You are absolutely right. Anecdotally, my consumption of sugars and carbs was a symptom of the severity of my ADHD, and absolutely not a causal factor. I used sugar to self-medicate as I was undiagnosed for over 4 decades. Sugar triggers the production of dopamine so my sugar addiction was a product of a neurotransmitter dysfunction and deficit.

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I recently cut ALL carbs and my symptoms massively reduced. Stimulants dont work for me and nothing else they tried has either but seemingly no carbs does help big time. Very high fat intake though, so maybe this is fueling my brain better.

@Jofferpg2009

14 күн бұрын

Besides carbs there are some sort of carbs that trigger me worse the symptoms of ADHD like oat

@Jofferpg2009

14 күн бұрын

​@@user-yz6tu6ft7qcinnamon tea helps me whenever I intake a lot of carbs. Unfortunately, it happens. Do you exercise? Because I do but can't do it with energy without carbs. Still can't find a solution for this.

@annaharris2870

14 күн бұрын

@@Jofferpg2009 Wow! There are several different versions of oats available for making into oatmeal / porridge. I wonder if you are eating the higher-glycaemic ones such as instant oats? Traditional oats tend to have a much lower-glycaemic-index. Or, obivously I am an amateur commentator, it could be some other reason. Still unexpected and surprising. Cheers, Anna.

Thank you so much! I'm the one that emailed you about food addiction and this was very very helpful!! THank you for emailing me back and for sharing this important info with us each week :)

Looking fine as wine, Dr. Barkley. Shirt looks nice on you! Thank you for everything you are doing for the ADHD community!

I was just diagnosed with ADHD last month at the age of 33 and I always wondered about this because of all the sugar I consumed as a child.

@gravity00x

16 күн бұрын

Causation =/= correlation. Who says that you didn't eat all the sugar because of the deficiency in your brain, that you were just trying to compensate for? To me, eating sugar always felt like that when I did, I finally felt "OKAY", like a normal human being, and that kind of checks out, because that's exactly what ADHD does, it deprives your brain of dopamine and sugar brings back the dopamine.

@dontgetgaslighted

16 күн бұрын

I used to think it was the aspartame in the 80s until I realised that my mum had it too and likely my dad my youngest sister almost certainly and my grandparents so definitely more likely to be genetic for my lot

I discovered, in relatively early childhood, that eating sugar (and glucose powder) made me feel warmer and safer. So I did. At every opportunity. By my 20's I was living on coffee, sweets, cup-a-soup and toast. I'm nearly 60 now and sweeties are still a thing. I can do without if necessary, but, I'm as thin as a stick so there's no attendant obesity. So I've been hoovering up the sugar for the last 40+ years. I'm the same with nicotine. Etc.

@gravity00x

16 күн бұрын

It's crazy isn't it. Same here, to me eating sugar always made me feel like a baseline normal human being, because it brought back all the dopamine that my brain was missing, due to ADHD. But I have to say the effects of the sugar itself on my health werent good at all. I hope people and parents of ADHD children look into this more as this is very important. Sugar is bad, but it also helps people with ADHD to feel somewhat normal. Hopefully there is either a middleground or something to replace the sugar, that the people in the future keep in mind, when dealing with ADHD patients and loved ones.

@boligenic8118

15 күн бұрын

What do you mean "etc"? Cocaine?😅

@salparadise1220

15 күн бұрын

@@boligenic8118 Not coke. But, if I enjoy something there's a tendency for it to get done to excess, whether that be sweeties, cups of tea, spliffs, etc. Did go through a coke phase 20 or so years ago, but it surprised me how quickly I got to the point where fun had to be coke flavoured or it wasn't fun, and it's not cheap, so it struck me as kind of pointless as drugs go so I stopped and haven't touched it since. The only things I cannot get hold of, that I'd like to be able to get hold of, are LSD and MDMA. But I live in the UK - one of the most retarded, spiteful and anti-knowledge countries when it comes to "drugs".

