Debunking 10 ADHD Myths & 5 ways to spot the scammers!

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RODE NT-USB & Susan's iphone (work) Camera:

Welcome back.

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My friend, it's ADHD,

powerful possibilities.

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And it's ADHD coach Katherine here.

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This week, we are looking at ADHD myths.

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Why are there so many bits

of misinformation around how

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Can you tell if somebody is

giving you correct information?

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How can you assess if a bit of

information is actually reliable or not.

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Thank you so much for all

your questions, your emails.

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I absolutely love it.

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And they are going to be

part of future episodes.

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It really makes a difference

because I'm on my own working here.

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But knowing that it makes a difference

for you means that I am so happy to

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keep going with this And this week

we're going to look at the myths

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that are circulating around ADHD.

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Some of you will have seen recent footage

from a council meeting in England where.

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Let's assume people with

not very much information.

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. Asked if the increasing rates

of young people and children.

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with additional support needs was

down to Something in the water.

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Or if Actually ADHD was just because a

parent wasn't doing their job, right?

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Yes.

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He actually said little Willie

is actually just badly behaved.

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It's not that he has ADHD, but

mum gets a diagnosis of ADHD.

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And suddenly she's off the hook.

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There are Facebook groups, apparently

with parents swapping tips on how

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to get their children diagnosed.

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I have to say, this is the most offensive

nonsense I've heard for quite a while.

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In a sea of offensive, myths

and nonsense about ADHD.

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So well done those counselors for

prompting me to make this episode today.

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It is both wonderful and terrifying

how huge platforms like TikTok And

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Instagram are focusing on ADHD on

the one hand, Lots of people are

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recognising that their challenges are

not a personal weakness or a flaw and

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are connected to autism, ADHD, other.

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Challenges that we have like them.

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On the other hand, there

is so much misinformation.

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And something like 50 plus

percent of TikTok videos

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about ADHD are Actually wrong.

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They're giving you information

that is misleading.

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And potentially harmful.

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And the problem is those are

the ones that tend to spread.

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And are very popular.

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How can we help people assess information?

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And understand that Incorrect information

has an impact on your emotional life.

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Which also has an.

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Impact on your ADHD and how you

function from a day to day basis.

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I've heard lots of myths

at one time or another.

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And the worst ones generally

have a few facts sprinkled in

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or just enough truth to sound.

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credible.

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There are whole podcasts where a

myth About ADHD has become the.

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Focus of that episode.

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And it becomes really difficult.

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As a coach, as somebody who

cares passionately about facts

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and accurate information to

deal with this on a daily basis.

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And then somebody said, well,

how do I know the difference?

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here I am.

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I'm going to help you work out.

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What's true.

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What's not true.

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And how to.

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pick out the good bits from the bad.

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So let's look.

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at a really big, popular myth and

explain why it's so popular and why

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these things tend to pick up speed.

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The first one we're

going to look at is that.

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A ketogenic diet, which is one

where carbohydrate is under 20%

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percent of your overall diet.

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And is very high in fat.

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Can somehow cure ADHD.

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It's connected to this broader

brain metabolism model.

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And unfortunately I've heard some people.

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Link ADHD to conditions like dyslexia.

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Dementia.

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And this idea that if you eat a

very high, fat, low carb diet,

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you can cure these things.

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You can cure dyslexia.

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The fact is.

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There is no substantial evidence.

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To prove this.

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Although your diet is really

important in ADHD, and it can

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have an impact on our thinking.

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Our level of energy, all these things.

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There is no single study.

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that shows Without any debate

that a ketogenic diet will

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reduce or get rid of ADHD.

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Why?

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because for many people, if

not 85 plus percent of people.

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ADHD is a genetic

neurodevelopmental condition.

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Yes.

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Some people may have ADHD, like traits.

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They may have them after things

like lead Poisoning, there are

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other types of medication or

conditions that look like ADHD.

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But that's why.

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It's job for.

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a Really qualified psychiatrist

to do an assessment.

