"People with ADHD have a remarkable ability to endure psychic pain in order to stay productive"

"chemical imbalance" in the 70s turned into Depression in the 90s turned into ADHD in 2023. Diagnosed in 2023.

Diagnosed at age 52 it filled in the reason why for so much. But it also points out so many bad habits I developed and struggle to break.

Thank you for this video. I was diagnosed at age 40. Much appreciation to the doctors on this panel.

Where were these people in 1977 I’m 64 with anxiety 😅

I'm literally listening to this thanks to my 37 y/o son suspecting he is ADHD. We'll be looking into it further together and hopefully getting better together. Thank you so much.

I've needed hand holding my entire life. Never found it. Now at 37 I've burnt myself out holding my childrens (and everyone else') hands. Homeless and really desperately defeated. Theres no help in my little town. And I have 0 income.
I was misdiagnosed with bpd when I was 15. Lots of self sabotage, cptsd, depression, anxiety later, at 30 I was finally diagnosed with adhd. I believe I have autism also. My life has been a series of unfortunate events, and controlled chaos 😢 i don't know how to fix any of it. I've felt paralyzed for the last few years. Lost my voice.

WOW! This is the story of my life. I'm 63 & have not long realised I have ADHD. I'm waiting for an assessment & it can't come too soon. I've struggled \my whole life & numerous doctors, psychologists & a psychiatrist have never picked up on this. Most of the time I have been very high functioning, however I've had several breakdowns/burnouts in my life. I'm 18 months into the last one, and was seeing a psychologist, who was lovely but, she just didn't get it. YouTube has made me realise what has been wrong with me & caused problems my entire life. I'm so looking forward to getting the help I need and deserve. Thanks again.

So true! I’m diagnosed as a women at 59.

I was on an SSRI for a couple of years to manage the anxiety, but it just didn’t seem to be “working”

I did go to college as an adult and a mother and the reason I kept going back was because I loved the information.
But I NEVER studied and could barely get through assignments. I would just take tests on what I remembered from the lectures.

If I ever did study, I had to go to the quiet room at the library and there could not be a sound. And it would take me about 45 minutes to actually begin to focus. And when focus kicked in it was heaven!

I was recently diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD at 48. I was originally diagnosed with anxiety and depression 20 years ago, but I always felt there was something else going on. At 48, I am learning so much about myself!

I am 59 and the light bulb just went off. I achieved in life as an attorney and owner of a construction company but it has been a struggle not with intelligence but with "anxiety" and always 'putting out fires" because I leave tasks until I have to do them. Also, I realized that whatever I do I am always thinking of something else. Even watching this video is a challenge as I now catch myself drifting off thinking of other things rather than stay focused on this video. As an adult I can say I have struggled with this beyond description thinking it was anxiety and not knowing what ADHD was. I thought ADHD was a learning disability. Thank you for this video and others.

Tomorrow, I’m seeing someone about Inattentive ADHD. If we can address it, it might be the thing that changes my life.

It is definitely a crisis that brought me here. This video is probably the most helpful thing I've found on my lack of focus when I was in law school. Now, I'm studying for the bar and feel utterly hopeless. No matter what I say, my dr. does not think it is ADHD bc the Adderall didn't work for me.

Wow! I was the girl you mentioned who would stay up past midnight in high school to get the work done! I was chronically sleep deprived for years!!! Just diagnosed at 43.

I self-diagnosed in March 2025 at the age of 44. Previously, I had been prescribed SSRIs to manage what was believed to be anxiety. Through a lot of self-reflection and personal work, I came to realize that what I was experiencing were actually ruminations — not anxiety in the traditional sense.

Believe me, ADHD in adults is much more than just an attention problem. It affects nearly every aspect of your life.

I’m now on atomoxetine and finally feeling some real relief. I’m hopeful and excited about turning things around in my career in the months ahead.

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. It resonates a lot with me. Being 41 years old in an African country where we don't have those stimulating medications, your talk however, gave me validation and hope that I can have a better life. So, thank you again ❤

Thank you so much. I had a lot of anxiety watching this, and wanted to cry but at the same time felt vindicated too. I was diagnosed with ADHD May 2022 at just 42 years old. I'm now 43 and because of the lack of medication and that I was diagnosed right in the middle of it, I've had a very hard time on my journey because I haven't been on a medicine long enough to even see if that specific one works, or the dose of one that feels like it is and then it's not available the next month. I can say my, "Oh moments" are almost daily but then I'm not sure what to do with them. I have horrible ADHD Paralysis on the weekend when I don't have my go go go job life mon through fri. I used to be able to enjoy my wknd. Now I just feel like I'm always waiting for something but I don't know what. I want to do all the things and in a blink I don't "want to" anymore. I do, but I don't. It is so frustrating. I've tried meditation, I can't meditate. The more I try to shut my brain off to do so, the worse it gets. I have changed my diet. Nothing. I used to run 7 miles a day, never changed a thing. I did very well in college, I started college at 31, 2 months away from being 32 and graduated just as I turned 35. I had never done anything until that point that I could be proud of. Back then though if I felt like I do now with the paralysis I wonder if I would have done so well or if I would have been hindered. I used to always be not just on time but early to everything. Now I'm barely making it to my home office from the bedroom, I'm late to every family function, I'm late to almost everything. But there was a time where I wasn't. I am HIGHLY organized in my job like I was with school. But my home suffers where my home was so organized and clean people used to jokingly call me Monica from FRIENDS. Now, I look around and I hate that everything isn't in it's home but I also can't get up and make it better. It is the strangest turn of events for me... I will say that I have been finally lucky enough to be on the same medicine for 2 months straight and into my 3rd yet absolutely nothing has changed in the paralysis arena. But one day I did forget to take it in the am and I was finding myself so disorganized at work and I'm like what in the heck is wrong with me... Uhhhhhhhhhh whoops... So I guess I have issues with it now but prior to the meds I didn't so that's very confusing too. It's almost like I just switched from being on time everywhere, being so clean and organized, enjoying my weekends even if I did absolutely nothing to losing all of that to an issue I didn't have with work, school, paying bills, etc. It's like I just traded symptoms.

Sigh. I think I'd rather be who I was before whatever this is, that happened. :(

This is a very educational conversation for me!  (Diagnosed in my 60s.)  I can tell both men have ADHD - notice how they are quick to interject on one another, thoughts racing, impulses flying!  They are speaking their own and my own truths.

The distinction between finishingbat the lat minute and starting at the last minute is a good one.

I think a lot of us have been self medicating also, with stimulant like coffee, energy drinks and any supplements that promise energy and getting things done!