30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 7A Impairments in All Aspects of Life

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[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

Where have you been all my life? You Dr., are a TREASURE!

[@BeautyBugy]

i noticed that the podium says CADDAC and now i can’t stop thinking about how it’s the same backwards and forwards. the adhd is real! 😂😂

[@veganatheistwitch]

One interesting comment about the driving issues. My partner is a bad driver and used to get a lot of tickets for speeding, driving fast to hear the engine rev, etc and used to yell out of the car and cut people off. Once he started driving a vehicle that identified his place of employment that all stopped because he didn't want to offend potential customers. 😄

[@planetxtk7567]

Can confirm that when I'm in my military uniform I'm noticeably more professional. I guess I should dress up more often in some type of uniform.

[@jcbwt9]

I literally don’t drive because I couldn’t focus on all the things on the road and it felt super dangerous. I didn’t realize this was adhd. I struggle with all of the things listed here

[@abbsterlicious5186]

I got into 4 accidents where I caused the accident.. (rear ended people). I almost lost my license at 19 because I had 3 bad speeding tickets… luckily the 3rd one the cop wrote it for as low as he could so I didn’t lose my license because I had several months without a ticket before he got me. He taught me how to use cruise control and OMG THAT IS AMAZING! The last accident I had caused I had a friend tell me, “Abbi, you have to get back on your meds.” I thought it was crazy that ADHD and accidents had a correlation so I was like ok well I’ll see a psych but idk. I told my psych what was going on n they said ADHD has a correlation with car accidents… now I can 100% see how that makes sense. I swear I wouldn’t even know I was speeding, I’d look down n I’d be like omg wtf!!! I’d just be thinking about so much in my head, convinced I was paying attention to the road… in every accident I caused I was just day dreaming, thinking deeply about something, then BANG… hit the breaks abbi!!!! Too late… man. The last 2 I fucked up the same side of my car twice within 3 months. Got it fixed then had to take it in for the same damn thing again. Insurance was like was this a fraudulent claim? 😂 I have been ticket and accident free since I began taking my medication regularly🤗🤗🤗 I’m glad I never hurt anyone or myself. Isn’t it crazy how those of us with ADHD don’t seem to realize how much this really affects? Like damn every day for us is a mf TRIP! We are strong as fuck.

[@preciousajaero8352]

This is so crazy because rn im 20 yes old and my parents and older family member are frustrated with me because I refuse to learn how to drive. Idk how to explain to them that I just know that I will be getting into a lot of accidents due to my adhd

[@MaddieFrankX]

I was in a terrible car accident at the age of 17, a year after I started driving. I got distracted and I missed a corner which caused the complete destruction of the vehicle. I was with my mom, and my whole life it terrified me to think that I could've killed my mom because of my mental issues. Thank god no one got hurt, and on the bright side now I am extremely careful when driving, but this could've been avoided if my dad would've taken more seriously my diagnose of ADHD and I would've been medicated back then.

[@kattwin1]

Is the DVD, or some download of the entire presentation, still available somewhere? I really want this.

[@ConstanceCamus]

You can save the KZbin videos…

[@MamaPonga]

The only problem I have with driving is speeding. I speed on purpose just enough to get my adrenaline going because then I am very vigilant. The danger happens when I am stuck behind slow drivers. Then I can't seem to keep myself from distracting behaviors like digging through my purse or cleaning the dash, etc.

[@JR-ek4rp]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 my doc told me i HAD to take my Ritalin when I drive. The speaker said adhd patients often get their drivers lic suspended for speeding etc. He forgot to mention that not by not paying for parking tickets (I was always late for work and had to park in in the meter closest to the building) that you can get your license suspended for FORGETTING to pay the dang ticket (or 40 tickets in my case)!!🤣

[@veganatheistwitch]

My partner has had so many parking tickets. That's a great explanation for why! 😄

[@adamloepker8057]

I couldn't have watched all these KZbin videos in a row if I didn't have a 4 page paper due in 2 days to perseverate against still

[@keyboardwarrior327]

Hmm. I don't know how much ADHD has effected my driving. In 6 years I've been stopped for speeding twice (once going about 15 mph over, once 24 over), I've gone off the road while driving too fast in the snow twice, I've gotten stuck while driving through deep snow for fun once, and I've had one accident that was probably mostly my fault, but two that were not my fault at all. Oh, and I was turning around in the middle of a pitch black road and backed up too far and slid into a ditch. And I lost control exiting curve on a slick road with bad tires in a mid engined turbo car, but I had literally been doing 20 mph, so I don't think I was being careless or distracted. And I ran out of gas once. When I write them all down I guess it seems like a lot, but I don't know how many of these would be out of the ordinary or would have been caused by ADHD. Maybe it's because I really like cars and driving. I don't know. That is quite a lot of speeding though.

