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One important thing to note for people reading this is that hyperactivity doesn't always persist into adulthood with the other symptoms or is greatly reduced an
by brazzledazzle 10y ago
One important thing to note for people reading this is that hyperactivity doesn't always persist into adulthood with the other symptoms or is greatly reduced and is often turned inward (mental fidgeting).
As far as your firings go, if you haven't watched this video and/or read this doctor's books they really help with understanding exactly what you're dealing with: https://youtu.be/SCAGc-rkIfo https://youtu.be/SCAGc-rkIfo
It's long but worth watching at faster playback speed and in manageable chunks. Key takeaways: "Attention deficit" is less of a symptom and more of a measurable consequence of other symptoms: Impaired inhibition/impulse control, excessive irrelevant activity and impaired persistence (think discipline). Once you understand why you fail you can start addressing or working around your gaps, particularly the ones that any medication you may be on fail to address.
- daodedickinson 10y agovideo not found?
- brazzledazzle 10y agoOops, edited. Thanks. It's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo
- taneq 10y agoVery interesting video, thanks! I just got up to the part where he basically says that people with ADHD basically don't have an inner monologue. Is that right? If so why have I never heard this before?
- Joof 10y agoThat sound horrendously wrong. Maybe for certain things we don't notice, but I have an inner monologue nearly 100% of the time (alongside other types of thought).
- taneq 10y agoYeah, a few seconds' web searching returns legions of diagnosed ADHD people with highly energetic inner monologues. It does kind of throw some doubt on the rest of the talk, given that he essentially says that ADHD is caused by the lack of inner voice leading to a lack of executive function and inability to control responses to stimuli.
- brazzledazzle 10y agoI believe the theory is that the inner voice is delayed or diminished, not removed entirely. It's been some time since I watched it but I assume he's using hyperbole or generalizing for the audience. This is a talk for parents to understand their kids. In his papers and books he argues that the inner voice is essentially broken because it's either incapable of helping regulate behavior and/or doesn't manifest itself during the decision making process. Executive function and its various components are impaired, delayed or not working together the way they should.
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