I got both ADHD and dyslexia and it freaking sucks. Had to relearn how to learn again and took advantage of the dsps program at the school. Got 6 AA degrees and now finally working on my batchlors. Can’t tell you how many different jobs I’ve had in different fields. Adhd and dyslexia is a blessing and a curse.
I hear ya man! Both dyslexia and ADHD is a difficult combo especially in the academics. This is why I really had to think outside the box and be creative with learning with every subject I came across.
I know right. What I have found is that the school system only teaches strategies for linguistics and logical thinkers which the majority of people with ADHD don't think that way especially with ADHD and dyslexia.
@@doctorlegrand I’ve literally self taught myself using UA-cam. Used technology as a way to help me learn. Recording lectures, taking notes on my iPad using Goodnotes, getting audio books of my textbooks even if had to make them myself, and using quizlet for flash cards because I able to repetitively go back to what I was learning until I knew it by heart. Lots of memorization and mapping.
Ya I use to record myself reading textbooks as well. I wish I had something like goodnotes back in the day so I could keep all my colorful notes organized 😊
I’m a student with ADHD getting ready for law school. Thank you for your bravery and putting your challenges forward. This is the first video I’ve seen from your channel but have now subscribed.
I also have ADHD, have recently graduated from law school and can attest that the mind mapping method for law school works incredibly well. When you have your first year classes it will come in handy for sure with Civ Pro, Torts, and Contracts particularly once you begin to see how the various topics and sub topics are tested. I am presently studying for the bar and it was really a game changer when i got to a point where I reviewed enough information to employ it again.
Dr you are giving me hope. I’m just got accepted to a MSc program and finding ways to avoid the trauma happened in my undergrad. Really suffered for years in short attention span and difficulty spelling.
This is what I have been searching for thank you much for making this video i have adhd and dyslexia also and it makes it hard for me to sit down and really focus on my studying for my certification exam but this is gonna be such a game changer for how i study.
I have struggled with focus while studying since childhood. I never understood the reason for this and believed that I wasn't good at studying. I can read a book of Chinese fiction in a single night, yet I find it challenging to complete even a page of history in English. I think the visuals of the characters in the Chinese language are more engaging. As an adult now, I discovered ways to learn more effectively, such as setting a specific location and time for studying. This approach helps, but I still find my mind wandering off sometimes. The only time I can truly focus without interruptions is in the morning, about four hours after breakfast. This is often referred to as "hyper-focus." As a result, I prioritize my most important or attention-demanding tasks for the morning at work. Honestly, I can complete jobs that typically take a day within those four hours. It’s great to see your videos, as they resonate with me. I think I will try the mind mapping method. Currently, I create diagrams for all my thesis ideas, which helps me visualize different points. However, when I start writing or conducting literature reviews, my mind often wanders away, and I find myself constantly referring back to my visual aids. I'm curious to see if mind mapping can help me stay focused on one point at a time.
I am taking a course with a section on writing. I had just printed my lesson before starting this video. There was a page very similar to mind mapping in the section for freewriting and webbing. It’s basically making notes for your topic. Thank you for showing how this can also be used on taking notes in general!
great idea. I've been studying Justing Sung a bit and he also says that mind mapping is the only way to learn. But besides that he teaches ways to mind map, that goes pretty much like this: first draw a skeleton mind map with what concepts will be touched in the class. And only then go into filling in the detail. This is especially true for ADHD, because we really love to dive deep into things and at least me personally, forget the big picture.
Thank you, Dr! You give me hope. I’m struggling in my last semester of nursing school wondering if my autistic adhd self could ever be a success as a nurse. Knowing someone else who thinks a little bit like me can become a doctor is really inspiring!
I myself do have adhd and this technice is helping me A LOT. As said in the video is helped me to visualize the information I needed. I often time print pictures to give it even more elements. It takes a little bit longer to make the mindmap than just reading through the paper, but trust me, you will remember way more than just by reading.
tbh I'm not sure if I have adhd, but I always can't focus on lectures or even if a person is talking 10 feet away. this tip really is gonna make studying easier
When you described mind maps as looking like "neurons" OMG the 33kg penny dropped in my head! That makes so much sense! Thank you for this!! 🙏🏻 you are a saviour. I'm feeling confident already 💪🏻
I'm taking accounting, business, and microcomputer application class this semester and my ADHD is keeping me from remembering anything. You may have just changed my life forever 💕
Thank you!!! I have huge study issues and I haven't even tried your Mind Mapping-Tip out, but I know just from hearing this, it will help me a lot!! Thank you so much for this game changer
Finding this video as a dyslexic and ADHDer during my 3rd year of college, it's so nice to find solutions to studying since it seems to have never worked out for me. I'm currently studying a lot of policy and politics; needless to say, it's a hell of a lot of reading and quite a bit of writing too. My notes have always looked like essays-- with the occasional doodle or cartoon here and there-- but genuinely, such an eyesore to look back on later. Am I watching this video 2 days before a final essay exam? Yes, but I'm really excited to switch my studying and note taking procedure to a way that actually satisfies my needs. I survived my first 12 years of acacedmics-- tending to do pretty well. Despite being interested in dense topics which I hold myself to excel at, I've never been able to efficiently study for them-- especially in college. I almost consistently get 80's on exams. My mind just tends to tap out and refuse to remember anything despite studying hours on end and even pulling several all-nighters. I go to study groups, ask questions in class, complete extra reading and do my own research--- but somehow I can never focus or recall what I've learned. This video is a gamechanger for me.