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The studies.

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That people are using to say a

ketogenic diet can cure ADHD.

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Have been done on rats and mice.

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Not humans.

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And although we've got anecdotal evidence

from individuals that they have changed

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their diet and their ADHD traits.

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have reduced.

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they've maybe felt more focused,

they've had more energy they're

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Better able to manage things like

planning their executive functions.

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We can't take that as clinical evidence.

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And it's definitely not something

that we should be claiming as a cure

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because there is a significant crossover

between ADHD and disordered eating.

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If not outright clinical.

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Eating disorders.

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The rates Of anorexia bulimia

binge eating disorder.

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And ARFID.

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Are much, much higher in

teenage girls with ADHD and

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also in the autistic population.

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than in the neurotypical

group of the same age.

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And if you suggest that one

particular diet is a cure for ADHD.

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What is the impact going to be on

this vulnerable group of people.

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We know that rates of obesity

in adults with ADHD are higher.

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But it's not the diet

that's causing the ADHD.

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The ADHD leads us.

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To consume.

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These refined high Sugar

high carb refined foods.

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Because they treat our ADHD our

underlying dopamine deficiency.

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inability to regulate.

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Our impulse management.

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That's ADHD, not the food.

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There is Some suggestion that the

bacteria in your gut can influence

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the food choices that you make.

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But it's not one direction.

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If your brain is looking for

dopamine and you live in a country

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where cheap refined, sugary, fatty

food is cheap and fully available.

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You will quickly learn that

this is a temporary mood fix.

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It gives you a little boost

of dopamine and glucose.

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Your brain feels better.

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So you're gonna go back for.

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it.

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That's your brain.

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not, the food.

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Okay.

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Neuro-typical people experience that too,

but until you have been somebody with

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ADHD and experienced that overwhelming.

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Focus.

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That impulsivity, that Compulsion almost.

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You're just not going to understand.

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And it's why many people, when

they take ADHD medication, find

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that they are able to tune out

or turn down the volume of those.

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, Voices, That impulse control.

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need for refined sugar.

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And the reason I find it particularly

offensive is because so many young people

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with ADHD also have ARFID, which is

avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.

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And yes, it's a negative label,

but that's because it is.

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It makes life difficult for those

young people, for their families.

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As they get older, people start to

feel socially excluded because they

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do not have the same freedom around

food as their friends might have.

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It's a real problem.

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It causes health problems, but it also

causes social and mental problems.

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So to suggest that if you focus on

this one diet, Your ADHD will be cured.

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Feels really irresponsible.

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And if you're a parent

of a child with ARFID.

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Please, please.

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Chicken nuggets do not cause ADHD.

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And if you force your child, to

Push beyond what they can eat.

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If they can actually eat,

without gagging or throwing up?

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The damage that's going to do to the

trust and connection that you two have.

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Isn't worth it.

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There are other ways to manage that.

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And I will talk about them.

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I'll put them in the show notes.

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But please this particular

myth needs to be put aside.

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Yes diet.

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has an impact on your

health and it can affect.

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The significant level of ADHD

traits, But it's not worth it.

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the other myth is that modern diets

and modern schooling create ADHD.

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And this is the idea.

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Again, following on from chicken nuggets.

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That chicken nuggets and being made

to sit still in school for seven

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or eight hours a day, cause ADHD.

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And if we just fed kids kale chips

and let them roam around on farms.

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They wouldn't have ADHD.

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No.

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they would still have ADHD.

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You just wouldn't be inconvenienced by it.

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And you might not notice it.

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But they would still have trouble

reaching their potential because when

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they did try to sit down and do some work.

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Then they would struggle even more.

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Different types of school

might suit them better.

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And there are types of school that you.

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know, allow a lot.

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More autonomy, a lot more movement and.

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Things like that.

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But if your child is over the

diagnostic threshold, there's going

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to come a point in their life.

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Where they need to do work.

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That is going to be held back.

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Because of their ADHD, not their

intelligence, not their capability.

