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I actually pretty recently told my mom I wanted to take an ADHD test because I kept relating a lot to stuff claimed as ADHD, like stuff stated in this video. Then she told me that I already took one years ago and was officially diagnosed with it and I had just…..forgotten that.
Pretty sure it's one of the questions you have so answer. "Is there a chance you've already received an ADHD diagnosis, but completely forgot that such a thing even existed until you realized that not everybody does even half the weird crap you do?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My sister has ADHD. Media SUCKS at depicting ADHD. It’s not just one thing. It’s so stupid seeing ADHD treated like it’s a singular thing and that there’s not so many different ways that people with it handle things. I’ll have to show this video to her. Awesome job, Andy!
the way neurodivergency depicted overall is so bad. for some reason the best depictions are those which it isnt confirmed in the show? but some writers say "oh yea it seems i did write a nd character" or "yea they are neurodivergent" (eg: luz from the owl house for first and the purple turtle from new tmnt cartoon)
yessssss im so tired of people saying “well this person can do this with adhd why cant you do the same?” but they dont know everyone has different types and varying degrees of adhd and i HATE IT when people use other people as an excuse to call you lazy
I have ADHD and sometimes when I’m with my friends they get annoyed because I accidentally get hyper and I apologize even though I barely have any control over it. Media thinks a lot of the time that ADHD is just a thing that people have and I gets me annoyed because of it. I’ve recently been trying to control it better and I completely agree that everybody handles it differently.
wait- walking in circles is a sign of adhd, leaving things to the last minute, forgetting what I'm supposed to be doing, forgetting whether or not I have locked doors..................... Oh no
I think the "walking in circles talking out loud" thing is partially based on the fact that it makes it easier to reflect on issues and form more coherent strings of thought than if you were to do it just in your mind where things quickly get muddled and confusing. At least that's what it's like for me, even though I don't think I have ADHD. I like talking out loud to myself about things a lot because it's just easier to stay on topic.
ADHD patient here, this exactly. If my voice is drowning out the ideas, thoughts, plans, other nonsense, and that dang song in the back of my head, I can focus a little better at the task at hand.
Ah, same. I will walk back and force or do something constantly like: foot bobbing,popping noises, or taping my fingers in a pattern while talking. I like that one :) It rlly rlly helps me focus 😵
Wait Okay Finally An explanation and a reason YES Its much more easier to just.... Stay on track I do not know what else to say Why is this difficult to explain
It's worth noting as well that physical movement stimulates the brain, and physical movement that equally engaged both sides of the body (like walking or swimming) stimulates both sides of the brain at once, and it sounds stupidly simple and im sure that there's a lot of complex science that goes into this but basically, whole brain getting stimulated means it is working better and can process stuff or work through issues more effectively
Although I was technically diagnosed with adhd at the age of 8 or 9, I somehow just forgot my mom telling me about it so I proceeded to go 7-8 years questioning why the hell my 30 min hw assignments took me 5 hours to do and why I would get excited to pull up songs I like, only to immediately forget the name of it as I was typing it into the search bar. It was only during an annual where my doctor just off handly mentioned that "oh yeah hormones and the adhd are what's probably causing the mood changes" to which I'm just sitting there like, "....I have adhd?" and my mother just looks at me like I'm the dumbest mf on the planet. She insists she told me repeatedly, on both the day I was diagnosed and multiple times after my therapy sessions, but all I remember from that early on was playing with blue sand with my therapist and organizing the plushies on her shelf. Thank you for coming to my TEDTALK.
Bro that happens to me all the time. I'm always typing the name of a song i love and boom i forget the name of the song. Hell sometimes I'm running errands and just forget midway what I was asked to get. I'm not diagnosed but these symptoms say otherwise. Although I am pretty attentive in classes so i don't think I have adhd
same, except i managed to gaslight myself into thinking that i was misdiagnosed with adhd, then my parents were like: no? you've had it all your life???
Yeah i will just walk in circles in my room talking to myself for like half an hour xD it's really comforting but I've never known anyone else who does it
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Wait what?😭😭 i didnt know that was adhd.. I've been doing that my whole life..walking in circles in my room and Over thinking.. My mother thinks im crazy🤣
I’m currently under the process of being diagnosed for ADHD. Coming from hispanic parents, I’ve always been told that i tend to be lazy or too scared to do things when in reality my brain just doesn’t cooperate with me unless it’s super urgent or art related. It’s funny that I intended to watch this video moments after it got posted but i immediately forgot and put it off for later x)
My brain also absolutely refuses to do things that I don't want to do. That's why I get perfect marks in subjects I like, and near the lowest marks in subjects I don't.
Girl, I feel you on the Hispanic parent thing because I have anxiety and I’m being tested for autism and I’ve always been told I’m lazy or what you are doing is weird and your crazy or you’re weird feeling that
same, I'm not sure if I have ADHD but i do present many symptoms and my whole life my hispanic parents have told me I'm just lazy, because I want to do so much stuff and I ultimately end up doing none of it, even when it comes to important stuff I will unintentionally forget and everyone makes me feel very shitty about it
As someone with the hyperactive type of adhd, this is mostly relatable, for me, there is always something on my mind, and I daydream a lot. I always thought it was normal until I learned about adhd in class, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to NOT think about something. Because of my adhd, I’ll stare at a wall for as long as possible until someone tells me to do something or I remember that I need to be a helpful member of society
@@enimintsay5110 when you meditate enough you can focus on how your body feels and behaves without thinking about anything just being aware of the present and things around you. I manage that state sometimes but only for a couple seconds it's pretty hard not to start thinking about something.
frrr 💯 I just did it 2x while watching this video (which btw I'd taken at least 3 breaks b4 finishing as I'm not medicated today 😩😩 even tho I got a ton of shit I still haven't done todayyyyyyyy as a result & it's alr about to be 11 pm (really, it's 10:55 pm atm)
I was diagnosed with ADHD 24 years ago and every subsequent doctors visit afterwards, it was always the same: “most severe case of ADHD I’d ever seen”. I’m 29, I got off the meds, they had a really bad side effect after taking them for 24 years, I am still hyper as hell. I just exercise and eat healthy and find hobbies to restrain all the energy.