Hello, I came upon your video while searching for ways to manage a book study group with women from church. {eye roll here} I TRY so hard to follow them. I read the chapter before we meet, but when 7 ladies are jumping from pg 41, to 32, to 38 and sharing their thoughts my brain starts locking up and all the words start looking like a tossed up salad. Then my brain hurts for 2 days and I need extra sleep to reset. What I got from this and all the lovely comments, don't give up. Try to recognize what I am struggling with and see if I can come up with a solution to adapt. (without telling them!) I can see options for me, where as before this video and the comments I was ready to quit the group and was turning inward and that feeling of incapable. As a mid life woman w/ ADHD thank you so much.
I have adhd but topper in class and this is how i study. I get bored of simple notes so i put kawai stickers in certain topics to remember n visualise or put funny drawing or photos to recollect Hehe glad to know this technique was actually mind mapping Now off to buy cute stickers to put into my law notes hehe bye
here because im a freshman in med school (tomorrow's my first day) with undiagnosed adhd. and i'm so nervous with all the information coming at me. i'll try this and hope this helps! thank you!
@@foxgloveoleander so sorry to hear that. I always wanted to be a doctor and gave exam for med school too. But now I am reconsidering my career because it has been so difficult for me to handle stress and retain info. And med school is very stressful too I heard.
@@enearu599 it really is. I really thought i could stave off adhd plus other underlying mental issues but it really hit back twice as hard by the time first year finals came. If you're having doubts, you should think it over some more. The money alone is too much for it to be wasted on a half done journey. Wish you the best. Good luck out there
I am a visual learner and so many people recommend mind maps, but I absolutely despise them, because I get so overwhelmed by so much visual input at once. Structuring them seems impossible and I just kinda stare at that page full of squiggles and wanna cry.
Brother Im from Canada I have severe ADHD and anxiety and now I'm in Australia studying bio-med and medicine and I deal with the exact same stuff. Moving out alone was difficult and I did it it's my first semester ever and im slowly warming up and keeping a positive head, I've always been very mannered so it's hard for me to ask for help sometimes as I do not want to be seen as a burden. legit learning the chemistry of living thing, sometimes it is easier for me to understand the harder concepts and I keep overthinking your video is super relatable coming from an immigrant background my parents never really understood it and they think I'm procrastinating, it's just that I become paralyzed and fearful of studying but I want to use my anxiety to my advantage and be grateful for the opportunity of even studying, Privileage is not seen by those who have it and going around extreme poverty has made me very humble for the live I've been given. If you have more tips I would appreciate it as well.
I never think a job is a job I see it as a skill set, done renovation, manager at my airport, and salesman I love my ADHD as I never stop being curious and I can talk for hours on end
I'm in high school and I use a similar method for writing tests. Instead of writing down the answer in text I draw it as if it were an educational comic strip for children! Some teachers really like it and others just hate me I guess :/
This helped so much !! I have adhd and I’m currently taking a psychology class. I failed my first exam. I was heartbroken and started to question why I am even taking this class. Am I not smart enough? All these thoughts coming to my head. I studied as much as I could. Like everyday and I guess wasn’t enough. I need to do some type of change. I’ll try it and see if this helps. It just feels my mind doesn’t obtain the information. I know I have struggled with school my whole life. Never really learned a good way to counter it. The hardest part is having teachers who are so disconnected from people like me. College is hard but not impossible.
Thank you so much. I always tried my best but I developed depression for accepting I was dumb. Now I'm almost 20 and I'm doing everything I can to be a psychologist student next year in college. I really hope I can get in🤞🤞🤞
@@MsRizz100 so I just started college with a 100% scholarship for the entire course! (I live in Brazil). Today was only the first day and it was SO HARD already, I'm struggling but I'll not give up💪
I followed this method for a long time and I cannot concentrate and collect my thoughts without it, and recently I discovered that I have ADHD. I have been really suffering
I am adhd and the singularly most important clue I absorbed from this to stimulate my motivation towards the use of mind maps, was your reference to neural networks. Which is kinda funny `cuz I`m an A.I enthusiast and currently have studies going in this field. On top of this, I just found out I have what they call the "logical learning style", which also makes sense since I`ve always been a fan of recreational as well as symbolic logic and now, with A.I, logic programming (of course). As a medical doctor, with access to all kinds of cool medical graphs, you could dig up some from the frontal lobes & assoc. and draw up a fun mind map template based on this for some added punch :)
Honestly, this is so helpful. I'm studying Chemistry at the moment and terrified of my final exam. I know I'm not stupid, but I have major imposter syndrome in the lab classes, no matter how much I prep, I go in there expecting to mess up, and then of course I do just that🙈 thank you for this x
This is so helpful. I have ADD, and I failed my last crucial board exam even though I tried so hard. I couldn't even make it to just pass, and the thing is, my family doesn't know about this condition that I'm struggling with, but they blame me for scoring low marks. This ADD sh*t is so hard. Everyone asks, "You can't even pass these easy exams? Why did you fail your exam, but you studied for it? I got one more last chance to re-try the test; I gotta fight against that ADD monster and achieve my victories. This video helped a lot.
