Adult ADHD & Depression: Coping Strategies

Managing Adult ADHD and Depression: Today, we're diving into a topic that many of us with ADHD face: managing depression. Living with ADHD can present unique challenges, and when combined with depression, it can feel overwhelming. But don't worry, I've got you covered (to the best of my abilities) with some practical strategies and tips to help you navigate through these tough times.

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[ArdelleVision]

How do you manage your depression? Hope this video brought you hope. 🥹

[friarpesel]

Television: increases depression

ArdelleVision: increases happiness 🤗

[Adam-xsng]

Very helpful, it's nice to know we are not alone in our struggles. As a middle aged man I have very few people I can share my sadness with. It is not the done thing in England. I am pretty much a master at hiding these things as I don't want to worry those around me.

[brandonsuros]

If I had to describe your channel in 1 word I'd say, Underrated

[harneymint]

This came at the right time.

There are no coincidences.

Thank you for sharing x

[ShinyObjectMoms]

Also was diagnosed with depression when it was adhd. And big birds are freaky man. Cannot do it. Ive had geese attack me 😮
I like talking to others who have adhd - my 15 yr old daughter and my sister in law. Constantly learning. Hormones throughout your cycle will increase your depression too. Yes, I've been in really bad depression.

[HalidBsn-nzqy]

‘Wow look at all the poop’

‘Um, well, I am kinda having a shitty day anyways’

YOU ARE A WHOLE MOOD! Love your humor 🤗❤️

[julesgiddings]

I hope you’re well Ardelle. We miss your videos.

[Gpmcummings]

Thanks for sharing this Ardelle; really appreciate the openness and vulnerability in sharing one of the lesser talked about dimensions to ADHD. Great advice too - especially 'taking your time'. Keep at it.

[ericburge]

This is a good one. Ardelle, you're right with everything in this video. However, I'd like to add one thing to the mix and that's music. The Beatles, for me, help get me out of any moody blues place or stuck thought where I'm too focused on one part of a situation. I discovered you by accident and the way to talk is pretty much me. So yeah thanks for being you and sharing yourself with us. It helps!

[RunOs]

Thank you for all the great content. Keep up the good work.

[tima]

Hi Ardelle !! I love watching you & your personality ☺️ please don’t stop making videos. I especially resonated to your Communication video . I feel like I can’t articulate my words or thoughts properly and have to explain 2-3x so people finally understand me. Can’t find the words sometimes when it comes to complex subjects or in front of authority figures 🥺

[HalidBsn-nzqy]

I felt that part after you mentioned the spaghetti!!!

I am so sorry for everyone who is going through this. And it makes me sad watching u feeling that way. I relate so so so much to it and the worst part is that I can feel how u feel in that video…. 😢….


BUT 👮‍♂️🚨🚔 !:
YOU ARE DOING THE BEST U CAN! LITERALLY, BE GOOD TO YOURSELF😍
YOU ARE TRYING,
DOING YOUR BEST!!! YOU TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES, CONTINUE TRYING, DON’T GIVE UP!!!!

All the worries of now will disappear one day. Ask yourself, do you read the newspapers from 10 yrs ago? NO! As everyday is a new day, GOOD or bad, FOCUS on yourself, BE HAPPY FOR YOUR EYES, LEGS AND ARMS!

LAUGH about something funny your adhd brain got

Bcs

Pls,
BE PROUD of what u achieved, literally already achieved. In my eyes everyone is succesful, as long as they try living life, appreciate good or bad days. Whatever happens, good or bed, EMBRACE IT. If u can learn from it, LEARN! And believe me, if you learn it and u forget about it, and let’s day it happens again, u will not forget it (for a specific period of time ofcourse). And it’s okay to not do your best. Always ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen? Why do I keep getting stuck? Why am I emotional?
STOP ASKING YOURSELF SO MANY QUESTIONS❤️

If you need to cry, CRY!
If u don’t know the reason, JUST DON’T KNOW IT, but let it out!

Give yourself love, THE LOVE YOU DESERVE!!!!
We all been through a lot of rough stuff/situations!!! But hey, , , , the past is not something we can change. Sometimes things happen even if we would like to see them differently.

FACE YOUR EMOTIONS!
FEEL THEM!
FEEL YOUR SADNESS, HAPPINESS, there is no bad emotion!!!! But just feel it. Don’t AVOID, the next time it will be easier, then it will be more bad, live from day to day! Appreciate every moment, with everyone in your life!!!
EMBRACE ALL CHALLENGES AND

YOU ARE IN THAT PARK, ESPECIALLY WHEN U AM THAT WAY!!!! U DID IT!

