Almost everything he's explained I've dealt with my entire life. I'm a 24 year old black woman. And I'm frustrated because I would try to talk about my anxiety/depression to my parents and would get told I'm listening my (white) friends too much. I've felt absolutely crazy/in my head and odd most of my life! This all makes sense. Watching these videos made me come to the conclusion that I need to manage my mental health the correct way. And I'm now seeking help.thank you!

@alison9189

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@jules9465

3 жыл бұрын

I am 50 and finding out that ADD was what was wrong with me. Brings me to tears to finally know what my problem was and if only i had help back in school. It's really sad that I had to wait until I am 50 to find this out.

@jm3267

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you've been able to start getting some help with it! I was also diagnosed around your age (a few years ago), but it's still so sad the disparity of diagnosis and treatment of anyone presenting with symptoms who isn't a white man.

@alisonj1384

3 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend Sari Solden's book about adhd and women. Chapter 1 through 3 were especially impactful for me. I laughed/cringed/lamented at how much I the anecdotes and statements fit me. Still working towards acceptance but I have hope.

@Bar_Bar27

2 жыл бұрын

My mother is the same. Always blaming outside factures. She has traits of all the cluster B criteria

He is the one who explains ADHD the best.

@veronicavan1234

5 жыл бұрын

And Dr. Russell Barkley !!!

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@veronicavan1234 And both take money from big pharma

@Morningdove_s

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanberkeley7282 Who cares? They literally explain ADHD the best for the general public to understands. If I can actually relate to what they say more then some other Doctor. If they can best describe how I've been my entire life I don't care if he is taking money from big Pharma because he is actually doing his job.

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@Morningdove_s I care when he's taking pharma money to exaggerate the benefits of stimulants, lying about their benefits and downplaying risks.

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@Morningdove_s I care very much. If pharma are paying Smurf money to plug their drugs then it is a conflict of interest and he's serving two masters. Pharma and the public interest. You can't do both. Smurf isn't giving you objective information.

I’ve had so many “oooooh that’s why”-moments, it’s crazy. Usually it’s just the same information over and over again and I never actually learn something new, but this man has taught me so much already

@Amelia-hu8vc

5 жыл бұрын

todayillfight becauseImarmy - same here! These are the answers I’ve been looking for my whole life. Finally.

@12342087

4 жыл бұрын

todayillfight becauseImarmy Dr. Russel Barkley also enlightening 👍

I can't believe I have found you at 70 years of age. What a different life I may have had, if I had a doctor like you to help me navigate this mystery of ADD. I was actually told by a neurologist, that women don't have ADD only boys do, and they outgrow it. I simply looked at him, and said "No continuing education for you eh doc?"

@ltorrison1

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so messed up :/ I was talking to my sister about ADD and she mentioned that it wasn’t even that long ago (like 2000) that if you had a child with it then the doctor would tell you that it’s your fault and you raised that child terribly

@johnschmitt571

Жыл бұрын

59yo & now realizing my battle for self-regulated expression & focus!! OH what I can fathom to have done, accomplished, .....

@johnschmitt571

Жыл бұрын

@@ltorrison1 Now, When your child is diagnosed as struggling with AD(H)D - coping; parents should be evaluated too. Very likely was passed on from 1 or both Parents. So, likely IS your 'fault', but nothing to do with parenting skills or actions!!!

This is the 3rd time I've watched this I keep not listening I'm 35 knew I was different glad to know I'm not crazy I totally have this glad for this info and info of adult adhd

Why is it so hard to find medical professionals who are up to speed on the latest medical research? Absolutely love Dr. Thomas Brown and his extremely helpful books. His book, "Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults" made sense of my chaotic life.

@sacheverelle

4 жыл бұрын

I would fly from NJ to Cali to get an appointment with this doctor

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

And he takes money from big pharma and looks like a Smurf

@Mike-pj1kv

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanberkeley7282 Take a chill pill Al!

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@sacheverelle If Joe Biederman ever came up to Vancouver and I was there...

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-pj1kv When you see "Thought leaders" and "Experts" say things like Anti-Depressants "Work" 90% of the time or Stimulant Drugs "Work" 80% of the time for "ADHD" and "ADD" and Benzos "Work" 85-90% of the time. 1) What do they mean by "Work"? 2) Where is their proof of these statistics? 3) How much is Big Pharma paying them to say this? 4) What gifts do they receive from Big Pharma to say it? 5) Are they quoting cherry picked study findings on this? 6) What about alternative studies? 7) How did people fare on Placebo's or "Non-Medication?"

