ADHD and Emotional Self Regulation

ADHD and Emotional Self-Regulation:
Importance for Understanding and Management

[jynclr]

"How many people have we seen who were misdiagnosed as bipolar, borderline..." THANK YOU DR. I was misdiagnosed as borderline. I am NOT AT ALL borderline. Yes, I have CPTSD due to childhood abuse, but I DON'T have borderline. I was 53 (female) when I was diagnosed and my WHOLE LIFE now makes Dr. Barkley, you have validated me so much. THANK YOU!

[nicktefft]

Me and my mom grew up having terrible tempers and holes in our walls from throwing things. Over time, we both got diagnosed and medicated, and the emotional control is what my mom says is the main reason she takes her Adderall every day. Got SO much better after treatment, DSMV needs to update this because it’s keeping people from making their lives better.

Dr. Barkley is mathematically incapable of making a bad video, thanks as always!

[sarahs]

Omg he’s so right. I was finally diagnosed at 46 years old after struggling all my life with verbal impulsivity, impulse buying, impulse eating and, more than anything, impulsive emotions. And I didn’t understand how other people didn’t have that kind of emotional control problems. Even at the lowest dose, the first thing I noticed on Vyvanse was a dampening of the impulsive anger of any minor inconvenience and crushing shame of even the smallest mistake. Imagine how much better my life would be if I could control myself better for more of my life 😢

[JM-cfyn]

Dr. Barkley I truly cannot ever express my gratitude and appreciate for everything that you are doing to help educate, inform, validate, and support the ADHD community. I believe this is one of the most debilitating and crippling disorders in psychiatry. The devastating results of undiagnosed and untreated ADHD is tragic and life altering. The suffering of people with this disorder negatively affects their futures and wellbeing. The co-occurring disorders that are often present add another layer of problems with functional and regulation difficulties.

[krusty]

Explains my life all the emotions that have plagued me. I am a perpetual 12 year old I feel like. A lot of out bursts and inappropriate.

[JM-cfyn]

Personally this extremely life altering/life long disorder negatively affected my father’s life with devastating outcomes. (divorce, substance use disorder, alcohol use disorder, discharge from the US Navy, not completing a formal education, not paying taxes, losing a business, and dying at age 62 from tobacco/nicotine related cancer)

[JM-cfyn]

My son who was diagnosed at age 2 and subsequently received treatment has had successes and challenges, directly related to compliance of treatment.(medications) he was expelled from schools, auto accidents and traffic tickets, DUI/DWI, assault/battery, vandalism/destruction of property, and possession and use of illegal substances. All of this being the result of non adherence to treatment which resulted in jail time. With compliance to treatment (medications) he has become a successful criminal defense attorney. He is passionate about informing/educating his clients to seek help from a licensed professional if they are concerned about the difficulties they are experiencing

[ninjaZMB]

Thank you for persevering through your injuries to bring us this info.

[SpecialEdDHD]

Holy sht. Got damn. Get well Doc.
Also this is so under rated when talking about ADHD. This is everything. This is what separates a functional person with ADHD and a complete mess sht show.

[SkodaUFOInternational]

I became an ADHD researcher years ago when I saw you on YouTube. I still incredibly happy about your YouTube channel. Currently waiting your book Your Defiant Child in the mailbox. With that I'm up to date with your newest editions. Cheers Professor, hoping to meet you in person once.

[barbarapostema]

Wow! This is the key……. That was missing. As I get older I find it is even harder than it used to be. I used to be able to control it to some extent.

[DanS]

Dr. Barkley, thank you so much for this excellent presentation.

[unlikelysuspect]

its so cool how you break your videos down so there more accesable for people with adhd however i have been listening to your long form content for abbout 48 hrs strait now.and.i.cant.stop

(side note its actully been a wile since i got like this and the mania is kinda fun to get caught up in )

[Paulistaninha]

Great content. It is so hard when people don't even know that they probably have ADHD. Unfortunately, it goes misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all, which makes it very hard to own it.

[kittyhahn]

Thank you for your unique focus on emotional self regulation. As I told you in the email I wrote to you just a couple months ago, this was a new and very relatable feature presented for the first time to me by you. Thank you for replying to my email.

[devinkelly]

Thank you for showing up sir! Hope you healed well.

[brandondailey]

35 and still dealing with the self-regulation issues. But I don't have a clue how I can deal with it. I'm triggered by things my ocd (I'm not just saying that, she's officially diagnosed with OCD) stepmom says. I am being treated for adhd but I'm still dealing with the anger. And the fear of self. What I don't know is how the frig I can handle it without having to move out, I am terrified of this.

[JustMe-]

… i want to watch this but shoooould study…. (Ophtalmology and dermatology….)… so ill close the video before i start watching it really…..

but yea…. emotions are a really big issue for me

[jj]

Did anyone felt like they got more intelligent after becoming like 24 25 years old .. i kind of started understanding lot of things after 30 years..

[karinebrunet]

is not being able to manage your fear and worries part of the deficit of emotion regulation ?