ADHD, EF, and Self Regulation

[@Marco_Bonfiglio]

This lecture on ADHD is undoubtedly the most crystal-clear, informative, and beneficial one I've come across. I firmly believe that gaining a deep understanding of the issue is crucial to finding solutions, and this professor flawlessly elucidated the fundamental principles underlying this condition. Thanks to his exceptional explanation, I now grasp all the implications involved. I'm truly inspired to dive into Professor Barkley's book, "Taking Charge of Adult ADHD". Thank you so much for generously sharing your expertise!

[@russellbarkleyphd2023]

my pleasure. that was incredibly kind of you to write.

[@zmalone4237]

I greatly appreciate this video, I'm 32 and slipped through the cracks in life from a young age. Its taken awhile to pick up the pieces and learn to live a productive life. The shame, humiliation and verbal abuse that ensued through childhood completely distorted how I perceive myself and others. I describe it as viewing life through a fun house mirror. As a kid I would often have the thought that conscious life is actually worse than a nightmare, because you can wake up from a nightmare. This information is greatly helping me put everything back together and understand that are many others like me that are afflicted by this. Sincerely, Thank you.

[@oysterchampion8998]

I'm 35 and just started medication again after a decade and a half of not treating it. Was diagnosed pretty early so I was fortunate. I was unaware of exactly what ADHD entails until now though. Thought it was just " bad at school disease". So picking up the pieces too. Went from almost useless to wondering how all the normal people aren't all Elon musks by now after taking stimulants again

[@Quinefan]

I'm so sorry to hear of all these horrible experiences you've been through. I had a lot of the same, finally diagnosed at 44. Best wishes to you; I really hope you can now start moving towards a happier and more peaceful life.

[@KnarfMetmohn]

I cannot express how happy I am because I found your channel. Now all my past life makes sense and I have a better chance to change my future.

[@michaelpilgrim8131]

Your lectures really work for me. The pace is right, when many others would speak so quickly that I wouldn't be able to process. You don't have frequent edits, loud sounds / music, or flashy visuals to overstimulate the senses and distract from the message. You don't repeat as often as most. The information is pithy, worthwhile, and evidence-based. Your delivery is just matter-of-fact and that works well with how my mind works. *chef's kiss*

[@kerfidia]

As someone with ADHD, I have never felt more understood than I do right now. This just makes sense to me intuitively and feels like it is my lived experience. I definitely think that I agree with your theory.

[@JoJo-sl7jt]

Wish more were advocating for adjustments in teaching, parenting, in a positive way

[@catherinehoward7012]

Everyone with a diagnosis of ADHD should watch this imho. I was diagnosed with combined type last year at 55. I am studying for a part time degree currently and a year in I thought i’d note down my idiosyncrasies, as I’d had another angry outburst at my husband when he wanted me to do several different admin tasks at one time. Lo and behold, my world of ADHD has emerged and a lightbulb has burst into life. Everything in this lecture resonates with me. Thank you, Dr, for a clear and thorough explanation.

[@camellia8625]

This is an incredible lecture. Need to listen to it a couple more times and take notes to fully take it all in.

[@michael-linehan]

Thank you so much Dr Barkley for this information. I really worry that the majority of content online these days regarding ADHD is influencing practitioners in the wrong direction. Your work is so, so valuable and thank you for doing it past retirement 👏🏻

[@katja6332]

1:28:20 thanks for clarifying the facts about training executive functions with games or apps. It doesn't work in older patients with reduced executive functions neither, but light physical exercise is somehow an important part of the solution as well as calming down the nervous system in older patients, hence I wonder if same is true for ADHD patients? Okay, you answered my question further in the video 😂

[@Halfstar3]

Such excellent information. Thanks so much for taking the time to distribute this knowledge. So important that it's out there 🙏

[@herchenm]

Thank you so so so much for just being who you are. Listening to you is so cathartic.

[@AT_ID]

The most helpful video I’ve run across on this. I can’t thank you enough.

