Is ADHD Medication Just LEGAL Meth?? Ep. 1 | Dr Chris Raynor Explains
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- In this first part of a two video series, Dr Chris Raynor discusses the condition ADHD and the medications used to treat it. He also looks at the rising trend in the use of non-prescription and prescription use of stimulants, the potential for addiction, and what these trends tell us about our society. #adhd #stimulants #adderall
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I was diagnosed at 37, I am 54 now and this medication litterally saved my sanity, marriage and career. I can also enjoy a full length movie.
Wich one are you taking? Slow/Long term effect? Short term/fast effect?
@@NahuelShura
Long term/slow release. It lasts all day, and it is easier to remember to take it... 😉
@@NickanM ty. I think ill start treatment, i'm tired of my adhd.
@@NahuelShura
Why not? I mean, it might help you a lot, like it does for me. And if it doesn't help, at least you tried it, being able to make informed decisions! 🙂
If you dont mind me asking, how were you before treatment started? I feel like i display some characteristics of adhd, but not enough to go to a doctor. I could be wrong and it could be worth going
I think Dr. K put it best when he said that ADHD is the most over diagnosed, and under diagnosed condition. I know so many people who were wrongly diagnosed, and had a very negative experience with stimulants. I also know so many people, myself included, who were diagnosed late in life and a very positive life-changing experience with it. So many people want to say 1 of those groups is wrong, but the reality is that our society is pretty broken and overly demanding on all of us.
Truest statement
The result of humans being reduced to simply an economic unit
What kind of negative experience did those people get ? If you aren't ADHD stimulants just don't do anything beneficial and you just stop it after a short period of time ?
@@hogepiyo-y2p imo it comes down to people at baseline dopamine who take stimulants get a huge influx well above baseline dopamine. that brings with it many things. an adhd brain is severely dopamine deficient so stimulants just bring them up to a normal baseline.
As a person who suffers from severe ADHD and also works in an industry that is incredibly damgerous. I would not be able to safely do my job and provide for my family if not for my medication. A few moments of complacency or distraction could literally end my or someone elses life.
I feel blessed that the medications i take work so well for me.
you should not be doing that job then. Your selfishness puts us all at risk. Maybe just placebo? Maybe you are getting less help than you think. It is dose dependent. Many people who are ra-ra drugs are not really taking an actual clinical dose.
Same!
@@gozardsmooth Are you going to ask every professional you ever go to if they are taking medication? That's just a really stupid thing to say. That's the equivalent of saying that diabetics can't work because "what if" their blood drops and they don't think straight.
People using tools to overcome limitations is something we all do in one way or another. How would you feel if someone said the same thing about you?
@@AkiraGuitar777 just because you can’t handle your adhd doesn’t mean other people can’t. please
don’t push your experiences onto others.
why would you ever work in an industry like that haivng the issues you have? Terrifying!
As a woman diagnosed with ADHD the difference between the presence of the medication and the lack of the medication is insane. I was diagnosed as a child, but because I wasn't disruptive like my brother was my mother opted not to give me medication. We struggled so much with schooling due to that choice as it didn't matter what kind of reward or punishment that was offered to me I couldn't complete simple tasks in a timely manner. It took me becoming an adult, dropping out of college, being fired from different jobs and a total burn out for me to get the help I needed.
The medication makes it so I can go to college again and instead of failing my classes because I forgot to turn something in or can't organize my thoughts to answer a simple question on a test I'm capable of getting A's and B's when I'd previously gotten C's and D's in high school even in the special education classes they had me in.
As a guy who was diagnosed at 31 this resonates strongly with me. When I was 13 there was a suspicion that I might have ADHD, but my parents chose to use uhm esoteric methods to "treat" it. My life before 31 was a total mess. I am highly intelligent, yet never got anywhere, failed at everything, and had no feeling of self worth, choosing to try and fix other's problems / be subservient since I felt I was worthless. After I got Ritalin things changed dramatically, too. I finished my computer science degree at age 37 which I managed very well next to a 75% job, lost 20 kilograms, got ahead both professionally and privately so much, and finally have a sense of self worth. I can stand up for myself, and know what I am capable of. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. All the best to you, too - you'll make it!
I was diagnosed and treated as a child but my single mom had no clue how to manage a stimulant and the side effects were atrocious because of wacky dosing standards due to our erratic life. I was taken off of it and never got any kind of mental health help ever again until I became an adult. I went to a psychiatrist office at 24 years old and said I need help. Same thing as you're talking about. I was a total burnout, hated myself for being one, and felt like no matter what I did or what kind of consequences or rewards were in front of me I just couldn't force myself to do anything I need, or even WANTED to do. After trying a few different meds we found that amphetamine is the golden ticket for my body and brain. I have stayed on the same low dose for months with no need to raise it, with the same level of effect. No sleep issues, and I am able to sit still and focus on whatever it is I'm doing and really get into it, almost to a flow state quite easily. I honest to god feel that amphetamine cured my depression. I can go days without taking it at all and I feel generally better by a large degree, more confidence, more neurological pathways associated with work>reward being built and solidified while on the meds makes my life without them better. I feel that most people are not in need of stimulants, but people like us who have an egregiously long history of symptoms that is severely impacting our life to the point of risk of complete failure and degeneration of our will to live at all, very much deserve to be taken seriously and stimulant therapy becomes a genuine option. Funnily enough if I never started taking meds for my ADHD I would not be physically capable of typing this much and keeping my thoughts on track while doing so.
Dude! I got diagnosed after I dropped out of college because I struggled insanely hard with online courses during COVID. Going back with medication has been night and day
@@firun2635 I'm so glad you've got things working in your favor now! Computer science is a great field to be in. I'm slowly building my own sense of self worth. It feels weird compared to how I used to be in my early 20s. I'm looking forward to the rest of my 30s.
@@chaos00174 I'm so glad you got the medication and treatment you needed. It's really hard sometimes to admit that you need help and then follow through with it. A huge part of my burn out and drop out was because I refused to ask for help or acknowledge that there was a problem. I thought for so long that I was just being lazy and that if I just "acted right" or "got my shit together" I would stop having problems turning things in or being on time or that I would just find that magical spark and meaning to some job that would motivate me to become a productive person.
I agree that some people don't need stimulants. For those of that do, however, there is no amount of changing my diet and exercising that will alleviate all of my debilitating symptoms that rear their head when I don't have the medication. We're still fussing with dosage and type at the moment so its still a struggle for me, but even with that wishy washy wait and see happening its better than without the medication.
I was a “Ritalin kid” in the 90’s and I can say it was 100% unneeded in my case. I was just a normal kid that was maybe a little on the distractible and lazy side. Nobody taught me to just be better (diet, health, sleep, habits, etc…), they just tossed pills at me.
As an ADHD kid who probably needed the medication, I didn't get it. Honestly, growing up as someone who didn't have it vs. now when I have been able to receive treatment that works, it's a night and day difference. ADHD genuinely affect my capacity to socialize, study, and function in daily life. I knew what I had to do to succeed in life, but was unable to actually bring myself to do them. For example, it's difficult to form relationships with people when they're talking directly to you, and you have to ask them to repeat themselves because you are being distracted by your own thoughts and your enviroment.
I think it would have been next to impossible for me to complete college and maintain a romantic relationship without medication as part of my treatment. That said, I think it's concerning how ADHD medications are getting pushed as a first line treatment for simple problems such as distractability. I think we need better diagnostic tools and to exhaust other problems before resorting to ADHD medication.
