Dr. George Papanicolaou

So if you have ADHD, or even if you don't and you're listening to this podcast, and you find yourself trying to get a task done, but you're daydreaming at the same time, you're sort of distracted with other thoughts while you're trying to focus on what you're doing, that's actually a problem. Because that daydreaming network called the default mode network can be turned off.

So if you have ADHD, or even if you don't and you're listening to this podcast, and you find yourself trying to get a task done, but you're daydreaming at the same time, you're sort of distracted with other thoughts while you're trying to focus on what you're doing, that's actually a problem. Because that daydreaming network called the default mode network can be turned off.

When you're doing a task, it should be your task-positive network that's fitting right into that. So it's a network, it's a system that gets turned on so you can just pay attention to what you're doing, and that's it. But in the ADHD brains, that toggle switch between daydreaming, egocentric, how's the world affecting me, how do I affect the world piece, that toggle switch doesn't turn it off.

When you're doing a task, it should be your task-positive network that's fitting right into that. So it's a network, it's a system that gets turned on so you can just pay attention to what you're doing, and that's it. But in the ADHD brains, that toggle switch between daydreaming, egocentric, how's the world affecting me, how do I affect the world piece, that toggle switch doesn't turn it off.

When you're doing a task, it should be your task-positive network that's fitting right into that. So it's a network, it's a system that gets turned on so you can just pay attention to what you're doing, and that's it. But in the ADHD brains, that toggle switch between daydreaming, egocentric, how's the world affecting me, how do I affect the world piece, that toggle switch doesn't turn it off.

And when you're trying to do a task, you can't keep it. from daydreaming a bit. So it makes what you're doing harder. You have to concentrate harder. You get your work done. You just have to work harder at it.

And when you're trying to do a task, you can't keep it. from daydreaming a bit. So it makes what you're doing harder. You have to concentrate harder. You get your work done. You just have to work harder at it.

And when you're trying to do a task, you can't keep it. from daydreaming a bit. So it makes what you're doing harder. You have to concentrate harder. You get your work done. You just have to work harder at it.

And I just wanted to make the point that the reason why these systems may be disordered include, why? Inflammation. Nutritional deficiencies, single nucleotide polymorphisms, there's variations in your genes that impact how your dopamine and your serotonin and your norepinephrine flow.

And I just wanted to make the point that the reason why these systems may be disordered include, why? Inflammation. Nutritional deficiencies, single nucleotide polymorphisms, there's variations in your genes that impact how your dopamine and your serotonin and your norepinephrine flow.

And I just wanted to make the point that the reason why these systems may be disordered include, why? Inflammation. Nutritional deficiencies, single nucleotide polymorphisms, there's variations in your genes that impact how your dopamine and your serotonin and your norepinephrine flow.

All of that gets disrupted when you have inflammation, when you have trauma, when you have nutritional deficits, 100% agree.

All of that gets disrupted when you have inflammation, when you have trauma, when you have nutritional deficits, 100% agree.

All of that gets disrupted when you have inflammation, when you have trauma, when you have nutritional deficits, 100% agree.

Yeah, this is a great case because I see a lot, not a lot, a disproportionate number of students. We're right outside of Boston, and I've had at least four or five students in the last two years that have been brought in by their parents because they're in their freshman year or sophomore year, and they're anxious and depressed. They're trying to figure out why. My kid's going to Harvard.

Yeah, this is a great case because I see a lot, not a lot, a disproportionate number of students. We're right outside of Boston, and I've had at least four or five students in the last two years that have been brought in by their parents because they're in their freshman year or sophomore year, and they're anxious and depressed. They're trying to figure out why. My kid's going to Harvard.

Yeah, this is a great case because I see a lot, not a lot, a disproportionate number of students. We're right outside of Boston, and I've had at least four or five students in the last two years that have been brought in by their parents because they're in their freshman year or sophomore year, and they're anxious and depressed. They're trying to figure out why. My kid's going to Harvard.

My kid's going to Boston College. Why are they suddenly struggling in school? Why are they suddenly anxious and depressed? And this is the case that will illustrate what goes on. Claire is a 20-year-old woman. And she came to me. She had been struggling with focus and emotional regulation, always feeling overwhelmed and stressed for years. It got worse when she went to college.

My kid's going to Boston College. Why are they suddenly struggling in school? Why are they suddenly anxious and depressed? And this is the case that will illustrate what goes on. Claire is a 20-year-old woman. And she came to me. She had been struggling with focus and emotional regulation, always feeling overwhelmed and stressed for years. It got worse when she went to college.

My kid's going to Boston College. Why are they suddenly struggling in school? Why are they suddenly anxious and depressed? And this is the case that will illustrate what goes on. Claire is a 20-year-old woman. And she came to me. She had been struggling with focus and emotional regulation, always feeling overwhelmed and stressed for years. It got worse when she went to college.