Thank you so much I'm in medical school and have the exact problem as you do and this video has gave me such a big dose of hope in fixing my academic life, thank you so much ❤️❤️
I am not diagnose adhd but i really struggle on my study habbit, I can't focus to anything that i always do in my life. Its really frustrating. I am now here cause i need to try the adhd study habits even if am not diagnose.
I wish I realised back in school and college that I’m neurodivergent and need a different way of studying, that I’m not stupid and hopeless. I just needed a different perspective…
Thank you I just had idea for my finals to create massive 2 meters big mind map on my wall for finals and I find it exiting to do and actually really fun. Just the idea of basically having this art piece of information and colors made me get up from my chair and actually start to study. XD
Gosh you're so freaking awesome! I wish I would have had these videos like, all my life but this makes me think maybe I can finish my degree without having another nervous break down. Thank you SO SO MUCH!
I record my voice to my phone. Each point is different tone and sometimes i sing it. I then have my earphones on and just listen. Even if my mind wonders i then speak louder on parts to put me back in focus
I used to struggle in high school with adhd and dyslexia then i moved to a lsen(leaners with special education needs) school and it really helped. There were less then 10 kids in a class and they had teachers that also specialized psychology. So they were the best. Im not sure if there are school like this in other countries tho. I come from south Africa.
I am going to try this, because when I watching this video is already made a clearer sense by visualize it in my mind, I am so worried about my adhd going to effect my study, because it has always be… My school starts next month. I hope I can do good at school.
Thankyou so much.... actually i usually learn very fast but i forget it all ....now i have realised that my study was not organised that's why...like i can learn 10-15 pages one day but the other day i just forget them....and before exam i just panic but now i will try this mind mapping too...hope so it works ... thankyou so much again 😊
@@Lila_bg Don't worry..With practice and changing over different study methods u will finally find a method that works best for you for sure so don't worryI tried mind mapping but I am way too slow to make mind maps whereas my syllabus is quite vast so I have just started to manage time more properly than before.
@@Swiftiee227 Thank you, my mother does not have ADHD but my dad does, i usually do school with her and she sometimes just yells at me or whatever instead of explaining the thing to me that would take like 5 minutes- anyway that justs annoys me sometimes, But yeah thank you, i am currently trying different studying methods to find what works for me, im mumbling on a bunch but yeah thank you, just for someone to understand the same thing im going through
School was so bad I dropped out at 12 years old.. Didn't study AT ALL until 16 where I crammed with a 1 on 1 tutor. Somehow got every mark I needed to pass everything. But then going to college and uni I didn't everything late and in one night.. Last year I cracked cause that life isn't sustainable.. (for me at least).. Only realised now that I might have adhd and I have no idea how to go back to uni and redo it better this time
I’m supposed to be studying right now but I got frustrated and decided to look for tips and I didn’t even get to study for the final exams I have tomorrow
So i never been diagnosed wirh adhd, but i noticed that when i was younger that i was placed in different classes that did alot of visuals, and comparison graphs, and things of that nature. I am now in college and i came across your video, and i had flash backs of when i used to use the mind mapping. I cant remember if i did well in the classes, but i do remember love doing the mind mapping. I will try this out and see how it goes
I just got diagnosed with adhd (16y/o) and It took a wile to supose that i have adhd because I am a pretty smart kid. Never had to work at school or anything. And now it is not the same thing. I want to try your technique
Prospective electrical engineer here, very inspirational, my wife is like just give up lol. I'm like nono i know i love this this stuff and i want to be an engineer.
The grad student advisor of my department told me that I "don't like," the work I'm doing because I opened up to her about my grades in a couple of classes with heavy course work. I ALSO had to grade papers for two classes I'd never taken before which amounted to about 170 students. Add onto that ADHD and other diagnoses with my two kids and a disabled partner, and I was spiraling. BUT, I knew she was wrong and told her that I do not give up (because she said if I "want to quit," to let her know and she would help me find a job because I could get one with a single technical course (that would have left me with a much lower paying job). SO it is up to us to bring attention to the matter. I reported her because Master's Programs shouldn't be ableist.
I am finishing environmental engineering college in brasil. Only found out I have adhd in the fourth year. I only got where I was because I am good with math and because I could focus only on college. There very few, or no video of studying adhd with math, I`m thinking of making one. Most people, even some teachers, lack basic understanding of what they are doing, and they just train many exercises and that's enough for them. My brain cannot execute and finish the problems unless every logic step is really well understood, simply trying many exercises and expecting my brain do understand on it's own does not work. Also, trying to be organized and checking what you area long the way really helps, some questions have 1 hour long solutions, and I would always commit at least one mistake.
I have ADHD and i do this all steps to study other subjects but the problem is maths for me cause i cannot make mind maps for maths and the formulas are like a nightmare for me to memorise and because of that I have been failing maths for the past 11 years but only previous year i passed the exam studying entire years syllabus in 10 days, getting the highest marks amongst all the people who are like me.