@Jofferpg2009

14 күн бұрын

​@@boligenic8118Lol

0:34 "This is an idea that WILL NOT DIE. I feel like I'm playing scientific whack-a-mole with this idea" LOL

It's funny, because I have no addictions to anything be it alcohol, drugs or other. None of that shit. I hold my drink and have never sought out drugs. But sugar? Oh lordy. It is the only addiction I have that I time and time again fall back into. I have tried for years to combat it, but it always comes back. Especially during very stressful times where I feel like I don't have control over my own life. It scares me. My dad is the same. He would sometimes eat our candy when we weren't around, lol. He's not diagnosed, but he has some signs that he might have it. He has a terrible temper, always has a bunch of ideas and projects going on and constantly thinks about thing he needs to do, especially before bed. He has had, what I now know are hyperfixations several times. I remember a specific gardening project he became obsessed with when I was a kid and he read all about it and prepared for months and built the thing and maintained it for awhile. I don't remember how long we had this garden project, but eventually he grew bored of it and took it down and went on to something else. He also became obsessed with a vacation project where he wanted to hike for a month in a foreign country and he once again read book after book about it, bought all kinds of gear and monitored all his things down to how much they weighed and how many stops he wpuld need to make in order to not destroy his body. He went on this trip several times and then he was done with that too at some point and hasn't really gotten back to since. I have always vibed really well with my dad. I feel like he understands me better than my mom does. He has had his fair share of challenges in life and had a lot of different jobs when he was young and gone on all kinds of crazy adventures and has always had very particular systems and routines he stuck to. And he has a sweet tooth. I'm so much like him in so many different ways. I don't get to travel as much as he did because I can't afford it in this economy, but I don't really mind it either because traveling has never been a fixation of mine. Sorry for rambling. This was about sugar and I just ended up talking about my dad, lol. He's a good dad, though. Not perfect, definitely not perfect, but his energy and passion for all kinds of random things has always been inspiring to me and I'm very much Iike that myself. And fuck sugar. Haha

@Call-me-Al

16 күн бұрын

Starchy and sugary stuff helped calm my extreme anxiety as a kid I think? But actual anti-anxiety medication and adhd medication works so much better. I tried a balanced keto diet (not meat only, plenty of vegetables and even small amount of berries) and I struggled not with sugar but with ditching starch like all the different kinds of breads. I only stopped because of having to move and deal with my dead father's estate, depression, etc. The only things I have felt actively addicted to (like made my skin itch unpleasantly to wait for it, and even anticipating it made me feel kind of jittery and giddy) in my life was socializing with other people as a kid and teen (I was super lonely), and iron infusions as much older (chronic iron deficiency because of too heavy periods) because they so radically improved my quality of life.

@jonr6680

16 күн бұрын

The gold is always in the comments... Lived experience is pouring out of people. In the old days they would say 'witness'... Now science devalues this kind of testimony. Nobody has a place to express their reality anymore (except here!), the online world is usually so superficial.

@peaksofblue

16 күн бұрын

Thank you for making this correlation. My dad was bang on what you described. He would study books, learn new techniques, attend classes at the local college to learn everything about Jewlery and metalsmithing, finally succeed at it... And here I just found a 25 lb box of ceramic particulate investment that he never opened, but I have found most of the tools necessary to follow through on it, as well as the wax copies he made of various rings and cool objects. He was NOT a jewler by any means, but he was always so curious about everything that he was very inspiring to me, and always will be❤. He did in fact keep sweets in his nightstand drawer 😂 Thanks for sharing. Hope you are abke to ask him for help with the big things in life that you are stuck with, while he is still around.

@peaksofblue

16 күн бұрын

I mean jist the fact that he met my mom while Traveling Australia and New Zealand. He was in a tournament for Marlin Fishing for gods sake! Never caught one, but he did snag a wonderful woman :)

@oysterchampion8998

16 күн бұрын

Very cool. I'm like your dad and my daughter just got diagnosed. Both our handwriting is identical

Just wanted to say I love you Dr Barkley; the beautiful voice of reason. 😊

Dr. Barkley, thanks for all your hard work. Just diagnosed this year at 38 and I've been listening to your book "Taking Charge of Adult ADHD" and it's been invaluable for navigating this disorder. You and your colleagues that have spent so much effort and time researching this disorder have made a massive difference in my life and I appreciate you so much. Thanks you.