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Not their Wisdom if.

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you like.

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Not their talents or their strengths,

but their executive function

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limits, which are caused by ADHD.

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Which is a neurological genetic condition.

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But why are these myths so stuck?

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Why can we not get rid of them?

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Put the media aside for a minute.

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The first is that humans

love easy answers.

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If something is difficult,

complicated has lots of factors in it.

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We're going to go for something

that is really quick and easy.

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And provides a simple solution every time.

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Even when it's wrong.

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But with ADHD, we are particularly fond

of these things because our impulsivity.

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Fixes really quickly onto a solution.

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And.

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I don't know many people that would

say I would love to have ADHD.

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I don't know many people who

regard their ADHD as 100%.

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percent a Positive.

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experience.

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Generally.

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there are aspects of it that we

would get rid of if we could.

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And so a simple solution.

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Our impulsive brain is going to

jump straight to it and think,

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yes, this is the one answer.

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This is the diet.

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This is the app.

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This is the program.

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This is the book.

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We quick fix solutions because.

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Well, they're Easy.

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We don't need to do something every day.

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We don't need to spend time sitting with

uncomfortable facts about ourselves.

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It is so important.

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That we get real.

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Factual useful information about ADHD.

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And that we.

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Take time.

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To deal with the challenges that we

have and the information is there.

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It's just maybe not broadcast on

gigantic multinational podcasts.

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And the reason that I

am so passionate about.

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Debunking myths is because

the emotional fallout.

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From another quick fix,

not working is what I see.

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It's I'm a failure.

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I can't even do this.

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This didn't work I'm broken.

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That narrative.

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That is quite often in place

before people look for coaching.

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And which quite often means people

actually need therapy or counselling Is.

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Quite often the result of a myth

That has been promoted and a quick

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fix solution that has gone wrong.

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And it's just the last straw.

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So let's do a countdown of

the top 10 myths about ADHD.

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And I will give you the myths.

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I'll explain why it's not true.

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And I will explain the Reason it's

there, the impact it's going to have.

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So let's begin with myth number one.

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ADHD is not a real condition.

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ADHD is in fact, a real well recognised

neurological difference in the

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brain and often genetics of about

5 10% percent of people worldwide.

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And this is proved with

decades of scientific.

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research.

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The reason this one's so damaging

is people like those counsellors in

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the beginning of the programme say,

well, they're just badly behaved.

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They don't need any support and it

makes us feel terrible about ourselves

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because we're not doing a good job.

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So that's myth.

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Number one, ADHD.

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Isn't a real condition.

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Myth Number two people with

ADHD just need to try harder.

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In fact, it's the structure

and function of your brain.

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That means things like attention.

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Impulsivity.

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And self regulation are affected

by the structure of your brain.

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Not a lack of effort.

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If anything.

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You are trying, way

harder than other people.

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And this puts a huge emotional burden

on people with ADHD and their families.

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And can increase our feelings

of failure and low self esteem.

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Myth number three people.

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With ADHD, just can't focus.

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Actually people with ADHD have lots

of attention and we can really focus.

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We can actually experience hyper

focus when we focus on something

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for hours and often forget to

drink, eat, or go to the bathroom.

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And that's because we are interested.

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So ADHD is nothing to do with attention

or inability to have attention.

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It's all about our focus and interest.

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And this is one of the reasons why

people misunderstand ADHD medication.

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It doesn't increase our

attention or our focus.

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It Actually allows us to regulate it

It gives people a feeling of calm.

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Myth number four, all kids

with ADHD are hyperactive.

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There are in fact.

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three, not seven, three

presentations of ADHD.

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Inattentive, combined and hyperactive.

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And those three presentations can change

over the course of your lifestyle.

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can change over the

course of your lifetime.

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The stereotype of the hyperactive

ADHD little white boy is why many

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people of colour, many women and

girls, many inattentive young

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boys and men are missed and not

diagnosed until much later in life.

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Which brings us to myth number five.

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Only boys have ADHD.