[@WeirdAlSuperFan]

lol that's a LOT. I guess I must have been taught to take driving very seriously, and by some miracle I seem to have trained myself to be fully engaged in the driving itself when I'm doing it, as it relates to my surroundings. I'm the only one in my family who hasn't been in an accident. Also no tickets yet. Worst that's happened to me is I left my headlights on all day one time senior year of high school in the school parking lot, and had to get my battery restarted before I could go home. Also in recent years I have noticed myself getting a little too comfortable behind the wheel; so watching this I think I want to redouble my efforts to treat driving like a video game unto itself and stay safe

[@paolap.7369]

I had no car accident and on the contrary I’m a very attentive driver - the only time I damaged my car, was while I was parking 😂 maybe it’s because I love driving and relaxes me, but I do get upset (not very angry), when people do not respect the road rules, or they don’t use the indicators, they undertake etc.

[@eggfishy]

When he started talking about impulsivity with credit cards I started internet shopping

[@rfeyman3682]

Very good discussion but I do have to point out that individuals diagnosed with ADHD are often under CONSTANT or almost constant evaluation whereas the general population is not. For the general population you can have significant mental issues and still avoid mental health evaluation. I can't tell you how many times someone has mentioned to me that they have never been to a therapist and my first thought is, "Well you need to!" Basically you are comparing a population under constant supervision to one what is under minimal supervision for mental health issues.

[@Tamarahope77]

Under-education doesn't have to be a problem if the person with ADHD goes to trade school. Where I live, kids who leave two years before the final year and go to trade school start to earn money much earlier and don't have a huge tertiary debt over the heads. And they earn much more over their life time.

[@PrehistoricDeathCult]

Is there any way to get access to his slides? Hope everyone is doing well today!

[@p62325]

ADHD and driving I think there needs to be more study here. This is such a concern for my family that their are members undiagnosed including a teenager that fears losing his driving privileges with this diagnosis. My father was a HGV driver he was more attentive when he got near a motor vehicle this was where he hyper focused. This runs through our family as strongly as ADHD. There is no medication in the world that could switch him/us on more than sitting in the driver's seat. The only one to get a speeding ticket is myself 35mph in a 30mph they had just lowered the speed limit. My dad drove for 37 years professionally not one speeding ticket. He had 3 bumps in the yard, bumper, indicator lens when he started to develop what later we found out was Lewy bodies dementia and then parkinson. Another condition that I think is linked to ADHD. I would also like to know the impact on the ability to medicate Lewy Bodies Dementia when you have been taking a drug from the same drug family for ADHD earlier in life. I suspect the drugs in later life work for a shorter time and at a much higher dose. How can I get involved in studies?

[@adamcoutts9591]

Love these lectures, getting great value from listening to them. That said, "there is no disorder that interferes with driving to the degree that ADHD does" - not a manic episode? Psychotic delusions? Epilepsy? Narcolepsy?

[@vividhkothari1]

Maybe he meant in the sense that someone with ADHD deals with distraction all the time, 24x7. The disorders you named have episodes that can come at any time and lead to far worse accidents, but do not pose a risk every minute.

[@user-xj1ez2tl3x]

maybe those are just the statistics

[@KingRidley]

Psychotic delusions are not constant. Manic episodes are not constant. Epilepsy, narcolepsy, not constant. ADHD is not a series of intense, isolated events.

[@Guigui_82]

I just got diagnosed ADHD. Although, I take care of my money because my (probably ADHD) father always had great money related problems. Also, I had my first kid at 38. And very few partners since my social skills are terrible. But I think I also have autism which I will get diagnosed soon.

[@jubi400]

I had sex for the first time at 13. Then got pregnant at 14. All of everything he speaks of is ME! To a T! And I'm 57, starting treatment in 2017.

[@marcellebrown344]

This is wonderful information. What about ADHD w/ extreme OCD? How does one deal with this?

[@user-xj1ez2tl3x]

the big question is, is it caused/heavily exacerbated by your meds (i.e. does it stop if you're not on your meds)? Because Adderall and Ritalin/Concerta do that and can increase anxiety. OCD is actually an anxiety disorder, so, speaking from experience, if you somehow convince yourself it's just not worth the effort and that you really don't care about the consequences (perhaps through embarrassing amounts of exposure, ideally in a relatively safe environment like school), you can overcome it even on your meds. But there are also additional medications that apparently help, like Strattera if in combination with ADHD, or for OCD/anxiety alone SSRIs are apparently the gold standard (perhaps even with ADHD, like doing an SSRI+ADHD meds). You should really be seeing a doctor if you have OCD, and look around on the internet (e.g. reddit) for people's experiences with different medications

[@MauriceGucci]

Never got a drivers license because I always felt like "no way I could ever focus that well on the road" That was before I knew lmao

[@teroxc]

But driving is one of the things I'm best at.. odd. I do drive a stick, blare music and if you try to talk to me I can't hear you.

[@bakerpiers]

Everything else is gold dust though - thank you

[@romanzinnes5691]

Is anyone else wondering what sort population he used in his longitudinal studies??

[@Sunflowers74]

I just had to take the driver's training twice. I've only had 1 ticket in my 49 yrs.