I’m going to get diagnosed now I have bad issues understanding anything I read and read and it’s like I don’t get it to then learn from it and everything I read then goes and I’ve forgotten everything I just read. I’m going back to college to do an access and I’m so anxious and scared I won’t cope, by my dream and goal is to be a nurse. How do we know for women if we have adhd / autism. ? All my brothers have adhd some with bipolar too but they say it’s hard to diagnose women than it is men.
Thank you so much for this! I was diagnosed a year ago with ADHD had it my whole life and did not know until 20 years old and in college. I barely made it to my third year and I’ve finally got things on track so I’m definitely going to try this especially since I’m a theater major with a Dance minor and music minor I have a pretty creative brain so this could make things even easier for me!
Congrats! I hit the wall in college too. I was a music major, but I switched to IT and cybersecurity (for the money lol). I've failed so many classes and it's going to take me longer to graduate due to this. I haven't been able to get it together yet though😢. I'm currently two weeks behind on coursework
It is my first year in my medical and it makes me doubt if this path is really for me T-T I wish I was born normal. It is too hard to keep up with them I feel so left behind and my time management and slow learning brain always strike me up T-T It makes me cry when they say "Try harder" when I am really doing my best it took me at least days to understand a topic T-T
I need help! I have ADS/ADHD Diagnose since I'm seven. I used to think I'm smart but now I feel dump. I don't have a learning tacticts. My grades were good in school but only with a lot of help from my parents. I finished school and work now but I feel like I forgot everything I learned in school. I'm starten to forget politics and stuff. I feel like I get dummer everyday and can't concentrate. It's day five of what it feels like, the disintegration of my mind. Seems like I wasn't interessted in any topic and forgot everything. My sister teils me about the shitty Meritocracy and I could google everything I forgot. I feel like an old person eventhough I'm young😢 Have I wasted 22 years of living? Please help me.
I have a question. I’ve read l-tyrosine should only be taken for 90 days. Does that mean 5htp should be taken for 90 days only as well? And should both be taken in a 1:10 ratio (tyrosine 500mg , 5htp 100mg)?
Adhd so bad i got distracted by the comments and stopped listening 💀
I don't want to bother people around me with the sound so I read my videos with the subtitles and that helps me focus (but not always like right now).
Same 😐
I got distracted by your comment 😂
Help
Stop......helllppp😢
To my fellow mind-wandering ADHDers who are crunched on time, STARTS AT 2:37
Thank You!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 we are mind readers too.
Thank you
Thanks mate
Excellent video
This is so helpful. My daughter has ADHD and she gets anxious because she cannot keep up with the teacher
I am glad you found it so helpful! Let me know if there is anything else you would like me to cover in future videos :)
@@doctorlegrand tttttttttyttttttty8o
I have the same issue
My ADHD is so bad I legit paused the video on 12 seconds and went to go watch whiplash
I just watched that last week lol
I paused and went to watch 10 shorts and came back😢 and now my hands itching to do it agajn😭
Dropped out of school because I had no guidance thanks for showing up years later lol. Great videos
Haha I know I wish I had this video for myself as well to save me time and headaches figuring it out in the library
Did the same thing homie, this guy is the 🐐
Same here man . Good to learn for our futur kids!
Never late to try again...... 😉
Yes! Thank you! I've been struggling so badly with studying for final exams with severe anxiety and undiagnosed adhd. Thank you so much!
I got both ADHD and dyslexia and it freaking sucks. Had to relearn how to learn again and took advantage of the dsps program at the school. Got 6 AA degrees and now finally working on my batchlors. Can’t tell you how many different jobs I’ve had in different fields. Adhd and dyslexia is a blessing and a curse.
I hear ya man! Both dyslexia and ADHD is a difficult combo especially in the academics. This is why I really had to think outside the box and be creative with learning with every subject I came across.
@@doctorlegrand you’d think they’d teach this stuff at school so people like us don’t fall behind and learn the hard way.
I know right. What I have found is that the school system only teaches strategies for linguistics and logical thinkers which the majority of people with ADHD don't think that way especially with ADHD and dyslexia.
@@doctorlegrand I’ve literally self taught myself using UA-cam. Used technology as a way to help me learn. Recording lectures, taking notes on my iPad using Goodnotes, getting audio books of my textbooks even if had to make them myself, and using quizlet for flash cards because I able to repetitively go back to what I was learning until I knew it by heart. Lots of memorization and mapping.
Ya I use to record myself reading textbooks as well. I wish I had something like goodnotes back in the day so I could keep all my colorful notes organized 😊
I’m a student with ADHD getting ready for law school. Thank you for your bravery and putting your challenges forward. This is the first video I’ve seen from your channel but have now subscribed.
Would love to hear your experience with taking the LSAT, because I am currently getting ready to take mines but I have a hard time with keeping track
I also have ADHD, have recently graduated from law school and can attest that the mind mapping method for law school works incredibly well. When you have your first year classes it will come in handy for sure with Civ Pro, Torts, and Contracts particularly once you begin to see how the various topics and sub topics are tested. I am presently studying for the bar and it was really a game changer when i got to a point where I reviewed enough information to employ it again.
