whoo I almost forgot I haven’t talked hi
everyone in the next 18 minutes I’m
gonna change your life may who am I
kidding I cannot change anybody’s life
in 18 minutes I just said that to grab
your attention but what if it’s not easy
for you to pay attention at any time in
any situation my name is Meg R and today
I’m here to talk about ADHD
growing up I was that kid that I could
not sit still
that was always at principal office
although I was known for being overly
polite and docile but somehow all the
trouble at school was linked to me I
used to hear it from all my teachers
that we do not understand how smart you
are and how stupid you are at the same
time people wish they had your brain
they work as twice as hard as you and
the result they get it’s just half the
results you get and you waste all that
potential hearing dad made me feel
guilty about myself all the time I was
so mad what was wrong with me I was so
read that I could not focus on something
and get a work done back then neither I
nor anyone around me knew about ADHD but
what is ADHD ADHD stains for attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder so there
are three different characteristic
effete its hyperactivity inattention and
impulsivity and there are three
different kind of people with ADHD those
who are predominantly inattentive those
who are predominantly hyperactive thank
God I’m not that
and those who are lucky to have both of
them at the same time and those are the
most common one there are theories that
say that that part of your brain that is
responsible for paying attention and is
higher level of Avernus and conscious
it’s less developed and it’s smaller in
people with ADHD compared to normal
brains I mean let me correct myself in
common kind of brain that’s why all the
stimuli make their way to our higher and
upper level of Avernus that’s why people
with ADHD turn with slightest noise so
let me tell you what I mean when I’m
talking about difficulty to pay
attention I do understand that all of
you have those days that you cannot
focus on the task you have to get it
done but people with ADHD
we have 365 days in a year of those days
like let’s say you have a important
thing in your life let’s say giving a
TED talk everybody won’t think to
remember those words that they chose
carefully they try to remember the lines
and they think about their body language
but people with ADHD oh my god you have
such a nice day I like it I’m sorry
people with ADHD get distracted even in
most important time of their lives if I
want to talk
statistically 3% of the population have
ADHD by the time I was writing this
script there were supposed to be a
hundred people here so my statistic
might be a little bit off but beside me
in this room
there are two other people with ADHD who
are probably not listening to me anymore
because they’re distracted and if I want
to tell you how that could impact our
lives I need to share some of my
personal experiences with you in the
second semester of my undergrad I
started skipping a hundred percent of my
classes by because I forget that I have
a class I almost forget everything and
even if I do remember that I have a
class I’m always late you saw it
and even if I do survive dad as well
when I go to the class I get extremely
bored and I cannot sit still and listen
to the teacher or the instructor and I
will probably end up distracting other
people because of that distraction and
forgetfulness we tend to lose our stuff
more often than other people look at
this picture I lost everything in this
picture the only thing I didn’t lose
it’s my head because it’s attached to my
body and now I’m not one of those people
with a hundred kind of visa cards and
credit cards I only have one but I keep
losing it and I have to replace it every
so we have some sort of information like
I know that in our school the library
door opens seven times per hour and
average how do I know I can’t
every time that door opens and close I
turn and I have this impulse after that
to see who comes in and who leaves and
now I’m not nosy it’s just my brain
that’s how it works
edie she’s correlated to dopamine if you
don’t know dopamine that’s reward
hormone our brain wants more dopamine
than other brains to just feel alive
we crave to stimulate those dopamine
receptors that’s why although if there
is absolutely no external
distractibility our brain can have that
state of internal distractibility like
when we are alone we never get bored we
always have a party in our brain and we
get to choose all the songs but when we
are around other people if you’re not
really interested in what you’re saying
even though if you’re looking us into
eyes and talking to us directly we can
not listen to you but if we are getting
that dopamine more and simulating those
dopamine receptor more what could the
result be when it comes to creativity
when it comes to problem-solving our
brain works amazingly us I’m sorry we
are willing to take risk three times
more than other people that’s why it’s
more possible for someone with ADHD to
start their own companies and business
and be successful in it we love
experience new things and sick trails
and we have sense of humor you’re fun to
be around and we probably are the one
with charisma in the room so it is
likely for us to get into relationships
or get married as much as other people
but because of that forgetfulness
impulsivity and sometimes aggressiveness
it’s more possible for people with ADHD
to get divorce or and any relationship
they can actually end the relationship
impulsively and regretted and out in an
hour the speaking of impulsivity we act
an emotion it’s like we want something
and we wanted now you have this
excessive urgency of one thing something
and we want it immediately we cannot
wait for it by showing of hands tell me
how many of you had those moments that
you were so upset you want it to cry you
were so mad that you wanted to flip the
table and slap the person in front of
you we were so excited you want it to
hug everyone right you all feel it well
we actually do it you know that thing in
your brain that stops you from not
saying stuff or not doing stuff yeah we
don’t have that that go ahead do it but
it in our brain works very faster that
the break button that’s why you’re
emotional and we act on our emotion we
cry if we feel like it and if you’re
excited everybody would know and if