All my life I’ve been very clever and inventive in finding ways to create workarounds to prevent anyone from knowing I was anything less than a perfect student. I also felt incredible pressure (from myself) to be a perfect kid. My 3 year older brother was born 3 months premature with a serious heart defect, was very sick for his first 6 years, and had many learning disabilities including dyslexia, OCD, ADHD, and an explosive temper. If I had any problems, I kept them hidden because I didn’t want to be a burden or a bother to my already overtaxed parents. Somehow I knew, or discovered what I needed in my life as a routine, or habit to get through school and life in general. In my mid ‘50’s, my life starting falling apart, 3 deaths in a row, brother, father-in-law and father all died 6 months apart, I had spinal surgery, then a serious medical event that almost killed me. I started a huge well paying job, several difficult moves, and a ton of other stuff I won’t mention, but it just kept coming...long story short, my marriage broke up, my career exploded, lost my job, empty nest, deep depression, my whole life exploded.....I was diagnosed bipolar and ADHD. I never had a clue, but when I started studying ADHD, my whole life started to make sense. All my quirks, all my routines, things that I thought were challenges everyone faced, I realized were my intuitive workarounds that served me pretty well, until I lost all routines, all the things I needed to keep my ADHD in check. When I listen to Dr Brown, it’s like he wrote my as yet unwritten autobiography. Everything he says rings true for me. I’m 64, and pretty much need to rebuild my whole life. Knowing my challenges, AND knowing how it was I kept them at bay for so many years, will make this process much more fulfilling and effective. I hope. I have a small fear that I may use these diagnosis to prevent me taking the necessary chances one must to succeed. Although this self-knowledge might also prevent me from making the same mistakes as before.

@lactobacillusprime

4 жыл бұрын

Very relatable.

@ltorrison1

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with Curtis, a book is actually a great idea!! And I’m so sorry about all the deaths you had back to back, that must have been really difficult

@IanForsythWestCoast

3 жыл бұрын

@@ltorrison1 Thank you, I’ve been seriously considering writing this story. And thank you for those kind words. I know everyone experiences death during their lifetime, and I’ve had that comment from some well meaning people. I can’t tell you how toxic and marginalizing it is when on the rare occasion when I open up about all the events that happened, particularly the deaths, and basically get told, “Deal with it, we all have to, and so do you!” Why do people think that being told everyone has these problems, they’re normal, that this in any way helps you “pull up your bootstraps and get on with it” is going to make you feel better? It just makes you feel more like a loser, and a whiner who thinks he’s so special? Not helping! I joked with my mother, four years after my father died, (#3 in the year and a half death march) that I would really appreciate it if she didn’t die anytime soon....because it’s just not a good time for me. We both laughed, she understood where I was coming from, as we both shared a dark sense of humour. She died less than three month later, also quickly and without warning. I remember thinking, “I don’t think I have it in me to process this, to properly grieve”. I’ve never felt less like a whole person in that moment, than any other time. Thank goodness we seem to have an automatic pilot to get us through times like that.

@BusinessWolf1

9 ай бұрын

Your "bipolar" could just be adhd's emotional disregulation. The two are often misconstrued.

Thank you very much! This is the very best explanation of the essence of ADHD I`ve ever met. The doctor is very talented. It is a pity that I did not meet such a doctor when I was a child.

Thought I always was doing quite well in school. But always had to push myself more to achieve things. Push myself more to pay attention. Much more so than peers. Attributed that to my character and personality - it made me quite strict with myself. Looking back my report cards show the typical things that are written down for kids with ADHD these days. No one over thought about ADHD. I (over) compensated well and managed to go through college, medschool and actually become a psychiatrist. In hind-sight after college work always took a humongous toll which basically led to work, eat, sleep repeat with little energy for anything else. Thought that was just me. I finally crashed and burned about a year ago when I was working as a psychiatrist in multiple teams at the same time. The overview, planning, organizing took too much from me. The past year they've labeled me in all sorts of ways: depression, anxiety but treatment and medication didn't work. Then a smart junior psychologist dared to suggest it could be ADHD. And we looked at my family history, my own history and after a day of intensive testing I actually got diagnosed at 49 and didn't realize I had it myself. So soo many things about my life suddenly make sense.

@Beleen-gw3vw

3 жыл бұрын

lactobacillusprime i can completely relate. i discovered it 2 weeks ago after my son has been diagnosed. my life went on similar to yours and now all of it makes a perfect sense.

@donoharm510

Жыл бұрын

@lacto.... I am 41. Want to go to college. Don't know how to start. Feel stupid. But I want so bad to try. Hard. Especially today. Thanks for sharing your story. You're strong and u did it. Yay! Peace be with you

I think it's correct that chemistry and motivation can alter ADHD. I often have all the symptoms of ADHD but when I have a good sleep and my social and work life are in a good state, my mind don't wonder.

I want this doctor

@saga2964

3 жыл бұрын

It's the sexy hairline, isn't it? Just kidding--he's amazing! He's informative, with enough depth and technical information without alienating or boring his audience. His voice is very engaging.