[@PBRAEF]

About the foresight 1:08:55. I would love to know how other people experience this. But I can think ahead a couple of months if he means to conceptualize a day or a week and which activities will be done then, and how my actions now might impact that future me. Or does he mean: get a whole plan of everything to come in the coming 2 months and how certain actions might affect the whole 2 months. This second option is definitely to hard. Maybe some executive functions have improved decently like foresight and are way less developed. Another thing: he says it is a intention deficit disorder. I disagree, I have all the intention in the world to be a good student, I tell myself in half an hour I will stop watching this video and go back to studying, I have to get back to work then, I know if I don't I'll fail my class, and I'll feel awful about myself tonight because I failed to get back to work again. Does that not sound like intention. However when the time comes there are a thousand reasons why I don't feel like it and why it won't be that bad if I start in 5 minutes and now it's already past the the starting moment I set for myself so it's already too late, might as well finish this video that's so interesting and then start. I promise then I will start. Today I have such strong intentions for all the things I want to do tomorrow but when the time comes I'm too weak to overcome myself. What a rant

[@thetransferaccount4586]

very nice lecture sir

[@PGurgelSegrillo]

Thank you so much for this - understanding makes all the difference!

[@lnplum]

I have severe ADHD (with the hyperactivity mostly being internalized). I'm in the final year of my 30s and only got diagnosed a few months ago due to having become massively dysfunctional. I have severe aphantasia and no inner monologue. Somehow my IQ score for logical thinking still came out just shy of gifted. I'm an hour into this presentation and so far I've learned that evolutionarily I'm pretty much just a monkey. I hope there's an uplifting point to all of this at the end.

[@j.b.4340]

Well done.

[@nananoname3089]

Wow.. the think about dating for example .. that.. uh.. yea thinking back on myself that fits (: ... on the other hand I think through a lot of outdoor activities that involve quite a bit of risk, I kinda learned to spot dangerous situations and to avoid them if possible.. so yea I made a ton of rash decisions 😂 but nothing grave happened. But I actively stayed away from big parties in the next town and such bc I knew I couldn't handle myself

[@mannyisaacs1017]

Can we get these slides somewhere. I am so stunned by the wealth and value of this model/approach.

[@barb7821]

Wish I knew how to store these presentations so I can share and assist my with review. I need this structure to assist my adhd symptoms

[@paarma1752]

11:04 so the time frame of this unsustained attention is in fact maybe couple of hours instead of couple of weeks, months, years? And also re-engagement is really an issue of returning to a task that you were doing just a minute ago instead of a task you were doing like yesterday or last week? I've always thought that the poor persistence is about more long-term goals and not about immediate goals here and now. But good to know! I have been really misinformed about this.

[@jowke7289]

Thank u for these videos!

[@JoJo-sl7jt]

I'd be interested in how this fits with Dr Amens research into 7 subtypes of adhd shown on brain scans? Seems a good overlap and would also be interesting to see how different treatments (medication, skills , therapy etc) could be informed by both models and research

[@SN-sz7kw]

Very illuminating. Would appreciate hearing your perspective on why & how girls often/usually display differently. I & both daughters have the disorder, but self-restraint & immaturity were never visible features. We all appeared bright & mature for our age as children. But experience the struggles with distraction, prioritization, follow through, & self-motivation. Is it masking? ADHD paralysis is huge.

[@ashshah3380]

Doc is right , its time to take action. :)

[@zhiyuanAn-do1ll]

Thank you again

[@oysterchampion8998]

Dear lord are you telling me my working memory is going to get worse as I age?! Ive had the walking into a room and not knowing why problem for as long as I can remember

[@34fb]

Same here. ❤

[@ezb6798]

Dr. Barkley: I realize that in your description of the executive functions at around 55-60 minutes, you are speaking about typical/normal, but I wonder where aphantasia fits into this framework? As I understand it, people with aphantasia do not “see” visual images in their brains, although they can describe things that they remember using words.

[@AtomicElf1]

I wondered about this as well. My suspicion is that these functions are actually still occurring at a nuerological level in people with aphantasia, but they just aren't consciously aware of it (ie. there is a disconnect between the parts of the mind that process or interpret thoughts into visual information and language, and the part of the brain that generates those thoughts). I say this because people with aphantasia can still write down their thoughts or verbally express them in the same way other people do internally, so at some point there is a connection being made. This is a layman's opinion though. I have no formal training or education in this ares. But I would think for people with aphantasia, something like Journaling or Drawing may be an effective or even necessary tool for optimal self-directed emotions and motivations.

[@Caimera77]

Will you please explain to us, why are you so interested in ADHD?