Same here. I think a lot of us ended up on it because there was a media blast about it and it was pretty much being treated like a cure all. I was taken off of it quickly. It killed my appetite to the point I started skipping meals and it made me so tried that I could sleep for 12+ hours at the drop of a hat at any time.
@@Satyr000 just like still today. I stopped it quickly too. It fried my cns. Have not been myself for 19 months. They gave it to me because of intense emotions basically. The diagnosis is a sham to me. The whole of psychiatry is if you dig into it a little. Unscientific arbitrary moralism stemming from a lack of compassion in society. Everything that is different is dangerous and need to be gotten rid of, not understood and helped... It has mad eme extremely cynical. Most people are simple-minded and cruel in the end.
@TheDavveponken we don't like the "other" it's a human problem
@TheDavveponken I come from a family of addicts and two of my half sisters (they have the same parents) are bi-polar.
You might be cynical and have every right to be, but I watched my sister go from being in an institution to living on her own -SUCESSFULLY- for the last 30 years.
I got diagnosed at the age of 23 while I was in the military. I was struggling at work, constantly forgetting tasks, often making small mistakes, or missing mistakes when asked to review another's work. I get why depression is tied to ADHD, because I was depressed because I kept fucking up at work, even though I was trying really hard, and "I forgot" was being viewed as an excuse. I was given Adderall, and taught skills to live with my condition. Meds never "fixed" the problem, they just helped me adapt my new skillset to habit. Notepad for assigned tasks, sticky notes for quick reminders. My favorite is pocket assignment, and I use it daily. Each pocket is assigned an object I take with me everywhere, when I need to go somewhere, I pat the front 2, then rear pockets. If I feel an object, I know I have it with me. I stopped taking Adderall 7 years ago, and while I still struggle with keeping attention at boring tasks, the skills I learned help me wrangle control back. Meds are a tool, not a fix
I never developed depression until I got kicked out of the Air Force 43 days before my enlistment ended for slipping up and smoking weed. I feel this comment bro
Meds are a tool not a fix - for *you.* Having gone a month unmedicated after years of being on the same dose of Adderall due to the shortages, I can say for a fact that all of coping habits can't save me from getting fired without the meds. My inability to sense time passing is so much worse without medication, I fall asleep while doing my incredibly boring job tasks (seriously, my manager caught me micronapping standing up!), my memory is even more shit to where I forget that my notification alarms have gone off a minute after dismissing them.
I'm glad you found a way to live without medication, it gets expensive having to pay for pills every month. A lot of us aren't that lucky, sadly, and I wish it wasn't painted as us being lesser so often, or at least acknowledged as the huge scale of symptoms it is.
I also have a system of mini checklists about what goes in what pocket. I have previously forgotten (individually) my ID, my wallet, my glasses, my pills, my keys, my water bottle, my entire bag, and my belt.
Over a year now without any medication (due to shortage), and it sucks hard.
If we imagine our life like a terrain with rivers all over, ADHD medication would be like bridges across those rivers helping us navigate the territory. Some are lucky and are able to learn and leap across instead using bridges, others just need to use them every day. NT people on the other hand walk this terrain without problems.
I had to form habits putting everything in a certain spot, it works great, until someone moves something and I'm lost lol
As someone who is diagnosed with ADHD as a kid and being on the autism spectrum (diagnosed around 18 - 19 years old), I can confirm the thing about my brain actively seeking out stimulants, when I'm in a low-stimulant environment, such as when I'm at work (I'm train driver). I can experience mental unrest, which results in me being distracted a bit by this, but not being distracted by seeking out extra stimulus. I have given this a bit of a thought. It may look to an outside observer as if I am distracted, however, from my perspective it is to provide stimulation to my brain in order to help me focus on the task I'm trying to accomplish.
My thoughts are that my ADHD meds help me prevent being distracted by those extra stimuli that my brain craves, if that makes sense.
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Your description about watching tv but someone else controls the remote is a great one. For me, it was watching a tv show, but that tv show would change when it came back from commercials each time until i realized i was watching something completely different when i started
Look up how many internally generated thoughts a day the average person has. Then add all the outside stimulus . . .no wonder.
Ya me too!! I had to rewind the video at least 9x and I'm at 7:36 😢
ADHD doesn't take away my ability to focus, it just takes away my ability to focus my focus. I am constantly hyper fixated on one thing or another as long as it's not what I actually need to be doing
You don't necessary have to be hyperactive to be diagnosed with ADHD. There's also inattentive ADHD.
I was diagnosed at 44, well actually 7 but I was never told. After seeing a therapist for 5 years and she had a hard time nailing down what what going on with me. But then one day she had me take a test and she diagnosed me with ADHD. I had been struggling with life starting from childhood. I barely graduated HS but the odd thing was I had graduated from college with honors! But I had really bad social anxiety and depression. Then I got hit with a bombshell a few years ago where my mom a few months before she passed away told me I was diagnosed as a child, but she didn't agree with the diagnosis so I never got treatment! I forgave her but made me wonder how many people were diagnosed but stigma prevented them from getting treatment. A year ago I started a stimulant medication and from day one I felt like a fog in my brain was lifted. I felt very calm and could actually maintain a conversation without being distracted! Thanks making a video on this subject as you always make sure the info you provide is accurate and entertaining.
My own ADHD type2 diagnosis took almost six months of tests, psychiatric councelling and an interview with my parents, and then about two months of medicine trials to evaluate what type and dosage of medicine would work for me.
I got it at 32yo.
@@SonsOfLorgar I am glad you got your diagnosis at 32 as now you have plenty of time to still enjoy the life that you deserve!
I'm 48 and had a similar experience with medication and late diagnosis. I spent an extra year in high school due to failing grades, but made the Dean's list my firat semester at college.
Oddly enough, the first two times I took medication, I took a nap after an hour or so. It never prevented me from falling asleep.
@@perryjohnson7529 Yep after taking the stimulant you begin feeling so calm that you feel drowsy and this differentiates people who stimulants are meant to help vs people who abuse them. For us it's our brains finally attenuating the noise for the first time!
Just understand one day you will have to pay the piper for being on stimulants and it's a nightmare. Doctors will cut you off at a certain age no matter your health because their license are on the line and they are not going to risk you stroking out or having a heart attack because of amphetamines written by them. You're looking at a minimum of a year for your brain to heal and the depression is real. What was a gift sent from heaven is hell on earth, get out why you can. Other options are viable
As someone that got diagnosed at the age of 25, medication made a massive improvement in my quality of life. I definitely consider it as a disorder and I wish I didn’t have it. At the same time it made my education different from others which I think has made me more valuable in the workplace.
Having autism and adhd I can say adhd is much more disabling for me personally. It’s an extremely frustrating thing to have. There’s so many things I can do that my brain just won’t let me.
Biological essentialist nonsense. There is no ADHD brain. The symptoms of ADHD are just normal developmental challenges everyone suffers from.
Same here didn't get diagnosed until I was 28. Thinking back on everything it made so much sense. It's really hard sometimes. For every time someone in your life gets mad at you because "you've done this a million times" or "how could you forget ____" I'm doing that to myself a million times harder inside. And they're right, and I'm just as mad as them but they don't get it. It's a disease that makes you remarkably inconsistent and it sucks. Stay strong brosefs 🖖
I have a Nat20 'problem solving' ability because of my ADD/ADHD. I was once told where you might be able to do written mathmatical trigonometry and calculus, you do the physical version of it without even missing a beat, something I always found endearing :D But yeah, if I'm interested, and I GOTTA be interested in something, I can solve just about any problem that I run across within my skillsets (which is alot, because of the add/adhd!) People often get annoyed with me when I'm presented with something, and I turn them down, because I've likely already been through the situation/problem solving and already know it can't be done X way, but this X way works, which often infuriates people more. It's a really strange reality you live in and are part of when you can do the shit that (Original) McGuyver can do and it just comes naturally as sneezing or walking down the street.