I got diagnosed with ADHD AFTER being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I had no idea my uncontrollable sugar cravings had a cause I thought I was just irresponsible and depressed lol. Learning about dopamine seeking particularly through food was eye opening.

I will be forever grateful for a hyperfocus I had 9 years ago when I got a vitamix dupe for 100 dollars I went full on whole food plant based and those date sweetened snacks and treats helped me kick my junk food habit completely 80% reduction in anxiety after 2 weeks and for the women in here I had period pain on an 11 out of 10 scale that was gone after 2 months never came back its been 9 years I'd had it for 23 years. The reduction in my what were now obviously adhd symptoms too was very noticeable unfortunately ahead were extremely traumatic times and after that ptsd and I think I'd been eating like I previously was i don't think I'd have made it. I've never really gone back because the junk food had such a severe impact on my mental health that if I eat something like now I can feel the difference. There's a huge emotional component to eating and memories associated with it its why it's a lot harder for some people to kick it. Took 2 weeks for my taste buds to change mind used to think raisins tasted of nothing but now they're like fruity sugar drops 😂 🥰

If anything, I would like to see a study done on protein deficiency and ADHD. My ADHD symptoms are greatly exacerbated when I don’t have adequate protein in my diet. Not sure if it is more causality or correlation.

@peaksofblue

15 күн бұрын

Surely it has to be directly dependent. Do you also have to be careful in hot weather?

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

6 months ago dealing with severe adhd symptoms and massive brain fog and always tired... I thought maybe I dont get enough calories and/or my nutrition is imbalanced. I spent time inputting my diet into various calculators to see if I was deficient. And I was massively missing out on protein and calories in general. I switched to a high protein/high fat/zero carb diet and have seen a massive reduction in symptoms. My brain is working MUCH better. Still have adhd but it is not the same as before this switch. You should look into this for yourself.

Hello Dr Barkley I'm not sure if you're taking suggestions but have you considered making a video on disentangling ADHD and Trauma symptoms specifically? I know you've covered their separate etiologies but I've seen many claims made that trauma is often mistaken for ADHD and vice versa based on a similar appearance such as "cognitive shifting" problems, especially relating to the conception of cPTSD. I'd be interested to learn how to disentangle these things as it is hard to parse what has good scientific backing and what has weak evidence to support it on the internet, because claims are often made without citing evidence. I've been trying to learn more about trauma, and it has been confusing to me to understand what symptoms I should be treating as ADHD and what I should try to work on from a CBT perspective

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I back this request HARD. I am convinced I have CPTSD. I have ADHD that I self diagnosed correctly after watching many many hours of the Doc's adhd lectures and got a diagnosis for. But it doesnt explain all the other "stuff" that cptsd does. I have spent probably 100 hours researching all of this and have come to understand a lot but there is a lot more left..as you say, to disentangle. My main question is... can adhd get so bad in certain times, maybe under extreme stressful situations/times in life, that it can manifest symptoms or "show" what is already there, that aligns more heavily with cptsd. I have heard some things the Doc has said about isolation, and coupled with rejection sensitivity.. makes me wonder if I dont have cptsd and its just extreme adhd.

I wonder if they considered re doing some of these studies without using aspartame. There is plenty of info out there about side effects of aspartame use.

@p.darakjian6889

12 күн бұрын

Yes! I was wondering the exact same thing.

Hi Russell - any thoughts why so many scientists and researchers keep concluding that correlation equals causation? Not just in this field either, it seems to happen across all scientific fields. I would have expected this to be taught during the basics of any science/medical based college or university course.

What are your views on the keto diet for ADHD?

