As a fellow doctor who has just been diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 35 this has come as a massive shock and I'm struggling to cope emotionally but I'm getting there, it's so relieving to find others in my profession who have been diagnosed.
@@andrie4384 You do realize that the channel's star "Dr. LeGrand" here is ADHD too? Also, there is Hallowel, he's ADHD, and... these people are just hyperfocusing on a subject they love. I am in a Peer Support Group for people with ADHD, apparently, there are Finance people, and many more in Law (because they love to talk, LOL), it' doesn't make you unable it just makes it harder. This is total perseverance, and patience. We aren't all graphic designers, or filmakers, or artists or writers. Etc.. I am guessing he is probably someone who didn't give up. BTW, Emergency Services, of any kind is something we really shine in. As soon as chaos hits, we become focused and able to do things. I am not EMS but one time a young man had a seizure and I got him on his side, so he wouldn't swallow his tongue while he was seizing. I instructed my friend to call 911, looked at his braclet, all without ever taking a First Aid (I watched TV). I just went into help mode. My friend was so shocked, she said "do you realize you kept calm and I was freaking and you did all the right things?" I had no idea what she was talking about, I found out I had ADHD 20 years later.
Please may you make the video title clear that you are ND (naturopathic) , not MD (Medical)? I'm not at all minimising the story or the struggle you went through - it was clearly a lot of hard work to get where you are today and it's great to see fellow ADHD people succeed in their career. But as a medical doctor myself, this was the first result on searching UA-cam for "doctor with ADHD" - looking for people with the same experience as mine during the medical degree and beyond, and I only realised you have a naturopathic qualification on checking the about tab.
I’m trying to get into medical school. I’m very thankful for adhd. I guess mine isn’t that bad anymore but it gives me perseveration or hyper focus on my passions so I can literally study medical knowledge all day and be happy to do it the next day.
You're a real inspiration for me. I'm a 4tg year medical student from the UK with ADHD and have been struggling year after year, thank you so much for this, I needed to hear it!
In the past, I've experienced several physical and mental health issues. Then, a few months ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which gave me a sense of relief. I am a third-year undergrad with aspirations of becoming a physician. Often times I experience periods where I feel like I am not making progress. I do well enough in my science classes, but I struggle to pass a simple History or Music class, despite having played the violin for 6 years in my childhood. Some topics are difficult for me to process or learn. These challenges sometimes discourage me from pursuing my dream of becoming a neurosurgeon. I have many hobbies / interests, but my greatest passion is medicine. I strive to be a good person every day and am determined to become a doctor, regardless of the challenges 💪🏻 Thanks for sharing this video!
Big love bud. Another doctor here with ADHD from Australia. It definitely is possible. One way it affected my study experience is that it generally takes me more repetitions of learning info for it to stick. Luckily though, what I can do well is marathon study. Another super power I feel is that I do love the creative ways and modalities in which I would have to learn, trying to use as many senses I could. It is doable for anyone wondering. I’m now 5 years out of medical school and specialising in Psychiatry. Which is interesting because comprehending lots of information, holding it in your mind so you can connect abstract dots and then organising it into a succinct formulation is definitely a weakness of mine. But I’m slowly getting better I think. Main thing is that I loooove the work, sharing space with people and hearing their stories is such a gift. As I progress, the looming realisation I have is that more and more I am and shall be organising other clinicians through oversight. Because I don’t retain information well, I often have to write very in depth notes so I can remind myself of someone’s story. As for my colleagues, I don’t know how they can just remember patients stories without having to reread the last note. My other weakness is organisation and structure. I am worried about once I am a consultant psychiatrist (I believe an attending in the US) where a lot of the work is overseeing other clinicians through over sight. I feel demoralised and feel I’ll never be able to be that organised. Any doctors with ADHD got advice for improving your organisation skills and speaking in a structured (than circumstantial) manner? Big love
hi! Im 19 and i just wanna say that this video really gave me so much more inspiration to be a doctor! I have ADHD and things had been rlly hard for me to keep it together due to family, and outside pressure... it sucks. but hearing ur story, it made me think "If he can do it... so can I!" and thank you so much for sharing your story! it rlly helps me a lot!
