Hi I'm going in Sep 1 what time is the best please and is the standard ticket will be enough? Thank you so much.

Thank you for this video, we had a very similar childhood. I'll come back to rewatch this next time I'm doubting my diagnosis again. I got diagnosed at 25 but my journey to get medication is still ongoing (because I waited to start getting help two months before I'm leaving the country(((((((: great)

Do any Brooklyn cat cafes deal with Flatbush Cats? They are a powerful brooklyn-based Cat Rescue. They are raising money for a low-cost spay and neuter clinic in Brooklyn. Go Fifi and Rufus! Protect your new mama!

This helped me a lot. Is there anything u do for a crash??

The cats are great and you look very cute. Don't knock yourself.

What a smart Cat Mom. Two very cute cats. Happy to hear when people bring up that cat towers are so important for them and they love to be up high. Lucky cats that you adopted them!!

I've never accepted my ADHD traits (and heavily masked) so on meds I felt like my true self from the very first day

Weird enough my side effect is that I don't have a crash, it stays in my body, it accumulates and then causes chronic insomnia until I detox for about 1 week with no meds... 🤷‍♀️

Can I ask you your ADHD type? I'm type C

hi id like to ask what type of ADHD did you have diagnosed?

Love your transparency, grit, and courage. Just found my lost phone in the fridge, BTW. Yup, heard and still hear the, "everyone struggles with...fill in the blank " But not every time you need to do..fill in the blank". The frequency and severity of the behaviors and the fact that they are not under voluntary control distinguish ADHD from the normie experience. It is people like you who are making the world a safer and better place for ADHDers. Keep doing your thing! Oh, and ChatGPT saved my life!

I relate to this so much

Pls someone can tell me when is the best time to go to the summit in october. I'm visiting on october 24 to 26

I wish I didn’t see the part where you say how much you paid for Stratera. Cos I bought my first generic medication in Romania this week and I paid 120 euros for a month worth of medication 🥲 Can’t understand how is this possible that generic is so much more expensive. Hope it’s gonna work so much 🙃

Are you doing better on medication? What is your passion (need to find that for work)? Have you tried/do you recommend an executive function coach?

my biggest dream since i suspected ADHD is to be able to concentrate on anything i normally find very difficult and also the number one dream is to quiet down my brain, especially the thoughts not the good ones just the damn random unecessary ones floating around and adding up from anything and nowhere! i dont know if it is ADHD im suffering from but it leans extremely much towards it from what i have heard from my therapist and from researching it on my own and also from my experiences and similarities with people who actually has ADHD its scary how similar my daily symptoms are to ADHD even when i was a kid. Now looking back at when i were a kid it reflects how crazy symptoms i had already and no one noticed! i have even been forced at my early years to Re-do 2 years = do another full year with the class under me or the people 1 year younger than me because of how chaotic i was in school. As a kid i would unintentionally get bullied and also bully people, tease people and do anything else than what i were supposed to do if it was boring to me. I was the typical kid bouncing around and couldnt sitt still for long periods of time. Like fr i threw things at class mates to tease angry reactions for that dopamine rush. For example i would blurt out answers because otherwise i would lose it when the teacher finally pointed at me to talk. I would rather draw stuff in my text books than doing the initial task or draw and fidget to be able to even do the tasks. The teachers had to really watch me because unwatched i would never do those boring tasks when anyone else could. I climbed dangerous stuff like roofs and high stuff and remember at that time there wasnt such a thing as youtube or tiktok trends so no one influenced me to do those unecessarily dangerous stuff i just felt the rush by doing those things instead of doing the boring studying i would not remember anyways. Much signs was there even at that age but no one noticed. I started smoking and taking tobacco at a very early age and i got hooked to those so damn fast and i havent been able to fully quit even to this day and im 25 years old now. I have tried several drugs but luckily i could escape those circuits but the tension to try them again is brutal. Alcohol also affects me so differently to my peers. like fr people gets so happy and hyper from alcohol when i myself gets calmness and focus if its not too much alcohol if i take too much i get brutally tired. So alcohol for me is dangerous because it makes me get a calmness i can never get without it. the thoughs and my eternal restlessness kinda goes away with some alcohol. Weed also had a similar effect but a bit more vivid and my hyperactive side got boosted a bit from it but my thought processing got more straightforward in a sence. at this point i should write a damn book.