@grilnany

16 күн бұрын

I would like to know too. Great video Dr. A big fan from Brazil 🇧🇷

@oysterchampion8998

16 күн бұрын

I did it for 3 months. Wound up dropping a 6yr drinking everyday and nicotine addiction. Lost all my belly fat. My face looks 10yrs younger. I feel 15yrs younger. I had weird back pain that went away after the first month. Had the pain for about 15yrs. My cracked heels dissapeared and look healthy now. I took a TOVA test the week I started and another a month in. 23pt score increase (expected increase with ADHD medication is a 5pts) and I'm guessing that was due to the keto. Highly recommend. Also took creatine and a lot of wild blueberries

@NatalieNicole2222

15 күн бұрын

@@oysterchampion8998 how did you deal with being tired in the first weeks of keto? I always end up really fatigued and give up. I take mct oil and electrolytes but still

@oysterchampion8998

15 күн бұрын

@NatalieNicole2222 I surprisingly was only fatigued for the first 3 or 4 days. Started on a Friday by chance so had the weekend to do nothing. Energy went way up after that. I took a lot of B vitamins and milk thistle and some other supplements that are recommended for keto based off what I read and watched. Maybe that helped but I didn't take most of them until a month or so into it.

This is absolutely fantastic.

Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. I'm a big fan from Brazil 🇧🇷.

Doctor, you look stunning in your summer colors!! Big fan of yours ❤

Love the new tee Russell. Thanks for your content I greatly appreciate it.

Another very interesting video, thanks for the continued information. I had a question about some of your older content on youtube, like your conferences from 10-15 years ago. Have there been significant enough changes in medicine about ADHD that would change some of the conclusions from the information in those older videos, or is the older content still pretty much up to date with modern studies/thinking around ADHD? Are there some points you would caution us about today that seemed less controversial back then?

In my anecdotal experience, cutting down on carbs decreases the intensity of my ADHD symptoms(however it's never an easy process since my father brings in sweets every week, whenever he returns to home for work, and he is somehow increasingly sentimental about the purchase of the fairly expensive sweets, so rejecting it isn't an option unless I am okay with him getting silently angry with me). There have even been few studies on the positive affects of a keto diet on ADHD. Even if sugar consumption doesn't directly cause ADHD, it definitely seems to increase the severity of ADHD symptoms.

Brilliant as usual Russ! What will we do to celebrate the 100k subscribers? 🎉

Expectations of children .. maybe check within urself as parents whether u have adhd urself

Hi Dr. Barkley, what do you think about Dr. William Walsh protocol that’s designed to cure Cu/Zn imbalance that’s prevelant in ADHD and treatment to address under-methylation?

Two of my seven children were behaviorally reactive to certain food dyes. This was not a subtle thing; it was as if someone toggled a switch and the unhinged zombies came out. (I remember once coming home to a child in the center of the living room, neck cranked up, staring at the ceiling fan, as he spun to keep pace. His dad had given him colorful sugar cereal.) We rarely experienced this as I did the shopping and never brought things into the house that any of the kids were allergic, sensitive, reactive to it intolerant of. Not what I’m wondering is, as so many sugar foods marketed to kids are loaded with food dyes, if people are attributing to sugar what’s actually sensitivity and reactivity to some food dyes.

Our whole family has adhd (my mother has it as did my grandpa, as well as my sons). Sugar doesn’t cause it, but it definitely doesn’t alleviate our symptoms. 😂 We also found that gluten and a high-carb diet is AWFUL for adhd symptoms. I can feel the change within hours of eating a gluten-filled meal. My kids grades decline.

