Russell Barkley, PhD - Dedicated to ADHD Science+
Russell Barkley, PhD - Dedicated to ADHD Science+
This channel is dedicated to disseminating the science about ADHD. It is based on Dr. Barkley's 45 years of clinical practice, research, and teaching and his many books and scientific papers. In 2023, he was named by Research.com as the 37th most influential researcher in the US and 65th in the world in terms of the impact of his research on psychological science as attested to by how often his research is cited by others. He has recently retired. In anticipation of his retirement, he has created videos of more than 30 hours of his lectures that have been posted here for laypeople and professionals alike.
Although the initial videos posted here are in their original length as given at conferences, most videos have now been broken down into shorter segments, numbered sequentially, and organized into playlists for ease of viewing.
PLEASE NOTE: DR. BARKLEY CANNOT GIVE ADVICE TO PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR ETHICAL REASONS.
His website is russellbarkley.org.
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Everytime I have tried to describe what my mind is doing when I “zone out” to professionals I have been told they sound stroke like. My mind is completely blank. I’m thinking of nothing, or often repeating one word over and over. My mental fatigue is and always has been in control of my life. I can sleep for 12 hours a day and want to sleep the days away. My mind is nowhere in my zone outs. I know where I am and what’s going on and I can hear my name or respond if being spoken to but at the moment it’s happening there is nothing going on inside my head. I just stare and I feel my eyes drying out and tell myself “blink now” and then back to nothing until I’m forced “back into the room”
The way this scratches my itch for ADHD education AND science education omggg. I've found it hard focusing enough to get a solid understanding of statistics and research methodology on my own (duh) and of course I would never feel confident enough to pass judgement on experts just because I took a couple of online courses so what you're doing here is both a blessing and highly.. entertaining? I will mention your channel to my psychiatrists and any fellow pop* science enthusiasts. If you happen to know of any other experts doing a similar undertaking, regardless of area, I would like to know about them. *not derogatory, meant in the sense of non-experts having a deep interest in the matter
I'd say from a certain perspective, you could almost define ADHD and giftedness in relation to each other, meaning they are polar opposites i.e. the amount of attention you can focus into something is quantified, and the highest amount yields the best results, and is what we call gifted. It could be argued the power disinct in human beings, is the power to focus our attention for long periods of time. Seems to me, that this is what evolves cognition, as opposed to fleeting, unfocused deliberation. Idk, it's a theory, lol... peace
I was just hinking about my theory, and it occurs to me, all the most intelligent animals are the species that either migrate, or many birds. Perhaps nest builders would be an extension as well. This would be a behavior requiring long term attention to a singular task! Requiring intelligence to accomplish. Or, put another way, requiring focus to accomplish.
ok, it's been 3 minutes and I think I've cured ADHD, lol... Give them a set of tasks increasing in the requirement for attention. Develop this set of dozens, maybe hundreds, ranging from microtasks of a few seconds, up to hours or days. The set could be used to score the patient and determine the exact level their focus begins to wane, cut out, etc. But it could also be used to treat the condition by giving the patient a systematic regime of slowly increasing their capacity for focus over time, without meds or stigma of being ill. I suspect, introducing incentives alongside the set would yield results, too. When a desire comes up, it focuses our attention, eg. love interest, or a new car for an 18 yr old., so if some of the task levels in the set came with a prize, when completed successfully, you could measure the difference in progression with and without the incentive. Now, I've just thought about parenting, and then later, teachers, coaches... Focus, is something that is directed when we are young. Maybe that's where it happens for anyone with the condition. Kids whose parents baby them, dote on them, iow, always have their child's attention, are robbing them of time with their own thoughts and observations, while kids left more to their own devices, alone time, are more focused?? Idk just the same vector of thought, the theory is going to show itself viable in many areas, would do so in all areas, if it's worth any salt.
Keep up the podcast and dad joked!
nice video, thank you! I try to read these studies by myself, come to my own conclusions before watching, then compare our opinions and expand what i'm paying attention to. it's very useful, thank you!
