We Have ADHD ft. Jessica McCabe
5/6/20261 hr 26 min
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Jessica McCabe is the creator of the massively popular YouTube channel “How to ADHD,” where she breaks down ADHD, executive dysfunction, productivity, and mental health in an approachable and relatable way. She’s also a New York Times bestselling author and one of the internet’s leading voices on understanding how ADHD brains actually work.
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First 90 secondsMichael Blaustein· Host0:00
But someone could just like train, and someone could just be late, and it's like, just because you're chronically late or chronically can't f- like focus or whatever, it doesn't mean you have it. But people love to be like- Nah, you have it ... "I'm sorry I came quick. I have autism."
Trevor Wallace· Host0:13
[laughs] Are you on Adderall right now? You just gave a world-renowned monologue on why you don't have it when everything you just said has, says you have it.
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:22
So, all right.
Michael Blaustein· Host0:24
Yeah, no warning.
Trevor Wallace· Host0:25
Starting now. Are we in? Are we in? Are we in? Are we in?
Michael Blaustein· Host0:28
[laughs] Are we- Adderall.
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:29
Yeah, all right.
Michael Blaustein· Host0:29
Where do we start? Where do we fall- [laughs] ... with Adderall?
Trevor Wallace· Host0:32
Should we, should we intro real quick?
Michael Blaustein· Host0:33
Yes. Jessica McCabe. Okay? I mean, ADD expert. Well, how would you label yourself?
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:39
Well, I thought it was ADD when I started looking into it, and then I found out it's ADHD now. I, I was- It just changed ... read that.
Trevor Wallace· Host0:45
Add a letter.
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:45
It, it changed. It, well, there was ADHD then ADD.
Michael Blaustein· Host0:47
There's a lot of add a letter times.
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:48
Now every- everything's ADHD now. It's just different presentations. Thank you.
Michael Blaustein· Host0:53
You're welcome.
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:53
I know how to, I, I promise I know how to use a mic.
Michael Blaustein· Host0:55
I pro- I, yeah.
Jessica McCabe· Guest0:56
Uh, it's different presentations. So there's a primarily inattentive presentation, primarily hyperactive impulsive, and then there's combined type, which is basically you would qualify for both.
Michael Blaustein· Host1:04
So the H in there is like a more ex- like a more extreme?
Jessica McCabe· Guest1:09
No, the H is- Or same thing? The H is just k- Okay, ADHD is a terrible name for ADHD, and this is just widely accepted now.
Trevor Wallace· Host1:15
Ooh.
Michael Blaustein· Host1:16
Oh, yeah.
Trevor Wallace· Host1:16
Tea.
Michael Blaustein· Host1:16
Here we go.
Trevor Wallace· Host1:17
Throw him under the bus.
Michael Blaustein· Host1:18
Here we go.
Trevor Wallace· Host1:18
Huberman, you listening?
Michael Blaustein· Host1:19
Yeah. Doctors, idiots.
Jessica McCabe· Guest1:20
I'll, I'll spill the tea.
Trevor Wallace· Host1:21
Sorry.
Jessica McCabe· Guest1:21
No, it's not the doctors. It's, ADHD is a terrible name for ADHD because it's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, right?
Trevor Wallace· Host1:27
Yep.
Jessica McCabe· Guest1:28
You don't have to be hyperactive to have it,