you’re mad it’s more likely for us to
get into fights another characteristic
is aggressiveness today’s aggressiveness
I meant hyperactivity that was a real
ADHD here when you’re hyperactive
it’s like throughout the day you’re
driven by an engine and you probably
talk excessively having energy
throughout the day that’s good but that
can lead to restlessness and insomnia I
read this joke online and I really
relate to it it was like if someone with
ADHD wants to do those method of
sleeping
because they have insomnia they would
probably be like one sheep two sheep cow
dog old Mac Donald had it and we
probably forget that we wanted to sleep
and we get distracted and we start doing
something else but why am I telling you
all of this I’m 27 and I just got
diagnosed recently when I was 7 I was
diagnosed by asthma I’m quite a package
thing my parents recognize those sign in
symptoms very soon they took me to those
best doctors and specialists and they
took care of that and I was that good
patient at the doctor office because my
asthma was under control and I took all
my medications so what was the reason
that my ADHD was not diagnosed until 20
years later it was not miss parenting it
was because my parents were educated
that if the child’s vising if there is a
shortness of breath that means that your
kid has asthma but they didn’t know
anything about ADHD best case scenario
let’s say that they knew about ADHD
signing symptoms how would you feel if I
come to you and be like hey your kid has
mental disorder they wouldn’t accept
that but did not yet who once they get
to have mental disorder it’s not a
disorder it’s different only because
your brain works differently that
doesn’t mean that it’s anything less
than other people’s brain so don’t label
it don’t scare people with those label
those kids with ADHD they can benefit
from ADHD their ADHD is not a disorder
it’s an opportunity so if you have ADHD
that means that you’re genetically
designed to be successful it’s like
you’re tall and you have more genes of
being a successful basketball s or it’s
like you have a ticket to Elvis’s
concert do you actually need to show up
to the concert or like you want to cook
you like everybody else have those
ingredients but you and only you are the
one who has saffron a spice I know that
when I started I said 3% of the
population has ADHD I think about it
only 3% of the population has ADHD so
diagnose it manage it and by managing it
I don’t mean that they got at all keep
God do not keep calm take advantage of
that ADHD and those differences embrace
it
own it do not be embarrassed of it would
you be embarrassed if you have kidney
stone now why would you be embarrassed
if your brain works differently so if
you find it almost impossible to focus
if you’re always luck out and you cannot
ask for help because you also lost your
credit card and if you talk excessively
that sometimes you bore other people and
other people always bore you or if you
talk sometimes so fast that other people
have difficulty to follow what you’re
saying congratulations
it’s ADHD I’m gonna introduce myself one
more time my name is Megan I’m 27 I was
diagnosed with ADHD so was all good
Einstein thank you [Applause]
everyone in the next 18 minutes I’m
gonna change your life may who am I
kidding I cannot change anybody’s life
in 18 minutes I just said that to grab
your attention but what if it’s not easy
for you to pay attention at any time in
any situation my name is Meg R and today
I’m here to talk about ADHD
growing up I was that kid that I could
not sit still
that was always at principal office
although I was known for being overly
polite and docile but somehow all the
trouble at school was linked to me I
used to hear it from all my teachers
that we do not understand how smart you
are and how stupid you are at the same
time people wish they had your brain
they work as twice as hard as you and
the result they get it’s just half the
results you get and you waste all that
potential hearing dad made me feel
guilty about myself all the time I was
so mad what was wrong with me I was so
read that I could not focus on something
and get a work done back then neither I
nor anyone around me knew about ADHD but
what is ADHD ADHD stains for attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder so there
are three different characteristic
effete its hyperactivity inattention and
impulsivity and there are three
different kind of people with ADHD those
who are predominantly inattentive those
who are predominantly hyperactive thank
God I’m not that
and those who are lucky to have both of
them at the same time and those are the
most common one there are theories that
say that that part of your brain that is
responsible for paying attention and is
higher level of Avernus and conscious
it’s less developed and it’s smaller in
people with ADHD compared to normal
brains I mean let me correct myself in
common kind of brain that’s why all the
stimuli make their way to our higher and
upper level of Avernus that’s why people
with ADHD turn with slightest noise so
let me tell you what I mean when I’m
talking about difficulty to pay
attention I do understand that all of
you have those days that you cannot
focus on the task you have to get it
done but people with ADHD
we have 365 days in a year of those days
like let’s say you have a important
thing in your life let’s say giving a
TED talk everybody won’t think to
remember those words that they chose
carefully they try to remember the lines
and they think about their body language
but people with ADHD oh my god you have
such a nice day I like it I’m sorry
people with ADHD get distracted even in
most important time of their lives if I
want to talk
statistically 3% of the population have
ADHD by the time I was writing this
script there were supposed to be a
hundred people here so my statistic
might be a little bit off but beside me
in this room
there are two other people with ADHD who
are probably not listening to me anymore
because they’re distracted and if I want
to tell you how that could impact our
lives I need to share some of my
personal experiences with you in the
second semester of my undergrad I
started skipping a hundred percent of my
classes by because I forget that I have
a class I almost forget everything and
even if I do remember that I have a
class I’m always late you saw it
and even if I do survive dad as well
