ADHD from Childhood to Adulthood [Symptoms and Traits]

In a group of 100 children, 2 to 4 will have minds that are atypical in a particular way. They have difficulties paying attention, talk too much, or constantly interrupt others. Later they are often diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or short ADHD. To learn how it feels like growing up with ADHD, follow Lisa, a young girl who dreams about becoming a writer.

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COLLABORATORS
Script: Ludovico Saint Amour di Chanaz and Jonas Koblin
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Matt Abbott
Coloring: Nalin
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Head of Partnership Programme: Selina Bador
Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda

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Embarrassing Moment - Jack Pierce
Friendly Phantom - Shaun Frearson

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CHAPTER
00:00 Intro
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Understanding ADHD
00:38 Lisa’s story
01:22 The school turmoil
02:44 The turning point
03:18 Embracing change
03:34 ADHD symptoms
04:16 ADHD treatment
04:49 Celebrating neurodiversity
05:12 What do you think?
05:40 Patrons credits
05:49 Ending

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[Vort_tm]

You forgot to mention "Because of persisting stigmas around ADHD diagnosis, she questions whether the diagnosis is correct or if she's just somehow inherently lazy."

[doe]

So cute!

And i love the little detail of "the parents didnt know any better, " its important for younger people to know that sometimes parents just really dont know things and can make mistakes

[pandaqwanda]

currently procrastinating from school by watching this

[LinguaPhiliax]

Thank you for making a girl the focus of this story. Many ADHD experiences are usually shown through a male perspective, thus neglecting the unique struggles women with ADHD have to go through.

[cboogey]

insane how accurate the school depiction is

[foznoth]

Gifted but lazy was the refain all through school until the last year when i got a Dyslexia diagnosis. Thirty eight years later I'm realising it was also Autism & ADHD. Now my life starts a new chapter.

[Gregorio]

2:02 “so she masks her inattention and puts all her energy into nodding and making eye contact. But, by doing so, she loses her concentration entirely, and ends up not listening at all”.

I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD for a while, yet I am still floored when I realize something I do is a result of it. I can’t tell you how much time/energy/resources I’ve lost to this one simple thing I learned to do to appease the neurotypicals around me

[pqr]

Lisa's story is almost a mirror image of mine. Uncanny.

[VirgoINFP]

Lack of knowledge of parents and teachers can really destroy kids who are not "lazy" but struggling because of ADHD.

[michele]

I never do comments, but this time I just have to.
Thank you so much for this video. I already send it to my family and friends to get them to understand how I felt my whole life.


I'm a 33 year old woman and right now I'm recovering from my second serious depression in a psychiatry.

3 months ago I got diagnosed with ADHD. If 6 months ago, someone would have asked me, if I have ADHD I would have answered "no" with full conviction.

I never got asked the right questions:
Yes, I can sit still - turns out I can't (but not like I alway thought, I'm alway playing with something, I'm always changing my position)
Of course I can focus - I do but it needs so much energy, I can't to anything else after focusing for 30 minutes. Or as explained in the video I need something else like doodeling or a tv playing to stay focused.
I can do conversations - but while the other person is focused on the one topic, in my brain there is like a meteor shower of thoughts and it takes up so much energy to always get back to the topic (and look like I don't get destracted every couple of seconds)

I did study, I did managed adult life, I have worked (though never long at the same company). But just now I know how hard all those things where for me and why I got burned out and have all my depression episodes.

To begin the medication - because now I know how much I struggled through life. I took 'ritalin' it was the worst. I couldn't feel any difference except the side effetcs - and beliefe me those where theworst.
Now I have another medication (Elvanse) and I felt the same as the girl/women in the video. It was just 3 weeks ago and I remember saying to myself: is that how others live?! How f*** easy is that!
For the first time in my life I just lied in my bed and was calm.

Immediatly my depression got better, my mood swings where gone - can you imagine to just be happy, calm and feeling okay for more than 3 days in a row?
I couldn't and even I had a meltdown in those weeks, I got out of it quit easy and it never was as worse as before.

We have to talk more about a lot of things, one of them is ADHD.
If you just have the slightest feeling of you or someone around you have ADHD, do the testing. It really can change lives.

Hopefully in the future I can adapt my life to my unbelievable, creative and (not so) unique brain and don't have to take medication anymore. And hopefully a lot of people can accept there way of life and adapt there uniqueness to be something great and not something, that has to be controlled.

