r/videos • u/Jtaimelafolie • May 30 '17

This guy's presentation on ADHD is excellent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JowPOqRmxNs
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u/gooeymarshmallow May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17

It's possible it could be depression, I've been misdiagnosed as depression but it was ADHD. Part of it is I'm a girl and ADHD is symptoms are quite different than in boys so we don't get noticed, but also I had a really troublesome upbringing through foster care/homelessness/child abuse so most clinicians assume that I must have depression. Turns out I'm really resilient just can't pay attention for shit.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

A lot of these disorders affect the limbic system, including ADHD and depression. There's alot of comorbitity between all of them.

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u/gooeymarshmallow May 30 '17

Agreed, I have ADHD but was always misdiagnosed as depression because of my 'tragic back story'.