My son was recently diagnosed with ADHD and it's so cool to see people with ADHD helping people with ADHD.
Dr you are giving me hope. I’m just got accepted to a MSc program and finding ways to avoid the trauma happened in my undergrad. Really suffered for years in short attention span and difficulty spelling.
im not diagnosed with adhd but I can relate to many of the symtoms, especially when it comes to focusing so these videos helps a lot
same :)
@@rektoon2202 what makes us not have add if we have these symptoms?>
@@cherry555girl pretty much any mental illness can mimic adhd symptoms.
@@cherry555girl lack of diagnosis
@@cherry555girl depression
I don't know why I feel like crying. :*** Thank you!
I feel you. When I first learned that there might be a name to my everyday screw ups and that I'm not lazy, selfish, dumb I cried too 🥺🥺😭
That's the thing with teachers like that, with no patience....now you're monetizing that story and aced your tests, this is very uplifting.
I have ADHD and Dyscalculia(like dyslexia for math)! I'm amazed at your perseverance, and I'm glad you got through tough classes like chemistry.
This is what I have been searching for thank you much for making this video i have adhd and dyslexia also and it makes it hard for me to sit down and really focus on my studying for my certification exam but this is gonna be such a game changer for how i study.
I have struggled with focus while studying since childhood. I never understood the reason for this and believed that I wasn't good at studying. I can read a book of Chinese fiction in a single night, yet I find it challenging to complete even a page of history in English. I think the visuals of the characters in the Chinese language are more engaging.
As an adult now, I discovered ways to learn more effectively, such as setting a specific location and time for studying. This approach helps, but I still find my mind wandering off sometimes. The only time I can truly focus without interruptions is in the morning, about four hours after breakfast. This is often referred to as "hyper-focus." As a result, I prioritize my most important or attention-demanding tasks for the morning at work. Honestly, I can complete jobs that typically take a day within those four hours.
It’s great to see your videos, as they resonate with me. I think I will try the mind mapping method. Currently, I create diagrams for all my thesis ideas, which helps me visualize different points. However, when I start writing or conducting literature reviews, my mind often wanders away, and I find myself constantly referring back to my visual aids. I'm curious to see if mind mapping can help me stay focused on one point at a time.
I am taking a course with a section on writing. I had just printed my lesson before starting this video. There was a page very similar to mind mapping in the section for freewriting and webbing. It’s basically making notes for your topic. Thank you for showing how this can also be used on taking notes in general!
great idea. I've been studying Justing Sung a bit and he also says that mind mapping is the only way to learn. But besides that he teaches ways to mind map, that goes pretty much like this: first draw a skeleton mind map with what concepts will be touched in the class. And only then go into filling in the detail.
This is especially true for ADHD, because we really love to dive deep into things and at least me personally, forget the big picture.
Thank you, Dr! You give me hope. I’m struggling in my last semester of nursing school wondering if my autistic adhd self could ever be a success as a nurse. Knowing someone else who thinks a little bit like me can become a doctor is really inspiring!
I myself do have adhd and this technice is helping me A LOT. As said in the video is helped me to visualize the information I needed. I often time print pictures to give it even more elements. It takes a little bit longer to make the mindmap than just reading through the paper, but trust me, you will remember way more than just by reading.
I wish I had come across video like this in college! Thank you for the great tip!
Haha ya me too! It would of saved me hours and hours of my time going into the library figuring it out.
Hello! I used your study method and it really helped me. I got an A in my examination. Thank you so much!
Conceptualizing - for the visual learner. Brilliant
tbh I'm not sure if I have adhd, but I always can't focus on lectures or even if a person is talking 10 feet away. this tip really is gonna make studying easier
When you described mind maps as looking like "neurons" OMG the 33kg penny dropped in my head! That makes so much sense! Thank you for this!! 🙏🏻 you are a saviour. I'm feeling confident already 💪🏻
I'm taking accounting, business, and microcomputer application class this semester and my ADHD is keeping me from remembering anything. You may have just changed my life forever 💕
Thank you!!! I have huge study issues and I haven't even tried your Mind Mapping-Tip out, but I know just from hearing this, it will help me a lot!! Thank you so much for this game changer
Finding this video as a dyslexic and ADHDer during my 3rd year of college, it's so nice to find solutions to studying since it seems to have never worked out for me. I'm currently studying a lot of policy and politics; needless to say, it's a hell of a lot of reading and quite a bit of writing too. My notes have always looked like essays-- with the occasional doodle or cartoon here and there-- but genuinely, such an eyesore to look back on later. Am I watching this video 2 days before a final essay exam? Yes, but I'm really excited to switch my studying and note taking procedure to a way that actually satisfies my needs. I survived my first 12 years of acacedmics-- tending to do pretty well. Despite being interested in dense topics which I hold myself to excel at, I've never been able to efficiently study for them-- especially in college. I almost consistently get 80's on exams. My mind just tends to tap out and refuse to remember anything despite studying hours on end and even pulling several all-nighters. I go to study groups, ask questions in class, complete extra reading and do my own research--- but somehow I can never focus or recall what I've learned. This video is a gamechanger for me.
hell ye
Hello, I came upon your video while searching for ways to manage a book study group with women from church. {eye roll here} I TRY so hard to follow them. I read the chapter before we meet, but when 7 ladies are jumping from pg 41, to 32, to 38 and sharing their thoughts my brain starts locking up and all the words start looking like a tossed up salad. Then my brain hurts for 2 days and I need extra sleep to reset.
