What Is The Difference Between ADD And ADHD? (Dr Richard Abbey)

In this video, we will cover what Is the Difference Between ADD And ADHD.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, bouts of excessive energy, hyper-fixation, and impulsivity, which are otherwise not appropriate for a person's age.

Some individuals with ADHD also display difficulty regulating emotions or problems with executive function. For a diagnosis, the symptoms have to be present for more than six months and cause problems in at least two settings (such as school, home, work, or recreational activities).

In children, problems paying attention may result in a decline in school performance. Additionally, it is associated with other mental disorders and substance use disorders.

Although it causes impairment, particularly in modern society, many people with ADHD can have sustained attention (hyperfocus) for tasks they find interesting or rewarding.

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🤔Signs and symptoms:
Inattention, hyperactivity (restlessness in adults), disruptive behavior, and impulsivity are common in ADHD.

Academic difficulties are frequent as are problems with relationships. The symptoms can be difficult to define, as it is hard to draw a line at where normal levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity end and significant levels requiring interventions begin.

According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), symptoms must be present for six months or more to a degree that is much greater than others of the same age. they must cause significant problems functioning in at least two settings (social, school/work, or home).

The criteria must have been met before age twelve to receive a diagnosis of ADHD. This requires at least 6 symptoms of inattention or hyperactivity/impulsivity for those under 17 and at least 5 for those 17 years or older.

🔎This video cover the following subjects:
- What Is The Difference Between ADD And ADHD?
- The 3 Main Types of ADD
- What causes ADHD
- The role of Dopamine
- What are the treatments for ADHD?
- Effects of medication treatment for people with ADHD
- Brain Training for treating ADD
- What is the role of Oligodendrocytes in the brain
- How can Abbey Neuropsychology Clinic help children with ADHD

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Do you or your child struggle to concentrate or pay attention? Comment down below👇🏼

[Deetrim]

At the age of 4 I was diagnosed with OCD and put on medication. Being on an SSRI my entire life I never seeked help because as an adult I didn’t have time. After my dads passing 11 months ago I started therapy weekly.. I went in for grief which lead into conversation about myself and my life.. 1 year of sticking to therapy and using an actual psychologist I was diagnosed with ADD and a personality disorder.. 29 years thinking this was just how it was going to be and now I’m living a brand new life and actually coping. To anybody who actually read this please invest in your mental health it’s so worth it and so are you 💗

[sreanmiamor]

This video makes me cry cause here I am 36yr old and I couldn’t never understand why I didn’t like school, why I was never interested in doing the work, why could I never stay focus, and why my mind always wonder off . It would be days I would cry cause I wanted to focus but the other half of my brain wasn’t interested and it always won over all the thinking of wondering off .. It’s make me so sad and frustrating when you have no one to understand you and what you going through 🥲 . I’m still battling this and now I know why . I’m so glad I came across this video .

[D_Mans_Productions_Channel]

I'm a teenager with ADD. The Inattentive type reminds me of how I usually always behave. This is really fascinating!

[dream__soda]

As a kid in school I got diagnosed with ADD. I never thought I was strange.
But as I think back now, what you’re saying does make sense.

I remember reading books or playing games was fun and I loved paying my attention to them. But being class I’d rest my chin on my hand and slowly the boring lecture would fade away and I’d be thinking about a show or a book I wanted to read.

[thepinkflamingostrikesagai]

I knew I had ADD in school because every time I try it would take me hours to do my homework and I would have to read things two or three times to even get a little bit of understanding from it; because in my mind I would just drift off daydreaming. I have to make up mnemonic memory tricks in order to remember people's names and who they are. If you're gone out of my sight like for a day or two I wouldn't even remember your name or your face. I was in Walmart one time and my daughter came up to me as I was looking at some thread and she was just staring at me. I said oh I'm sorry you need to get to the thread? I started walking down the aisle looking at other things. She came up behind me looking hard at me and I was like why is this girl looking at me she's being weird. Then she said MOM really! Why are you walking away from me so fast? Then it was like a light clicked on and I realized it was my daughter. I haven't seen her in 3 days.

[khimonet]

My cousin said I don’t have it because I’m not hyper🙄 but if she actually knew what goes on in the day of my life she’s rethink because it’s hard.

[clairezachman]

I struggle with inattentive add, but I have gotten better about dealing with it over the years. Two of my hardest things to deal with is paying attention to things I'm not fully interested in, and doing anything with a huge group of numbers/letters. When I look at those things I get overwhelmed, also my brain will eliminate or switch things a lot. I think that's why I like art so much, it's just shapes and colors.

[Buttons_Commentary]

This was so wild to come across, whew such an eye opener to my childhood and even now in my mid 30’s. I didn’t get diagnosed with ADHD until 2020 and I was so relieved when she told me and I cried because it explained everything that I’ve been trying to tell people is going on with me, no one would ever listen.

But, I have picked up guitar and it’s taking some time but BRAIN TRAINING is my thing❤️

[aleciavasquez]

As a college student who struggles with this I greatly appreciate this talk. I also found it fascinating when you mentioned the age 12 I saw myself drop from being a 3.9-4.0 gpa student in 7th and 8th grade and through most of school prior, (right when I hit that age range) to a just under 3.0 student once I hit high school. After years of feeling so discouraged and self deprecating I found this so helpful in understanding my brain better and helping get back to the student I used to be now that I’m in college.

