August 6, 2024 • 14 mins
I'm starting a series on ADHD, a very challenging divergency that can make someone feel trapped in their own mind and body. This is just the first episode in a series I'm doing on ADHD.
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(00:00):
Hey everybody, I know it's been a while since I posted anything.
(00:13):
I've had a lot going on.
My children moved up here and moved in with me.
School's been going pretty, pretty balls to the wall.
And it's just been trying to get everything to fall into place.
I've also been kind of going through some things medically.
(00:33):
So I ended up having to take a new medicine and it's made me gain like 40 something pounds.
So I'm trying to deal with that too because that comes with cholesterol and all kinds
of other issues that you have to kind of keep under control.
But today's episode is going to be about ADHD.
(00:54):
It's probably going to be broken up into several sections simply because there's so much information
and I know that I'm not going to be able to get it all in one episode without it being
like a two hour episode.
So we're not going to do that.
We're going to go segment by segment and do a little bit at a time.
(01:15):
So first we're going to kind of go under understanding ADHD in children and adolescents and kind
of an overview of what ADHD is.
It's ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
It's a neurodevelopmental disorder that typically emerges in childhood and can persist into
(01:38):
adolescence and adulthood.
It's characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
that interferes with functioning or development.
I have ADHD.
I can attest to all of this.
I have ADHD.
My son has ADHD.
One of my daughters for sure has ADHD and the other one hasn't gotten tested yet.
(02:01):
So my sister has ADHD.
My father has ADHD.
It runs in my family and which is kind of a thing because it is kind of, it can be genetic.
Generally if you have one of like your paternal parents or grandparents, something like that,
it's somewhere in your family somewhere and it just happened to fall down on you, lucky
(02:24):
you.
The core symptoms of ADHD generally categorized into three types, inattention, hyperactivity,
and impulsivity.
These symptoms can manifest differently depending on the age and the child and the specific
type, subtype of ADHD they have.
(02:45):
So like for me I have a little bit of all three really.
Inattention and not, when I say inattention I don't mean that I like, I just don't pay
attention.
It's that like if you and I are having a conversation, you may be speaking and you say something
and I get stuck on that one part but you continue the conversation and I'm done.
(03:12):
I'm back here.
I'm back here up here on the conversation and it's, it takes too long for me to catch
back up because it gets like an overload because I can't process what you're trying to tell
me because I'm still trying to process what you've already told me.
It's really, really irritating.
(03:33):
But some of the symptoms of inattention are difficulty sustaining attention obviously,
making careless mistakes in school work, being easily distracted, avoiding tasks that require
sustained mental effort and frequently losing things necessary for tasks like school supplies,
keys, your wallet, you know, your phone, you know, people lose all kinds of things.
(04:00):
For example a child may start multiple tasks but struggle to complete them, have trouble
following multiple step instructions or appear to not be listened when they're spoken to
directly.
Like that's me.
It's sound, a lot of times it may seem like I'm not paying attention but it's sometimes
I have to like zone out the rest of the world so that I can hear what you're saying which
(04:27):
is really hard to, like it's almost like you have to go tone deaf to the rest of the world
so that you can hyper focus on one thing that somebody's saying because if you don't you're
going to miss the whole thing.
It's a lot of overload.
Then impact is inattentiveness can lead to academic difficulties as children may struggle
(04:49):
to keep up with lessons, complete assignments or participate in class activities.
This can result in lower grades and increased frustration for both the child and their educators.
I'll say for me, I was Mr. Talk Talk, I actually had a teacher tell my parents that I had the
gift of gab.
(05:10):
I think he was trying to be funny but was kind of being a dick about it at the same
time.
Basically he was saying I talk too much which I do.
That's part of why I do this because it's easy, I talk, I like to talk.
But for me it wasn't so much like, I participated too much I think sometimes because I didn't
(05:42):
stop talking.
I was bored a lot in class because, not like being cocky or smart or anything but things
came easier to me and so I would get frustrated because if the kid sitting next to me shows
(06:03):
all his work but gets the wrong answer at the bottom of the page, he gets the answer
correct but I show three steps and I get the right answer but because I didn't show ten
steps I get the answer wrong.
That was the kind of thing that frustrated me and I couldn't bounce back from that.
So that was a major impact for me.
(06:26):
The hyperactivity, symptoms of hyperactivity, excessive fidgeting, inability to stay seated
in situations where it's expected, running or climbing in inappropriate situations, talking
excessively and having difficulty playing quietly.
Yeah that's all me and my kids.
Especially my son and my older daughter, those two are off the wall.
(06:51):
I think I'm bad but those two make me, they run circles around me, it's insane.
Probably because I'm like almost 37 now.
Examples of hyperactivity is a child may be constantly in motion, have trouble staying
seated during meals or classroom activities or interrupt others by talking out of turn.
