History of ADHD
The history of the diagnosis, from ‘Fidgety Phil’ to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the evolution of the symptoms, and the recognition of Adult ADHD in 1989.
Epidemiology
July 5, 2010
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I certainly appreciate this video. I have recently been diagnosed and I know I have a challenge ahead of me.
Something I have not heard enough about yet is the number of elderly with ADD, and what kind of t reatment thise is for us! I am 75. I have found a therapist who is somewhat helpful. But would like to know if there is research on people like me–over 70, and realize now that I have had ADD all my life, but it is getting worse now that I am retired, and have no structure in my life–is there anything written about this? My therapist would like to know. Thanks. Jane Patreicl janeham@abacom.com
I love playing these every few months. Cause I forget the information. Well, not forget, but I’m just not present to it. And I then notice where it’s going on in my life.
“If the the gene works for you, you may be on your way to stardom, but if you can’t tame this wild thing inside you, you are destine to fail.” Yup. The paradox that has me confounded.
As far as the Ukraine thing goes, has anyone compared the ADHD rate between Ukrainians in Ukraine, and people of Ukrainian descent living elsewhere?
I think it has something to do with evealotion we would have to be running scanning that is how come when I drive I can spot a parking spot right of the bat, my husband has to go around the block because he missed the parking spot. I know every route and I scan when I’m driving. I would say it was the ADHD people who surived the wilderness . But because we are driving and riding bikes are brains are slowly changing .Evelotion and that is how come in a criss’s I would take some one who had ADHD any day. We are part of nature we were made that way for a reason we forget that. We seem to see it has a problem but why were we made that way. Take a moment and think about it. My husband would never spot that tiger in the jungle. We sperate ourselves from nature we are made of meat that is why we are meant to be eaten by any thing that wants to kill us and eat us. We forget man made schools that we have a hard time dealing with we created what we are today. My husban works pays the bills because I usually get fired I have a garden I do all the preparing for the winter months for food. My husband makes good money but if the border’s close down we have food. We are meant to be hunter’s and gather’s. We have a need to be moving and trying to servive and that is the reason for our brains to be like that. Darwin said we are a product of our inverment maybe that is the reason why our brains are changing and when we breed with none ADHD people we are slowly breeding us out. MY RANT
Great hair though
Didn’t mean to make you guilty.
Thanks for the information Dr. J and thanks for understanding about the tie. I don’t know if you wife gave it to you or your children so it is always a touchy subject but thanks for understanding.
Good Message – Don’t think of this as a life sentence but as something that can be used positively. When life gives lemons, make lemonade!
I’m not sure if it’s just me, but Dr. J leans towards the ‘lets make them feel guilty camp’. It does not work for me and ends up making me feel worse.
Just a thought.
It had me distracted.
I think heard about half of it.
Good thing I can play it again. :p
Corrrection: Depending on your monitor, it CAN cause a moire effect!
Nah, it doesn’t have any sequins or rhinestones on it, it’s in monochromatic greys, and it’s not one of those tiny checkerboard patterns that cause a moire effect—so in my books, it’s pretty tame!
That tie IS out of control!
Epidemeology. Yay!
Woah, Dr. J, that’s not a good tie for video, especially when your audience is easily distracted.