Meds to try for adhd is methylphenidates, amphetamines, bupropion, amantadine, bromantane, memantine, selegiline, modafanil and its derivatives, solriamfetol, straterra and reboxetine, tca's, baclofen, pregabalinnand gabapentin, piracetam and its derivatives, psuedoephedrine and ephedrine, phenylethylamine with a mao inhibitor, rasagaline and safinamide, pramipexole, cabergoline, and other dopamine agonists and obviusly all the weight loss drugs such as diethylpropion and phentamine, this list is for anyone reading comments, and thinking there is only ritalin and adderal

Pseudoephedrine makes me so calm, while the vast majority would be speedy or agitated at 120mg dose, i am testing meds, and any and all 2methyl-phenylethylamines are banned in my country, i hope me neuro will give me ritalin 10-20mg

Amazing video. Particularly resonating with your description of not feeling connected to the typical description of traits of ADHD. As an adult trying to come to grips with my executive function disorder, or ADHD, or whatever it is, I have experienced the same thing. Thank you

Cute cats 😍

Anyone else’s minds just go a million miles an hour? Thinking of things from the past constantly or a situation that had just happened. I literally jolt because I suddenly snap out of my thoughts. I’m 25 and I’ve only just come to the realisation that I may have ADHD, can anyone who reads this with ADHD confirm whether they feel similar as I am not 100% Even now I struggle to read books without my eyes blurring out the letters because of how uninterested I am. Most days I’m unable to leave the house because I get real bad lows and convince myself that the days already gone and I’ve missed it. Almost everyday my rooms a mess and I have no energy to clean but then there’s days I get sudden rush of energy and can’t sit still, I’ll clean my entire room and then notice a speck on the ground that leads to the hallways which then leads to the kitchen, next thing you know Ive cleaned the entire house THOROUGHLY. I’m always losing everything, my partner is now in charge of holding on to my wallet. I overthink like crazy and have real bad panic attacks if I’m unable to understand equations or something new. The list goes on but I’m already getting distracted by a show playing in the background so I’ll end this here. Appreciate any helpful comments

This is very much like my own life experience, and it took another almost-three decades before I figured out that I'm also Autistic. Structure, routine, and repetition appeal to the Autistic parts of my brain while also repelling the ADHD-inattentive parts of my brain. Time management and priority management have always been a struggle for me, as well as implementing and maintaining organization in my living space and work area. That being said, I have just reminded myself that commenting here on KZfaq is distracting me from the priority of remembering that I should be getting ready to leave on time for some plans I have this afternoon. ❤️‍🩹🧠⏰️

This is very helpful, I'm visiting in April so trying to decide what time to go, but it looks like night time would be super beautiful with the sun setting and buildings lighting up! Thanks for sharing!

Couldn't stop focusing on how much you were paying with your hair. I am just going through the process of getting diagnosed with adhd. I have anxiety also and so am super curious about the medications aspect. Do you find it helps your forgetfulness?

When I was in 4th grade we had an after school conference with the teacher and my parents. The teacher showed us what an "A" students desk looked like, all organised. . . then we went to my desk. . . needless to say. . .it looked like a hurricane just blew through it. The same "A" student of course, made the spelling bee and messed up on the very first word. . .FIREFLY. . . .I was so pissed. . . . I got up and walked out of the room and went to the playground. I was such a good speller. . . .and couldn't believe they picked the "A" student over me.

