Dr. Russell Barkley

There are some differences.

The disorder is the same between men and women.

But the comorbidities are not.

Girls tend to have more anxiety, depression.

Boys tend to have more conduct problems, antisocial behavior, defiance, risk-taking, and drug use.

And although the girls can show those things too, for the girls, it tends to be more the anxiety, depression,

Scientifically, there's a minuscule amount of evidence to show that among preschool children, about 3% to 5% of them are exacerbated if they're exposed to a food coloring.

It's not additives.

It's not preservatives.

It's not flavorings.

It turned out to be food colorings.

So, you know, I don't want to just throw the baby out with the bath here.

There's a little bit of information out there that does show a reliable exacerbation, but primarily in preschoolers.

So there's a little bit there, but that doesn't mean you should go around consuming this stuff.

But we have found nothing in the diet that is causal of ADHD that can turn a typical person into an ADHD person through sugar or additives or plastics or any of those kinds of things.

And it's not screen time, by the way.

The idea that the more time you spend with screens and computers, the worse that makes this, you know, people think there's an acquired ADHD because of technology.

There is no evidence underlying that particular mythology.

It's the other way around.

People with ADHD gravitate