(07:16):
The impact this can have can be disruptive in both academic and social settings making
it challenging for children to adapt to structured environments like classrooms.
It can also lead to difficulties with peer relationships as other children may find the
behavior disruptive or annoying.
I kind of relate to that because I've always kind of felt like an outsider or a loner.
(07:41):
Mostly because I feel like my personality doesn't always jive with people.
That's one of the reasons why I'm so standoffish about making new friends or trying to connect
with people because I'm worried that I'm just going to annoy them because I talk too much
or because the things that I want to talk about they don't want to talk about.
(08:04):
So I can attest to how that can be a real pain in the ass.
Impulsivity symptoms are acting without thinking, difficulty waiting for their turn, blurring
out answers before questions have been completed and interrupting conversations or games.
(08:26):
Examples of impulsive behaviors might include grabbing toys from other children, interrupting
conversations or rushing through tasks without considering the consequences.
I again can attest to this and this is all specifically mostly for children but I'm telling
you my personal experience with it because I grew up with it.
Didn't know I had it.
(08:47):
The way I got tested was my mom took me to the doctor and she just happened to ask him
do you think he has it and the doctor said can he sit through a two hour movie?
She said yes and the doctor said then he doesn't have it.
And that was my testing of ADHD until I was like 35 and when I actually found out that
I actually do have ADHD.
(09:08):
Which would have been nice to know a long fucking time ago because then I could have
probably done a little bit better in school.
Which is kind of the impact.
The impact of impulsivity can lead to social challenges as children with ADHD may struggle
with impulse control leading to conflicts with peers and difficulty adhering to social
norms or rules.
(09:37):
I'm only going to go through a little bit more like the subtypes real fast just because
I don't want to get too bogged down with too much information.
We're almost at the 10 minute mark and I don't want to go too much past that.
Otherwise we're going to find ourselves in a weird position of stopping so I'm just going
to go through these subtypes real fast and then we'll start tomorrow.
(10:03):
ADHD subtypes.
ADHD is classified into three main subtypes based on the predominant symptoms.
Predominantly inattentive presentation formerly known as ADHD where the majority of symptoms
are related to inattention.
Preliminally hyperactive impulsivity or impulsive presentation where hyperactivity and impulsivity
(10:28):
are the primary symptoms.
Combined presentation where symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity impulsivity
are equally present.
That's the kind that I have.
I will say for like the developmental differences in younger children preschool age ADHD may
present primarily as hyperactivity and impulsivity.
(10:51):
Younger children may be more visible rest visibly restless often running around and
being unable to sit still.
In school age children elementary to middle school inattention often becomes more apparent
especially in structured environments like the classroom where sustained mental effort
is required.
Hyperactivity might also start to decrease slightly but can still be present.
(11:17):
In adolescent symptoms may evolve with hyperactivity often manifesting as feelings of restlessness
rather than physical overactivity.
Inattentiveness and impulsivity may persist leading to challenges in school performances
and social interactions.
And again I like this is I can attest to all of this like all of this is true like and
(11:40):
I had I don't want to say that I had problems making friends in school because I talked
to everybody.
So I was maybe not like friends but I was at least acquaintances with everybody.
I never really like belong to one real clique like I mean yeah there was my core group of
(12:01):
people that I hung out with but like for the most part I was a part of every other clique
too because I didn't really fit in sort of say like with one type of people.
So I don't know I can see I wish someone had told me this when I was younger and so that's
(12:25):
part of the reason for this podcast this episode and the different episodes we're going to
go through is because I think it's important for people to especially for parents who have
children with ADHD.
It's important to get as much information as you can and I am by no means I'm not a
doctor I'm not a therapist I'm not any kind of medical thing at all I just happen to have
(12:50):
bipolar and ADHD and a few other things that kind of all run together and I think it's
important to get as much information out there as you can and I like to do these in ways
where yes I give you information but I'm also giving you a little bit of me and my personal
(13:11):
experiences you know going through some of these things.
So with that we're going to end it here and then we'll pick up next time on developmental
differences or no gender differences and we'll go into like what the difference between like
boys and girls and things like that are.
(13:33):
Also I have an episode hopefully with one of my teachers one of my professors who also
has bipolar disorder.
I'm just waiting on an email back to her from her to set up an actual time but once I do
I'll let you guys know because that's I'm really excited for that episode I think that's
going to be a really good episode for a lot of people.
(13:56):
Like I'm really excited about that episode so stay tuned subscribe if you haven't just
because it helps get it helps get get the show out there and get you know get more people
involved leave a comment leave a message send me an email talk to each other.
That's the biggest thing about this podcast is that it's a community it's not this is
(14:20):
not supposed to be just me talking to you this is me talking to you and allowing you
to the space to talk to other people in a space where you you feel comfortable doing
it.