I am uneducated, unmedicated, and unregulated

I was on 80mg of strattera for 6 months. It was great for reducing anxiety but did absolutely nothing for my attention. Now on Vyvanse, it changed my life… I can actually do things I put my mind to, gives me motivation and boosts my mood. Fortunately for me, I don’t have crashes on it. But I do get dry mouth and forget to eat cause appetite is gone. I didn’t want to go adderall becuase it doesnt last long and from what I hear its peaky. Vyvanse is very smooth.

Seriously don’t feel bad about not being diagnosed until adulthood. I’m 42 and I have the hyperactive symptoms and everything. I am a smart person imo, but I never was able to put two and two together until just recently. I developed anxiety trying to mask and “work on myself” to fit in. Everything suddenly makes sense and it’s changed my whole world. I’m glad you were able to find help ❤

Thank you for creating a channel. This was such a helpful video. I’m a 43 y/o mother of two teens and recently diagnosed with ADHD. I am also (part) Asian so it is nice to see an Asian person with a channel talking about this stuff. Growing up, ADHD wasn’t a thing that girls were known to have. Like you said it’s always been looked at as a disorder in hyper little boys. Additionally, with Asian parents, there are often a set of expectations you must live up to, so there was “no question” that we couldn’t handle life just as well as the next kid. I resonate with so much of what you have said. My 13 y/o was diagnosed with ADHD at age 6. He was a chatter box and extremely inattentive in class. Since he started stimulant medication it has changed his life. I too am inattentive and my working memory is awful. I had developed coping skills over the years like keeping a strict agenda and writing everything down so I don’t forget. It has been difficult not knowing why things were so much harder and took so much longer for me than for others and at times questioning if this was how everyone functioned or was I just the odd one. It wasn’t until recent years and the stress of raising a family that I noticed my coping skills weren’t enough and everyone around me was continuing to higher education while for me the thought of even more studying and reading and school is extremely overwhelming. I started to question how everyone else could do so much and I couldn’t. My diagnosis has explained everything for me. I see a therapist weekly now and my psychiatrist just started me on straterra. I haven’t noticed a change yet, and actually kinda feel worse and brain foggy, but we r only three weeks in. I will give it a few more weeks before seeing if i need a new med or adjustment. Wow, this was a long post - did I mention rambling on and oversharing is one of my superpowers 🤦🏽‍♀️ 😂 anyways, thanks so much this video. I just subscribed and look forward to more content.

Do you feel like Strattera does the job equally well as the stimulate adderal? I recently got diagnosed and hearing all the prescriptions, and dosages already gets me lowkey adhd brain riled up. Overthinking / exhausted thinking about it. Im starting with a non stimulate soon and just worried its mostly placebo, and not gonna help with my short term forgetfulness / desire to focus on the right things. I hear the good reviews but ig its hard to compare myself with other people so im assuming the worse.

Thank u for your brill vid. I thought the summit and edge were same thing until watchint 😂 would either be open for sunset in feb would u know? And do i need to pre book tix? Just hard to judge weather end of feb in NY and if itll be a clear day

I love this video. 🥰💪🏿😌👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿I'm on my way to my Psych NP. She diagnosed me with ADHD 5 months ago. But is fighting me and trying persua me not to get on Adderall. But i need it. So when I go in today am going to tell her to prescribed me Adderall today. Your video was very helpful.

Your kindness is a testimony to your character . Bless you

the same thing literally happened to me i got diagnosed recently and one of the podcasts i listen to (its called Ologies) just came out with 2 episodes on adhd. the first one is just an interview with a guy who specialises in adhd but the second one has 3 people with adhd who talk about their experiences and what helped them. its very interesting and relatable so i definatly recommend but its also very long, i had to listen to it in parts.