I've had a late DX of ADHD. I struggled with grades, went to a foreign medical school and passed ECFMG. No residency because of usmle failed attempts. Thanks ADHD for all you've done to me.
I’m an academic teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and I was diagnosed just last year with ADHD. As happy as I am with the diagnosis it’s definitely a healing process. It’s led me to go back and rethink situations that have happened even since early childhood. I can definitely start forgiving myself for awkward choices but also I have a deeper understanding. It’s been a rough year.
this is very motivating, i have adhd and i struggle with school a lot. i dropped out my first year and just recently went back, this gives me hope that even if i can’t do it now doesn’t mean i can’t make it later!
This video popped up on my feed at the perfect time! Your story is truly inspirational, especially as someone who is currently going through some really tough exams to qualify as a solicitor and struggling but knowing I have to push through and will pass these exams because God has a purpose to inspire others like you said, irrespective of whether they have ADHD, that anything is possible by His Grace and Glory. God Bless you! Thank you, I need this affirmation.
I‘m in my last year of med school and have been diagnosed as a child. The symptoms are slowly creeping in again and I am contemplating seeing a therapist again. Very inspiring 👌🏽
I have adhd and you speaking openly about your struggles is giving me hope that I can go back to college and be stubbornly persistent. I recently moved out of a toxic household and now am addressing my adhd . How do I find doctors that are willing to be mentors ? Or how do I become someone who a doctor would want to mentor ? Thanks 🙏
You are a true testament of hard work and never ever giving up . My 12 year old son has ADHD and wants to study to be a doctor. He is not on any form of medicine . its very difficult here in the UK to get help unless you can afford private health care. have you got any advice
Your 5 tips nailed it for me. Wish I had that information years ago. And as mentioned in a previous comment, you have no idea how helpful this is to me. Especially now, on my new path to be choosen. Thank you!
I’ve been crawling through a masters in psychotherapy, just finished… finished badly (late submissions for assignments). I only got my Dx over halfway through this course. Life has been particularly difficult over this time as well… and I’m facing a meeting today in which I am sure I will be told I won’t be passing after all. I’ve told so many people I was finishing (had my second placement and said goodbye to them with that in mind). I have been feeling as if I will never have the ability to be more independent in this work, to communicate consistently at work and with supervisors, and double check all the little details properly. I also worry that I’ll never be quick enough with clinical admin work and will never have the capacity to manage a case load as big as what is expected of most. I know it’s possible for some, my psychologist and my psychiatrist both have ADHD, and I’ve met other mental health professionals with it too. I’m sure there are many of us: most people who pursue this work have had their own trauma, and many of us who have developmental trauma have ADHD. I know we’re all different so comparing doesn’t make sense. Just got to figure this out. Thankfully I definitely have that stubborn persistence and passion.
I didn’t find out I had ADHD until I was 19 years old and it’s funny because I want to try community college. After I got my GED I think I was like 17 when I got it, I tried community college 18 turning 19 and I only passed psychology was like a good grade and shortly after leaving I found out I had ADHD and it’s just so funny because the Doctor Who diagnosed me or I should say Psychiatrist it took him five minutes he just looked at me and asked me “do you always put on with your fingers or pull the thread on your jeans and tap your foot and not look people in the eye when you’re having conversations?” Me: 🤷🏼♀️ I didn’t even know what ADHD/add was, I’m now on 25 and I am back in school. I realized how serious it actually. RN I should have finished something on Monday that I am going to try to do before 1 o’clock when I have a meeting with my tutor for a final paper that should have been done already this week but of course it is not done yet...ugh
Ya a lot of people don't know they have ADHD until much later in their life. Growing up I always knew I had ADHD but did not get diagnosed till college.