Got diagnosed 32 years ago, and health, dietary and healthstyle is a huge part of many studies. I had a different life when I got innto a good rytm, did fall off and never got back on. "I wait til next week " I have said 20years now.
I have that too and went fishing, i know its weird a hobby where you have to sit still dor a long period but it helps. Its just like the one thing that can calm my mind and act 'normal' maybe you should try it as well
Dude yes fk the side effects. I had to take the maximum dosis allowed in Germany because mine wore off already at half of the time it was supposed to work for. For example my Vyvanse should last 14 hours. It lasted 7/8. My Ritalin should last 8 hours, it lasted only 4. I'm off med now and I think it's better for me to do sports and learn to cope with ADHD better. I might try again though if I see it necessary. For now I'm really good with doing sports, getting to know my weaknesses and how to lessen the problems
I am 25 and was diagnosed 20 years ago. Only took meds as a kid, today I know how to deal with my ADHD, I have many many hobbies but drawing is what helps me the most. I usually try to use my hyperfocus to my advantage haha
I love how when a youtuber comes out with any kind of mental health issue the entire tribe of people with that issue come together and welcome them. I was diagnosed with ADHD at 7, but turns out it was just anxiety so I am glad they have a surefire way to properly diagnose people.
They definitely don't. ADHD is a trend diagnosis atm. Medical professionals are using it as easy work and many parents even push to have their child misdiagnosed when one refuses to diagnose it. It's always a subjective analysis. Not mention that the symptoms of it are experienced by normal people as well.
@@neonice yes and no, ADHD is actually really common, and its not so much a 'condition' as just a different way that human brains work, scientists suspect ancient hunter gatherers had ADHD, because the symptoms inherently make you more observant, and for ancient hunters this would be very valuable when looking out for danger. While in ancient times it would have been a valuable tool, in the modern day it's more a nuisance. While normal people do occasionally experience the symptoms, there's quite a vast difference between that and experiencing them daily. It's not that it's a 'trend diagnosis' it's that it actually is that common, and we didn't understand it well enough until recent decades.
I didn't get diagnosed until my mid 50's because ADHD wasn't a thing you could get diagnosed with when I was a kid. Every report card I got throughout elementary school commented about my absent mindedness and my daydreaming in class. Once I got into middle school it was all about my forgetfulness, tardiness, and how I wasn't living up to my potential. I grew up hearing how lazy and undisciplined I was and had no idea that my issues weren't character flaws. I'm so glad young people at least don't have to go through that particular brand of bullshit anymore.
It still happens, but much less frequently. For example, myself. Diagnosed at 17, but until then it was basically the same. Report cards mentioning I wasn't applying myself, people telling me "Oh, you're so smart and you have so much potential, if only you would apply yourself." There's definitely a lot less stigma about it, but people suck at recognizing the signs, partly because common media doesn't show ADHD in a realistic way.
But that doesn't mean it's ADHD, everyone isn't going to get perfect grades, people daydream, people zone out if something is boring, people forget things, people get lazy, that just seems like there saying if someone isn't perfect they have adhd
@@NobleLeader6 I’d have to agree with this sentiment, even going so far as to say it can be just as bad. Unfortunately, despite how ADHD is an actual diagnosis now, people still treat it and its symptoms as a myth or with general contempt. Many people simply do not understand and/or do not wish to understand it, leading to very much the same treatment as not having a diagnosis or the diagnosis not existing. I’ve been diagnosed for years, and all throughout high school I was treated as lazy, uncaring, rebellious, and stupid despite how hard I tried to be none of those things. I’m glad Andy (Ice cream) is talking about it/sharing his experience because the world could stand to get a little more educated.
i know adhd is livable and everything but sometimes it can feel kind of isolating. a lot of people are under the impression that i forget because of lack of care or laziness, but I care a lot. It's embarrassing admitting that I didn't see something, or that I've forgotten something. It happens at work all the time and its just... ugh.
Yeah it's not that I don't care infact I probably care about whatever it is more than I care about myself it's just that my mind was blank for 24 hours somehow
this is the most accurate description of people diagnosed with adhd in the past 10 years. it’s just like “..oh!” after years and years of probably crying yourself to sleep sometimes cause you couldn’t understand why you couldn’t do everything other people could. it’s really awesome to hear about this again! it reminds me of all the people out there who get it too! stay frosty, ice cream
Yep. When I was first diagnosed with ADHD I actually went into a fit of rage because it took SEVENTEEN YEARS for people to realize I WASN'T BEING AN ASSHOLE I WAS JUST LIKE THIS. And then I cried myself to sleep realizing how mistreated I was over things I couldn't control growing up 👍
My older and younger siblings both have very notable ADHD, as it's the hyperactive variety that's more known. As a middle child you often get overlooked as is, but this caused me to be downright forgotten in the midst of my sisters. It wasn't until later that people realised I suffer from the same inattentiveness as my siblings, just minus the hyperactivity. Glad you're raising awareness that ADHD is also much like a spectrum.