[dizzy_ddigital]

Followed you a few days ago and suddenly you uploaded this? It almost felt like my entire life has been told in this video! From the artistic view to masking symptoms to struggling with daily life. The experience of taking medications for ADHD was not at all an exaggeration, it truly did made me realize how everyone else managed their life so easily. I was delighted, but also frustrated. Years of struggling and no one realized, no one understood. But now that I understand myself better, I'll do my best to work with my brain the way it's meant to work. I've been off meds for 6 months now, and adjusting my life to my needs.

Thank you for this video, @Sprouts ! And to everyone who's reading this, I hope you can live happy and healthy, full of love. 🔆

[angelicaamplified]

Lisa must be my twin because this was like watching a documentary of my life lol! This is one of THE BEST, concise, yet information packed videos about ADHD that I've seen. I've had experiences like Lisa in the video and so much more, until my junior year of college when I got diagnosed. LOVE the video for noting how one's period can impact symptoms, cause it's no joke! In terms of medication... It's a journey. I recently finished schooling to be a therapist and because my symptoms are severely impairing, I take them. It helps tremendously with managing the Adulting world.. especially time management, emotional regulation, and impulsivity. I was shocked, sad and angry when I took my first pill because it opened my eyes to how much normalcy I missed out on but, it's better late than never. :) I'll forever love @Sprouts

[Moonlight-sukl]

I have ADHD and currently taking a break from medication 💊. I believe the world 🌍 would be a better place if everyone accepts our differences 🧠.

[daniellakioto]

This story is a 99% description of me, thank you for spreading awareness. I got diagnosed at 26 y.o and now learning how to live with my brain. I feel seen for the first time in my life.

[adotheginger]

I started writing poems when I was 8 for my primary school crush

I would fail everything else; maths, arts, history, you name it

I fell out hard in mid and higschool - started skipping classes, failed literature, could barely keep up with my peers despite being told I have "great potential" and being "a shiny diamond mined by a coal.miner"

Discovered rap. Couldn't ever drop it, it was my first time seeing something so unconditionally artistic and playful

Barely made it to college, had a lot of trouble keeping friendships and/or jobs, dropped twice out of uni

Finally went back to uni, started studying advertising and I found out about copywriting - first 2 years I would nail everything and everyone
Because of my playful wording and nature

In the final year, I got overwhelmed by stress and I went for an evaluation. Found out I have ADHD burnout and I have been masking all.my life

Couldn't believe it, started judging myself even rougher, telling myself I'm just lazy

Eventually, through A LOT of hard effort, I started writing again

Finally made peace with my mind and I made it up:

I'm becoming a rapper, 15 years later than when I felt the urge

First song dropping this summer, wish me luck

[Tharmorteos]

i remember being diagnosed with ADHD as a kid and got a perscription for a medication called "ritalin" in order to improve my grades in school. it helped, but at some point i got told that i was "healed and don't need to take ritalin anymore".
i'm approaching my 40s now and during the last few years, i'm experiencing minor difficulties with my memory, mostly when it comes to past discussions and i also have sometimes issues with listening to people during casual conversations.
maybe i wasn't "healed" after all and should seek out a psychiatrist to check that out again.

it feels good to find something relatable, like this video.

[TrannyWillis]

I was 39 when I was diagnosed.

You don't get past 30+ years of being called lazy by everyone, including your own family easily. I still haven't.

I beat myself up constantly for not being able to accomplish enough, and breakdown far too easily (which I also beat myself up over).

The reason why I'm more calm and caring is I know how it feels to be bullied, and a lot of times a crisis that neurotypical brains can't handle revs up adrenaline, which may overwhelm the neurotypical brain, but puts my brain on par with their 'normal' brain's baseline.

Unfortunately, a life time of bullying has left me paranoid, anxious, and untrusting.

It's sad. Depression is an understatement.

[SarahofNorway]

I have ADHD and take medecine for it. When I tried to focus at school my brain was like: "Hey, math is boring, so I have brought you some thoughts that are much more important and will give you dopamine. Soooo let us focus on icelandic horses! Wooohoooo🥳!"

Love from Norway ❤️🇧🇻

[skillstutelage]

This video does a fantastic job of shedding light on the experiences of children with ADHD. It's eye-opening to see how prevalent ADHD is, with 2 to 4 out of every 100 children experiencing symptoms like difficulty paying attention, excessive talking, and interrupting others. Following Lisa's journey adds a personal touch that really helps viewers empathize with what it's like to grow up with ADHD. Her dream of becoming a writer is inspiring and shows that with understanding and support, children with ADHD can achieve their aspirations. Great work on bringing awareness to this important topic!

[emilyteh]

Wonderful! Thank you for redoing the ADHD video. It's the life story of so many of us. Hopefully many people will see this and it will help those struggling or friends of those struggling to understand ADHD better. ❤