Yeah many people with either ADHD or autism that I know, including myself really struggle. Not only with societal pressures, but also internally and socially. Personally I still suffered from adhd when living in a tribal village for a while. Zoning out, forgetting, not being able to keep at a task etc.
It really feels like a disorder and not just a neurodivergence. I see a lot of people even calling them higher levels (or the next step) of evolution. Especially in the autism community. I know these disorders can make life unimaginably hard and it sucks sometimes. But to me these are just coping mechanisms. Sure it's OK to believe in a thing that can help you cope with difficulties at your own pace, but I believe it can be harmful in the long run.
Ritalin helps me a lot and makes a big difference, just not in the way it's supposed to. Without it my body and mind are very tense, cloudy, fast paced and always lowkey stressed. When I take my meds those things eb away. I can even have really good sleep under the influence and have had my best sleep ever, on them.
Edit: after a lifelong (since I was 11yo and just lost my mom) misdiagnosis of having aspergers (autism), I got rediagnosed with ADHD, cptsd, depression, anxiety disorder, an undefined personality disorder and some other diagnosis, when I was 30. Everything suddenly made a lot of sense. I'm 36 now and finally starting to understand myself and my disabilities.
Also want to add that they measured my IQ a couple of times, which put me in the 0.01%. Contrary to what most people think the IQ thing doesn't feel like a positive. Being a so called 'genius' feels like yet another disorder. I'd say it only makes my life, connecting and bonding with other people even more difficult. And it really interacts with my ADHD in a screwy way, making it even harder to cope/deal with.
I'm very thankful for the expertise, more people sharing and talking about it, understanding from others and the fact we have these medications available!
I wish everyone reading this good luck, hope and lots of love❤!
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Yes, dr.sporessss I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episode, enough to start working on my mental health.
Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episode, enough to start working on my mental health.
Can Dr. sporessss send to me in UK?
I'm 48, almost 49. As a child I was diagnosed with ADHD/ADD at like age 6. I also have a near editiic memory (whatever it's called where you remember EVERY detail) so I can remember as early as preschool at age 4. I was always rambuncious, OH LOOK SQUIRREL, but I was also testing at a collegiate level when I did focus, and no one knew what to do with me. I saw innumerable shrinks, doctors, pscyhitrists, etc. Eventually they're like, WE DUNNO HAVE RITALIN!
Surprise, in fourth grade I wound up going to christian school, going from a 40+ kid class to a 10 or so, so more focus was also given to my needs. With the ritalin and the smaller classes, that also helped. I also got into ALOT of trouble questioning the bible study stuff, because it made not a lick of sense, because I was able to read between the lines. Fast forwards a couple years to sixth grade and wham bam, I was re-dumped into the public school system, within the first week detentions, issues, etc, because no one was able to directly work with me. Within 2 months I was already back to the same stage I was before. Eventually they just upped the dosage of ritalin, and it never really did much.
Eventually I stopped doing any sort of homework, it was boring, I didn't want to focus on anything, but when it came time for tests, etc, I'd always get A's and nothing less. I passively just absorbed most of the cirriculum, because how do brains work! This continued into highschool, same situation, and I even went into a trade school, same situation, and finally I graduated out in 93 with Graphic Arts, still use it to this day.
I appreciate what my parents TRIED to do, but they were not the smartest people, but they did what they could, and thankfully they were able to teach me how to NOT be a complete menance and all that. But since I graduated High School, my life has been nothing but horrible, I worked my ass off in the 90's, only because as and adult, as mentioned in this, you're able to pretty much do what you want, and when finally able to have that 'freedom' my mental state changed dramtically.
Fast Forward 30 some years till today. I'm not going to blame anyone in particular for the ABHORRENT amount of medications they put me on in the 80's and 90s, but lets say I probably took more drugs for my behavior then most crack addicts do, and so now I have all sorts of health problems, which of cours, now require medications to keep in control. What a viscious cycle!
Also, I will note I'm adopted, and a few years back after my adoptive father died I was able to find my birth mother, and we've talked in length and I understand completely the reason I am the way I am, my biomoms familly were ALL adhd/add people, going back generations so it wasn't shocking for my biomom to find out that I turned out the same way as well. Mental Illness also affected 2 of my uncles, 1 worse so then the other, one is absolutely batshit nuts and escaped 3 mental asylums and they gave up on him. The other is a massive introvert and does not do well with people AT all. My biomother is as LOOK SQUIRRELL as I am and she's 65.
The downside, I only have my biofather in name, as he and my mom did an early 75 fling when he was on leave from the military. I was also born in September, 11th too, which leads into all sorts of self-depreciating jokes I always tell about myself! I think I found him, go internet, reached out, but he denied ti when it pretty much is him. He basically cheated on his wife at the time with my biomom, and he's a 'good christian dad' so I can understand not wanting to acknowledge a extra marital affair nearly 50 years prior.
I also look at my situation and realize I got somewhat lucky, if you can call it, that I never wound up in jail, murdered someone, did god only knows what stupid shit my brain was telling me to do because I got enough GOOD conditioning from family and people in my community at the time. I'm all for the medications IF they are proven to work, but alot of self-reflection an time has just lead me to believe dealing with, and working with a kid (as I know many others with add/adhd/autism) on a more personall level to attend to their needs is just as effective, atleast in my retrospective outlook.
I'm just glad people are finally taking these things MORE serious and not the whole 'give em some drugs' and be done with it. I doubt this condition is going to go away, in fact, ti's likely going to increase with the overstimulation of the modern American culture and PAY ATTENTION TO ME interent social media.
But in a nutshell, I'm 48, been dealing with this crap since I was atleast 4 years old, remember most of it, wish I didn't, and still SOMEHOW here after all the 'Hold My Beer!" moments! So this really touches me that it's really being taken more seriously!
I can't watch this till later, but as someone who was diagnosed with ADHD in my 30s BARELY getting by, I will say it's night and day difference on adderal and off
As in I remember do to things, I'm less impulsive, I can focus on tasks that are unsafe without focus (like cooking and driving)
Of course I have to keep my rx somewhere where it is in my way in the morning or else I forget to take it
I also have a family history of HBP, soooo...my primary also gave me a low dose of lisinopril as a precaution. He works with my psychiatrist to make sure everything stays level.
Mine is Vyvanse, but the same effect. It's night and day.
When i started ADHD meds for the first time i realized people can .... just ... do the laundry, without having to spend like an hour getting myself to be able to do it
@@RepChris and then forgetting that you have laundry in the washing machine!
@@RepChris ALL OF THIS!
literally 😂, So hard to describe sometimes - it just does not compute @@RepChris
Us ADHD patients do need the medication. Since ive been off medication due to stigma growing up in the 90's everything has gone wrong. In the uk we are diagnosed by qualified psychiatrist's
I would rather live with stigma than untreated ADHD. That said, the stigma isn't nearly as bad now as it was then. It might be time to go to the doctor and get treated again.
In the US, people are also diagnosed by qualified psychiatrists. Do you think that only in England are people diagnosed by psychiatrists?
England needs more dentists and make tooth paste and tooth brushes easier to buy or find in stores. Most people from there have awful teeth.
What a very odd comment.
@@Pushing_Pixels Your right. I have. I'm not a kid anymore and don't worry what others think anymore, its not there business
@@potatolew4495 The bad teeth thing is more of a caricature.
