Should You Be Assessed For ADHD? Psychiatrist, Dr Stephen Humphries - Harley Therapy

Being assessed for ADHD is a big decision, and not very cheap. The first thing to keep in mind that ADHD is a common condition. According to research, about 4% of the population has ADHD in adulthood, and less than 1% of this is diagnosed.

The symptoms of ADHD in adults and children can be quite different. In adulthood if you have ADHD, you may feel that you have always been a little different, you might be described as a 'daydreamer' or you might rely on stress to get things done.

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About Stephen Humphries:

Dr Stephen Humphries is a consultant psychiatrist who has 30 years of medical experience. He has practised general adult psychiatry at consultant level within the NHS for 23 years, including seven years as a Medical Director. He has an interest in psychoanalytical psychotherapy and the management of personality disorders.

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[ABc-okzg]

Rest in peace, Dr Humphries. This video changed my life. And then you helped me do the rest.

I've stopped blaming, making excuses and facts fit a wishful storyline.
I see neurodiversity all around me now and empathise rather than project my self-frustration. If I don't celebrate it, why should anyone else? I'm flawed. So what. Who isn't?
Most of all, I'm focussed on what I can do, not what I can't. I have some weapons and can pick my battles.

I still don't see myself as someone who saw a shrink because it didn't feel like I did.
It was knowledgeable help to navigate the complex terrain in which I was stuck - dispensed with a warmth, humanity and humour that are only glimpsed here for a nanosecond at 12:00, but actually the default.

Late diagnosis is hard. Stephen described it as like the tide going out and exposing the rocks that were there all along. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to change course, but you always have options.

I was lucky to be able to consult a true oracle and benefit from experience that was both deep and vast. And if I don't stop right there, this will be another thing I've failed to finish, which would not be a fitting tribute at all (but it would have made him laugh, put his head in his hands, then we would all move on).

I didn't expect you to move on so soon, Stephen. I'm so sad for your family and send condolences from the heart.

I post it here mirroring the generosity of spirit of this video - I acted on this, got the diagnosis, got the help and was fortunate to get help this good. Thank you for everything.

[leonorteixeira]

ADHD is reading the comments while you hear the video but you’re actually not hearing anything and now you have to go back YET again lol

[hellgast]

Didn't expect this guy to summarize my entire life in 13 minutes

[nicksundstrom]

For 13 minutes I felt understood, overwhelmed, vindicated and helpless all at the same time

[dwysan]

As someone who's plucking up the courage to go to the GP about this it's quite crushing listening to a professional you've never met detail your life and the struggles you've felt inside for the last 35 years. I just thought I was 'a bit shit at life' compared to everyone else but now I realise I've actually done incredibly well to make it look like I was coping as well as they were. And I'm only 8mins in!

[SlickVicRM]

ADHD is needing to rewind the video multiple times because I keep spacing out. Oh the irony :P

[andreacruxton]

"If you're an intelligent child, you can coast through primary school" oh those halcyon days when I could do the bare minimum and still make Top 5 of the class 😔

[d_boi]

The stress drive is a real thing, currently in college I literally cannot bring myself to study every day but when there are days left before an important exam Im magically able to sit my ass down for 20 hours a day and with what feels like having my insides in a vice I'm suddenly able to actually remember the material I study.

[tishaw.]

I’ve been thinking about this for soo long but thinking I’m just lazy, procrastinating, dumb in school, not applying myself. I really feel like crying this answers so many questions.

[giulia]

The thing gets tricky when you think you might have adhd but you also have childhood traumas and a family that doesn't accept the idea of their children being unwell, of being "different" in regards of mental health

[Letsleepingplantslie]

Just wanted to leave a comment to say this video was the reason I questioned if I had ADHD and got myself assessed. So I’m coming back a few months later, diagnosed (at 31) to say thank you for opening up the door to understanding that allowed me to ask the right questions and find the appropriate help.

[timhenderson]

Anyone else's ADHD have them reading the comments while trying to listen to him explain? 🤣

[Heatherdove]

I honestly feel really let down by all the adults who said "she's so smart, she's just not applying herself" instead of investigating why. THEY'RE the ones who truly failed my potential. I know it wasn't as widely known about in the 80s and 90s, but my sister is only 3 years younger and she was diagnosed then. If I had any question before, he just cleared that all away. I felt like he was describing me specifically.

[EvanC]

Protip for the people saying they lost focus during the video: Watch it 2x speed. Feels too fast at first (maybe start with 1.5x) but you get used to it and I swear I can watch hours of educational video now. Even just audio. Makes drifting off less likely for sure.

[cressida]

This just made me cry so much. At 52 I’ve felt so misunderstood my whole life and no one wants to hear you have ADHD, they just think you’re making excuses for your behaviour.

[reasonpoole]

I'm 80 years old and just wrote this poem regarding ADHD I responded to pressure it was my only starter. ADHD
The one-legged man saw no path ahead.
Clutching at chances he caught in the air.
Only the moment, no tomorrow was there?
He was blind to the debris behind in his wake.
He was caught in a trap, locked in a cage.
The cassette explained a hopping bipedal here in the zoo.
Some saw him high; some saw him low; all saw him with two.
A spectacular show, those stories he told while rolling downhill.
No one had noticed he only had one, the tales he told were as if he had two.
The cassette was right, and the cassette was wrong.
That one-legged man was very confused, he also saw two.
It never occurred that he only had one.
The one-legged man, now incredibly old, his energy spent from hopping around.
Grew tired of running against others with two.
Something was wrong, patterns emerged.
He suddenly woke from this dream so very disturbed.
All the debris he saw in his wake overwhelmed.
His tears streamed for him; his tears streamed for them.
He finally realized he was a two-legged man who only had one.
That one-legged man is me.

[miscellaneousmoon]

As someone diagnosed with ADD as an adult I can say that it isn't always easy to concentrate on something I enjoy because I start something like a crochet project for instance, my mind starts coming up with other crochet projects I can do and then I end up with 50 unfinished projects. So even stuff I enjoy can be hard to keep up with

[alegria]

My entire school years were pure luck, never did my homework, barely listened. I had average grades so no one was alarmed. But now I'm in college and it's all falling apart. I feel like everyone thinks I'm just lazy. I am lazy.

[rajatmajoka]

My toxic trait as someone possibly with ADHD is thinking I'll be listening to the video while performing other important tasks at the same time.

[JohnGeorge-pwxo]

I was diagnosed with ADHD 18 years ago as a teenage. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.