Nick and Adams Talk About ADHD - Grey's Anatomy
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Nick (Scott Speedman) talks to Adams (Niko Terho) about him having signs of ADHD and what that has meant for him as a surgeon. Watch 'Grey's Anatomy' THURSDAYS 9/8c on ABC and Stream on Hulu.
As someone with ADHD, this made me cry, its so refreshing to see this kind of authentic portrayal and representation, even just say ‘adhd’ and ‘neurodivergent’ is groundbreaking and incredibly important
Came here to say this almost verbatim. 🖤
I also have adhd god bless this show ❤❤❤❤
Yes
I have ADHD too. I love how this show and how they keep it real.
I love that Nick shows up for Lucas!! I love that Nick encouraged Lucas to get tested. He didn’t put Lucas down and told him what the next steps would be in a calming and supportive tone
I've just realised that Meredith would have always known about Nick's ADHD. Because she was his surgeon first and would have known what existing meds he was on. Thry ran all sorts of trsts trying to work out why his kidney was failing. She just accepted it as part of who Nick was. Love that.
Gosh. nick is a good program director. This warmed my heart.. as a physician whose ADHD was also officially diagnosed in residency.
Well, out of all the program directors Grey has had, so far, he's the one that cares about his residents BEFORE some illegal or life threatening disasters go down.
Nick is the best character greys anatomy ad since the last 5 seasons. they havent have a good character like him. Hope to see of him more as a regular , he feels like the god old days of greys.
i 100% agree.
As someone who has ADHD and who isn’t on their meds I’m glad they are shunning light ADHD
I have suspected that I have ADHD for a while now. I didn't know what to do about it. I got overwhelmed by how "making it official" would be so complicated, so overwhelmed that I didn't even bother trying. After watching this scene I called my family doctor and made an appointment to talk to her about ADHD. That appointment was 20 minutes ago. I am really glad that I've got the ball rolling that I've made this next step. Finally so many things about my life make sense. Finally my brain is starting to make sense to me. I'm so happy and relieved that I'm crying.
Good for you! I hope you are doing well with your meds! I have ADHD as well and I manage it well with meds and therapy. Best of luck to you!
We need more Nick. I wanna see more of what he can do.
He needs to be there full-time. A residency director that’s in-and-out doesn’t work.
Yeah, I love the father and son relationships both Lucas and Nick have.
This was so important my siblings and I all have varying degrees of adhd and I showed my brothers this scene immediately and it made us all so happy to see a positive representation of someone we relate too and can’t wait to see what they do with it
I... I appreciate this a lot, actually. When I talk about ADHD with people who don't have it, they seem to have this mindset where they can't separate the idea from children. _Kids_ have ADHD, they insist- they don't seem to realize that those kids grow up. We don't outgrow it. We don't disappear. ADHD children become ADHD adults, and I wish more people acknowledged that. Seeing two adults talk about their ADHD in frank, unashamed terms, even using the actual _word_ instead of euphemisms means a lot to this ADHD adult.
I have ADHD, and it’s difficult to deal with and I do get insecure about it sometimes since usually people around me don’t understand unless I remind them that I have it, but I enjoy singing, writing, and acting sometimes but I always have trouble focusing and remembering when to get a task done. And it’s just annoying and frustrating, but I still try not to let it define who I am as a person.
A family of doctor's and Nick is the one that tells him.
His aunt is even has a license to diagnose it. Seems like a great family.
There's a very old saying 'shoemakers' children go barefoot, and doctor's wives die young'. Sometimes it's true. And people don't always see as clearly when they're too close.
It’s ridiculous.
@@ethanthomas2066 his aunt is probably undiagnosed neurodivergent as well
Well you have seen those Shepherds they aren't exactly the most empathetic or good bunch ,Derek and Amelia were the only kind of good humans
OMFG I knew it. I had a very strong feeling that Lucas has ADHD. But I did not expect Nick to have it. But I love it
New perspective of life for Lucas... All his life being called the black sheep of the family or a screw up and now he knows that it's something he could have known and maybe his life would be different. And btw, some of the "perfect Shepherd mom" wasn't paying enough attention and just left him feel down!!
Pretty sure one of the sisters is a psychiatrist as well. Surely a family full of doctors should have noticed.
@@96NSW, I honestly hope it’s her 😂 she was so mean to Amelia in NY and she is the one who’s married to a diplomat (Lucas’ dad is from Barbados… I know, I know that people move from here to there(!!!) [even the actor portraying Lucas is from Barbados], it’s kinda of a cool excuse for me because I really didn’t like her and Amelia said she’s the worst - plus her, a psychiatrist missing this on her kid? 🤌🤌)
@[gay panic]
Yes, it probably is Nancy, because it is said that Lucas is from Connecticut and the only Shepherd sister that is based in Connecticut is Nancy.