I don’t think people understand what it’s like for a person that’s diagnosed with disease to have the medication. I didn’t get prescribed the medication till 28 when I started to run my own business and family. Before I went through life barely passing classes and it took me 7 years to finish college with a gen ed degree. I just was always switching and just didn’t know why. I took some adderall for the first time in college and thought it was neat. It made me feel normal. Everyone talked about how it made them hyper focused but it just made me feel like I can finally write things down in my planner or even do house hold chores. It was life changing. It made me feel like I was finally competent and not always dozing off. If I knew I needed this, I probably would have taken a very different career path. But for the people that need it, it’s not meth, it’s a supplement that helps them function like everyone else!
I started Adderall when I was 15. I finally got straight As and kept it up through college. It didn't amp me up, it calmed my mind and allowed me to focus. I'm 42 now, and every time I go off it my life spins into depression and I can't even keep up with my house. I don't think it's a bad drug if you have a mental disorder. But when you get cut off, or there is medication shortages, it can lead people to self medicate on street speed or alcohol.
I got diagnosed with adhd at the age of 27, though all throughout my childhood I was diagnosed with MDD, GAD, and PTSD. I definitely had those but I feel like my undiagnosed and untreated ADHD set me up to develop those conditions. I tried medication and it was like turning on a light switch. I was able to do tasks and chores and function so much better. I don’t take medication at this moment in time but it definitely helped me understand the challenges I face and that made me feel pretty validated. Like “hey, this really isn’t just me failing! My brain’s just wired different but I got this” kinda thing.
I am 46 and have always had a problem in life. I've been labelled unmotivated, angry, hyper, weird, etc and had problems sustaining a job. This gives me hope.
i'm 40. Totally ok on being weird, i see not much things worth motivation in this society and there are plenty of reason to keep my anger against the system. Oh, yeah my wallet is pretty slim but i'm happy with myself and i always value more to keep spare time that a cash pile.
I’ve had an ADHD diagnosis since 1st grade. When I was younger I definitely struggled with impulse control. I was medicated but generally didn’t like how it made me feel, headaches and loss of appetite were common. One thing I didn’t really become aware of until this video was the effect it had on me socially. While I’ve come a long way in adulthood, I remember feeling like I just wasn’t getting things socially until my mid 20s. It’s never been about reading social queues, but more of a feeling that my thoughts or actions were more scattered than other people.
While ADHD isn’t something I really struggle with anymore I do feel its effects. I often hyperfocus on things. When I have a hobby, I can zone into it and lock everything else out for hours, but on the flip side, I still lose interest in things quickly.
No such thing as an ADHD brain. That's pseudoscience.
Sounds like you seriously have some serious adhd, as do i, if you need medication just take it when you need it if that's the case going based off of your comment❤
@@SAMEntalhealth wtf type of nonsensical circular reasoning is that? lmfao
oh snap.. I'm ready for this one doc!
12 minutes into the video I lost focus, took Ritalin and a glass of coffee and within 30 minutes I was ready to finish watching the video. Very good by the way!
I was stuck going from depression to depression until a sharp-eyed psychologist suggested I may have ADHD and should try a certain mild anti-depressant (that I was already using but at double dose) that also seems to work to "lighten" the effects. It was like magic, were before I had to force and coax myself into doing ANYTHING constructive, and suddenly I could do those (still not easily but so much easier). The effect meant I indeed had ADHD so that also helped emotionally for me, that I wasn't lazy or had no drive. And the depression melted away in less than a week... It's still not perfect but knowing it makes things harder for me than others helps with not constantly beating myself up. (this took until I was 42 - one of the main effects others noticed is that I am no longer constantly tardy).
I am mostly the inattentive type and that lead to me never being diagnosed bc I didn't fit the typical 'hyperactive' that they wanted. My teachers in kindergarten were dead set that I had it too.
Also inattentive, mostly. Because I was smart, but never got anything done outside of class, all of my teachers diagnosed me as lazy.
I was diagnosed with severe ADHD when I was young, like 1st grade. They tried everything they could, different diets, various teaching techniques, different therapy sessions, and finaly medications. None of it worked for me and I was still severely affected until 7th grade. It was found that I get hyper focused on challenges, and instead of putting me in special Ed programs they had to challenge me. I was very quickly moved up in my classes ahead of my grade level, but only in subjects I liked. I still suffer from it today, but have learned what I need to do to deal with it. In my case the medication was the worst thing possible.
WHERE have U been all my life Dr. Chris!! Subscribed & paying attention 😂…best I can!🤯🙃🤓
I was thinking while watching it "I don't think my ADHD is all that bad. I don't get derailed too ba"... "wait rewind I wasn't paying attention"
I have adhd and my hot take is that we need better drugs. I’ve gone on and off the meds since I was a child. When I go off it’s because they just stop working well enough to be worth the side effects. Without the meds I get distracted while walking or driving in addition to the adhd symptoms. Inattentive in addition to hyperactive. Kicker is my ocd makes other mitigation methods more difficult.
We absolutely need better drugs, Ritalin and Adderall are shit, Vyvanse is extremely expensive and if the patient has hypersensitivity to stimulants (my case) you straight up don't get that type of treatments
Trying to figure out away that is as effective as stimulants would be huge not only for users but would discourage recreative use
@@luizansounds Recreational use won't go anywhere. If legal versions are not available then the black market will provide.
Also lisdexamfetamine (e.g. Vyvanse) is ultimately the same drug as Adderall, but it takes slightly longer to take effect and the effect lasts longer.
what a superb presentation on ADHD. I learned MUCH here!!! The Dopamine and Epinephrine connection related to Neural transmitter from our nerve cells is one idea i did not understand. YOU, DR., made totally understood. i have a nephew diagnosed with this malady. he controls it through , not with medicine ,but with behavioral modifications. so far , it has worked. a very productive person now. Love your channel.. good source of information on just about every topic.
In practical terms, yes.
No, you’re thinking of Desoxyn 😄
@@blazingstar9638 It's literally all the same to the receptors in your brain, so YES.
@@wmdkitty wrong meth produces a ton more dopamine
@@wmdkitty it’s not though. Just because it hits the same receptors does not mean it’s the same. Meth reaches the brain faster, it is more potent on the receptors, and it is more neurotoxic
My stimulant meds make me tired in the morning but I can tune out people at work a little better (I sit in a cubicle 😕) and on the days I take them I don't get that mental surge at night that keeps me awake well past midnight. I don't take the stimulant everyday because I don't love the way it makes me feel and honestly some days I just don't care how much I get done. Everyone's life and struggles are different, and meds aren't gonna magically make you start remembering everything, or make you not lose your temper quickly, or make you totally undistractable, so we have to also work on changing the behaviours we can to make some of these challenges less challenging.
getting tired from a psych drug may be a symptom of toxicity
This seems opposite to my experience. Once my Adderall kicked in, I was a machine, laser focused and efficient. It's was about 5pm, when it wore off, I realized I hadn't eaten all day, and I was exhausted.
@@NULLZER0112sounds like me on speed
@@TheDavveponken My dose is too low and I take it too infrequently for that to be the case. From what I've read, it's not abnormal to feel that way.
@@NULLZER0112 I've never taken Adderall, so I can't relate. I take focalin XR, so I don't have a crash. I just feel like taking a nap within an hour of taking it 😴, so I usually sip on tea thru the morning. The appetite thing sucks! I don't know if you're still taking adderall, but hopefully you found something that at least allows you to not forget to eat.