Dr Barkley is such a blessing to the ADHD community!! 🙏 He has more experience professionally and personally with people with ADHD and he bases he findings on science. Thank you so much Dr Barkley for taking your personal time in retirement to make these KZread videos for the ADHD community.. I’m also so grateful that you addressed Dr Petersons ridiculous comments disregarding ADHD. I was so upset when I heard his comments. I was also so grateful that you cared enough about the ADHD community to not only address it but make a video about how it was not based on any evidence or science. I usually like Peterson but he does not know what he is talking about regarding ADHD or medication. Last but not least Dr Peterson couldn’t hold a candle if he were having a conversation with you regarding ADHD and medication. I’d love to see that!! Again thank you so much for all you do for the ADHD community.❤️🙏
trying to be an xray tech, i love clinicals, its a lot of talking and walking around, but i painfully and physically fight off sleep M,W,F class days for 5 hours (only 2 10-min breaks😭😭)
I have ADHD and I can say with certainty that I track, hunt, fish, and notice things better than my friends who do not have ADHD. I feel like I should be in nature not in a building with fluorescent lights.
I think ADHD and giftness do interact, but in terms of diagnose timing. It is very possible that high IQ individual won't get diagnosed much later in life. Especially for females with no hyper-active trait. Wonder if there are studies looking into the IQ differences between ADD and ADHD, and also later diagnosed ADHD vs early childhood diagnosed individuals. In this paper showed gifted individual has less severer symptyoms. It could be these individuals are more likely to compensate their symptyoms with the extra cognitive power. It is important for schools and educators to recognise these, and design the class as accessible as possible. Provide mutiple strategies of study skill, time management skill that these with underly ADHD would benefit.
mayby it goes like this: ADHD are more often smokers (or have smoking parents or mayby also partners and friends) and smoking = increase in cancer risk, smoking could be underreported
Though schooling and university, I found that the worst combination for me was 1. A long timeframe, and 2. Low urgency. 30% assignment due in 2 weeks, no problem! 5% weekly assessments due a month after they're set, never gonna remember.
Thank you for saving lives Doctor Barkley. Alongside medication the validation and understanding I gain from videos like yours (even if the results or behavior changes are not immediate) are the biggest source of hope for myself and my future, which up until now has been very grim. Do you have any knowledge or experience with C-PTSD and it's potential comorbidity with ADHD? From my research the overlap of symptoms with ADHD is intense, and I struggle to understand the exact difference in those conditions in myself, whether I might have both or only the one. I react well to ADHD medication but I feel there may be more going on. Beyond expensive assessments, where can one look to address that confusion?
Timeline in topics ? When I see that this video is 1h 30 min I know I can not handle it.
It works for me, especially to fall asleep. I changed it a little when I tried to teach it to my 5yo ADHD son to be it a game and since then it works for me even better 😅 Simply put: you concentrate on your breath and everytime your mine wanders away (at it will happens immediately and a lot 😂) you catch it, give yourself an imaginary pat on the back, go back to your breath and wait till you manage to catch your mind wandering again. You are not trying to meditate, you are not trying to concentrate, you play cat and mouse with your thoughts. It totally changes the whole feeling of it as you stop feeling like a failure to not being able to concentrate, but you praise yourself for recognizing you let your minds wander (again and again). Basicaly you fell asleep with praising yourself 20 times in a minute 😅 Sometimes I even WANT to go to bed to do this because it's fun to look at what crazy thoughts your ADHD brain produces. Either that or you throw away the bad thought, it's a win win. Just the other week I heard my son murmuring: no, no, octopuses with rocketlaunchers, breath 😂 I for example concentrate on the way the air passes through my nose, he said it's the sound for him. I guess it doesn't matter as long as you concentrate on any aspect of breath, as it slows your heartbeat and you breath deeper (ADHD or not, it's just biology). I do not practice it as a true meditation though, but it's year now and some funny things come along: I can put myself at ease by breathing differently and also can somehow change my heartrate a bit, which helps epsecially when my ADHD meds kicks in after morning. Oh, and I am able to fall asleep during the day, I wasn't able to take a nap in my whole 35 years, now it works with this "trimmed mindfullness"😅
When my CDS symptoms get worse, I feel like I'm taking an antipsychotic or first-generation antihistamine. It reminds me of the sluggish, drowsy sedation caused by diphenhydramine, quetiapine and promethazine. Stimulants (amphetamine, methylphenidate, caffeine) become less effective, to the point where I can sometimes barely feel them at all at the prescribed dosages. I find it a lot easier to fall asleep as well. The tiredness is of a different nature to what it feels like when I don't get enough sleep - it's tightly coupled to apathy and fewer emotions. Could there be some sort of dysregulation of the brain's acetylcholine/histamine pathways involved?