What I got from this and all the lovely comments, don't give up. Try to recognize what I am struggling with and see if I can come up with a solution to adapt. (without telling them!)
I can see options for me, where as before this video and the comments I was ready to quit the group and was turning inward and that feeling of incapable.
As a mid life woman w/ ADHD thank you so much.
I have adhd but topper in class and this is how i study. I get bored of simple notes so i put kawai stickers in certain topics to remember n visualise or put funny drawing or photos to recollect
Hehe glad to know this technique was actually mind mapping
Now off to buy cute stickers to put into my law notes hehe bye
here because im a freshman in med school (tomorrow's my first day) with undiagnosed adhd. and i'm so nervous with all the information coming at me. i'll try this and hope this helps! thank you!
How did it go?
@@sandhya4912 im now a med school dropout 🥲
@@foxgloveoleander so sorry to hear that. I always wanted to be a doctor and gave exam for med school too. But now I am reconsidering my career because it has been so difficult for me to handle stress and retain info. And med school is very stressful too I heard.
@@enearu599 it really is. I really thought i could stave off adhd plus other underlying mental issues but it really hit back twice as hard by the time first year finals came. If you're having doubts, you should think it over some more. The money alone is too much for it to be wasted on a half done journey. Wish you the best. Good luck out there
@@foxgloveoleander are you or were on meds?
I am a visual learner and so many people recommend mind maps, but I absolutely despise them, because I get so overwhelmed by so much visual input at once. Structuring them seems impossible and I just kinda stare at that page full of squiggles and wanna cry.
Everyone has different learning styles that work for them and others that don’t
I'm exactly the same way. It has things looking chaotic and that doesn't help my organize my thoughts at all.
Brother Im from Canada I have severe ADHD and anxiety and now I'm in Australia studying bio-med and medicine and I deal with the exact same stuff. Moving out alone was difficult and I did it it's my first semester ever and im slowly warming up and keeping a positive head, I've always been very mannered so it's hard for me to ask for help sometimes as I do not want to be seen as a burden. legit learning the chemistry of living thing, sometimes it is easier for me to understand the harder concepts and I keep overthinking your video is super relatable coming from an immigrant background my parents never really understood it and they think I'm procrastinating, it's just that I become paralyzed and fearful of studying but I want to use my anxiety to my advantage and be grateful for the opportunity of even studying, Privileage is not seen by those who have it and going around extreme poverty has made me very humble for the live I've been given. If you have more tips I would appreciate it as well.
I never think a job is a job I see it as a skill set, done renovation, manager at my airport, and salesman I love my ADHD as I never stop being curious and I can talk for hours on end
Just your explanation made me cry, I feel seen and understood. I have been in med school for only five days and am already struggling.
Damnnn 😢
I'm in high school and I use a similar method for writing tests. Instead of writing down the answer in text I draw it as if it were an educational comic strip for children! Some teachers really like it and others just hate me I guess :/
Amazing truly inspiring don't let anyone tell u what you can and can't do!
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME MIND MAPS EXIST!!!
You just saved a life. Thank you sir.
This helped so much !! I have adhd and I’m currently taking a psychology class. I failed my first exam. I was heartbroken and started to question why I am even taking this class. Am I not smart enough? All these thoughts coming to my head.
I studied as much as I could. Like everyday and I guess wasn’t enough. I need to do some type of change. I’ll try it and see if this helps.
It just feels my mind doesn’t obtain the information. I know I have struggled with school my whole life. Never really learned a good way to counter it. The hardest part is having teachers who are so disconnected from people like me. College is hard but not impossible.
Thank you so much. I always tried my best but I developed depression for accepting I was dumb. Now I'm almost 20 and I'm doing everything I can to be a psychologist student next year in college. I really hope I can get in🤞🤞🤞
I believe in you💗 you got this!
@@MsRizz100 so I just started college with a 100% scholarship for the entire course! (I live in Brazil). Today was only the first day and it was SO HARD already, I'm struggling but I'll not give up💪
@@Amandasbarros YOURE DOING AMAZING
@@Amandasbarros I’m currently taking psychology class and it’s so hard. My brain is all over the place. Adhd is so hard to have sometimes
@@jessicalarsen7094 hiii, I'm also studying psychology (I can't believe yet that I got in) and my brain is also all over the place, I need help LMAO
Thank you for so much for sharing your method, you have no idea how much you saved me. I've always struggled, but this really helps.
