30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion

Inattentiveness is only a very small part of ADHD (and the name ADHD itself is very outdated and doesn't capture at all what this is about). It's more common in children to be inattentiveness (ADHD-PI) but goes away with adulthood. But ADHD is also a spectrum, so some people have it worse in X but very mild (or not at all) in Y. For me it's more emotional restless-ness, overthinking (esp. what people think about me and self-criticism), oversharing of whatever I am currently focused on (like writing this comment), being late because I constantly forget to account for something obvious like walking time, and a strong "mental barrier" of doing things that I don't want to do, or don't have consequences for not doing. Kind of like a self-drive that only exists when a) I really really want to do it, but then I have to do it right now because I can't focus on anything else. I want to drop everything I'm doing and only do that instead. b) there is some external consequence like a deadline driving me to do it. For example: My apartment has a stack of unopened amazon boxes that I only open when I need the item inside (no consequence of not doing it). But when a task has a deadline, or when I feel that my not-doing something would start to get people angry at me, I'll hyperfocus and rush it out in no time. Or dishes starting to get smelly (consequence), but a pile of washed clothes stays untouched (no consequence) until I need a shirt from that pile. When I was a child (untreated) I bar

When in doubt always best to talk to a doc. Best case you are completely fine, but doesn't hurt checking. (The irony is that people with ADHD are probably the least likely to get up by themselves and make an appointment given that there are no consequences of not doing it lol) ADHD is of course not just motivation but a spectrum of symptoms. I'd highly recommend listening to Dr. Russell Barkley talk about ADHD on this playlist - ▶ this video Watch from 1B onwards and see if you feel like it describes you

Yeah, it's pretty interesting how many ADD/ADHD meds have completely different effects for those with or without the disorder. As I've read more into this, I've found that "better" indicators of the disorder is more around impulsive behavior (lack of concentration being such a difficult thing to quantify, nobody's concentrated!). Dr Charles Barkley [0] has a decent amount of talks on youtube about this misnaming (and other aspects like hereditary natures). Depending on where along the ASD spectrum your daughter might be, this might be harder to figure out though. I can understand being a bit skeptical about this. I hope you can work out what's best for your daughter (and hopefully keep her engaged and aware of what's out there). [0]: ▶ this video