I have ADHD and everyone I know who has ADHD have insatiable curiosity and are far more creative than most neurotypical people. They invent stuff and start businesses and generally take risks that neurotypical people are paralyzed by. Not only that but this guy’s analysis is in contradiction to literally every other “expert” I’ve heard speaking about this. It’s going a bit far I think to say that NONE of the characteristics of giftedness show up in people with ADHD. I’ll hold out for a second opinion.
I have been a teacher for 20 years. according to the management, I am not performing well (although I could have been fired in the first year, thankfully it's extremely difficult to terminate someone's employment in my country). However, nowadays, I am one of the most beloved teachers among students in my school. The National Gifted Students Foundation has selected me to teach gifted students in science nationwide during the summer. Despite this, the principal still considers me not to be a good teacher.😅 do i blame him? no, because i'm always late and miss half of my first class, im the last one to mark my class exams and always miss my deadline😓
Time is a conceptual tool, it's only used to manipulate or communicate. Daylight savings, for example, does not affect any of the observations used to record or communicate the time, only how it's represented, time is a construct and not of any actual real importance. Time is an excuse, it can't be a reason.
Just found your his research, finally someone who understands
I had a c average in school because I was bored and frustrated. I scored high on my army entrance exam and high on IQ tests, so explain that. Furthermore, I didn't get properly diagnosed till 47, Even though my mom was told earn I was in first grade, I had ADD. Being 2E WITH ADHD and no prior treated diagnosis as an adult, males it 4 times as hard to get diagnosed. Throw in RSD and my diagnosis were all over the place. Better late than never, but I imagine what magnet school and college scholarships would have been like. On top of better relationships, more friends, being a better dad, better job stability, no being on disability and those intrusive suicidal ideations. But I made it through and can help my son and others
I needed this one today! No disrespect intended that I refer to you as “our Russell” in my therapy sessions! God blessed me to choose a therapist who specializes (and has!) ADHD. She diagnosed me as I turned 55. I’ve had it all my life but became completely unmanageable when I hit a period of too much stress and menopause. I’m struggling to do the things I need to do and she holds space for me, defends me and yes, challenges me. Your comment about not using as an excuse and you need to figure out a way to do “it” hit the nail on the head. Currently unmedicated for multiple reasons, but will re-address with PCP this week after having the GeneSight test (irony that after 3 months of crazy side effects on Strattera, it showed up in red 😁) Thank you so much for your love of this subject and your continued research and sharing! We love you!!! ❤️
Bro that guy is just an outright dick xD You can see how wrapped up in himself he is in just a few minutes of watching lol. Glad Barkley picked him apart - especially in such a formal manner. I'd struggle to be that diplomatic about it if I were asked to call this guy out.
Maybe all those Bonkers Brutus ate made him bonkers! 🤪
MOOOOSEY BABY!!!❤
Treating with pharmaceutical medications isn't always the ONLY answer. Once we can finally agree as a species we can start offering more solutions and resolutions than omg, another study that's 25 years too late. - 34 /m diagnosed at 3.
I would pay money for the absence of internal brain chatter. Mine talks my head off. So yappy I could refer to it as something like a chihuahua looking out the front window. If I did speak it all out loud I wouldn't have time to breathe. I have a virtual 'yappy' box in my brain that I can sometimes stuff it all into if I can catch it. Usually I can't catch it. I'm quite literally watching it's chaos as I am listening to this video and typing this message at the same time. None of that inner chatter has nothing to do with anything else that I am doing or thinking either. Sometimes, it's only usefulness, it asks the question: "Have I taken my meds?". And yet, you will never catch me in a grocery store without a written grocery list in my hand. It has to be in my hand. With my handwriting on it. If I lose my list, it's over. I cannot process. I feel like a lost kitten in the middle of an ocean. It is actually very unnerving. To have so very much room in my brain for all that yapping but none of it is useful and I cannot remember the things I need to remember. How can that be? You'd think I could recite the phone book (yes, I remember phone books) with the amount of information and inner chatter going on. But if you asked me to find just one person's phone number in an actual phone book, I'd forget who's name I was looking up by the time I located said phone book. And, yes, I have done this very thing back in the days of phone books, and before I knew I had ADHD. The key has always been to write down the name of the person first. Then open the phone book, piece of paper with name on it in hand. Inner chatter, outer chatter, it's all just chaos to me. The only thing I can rely on is that written list. A solid foundation that I can rely on. Now I'm rambling....ugh...
