Chapter 34 Understanding ADHD

Thank you for your recommendation on the ADHD course, I'm on week 3 of the understanding autism course and have just joined this one too. Excited that you can do more than one at a time!

I've said this before but it bears repeating - I really love the way you explain everything and share things I haven't heard in other videos. Thank you for being you and all of the work you put into making these videos, you are so appreciated!

Thanks for explaining the three subtypes. I mentioned the possibility of ADHD to a neuropsychologist, who only looked at the second/third type and abruptly dismissed me. Hearing the DSM criteria for inattentive ADHD, that describes me to a "T" along with my autism diagnosis so that AuDHD must be my special mixture. Thanks for clearing through the mud! Happy holidays and an awesome new year to you.

AuDHD here. Inattentive subtype diagnosis. NGL, got distracted about 3 minutes in, but great video none the less - thanks :)

Great video. I really enjoy your content because I find your explanations concise and articulated very well. It’s easy for me to follow and you always get straight to the point. I’ve been learning a lot. Happy new year!

You're in a new location. I don't know how I feel about this change... JK 😂 Excellent video I'm looking forward to the next one on benefits of ADHD Merry Christmas 🎄

Really useful and digestible info. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the series. Merry Christmas to you 🎁 🫥😵‍💫🤯

Happy Christmas!

Hey you did post one more this year! Merry Christmas!

Re. emotional instability and masking—personally, I mask emotional expression pretty thoroughly. I'm usually aiming for "calm" and from the reports of others I'm pretty good at it. That leaves a bit of a blank canvas onto which others can project—they may figure out I'm masking something, but they don't know what and the hidden emotions or motivations they guess at tell me something about them, them nothing about me. Where it gets confusing is how this relates to the concept of emotional regulation. It's easy to construct an interpretation in which emotional instability plus effective masking is emotional regulation. I can't tell to what extent other people have that interpretation, but I think most of what people say about emotional regulation is entirely consistent with it. Personally, I find that interpretation intolerable, but don't know what alternative(s) may exist.

Merry Christmas to you too! Very useful video, much appreciated. I already have my autism identification, but I know I’m also ADHDer. Everything you mentioned there really makes sense to me and I identify with many of the traits you mentioned. Thank so much for your hard work ❤

I need to watch your videos as I recently found you via Neurodiverjennt. I'm very similar it appears. I'm AuDHD diagnosed too in 2021 and I'm a similar age also. So yeah I do appreciate someone I can relate to uploading videos on here. Thanks. Happy Christmas and New Year

Driving directions are the worst. I struggle to remember names after hundreds of reminders, so street names and suburbs are meaningless. Landmarks work ok if I have seen them a few times. I still struggle with friends names sometimes even after decades. One of my close friends is called Emily, I often call her Emma. Her husbands name I got wrong to her face a week ago. Known him for 10 years. But I can remember all the lyrics to the entire Kate Bush back catalogue. 🎉

I'm autistic but not adhd. My son is,though, so I try to learn more about it. The way you're describing it really reminds me of my son. I'm sending him the link. I hope he watches it.

🤔 inattentive type: 2-4-5-6-7-8-9 well they can figure that out when they do the ASD assessment hopefully somewhere next year.... ADHD didn't ring true before I heard you list the criteria. As I'm very good at being in one spot for very long times if not forced to move because of sensory issues or social pressure.

I heard a theory that immigration from Europe to the United States selected for people with ADHD. (I.e. European individuals who were more restless were more likely to go to America.) And that is why the U.S. has a higher rate of ADHD. (I don't think its actually true. But its an interesting theory.)

I had never thought of my ASD and Autism bumping uglies before and now feel like I’m gonna struggle to look either of them in the eye 👀