May God bless all your hearts ❤️

[WindowswTom]

Your videos help me so much. I wish I could meet you for coffee to talk. I did not realize that others experience what I do. Thanks

[jpick]

Hi! Just discovered & subscribed, Im 45yo that got diagnosed a few months ago, Ive been struggling with this all my Life but as I discovered this condition has a name and IS common I started to put some work on It and Life started to gain momentum even I changed my career completely so my job is aligned with my interests.

[BrianAndrewStephens]

Ardelle where you at? I need to feed my binge watching addiction. Also you just went to this big YouTube convention, so I know you want to make more videos. This is supposed to be motivation by the way. Just know that you are missed! I'm a big fan!

[chato]

Hola chica! I just discovered your Ardelleness 2 months ago when I was diagnosed by a therapist at 50 years old. woopsie. Anyhow, thanks for your vids. I can relate and I have mixed emotions about that since I'm still in the acceptance stage. Well, I just wanted to say hi and let ya know some of us quirky introverts are cheering for you. Hope you're feeling better today and if not, always remember "farts are funny". Ciao!

[SDTCAL]

Ardelle, I just found your channel and I thought you were talking about me. Also, I'm a Canadian, so please lay off my Canadian geese. They are big birds, but they're harmless and I'm sure they would love you.

Anyhow, I can go through your video minute by minute and tell you exactly how it relates to what I do, or how I feel almost everyday. Holy s***!

I get so anxious at home doing all of the regular things you do at home, that I have to go out for multiple walks per day. These aren't smelling the flowers walks, these are quick, lengthy walks, simply to relieve stress and anxiety.

Also, if I'm on a 1-hour zoom call, I generally have to mute the audio and turn off the camera several times, so I can get up and pace for a bit. Anybody with me?

I have been struggling with something for a few years, and I decided NOT to see the community college crowd of therapists, rather, I thought I would see a psychologist (only because I could not afford a psychiatrist).

In any case, I think that my psychologist has misdiagnosed me. I have been told since childhood that I could not sit still, I was the class clown in school (so much so that my 4th grade teacher, Mrs Cook, hit me in the face with a book (I never acted up in her class again...)) and I am drumming or tapping something constantly.

I know I'm depressed, but I think it's because of the ADHD. My biggest issue is that whenever I'm trying to do anything, I have 55 other thoughts in my head... Not voices, thoughts.

Also, I am very worried about you! I know I'm really stressed out, but I don't give a s*** what the ducks/geese do.

Finally, I was in tears at the end of this video when you got emotional because, again, you sounded so much like me and what goes on in my head.

Anyhow, I am rambling at this point. I just wanted to let you know that your videos make us feel that we are not alone. You aren't either! And, for that, I thank you.

Keep up the great work!

[djallalnamri]

if we put things into perspective, we would perhaps end up understanding that depression in the case of ADHD is (perhaps... as always) the result of a losing battle...
because of a lack of perspective (perhaps...as always).
if undeniably, there exists a hereditary genetic substrate for ADHD (among other substrates) while gene therapy is not part of the therapeutic arsenal which is usually used to treat this condition we should not be surprised by the depression resulting from one or more fundamentally ineffective therapies, depression due to the absence of expected significant change and improvement.
ultimately, the most familiar aspect because the most recurrent in such a situation is the depression itself resulting from the inability to provide radical treatment of a largely unconscious neuro-developmental condition if genetically proven, treatment intended to make us neurotypical once and for all.
would we adapt more to differences by accepting them rather than wanting to change them by all means?
Is beyond difference resemblance?
whether by car or by bike, travel is assured even with all the differences existing between a car or a bike because our final destination whether it is home, the workplace, the supermarket, etc., etc., etc. don't move and wait for us.

[Dad-ijqy]

When you figure out the difference between geese and ducks, let us know! I have been a cross-country runner since the bicentennial and I often run past reservoirs with geese & ducks.

I am a guy with inattentive ADD, so I deal with everything you deal with. I also have MDD, and have been medicated for it for five years. I have also been on a low-carbo. ketogenic, no-sugar diet for 20 years. The only supplement I take is 5, 000 I.U. Vitamin D-3
once a week during the winter months. From listening to medical doctors on youtube I've learned that many if not most dietary supplements that come in a plastic jar are not "bioavailable" and probably don't supply the same health benefits as foods that are rich in the same vitamins.

You seemed to have bottomed out, psychologically around 2020. How could you not have with the pandemic killing so many of us? I bottomed out psychologically around 2022. I am also a caffeine addict. You seem hyperactive compared to me. However, I feel all the other ADD-related stuff. So I can totally relate to constant distractions that never stop until I go to sleep, and curse myself because I have absolutey no idea where my passive infrared sensor (the size of my palm) is since a family member came and helped me to "tidy up" several rooms in my house and in my

Peace.