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ADHD actually affects boys and

girls and we believe in adulthood

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the numbers are about equal.

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It's just that.

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Girls tend to be missed because they

are socialized to behave in a different

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way and our expectations are different.

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There's some suggestion girls are more

likely to experience inattentive ADHD

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but this may be diagnostic prejudice.

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And the problem

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with this is that the emotional

fallout for girls and women with

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ADHD can be unrecognised until

they've had three or four other

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diagnoses and they are struggling with

significant mental health problems.

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Myth number six.

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ADHD is a learning disability.

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ADHD is not the same as dyslexia,

dysgraphia or other learning disabilities.

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They can occur at the same time,

in the same way as autism can

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occur with dyslexia, dysgraphia,

other processing problems, but

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they are not the same condition.

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And this is one of the reasons why

people who can achieve a lot, who

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are high performing but have ADHD,

are missed until they burn out and

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have other mental health problems.

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Myth number seven.

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If you have ADHD as a

kid, you'll outgrow it.

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Don't worry about it.

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This used to be widespread until fairly

recently, but we now know that for a

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significant number of people with ADHD in

childhood, this continues into adulthood.

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And, in fact, inattentive people who

are missed in childhood experience

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more problems when they get older

as the increasing demands of

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daily life impact their executive

functions and they start to burn

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out and have mental health problems.

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And this is really unhelpful because if

you expect to grow out of it and actually

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you don't, and you go to university

or you have a family and you're really

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not coping, instead of saying, well,

of course I need to have a different

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structure in place, I need more support,

I need to look at life differently,

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you're going to feel like a failure.

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So the emotional impact

of that one is huge.

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Myth number eight.

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ADHD is a dietary issue and it's

caused by food dyes and additives.

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We've all heard this one.

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The kid ate a really processed piece

of cake with like red or blue food dye

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and now they're bouncing off the walls.

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Let's have a look at this.

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So first, not all kids with ADHD

react to colorings, some do,

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but that is not ADHD, that is a

sensitivity to a food ingredient.

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And ADHD is a neurodevelopmental

genetic condition, may or may not be.

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Which may or may not occur at

the same time as an allergy or

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sensitivity to a food additive.

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Again, it means we're missing kids who

are not reacting to these food additives.

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And it can mean that some children are

excluded from social occasions where

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that type of food may be present.

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myth number nine.

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ADHD medications are

harmful and overprescribed.

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There is a lot of online chat about

everybody getting ADHD medication,

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how easy it is to get, how it's

misused, how everybody feels

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better when they're taking that.

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Let's have a look.

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It's just not true.

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ADHD medication, when carefully

monitored and safely prescribed,

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is one of the most evidenced and

safe medications you can get.

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There are a number of people who do not

respond well to stimulant medication,

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which is why it's important to have

a good assessment and a Thoroughly

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supportive process while you're titrating.

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And there are different kinds of

medication that you can use, you

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don't have to take stimulants.

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One of the reasons I think this one

is so popular is because it's suddenly

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being discussed in the same way as

antidepressants were discussed in the

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90s when SSRIs were first made popular.

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It's not that people weren't

depressed before, it's just that

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they found a new way of treating it.

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With more or less success,

which is another topic.

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And myth number ten, ADHD is

the product of modern society,

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mobile phones, the internet.

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If we all went back to living in some

mythical bucolic agrarian age where

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everybody got up when it was light and

went to bed when it was dark and had

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horses and stuff, nobody would have ADHD.

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Actually, historical records and research

show that ADHD has always existed.

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Some people have taken this so

far and suggested it's a hunter

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adaptation and we would be people

out on the plains looking for danger.

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Let's not deal with that today.

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But this idea that ADHD is only

just happening is incorrect.

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And actually one of the first people

to record ADHD in a medical way was

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Sir Alexander Creighton who was born

in Edinburgh and in: 1798

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what we can recognise as ADHD.

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So these myths are incredibly popular

even today when we know that we have

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data that says no, it's not true, or

it's only slightly true in a tiny way.

