Doctor explains truth behind 'ADHD walk' that people with the condition more likely to do

A doctor has opened up about the truth behind a common thing that many people who have ADHD may do.

ADHD, short for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a condition in which people can have difficulty focussing, or sometimes find it impossible to focus on anything but one single thing, as well as struggling with restlessness, concentration, and impulse control.

The condition can be debilitating, potentially impacting someone's ability to hold down a job, maintain relationships with friends and partners, or remain financially stable.

This can be due to patients struggling with things like time management and following instructions, as well as dealing with stressful situations, while impulse control can affect someone's finances.

People with ADHD can also be at an increased risk things like substance abuse or gambling addiction, which can have a devastating impact on someone's life in their own right.

While there are a lit of signs and symptoms in adults, a doctor has shared one walk which is sometimes connected to people with ADHD.

This 'ADHD walk' is to do with the way that someone's brain works when they have ADHD, the doctor explained when look 12 questions he may ask someone to see if they have the condition.

Dr Sermed Mezher (@drsermedmezher), an award-winning doctor from London, explained why some people with ADHD may do a very common walk around their home.

The YouTube doctor - who is 'on a mission to make health simple' - took to TikTok last year to explain why people at home often find themselves doing the 'ADHD' swaying walk.

"A 2015 study by Hove and colleagues tried to answer that very question," he said.

"They took 32 patients with ADHD and then 28 who didn't have it and got them to balance on a Wii balance board.

"They also imaged the coordination part of the patients' brains to see if there were any differences between the two and what they found was quite interesting.

"They found that the ADHD group had increased difficulty balancing on the board.

"They also found the area of their brain that controls coordination, which is this cerebellum, had some changes in ADHD from the right posterior area.

"That explains why people with ADHD throughout their childhood were more likely to bump into things, get caught in things, and just generally be a bit more clumsy.

"The evidence shows that these changes are still there into adulthood, so patients with this have learned to compensate for it by swaying against objects to avoid an impact."

Viewers were shocked by the Dr Mezher's observations on ADHD, as one person commented: "OMG, I had no idea I did this because of ADHD. I thought everyone did this."

"Yep, but still misjudge the distance and hit whatever object anyway," another added.

"Mystery leg and hip bruises club! I don’t even recognize impacts as an event worth remembering anymore XD," someone else said.

"Still do it to this day been doing it for years my family used to ask me why I do it and it's cause exactly that I was avoiding hitting things," a fourth revealed.