Honestly doc I wish I got accessible mental health facilities here. I suspect I might have it, and this difficulty is causing other more noticible problems. Regardless, thanks for the video.
Great episode, Doc
Thanks Kirk!
@@ChrisRaynorMD great video Dr Raynor you became a doctor successful even with ADHD I think we medicate too many people for no reason that is just my opinion
Thank you for making a video series on this topic. I appreciate you sharing that you yourself are diagnosed with ADHD. I think it's important to be open about these things (when doing so won't harm your career or have any other detrimental effect). It's good for young people with ADHD to see that success is possible.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 14 years old. Being a woman (then girl), I think what were OBVIOUS ADHD symptoms got overlooked and I was simply labeled as a 'bad kid.' I did all kinds of stupid impulsive things, got in lots of trouble at school, got kicked out of the alternative school after just one month... I'd write and draw in my journal in class instead of paying attention, would get excellent grades for the first couple months of the school year and then get super disorganized and lose track of my assignments and my grades would plummet.
It's wild to me that despite countless meetings with school staff and my parents, not once did anyone suggest ADHD. And this was in the era of school staff being all too eager to suggest an unruly disruptive child get medicated for ADHD! (supposedly)
For better or worse, I got sent away to boarding school at 14 where I was diagnosed with ADHD. I think the damage was already done to some extent and I was unable to 'get my shit together' to be able to finish high school on time with my classmates. The years of untreated ADHD (and autism and OCD and panic disorder) would require several years of intensive therapy and other treatment methods to get me stable. But now, at 30, I am working hard (struggling with a physical chronic illness as well) hoping to become a physician. If med school isn't in the cards for me, I have several other ideas for career paths. But I have to at least TRY and give it my best effort.
There have been times in my life when I don't rely so heavily on the stimulant medication. I struggle with hypersomnia (yay narcolepsy) as well so stimulant medication is pretty essential for me to be able to function. The medication shortage has been awful though luckily I haven't been too greatly affected by it. Anyway, thanks for making this video series, I look forward to seeing the rest of the videos in the series. Love your content, it's inspiring to learn that you also have ADHD and are so successful.
@Cinnamoslut thank you for sharing your experiences and insights.
Although symptoms can manifest differently from person to person, I believe that there are people who will read this, and it may help them to navigate their own experiences.
Take Care ❤
Most people think only boys have ADHD or that you have to be Hyperactive to have ADHD, both are wrong.
I got dx'ed right after I graduated high school. I had always been smart, but could not for the life of me ever study or do homework, or pay attention in class. I was lucky that I was able to barely float by and graduate. After I got diagnosed, I started community college, got good grades, and transferred to my state college to finish my degree. I'm a junior now. Medication for me was the missing link in the ladder that let me start implementing non-medication coping mechanisms. Before I had never been able to manage a planner or anything but now I can.
I had to push to get diagnosed because nobody around me (teachers, family) believed me since ei was not hyperactive. But I was definitely inattentive. I have a lot of sympathy for women with ADHD because it seems like the inattentive subtype is more present and leads to them getting under diagnosed, as it did to me.
As a non-medical person, it's incredibly reassuring to learn that what I've personally experienced and how I describe the experience of ADHD and medications effects line up with what the medical evidence shows. I will add that i got stimulant medication from 4 years old
TIMEBLINDNESS impairment. Condition. Always tardy. Always LATE for every meeting. Appointments . 😮😢😢😢
being late - I have essentially identified as being the late one at this point LOL (but also very much not lol 😭)
The sheer amount of alarms I have set on my phone just to do simple things like remembering to eat >.
Social media is such a double edged sword. I think there’s so much value in people being able to give voice to their experiences (for various reasons). It’s just so unfortunate that anybody can post anything they want, even if it’s wrong, but it’s also unfortunate that people feel so comfortable saying things so confidently as fact, without having done any real research themselves. It’s wild.
You really think people would do that? Just get on the Internet and tell lies?
So what your saying is you are against free speech? People should be able to post / say whatever they want whenever they want doesn't matter if it's right or not.
Thankyou Dr Chris. It also saved myself from self destruction and I was just clueless to why ... untill i could focus
Thank you for making this video. It's part 2. I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 5 but never really had it properly explained to me in 31 years, and I feel like I understand it better.
Dr Raynor, quality work as usual. I see you're taking advantage of the hyper-foccus of ADD to your and your patients benefit. I too was diagnosed 30 years ago and my life literally changed direction. I couldn't keep up with life anymore, too much going on.
Any psychotropic meds are always blasted by the majority of the public. They can't see anything physically wrong, behaviors are discounted as lack of effort, lazy, etc. So the medications are just causing more problems. I have tried to nudge people my age obviously ADD towards help, No, there's nothing wrong with me. Yeah. 2 divorces, new job every 2 years, risky lifestyle choices, constant conflict, sure, doing fine. Drive on! Almost proud of it too. Oh well. I tried.
I like being able to control focus somewhat. I'm much sharper on meds vs off, no contest. I can retain info better. Less impulsive(my scale, just mind your own business about what you consider 'safe' 😂), better cognitive functions.
Bug winner is my brain isn't in constant attack and tear-down mode against myself. That's exhausting and depressing. It also bleeds out into anyone close and wrecks friendships.
I guess you'd say I'm a suppoerter of stimulant therapy.
I thought someone said there's DNA markers for add? I don't read the deep articles, not helpful to over-analyze myself, need the working knowledge is all.
Oops. Overfocused. Went long.
Oh yeah and also....😂
(Probably using wrong term, happens)
My bff was just diagnosed at 39. Anxiety and depression are constant companions these days
If he wants to keep enjoying life he really shouldn't take their drugs. Speaking from experience.
And if you want to keep your relationship. It kills emotions and sexlife
@@TheDavveponkenthat may be what happened to you, but that doesn’t mean you can go around and tell everyone to not take these medication.
@@CankleCankle Sure I can. People should know about the risks. Doctors (including psychiatrists) and psychologists don't know enough about "adhd" or their supposed medicines for it. That has been painfully evident when I got damaged by them. Psychiatry isn't a real science or medical practice, which is evident by how they "diagnose" disorders (they administer no biomarkers for it and it is solely based on their arbitrary judgements - and the fad of adhd and autism encourages diagnosis, probably because they believe the drugs are harmless, which they are not). Remember when homosexuality was a mental disorder?
IF the drugs were safe, there'e be no problem, but they're NOT. It is a game of russian roulette. And psych drugs possibly alter the brain forever. You're the one being irresponsible for downplaying risks. ADHD drugs research are biased and corupt by design and longterm effects underresearched. It is the same as with antidepressants, make no mistake.
@@TheDavveponken I’m not even disagreeing with you. But there are also some folks who have had excellent benefits. Particularly those who address their environmental and other mental health issues. It’s like when people get prescribed Xanax and obtain short term relief of symptoms but fail to organize the rest of their lives and discontinue other stressful behaviors and then wonder why they’re still depressed or anxious.
Medication might be a very small part of the solution. But when used properly, it can help responsible patients. But doctors can’t force people to fix issues outside of an offering of medication.
I'm so glad i found this! I remember being in 10th grade, and my school recommended treatment. I didn't want to take any pills. Im now 40 and just started
t/x in January. I'm not sure why people think this is cool. I almost lost jobs in the past because i would start one thing before finishing another. I also have anxiety and depression which I've been treated for since i was approximately 31. Very good information!!! Thank you so much!!!