when I go to the class I get extremely
bored and I cannot sit still and listen
to the teacher or the instructor and I
will probably end up distracting other
people because of that distraction and
forgetfulness we tend to lose our stuff
more often than other people look at
this picture I lost everything in this
picture the only thing I didn’t lose
it’s my head because it’s attached to my
body and now I’m not one of those people
with a hundred kind of visa cards and
credit cards I only have one but I keep
losing it and I have to replace it every
so we have some sort of information like
I know that in our school the library
door opens seven times per hour and
average how do I know I can’t
every time that door opens and close I
turn and I have this impulse after that
to see who comes in and who leaves and
now I’m not nosy it’s just my brain
that’s how it works
edie she’s correlated to dopamine if you
don’t know dopamine that’s reward
hormone our brain wants more dopamine
than other brains to just feel alive
we crave to stimulate those dopamine
receptors that’s why although if there
is absolutely no external
distractibility our brain can have that
state of internal distractibility like
when we are alone we never get bored we
always have a party in our brain and we
get to choose all the songs but when we
are around other people if you’re not
really interested in what you’re saying
even though if you’re looking us into
eyes and talking to us directly we can
not listen to you but if we are getting
that dopamine more and simulating those
dopamine receptor more what could the
result be when it comes to creativity
when it comes to problem-solving our
brain works amazingly us I’m sorry we
are willing to take risk three times
more than other people that’s why it’s
more possible for someone with ADHD to
start their own companies and business
and be successful in it we love
experience new things and sick trails
and we have sense of humor you’re fun to
be around and we probably are the one
with charisma in the room so it is
likely for us to get into relationships
or get married as much as other people
but because of that forgetfulness
impulsivity and sometimes aggressiveness
it’s more possible for people with ADHD
to get divorce or and any relationship
they can actually end the relationship
impulsively and regretted and out in an
hour the speaking of impulsivity we act
an emotion it’s like we want something
and we wanted now you have this
excessive urgency of one thing something
and we want it immediately we cannot
wait for it by showing of hands tell me
how many of you had those moments that
you were so upset you want it to cry you
were so mad that you wanted to flip the
table and slap the person in front of
you we were so excited you want it to
hug everyone right you all feel it well
we actually do it you know that thing in
your brain that stops you from not
saying stuff or not doing stuff yeah we
don’t have that that go ahead do it but
it in our brain works very faster that
the break button that’s why you’re
emotional and we act on our emotion we
cry if we feel like it and if you’re
excited everybody would know and if
you’re mad it’s more likely for us to
get into fights another characteristic
is aggressiveness today’s aggressiveness
I meant hyperactivity that was a real
ADHD here when you’re hyperactive
it’s like throughout the day you’re
driven by an engine and you probably
talk excessively having energy
throughout the day that’s good but that
can lead to restlessness and insomnia I
read this joke online and I really
relate to it it was like if someone with
ADHD wants to do those method of
sleeping
because they have insomnia they would
probably be like one sheep two sheep cow
dog old Mac Donald had it and we
probably forget that we wanted to sleep
and we get distracted and we start doing
something else but why am I telling you
all of this I’m 27 and I just got
diagnosed recently when I was 7 I was
diagnosed by asthma I’m quite a package
thing my parents recognize those sign in
symptoms very soon they took me to those
best doctors and specialists and they
took care of that and I was that good
patient at the doctor office because my
asthma was under control and I took all
my medications so what was the reason
that my ADHD was not diagnosed until 20
years later it was not miss parenting it
was because my parents were educated
that if the child’s vising if there is a
shortness of breath that means that your
kid has asthma but they didn’t know
anything about ADHD best case scenario
let’s say that they knew about ADHD
signing symptoms how would you feel if I
come to you and be like hey your kid has
mental disorder they wouldn’t accept
that but did not yet who once they get
to have mental disorder it’s not a
disorder it’s different only because
your brain works differently that
doesn’t mean that it’s anything less
than other people’s brain so don’t label
it don’t scare people with those label
those kids with ADHD they can benefit
from ADHD their ADHD is not a disorder
it’s an opportunity so if you have ADHD
that means that you’re genetically
designed to be successful it’s like
you’re tall and you have more genes of
being a successful basketball s or it’s
like you have a ticket to Elvis’s
concert do you actually need to show up
to the concert or like you want to cook
you like everybody else have those
ingredients but you and only you are the
one who has saffron a spice I know that
when I started I said 3% of the
population has ADHD I think about it
only 3% of the population has ADHD so
diagnose it manage it and by managing it
I don’t mean that they got at all keep
God do not keep calm take advantage of
that ADHD and those differences embrace
it
own it do not be embarrassed of it would
you be embarrassed if you have kidney
stone now why would you be embarrassed
if your brain works differently so if
you find it almost impossible to focus
if you’re always luck out and you cannot
ask for help because you also lost your
credit card and if you talk excessively
that sometimes you bore other people and
other people always bore you or if you
talk sometimes so fast that other people
have difficulty to follow what you’re
saying congratulations
it’s ADHD I’m gonna introduce myself one
more time my name is Megan I’m 27 I was
diagnosed with ADHD so was all good
Einstein thank you [Applause]
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