Given ADHD tends to run in families, I wonder about Amelia being ADHD too!
Also having ADHD increases chances of having a drug addiction, so that also checks out!
I can't watch medical dramas anymore, sets of anxiety and panic, but I love how inclusive Grey's is and how topical it is too. Bravo to them (I'm guessing a lot of it has to do with Shonda!)
As some one with an autism diagnosis and waitlisted to get tested for adhd I can tell this scene is heartwarming
As someone grappling with a pretty likely “undiagnosed 30 year old on the spectrum” situation, this subplot hit hard. When you live your life that long without any professional opinion as to why you’re so weird, it can be kinda earth shattering to know you coulda been building up tools to deal with it this whole time. (Once i get my life a bit more in order i plan on going in to get properly assessed.)
I love this so much. Thank you for using the word neurodivergent. It means a lot
Ugh Nick is my fave!!! I love him so much❤️❤️❤️
hes the best!
lol when he said, "when I was diagnosed in college" I was like, wait, I don't remember that...PLOT HOLE. Oh wait, that was a totally different show. Felicity...
So far, I don't know too much about Lucas family life, but Nick is definitely the father figure he needs in his life. Kinda like webber with meredith.
I'm hoping that one day, they will touch on and shine light on autism or ASD. Maybe even talk about how more dofficult it is for women to get diagnosed than men. Bringing these kinds of topics to the table is so important.
They had an autistic surgeon visiting for the day once many years ago, didn't they? I seem to recall.
As an educator, I can tell you that it is a lot easier to accommodate when there is a diagnosis. And the more granular and specific the diagnosis, the better the accommodation
Twitter is brutal but I’m glad people on UA-cam love Nick too. Scott Speedman is an underrated actor and I can’t wait to see more of Nick, I hope!
In the next episode when Adams is ranting about his family and how he missed his own diagnosis… he was stating almost exactly words that I said to myself over and over when I was diagnosed almost 4 years ago at almost 31 yo.
I have Asperger Syndrome, and I understand Nick and Lucas here.
Before my diagnosis, I had no Idea why I reacted the way I do, Why I never could understand what my teacher trying to tell me or why I lost focus so fast. But when I got it I understood and that just getting the Diagnosis that helped more than People can think!
I'm a lawyer with ADHD, and seeing this on a medical/surgeon show made me tear up, because indeed is a struggle to deal with being neurodivergent, specially on work fields that require organization and attention to every micro detail, and even the considered 'good things' like a hyperfocus during a tough case, or how we can think outside of the box. Our minds never shutting down... it gets tiresome to always be the odd one in the room... Grey's approching the neurodivergent people with such gentleness and awareness pulled a string at my heart. The writters are onto something here.
Awesome topic to hit on.
Omg i just love nick he is an amazing charather ❤
I don’t have ADHD. I’m on the spectrum. But I was misdiagnosed with adhd and it took for an adhd med to almost kill me for them to consider what was then Asperger’s (early 2013 while the DSM-5 was updated later that year to no longer include that diagnosis). But even then, I wonder, if I have adhd, which form would I have? (I have inattentive adhd traits but having almost died from a stimulant adhd medication I would refuse treatment due to trauma. I’d probably go after feeling better after a few therapy sessions.) But as a girl, god knows it may take months, even years to get thoroughly evaluated either way because of medical sexism caused by the system being outdated. Despite being traumatized so not wanting ADHD treatment due to maybe POSSIBLY having it, I still feel like autism isn’t the only explanation. ADHD? NVLD? Dyscalculia? I literally fit all but one of the traits Nick mentioned. Maybe im AUDHD? Im 21 now and was diagnosed as autistic when i was 11. That alone took 7 years and 20 doctors despite having developmental issues since the minute I was born. Still told “ADHD, use this crappy med. Terrible twos. You’re “too normal” you’re this and that”
In other words I relate to this so much I got teary eyed at having two late diagnosed ND doctors on this show.
ADHD definitely runs in the family, and though idk if it’ll be confirmed, I’m pretty sure Amelia has it too. And it makes so much sense that one of Amelia’s judgey mean condescending sisters didn’t pick up on her son having ADHD.
I always thought Amelia was probably neurodivergent so it would make sense as neurodiversity tends to run in families... 🤔 I'm thinking more "Predominantly hyperactive" type for her...
And it would make sense if she's never been diagnosed--given her addiction problems and being the black sheep in the Shepherd family. For Amelia, all of that was attributed to trauma, but ADHD symptoms and PTSD symptoms are very similar. If the rest of the family is neurotypical--and they were all grieving over the father's death, it would make sense that Amelia's ADHD flew under the radar for years, even in a family of doctors.