So I hope that this helps and there's one thing you should always remember you never
have to sit in the dark alone.
Hey everybody, I know it's been a while since I posted anything.
(00:13):
I've had a lot going on.
My children moved up here and moved in with me.
School's been going pretty, pretty balls to the wall.
And it's just been trying to get everything to fall into place.
I've also been kind of going through some things medically.
(00:33):
So I ended up having to take a new medicine and it's made me gain like 40 something pounds.
So I'm trying to deal with that too because that comes with cholesterol and all kinds
of other issues that you have to kind of keep under control.
But today's episode is going to be about ADHD.
(00:54):
It's probably going to be broken up into several sections simply because there's so much information
and I know that I'm not going to be able to get it all in one episode without it being
like a two hour episode.
So we're not going to do that.
We're going to go segment by segment and do a little bit at a time.
(01:15):
So first we're going to kind of go under understanding ADHD in children and adolescents and kind
of an overview of what ADHD is.
It's ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
It's a neurodevelopmental disorder that typically emerges in childhood and can persist into
(01:38):
adolescence and adulthood.
It's characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
that interferes with functioning or development.
I have ADHD.
I can attest to all of this.
I have ADHD.
My son has ADHD.
One of my daughters for sure has ADHD and the other one hasn't gotten tested yet.
(02:01):
So my sister has ADHD.
My father has ADHD.
It runs in my family and which is kind of a thing because it is kind of, it can be genetic.
Generally if you have one of like your paternal parents or grandparents, something like that,
it's somewhere in your family somewhere and it just happened to fall down on you, lucky
(02:24):
you.
The core symptoms of ADHD generally categorized into three types, inattention, hyperactivity,
and impulsivity.
These symptoms can manifest differently depending on the age and the child and the specific
type, subtype of ADHD they have.
(02:45):
So like for me I have a little bit of all three really.
Inattention and not, when I say inattention I don't mean that I like, I just don't pay
attention.
It's that like if you and I are having a conversation, you may be speaking and you say something
and I get stuck on that one part but you continue the conversation and I'm done.
(03:12):
I'm back here.
I'm back here up here on the conversation and it's, it takes too long for me to catch
back up because it gets like an overload because I can't process what you're trying to tell
me because I'm still trying to process what you've already told me.
It's really, really irritating.
(03:33):
But some of the symptoms of inattention are difficulty sustaining attention obviously,
making careless mistakes in school work, being easily distracted, avoiding tasks that require
sustained mental effort and frequently losing things necessary for tasks like school supplies,
keys, your wallet, you know, your phone, you know, people lose all kinds of things.
(04:00):
For example a child may start multiple tasks but struggle to complete them, have trouble
following multiple step instructions or appear to not be listened when they're spoken to
directly.
Like that's me.
It's sound, a lot of times it may seem like I'm not paying attention but it's sometimes
I have to like zone out the rest of the world so that I can hear what you're saying which
(04:27):
is really hard to, like it's almost like you have to go tone deaf to the rest of the world
so that you can hyper focus on one thing that somebody's saying because if you don't you're
going to miss the whole thing.
It's a lot of overload.
Then impact is inattentiveness can lead to academic difficulties as children may struggle
(04:49):
to keep up with lessons, complete assignments or participate in class activities.
This can result in lower grades and increased frustration for both the child and their educators.
I'll say for me, I was Mr. Talk Talk, I actually had a teacher tell my parents that I had the
gift of gab.
(05:10):
I think he was trying to be funny but was kind of being a dick about it at the same
time.
Basically he was saying I talk too much which I do.
That's part of why I do this because it's easy, I talk, I like to talk.
But for me it wasn't so much like, I participated too much I think sometimes because I didn't
(05:42):
stop talking.
I was bored a lot in class because, not like being cocky or smart or anything but things
came easier to me and so I would get frustrated because if the kid sitting next to me shows
(06:03):
all his work but gets the wrong answer at the bottom of the page, he gets the answer
correct but I show three steps and I get the right answer but because I didn't show ten
steps I get the answer wrong.
That was the kind of thing that frustrated me and I couldn't bounce back from that.
So that was a major impact for me.
(06:26):
The hyperactivity, symptoms of hyperactivity, excessive fidgeting, inability to stay seated
in situations where it's expected, running or climbing in inappropriate situations, talking
excessively and having difficulty playing quietly.
Yeah that's all me and my kids.
Especially my son and my older daughter, those two are off the wall.
(06:51):
I think I'm bad but those two make me, they run circles around me, it's insane.
Probably because I'm like almost 37 now.
Examples of hyperactivity is a child may be constantly in motion, have trouble staying
seated during meals or classroom activities or interrupt others by talking out of turn.
(07:16):
The impact this can have can be disruptive in both academic and social settings making
it challenging for children to adapt to structured environments like classrooms.