I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 64. All my life I was wondering why I’ve been like this. Loosing a lot of my things, very forgetful, I couldn’t keep still. I am not very good at listening to what people say, and I always get criticized as weird, scattered brain, etc. I know exactly where you coming from. I have exactly the same problem. But I never felt insecure because I always excelled in everything I put my mind into. I became a successful business woman and managed to retired at the age of 60. Rather proud of myself because, even though I knew something is not quite right with me, I did well in life. Now I just laugh about it and tell myself, oh, so now I know why you are weird😂

I dont normally comment but I really like this video, I am not diagnozed but Im just happy to hear someone who struggles with the same problems, it makes me feel less alone, thank you

Hey I have been on Strattera for like 20 years and it does help but not as much as I needed, tired a lot. I have done research and found out ADD brains do not make enough Dopamine like normal so this is why focus is so poor. The Amino acid L-Tyrosine helps body make Dopamine and improved fucus, Choline helps as well with Nuro transmitters.

Did straterra affect your emotions in any negative way? Did it also help calm constant chatter in your brian and useless repetative talk if you had that issue?

Yeah I’m just learning I have adhd, as a 43yr old man lol. I still feel like a kid because of my adhd, the inability to focus on everything day things easily. Always being disorganized, feeling like cleaning my room or apartment feels like lifting a locomotive, mentally, but I’d do hard things at work that no one else wanted to do and do it well because it interested me. It’s also hard to set goals. This year my goal is to have goals lol, even small ones. The reason why I’m writing this is in part because of the ADHD thing, which is important but also your double peace sign at the end. I’m American, grew up in the US all my life but I’ve sorta gotten into British culture a bit and have learned that doing a peace sign with your palm facing inward is equal flipping someone the “bird”. Which is a bit of a pun because is sorta equal opportunity; middle finger~dick “fuck you”, inward palm facing peace sign~vagina “fuck you” lol. The pun i made, “flipping someone the bird”, is because “bird” is slang for woman. Will Smith throwing the “peace sign” to the aliens in “Independence Day” was really him flipping them off lol. It made me laugh and thought I’d mention it here. Keep doing it, it’s great either way! ….another sign of ADHD, over sharing lol

We need fun videos and wooden ADHD videos (the academic ones) bore me to sleep or make me space out. At my age I'm supposed to act my age but i don't. 😂

@11:00 the same!! In last year of electronics when we do diploma work i go to school but instead of normal lessons i go to labs and soilder, measure etc until some one said he had to close lab...

Amazing video, you are very informative. I am starting off on Strattera and I am terrified to take it. But I am exhausted of feeling like I am different.

This made me so happy! I’m glad you adopted from a rescue, and kept those friends together :)

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They're both lovely!!! And they def help with mental health long term, I'd say.

9:03 I got diagnosed recently. I can now see the symptoms in multiple relatives. My brother is a big candidate here. Problem is all the questions are about hyperactivity. I gave him the questionnaire and because he doesn't understand ADHD he answered no in categories where I SEE he's ADHD. This guy can't tell you what he had for breakfast without giving you his life story via 11 different tangents. He's also chronically late, had tonnes of trouble in his career and was unemployed for years. Seemingly all because he couldn't stop procrastinating long enough to actually apply for jobs! But I don't think he'll ever get diagnosed because he's very stubborn and very against any sort of mental health diagnosis.

3:10 this is a big one for me. In any field where I'm not immediately good, like my current job, I make the same mistake over and over. I was lucky because at school almost all the subjects fit my interests. Now at work nothing is like that and I find I'm actually pretty bad at most jobs😢 A big part of that is continuing to make silly mistakes despite knowing I shouldn't.

Starting Strattera tomorrow. I was diagnosed in 1993. I haven't been on ADHD meds since '95 when I was on Imapramine, except for a 2 week placebo/Ritalin test in 1998 to see if I was a good candidate, which I wasn't. I've just been muddling my way through life, but now that I'm nearing 40 I'm really struggling with memory problems, impulsivity, concentration and self - motivation. I specifically asked to try a non-stimulant med first, especially since Ritalin had no effect on me previously. If this doesn't work, I'll likely try Welbutrin before considering any recommended stimulant medications.