Thank you for your great efforts in spreading awareness of the ADHD online. Small note: I think the title is "Developmental" instead of "Delopmental"?

This doctor is a genius

@NunchakuFlowTutorials

5 жыл бұрын

agree me and my daughter have it #adhdismysuperpower

@alanberkeley7282

3 жыл бұрын

@@NunchakuFlowTutorials At taking pharma money and impersonating papa smurf

@wendyhannan2454

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, I love listening to him, he’s very knowledgeable on this subject.

Thank you, what you said makes total sense, “it is a problem with the dynamics of the chemistry of the brain!!” That is me

The part about driving is so true for me which is why I can't picture me riding with me cause I'm having enough trouble trying to focus on my own.

@paulinepost8378

4 жыл бұрын

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Really. I'm so brocken right now, i want something to eat, but instead i'm watching this, late in the morning, again, while originally have to do at least something for two exams at once. I can't even decide and if i could, my mind would be to slow to get things processed, because it was happening two weeks out of nowhere. And i have fear about beginning what i need, because of how unexpected my mental things went downhill. I'm just fucked up. I hope whoever feels like that too is somehow more able to reduce stress levels than me. I'm suffering and don't wish that upon anyone, not even enemies

@sierra4603

4 жыл бұрын

Dude I feel this so hard. All I can say is get professional help asap, especially while youre in school.

@saga2964

3 жыл бұрын

I totally hear u and u are not alone. Please go see a specialist--u don't have to live like this!

@donoharm510

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

God this video needs more views

He is best. Thank u

Thank you Dr Brown, very informative.

I was a distracted little one who rushed through things and didn’t “work to my potential”. I was impulsive, emotional, aggressive and bossy with my playmates so I never kept them for long. Middle and high school my performance was abysmal until about the 11th grade. Then slowly the clouds began to part and I was able to do homework, take notes, study. But the loss of confidence from having spent several years in summer school and failing classes prevented me from going to college. I went back at 34 and earned a 4.0 GPA from a prominent university. I see how some symptoms of the disorder still effect my daily life, but by in large my relationships and work life are very stable, despite my mental state and habits tending towards “scattered”. For me, I did grow to learn the skills of forcing myself to focus on tasks and get things done, to think about my future and control my behavior based on those goals or consequences, but the underlying patterning is still there and it’s still a battle. I have never seen diagnosed or medicated. I wonder if I had been, would my life be different now?

I love this guy!

Very insightful

Thank you for such a thorough explanation. So helpful!

Interesting point about school. I was always struggling severely with school, worse even than most kids I knew with add or adhd. I dropped out about a week after reaching the age that I could do so legally. I didn't attend university until I was around 21 or 22, and I felt that I did fantastic. My grades were not great, but every professor I had told me to expect poor grades as a high school dropout taking on a double major with a minor in three of the hardest subjects they teach. Many of them told me my progress was impressive, and to keep it up, and I often received praise from my peers when I would help them with their studies. I think my anecdote, having been diagnosed with adhd, lends credence to the idea that the struggle comes from the pre-frontal-cortex developmental delay!

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Thank you👍

Holy crap, I am 44 and I just now realized my parents were the scaffolding and now my entire adulthood makes so much more sense!

Very interesting 😮

The behaviour of my teenager would confirm what was said around 10 / 11 mins

I love the metaphor involving a an orchestra! It feels like a great way to describe whats going on with my biochemical processes in my brain! It got me thinking of another analogy - when the music is too loud in a movie or television show, so you can't hear the dialogue well. You can pick up on some of it, absolutely, but there are times where all you can hear is the music - the background noise that you don't want to focus on - so you can not comprehend the entirety of the central point that you are meant to focus on. You can get the gist, usually, by picking up important words within the statement, but you certainly didn't pick up on the nuance because you could not focus on the dialogue for its entire duration. You missed just enough that you now have to piece together what you did get and you attempt to interpret that in the way it was meant to be conveyed.

10:35 - 12:45 Cortical thickening and pruning process brain animation on slide.

Thank you!please expand your opinion about Ritalin

I just noticed the title says "Delopmental" in it......🤦‍♂️

Dr Brown, please explain ADD v C-PTSD from your point of view. What does research say about ADD and ASD? 📚💡

@kimberlyrosssegovia203

3 жыл бұрын

Good question, I'd like to know the answer.

Why can't I have psychologists like that in India? I need a consultation. This is as good as it gets. I keep getting labelled with depression and keep being dismissed that its my medical student syndrome. 😭

@aakashmadariya7694

4 ай бұрын

Being a medico in India. I would say parents doesn't even consider this even disease they say wake up early Everything will be shortout 😂😂

@RadicalMedico

4 ай бұрын

@@aakashmadariya7694 my parents tell ayurvedic cure for everything. When I ask "why did they send me to modern medicine school?" They say you will get older and realize natural remedies are everything. So, yeah!! I know what you mean

I had equine viral encephalitis in 1965. I have some of these symptoms at times.