@@BelindaShort Hey, is it possible to be very inactive and yet have adhd? I'm not active at all and always find a way to lie down, but I can't lie still, like sleep without sedatives or just not move my legs or thumb of my feet gently under the blanket while I use my phone or watch something.
@@TheRamiii Hi there, I asked my psychiatrist the same question and the answer was yes, but be aware that ADHD symptoms are not exclusive to ADHD. On my part, I can't sleep and constantly move in bed thanks to PTSD, but people with anxiety, depression, ADHD and autistic people can experience similar things! That's why getting a professional diagnosis is very important. Hope I could help!
I’m actually oddly comforted knowing my favorite animator has adhd. I’ve been thinking about it a while now since I got to learn about it in the same means he did, fell down a spiral of binging adhd posts and videos and relating to almost every single one more or less. And it got to the point that it was frustrating that I couldn’t get it diagnosed because my parents don’t believe I’ve got adhd. Plus, when my father did pair me with some obscure therapist, he told I had ocd that I believe he pulled completely from his ass since I wasn’t able to speak to him normally and just answered his questions yes/no without elaboration. I still wish I could get it diagnosed so I would have that relief sense of feeling that I’m not just weird or lazy in a sense and actually have something that holds me back. Anyway, loved the video.
I'm fairly sure that no matter what age you are you can still ask for a formal test for ADHD, May cost a decent amount of money I don't know, I mean I was tested back in 2002 when I was 4 years old in Minnesota, so I have no idea as to the price of getting tested for ADHD thing is every doctor I've been to since has said it's insane that they even tested me as every doctor since my test for ADHD has said it is blatantly obvious that I have ADHD
I personally know a guy who started having suspiscions that he had ADHD, so he went and tested himself and sure enough he has it. Luckily though he already had good habits and coping mechanisms and whatnot to keep it in check but he was still relieved to know for sure. That guy was 65 at the time. It is never too late to get tested.
Omg my case is EXACTLY like yours!!! However, I am waiting on my screening appointment currently, despite my parents being against it. However im almost 22 now so they don’t really say it anymore or can’t prevent me.
As a person with ADHD, I really liked the part with the squirrel, no way it brought back so many memories. I struggle with ADHD SEVERELY, and EVERY SINGLE THING you said in this video is 100% accurate.
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was very little and I just want to say two things: 1. I’ve literally never watched a TH-cam video that I’ve related to so much in this aspect. Like holy crap, I do that walking in circles and talking to myself thing like daily. It’s weird, but I’m so surprised that I’m not the only one how does that. Wow. 2. To whoever might read this, You never have to let ADHD define you. You may act and think different than others, but you’re still a human person and you’re still you. You never should allow a diagnosis negatively affect way you feel about yourself. Stand tall, kings. Also, drink some water.
But also, don’t be afraid to blame the ADHD when it’s the problem. In my opinion, it’s ok to say, “I’m sorry I messed up, the ADHD and I still haven’t figured out an effective coping mechanism for that.” Yes, it’s more work to try to figure out how to explain ADHD in a way other people understand. However, (as someone with severe-to-the-point-of-bordering-on-autism levels of ADHD) it IS a huge part of who I am and why I struggle with daily life. It’s not all of me, but in my case it is so much of me that to ignore its often negative impact is to ignore me. (I’ve had well-meaning people tell me to stop blaming ADHD for why I’m struggling to get things done, and it feels about how I imagine it would feel for a paraplegic to be told to stop blaming their paralysis for their immobility.)
As someone who has really bad ADHD, I 100% get that feeling about being diagnosed. Like it was just a revelation where not everything was just because I was an idiot and did stuff without realizing (some of it was that) but now I knew why I just felt like I couldn’t focus on homework or just forgot things randomly that I shouldn’t have or just stopped paying attention. I was glad to have something that could tell me why those things were happening.
@@thelemon2172 Good luck man, I always wanted to check but I know it'll be, like, a massive slight to my family if I do, so I just torture myself by watching these kinds of videos, seeing all that relatable shit and trying to hypnotize myself about how none of that applies to me, OBVIOUSLY. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, and I hate that mf
As someone with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) it feels good how you talk about your experience with ADHD and how the media depicts it. Once in a while I see people selling ADHD, OCD etc. as a quirky trait which annoys me and distracts others of the issue.
Yeah, a lot of people act like it’s some sort of aesthetic and they are unique for having it. Quite a few people in my family have it and it is not as fun as people may think.
Everyone experiences these things, and almost all of the other symptoms as well. Whether these experiences are the result of a clinical condition is determined by a lot more than whether you've had the symptoms. Chances are, if these things aren't consistently causing problems for your 'day to day life' then you likely don't have adhd. Everyone has to reread a paragraph sometimes, but most people can also read a paragraph, sometimes, withOUT having to go through it for a second, third, and fourth time. Everyone forgets to drink sometimes, but most people don't experience debilitating migraines as a result of dehydration simply because they forgot to drink water.
I got diagnosed with ADHD when I was 10, but there are so many "quirks" I have that I didn't know where due to the ADHD! Talking with other people who have ADHD and seeing people's experience has really helped me to realize a lot of the things I couldn't explain about myself. Glad to see you learning about yourself and getting your diagnosis. :)
i got adhd diagnosed at a young age and some things are almost the exact same lol i walk in circles forget i locked the door prob a lot of other things, whats even worse is i also have *mild* autism
dude honestly same i was told i have adhd and to take meds but no one ever told me what that entailed. It’s cool seeing others symptoms and realizing “oh hey i do that same stuff i thought it was just normal”
Sad that so many people are brainwashed by these fake "disorders." Did your doctor do an MRI or bloodtest before they told you you have ADHD? If not, how do you know you have it?