[@piotrgraniszewski8544]

I am really curious what really causes hyperactivity in ADHD. And why stimming helps. I mean - if I feel like I need to move, I'd better start moving or else my focus is going to suffer. Other days, I don't feel like I need to move at all. What's up with that? Is it about inhibiting random motor impulses?

[@zhiyuanAn-do1ll]

Thank you

[@samanthamartin344]

Amazing information. I am 58 year old woman struggling with everything. I was diagnosed in my mid 40’s. It seems like menopause has made this disorder so much worse. I used to be scattered, but I was successful and confident. Now I am unemployed, overweight, overwhelmed, and feel so retarded (I know this word isn’t PC but it’s in reference to myself and best describes my self-loathing. Wouldn’t wish this condition on anyone. I’ve ordered Dr. Barkleys book in hopes I can find some relief.

[@34fb]

Don't beat up yourself.

[@spicyskyraisin7745]

Hearing you. Same 😔 xx

[@paintediva]

Uh! I want an need to watch this but it's a whole hour and fourty-five mins long! How do you expect someone with adhd that wants and needs to educate themself, to sit through something that long!? I need this broke down into 10-15 min sections.

[@zecchinoroni]

So break it down. I’ve been listening to it on and off all day.

[@Tukituna]

Turn it to 2x speed.

[@lnplum]

It's not primarily aimed at people with ADHD. Also you can pause and rewind.

[@emiliodanielas1030]

Amazing lecture until you recommended sugar/gatorade to ADHD kids... How can you recommen that when it's well know how glucose spikes affect the brain as well as how addictive it is. It's like putting more gasoline into a fire. Cannot understand.

[@breed4659]

Your brain requires glucose to function. Barkley recommends SIPPING a sugary drink, slowly consuming it over the course of an activity that requires focus. Not super complicated

[@PBRAEF]

I'm pretty sure that there is no proper evidence for glucose increasing impulsiveness or making you uncomfortably energetic or something along those lines. I'm not saying I have good sources to claim the opposite. But saying "well known effects" is wrong I think

[@emiliodanielas1030]

@@breed4659 Your brain requires glucose, let's drink a soda. What about Red Bull or Cocaine, that also works for focus and comes with sugar. Good luck if you give that to your kids. If you are gonna consume glucose, at least choose a more natural source with less crap. However, I recommend you to consume "gluconeogenesis)

[@emiliodanielas1030]

@@PBRAEF Give gatorade and sugary drinks to your kids. You will have strong evidence down the line.

[@lnplum]

​@@emiliodanielas1030 That's a case of anecdotes providing bad data due to the lack of methodology. Kids don't get hyper from sugary treats. Sugary treats are merely associated with circumstances that make kids hyper (like getting any treat). It's true that sugar can make food more appealing (especially to kids) but the "sugar rush" has been scientifically debunked over and over again.

[@tamerfarhat5042]

i have adhd to the point that i can barely watch and reach minute 15 of the lecture. lord help me

[@AsilayMithsay]

Increase the playback speed on the video as fast as you can and still understand him.

[@zowzow6640]

for someone speaking abt adhd... its kinda hard to focus on ur videos xddd

[@zowzow6640]

Okay man i like ur theory but you seem to be sometimes looking down on adhd people and like hhhh

[@TRUELiGHTERS]

what if some one diagnosed later in life say in their mid 30s , and he/she start to take stimulant meds ? will his/her brain grows on that age? all you said is how and why, so if i am an ADHD human , how i am suppose to get a normal life

[@TheFuel89]

Hello. I am not a professor, but stimulants used for treating ADHD do not make permanent changes in the brain. You need to think of them like eye glasses. They help you to use a part of your body that isn't functioning as well as it should. As far as I'm concerned the definition of "normal" isn't anything concrete. I think it would be beneficial for you to think how you want your life to look like, and work towards that (that's the hard part). Meds sure help with that. And knowing of your hardships and problems and why you have them should help you be more merciful towards yourself. It's not your fault, but you can do something about it. Kind regards, Diagnosed at 34 just last year

[@human-ft3wk]

@@TheFuel89 it is mentioned that sometimes they do make changes to the brain after prolonged use. Unknown as of yet whether those changes persist after going off medication

[@TheFuel89]

@@human-ft3wk Yeah you are right. Just ran into that stuff couple days ago. Interesting.

[@Lilmansamsmom]

@@human-ft3wkI recently heard this too. It seems that consistency in taking your medication is key to this.