ADHD Explained - A Live Expert Panel

I love this guy he is awesome ❤️ I didn’t get any help at all when I was a kid. I just got yelled at.

Miss Galinsky talks like a politician and I couldn't focus on a single thing she said. Dr. Brown, on the other hand, hit home with every note. Interviewer also needs to learn how to let her guests speak. We're here for a panel on ADD; not a panel on "Understood."

The chick in the blue is really unsettling. She acts like it’s a switch you can learn to move at will, just choose to get better even though it’s brain chemistry. It’s the same dismissal my parents had and it’s the reason I never got a diagnosis when I was with them

Thomas Brown here trying to say it's a developmental neurological illness which affects adults and can't just be willed away... the two women totally ignoring his message and talking about it like it's child behaviour management... smh.

I take Ritalin for my ADHD. ADHD is like driving in a thick fog. When the Ritalin kicks in, it's like breaking out of that fog into the clear, sunshiny road ahead. I am 67 years old. I couldn't get any help when I was young, because only boys got ADHD. I was tested and saw many psychologists, but no one said ADHD, since I was a girl. When my son got it, a got tested and put on medications. We both got counseling to be able to help ourselves. My son does very well, I still have some trouble. But, with the med, I do much better than if I'm not on it.

Bless you Mr Brown, I now believe that there is hope for me

It's not just a matter of doing what you love tho! There are things I love to do that I can't get myself to focus to do. It is very frustrating.

'A closer look into ADHD' brought me here. It's funny how Mr. Brown says almost the exact same things. Nevertheless he's amazing.

Dr.Brown all the way. The other two don't understand it as well as him

how the man described reading around the 12 minute mark is EXACTLY what its like for me reading books, i find myself having to skip back entire chapters to a point i remember reading. when i describe this to normals i get the weirdest looks.

Andrea Davis Pinkney shines as moderator and panel leader, such great questions, sprinkled with humor and personal anecdotes to keep things moving.

I have learned to adapt precisely with my lack of focus on uninteresting (but necessary) tasks by conditioning and FOOLING my mind to think (or finding reasons why) they are interesting and meaningful. It’s incredibly tough and does not always work, but many times it does and helps, especially in highly demanding fields. I was also just reminded, i can never picture any image in my mind completely clear, so while i like art, i could only draw still life or by copying, but never from memory or imagination. It’s always a static cloud.

Dr brown: I love that he actually genuinely understands ☺️

I forgot was I was going to say. But anyway, I'm here because I just sussed that I have struggled all my life with ADD symptoms. Now, thanks largely to stumbling into Tom's brilliant clarity on the topic in other videos, I see what is going on. I'm hoping to further my diagnosis and develop options for coping with it. Thanks!

What pisses me of Is the people who say ADHD is a gift . I have ADHD with dislxia - sure I have moments of genius because I think around corners -outside the box - but overall - day to day it’s a debilitating thing for those of us who don’t FALL WITHIN THE beneficial zone of the ADHD dyslexic stuff . There is a hell of a lot of shades between black and white…..There’s more of us that aren’t successful ..and to have people tell me ….oh look at Richard Branson ….or any other successful person blah blah blah ,he has Dislexia and look what he achieved . Do you know what that does to most of us ….. it puts more pressure on us …then… if we don’t achieve it’s another failure . Because XYZ can do it . If you don’t FALL WITHIN the level of ADHD AND DISLEXIA that allows you to build your strengths. Like me with the memory problems of both issues. It simply crushes your spirit . It drives the lifetime of depression - the woman in the red dress would do well to curb her outward excitement to a more balanced level that respects those of us who are being crushed by the pressure . 50+ years I’ve been damaged by people throwing it in my face ….A list of popular successful tv star’s Or business people and investors who worked through it to become rich and famous……. While I can’t even afford to go to a psychologist to cope with the depression. Makes me so angry (trapped animal) with no solution’s

I read the book and do the same thing that you said I read it don’t remember it but I remember the day. I’m 57 and I always wanted to know how to read and write. Unfortunately they told me I was slow and had low self-esteem. Thankfully I had teachers who believed in me and help me to graduate with my class.

Thomas E.Brown,Ph.D. he is the best and he is so right on everything he say’s.and yes ,I smoke and have depression no real friends,that effects your whole life forever and you don;t want people to know you have it .I stay away from people for as long I can think.

I don't think Galinsky actually talked about people with ADHD even once...

So refreshing to hear a such a realistic approach, to bad it was almost drowned out by Galinsky's empty nonsense.

Sleep is soooo important. And positive people surrounding us! Educate the teachers, understand what this ADHD etc is all about! “Average doctor has 20 minutes of ADHD training.” Adequate info is sooooo important! Parents: Surround yourself with supportive parents, non-critical non-judgmental. Get expert help and support!