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They're in the newspapers,

they're on the internet, they're

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in books, they're everywhere.

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And why?

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I

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think a lot of it comes down to money.

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And attention is currency now.

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So if you can grab attention by

making a big claim, , then you

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will get the attention that you

want and the money might follow.

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So here's how we're going to inoculate

you against misinformation and allow you

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to assess these ADHD myths when they crop

up in a new version, because they will.

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Here are five questions that allow

you to decide if you trust this

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information about ADHD or not.

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Number one, who is the

source of the information?

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Is it a reputable organization?

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Is it a scientist who's been

specifically in the field of

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ADHD research for a long time?

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Or is it a medical institution and ideally

one that isn't selling you a solution?

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Number two, does this new solution

or news site an article in full?

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Does it give you the, does it give you the

source so you can go and read it yourself?

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And is it from a reputable medical

journal that has been peer reviewed?

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So you want to look for reputable

journals where people are saying

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this has been reviewed, rather

than somebody taking one fact and

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ignoring the rest of the evidence.

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Number three.

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Is this a quick fix solution or are

they talking about long term change?

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Be wary of any solution that

offers an immediate fix, whether

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that's for ADHD or anything else.

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Managing ADHD is generally a lifestyle.

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issue and it is a long term process.

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We make small changes and we do

it in a way that is sustainable.

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Number four.

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Are there financial interests involved?

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Now, I'm an ADHD coach and people do

pay me for my time and my experience.

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But, is this information in a

podcast, in a program, in an email

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being given to you by somebody who's

going to sell you a supplement?

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A book, or some other form of

financial incentive, only they

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can offer you the solution for.

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And are they the only people

that can offer you this solution?

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There are hundreds of ADHD coaches you can

go to, I do not benefit from this podcast

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in that way, but if somebody's selling

you a supplement and they have the secret,

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they have the cure, that's a pretty good

clue that this is not motivated by, this

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is not a reliable piece of information.

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And finally, does this line up with the

current medical understanding of ADHD?

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And by that I mean the big guys, you

know, people like Dr Barkley, people

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who understand the genetics, the

neurology, the bioscience of ADHD,

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who have been doing this long enough

to understand that it's not one thing

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over another and that it's complicated.

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You generally find a lot of

these myths and solutions come

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from people who are mavericks or

outside of, day to day science.

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And that is also a big clue.

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Maybe they're onto something, but

you use your judgment and assess

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that with all of this context.

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And although we all want a solution

to ADHD, which can be great but

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can also really cause problems, and

difficulties that affect our whole life.

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We need to accept that these are

going to be long term management

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processes and not quick fix solutions.

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We need to have a realistic expectation

of what is possible in a certain amount

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of time and we need to accept that

this is going to require some effort,

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usually some choice on our part.

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Just remember we are more likely with

our impulsivity to Attach on to some

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new piece of information to find out

all about it, and, quite often we're

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a bit more trusting than we should be.

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We often see the good things in

people when really there isn't.

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What can you do with this impulsivity

and how can you manage it when

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it comes to new information?

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Because I think it's useful

also to apply it to any type of

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information that you, come across

and maybe go down a rabbit hole on.

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I know some people, when I talk to them,

they've almost made themselves board

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of ADHD because they've got so much

information online, they've listened

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to the TikToks, the Instagrams, the

podcasts, they've read the books,

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and they still don't feel any better.

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How do you manage that?

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Because that's an impulsive thing.

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So first of all, just accept

that this is what our brains do.

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Acceptance, radical self acceptance,

is key to making changes with ADHD.

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Accept.

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We want to know everything and that

interest is fuel for our brains.

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It's great.

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It's one of the strengths that you

will have in whatever you do in life.

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Your red and amber traffic lights in

your brain are maybe a wee bit dodgy

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so we need to reinforce External ways

to do that and external ways to pause

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before we consume more information.

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And if you discover that you've

spent three hours today listening

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to ADHD podcasts and actually you're

just feeling worse, take a pause.

