1 in 10 children are diagnosed with ADHD and adult on-set ADHD is increasing. What is going on here?

Your friendly neighborhood Los and the world's oldest millennial, Bertram, break down what ADHD is, what is on in the ADHD brain, what people can do about it, and the pros and cons surrounding the drug Adderall.

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Sources from this week's episode:

• Adderall vs. Methamphetamine: Why They're Similar, and Why They're Not | WebMD
• Why Change Blindness Happens to Us | Very Well Mind
• Know Your Brain: Default Mode Network | Neuroscientifically Challenged
• Weak Task Synchronization of Default Mode Network in Task Based Paradigms
• Executive Function and ADHD: Symptoms and Deficits | Very Well Health
• Imaging study shows dopamine dysfunction is not the main cause of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | University of Cambridge
• Why Does Attentional Blink Happen? | Very Well Mind
• ADHD and Dopamine: What’s the Connection? | Healthline
• Startups Prescribing A.D.H.D Drugs on TikTok Raise Diagnosis Concerns | The New York Times
• How to ADHD - YouTube
• Startups Make It Easier to Get ADHD Drugs. That Made Some Workers Anxious. | News Azi (via The Wall Street Journal)
• How Do I Know if I Have Adult A.D.H.D.? | The New York Times
• Understanding ADHD for Adults - Overview | Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• Executive Function and ADHD: Symptoms and Deficits | Very Well Health
• Executive Functioning | Advantages Learning Center
• Things People With ADHD Wish You Knew
• What is ADHD? | CDC
• Know Your Brain: Default Mode Network | Neuroscientifically Challenged