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I have found the same as you and trying to convince my entire family with adhd to try it for themselves too. zero carbs and high fat for the brain fuel. I never gained any weight for switching from carbs to fat for brain fuel.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say "no". 🤔

After reading the comment section... its clear most dont seem to understand G+E=P. Genetics + Environment = Phenotype. Phenotype is the outward expression of one's genes. We know the phenotype for ADHD can manifest differently, but how much is one's environment influencing ADHD really? I see/hear people in here and in other chats etc as well as everyone I have told about my adhd say things that either place it all on genetics or on environment. As a breeder and student of genetics that equation has taught me a lot. For example there is a 20% average (varies by breed) of genetic predisposition to hip dysplasia. BUT dogs can get hip dysplasia without those genes. On top of this, dogs with the genes for HD, dont always have symptoms of HD. And to finish this off... dogs with the genes for HD + environmental aspects like jumping off high places/climbing stairs too much/accident to their back end, will INCREASE the likelihood of HD symptoms manifesting. We know that ADHD can occur from injuries. We know that people can have ADHD symptoms without actually having ADHD genetically. We also know people with ADHD can live highly successful lives with no knowledge they even have ADHD etc etc etc. It clearly is possible to reduce or exacerbate one's genetic ADHD through environmental cues. We have research that even the Doc has presented, to back this idea that we can influence our ADHD. If ADHD is not caused by sugar intake, is there any positive or negative correlations with carbs that the Doc thinks is valid?? I guess I dont blame all the people who think ADHD can be caused by just environment. Most general practitioners only have cursory knowledge unless they have learned more of the details. And most dont know ADHD is a genetic thing because it is very sneaky and can hide itself. haha

Sweets/candies help reduce my ADHD symptoms. I always presumed it was giving me that lacking dopamine-type stimulation.

Are there any studies on how adhd may present in patients who likely have inherited it versus those who have had high lead exposure? Given the two different causes, would they respond the same way to medication or would they respond differently?

I figured I knew this stuff so was going to skip, but was hoping some information about glucose and the forebrain and type 1 diabetes might be discussed. My understanding is people with type 1 have higher rates of ADHD, possibly from vessel damage, but alternatively, it may be found more often due to the taxing EF requirements for diabetes. I know the older videos and maybe the book talks about snacks to tweak blood glucose in the brain during intense activity. So yeah sugar doesn't cause ADHD, but isn't there some interesting things to discuss about sugar and ADHD outside of the causality question?

Hi dr. I remember being in 5th grade and having a teacher tell my mother I wasn’t allowed to eat bananas because they had to much sugar (early 2000s) … so ridiculous ….

I hope the studies used better controls than artificial sugars, because those have their own possible negative health effects.

What is the effect on dopamine in the brain of consuming sugary foods? Is it possible that some people with ADHD are self-medicating with sugar? This might suggest causation in the opposite direction.

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I would think this somewhat likely but sadly the bad side effects of sugar.... yarg

Very curious what Dr.Barkey thinks of no/low carb diets in regards to adhd??? I have been on a ZERO carb/high fat diet for 3 months now. Previously was on a low carb diet and I have gone from over the top sever symptoms to MUCH milder adhd symptoms (not curable). No medication used for a few years now, as none ever seems to work (Canadian health care leaves a lot to be desired though...). No other changes that I think would be involved. Maybe something else is causing the reduction om adhd symptoms somehow but the 25 year sever autoimmune disorder I have that affects my gut and skin have also nearly disappeared comparably speaking. I am going to study up on this heavily now. Thanks DOC!!!!

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I do remember the Doc mentioning somewhere, maybe an older lecture, to sip some sugar throughout the day. I am finding that any carbs at all makes me real foggy the next day. Is this just me somehow making up this correlation between carbs and my brain fog along with a host of other symptoms that affect my cognition?

I've never had a sweet tooth. Salt, however...

You should talk with Dr Anthony Chaffee

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I agree with him on most things but I have heard him say a few things that are def hyperbolic and made my eyebrows go cross. haha And this is one of them. But honestly I hear many many people who should know better... not know better. I am convinced 99% of the population is stuck on a stereotype of adhd and anything that fits in with that stereotype constitutes a cause for adhd.