As a fellow inattentive adhd, you keep either forgetting stuff or you can't focus or walking in circle while talking to yourself for it somehow entertains us.This is damn relatable
i walk in a circle and talk to myself all the time. I dont have adhd but its fun cause i can make up scenarios of me doing random stuff and talk over the things that im making up.
As someone with inattentiveness ADHD (I still call it ADD, it's just easier), here were some things that I just related to so much: 1. Forgetting to do stuff for an entire day. Not necessarily drinking water 'cause I have to do that to take my medication (ADHD medication, whaddaya know), but definitely a lot of other things. Checking emails, checking grades, doing things I said I'd do on a daily but end up not doing... 2. Walking in circles talking to myself. I do it a lot. Especially when I'm excited about something or something happens that shocks me, so I go over it again and again out loud to myself until eventually it becomes a whole conversation with myself. 3. Reading parts of a book over and over again. It mostly happens because I realize I accidentally skipped a line, accidentally started reading the next line in the middle of reading another line, accidentally went back a line, etc. It's hard for my eyes to keep track of where I left off, but I don't have dyslexia. I did used to enjoy reading when I was a kid, but I've done it a lot less in recent years. 4. Going to do a task and then forgetting what I was doing. I could literally just walk through the door to the next room because the room right next to the one I was in is the place where I needed to get the task done, and then completely forget what the task was as if the door decided to wipe my memory of the task until I get back to being comfortable in my original position when I get reminded of what I was supposed to do in the next room. And sometimes this happens multiple times for a single task, too. (On another of these notes, sometimes I just wander aimlessly when I don't know what to do with myself, often walking in my dorm between the refrigerator and my bed because even if I have work to do I just feel the constant urge to be doing something else.) 5. Caffeine is... hard to explain. For me, either it's in a regular amount and I pretty much fall asleep the next moment. Either that, or it's too much caffeine and it makes me feel all jittery and uncomfortable. I don't ever purposely overdo it. I just drink regular amounts of caffeinated drinks and I'm good to go. My heartbeat doesn't usually go up unless I drink too much. 6. Oh god, the procrastination- Legit this entire school semester has been me just doing assignments last-minute. Legit last week I had a 3-4 page essay due that I forgot about and I had to force myself to finish it within 2-3 hours for it to be on time.
So forgetfulness is common in people with ADD? My parents get so pissed when I forget something. Saying that they just told me and how could I forget. I try to say that I have bad ADD and they don’t take that as an excuse and I need to remember better
I relate so hard on all of this. One time I read a whole chapter of a book and immediately forgot everything that happened so I had to re-read the chapter....THREE times. It's funny to me now, but God was it hard in school. 😅
@@-ghosti-3192 I'm pretty sure forgetfulness is a very common symptom! I remember talking to a psychologist about symptoms, and forgetfulness was mentioned a couple times on that list. I'm with you on that one, my parents say the same thing a lot 😔 It's hard living with ADD, especially since our parents seem to just not understand how it works (for me it's mostly my dad 'cause my mom is a pathologist, another form of doctor, and very involved in my health). They really don't take into consideration that ADD makes it extremely hard to remember things and sometimes it takes longer to do basic tasks because of it. It might be difficult, but it's not impossible! If you need some tips, try using sticky notes on a wall you look at a lot, or a bulliten board. Somewhere you can post notes and then take them down the moment the task is completed. You can find a way to organize them by priority, and that could probably help you figure out what tasks you need to get done! Good luck! You got this!
@@-ghosti-3192 We’ve usually got a working/short-term memory deficit. Remembering what you’re doing, keeping a number or name in your head when you’re trying to look for a part (which is why I either have to take a picture of it with my phone or take the original part with me), and general short term memory stuff is harder.
The thing with the book, the door, simply forgetting everything almost immediately is entirely relatable and I'm just relieved it's not just me, because sometimes I feel ashamed about it. I should work on it, but it's hard when you have ADHD to focus on anything and I feel like I can't grow up sometimes. It sucks. Some people just brush it off because they say it's common, but it's not the same for everyone. It all depends on who you are and how you handle it. Sometimes working on ADHD has to be a group project, because it's hard to focus on it alone.
its ok, working on anything is slow with ADHD, you got this! just keep going! don't feel ashamed. talk about it, and if you feel like someone is looking at you weird for nor focusing like a "normal" person just talk to them about it and they will understand.
That’s similar to the people who say “we’re all on the spectrum”. They think that they’re making someone feel better or less alone. It comes across as misunderstanding or dismissing the actual struggles. Sure, humans all share some traits or experiences to a degree. But it’s not a disorder until it’s significantly affecting how you function in everyday life.
@Windy Beach Yeah you're totally right. And I hat hearing that stuff too because I not only have ADHD, but I also got Autism, and both are spectrums and it's so hard to fit in sometimes. It gets scary.
I also have ADHD, and yeah, it's basically a nightmare. To everyone currently testing for a diagnosis, my prayers go out to you, and even if you have adhd, I hope you can get through the struggles :)
@@alejochol9397 Depends. I feel like if you’re a man or even AMAB in general it’d be a lot faster than if you were a woman or AFAB. If you don’t want medication though, I don’t see anything wrong with self-diagnosing, because professional diagnosis isn’t always available or effective for people who just want closure. note if you want medication though, yes, professional diagnosis is necessary.