Can my 8 year old son defeat some of the symptoms permanently or is the goal to teach him the coping skills (build the eye glasses) early and consistently?

I got tested for Aspergers and got a "yeah might be might be not"-judgement, as in, "inconclusive"/Borderline-case. I'm starting to think they tested me for the wrong diagnosis with an A.

Where can find this doctor

I need this Dr to help me and my son

Dr. Brown, I am 64 and I think this is what I have! Where do I go to get help and I am 64 is it too late for me? I'm sinking into a deeper depression because I can't deal with it anymore.

@AuStin-xy4yv

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I’m not Dr. Brown but just know It is absolutely not too late for you. simply go to your doctor or get a referral to a psychiatrist, and describe what you’re going through (bs a bit if you need to, it’s up to you), and say you believe it is adhd. I recommend getting a prescription to start. Vyvanse extended release at 40mg is definitely where to start. Vyvanse is perfectly healthy for your body because what it does is use only what is needed and filters out the unnecessary stuff (google or ask your doctor to learn more I may not be explaining well enough). First day on the vyvanse and you will feel you have your life back I promise you! I know I’m late to comment, and I’m not sure if you’ll see this (I really really hope you do) but please know this will tremendously help. You will feel whole and you will be in control again. Best of luck and I wish you all the best 😊

@rebeccanichols8205

5 жыл бұрын

@@AuStin-xy4yv thank you SO much. I will diffently take this into consideration. I still haven't seen my doctor yet, I feel kind of foolish saying anything, I think some think it is in my head especially my sons. But I want to start feeling better. I really am getting so discouraged with myself, I just keep forgetting and doing stupid things, it so aggravating! But again thank you for the info and I will disscuss this with my doctor. Oh I was wanting to ask you if you have any side-effects from medication?

@AuStin-xy4yv

5 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Nichols for me personally, I do not have any side effects whatsoever. The only issue I have with it is that I have issues eating (this is completely normal and part of using this drug). Appetite loss has definitely decreased, but I recommend waking up, eating a really full meal, then taking the vyvanse. If you have heart issues, I recommend taking aspirin/baby aspirin as needed. Also, leave others out of your own well being. Sounds rude and blunt, but weigh out the options. Live with what you’re going through until it gets better for a bit to please others, or get treatment but let others judge you for it. Regardless they will judge you. Love yourself, and take care of yourself (easier said than done, I know). If you are really concerned about taking medication, there is other treatment you can try. do some cognitive therapy with a psychiatrist My best recommendation for the best help is to see a psychiatrist and say you want an assessment. It’s what I did and found out I had many untreated illnesses. The highlight being ADHD. I started taking vyvanse and my life has been renewed, it’s incredible. Best of luck sweetheart!!!!

@spiderjump

5 жыл бұрын

call out to Jesus Christ

@tiehererah33

5 жыл бұрын

Vyvanse is amazing!!

Pretty sure I made this guy on Guess Who back in the 80s 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome talk tho

Mine is getting worse! I'm a singer and I can't remember lyrics. Oh well best of luck all my fellow Adders ❤

I can drive ok. I'm a taxi driver. But I can't plan my day or even promise to my kids if I'm going to play hide and seek after super🙂. I think of a million things that would prevent me after I eat.

Im actually very good at driving my reflexes are very good and I have never been in an accident. I anticipate a lot and can usually predict what the driver ahead of me is going to do. A lot of apple will speed up on a car that I know is going to suddenly stop lol I don't know how I know I just read the cars behavior

Is the title spelled correctly?

what is addj. ? i do,t know

R u familiar with the term hyperkenetic syndrome-

This is a great informative video. But I fell asleep half way thru it because I have ADD 😂

24:43

I have type 3 adhd

my mind has problem

Anyone else think they were half deaf before they got diagnosed and medicated? Myself, many family members, friends, teachers, my husband and kids all have thought I had hearing problems my whole life. I’m 37, got diagnosed almost a year ago, and I hear fine. I’ve heard others diagnosed say something similar. No more jokes about how mom can’t hear anymore. Lol

@BusinessWolf1

9 ай бұрын

Oh yea. Most definitely.

when get older u get crezy

I self diagnosed myself many years ago. I always had difficulty Following directions. In college I remember being lost listening to lecturers in chemistry. The only way I could learn was by reading the lesson at home, making sense of the subject on my own time, and then getting 100 on the test. When I was younger, while I being told to be very intelligent., I always performed poorly. As an adults. I would describe myself as absentminded. Now, approaching 80, I’m concerned that HDHD may Increase the possibility of developing Alzheimer’s disease. So, while. Having perhaps an higher IQ than average, life has been a struggle

"Delopmental" somebody's got serious bout of add.

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