Watch This If No One Believes You Have ADHD

If you're suffering from ADHD, having support is really important. Sadly, not many of us can get any of that from our friends and family. So.. at least we should have each others' backs!

If you're feeling lost or lonely, this video is for you. I offer a few arguments for hope and share some thoughts you can use to pick yourself up.

You'll be okay, I promise *hug*.

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[The_Vanished]

I hate to correct, I try not to since my ADHD diagnosis but I think it's important to say ADHD is not a mental disorder but a neurophysiological disorder. It can't be fixed just by thinking differently. I mean thinking differently sure helps but it's actually not being able to engage with your prefrontal cortex as everyone else does. Many people think it's personality but the reason why a person can't do things is deeper than just "thinking". No matter what you will be unable to stop yourself and it just sucks to be powerless over compulsion/impulsivity

[ridaanam]

I told my best friend, that I think I might have adhd cuz how messy I am and how unorganised I am and she said "no it's because u were not well disciplened and didn't have strict parents to make u organised", I was heart broken

[fpVLAD]

I can relate to that so much! Nothing feels worse than people perciving you as a fraud even though you yourself know that you are actually strugling on a daily basis. It can feel infuriating and I believe people jus casually throwing that term around are making it worst for all the rest - they are the kid that is yelling wolf, while we are being eaten alive.

[brokenrobot]

Thank you so much. Recently diagnosed at 53 and cant believe I suffered with these horrible feelings of self-hate for so long.

[theodorawohler]

Do what you feel you need to do for your son. Forget about others think you should do. Your are this boy’s mother, if you don’t advocate for him nobody else will.
Get help from the pediatrician and the child’s school. Ask for an evaluation by school, if you live in the US, it is free of charge. Once testing is done, then you know what you are dealing with. You can get support for your son. If he has ADHD or something else, you can get services he needs.
I went through h… with my daughter when she was a small child. She didn’t talk, hands shaking, frequent ear infections. No support from her father and her grandmother. I knew in my heart something was wrong. She had a stroke while I was pregnant with her. Once the problem is identified, it will be easier to get the help you both need. Please don’t give up, ignore those who don’t support you.

[annebethkuijs]

Thanks so much for your content. Found you after my diagnosis last week and everything is really helpful.
Greetings from your neighbor on the left ;) (Holland)😊

I studied psychology from 2005-2010 and I'm baffled how much more there is known nowadays about the disorder. The research field is so dynamic and the knowledge is rapidly expanding. Alse there is a wave of adult 'catch-up' diagnosis going on, even more so for females. It's all just so fascinating. So sad that in society there are still so many misconceptions. And lots of factors people don't know are related go it, like high sensitivity to stimuli, HSP, debilitatingfatigue, problems with emotion regulation and rejection sensitivity, even more so for people who've gone undiagnosed (or even worse: misdiagnosed) through lots of their live with all the insecurity and trying that brings. Comorbidity with other disorders. I really hope there comes a better name to make it more clear that it's not so much a lack of attention, but more a lack in control (focus on only one thing or too many things all at once). Maibe even a broader terminology and classification shift in things related to neurodiversity as a whole.

Once I have had my own treatment I would very much like to specialize in adult ADHD. I feel so passionate about it because there is so much about this to be said and I believe it's so important.

[jadetea]

dang. Antonia is calling every I've interacted out and holding them accountable.
Wow youtube is literally on point today with recommendations.

[ttul]

Best answer: “It’s so shocking, isn’t it? I was surprised that a qualified psychiatrist diagnosed me with ADHD. To this day, I still don’t understand how I qualified, but I guess that’s why they’re the experts.”