I followed this method for a long time and I cannot concentrate and collect my thoughts without it, and recently I discovered that I have ADHD. I have been really suffering
I am adhd and the singularly most important clue I absorbed from this to stimulate my motivation towards the use of mind maps, was your reference to neural networks. Which is kinda funny `cuz I`m an A.I enthusiast and currently have studies going in this field. On top of this, I just found out I have what they call the "logical learning style", which also makes sense since I`ve always been a fan of recreational as well as symbolic logic and now, with A.I, logic programming (of course). As a medical doctor, with access to all kinds of cool medical graphs, you could dig up some from the frontal lobes & assoc. and draw up a fun mind map template based on this for some added punch :)
Honestly, this is so helpful. I'm studying Chemistry at the moment and terrified of my final exam. I know I'm not stupid, but I have major imposter syndrome in the lab classes, no matter how much I prep, I go in there expecting to mess up, and then of course I do just that🙈 thank you for this x
Love the idea of mind mapping.
Great tools. Thanks ❤️
This is so helpful. I have ADD, and I failed my last crucial board exam even though I tried so hard. I couldn't even make it to just pass, and the thing is, my family doesn't know about this condition that I'm struggling with, but they blame me for scoring low marks. This ADD sh*t is so hard. Everyone asks, "You can't even pass these easy exams? Why did you fail your exam, but you studied for it? I got one more last chance to re-try the test; I gotta fight against that ADD monster and achieve my victories. This video helped a lot.
Thank you so much I'm in medical school and have the exact problem as you do and this video has gave me such a big dose of hope in fixing my academic life, thank you so much ❤️❤️
I am not diagnose adhd but i really struggle on my study habbit, I can't focus to anything that i always do in my life. Its really frustrating. I am now here cause i need to try the adhd study habits even if am not diagnose.
My teacher allows me to audio record class! Huge help! Small, affordable Zoom stereo recorders will do the job
Thanks for sharing this man
My ADHD brain can’t comprehend the concept of mind mapping
I’m not procrastinating an overdue assignment by reasearching not me no never
I wish I realised back in school and college that I’m neurodivergent and need a different way of studying, that I’m not stupid and hopeless. I just needed a different perspective…
I struggle taking notes, I struggle following and even remembering to use the note I did manage to take.
This really just changed my life 😭 really so grateful😭 I will pass✨
Thank you I just had idea for my finals to create massive 2 meters big mind map on my wall for finals and I find it exiting to do and actually really fun. Just the idea of basically having this art piece of information and colors made me get up from my chair and actually start to study. XD
Gosh you're so freaking awesome! I wish I would have had these videos like, all my life but this makes me think maybe I can finish my degree without having another nervous break down. Thank you SO SO MUCH!
I record my voice to my phone. Each point is different tone and sometimes i sing it. I then have my earphones on and just listen. Even if my mind wonders i then speak louder on parts to put me back in focus
Dude, this is awesome!
I used to struggle in high school with adhd and dyslexia then i moved to a lsen(leaners with special education needs) school and it really helped. There were less then 10 kids in a class and they had teachers that also specialized psychology. So they were the best. Im not sure if there are school like this in other countries tho. I come from south Africa.
This moment marks a mark from a favorable person
I accidentally discovered the minding mapping technique and my memory improved
I am going to try this, because when I watching this video is already made a clearer sense by visualize it in my mind, I am so worried about my adhd going to effect my study, because it has always be… My school starts next month.
I hope I can do good at school.
Thankyou so much.... actually i usually learn very fast but i forget it all ....now i have realised that my study was not organised that's why...like i can learn 10-15 pages one day but the other day i just forget them....and before exam i just panic but now i will try this mind mapping too...hope so it works ... thankyou so much again 😊
Yeah same, i forgot how to multiply decimals not long ago 💀, LIKE I UNDERSTOOD IT BUT MY BRAIN DOESNT BRAIN 😭
@@Lila_bg Don't worry..With practice and changing over different study methods u will finally find a method that works best for you for sure so don't worryI tried mind mapping but I am way too slow to make mind maps whereas my syllabus is quite vast so I have just started to manage time more properly than before.
@@Swiftiee227 Thank you, my mother does not have ADHD but my dad does, i usually do school with her and she sometimes just yells at me or whatever instead of explaining the thing to me that would take like 5 minutes- anyway that justs annoys me sometimes, But yeah thank you, i am currently trying different studying methods to find what works for me, im mumbling on a bunch but yeah thank you, just for someone to understand the same thing im going through
Love this channel!
The worst thing about ADHD, is when you understand the superpower of not having it.
School was so bad I dropped out at 12 years old.. Didn't study AT ALL until 16 where I crammed with a 1 on 1 tutor. Somehow got every mark I needed to pass everything. But then going to college and uni I didn't everything late and in one night.. Last year I cracked cause that life isn't sustainable.. (for me at least).. Only realised now that I might have adhd and I have no idea how to go back to uni and redo it better this time
lol my mind zoned out and I missed some mins but still get the point, thanks I'm really suffering with studying :D
I used this technique but sometimes mind map mixes with each other and the information in their can't be access
I’m supposed to be studying right now but I got frustrated and decided to look for tips and I didn’t even get to study for the final exams I have tomorrow
So i never been diagnosed wirh adhd, but i noticed that when i was younger that i was placed in different classes that did alot of visuals, and comparison graphs, and things of that nature. I am now in college and i came across your video, and i had flash backs of when i used to use the mind mapping. I cant remember if i did well in the classes, but i do remember love doing the mind mapping. I will try this out and see how it goes
Another great video
Glad you enjoyed it :)
I just got diagnosed with adhd (16y/o) and It took a wile to supose that i have adhd because I am a pretty smart kid. Never had to work at school or anything. And now it is not the same thing. I want to try your technique
i got adhd, dyslexia, auditory procesing disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome and lupus.