I've never had adhd, but can tell you that if I get overwhelmed by a subject I'm trying to understand, I disassociate, which I never understood until my late 30s. It completely changed my perspective on how I learn and why I never felt smart in school. Now I understand how I have to approach studying to succeed. I know these meds are needed for some, but its a cop out for a lot of people not wanting to do the work mentally.
yeah, they don't fix anything and hurt the brain. Saying it is a brain disorder tricks people into taking the drugs. Personally I don't think adhd is "real". The struggles might be real, but it's not because of what they think.
I was diagnosed BECAUSE I couldn't focus on classes I wanted to take in college. I thought it was just anxiety, my therapist didn't think so and refered me to a psychiatrist.
It is HARD to get an appointment, much less a diagnosis. I want to know where people are just getting a diagnosis and rx so easily for a "cop out".
@@kimberlyjohnston2726 in sweden. It's the first thing on their minds: adhd? I'm gonna put you on a waiting list. Six months later you see a doctor and pstchologist deparately fir a geand total of 8 hours. Bam! Adhd and autism. Now get out of here. Take your drugs and be happy
Fucken me too haha didn't realise until i read Ur comment
Perhaps you need to speak to someone qualified, as you might have a problem understanding the subject.
What was this video about…? Jkjk. Superb information, thank you for the detailed explanations on diagnosis, symptoms and self-diagnosis.
I had severe ADHD. My dad did too. I couldn't accomplish basic things and never stay on-task, so I followed his lead and joined the Marines. The experiences I've had have completely transformed me and helped me harness and use my brain instead of needing pills. I'm an artilleryman but nowadays my day-to-day more resembles a desk job due to the nature of what's required to run a platoon and I excel, even though you'd think ADHD wouldn't help, it totally does if you can keep yourself on-target.
Thats not how it works. ADHD is literally NOT being able to do that.
Military can mask the symptoms because you're on a schedule and have completely different responsibilities than a civilian. Unless you're assigned to it, a soldier doesn't need to worry about what's for dinner, just when to be at mess.
High stress/responsibilities can also mask the symptoms because there's so many other chemicals in the brain. I can function perfectly in a crisis, a typical day I can't.
@kimberlyjohnston2726 thank you for telling me how my brain works. You certainly know more than the doctor that diagnosed me and my life experience. Take a hike bozo.
@@W1Robur ...I discribed how MY brain works.
Do I believe you don't notice the symptoms because of your job? Absolutely! Because it's been proven structure helps. Being in a job that is high stress or high responsibility also helps because the different chemicals the brain releases.
Sorry you took it so personally you resorted to name calling 🤷🏼♀️
I think the same thing happened to you as happened to me - suppression of ADHD symptoms through physical activity releasing natural stimulants, and in my case coupled with a lifestyle habit of taking legal ones (in my case caffeine and nicotine ). I can think of many many people that were mentally changed by military life style to be able to concentrate and stay on task. I genuinely have to wonder if its not a better solution than the drugs, I also have to wonder if most humans didn't lead such sedentary and safe lives that ADHD would be way less common.
In my own case it was martial arts from age 7 and military(british army engineer) from age 21.
Your so right about non nero typical brain helping too - the brain solves other issues and technical problems while 'working' on something else entirely - thats absolutely been my experience.
@@kimberlyjohnston2726 military life does not mask mental symptoms - it changes the way your brain works. You have to have been through it to understand. Regular extreme exercise coupled with violence and potential unsafe environs changes how you think. (for better and worse). If the prescription of stimulants is designed to 'fix' the neural paths, then can the application of naturally produced ones not do the same?
I doubt it’s actually more common in boys, my ADHD is not as obvious as my son’s was when he was younger. He was diagnosed at 6 yrs old and then I was diagnosed (inattentive type), but I’ve certainly always had it; Many people in my family of origin are neurodivergent. Fun fact it gets more difficult to manage in perimenopause. I’m glad this video wasn’t misunderstood, oversimplified BS as those of us with ADHD often run into nowadays.
Great stuff
Important also❤
Absolutely!
@@ChrisRaynorMDthankyou for the video! Could you speak on your experience with Adhd as an accomplished surgeon, family man, with a solid exercise routine and also a youtube channel. Its very impressive, do you take medication? Or, if not, what are your tips? I cannot take medication but am trying to implement things to improve my life, mostly, lack of motivation and difficulty with consistency in effort ie. Getting to the gym more than once a week 😂
I have ADHD and I take Concerta. I never *feel* different when I'm taking it. It's usually my wife who points out that I interrupt myself less often and stay focused on tasks longer when I take it. That's right people, *when i take it*. I don't take it unless it's a work day. ADHD is a real thing, but it's only a disorder in relation to capitalism. In many alternative social structures people with ADHD and other neurodivergences can thrive. We're not really "divergent" anymore if society includes us.
As someone who has taken concerta for adhd since i was in 1st grade, im very curious about what you have to say. I will say that it certainly works for me, though only after checking in with my doctor every 3 months to adjust the dose of needed.
I wish you well.
I am on adderall and 3 month check ups, but that's because it's controlled and my dr can only do 3 months (one now, 2 postdated) scripts at a time
Concerta does make you tweak if you abstain from it for a while. You lose appetite and sleep.
ADHD isn't that bad for me. In terms of accepting it. I do hate having it but I can't fix that. I've just gotten used to never paying attention and having a lagging brain as I think of it. Someone will say something and I don't understand it so I ask them to repeat, then I get it as they start to speak again lol. And just never being able to sit still. Even on medications lol. Though it's much better on meds. Does come with it's (Un)healthy dose of depression and anxiety. I'd say what does bother me the most is people claiming to have it and romanticizing it. It's generally not fun to deal with. I'd rather not have it lol. I'd rather not have it but whatever. It's just how I am. I'll keep taking my (Kiddy meth) as I want. It helps me a lot.
If only I could get the depression down. It's in big cycles of really bad and kinda not so bad. Been there so long it seems unfixable. Had it since like 6-7th grade. Like I don't even mind the ADHD. The depression is what kills me.
PS. Wrote this for like 15 minutes while the video played. Don't remember a bit of the video lmao
I hate when people call ADHD "neurodivergent." As someone who has struggled with ADHD, the definition of disorder absolutely applies here. Having ADHD doesn't make me special, it makes me play life on a harder difficulty. If I could trade my ADHD with a normal person who wanted to "be different" I would do it 10/10 times. People look at these disorders as quirks that make someone stand out, and so they want to stand out, but they don't know just how much having ADHD SUCKS ASS. >:(*
*Frowny face added to illustrate for clarity.
THANK YOU. I am the same way and I wanted to say something but the words escaped me. I agree with you completely.
I concur with you. As someone with ADHD, diagnosed multiple times from child to adult, it is a disorder.. it is something fundamentally wrong with our brain chemistry. I have struggled with it my whole life, the army is what helped me but also means I can’t take the medication to assist balance that chemical imbalance. But I’m thriving with the routines and structures in place. I am finding I am getting quite agitated with people who “self diagnose” with ADHD due to it being the “in” mental issue with it being “quirky”. If some people who believe they have it when they clearly don’t, I don’t understand why they want to glorify it. I get distracted by the sound of the fan making the curtains tap the window and it will keep me awake, I’ll get distracted my my fingernails in a meeting and miss all the points I was meant to take down, and I’ll even get distracted with a fold in the sheets when I’m suppose to be paying attention to my partner in the throws of passion. I can’t prioritise things by time that the task will take or time that they are due because 5 minutes and hour are the same time frame in my mind. I struggle to save money and need my partner with me when I go shopping or I’ll have a lot of really cool things, but won’t be able to buy food till the next pay cycle.
Why would you want to suffer this? Why is this something you want to have?
