. Please educate yourself on Autism. It’s called masking, we all do it, just to be accepted by Neurotypical people.
I'm Autistic and I'm very social it's a wide spectrum not one Autistic or ADHD person is the same
ADHD has become a joke. Every person and their dog claims to have it these days. Even my mate who is a GP said so, you can ‘diagnose’ it right away. It’s just feeding into the victim mentality everyone loves to have these days.
It's actually a long process to get a diagnosis and there are long waiting lists I got diagnosed with Autism at 30years old it was a lengthy process being neurodiverse doesn't make you a victim
@@eleseclarke6038 nope, you can diagnosed medically by filling out a quick questionnaire. If there’s a ‘long list’ then you are only proving my point. If everyone has a ‘condition’, then does that condition exist at all?
@madams989 not in my experience it took a long time I had to go through an evaluation with trained medical professionals also its not just filling in an questionnaire and not everyone is neurodiverse
@@madams989 not all people are neurodiverse, and not all neurodiverse people have the same conditions, and not all people with the same condition have the same set of struggles. Getting diagnosed with a condition is valid and unique to each person and can really help them deal with their struggles more.
Find a fad, sign up, get on TV.
Sam, just go and live in Uganda and see how you will soon be cured.
There is no cure.
If he’s living with it than he is indeed an expert
Kinda, until diagnosis most people don’t acknowledge a lot of the symptoms. It’s only once you get diagnosed that you properly learn about yourself and ADHD
@@SleepyJord I had the diagnosis but I knew years before it, I googled why do i keep losing jobs came across a reddit post and people were saying to the poster it sounds like you have ADHD, once I googled what that was and read up the symptoms and it all more i 100% knew I had it, the diagnosis was a just a formality, I know myself so someone else telling me didn't make any difference when you have so many of the symptoms