There is ADHD psychiatrist in Poland "Jarosław Jóźwiak" one of the biggest in Europe, he thinks that borderline personality disorder could potentially be a subtype of ADHD, do you have any thoughts of this ?, personally as person with both i feel very triggered

@LucarioBoricua

15 күн бұрын

Borderline Personality Disorder could be a trauma response that's a step above Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, itself a trauma response to enduring persistent / repeated social rejection with some other underlying cause. In this case, untreated neurodevelopmental disorders (like ADHD) being a significant contributor to experiences of social trauma.

@samyueru3380

15 күн бұрын

@@LucarioBoricua yeah, i know very well what they are !! , it's pointless to counter his argument without properly representing it, but it is basically very ridiculous, and I want to bring more attention to this trend of thought

Thats a lot of time to say no.😂 A thought I had about adult diet and adhd that is corollary is poor diet choices due to inattention to time and hunger. Suddenly you realize you're hungry and haven't eaten anything all day. Well it's fast food for a reason.

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

exactly... couple that hanger with emotional regulation issues and it causes problems right quick. haha

Thank you for this! Now, please, can you kill the myth about gluten and ADHD too? (Non celiac disease) That’s too something I hear often…(and don’t believe in)..

Wait , you’re a twin? Remember your talking about your brother, was he ever diagnosed with ADHD or did he show the symptoms only?

I Am extremely ADHD, I am 66 years old, I'm sorry to be commenting in this video about a previous video. it comes with the territory 😊. Anyways I don't agree with your time blindness theory, I could even say that at times my experience is opposite.

Russ Barkley kicking ass again on all this useless nonsense we hear uninformed people say to us all the time.

Hey dr Russ! I was wondering, given that your audience is probably mostly people with ADHD, do people stop watching your videos after a couple minutes a lot? I like your videos but I find myself getting distracted while watching unfortunately.

I ate a lot of sugar before: liters of cola a kgs of sweets per day

This sounds like a result of ADHD, based on the evidence presented as opposed to a cause of ADHD.

Maybe all those Bonkers Brutus ate made him bonkers! 🤪

Dr Barkley, can we look further into predisposition of consumption, addiction? My teeth are hideous as an adult with adhd.

@user-yz6tu6ft7q

15 күн бұрын

I dont know if you mean plaque, but in my 40's and been on a zero carb diet for nearly 4 months. And surprisingly my teeth plaque that was very bad has nearly disappeared along with a 25 year sever autoimmune disorder that affected my gut and skin badly. I am stunned with all that is clearing up and how fast.

How about exacerbation of adhd symptoms in adhd people and sugar consumption or other addictive behaviours?

Thanks, sugar can be a way for the child to obtain a stimulant substitute with or without medication. As a child I would add six+ teaspoons of sugar to my corn flakes and could manage fairly well in school, if I had something else for breakfast low in sugar then I had troubles... Then I discovered coffee. Later at work if I was in the office I'd drink close to a pot of coffee, if I was out in the field/woods one cup or less was fine and I'd have issues at night. Interesting on the aspartame, personally at first I found that it tasted a bit weird then years later it gave me migraines. For my youngest son sugar was fine but he would be absolutely wired with aspartame and awake half the night, as an adult he finds aspartame makes him feel weird so he avoids it.

Thank you for covering this. Wouldnt the entire united states have adhd if sugar was the causation?! 😅 this subject will always irritate the life outta me, including caffeine being the cause too! 🫠

water caused my ADHD. I drank water as a child. Other things that led to my adhd - air, video games, basketball and curse by jesus himself. Or I am genetically born this, I don't know.

@aaheemas

15 күн бұрын

😂😂

Yes, I think that eating bad food results in bad brain activity, and of course it wouldn't be a surprise that this would cause some ADHD like symptoms, same with social media, and some people will just have some ADHD symptoms anyway, ADHD is not a definitive diagnosis, it's not like you're either pregnant or not pregnant, it's more like have you got IBS, you may have a little digestive issues or they could be life limiting caused by Chrons or diverticulitis or something, and is dependant to some extent on what you eat. Having indigestion does NOT mean you have a bowel disease, and eating better will make it go away, not the case with an actual bowel disease, same with ADHD there is an overlap between people with some mild ADHD symptoms because of lifestyle, but it's not actiual ADHD.