I was diagnosed at 40, my lifelong anxiety dissapeared with medication. My life has improved 100%.
Same thing here
ADHD Medicine messed me up thank God I'm off all that crap now! I've tried them all and they all sucked for me especially focalin that stuck gave me insane mood swings and anger and I had a bad anger episode where I literally didn't realize what I was doing like mentally blacked out and loss all control! And Vyvanse gave me episodes even when driving where I started to black out loose my vision and just be totally unaware of important surroundings nearly causing car wrecks! Stay away from all these meds their going to cause bad side effects!
f**k yeah and that’s a good thing
to clarify, "legal meth" saved my life.
@@rotskep instead of trying to push for this thing that obviously has side effects for many, why dont you push to try and cope in another way my guy? u don’t always need ur little pills to be functional, and if u do damn you shouldnt be in society
@@reeegg9218 talking about my experiences with adderall isn't pushing anything. also, "if u do damn you shouldnt be in society" sounds awfully close to telling me to off myself. maybe you should quit being so judgemental.
@@rotskep Yeah, gonna do it next week. You're gladly welcome.
@@ethanquenum4778 what's that supposed to mean?
I took my literal recommended daily dose of Vyvanse and couldn't sleep for 3 days straight then after finally getting sleep it happened again I stopped taking it but still couldn't sleep for over 5 days and got a tiny bit for 2 days so basically a week of mania and sleep deprived delirium/hallucinations/ paranoid schizophrenia panic and anxiety attacks I thought I was gonna die it was by far the worst week and experience of my life! Terrible stuff these medications can cause I can't recommend enough to not take any of them and be extremely careful if you do!
What sick is that people out there nowadays will fake ADHD symptoms just to get a script and that screws it up for all of us that actually have the disorder😢
Yes! The worst part is that they end up making the prices go up.
The real blame falls on the authorities for making it unnecessarily difficult for people to acquire stimulants.
This is a very real problem in the army I who has adhd (diagnosed as an adult) was told I did not have adhd due to how I used to mask yet all the people who actually told me they where going to fake all the symptoms got the diagnosis and the medications that they then abused so much so there was a small adderall and ambien black market I'm the barracks
Where I live they treat you like a criminal if you ask if the script is in stock 😢 I travel for my job so dropping my script off and waiting 2 weeks for it to be filled doesn't work... You can only fill it every 30 days and the Dr. Said you need to take it each day to work. Well, this is a big problem for those of us who are actually prescribed... The Dr should be able to give the perception in office or the pharmacy needs to produce more to fill the need.
@@Brazilian.Off.Duty.Cop.I was paying 94 and changed pharmacy and the dosage and it went down to 19... What a scam
I still say the biggest problem in mental health is the expectation we can make people behave "normally" through therapy and drugs. Instead of celebrating and accepting differences, we take the giant 5 pound lump hammer to force that square peg to fit the round hole.
And that's just not right. In a lot of ways it feels like victim shaming. Maybe they're not the ones who are sick, society is!
I got diagnosed at age 31. Low dose amphetamine salts with 200mg caffeine. Has helped me with so many problems. Lowered my blood pressure that was chronic elevated by performance anxiety.
Is there any problem amphetamines can’t solve?
One of the barriers of me getting ritalin as an adult was a "naturally" high blood pressure. At some point, i must have convinced somebody that adhd meds would lower my bp by addressing my anxiety, but, alas, my bp remains very high.
@@brettrace I have a family history of HBP, so my primary put me on a low dose of a blood pressure medication as a precaution. If my BP spikes without cause (like sickness or injury) I'm to stop my adderall immediately
@kimberlyjohnston2726 im also on bp medication, but it barely helps even on days when i don't take any stimulant meds. I've tried several times to have a constructive argument about blood pressure medications, but i swear as soon as i bring it up, they yank the ritalin, cold turkey and then wonder why i turn into a puddle.
@brettrace ...can you switch primaries? When I first moved to where I live now I had to do that because my first primary insisted I quit the adderall because I was on the meds, despite my bp being perfectly fine (it was like 117/78). I said no, and she had the gall to say "you act just fine to me. The only adults who use that drug are addicts".
I switched to a different dr in the clinic that day.
I wish they would quit giving out meds for so many normal things! It's causing people more problems than it's worth. Try teaching them coping mechanisms. I have made it through my life without taking pills for normal feelings and issues....it's ridiculous to hand out pills for so many things that everyone deals with.
This is really great. My wife is one of the women that got looked over as a kid because she was inattentive but not hyperactive. Got diagnosed a few years ago and got some meds and it helped her A LOT.
Would be great to do something like this for OCD as well. Thats something that I have and I've noticed a similar self-diagnosis problem with it, as well as it just being used casually when it's not really the actual disorder. Also, it often doesn't look the way common understanding would lead you to believe.
Medication for me gave me the breathing room I needed to work on the parts of my life adhd had most affected. I got my impulse control under lockdown, I worked on getting my weight under control, and developing good work and study habits. It knocked down a huge gate that was blocking my progress and life, but I still had to do some walking down it on my own, it just made it all a bit more possible.
we watched the video with my girlfriend who has ADHD, confirmed and learned lots of stuff. Great informative video! Thanks doc
Adderall is legal amphetamine. Ritalin is legal meth. The difference is it’s regulated small Doses. On the streets tweeking comes from using high amounts. The old school bikers ‘crank’ was more like amphetamine not like the high power crystal meth amphetamine.
The analogy of watching TV, but someone else keeps changing the channel is a great way to explain it. I might be so focused on something, and then all of the sudden I realize that even though I'm holding a book or have a spreadsheet open, I'm thinking of something else. Then I go back only for it to happen again. It's like waking up from a coma every 15 minutes. You need to figure out what is going on.
Might be interesting to see how many military service members have undiagnosed ADHD. I've always seen my condition as something people think is unnecessary in the modern age. But if you're a hunter, or a soldier, it might be a different story.
Some might say Attention deficit, but I would argue that it is simply a different way of processing information. A fish probably won't be good at climbing a tree, but thats not where they operate best.
Just as a person with adhd, may not be naturally suited to an office job.
Stimulants are big business. It is a way for our profit driven economy to extract more value from its citizens, by ensuring they are stimmed up and productive while at jobs that become ever more complex and technical by the decade. When you are old with heart disease, your value will have already been extracted. Some people indeed need these medications, but many are being exploited by social pressures into performing at superhuman levels.
Love my momma to death for not letting them docs give me this garbage I’m normal.just with an extra eye on life and I have my hands on you it’s fine just defend yourself while we are trying to get this work done 😢😂just pretend we are living in ancient times fighting on enemy sides but at the moment we are fighting the same cause but trying to kxll each other at the same time 😭😂🫡
Finally. I don't know if it's because you're saying what I wanted to hear, but more importantly, you do not come across as someone high on speed. Many of the people with the problem that get on TH-cam to talk about it are obviously under the influence and they attempt to explain it away, and though their content is relevant and accurate, they still come across high. You do not exhibit these characteristics. I look forward to hearing more from you Dr. Raynor.
People with ADHD tend to talk faster when they're not on medication.
I grew up taking a spread of different medications. I hated it and eventually ditched them for instead cutting sugar and better resting to improve my baseline. Then I just tried harder for a long time. Now that I'm out of my Christian home, I've found meditating to be very affective for me.
I remember learning about this.... It was terrifying.
you didn't learn anything, unless learning itself is terrifying to you.
@@RawbeardX what? Are you saying you can't learn something if that something scares you??
