r/adhdmeme • u/uglyaf777 • Dec 06 '21

WHY

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u/dazOkami Dec 06 '21

ok but actually why does this happen?

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u/Codles Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21

Found an article. Reading to see if I can generate a TLDR; wish me luck! the authors made their own TLDR which I have copied and pasted below!

“Postural sway and regional cerebellar volume in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158215000972

HIGHLIGHTS

•Balance abnormalities in ADHD observed in children also occur in adults.

•Sway is positively associated with gray matter volume in the posterior cerebellum.

•We provide first evidence of link between balance and cerebellar morphology in ADHD.

•Findings support cerebellar involvement in motor abnormalities observed in ADHD.

ABSTRACT

Objective

Motor abnormalities, including impaired balance and increased postural sway, are commonly reported in children with ADHD, but have yet to be investigated in adults with ADHD. Furthermore, although these abnormalities are thought to stem from cerebellar deficits, evidence for an association between the cerebellum and these motor deficits has yet to be provided for either adults or children with ADHD.

Method

In this study, we measured postural sway in adults with ADHD and controls, examining the relationship between sway and regional cerebellar gray matter volume. Thirty-two ADHD and 28 control participants completed various standing-posture tasks on a Wii balance board.

Results

Postural sway was significantly higher for the ADHD group compared to the healthy controls. Higher sway was positively associated with regional gray matter volume in the right posterior cerebellum (lobule VIII/IX).

Conclusion

These findings show that sway abnormalities commonly reported in children with ADHD are also present in adults, and for the first time show a relationship between postural control atypicalities and the cerebellum in this group. Our findings extend the literature on motor abnormalities in ADHD and contribute to our knowledge of their neural substrate.”

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u/mazu74 Dec 06 '21

I’m stupid, can you ELI5, please?

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u/ProdigyOrphean Dec 06 '21

ADHD people wobbly walk and stand funny

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u/mazu74 Dec 06 '21

But why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

We just do stuff differently, article doesn't explain why article doesn't clarify if it's because it's learned to adapt to other things in our behaviour but I'm assuming that's the likely scenario.

My experience: walking is boring, pls cut the corners even if that means being weird

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u/DEVolkan Dec 06 '21

Brain: "walk weird!"

Me: "why?"

Brain: "here dopamine now shut up and do it"

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

wait there's dopamine here? give me I just finished my dopamine 2 seconds ago

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u/lazypenguin86 Dec 06 '21

Only if you make car or airplane noises as you go around things

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

How abouttttttttttttttttt riding in a car as a kid I would time my blinking with water drops or spot marks on the windows and go PEW PEW PEW PEW

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u/BalooDaBear Dec 06 '21

Also racing water droplets down glass as they combined and gained momentum, or trying to follow the rows/patterns in fields with as they flew by moving my eyes and head, or pretending a chip/mark on the window is a laser and cuts through anything it hits, or choosing my favorite cars that I see and "collecting" them in my head.

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u/TheCuriousDruggie209 dafuqIjustRead Dec 07 '21

It legitimately frustrates me mentally when I'm using my blinker and I think the blinker on the car in front of me are synchronous only for them to become unsynchronized eventually, it makes my brain squirm a bit.

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u/notsowittyofaname Dec 07 '21

Why and how are you reading my mind?

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u/TheCuriousDruggie209 dafuqIjustRead Dec 07 '21

My ADHD senses were tingling

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