[@melissawickersham9912]

My ADHD is why I decided not to learn how to drive, but I will use public transportation instead.

[@Cyqnide]

Everything so far with the series is perfect. However, I truly believe my strengths are finances and I'm an entrepreneur so school didn't really help me much. I graduated high school with great grades, went to college had great grades, but I dropped out because I wasn't stimulated. I would day trade stocks, start businesses, and so much more in college. I also surprisingly don't have any problems with driving.

[@odoridori]

this is a bit dated huh

[@andrewgeier567]

While I agree with a lot of things in this series, and I understand that there is value to saying there's a connection or no connection between being adhd and being transgender, I'd really appreciate if you didn't refer to it as "transvestism" which makes the identity of being transgender sound like a bad thing

[@nuynobi]

Except that "transvestism" and "transgender" are different things and thus not equivalent. He's referring to the sexual fetishization of the act of cross-dressing, not any underlying gender issues which may or may not be at play. Whether you think it's PC or not, presumably he uses the 'correct' technical term of the day. Keep in mind that this presentation is 15ish years old already and the terminology may have changed by now.

[@musicaismylovica]

I am transgender and agree with nuynobi. He obviously meant transvestism as being sexually aroused while wearing the opposite sex’s clothing/being perceived sexually as the opposite sex. That would be a sexual disorder technically. That’s not the same as someone who cross dresses (as a cross dresser usually gets no sexual gratification) Or the same as someone who is transsexual/transgender.

[@Relayzy1]

Not everything is about u transformers, go play make believe somewhere else! Smh 🤦‍♂️

[@hautecouture2228]

Body dysmorphia is a serious mental illness

[@100musicplaylists3]

What do you call it when a person with severe adhd symptoms learns the skills to display behaviors that are the polar opposite of adhd symptoms like when an impulsive person learns to become self restrained and passive? ADHD gifted type B? Is there a pill for that type? The point i'm making is that i dont believe any behavior thought or emotion cannot be reprogrammed if you have enough conscious willpower to make enough effort to change because we already know that genes can be switched on and off by our emotional state. Yes its obvious theres a problem with executive function but is this unchangable? I dont think so. I could give countless examples of people who have survived the most horrific physical and mental traumas only to go onto 100% recovery and even excel despite their injury. I'm not saying most wont fail but i am saying that i do believe their are a few who will succeed with enough effort or at least greatly improve their physical and mental condition.

[@mossl340]

"transvestism"? Really? I mean, really? First of all, that's an extremely outdated term to use for transgender people. Even for 2014. Secondly, being trans isn't a "difficulty" and it is certainly NOT a sexual disorder. No shit ADHD wouldn't correlate with higher chances of being trans. I really thought this person was knowledgeable until watching this video. Now I have to doubt how much his world view influences his ability to understand anything medically. Wow. Edit: The fact that this person grouped being trans in the same category as being a pedophile is disgusting. Absolutely atrocious. Again, for being 2014 it's kind of unbelievable that a medical professional would still talk about trans people this way.

[@KevinBeee]

"Transvestite" refers to someone (usually a male) who cross dresses, not specifically to trans people. Either way it's not a disorder (unless someone becomes so obsessed with it that it affects their life, but I don't think that's what he meant there). Probably the most objectionable thing I've heard so far in this lecture which has otherwise been pretty good.

[@svenlewandowski5344]

Hi! I agree wholeheartedly that it's not a difficulty, and certainly not a sexual disorder under modern light. However, this presentation was uploaded to KZbin in 2014, the presentation itself was held in May 2009. I am not sure what the norms were back then, but please take that into consideration.

[@Ellie5259]

I'm sorry - did he just use the word "transvestism" and describe it as a sexual disorder?

[@user-xj1ez2tl3x]

it's from 2009, chill out. Knowledge is knowledge, just ignore it

[@sofasangriamusic3337]

First the wildly inaccurate statements about autism, and now using the term transvestism as if being transgender is a disability? Yikes.

[@flower_574]

You know better than someone in the field of studying these kind of disorders? What's autism to you then?

[@zamzamp2757]

What did he say about autism that you didn’t agree with?

[@demetergrasseater]

“Transvestism” yeah now I’m not gonna bother finishing this video series. If you can’t be a decent human being and use modern knowledge on a wide social issue, how am I supposed to know when you’re being legit about ADHD?

[@MizumD]

In fairness, this talk is from 2009 if I recall correctly. I don’t know what kind of general knowledge he had back then about trans people. But the info he’s dropping has been corroborated by other ADHD specialist. Look up a book called driven to distraction. Cheers🎉

[@vaguelyweird]

yeah, that was definitely a yikes. the ADHD info is legit though -_-

[@MaddieFrankX]

To be fair he said there was no link between ADHD and Transvestism, and this is also from 2009. Research in sexual behavior has evolved a lot since then.

[@flower_574]

It does not matter what you think. He studies adhd since as far as 1977, and is one of the most cited one on the disorder. Even if he doesn't believe in transgender, he will still be credible.