I am in my last year of medical studies but I took 2 1/2 longer for it. Unfortunately I only got diagnosed with ADHD during 4th year of my medical studies. It is definitely possible and I have seen friends with ADHD go through medical school and dentistry in the regular time as well.
im in medical school right now with adhd and dyslexia. it's hard to read and write the medication and it takes me literally 4 hours for read a 1 hour long reading assignment 😢
My Goodness same thing flunking chemistry!!Also believe in God and he works with those who look weak to the world. I'm in medical school. Struggling like you have an idea
Im 45 and seeking a new career in medicine. I have ADHD, Dyslexia, and Tourette Syndrome. My doctor friends are encouraging and really think I will do well, but there are days and weeks, man.
About to start residency, I’m scared there might be some state licensing boards that might give me trouble for taking Vyvanse.. does anyone have resources to show if there’s any states that consider ADHD as a “mental incapacity to perform physician duties”?
hii fellow medical students/doctors with ADHD, may I ask abt your performance in STEM back in school? did you become a doctor because you're proven to excel in STEM? I'm a high school student who may have ADHD. My long term memory is high and but my working memory (mental problem solving) is relatively poor and I wonder if you dealt with low working memory too
I'm a neurology resident, and I have ADHD. It is really, really hard. You know everything better than the others but are too forgetful and messy to present it. It is hard.
Im in agony in medical school and i dont know what to do anymore ive been thinking of suicide far more often that i used to went to multiple psychiatrists no one helped
Dear Doc, I suffer from ADHD and some anxiety, I tried neurofeedback with no avail, I was recommended to check a functional doctor and I did. They want me to do a gi map gut test, adrenals and hormones test and an organics test for neurotransmitters and toxicities, also inflammation markers, I will do the test and if I end up needing amino acid therapy ill do it and do neurofeedback at the same time, they told me its a 6 month long therapy, do you think it will heal me in 6 months for good or does it only decrease symptoms for 6months while you are on the amino acids then adhd comes back when you are off the amino acids?
I have recently diagnosed with adhd, what I see can never see in these videos, whilst inspirational, no one says, don’t worry take adhd medicine and all will be well, why suffer? There are fixes, adhd medicine is like putting on glasses - without them you can see and live but not clearly - the adhd Medco e makes you normal
Why you connect ADHD with stupidity and failure!!! 😤😤 I ranked the third in my first year at human medicine college in one of the best universities in my country, and I get great scores in most of my classes I recommend not to follow this person.
As a fellow doctor who has just been diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 35 this has come as a massive shock and I'm struggling to cope emotionally but I'm getting there, it's so relieving to find others in my profession who have been diagnosed.
So,doctor how could you be able to focus and study then?
I was thinking about doing resigster nursing school but change my mind
You made it through to be a doctor with undiagnosed adhd? ..
@@andrie4384 I would also know how
@@andrie4384 You do realize that the channel's star "Dr. LeGrand" here is ADHD too? Also, there is Hallowel, he's ADHD, and... these people are just hyperfocusing on a subject they love. I am in a Peer Support Group for people with ADHD, apparently, there are Finance people, and many more in Law (because they love to talk, LOL), it' doesn't make you unable it just makes it harder. This is total perseverance, and patience. We aren't all graphic designers, or filmakers, or artists or writers. Etc.. I am guessing he is probably someone who didn't give up. BTW, Emergency Services, of any kind is something we really shine in. As soon as chaos hits, we become focused and able to do things. I am not EMS but one time a young man had a seizure and I got him on his side, so he wouldn't swallow his tongue while he was seizing. I instructed my friend to call 911, looked at his braclet, all without ever taking a First Aid (I watched TV). I just went into help mode. My friend was so shocked, she said "do you realize you kept calm and I was freaking and you did all the right things?" I had no idea what she was talking about, I found out I had ADHD 20 years later.
Please may you make the video title clear that you are ND (naturopathic) , not MD (Medical)?
I'm not at all minimising the story or the struggle you went through - it was clearly a lot of hard work to get where you are today and it's great to see fellow ADHD people succeed in their career.