[littlesister]

When I got back on meds i started suffering from imposter syndrome because i was functioning better! What a weird feeling! You wouldn't doubt having an infection just because the antibiotics were working and making it better! So when im struggling with feelings like that i just come here for support 😊

[kiyobum]

thank you so much, and lots of love from Tokyo, Japan❤

[logann-mackenziefroste]

Awesome video ‼️ I can totally relate with this video 💯 as I am going through this right now with my family members atleast my mum has been really supportive about it. 😅😊

[kwa_nguyen]

Thanks for making this video sis, .
I was recently diagnoised but I am still very skeptical . I even told all of this to my pshychiatrist and was just very open with how i think, behave and have been experienceing and living life for the past few years. I was really hoping he would say that i was just lacking discipline, drive and purpose .

and the thing with me is. I have had months where I can be a david goggins and wake up early, run, exercise, do cold showers, meditate, use notion. Be super positive and connected with the world and everyone, and then depending on whats happening in my world. i can also easily just crash for a month or two and be in a state of complete opposite . I call it my man periods. In these months. Its awful. im so negative, depressed, my mind is racing and ruminating on so many things in the past and so much going on in the present.
Im a dad now and thats just made things even much harder.

But anyway. I am still trying to figure it all out and like you said. Im just desperate to try and do whatever it is that I have to do to try and create the life i want to enjoy and experience and also try to help others as best as I can when I can.

My vynanse script starts next week. 30mg a day for a month and will see what happens. im excited but like i said. still very skeptical but im hopeful as well. and broke Lol god dam this stuff is expensive but hopefully I will perform and focus better and will make more improvements in my business and can make more money to support all of this.

[thebestusername]

I wish I could get on medication so badly. My doctor won't prescribe me medication because I'm a recovered drug addict and they worry I'll abuse it, I guess. So I just try and do all the things they say to do to help myself out. Timers. Sticky notes. Etc. But those usually just turn into reminders of all the shit I haven't accomplished and how much I suck. All I want is to be a normal functioning adult. That's it. 😢

[ecos]

Recently got diagnoses so lucky that I have two sisters with ADHD and Autism and my mum also likely has it considering how she behaves. It kind of got rid of that imposter sybdrome for me regarding getting myself diagnosed.

[julianarias]

I went through that with my psychiatrist. I live in Colombia where ADHD seems not to have been widely recognized, and there are people with very serious disorders due to the context

[BBFCCO]

There is a rational explanation, as I have discovered, even though it's a struggle to have to explain yourself to everyone around you who may not take you seriously. People who have a higher education in general will believe a person has executive function issues, than someone who has been going by on survival mode, or does not want to educate themselves or get better. It is frustrating that they would rather see you struggle, than live an easier life.

[melissasabie]

I am currently living this! I have always known something was different about my brain and even joked about having adhd when I was younger.. but now that I have my own kids and my youngest definitely has it, it has opened my mind to the fact that I more than likely do too! And I am almost positive my mom does also bc she always says “everyone does that” but I don’t think everyone does lol … she also unfortunately is narcissistic so that’s why I think she doesn’t want to hear a word about it! There’s no way we have something “wrong with us” … smh and I wonder why I have always said that to myself! And it sucks bc she doesn’t want me to get my son the help he needs. But I’m going to anyways but I know she’s going to think I’m just being lazy and want to drug my child 😓 I am literally so desperate for help with hum tho.. I have tried everything and I just feel bad bc I can tell her doesn’t want to do or think the things he does sometimes! 💔 also, I’m a single mom and his dad refuses to even meet him.. but I want my son to be able to sit still for a few mins to talk when they do meet ! So far he has not been able to sit still longer for 10 seconds his whole life ! So much energy !! Lol Everything has been a mess lately but we’re getting through it! One day at a time ❤️🙏🏼With Jesus, anything is possible!! 🥰

[thebestusername]

This video just gave me the biggest epiphany. I was diagnosed with adhd as a child but I "grew out of it" in my teen years. I feel that I just matured a bit and became less hyperactive and more inattentive.

But I've spent my whole life going back and forth between telling myself I do still definitely have it. That's why my house is a mess. That's why my bills don't get paid. That's why I have zero motivation to do anything about anything. And telling myself I'm just a lazy piece of crap who prefers chain smoking and watching YouTube videos to keeping up with my adult responsibilities.

But who tf cares!? I don't need to prove to anybody that there's something wrong with me. I KNOW there's something wrong with me, lol.

[jamescharlton]

Please could you do a video on Joe Wicks recent crap he came out with. We need more and more people to jump on things when these happen.

[kite]

alot of doctors worry people are just seeking adhd meds that don't really have it..problem is then they misdiagnose maybe as depression or bipolar and SSRIs, anti-psychotics can make adhd worse.