How does something like this slip the notice of every single doctor in his family?
A doctor friend of mine recently suggested I didn't need a diagnosis because why did I need a label? So I'm not entirely sure all doctors are as au fait with ADHD as you might think.
Correct. It's not really taught in med school... It's like half a page in a textbook!
His aunt even has a license to diagnose it. She seemed like a pretty bad sister - guess she’s a worse aunt.
Maybe they're too close and too emotionally involved to step back and see clearly? Sometimes it takes someone with a little bit more distance.
I think his family won't that close with derek and amelia
Shout out to those living life to the fullest still ❤
As someone who's just getting tested for the autism spectrum, this hits hard
Finally someone ❤
Derek was the God for Lucas.
I'm sure that Nick is going to be another God for him.
Which episode
Idk, now it’s harder to get dx’d and this is just unrealistic for one person to see and assume he has adhd. Kind of made me mad since the doctors where I live aren’t up to speed on adhd and dx with anxiety and mood disorders totally dismissing the actual problems. It’s just not that easy.
They should meet The Good Doctor.
Come into *focus* a little bit
I’m confused. Every Shepherd woman is a doctor. How did Lucas’s mom and aunts not know?
Not every doctor specializes in psychology, you know. And specifically in diagnosing ADHD. Symptoms can be atypical and many neurodiverse people are good at masking. There can be many reasons why a person is getting a late diagnosis.
Which Episode is it?
S19 e18
This doesnt even make sense at all. Lucas is Derek's favorite nephew but noone notice that he had AHDH behavior? Makes no sense at all. Considering Derek is a neurosurgeon and so is Amelia too.
Someone would've noticed
how many people do you know who got diagnosed later in life? diagnoses for neurodivergent people have been a shit show for ages
Amelia is a nuero surgeon but she had no idea she had a tumour growing on her for years. Lucas was just considered as a black sheep like his aunty so I'd understand why they wouldn't notice. Am glad Nick picked it up though
A neurosurgeon isn't a psychologist or a neuropsychologist or a psychiatrist. Neurosurgeons have different levels of specialty. I don't know if you watched private practice, but it is specifically pointed out that even neurosurgeons and neurologists have different interpretations of medical symptoms and scans.
That said, even the most well-loved people (and a shepherd family is pretty toxic to be honest so I have questions about that, especially depending on which sister he is to son of) have diagnoses that often get missed because ADHD, like do many other conditions, is often blamed on character flaws rather than recognized as the symptoms that they are.
You do realize Derek has been dead for like a decade, yes? Addams was probably a teenager when Derek died and people go through a lot of changes on this age.
Plus, Derek and Amelia both lived very far away from this boring annoying nephew and barely even saw him or had any relationship with their sister-his mother, so of course they wouldn't know much about him, his behaviour or his difficulties.
An ADHD doctor finding out another doctor has ADHD does kind of make sense tho
I hated how yasuda treated him
It's... it's not that serious
So Adam have ADHD.
Possibly, he has been officially diagnosed
I seriously don't get why Addams and the writers are making such a bid deal out of this revelation.
I have ADD(yes, without the H), and was diagnosed at an older age, like him. Yes, it's a problem and it makes life mote difficult, but it's a managable situation, it's not like he's dying..
It just seems like a forced drama for no reason.
Also, with all the doctors in his family, I'm PRETTY sure someone would have figured that out a long time ago. But I'm happy to suspend my disbelief and just be happy for him in his discovery. His life is about to get a whole lot better.
It’s a bigger deal than you would think for a lot of people - my ADHD diagnosis saved me. I almost flunked out of premed my first semester of college coming from being a 4.0 student in high school. I thought I was going crazy and deluded myself into thinking that I wasn’t smart enough or capable of doing it. I’d always had a sneaking suspicion I had ADHD, but got away with shitty work habits in high school. Getting a diagnosis, going to therapy, and getting on meds was incredibly affirming, and not only am I getting good grades now, but I am INFINITELY happier. It may not seem like a big deal but it can be and I appreciate that they are trying this storyline.
I was diagnosed with ADD too in my 30s and although I wouldn’t say the diagnostic has saved my life, it surely had a profound impact on it. Everyone of us experience it in many different ways, from how symptoms manifest in our lives to how big of a deal the diagnosis is for you and people close to you. So for once, I do not think Grey’s writers overdramatised this discovery.
Because he didn't know. And it explains so much for him. For once someone is not just calling him lazy or saying he isn't trying hard enough. When people tell you that enough you can start to believe them.
Maybe for you it isn't a big deal, but everyone experiences diagnosis differently. He said he just thought he was the black sheep, now he knows better.
Yeah, neurotypical is boring.