13:20 I have observed this in recent life, and feel vindicated having heard you confirm it! The expectation of bad behaviour on sugar. Confirmation bias?

Dr B is at pains to distinguish a specific disease pathology from general lifestyle impacts... Which is fine in academia, but in the wild west of society where influencers of all types have direct effects on people... It's a very asymmetric battle. Going also to posit Dr B has the education intelligence & lifestyle to approach a virtuous wellbeing regime that most people never achieve. In terms of mental control, the random crap we put in our bodies on a daily is a massive contributor to cognition, motivation, mood... Mostly negative. But correlation is not proof of causality of course. There's hardly anybody in the 'developed' world not already addicted & toxified by the laundry list of 'foods' we love to abuse. People who say they're fine are usually delusional. The vast majority will have a measurably shorter life and major physical health deficits from their lifestyle choices, especially what (& how much) they 'choose' to eat. Mostly folks just don't think at ALL. Many do know they have a problem but are powerless to effect change. It's the curse of abundance & freedom we enjoy. In the perception of media, linking this toxic soup with ADHD is understandable - They know the zeitgeist term ADHD gets clicks & views so truth never gets in the way of a chance to sell something...

@FlynnaYoutube

16 күн бұрын

I don't disagree with some of your analysis, especially about media looking for clicks by using ADHD to create stories, or globally how we are effected by influencers or advertising etc... On the other hand I have a bit of an issue with equating intelligence and making health directed decisions in your life. Maximizing one's life span is not the ultimate goal for most people, it's usually a factor in decisions we make, but we mostly seek ''happiness'' (however one defines it for themselves). Many doctors smoke, many nutritionists are overweight, many academics will make poor scientific conclusions or fall prey to their biases, that is not a sign of lack of intelligence, but just of being human. I believe you are attributing ethics to what Dr. Barkley is explaining in this video, whereas you will never hear doctors, psychiatrists, or psychologists, tell you how to live your life. They will give you information on how your body works and available treatments, but in the end the decision is with you to follow that or not. Many people make risky/dangerous decisions every day that aren't optimal, or healthy, or even safe, but make them happy. Like smoking, eating unhealthy foods, extreme sports, drugs etc... That's not a sign of lack of intelligence, but of that individual making decisions that satisfy them. I for one would rather be happy and live to 40 then be unhappy and live 80, but each person gets to make that decision for themselves.

@jonr6680

16 күн бұрын

@@FlynnaKZread Very well said. The trick with ADHD is to avoid labelling people less intelligent, as it's a flaw to implement the knowledge, rather than the knowledge itself. You went further into self-determination, freedom of choice, maybe destiny... A popular scientist called Sapolski(?) has recently released a book on the subject of free will ( or lack of it). I don't have any solutions... my general point was that 'regular' folk are FAR from virtuous, and yet want to label others as ADHD i.e. deficient. Stones/ glass houses!

@FlynnaYoutube

16 күн бұрын

@@jonr6680 Oh, yeah for sure, I very much agree with your last general point. I think the major issue is that there's an implicit appeal to normality within most people, if not all. Therefore most people will try to fit in, by copying behavior, speech, appearance, ideas etc... which isn't intrinsically a bad thing, except that anything that goes against that norm will be seen as abnormal, weird, or strange... We see it about skin color, gender, sexual orientation, handicap whether it's physical or mental, and as early as childhood, which is most likely learned behavior, with casual bullying about clothes, height etc... I don't have any solutions either, seeing how history repeats itself, and these perceptions have not changed with time does not bode well for people who diverge from the norm, which I personally do on many aspects.

@gravity00x

16 күн бұрын

@@FlynnaKZread Absolutely well put!

@alysonhenrique2924

15 күн бұрын

Except ADHD is highly genetically related. What you're saying is the equivalent of blaming a particular excess of some micronutrient in one's diet to shortsightedness