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Please give yourself permission to step

away from it for a while, to come back

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and to identify what you actually need.

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Yes, you may want to know more

about the genetics of ADHD.

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You may want to understand your brain.

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Is it helping you, or

are you feeling worse?

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When you've got this new information,

it might be worth talking it over

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with a friend, with a family member,

or in an online group or community.

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And I know that sometimes, Our family

members get a little bit tired of the

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amount of information we are sharing.

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So that's when things like online

groups can be really helpful or

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in person communities if that's

available for you locally.

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You might want to have a

journal, a notebook, where you

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write down the new information.

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You might be somebody like me, who keeps

a kind of notion bullet journal type

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thing, where everything that I learn

goes in there and I have a reference.

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I have a notion sheet for the

journal articles that I read and a

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summary so I can come back to it.

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And that way, I can take my time and

think about the information before I

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keep going and pursuing more and more.

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and not doing anything with it.

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You might want to include the five

questions that I gave you earlier about

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understanding information and I will

make a little document template thing

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for you which you can get from the

show notes so that you've got those

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five questions you can stick it in your

owner's manual, into your notion, into

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your, Bullet journal, whatever you use.

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So whenever you get a new information,

whether that is, this type of diet

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is going to cure ADHD, you can run it

through those five filters and assess

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whether you want to accept it or not.

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And this is also going to be included

in the Notion template, which I'm

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working on just now, that allows

you to track your energy, your

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focus, your sleep, and so much more.

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Because I think it's one

of the most flexible tools,

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that we can build outwards.

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with ADHD.

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Keep your eyes open for that.

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You might want to use some of your

community, you might want to find a

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community that allows you to take a sense

test of whether this is accurate or not.

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Because there's going to be somebody

in the community who's heard

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it before and who will say, Oh,

yeah, well, actually, that's true.

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Or, uh, kind of, they've maybe

taken that the wrong way.

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And ideally, look for one

where there's some moderation.

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People tend not to go into too many

spirals and negativity spirals.

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And look for something compassionate

and warm and welcoming.

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So I hope you've enjoyed my rundown of

the main myths about ADHD and the way you

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can filter information so that you're able

to assess whether it's reliable or not.

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I think it's really important that

you're in control how you assess that.

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And you're able to make judgements

about the knowledge that you're

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relying on when you manage your life.

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If it was helpful, please share it with

someone, especially if they've given

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you the ADHD is just bad behaviour or

ADHD is chicken nuggets type of thing.

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If somebody's given you a

myth, share this with them.

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Tell them to go look at the show notes.

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I've got facts to back up all of these

things that I've just shared with you

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from reliable scientific journals.

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And remember to be kind and patient with

yourself, to encourage your critical

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thinking because we're kind of standing

at the front of a It's a tidal wave of

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information about ADHD and a tidal wave

of misinformation and misunderstanding.

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It's hard work sometimes to be the person

who says, well, actually, and if you don't

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do it every time, that's totally okay.

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Give yourself a hug.

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It's hard work.

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As long as you don't allow it to affect

your own emotions and you are being

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kind to yourself and understanding

why you do things your way or why

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your family do things their way

then There's an element of let other

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people manage it for you, okay?

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Because it can have a big toll on

your mental health and well being.

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In a couple of weeks I'm going to

be sharing the toolkit that you

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can use for managing your emotions.

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And it's like a pick and mix.

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Do you remember the picking and

mix in Woolworths where you'd go in

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and there'd be all these different

kinds of sweets that you could pick?

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: 00:30:29

That's kind of what I'm going to bring on

in a couple of episodes for an emotional

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regulation lollapalooza for ADHD people.

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Okay, so please share this, leave

a review, let me know what is

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the most outrageous myth that

you have heard about ADHD and are

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any of these a surprise to you?

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Have any of these been given to you

directly and have you argued back?

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I would love to know.

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Let me know and come back next

week for the next episode of

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ADHD Powerful Possibilities.

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And until then, take care.