Mine had wires, but that’s because I have autism and had some weird seizure in like first grade, hasn’t happened since. They called it a seizure, but all that happened was (from what I was told), all day I acted like I had no emotions, and at the end of the day I had lost all memory of that ENTIRE DAY 0:22
Yeah what wires? My test just did like not that also yeah I agree with the other guy saying I had a seizure test for some reason and then they asked me to put like the wire thing on my head but then I begged my mom not to make me do it because it took 2 hours and me not like that
The part about you forgetting to drink water for a day really stuck with me cause that's happened to me a lot since I was very young and it's totally taken a physical toll on me.. I'm not diagnosed or anything, in fact I'm more scared of how my parents would react, everything you mentioned in the video is totally how I do my day to day activities and I really don't know how to even approach this situation..
I was in a similar situation. What I did was I asked my mom (who I am a bit closer to) if she knew what ADHD was and then went from there. You can even stretch the process out over several days or however long. I would every now and again verbaly point out certain things I do and then let my parent subconsciously sit on things until I bring it up again. I only realized just now while typing this the mind game I was playing lol. I didn't have it all planned out at the time but that is basically how it went. Just be clear and honest about how you have some concerns and would like to explore some options. I hope this can help you somehow (I am NOT saying to manipulate people, just to be clear lol). Have a lovely day/night!
Me too,and since i have asian parents who believe this thing was just crazy people things.. Its a hard life Hope ya can find a way to feel free soon tho,you deserve it
Seriously, I really need to get diagnosed but coming from an Asian household, I wouldn’t want to think of the “consequences” of telling my parents. Always thought I was shy or simply stupid cus my attention span is so short
That's exactly how I started thinking that I may be autistic. Found some relatable videos, started watching THOUSANDS of those, did research, did tests and I am currently trying to find a professional for a official diagnosis, cause those really help you understand yourself better and why you do things the way you do. I'm really glad that your diagnosis helped you and I really hope that everyone questioning about themselves can get the information they want on this topics. Have a great day/afternoon/night mwah
ME TOO (well, maybe not *thousands* of vids, but similar vein). I actually managed to find a professional diagnostician in my country thanks to the *very first* vid which got me onto the topic (which is super lucky, and partly circumvented the difficulties I would face by being a. female, and b. over the age of, like, 5). Diagnosis is awesome! I seriously hope you're able to find someone to help you, and I gather a lot more of people like us are seeking out proper diagnosis lately. All power to us all haha!
im actually going to also find a professional for a diagnosis!! im still kinda indenial about it but just like icecream here i would really like to know why i do these things and why i act the way i do cause its extremely frustrating to just do these things and not even know why i do them.... it makes me extremely stressed out sometimes and frustrated sometimes even sitting there crying cause i feel like something is wrong with me but i cant figure out why! 😭😭
@@SharkieOttark OP wasn't saying they were the same, just making a comparison about their similar situations. There is a lot of overlap/comorbidity between the two, though, even if they're not the same it's still something to note.
Two takeaways from this: 1. there are actually *three* subtypes of ADHD - inattentive, hyperactive, and a combination of those two. I am also diagnosed as the inattentive type. 2. I'm glad the EEG helped you get a diagnosis. It did diddly squat for me, but that because I'm able to just chill out and switch my brain off and stare at the ceiling. Could be due to age or gender too, as that does affect how testing works. When I went back for a second diagnosis (5 years after the first one after learning that age/gender DO play a role and that I was given a test meant FOR KIDS the first time around) the psychotherapist sat me down and asked questions, did memory/cognition puzzles, and finally a computer test where I had to hit the spacebar every time the letter "x" appeared. The second round of testing took three hours and she was 100% certain in her ADHD-Inattentive diagnosis. I am now working with a psychiatrist for treatment, who specializes in women with ADHD and herself is diagnosed as ADHD-Combined. :) Overall, thank you for sharing your story and shedding more light on ADHD and the struggles we face with it. :)
For your second point, I think what you're doing is just hyperfixating on command, but at nothing in particular, I can do the same thing where I can literally force myself to zone out just by willing it
Hey! I have adhd too! The way I describe it is that it feels like wading through three feet of water. Everything is just way harder than it should be. But when I started meds, suddenly the water was gone, and for the first time in my life I didn’t feel that resistance. It was surprisingly emotional, like, is this what everyone else feels like? Is this what I’ve been missing this whole time!? Anyway, congrats on getting diagnosed! It’s always great when those puzzle pieces click together. :)
medication helped me understand what my brain was doing differently all this time, helping me adapt. But i never take them cause they all give me terrible side effects :(
I know that feeling perfectly well. Of feeling like I'm finally normal, and experiencing what it must be like for others. I take Concerta, but it doesn't fully do the job. But one day as a kid, as I was planning out how to distribute my pills for the next week, I accidentally took 4 instead 1. I was just lost in thought while my body was on auto pilot. But that day was the only day of my life where I could 100% focus. To feel normal and to finally be able to just DO stuff. I want to feel that way again.