But as a medical doctor myself, this was the first result on searching UA-cam for "doctor with ADHD" - looking for people with the same experience as mine during the medical degree and beyond, and I only realised you have a naturopathic qualification on checking the about tab.
I recently discovered I have ADHD after graduating med school, all these years I thought it was this hard on everyone.
Thank you for sharing this
I feel just the same… i thought i was lazy and dumb… and i somehow graduated med school…
I’m trying to get into medical school. I’m very thankful for adhd. I guess mine isn’t that bad anymore but it gives me perseveration or hyper focus on my passions so I can literally study medical knowledge all day and be happy to do it the next day.
You're a real inspiration for me. I'm a 4tg year medical student from the UK with ADHD and have been struggling year after year, thank you so much for this, I needed to hear it!
dr now?
In the past, I've experienced several physical and mental health issues. Then, a few months ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which gave me a sense of relief.
I am a third-year undergrad with aspirations of becoming a physician. Often times I experience periods where I feel like I am not making progress. I do well enough in my science classes, but I struggle to pass a simple History or Music class, despite having played the violin for 6 years in my childhood. Some topics are difficult for me to process or learn. These challenges sometimes discourage me from pursuing my dream of becoming a neurosurgeon.
I have many hobbies / interests, but my greatest passion is medicine. I strive to be a good person every day and am determined to become a doctor, regardless of the challenges 💪🏻
Thanks for sharing this video!
I'm crying. I don’t think I have it in me to crawl anymore, it is so hard - and I still can't get having a career in academia out of my head.
Don't give up.. We were curse by destiny.. We can create our own destiny
Big love bud. Another doctor here with ADHD from Australia. It definitely is possible. One way it affected my study experience is that it generally takes me more repetitions of learning info for it to stick. Luckily though, what I can do well is marathon study. Another super power I feel is that I do love the creative ways and modalities in which I would have to learn, trying to use as many senses I could. It is doable for anyone wondering.
I’m now 5 years out of medical school and specialising in Psychiatry. Which is interesting because comprehending lots of information, holding it in your mind so you can connect abstract dots and then organising it into a succinct formulation is definitely a weakness of mine. But I’m slowly getting better I think. Main thing is that I loooove the work, sharing space with people and hearing their stories is such a gift.
As I progress, the looming realisation I have is that more and more I am and shall be organising other clinicians through oversight. Because I don’t retain information well, I often have to write very in depth notes so I can remind myself of someone’s story. As for my colleagues, I don’t know how they can just remember patients stories without having to reread the last note. My other weakness is organisation and structure. I am worried about once I am a consultant psychiatrist (I believe an attending in the US) where a lot of the work is overseeing other clinicians through over sight. I feel demoralised and feel I’ll never be able to be that organised. Any doctors with ADHD got advice for improving your organisation skills and speaking in a structured (than circumstantial) manner? Big love
hi! Im 19 and i just wanna say that this video really gave me so much more inspiration to be a doctor! I have ADHD and things had been rlly hard for me to keep it together due to family, and outside pressure...
it sucks.
but hearing ur story, it made me think "If he can do it... so can I!"
and thank you so much for sharing your story! it rlly helps me a lot!
I've had a late DX of ADHD. I struggled with grades, went to a foreign medical school and passed ECFMG. No residency because of usmle failed attempts. Thanks ADHD for all you've done to me.
Try again! Don't give up!
@@ramonahashemyrad1533 I'm too far out of school to match
I’m an academic teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and I was diagnosed just last year with ADHD. As happy as I am with the diagnosis it’s definitely a healing process. It’s led me to go back and rethink situations that have happened even since early childhood. I can definitely start forgiving myself for awkward choices but also I have a deeper understanding. It’s been a rough year.
"Stubborn Persistence" is the key
There’s a big relationship between ADHD and anxiety. If one improves so does the other and vice versa.
yeah bro i have so much anxiety that i sleep only 4hours a day waking up at 4 or 5hour for no fucking reason idk why maybe stress (im in highschool)
this is very motivating, i have adhd and i struggle with school a lot. i dropped out my first year and just recently went back, this gives me hope that even if i can’t do it now doesn’t mean i can’t make it later!