It can also lead to difficulties with peer relationships as other children may find the
behavior disruptive or annoying.
I kind of relate to that because I've always kind of felt like an outsider or a loner.
(07:41):
Mostly because I feel like my personality doesn't always jive with people.
That's one of the reasons why I'm so standoffish about making new friends or trying to connect
with people because I'm worried that I'm just going to annoy them because I talk too much
or because the things that I want to talk about they don't want to talk about.
(08:04):
So I can attest to how that can be a real pain in the ass.
Impulsivity symptoms are acting without thinking, difficulty waiting for their turn, blurring
out answers before questions have been completed and interrupting conversations or games.
(08:26):
Examples of impulsive behaviors might include grabbing toys from other children, interrupting
conversations or rushing through tasks without considering the consequences.
I again can attest to this and this is all specifically mostly for children but I'm telling
you my personal experience with it because I grew up with it.
Didn't know I had it.
(08:47):
The way I got tested was my mom took me to the doctor and she just happened to ask him
do you think he has it and the doctor said can he sit through a two hour movie?
She said yes and the doctor said then he doesn't have it.
And that was my testing of ADHD until I was like 35 and when I actually found out that
I actually do have ADHD.
(09:08):
Which would have been nice to know a long fucking time ago because then I could have
probably done a little bit better in school.
Which is kind of the impact.
The impact of impulsivity can lead to social challenges as children with ADHD may struggle
with impulse control leading to conflicts with peers and difficulty adhering to social
norms or rules.
(09:37):
I'm only going to go through a little bit more like the subtypes real fast just because
I don't want to get too bogged down with too much information.
We're almost at the 10 minute mark and I don't want to go too much past that.
Otherwise we're going to find ourselves in a weird position of stopping so I'm just going
to go through these subtypes real fast and then we'll start tomorrow.
(10:03):
ADHD subtypes.
ADHD is classified into three main subtypes based on the predominant symptoms.
Predominantly inattentive presentation formerly known as ADHD where the majority of symptoms
are related to inattention.
Preliminally hyperactive impulsivity or impulsive presentation where hyperactivity and impulsivity
(10:28):
are the primary symptoms.
Combined presentation where symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity impulsivity
are equally present.
That's the kind that I have.
I will say for like the developmental differences in younger children preschool age ADHD may
present primarily as hyperactivity and impulsivity.
(10:51):
Younger children may be more visible rest visibly restless often running around and
being unable to sit still.
In school age children elementary to middle school inattention often becomes more apparent
especially in structured environments like the classroom where sustained mental effort
is required.
Hyperactivity might also start to decrease slightly but can still be present.
(11:17):
In adolescent symptoms may evolve with hyperactivity often manifesting as feelings of restlessness
rather than physical overactivity.
Inattentiveness and impulsivity may persist leading to challenges in school performances
and social interactions.
And again I like this is I can attest to all of this like all of this is true like and
(11:40):
I had I don't want to say that I had problems making friends in school because I talked
to everybody.
So I was maybe not like friends but I was at least acquaintances with everybody.
I never really like belong to one real clique like I mean yeah there was my core group of
(12:01):
people that I hung out with but like for the most part I was a part of every other clique
too because I didn't really fit in sort of say like with one type of people.
So I don't know I can see I wish someone had told me this when I was younger and so that's
(12:25):
part of the reason for this podcast this episode and the different episodes we're going to
go through is because I think it's important for people to especially for parents who have
children with ADHD.
It's important to get as much information as you can and I am by no means I'm not a
doctor I'm not a therapist I'm not any kind of medical thing at all I just happen to have
(12:50):
bipolar and ADHD and a few other things that kind of all run together and I think it's
important to get as much information out there as you can and I like to do these in ways
where yes I give you information but I'm also giving you a little bit of me and my personal
(13:11):
experiences you know going through some of these things.
So with that we're going to end it here and then we'll pick up next time on developmental
differences or no gender differences and we'll go into like what the difference between like
boys and girls and things like that are.
(13:33):
Also I have an episode hopefully with one of my teachers one of my professors who also
has bipolar disorder.
I'm just waiting on an email back to her from her to set up an actual time but once I do
I'll let you guys know because that's I'm really excited for that episode I think that's
going to be a really good episode for a lot of people.
(13:56):
Like I'm really excited about that episode so stay tuned subscribe if you haven't just
because it helps get it helps get get the show out there and get you know get more people
involved leave a comment leave a message send me an email talk to each other.
That's the biggest thing about this podcast is that it's a community it's not this is
(14:20):
not supposed to be just me talking to you this is me talking to you and allowing you
to the space to talk to other people in a space where you you feel comfortable doing
it.
So I hope that this helps and there's one thing you should always remember you never
have to sit in the dark alone.
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