I was diagnosed with severe ADHD at a very young age (I'm 22 now and my mom tells me that it was so bad that they apparently thought I had Asperger's syndrome at first before getting me diagnosed) and I know how much of a struggle it can be. sometimes it takes me days to complete the smallest of tasks and honestly I've already lost focus five times writing this. Some of The best advice I can give is don't lose hope. Don't feel like you'll never get a good grade or finish a big task because of your struggle. It will be more challenging, but it will rarely be impossible. The next best advice is that ADHD doesn't have to be a stumbling block. If you can, find something you enjoy that uses the hidden strengths that ADHD provides such as spontaneity and creativity. I've found that if I can get myself in a mindset that uses my ADHD, I can often manage multiple smaller tasks at the same time. It might just be me, but I feel like I accomplish more under stress and I find myself handling situations that others might crack under because of how easily I can switch my focus. Edit: I know fully well that ADHD and ASD are both spectrums. My parents both grew up in rural America where their only exposure to ASD was what they saw in movies like Mercury Rising. They apparently saw me acting similarly to the child in the movie back when I was 3 or 4 and since it was called Asperger's Syndrome in the movie, that's what they thought I had. I'm not trying to say that me having "severe ADHD" is different from anyone else who has ADHD. I'm only saying that my symptoms were so severe that it was blatantly obvious that I was neurodivergent and my parents thought it was important enough to get me diagnosed. In fact, because it was so obvious, my younger sister didn't even get diagnosed with ADHD until the age of 9 because her symptoms were so much more mild. I'm only using the term "Asperger's" because I'm quoting my mother, who at the time of diagnosis didn't realize that the term was outdated (This would've been back in 2003 in rural Georgia, and my mom grew up in Vermont in an even smaller town). She knows better now, but still says they thought I had Asperger's back before they knew it was the same thing as ASD.
As someone who has both ASD (formerly known as Asperger’s before the medical community decided not to name the condition after a literal Nazi) and ADHD, and I *wish* I only had one and not the other.
Thank you for making this video. I've been struggling with a lot of these things for most of my life and didn't realize there was a reason. This video was one of the first things that made the lightbulb go off that it was ADHD. I was diagnosed recently and I'm getting the help I need. You're a real one Mr. Sandwich.✨
It's sad that it was necessary, but my Autism diagnosis made me so much more understanding and forgiving of myself. It helped me look at my old and current self with love rather than gross disappointment and criticism. It also helped me allow myself to finally relax a bit mentally (the overthinking and planning every social move I made was a total arse. The pressure immense). I totally get the relief in having a diagnosis and I'm very happy for you!
@@iv6123 If you think I function "normally" as an adult you are gravely mistaken. I'm what used to be considered Asperger's Syndrome before it was changed and referred to ASD as a general term which encompasses the whole spectrum. Some people (myself included) just get very good at hiding their symptoms as they get older when others are around. It is not something you grow out of.
I walk in circles amd talk to myself about something that has absolutely no meaning and hit my hand on things like a lawyer fighting for my clients life
@ZeroBytes yeah in Iraq there's no doctor for those kinda of things and my parents will say ur just a loser that can't be useful for anything and if I said my grades r jus' like shit bc of this they'll kick me out of the house
I walk around the room im in and i dont rlly talk to myself, i think to myself My living room, kitchen and dining room are pretty much all connected and theres a perfect line from the kitchen to the front door and i walk up and doen that certain “alley” until either my legs get tired or i get bored!
I have ADHD, and I was diagnosed this year. I can relate to everything you said in this video. I have the combined type, and it's been a struggle. But I'm learning to live with it, and I'm finding ways to cope.
I got diagnosed a couple of years ago, and I feel this so hard. A lot of my experience was people telling me how lazy and inconsiderate I was when I knew I was trying my hardest, which made me think I actually wasn't trying my hardest, and that something must be inherently wrong with me because despite wanting to give it my all, I seemingly never did. It wasn't good for my self-esteem to say the least. Now that I'm diagnosed, I know this stuff isn't a moral failing on my part, it's just something I need to learn to work with rather than push against.
I’ve had this exact feeling! The elementary to high school formula never worked for me besides giving me Depression. Understand that your motivation is a much more sensitive bar than other people. Even though I’ve been diagnosed for awhile, my family still doesn’t understand ADHD further than don’t listen in classes (absolutely ridiculous considering our entire family has ADHD). We all march to the beat of our own brainwaves. (Rest is broken up for ease of reading) I typically find making concrete plans hard with our daring nature to push deadlines. I usually work on as much as I can one day and think about the rest tomorrow, so I can make a plan I don’t need to abide to while giving time for errors. Shifting gears is usually hard, so change the subject by rewarding some time to yourself (with a timer, you will play for too long easily). Or just focus on one subject for the day, you can probably do this easier in college. If you struggle to get started with something, set a 5 minute timer to force yourself in the task. It’s easier to tell yourself “just work on this for 5 minutes” than “I have to work on this.” Usually you will get absorbed into it in the 5 minutes and keep going after the timer. Again, these are just tips I like to use. We all experience ADHD differently and you might find some things more easier to do than me.
5:01 "There has been a lot of frustration in my life, because despite trying really hard to focus, I could only achieve half as much as other people..." this message felt so relatable to me! it's honestly so frustrating when everyone around you says "You're not trying hard enough!" but for you, even just thinking about doing something tires you out. ADHD feels like how a normal person feels when burned out, but that is just our default feeling. I hope that everyone else here that has ADHD can feel less alone after watching this video and reading these comments
For years my father would tell me I need to "apply myself". That I'm not trying hard enough. I remember thinking "I'm doing everything I can" and one day I said it and he replied "it isn't enough. Try harder. Why won't you just try harder?" And I didn't have an answer. It was so long ago and I was so young that I don't remember when exactly it happened. But those words, and all the times I would be berated for "not trying hard enough" have stuck with me ever since and I don't think it'll ever leave. Idk if I have ADHD bc my family's always been to poor to go to a doctor to find out, but they would vehemently protest any time a teacher suggested seeking a diagnosis and would argue that either the teachers weren't doing enough or that I was simply being lazy in class.