[poppingcat]

I have ADD, this actually makes me feel SO much better. I have inattentive ADD so I obviously have absolutely terrible grades and I have been called lazy by all my friends and plus I didn’t really exactly know what it meant to have inattentive ADD. Now I know it’s not my fault and now I don’t have to feel bad :3

[leizygatos]

I haven’t been diagnosed but im pretty sure I have it. If I look back at my childhood I can recall time in elementary school where I had extremely hard time doing homework/studying for tests, staying focused. I was never good at school. Whenever I will say “I feel stupid” my mother will tell me “you are very smart, but you may not be good at studying”. Which was nice, but that became my motto lol and I remember telling myself, i’m smart, but I’m not good at studying, so why try.
When I had to do my act/sat in high school I went for act because I knew I would most definitely not be able to stay focus for that long. It took forever to do one question, and there was no way I could get through even half of the questions. With act, you can guess the answers and you won’t lose a point, but sat will. I remember at the end of the test, I just marked random answers, and I got a decent outcome. I got into college, I even finished. I really don’t know how I was able to finish college…… I spent hours cheating (not on tests but the system) instead of actually studying for those subjects because I knew I would not be able to actually get decent grades. So instead of grasping information, I would try to memorize answers (which often failed at), or instead of coming up with my own opinion/thoughts, I would go ask around, look online to get a general idea to compose my essays. I would not copy word for word, but I really don’t think college helped me with education. I never leaned the best way for me to learn.
I wish I knew about adhd earlier so I could have helped myself learn/be more productive…. I’m still figuring it out…… I’m currently trying to figure out. Even though I graduated, and found a job, and going on with my life, I don’t think I am fulfilled with my life due to the way I manage things. My desire is to be a productive, motivated, accomplished individual, not just getting by with life….. I need to turn things around, relearn about myself, how I work, how I function best in order to get the best out of life.

[ThestPurpleCat]

Thank you for saying facts. I was scared it was another outdated one that says “ADHD and ADD are two different things that don’t overlap”.

I have somewhat between Combined and Inattentive types, but I wasn’t inattentive enough to get diagnosed with ADD and they didn’t consider ADHD the same thing as ADD. I am struggling so so much because I wasn’t diagnosed because I was “too smart” to have ADHD. I mask too well but it’s slowly killing me. I am so tired. Those people who were supposed to help me with diagnoses were outdated. I was scared you’d help them and others continue to be outdated. But if you taught them, they’d actually be able to have helped me.

Thank you for telling facts instead of spreading lies. I hope one day everyone can understand this and maybe understand people with ADHD better and give them some grace.

[laurengomez]

My father as ADHD, my oldest sister, younger brother, and I have it. However it skipped my other sister. My mother has bipolar tendencies, and my sister with no ADHD has them. It’s so interesting how genetics play a factor in us.

[goofball]

I have ADHD for sure. I not only can’t focus and always get distracted, but I also act impulsively and I’m super hyperactive.

[mamashanshan]

Most ones that are ADD/ ADHD, are also very artistic!! It is calming! I did well in school, however, very sociable! 😃 I’m 59 now, back in the day they called it “ very talkative “, busy”, etc! I always ended up with some others in the front of the classroom! I just think, feel, there’s a lot of medicine treatments, which not against, depending on level also I’m sure. I’m grateful I have extra energy, sometimes however, my brain goes faster now than my body!

[elizabethsorola]

Hi I'm 46 years old and
I been living with ADD since i was
Little and every time i would hear people arguing I would cover my
Ears and eyes and would hide in the closet, when I became an adult
I realized I still had it because
I was married to an abusive husband and when he would scream at me
I would run to the closet and hide,
I don't like medicine so
I control this condition with
Positive prayers and exercising
A lot. When in a group conversation
I day dream a lot because many
Negative conversations don't interest me at all.
Negative talk or behavior will
Only keep me isolated.

[levi_octavian]

I have inattentive ADD mixed with High functioning autism and everything described is painfully true. For uninteresting things. I can literally remember the date for a Comic-Con convention 2 years down the road but literally can’t remember and barely follow more than two step directions without it written down. Plus misplacing my house keys are common as well. It’s frustrating how my brain only seems to work properly if it’s of importance to me only. Even when I do try my best.

It also ruins my interests. ADD makes me so picky with shows and animes because if it does not hook me the 2nd 3rd episode I will not watch it. So it’s hard to find something new to watch and enjoy.

Genuinely curious if anyone else in the comments has similar issues.

[xitlali]

I noticed when my daughter was about 3, she’s very intelligent but struggles to stay focus on the subject that aren’t interesting . When it comes to art she can stay focused for hours.

[pibly]

Great video. 👍 I’m 56 and have gotten fired from many jobs due to careless mistakes I didn’t even realize I was making which resulted in me believing I was just not smart enough . Back in the 90’s, I went to a psychologist who at that time simply told me there was only a checklist for what back then was only called ADD. I tried Wellbutrin for a while but it did nothing and I just abandoned looking into it anymore. Plus— when you don’t have insurance— because you can’t keep a job— you can’t go see the specialist you need to. Now, learning about brain training and neuroplasticity has given me new hope.