This video popped up on my feed at the perfect time! Your story is truly inspirational, especially as someone who is currently going through some really tough exams to qualify as a solicitor and struggling but knowing I have to push through and will pass these exams because God has a purpose to inspire others like you said, irrespective of whether they have ADHD, that anything is possible by His Grace and Glory. God Bless you! Thank you, I need this affirmation.
I‘m in my last year of med school and have been diagnosed as a child. The symptoms are slowly creeping in again and I am contemplating seeing a therapist again. Very inspiring 👌🏽
Ever thought of medication? Seems like an obvious solution that nobody here suggests.
@@jp32123 yup defo thought about and will try to get an appointment
I'm a doctor and I have ADHD please do a video to study for the USMLE steps please. I'm struggling to much :(
Ever thought of actually taking medication for it? Why is nobody in the comments suggesting this obvious solution?
Wow! Salute to you, such an inspiration. I’m the same way. With consistency, a great support system + we got this!
Thank you for sharing your story, it was very motivating and got me tearing up
I’m in the process. Never going to give up!
I love this! Thankyou for sharing your struggles. I like the term stubborn persistence. You’re amazing!
Glad you liked it and happy you found value in my story :)
This is so inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing your story :)
So glad you found it inspiring :)
I have adhd and you speaking openly about your struggles is giving me hope that I can go back to college and be stubbornly persistent. I recently moved out of a toxic household and now am addressing my adhd . How do I find doctors that are willing to be mentors ? Or how do I become someone who a doctor would want to mentor ? Thanks 🙏
You are a true testament of hard work and never ever giving up . My 12 year old son has ADHD and wants to study to be a doctor. He is not on any form of medicine . its very difficult here in the UK to get help unless you can afford private health care. have you got any advice
Omg…there is hope for us! Thank you for this channel and your story!
Your 5 tips nailed it for me. Wish I had that information years ago. And as mentioned in a previous comment, you have no idea how helpful this is to me. Especially now, on my new path to be choosen. Thank you!
I am so glad this was helpful to you. Thanks for letting me know :)
I’ve been crawling through a masters in psychotherapy, just finished… finished badly (late submissions for assignments). I only got my Dx over halfway through this course. Life has been particularly difficult over this time as well… and I’m facing a meeting today in which I am sure I will be told I won’t be passing after all. I’ve told so many people I was finishing (had my second placement and said goodbye to them with that in mind). I have been feeling as if I will never have the ability to be more independent in this work, to communicate consistently at work and with supervisors, and double check all the little details properly. I also worry that I’ll never be quick enough with clinical admin work and will never have the capacity to manage a case load as big as what is expected of most. I know it’s possible for some, my psychologist and my psychiatrist both have ADHD, and I’ve met other mental health professionals with it too. I’m sure there are many of us: most people who pursue this work have had their own trauma, and many of us who have developmental trauma have ADHD. I know we’re all different so comparing doesn’t make sense. Just got to figure this out. Thankfully I definitely have that stubborn persistence and passion.
you are such an idol actually!
Passion is the secret.
Thank you so much for sharing. You have no idea how helpful this is to me.
I am truly humbled that you have found value in my story :)
I needed this, finishing my postbac now. Thank you
You are an inspiration for me
I didn’t find out I had ADHD until I was 19 years old and it’s funny because I want to try community college. After I got my GED I think I was like 17 when I got it, I tried community college 18 turning 19 and I only passed psychology was like a good grade and shortly after leaving I found out I had ADHD and it’s just so funny because the Doctor Who diagnosed me or I should say Psychiatrist it took him five minutes he just looked at me and asked me “do you always put on with your fingers or pull the thread on your jeans and tap your foot and not look people in the eye when you’re having conversations?” Me: 🤷🏼♀️
I didn’t even know what ADHD/add was, I’m now on 25 and I am back in school. I realized how serious it actually.