God, its too true! School was a nightmare for me. Homework that most kids could complete on top of extracurriculars and a social life for me took the entire afternoon every day so i couldnt do anything!
Dude, my brother was diagnosed with ADHD five years ago! I'm going to show him this video to prove to him that he is not alone, and should not be afraid of his condition! Thanks Ice Cream Sandwich, you have no idea how much of a great impact you're making on this community!
Rereading the same paragraph over and over, relatable. Not circles, but pacing and talking to myself, relatable. Forgetting shit when walking through a doorway, relatable. Caffeine, it makes me sleepy, relatable.
I don't have ADHD, but I do have autism. Some of the symptoms you listed also happen to me and I'm glad more people are talking about it. Edit: I just asked my parents, and it turns out I do have ADHD, along with autism!
I have inattentive ADHD and this has been the most relatable thing I have ever watched, I do EVERY single thing he talks about here I didn't know some of these were even because ADHD but it's nice to know I am not alone, sometimes it feels like I am the only one struggling and every single other person is okay.
I understand that completely! It’s hard not to think that other people don’t struggle as much as you do. The reality is everyone has struggles, but it’s true that much of struggles for adhd people can be unique to them and make things feel isolating. Know you aren’t alone, and you can overcome anything with enough time and work. It may take a lot of tricks and a lot of time to figure out which tricks work, but it’s all worth it in the end
I've been thinking I had ADHD for a while now, but since I haven't really been hyperactive since I was a kid I figured it might not be (didn't know about inattentive ADHD). I also never wanted to get checked out because me/my family didn't like the idea of getting medications that might affect me negatively. Now hearing him list out the those symptoms right now had completely SHOOK
yeah I do it all apart from the browser tabs. In fact I do the opposite. If I put down my phone without swiping up the apps, Its like I can just feel the app in the phone so I have to swipe it up
The "walking in circles and talking to yourself because you're bored" bit hits close to home, because that was probably one of my earliest ADHD signs. I write a lot of short stories, and the reason I started doing that was because I would walk around and think of stories in my head, but I eventually decided that was weird, so instead I began actually writing them down.
Same thing! One-shot fanfics are a breeze because of this. Have trouble continuing series on paper though. Still pace though, but it's supplemented with biking for 2hrs round trip.
I totally get that feeling! It’s surprising how easily we can forget important things like a diagnosis. It’s great that you’re recognizing and understanding it now. Thanks for sharing your experience!
100% same. Often I do this in the bathroom in front of the mirror, so it's like I'm talking to myself in the mirror. I've done it ever since I was a kid and nobody thought to get me tested.
I do it Infront of other people aswell, I cant talk and being sit at the same time. My father always got angry at me for walking arround the table while we talked
as someone with recently diagnosed adhd, and am in the progress of the mess that are meds, it’s really nice to see someone you respect talk about it! thank you for sharing your story and touching on the way media portrays the surface of adhd
@@justlina5091 no stimulant medication is the most effective way to treat it but you can see significant improvement with different changes or non-stimulant. The most important thing is treat it individually, it’s not the same person to person because you have different brains literally. Change your dose it matters. Caffeine is a stimulant also so I noticed I abused it significantly less after.
I have primarily inattentive ADHD, and I thought you might also have ADHD because of your sense of humor and comedic timing. There were just so many jokes that I found absolutely hilarious and matched my bizarrely specific style of humor. Good luck on your ADHD journey Andy! P.S. This comment isn't meant to diminish anyone's challenging experiences with ADHD. I've had a hard time getting diagnosed, getting treatment, and being taken seriously too. I just wanted to be a bit light-hearted and I'm sorry if it didn't come across as I intended it. I hope you're all doing OK and living your best lives
Question. How would you know you have adhd. Im not officially diagnosed but people say i act like i have it because i have an EXTREMELY short attention span and i need to be doing something 100% of the time
@@SW-8228 the only way to know is to be tested and diagnosed by an actual doctor. If you think you might be get tested. Do not self diagnose playing 20 questions with a moron online
I remember few years back after my wife died, I was left alone with 3 kids. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with bipolar. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment changed my life for better. I can proudly say i'm totally clean for 6 years and still counting. Always look to nature for solution to tough problems, Shrooms are phenomenal.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in London. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago in my senior year of hs and lemme tell you, I so understand the relief of just. Being able to put a name to what's going wrong. Like being able to identify what is happening and why it's happening was like exciting for me, and being able to look back at all my behaviours and being able to go oh that's why I do that! Even for like neutral or innocuous things, just knowing WHAT is going on up there and being able to identify how it affects my personality and my behaviour is really comforting for me. I'm excited for the next video, oh boy medication is a trip
I take meds but it’s because my ADHD (inattentive type) is co-morbid with severe anxiety (either generalized or social) and it helps lower my anxiety. I recently has to start a small dose of antidepressants tho as college was making my anxiety so bad. The side effects were bad but I’m glad I did because i would be struggling so bad rn hahaha
As someone with ADHD, I relate hard to the “walking around in circles talking to myself” part. I find that whenever I’ve got the creativity flowing, and imagination turned on, that it’s the best way to brainstorming ideas. I’m hyperactive, so walking around gives me something to do, and saying it out loud keeps my thoughts straight
thank god for this video i thought i was just insane i was diagnosed with ADHD at a very young age but never really learned a lot of the quirks about it so throughout my entire life ive just been learning that im not as crazy as i thought
I have ADHD and it was only when I was in my 20s did I get diagnosed. As my daughter grew I noticed a lot of her habits and behaviour were eerily similar to mine as a child. When I was discussing the symptoms with my husband and parents my mother said "oh that's normal and nothing. You did that and you were still an excellent student so no need to waste time going to the specialist" and my husband and I were silently staring at her as the little knobs in her brain clicked and realized that it was really obvious that I had ADHD growing up
Hi, I'm also 20 and I am VERY suspicious of my condition. But I don't know how and who to check this with. Do you just go to a authorized hospital and ask for a check?