I did the exact same thing! Dude this works.
I can't bring myself to study even on meds. It is very very bad for me. I want to study but sit and do everything but that.
You don’t have to interview teachers nowadays, just always go on rate my professor before signing up for a class!
Prospective electrical engineer here, very inspirational, my wife is like just give up lol. I'm like nono i know i love this this stuff and i want to be an engineer.
The grad student advisor of my department told me that I "don't like," the work I'm doing because I opened up to her about my grades in a couple of classes with heavy course work. I ALSO had to grade papers for two classes I'd never taken before which amounted to about 170 students. Add onto that ADHD and other diagnoses with my two kids and a disabled partner, and I was spiraling.
BUT, I knew she was wrong and told her that I do not give up (because she said if I "want to quit," to let her know and she would help me find a job because I could get one with a single technical course (that would have left me with a much lower paying job). SO it is up to us to bring attention to the matter. I reported her because Master's Programs shouldn't be ableist.
Excellent video
Glad you liked it 😊
I am finishing environmental engineering college in brasil. Only found out I have adhd in the fourth year. I only got where I was because I am good with math and because I could focus only on college. There very few, or no video of studying adhd with math, I`m thinking of making one. Most people, even some teachers, lack basic understanding of what they are doing, and they just train many exercises and that's enough for them. My brain cannot execute and finish the problems unless every logic step is really well understood, simply trying many exercises and expecting my brain do understand on it's own does not work. Also, trying to be organized and checking what you area long the way really helps, some questions have 1 hour long solutions, and I would always commit at least one mistake.
I have ADHD and i do this all steps to study other subjects but the problem is maths for me cause i cannot make mind maps for maths and the formulas are like a nightmare for me to memorise and because of that I have been failing maths for the past 11 years but only previous year i passed the exam studying entire years syllabus in 10 days, getting the highest marks amongst all the people who are like me.
Took me half an hour to watch a 6 min video, the adhd has officially upgraded to ad4k
Unmedicated ADHD and i only clicked this video because it was the shortest one that came up 😂😂😂
That’s interesting gonna used this mind map.
I’m going to get diagnosed now I have bad issues understanding anything I read and read and it’s like I don’t get it to then learn from it and everything I read then goes and I’ve forgotten everything I just read. I’m going back to college to do an access and I’m so anxious and scared I won’t cope, by my dream and goal is to be a nurse. How do we know for women if we have adhd / autism. ? All my brothers have adhd some with bipolar too but they say it’s hard to diagnose women than it is men.
i have ADHD...I understood the mind mapping but didn't quite grasp the master mind map idea...like how to do it. can anyone please help explain that?
Thank you so much for this! I was diagnosed a year ago with ADHD had it my whole life and did not know until 20 years old and in college. I barely made it to my third year and I’ve finally got things on track so I’m definitely going to try this especially since I’m a theater major with a Dance minor and music minor I have a pretty creative brain so this could make things even easier for me!
Congrats! I hit the wall in college too. I was a music major, but I switched to IT and cybersecurity (for the money lol). I've failed so many classes and it's going to take me longer to graduate due to this. I haven't been able to get it together yet though😢. I'm currently two weeks behind on coursework
It is my first year in my medical and it makes me doubt if this path is really for me T-T I wish I was born normal. It is too hard to keep up with them I feel so left behind and my time management and slow learning brain always strike me up T-T It makes me cry when they say "Try harder" when I am really doing my best it took me at least days to understand a topic T-T
I found that there are so many bad teachers and the really bad ones would say things like you can’t do it.
i dont have adhd but this video helped me so much thank you :D
Wish you would upload some of your mindmaps or made a video about how to make a good mind map with an example.
I need help! I have ADS/ADHD Diagnose since I'm seven. I used to think I'm smart but now I feel dump. I don't have a learning tacticts. My grades were good in school but only with a lot of help from my parents. I finished school and work now but I feel like I forgot everything I learned in school. I'm starten to forget politics and stuff. I feel like I get dummer everyday and can't concentrate. It's day five of what it feels like, the disintegration of my mind. Seems like I wasn't interessted in any topic and forgot everything. My sister teils me about the shitty Meritocracy and I could google everything I forgot. I feel like an old person eventhough I'm young😢
Have I wasted 22 years of living? Please help me.
I have a question. I’ve read l-tyrosine should only be taken for 90 days. Does that mean 5htp should be taken for 90 days only as well? And should both be taken in a 1:10 ratio (tyrosine 500mg , 5htp 100mg)?
I have my first sem exam after next week and I think I am going to fail again this year. I am already repeating the class.
gonna try it !
Im here caus im actively fucking up school because of my adhd and asd so I'll see how this goes
Tomorrows my exam and it’s almost 20:00. Idk what I’m doing here
My toxic trait is not knowing what someone is saying because I only pick up bits and pieces and then getting mad at them for explaining poorly.
thank you man !