What is Executive Function - How it Relates to ADHD

This is part one in a series of videos talking about managing ADHD symptoms with medication. Because ADHD can be thought of as a disorder of executive functioning so understanding this is an important lead in to making behavioral changes.

Executive function is a set of cognitive or thinking skills that are responsible for
• Planning, organizing and prioritizing
• initiating actions
• Self-inhibition
• Self-monitoring your behavior
• being able to shift your attention between tasks
• Working memory

The control for your executive functions occur in the frontal part of your brain that includes the frontal lobes and other structures such as the basal ganglia which are further down from the lobes. Executive function is also controlled by your pre-frontal cortex.

There are many conditions that could impair your executive functioning. Some of these are depression and a traumatic brain injury. A traumatic brain injury occurs when you have an injury to your head that disrupts your brain tissue. Alcohol temporarily impairs executive functioning. And if you have a stroke that occurs in the frontal part of your brain, you can have trouble with some of these functions.

The stimulant medications like Ritalin and Adderall used to treat ADHD work to increase dopamine in the pre-frontal cortex. But even with medication, many people are still left with difficulties managing some of these functions. Cognitive behavior therapy focuses on managing some of these executive skills.

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Fades away when you undress
Paradise inside my bed
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I'm fuckin' tired
But you got me wired
Ooooh, ya cause it's never hard to focus on you
I'm so exhausted
I'm drained like a faucet
Ooooh, yeah but it's never hard to focus on you

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It's never hard to focus on you
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Focus, focus
Oh na na na
It's never hard to focus on you

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Focus, focus
Oh na na na
It's never hard to focus on you
Oh na na na
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Oh na na na
It's never hard to focus on you