My doctor told me i would be better off to use meth than the pharmaceutic onec i did start using i acutely was able to concentrate, sleep, make friends, finish a task. Meth saved my life
LOL
duh
What about reaching 58 crippling adhd being in uk no mental health service 4 year waiting list if meds work
I have ADHD and I cant stand this crying over it being called a disorder... my brain is fucked... is what it is
I have ADHD, I’m on the vyvance medication…. Years ago I was on adderall but my insurance changed and new one told me I had to change “the brand” basically 😂
I admit I liked the first med, it was only lasting 6 hours so I could take 2 per day. But sometimes I only took 1 in a day, saving an extra for a potential “fun night” of taking 3 in one day. But with vyvance it’s a 12 hour capsule and sure I can try and split one in half but it’s not good like that. So that’s ok, lol, I can just have normal days now 😅
I'm over 60 and still Need Ritalin just to calm my mind and esp my body enough to sleep, for me its a blessing! Diagnosed at 30, been discovering the nuances of self therapy.. So pleased there is so much info now available and being discussed.. I agree that meds are not a cure!,, but omg, i cant even imagine trying to function as a "normal" without my meds.. I hope a better method can be found. Meanwhile we use what we have available that "helps".
I was diagnosed before middle school, but every med they tried on me I really hated. Hated the over activity and would get in trouble wanting to start conversations during class. So I just stopped, still given to me but I would throw them away every morning. Years later in my 20’s I was ready to try again, I was a bad worker at simple things, I wouldn’t chat much and when I did it was ridiculous content. Bam, I got one I had never been given as a kid, vyvance and it works great. I finally feel “normal” in public and was able to find a wife 🤪
My son has both ADHD and autism, since he has both as a parent hard to tell which of his traits are due to his autism or ADHD. Either way just had to adapt to whatever services he needs at school etc.
Doc, what’s your opinion on atomoxetine, a.k.a. Strattera? It’s supposed to treat ADHD symptoms but not contain any, you know, meth. You think it’s a safe alternative?
The animator shown in this video is called Ice cream sandwich, please credit artists when using their stuff.
Thanks for the video. I was diagnosed as an adult in the mid-90's, I was given stimulants. The first time I took the drug it was like night and day, and I also took a nap, which was unusual for me.
The Skeletal molecules at 33:50 look off. The group that makes the d and l isomers is a methyl group in all four molecules shown. The amine group comes off the end of the carbon side chain and ends for amphetamine and continues to the extra methyl group found in methamphetamine based on images i've seen elsewhere.
It is legal meth. I’ve been saying this since I was 17. Very destructive and mind altering drugs.
Joe Rogan is just as repliable as Alix Jones. (Not at all reliable). In my opinion.
Primary care doctors no longer spend time with their patients. They have them fill out a questionnaire, throw the results into a computer to get a diagnosis, and throw pills at the problem without taking time to discuss lifestyle choices, habits, therapies, etc. Or at least that is what happens at all the doctors offices in my area.
Primary care doc's are the public defenders of medicine. Overworked, understaffed, underpaid, and simply don't have the time and resources required to do their job well.
One big thing I have noticed is not staying with a hobby and jumping from hobby to hobby. Medication has helped me in huge amounts.
I am curious if you have been tested. Proper testing by a neurologist in conjunction with a psychiatrist. There are a lengthy testing that is done.
The reason I ask is the hobby thing you mentioned. Starting all in fully, but then Starting something completely different with a high level of excitement and being indifferent (or you might feeling a nagging feelinhg about the original hobby, but the excitement of the new hobby is much stronger as a desire.
This is very common with people who have Bipolar Disorders.
Especially if a rush of excitement or almost a high or feeling on top of the world and elated is present.
Bipolar Disorders are treated with CBT and completely different medications than ADHD.
Also, with creative people or if your hobbies are more academic, they may stay in that heightened state without crashing into the lows seen in typical Bipolar Disorders because they are fueling (most likely) the highs longer.
Which is why they these individuals aren't being picked up with maybe having Bipolar Disorders.
Having said that, get the proper testing done.
As what you described may be age related. It is common for young people to embrace a hobby then discard it for a new hobby because you're doing exactly what is a normal part of development: trying different things and figuring out what is an actual interest long-term than something that seemed to be an interest but really wasn't your niche.
This also happens at other stages in life as well.
Jumping from one interest to another can be :
A) normal development of finding your niche in life,
B) a possible symptom of ADHD,
C) a possible symptom of Bipolar Disorders,
D) just part of your personality, the excitement of new things until they don't feel new anymore
E) part of your personality that wants to test everything because you are highly curious and motivated to test as many experiences as possible.
Not everything is a neurological or psychiatric disorder. Sometimes it is simply having a highly curious mind.
Having said that, get properly tested, so if you need treatment, you are getting the correct treatment.
Take Care ❤
Thank you so much for your response, means a lot that you took the time and thought to write all that out. I am 43 and have had this issues my entire life. I absolutely love learning and researching but did very poorly in some topics in school if it did not interest me. In college it was better as I got to pick most of my classes. It’s very hard for me to focus on anything that does not interest me. I have learned to live with my issues and do have a wonderful job and amazing family. I am a machinist as I love making and designing things. I do have moods swings though not common. But these did not show up till after I started taking medication. I have been on the meds now for 6-7 years and it really did help. Even my boss noticed a huge change at work. I use to get distracted easily and would procrastinate with no thought or care of the resulting consequences. I don’t take the meds all the time and there are days where everything is good and I don’t feel like I need it. Thank you for your insight.
My meds help me, i take 70mg a day cuz of how bad my ADHD is. I take something similar to concerta.
If you saw my backyard right now, you think it’s a disorder too
Me while listening/watching this : put the clothes I was supposed to put in the washer in the trash instead 🙃
everyone vyvanse is terrible dont use it tell ur doctor u don twant it anymore please oh its so terrible it ruined everything
Yes! I saw the ingredients and asked my bro the pharmacist. I said " wait, it's meth?" And he said "yeah bro"
Adhd is both a neurotype AND a disorder. It is always the first and sometimes the second, depending on how it impacts your daily life. For some people, it's not a big deal with some coping mechanisms and habits in place. For others (like me), it is a disorder that requires both those coping mechanisms and habits and medication to manage. I'm simply not stably employed without meds due to how much my symptoms impact my day to day. And for others still, even with medication it's hard to live a 'normal' life. To say ADHD is "only a neurotype" is to say those people's struggles don't qualify as living with a disorder.
We seriously need to get back to seeing nuance in definitions as a good thing!
Take away or add the methyl ring to its chemical structure so its either meth or diet meth
Being hyper or not FOCUSING does not meam you have ADD ADHD adhd and add are life changing and ruin life suicide having issues atou3ndn other peopel. Adhd ruins your life i ha e ti say you dont relly know what your talking about other then your text book replay
I have adhd. I have been medicated.
I don't care what you all think I find using thc to shut off my mind so I can focus on one thing. I struggle to even make it through a whole movie most of the time. Weed helps with that. But I am not ADHD I got social anxiety and general anxiety. I struggle paying attention cause I got all kind of stupid thoughts on my head all day. Unless I am stoned😂
You Are Speaking Scientific Facts!!!!
Psychiatry/psychology is a massive and growing industry. All of those graduating need something to do. The industry is a soft science with the worst track record of all the sciences. I don't believe the majority of what they say.
Brain scans show differences with those with adhd. So it’s not like it’s made up.
Meds are a solution to the deficit of dopamine and different brain structure.
The effects definitely change when your older vs younger drastically. When I was a kid the meds ruined my appetite and made me emotional numb and anti social causing social problems and anxiety big time!