RN I should have finished something on Monday that I am going to try to do before 1 o’clock when I have a meeting with my tutor for a final paper that should have been done already this week but of course it is not done yet...ugh
Ya a lot of people don't know they have ADHD until much later in their life. Growing up I always knew I had ADHD but did not get diagnosed till college.
I am in my last year of medical studies but I took 2 1/2 longer for it. Unfortunately I only got diagnosed with ADHD during 4th year of my medical studies. It is definitely possible and I have seen friends with ADHD go through medical school and dentistry in the regular time as well.
Thank you! This has been inspiring :)
I am glad that this was able to inspire you 😊
Thankyou so much for all that you are doing !!! Please keep coming up with such great content 🤗
im in medical school right now with adhd and dyslexia. it's hard to read and write the medication and it takes me literally 4 hours for read a 1 hour long reading assignment 😢
you can do this i know you can!! you are more capable than you think you are ❤
@@3ahr4 thanks bro
@@3ahr4 currently doing better and im in my last 2 months of third year
This is my story too I’ve failed ochem 3 times and each gen Chem twice
My Goodness same thing flunking chemistry!!Also believe in God and he works with those who look weak to the world. I'm in medical school. Struggling like you have an idea
Love this..
Glad you liked it :)
Thank you very much ,you change my life ..
I am truly humbled that you found this video life changing :)
Im 45 and seeking a new career in medicine. I have ADHD, Dyslexia, and Tourette Syndrome. My doctor friends are encouraging and really think I will do well, but there are days and weeks, man.
About to start residency, I’m scared there might be some state licensing boards that might give me trouble for taking Vyvanse.. does anyone have resources to show if there’s any states that consider ADHD as a “mental incapacity to perform physician duties”?
I hope I can help instill this stubborn persistence in my ADHD child.
hii fellow medical students/doctors with ADHD, may I ask abt your performance in STEM back in school? did you become a doctor because you're proven to excel in STEM? I'm a high school student who may have ADHD. My long term memory is high and but my working memory (mental problem solving) is relatively poor and I wonder if you dealt with low working memory too
Thank you!
Always...
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I'm a neurology resident, and I have ADHD. It is really, really hard. You know everything better than the others but are too forgetful and messy to present it. It is hard.
Then… I don’t know… maybe take some medication for it???
Did you take medication or did it without medication?
Im in agony in medical school and i dont know what to do anymore ive been thinking of suicide far more often that i used to went to multiple psychiatrists no one helped
Did you have trouble registering with your medical board due to your diagnosis? This is a question that haunts me....
What speciality could u cope to
Dear Doc,
I suffer from ADHD and some anxiety, I tried neurofeedback with no avail, I was recommended to check a functional doctor and I did. They want me to do a gi map gut test, adrenals and hormones test and an organics test for neurotransmitters and toxicities, also inflammation markers, I will do the test and if I end up needing amino acid therapy ill do it and do neurofeedback at the same time, they told me its a 6 month long therapy, do you think it will heal me in 6 months for good or does it only decrease symptoms for 6months while you are on the amino acids then adhd comes back when you are off the amino acids?
I have recently diagnosed with adhd, what I see can never see in these videos, whilst inspirational, no one says, don’t worry take adhd medicine and all will be well, why suffer? There are fixes, adhd medicine is like putting on glasses - without them you can see and live but not clearly - the adhd Medco e makes you normal
Did you took medication in College?
Is the fasting channel now defunct?
💗
Are you sure you are not a demigod?
ADHD and dyslexic…
Nursing school harder than med school
u ain’t no doctor
How do you know?
Why you connect ADHD with stupidity and failure!!! 😤😤
I ranked the third in my first year at human medicine college in one of the best universities in my country, and I get great scores in most of my classes
I recommend not to follow this person.
I’m half way into this video and this quack hasn’t even suggested taking medication for it. He’s brainwashed by the stigma.