2 things that really helped me turn my finances around: YNAB (You Need a Budget) app and Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You to be Rich). YNAB helps me really see finances clearly and assign the money I actually have, as well as avoid ‘invisible’ credit card spending. It takes away the mental math that makes it so easy to lose track and get confused. It’s given me guardrails for my ADHD, and is worth the learning curve at the beginning. Ramit helps with big picture proportions for spending (50-60% fixed costs, 10% investments, 5-10% savings, 20-35% guilt free spending) - MUCH better than Dave Ramsey. Ramit helped me see the bind I got into with way too high fixed expenses. Things aren’t perfect now, but it feels very good to be on the right track. Both have great KZread channels.
What about physically impaired adhd?
Guys does porn addiction cause you to have adhd symptoms?
Sports are perfect for ADHD
I'd love to see studies on generic vs brand name meds please!! Word on the street is that there is a difference but I'm not convinced.
Clinicians know there is a difference that arises from quality control differing between them in manufacturing.
The bullying study is so interesting to me. What we also see ALL the time, is that ADHD kids and teens who REPORT bullying often really really misread situations (social executive functioning challenges) and are perpetually being 'armchair quarterback', have enormous difficulty with cognitive flexibility, situational awareness, lack self awareness, and are rejection sensitive. They also struggle greatly with reciprocity and perspective taking, and that makes it very difficult for others who try to interact with kids with ADHD, the other kids get annoyed, and the ADHD'er reports it as bullying. They often can't tell the difference between bullying or ribbing, and have the propensity to explode when things don't feel 'just'. My son was a great example, chronically reporting bullying, when turns out he was being extremely difficult, and would strongly exaggerate/report bullying, having a strong propensity towards a justice mindset, which is very common for adhd'ers. I'd love to see a study on this one. Bullying happens, but I'd bet that ADHD'ers VIEW and REPORT bullying as bullying when it's not that. So it's very very complex.
I agree with the relevancy of the factors you brought up and the importance of examining our perceptions and biases so as to help address the issue in the actually helpful way (like helping us regulate our emotions better, be more cognizant of social deficits, in short doing our part of being responsible for our actions and treatment). But I would like to add there's broader societal factors to take into consideration, as to what constitutes acceptable behavior and defaulting to a more "neurotypical" lens for judging appropriate behavior and modes of communication (I am factoring in autistic experiences too as there are both superficial similarities and an actual overlap). In short, some of what is perceived as a deficit in the general population is a non-issue amongst adhd and autistic people who seem to communicate and understand eah other just fine (and sometimes we irritate the heck out of each other - I'm not implying everything we do would be just fine of not for neurotypical people). And what might seem innocuous to NTs, like doublespeak and unspoken expectations might rightly offend or confuse someone who takes for granted that people should communicate more directly. Sometimes it's not about an absolute right or wrong but finding a way to reconcile and build a bridge between two equally valid but different mindsets. The reason I bring this up is because in helping us, in addition to protecting us from legitimate bullying and teaching us how to correct/make up for social deficits, there's also the third modality of helping us understand that there's other paradigms and how to approach them without condemning the entirety of our own paradigm as being too much of this or that and something to be scrapped altogether. And I am sure by trying to balance all these approaches on your own as a mother, you understand how complex it'd be to examine something like accuracy of self reports of bullying or sense of justice prior to having a more solid foundation on the diversity of what counts as valid experience. I suspect it is daunting task for research to achieve taking all of this into account.
I’m concerned about your drinking, dude.
As a child I regularly got pulled up for staring blankly or for my mind wandering. Now as an adult I listen to books and even watch films and box sets and I find myself watching or listening but I'm not always focusd on what I'm watching. I know there is sound and visual occurrences but I don't get the detail it just flows by... I have always experienced mind wandering and staring, blankly and loosing track of what I'm saying or even missing what I'm seeing and hearing. If I read or watch something that I am familiar with I can fill out the blanks but otherwise I can't and needed to go back and listen or watch from the last but I remember. Is this ADD, SCT or CDS or all three?
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Oooof just saw that i apparently have commented and seen this earlier…gees I’m forgetful
I wonder if they looked at the refractive error/eye length prior to this. If you're highly hyperopic/far-sighted and are already at risk for narrow angle glaucoma - these might be the people who were impacted.
Yet diabetes is the leading cause of blindness and that doesn't encourage people to do anything differently. A study like this comes out and people are ready to vilify safe, life changing medications.
