If you’re online, you may notice that conversations around ADHD are everywhere. You may even be starting to wonder, as you flick from one app to the next, that you yourself may have ADHD. So in Part 1 of this series about ADHD, Julian explores what this disorder is, what’s happening in the brain, and so much more.

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So, what is ADHD? ADHD can come in a few different flavors. Typically, when we think of ADHD, we think of someone who's hyperactive. Someone who's just all over the place, but ADHD is a disorder, a diagnosis that describes someone who struggles with executive functioning, and with attention, typically to the degree that it causes pretty significant disruption to daily life.

People with ADHD aren’t just particularly inattentive and/or hyperactive, their brains are empirically different compared to people without ADHD.

People with ADHD appear to be low on two important chemicals in their brains, dopamine and norepinephrine. But their brains might not just fire differently, they could be built different. Particularly there appears to be differences in the circuitry that connects the front of their brains to other parts of it.

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Why everyone's talking about ADHD right now (and why it’s kinda annoying)
https://mashable.com/article/adhd-tik...
“Over the past year or so, ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) seems to have exploded on social media, particularly on TikTok and Twitter. Simultaneously (almost inevitably), the growing interest sparked increasingly contentious online discourse about it.”

What is ADHD?
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts...
“ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.”

7 Differences in the ADHD Brain vs. the Neurotypical Brain
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/bl...
“A 2017 MRI imaging study found that overall brain volume and brain volume in six of the seven brain structures listed below were smaller in people with an ADHD diagnosis. Multiple studies have validated significant brain developmental delay and 3-5 percent smaller whole brain volume in individuals with ADHD compared to neurotypical brains.”

Neuro Transmissions
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“Neuroscientist Alie and clinical therapist Micah created Neuro Transmissions with a singular mission in mind: explain the brain . . . simply!”

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