Dr. Russ you’ve become part of my weekly routine and I so look forward to your updates! What you’re doing with this channel is not only so impactful to the scientific community, it’s the most digestible source of unbiased ADHD knowledge on the internet. For us ADHD folks that desperately seek to understand ourselves but have limited time and resources to do this level of research and cross-validation, you are a God-send. I wholeheartedly believe your name will go down as one of the great pioneers of how the world sees and understands this condition. Thank you so much for the work you do!! We can surely wait a few hours for your updates.
Thank you so much. You more than made my day. Be well.
Completely agree. In response to these digests, I made a prompt in my calendar, repeating every Tuesday, to read/watch/listen to something ADHD-related. It's usually Dr. Russ!
@@TS-yd6cn Same! I can't wait for them each week. I also enjoy the jokes, side commentary, and his voice is just soothing :)
Thank you so much for your channel, Dr. Barkley. It is so helpful! God bless!
My pleasure. Thanks!
I don't thing Mate is wrong, because this is not what he says. He never says the genetic doesn't matter, but that we may have the same genes and not have the same symptoms. He emphasized the environment, the traumas, the behaviors, becouse they matter. As I see, Dr Mate, more than family traumas, see as a cause the alingment of man from nature and the modern life. Otherwise, if it is only genetic, why does this problems appear more now than during history? All the studies you mention, speak about the present, not the past and avoid theis question. The fact that dr. Mate adresses this question only helps us as adults and parents to be more responsible, because everything we do matters. Even if Dr. Mate is wrong, as you say, he is not causing any harm. And probaly you and other scientist being right, are causing more harm. If you say to people it is all about genetics, you give them excuses not to think about their actions and their consequences.
Thanks, Russ.
Thanks for watching.
Dr Barkley: what if the mind wandering consists of analyzing the environment or the behavior of the people in the vicinity? Or attempting to recognize patterns in people in their environment. I often disengage to this extent, it causes severe impairment in my employment. What's wrong with me. And I often see things that other people don't.
Anendophasia seems more likely to occur along with hyperphantasia. Hyperlexia seems more likely to occur along with aphantasia.
It was at the reading comprention part that I agreed I must have this too.
I have a question on side effects or physical or psychological reaction in adults a) when stop taking ADHD stimulant medicine ( elvanse or ritalin ) after having taking it constantly for a few years. b) also I would be interested in your experience of the consquences If you take it irregularly ,for example just during the week and stop taking it the week end. Also what do you think about using it occasionally versus regularly . C) what is the imidiate reaction the day after. When you take it once and then not the following day. Is it possible to have a depressive reaction the day after, like let's say, like the day after drinking you feel bad or after having taking stimulant drugs like speed or cocaine, which can cause depressive moods the d after having taking it? I have notice that when I paused taking it a long time , like in the vacation for example, I feel extremely tired for a few days and very unmotivated.. Is this due to the sudden lack of the "energy kick" I get from the medicine ? Is there a clear physical side affect , and how far is it psycological? d) last question: Might the medicine cause depression in general or other imparing symptones over the time while taking it. I am more depressive than before and more lost. In my case it might be related to the menopause ( I am just trying bioidentical hormones to see if I will feel better ) . But I have read that , after taking medicine and therefore having a clearer mind and be able to focus better , you suddenly are confronted with these the learnt cognitive function difficulties. And that might cause depression , because even if you suddenly on one hand function better on the other hand you still have habnits which maybe inhibits an improvement. I still have the ADHD symptoms of not doing what I should do. Before I was in a lethargic state , not doing nothing , now I still have difficulties to face my daily duties or anything I should do, bit instead I am cleaning my house , or anyrhing to avoid my obligartion . At least my house is not as chaotic s before and I am cleaning like never before , but I still struggle with the difficulties to get important things done . I even have the feeling it's worse than before. It would be fantastic to hear session about that issues. I am a huge fan of you chanel, by the way.💎💗💎✨✨
I love this academic paper summary so much! Do you know if there are other respected scientists in other fielda doing something similar online? Any other recommendations?
Not to my knowledge.
We humans weren't supposed have too muchbto do orvtoo much to think about. BUT unfortunately we are constantly bombarded and that is what is disabling
I've been a HEAVY-HEAVY cannabis user for the past 20 years. I know a lot of people who smoke a LOT. I am not going to diagnose my smoke buddies, but it is hard not to see the ADHD tendencies in most heavy duty pot smokers.
I have increased intraocular pressure. When I was taking atomoxetine, it was a bit higher. Now I am taking long form methylphenidate and it is a bit lower, sometimes even at normal values. Not conclusive of anything, just an anecdote.
thank you.
My pleasure.