I am someone who has been diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD twice. First time was way back when I was in High School and I was stressing out over my grades. Second time was recently, because I thought I had a different condition and wanted it confirmed. It turns out problems making and keeping friends is also a symptom of ADHD.
@@hehashivemind6111 also because ADHD brains tend to forget about things not right in front of it or in daily use + time is fake. so if you don't see your friends regularly, you forget they exist (not maliciously, just your brain trying to prioritize Right Now information) then when you DO remember/have the attention span to text, call, or hang out it's been days/weeks/months.... (definitely not speaking from experience or anything >.>)
Holy JEEPERS. This is like identical to my experience getting diagnosed! It feels so good to have a larger TH-camr share their experience makes me feel less alone. My favorite memory that was actually a sign is that I discovered in 5th grade that caffeine does not work on me either. We had to do a science fair project and I just happened to choose the effects of caffeine on heart rate. As a 12 yo child I chugged an entire red bull at 8 in the morning with a heart monitor strapped to me, and it did not change. Nothing happened. Apparently it was an ADHD thing. Also getting addicted to sugar bc it helped my focus. W/ out realizing it, I was self-medicating lol. Love the vids, but this one especially!!!
Omg same!! I had caffeine one time and I was shaking but I didn’t feel like I was more awake or had any energy like most people describe…. My brain was still going just as fast paced and crazy
I also got diagnosed like a year ago, and yeah, it's insane just HOW ADHD we can be without thinking we are because media tells us it's "ooh squirrel!!"
@@lLenn2 Because it's not the chocolate itself that distracted him, he was distracted by something completely unrelated and his mind started wandering. When he eventually realised he had chocolate again his mind was so far off that the most logical conclusion he could come to at that moment was that he had gotten it for himself. Again, the difference here isn't that he went "Oh chocolate! Me eat!" It's more like; "Oh, what? Chocolate? Why am I holding chocolate? Aw well, might as well eat it." Am I making the distinction clear?
@@lLenn2 what comedy? Did I miss a joke you made or something? Because no they're not, that is exactly what I was trying to get across. One version of this is being so scatterbrained and lacking self-control to the point where seeing food makes you eat it immediately. This is the wrong way to understand ADHD. The other version is where you set out to complete a task, something takes up your focus momentarily and that small distraction is so destructive to your concentration that you literally don't even remember the original task you set out to do and then when you realise your mistake it all comes back and hits you like a truck. So even though the end result may be effectively the same, the cause and reaction is vastly different. Even though he makes this "oh, piece of candy" joke in the video here, he also mentions how ADHD is misrepresented in media and the chocolate story was meant to be a real world example of what living with ADHD is actually like. This is what the original commentor "Identity" was referring to. ADHD isn't just a dramatic reflexive reaction to stimuli, it is a hypersensitivity to distractions and difficulty gripping on to focus, among other things.
I did well in high school so I had no reason to question my mental health until university hit me like a truck and I realized "Wow, suddenly doing ANYTHING is insanely hard". I started to question if I had ADHD after seriously relating to a tweet that just said "you aren't lazy. you just have ADHD" and I felt a wave of relief after realizing that. Thank you for opening up about your experiences!
@@croozerdog The structure of learning typically also changes a LOT between school and university. School is interactive, small classes, and the teacher is usually trying their damnedest to keep you engaged. They're constantly checking in to make sure people are... drumroll... paying attention. At university I suddenly had to sit through two-hour LECTURES in a room full of five hundred other students, in addition to the change of living on my own and managing a basic household. Also, the amount and complexity of material had increased, and suddenly my "study the day before" "strategy" which I had employed in high school up to and including the final exams was no longer cutting it, I had to learn to study PROPERLY at the ripe age of 20, a skill most people had to develop in childhood. I started getting worse grades than I'd had in YEARS and didn't understand why I was struggling so much until much, much later. I'd had the preconceived notion that ADHD was the "bouncy kid" stereotype, and I didn't discover its wide range of symptoms - and how much of what I'd always considered to be personality quirks of mine lined up with it - until I noticed a weird overlap between "tips for people who procrastinate" and "tips for people with ADHD" posts on social media. I'm doing okay now but it's been a much longer and harder road than it had any right to be, and I'm still undiagnosed (and so far, have been told by at least one supposed ADHD specialist that my grades in elementary school were too good for me to have ADHD. :') ) The point is, SO MANY ADULTS only hit their wall when their coping mechanisms for ADHD fail and the symptoms start disrupting their life only after a significant transition. For some it's higher education, for some it's a more demanding job, etc. If you're a woman, they're also very likely to try to tell you that your problems are anxiety and depression rather than taking an ADHD diagnosis seriously. (I mean, yes... I do have depression from the beating my self-worth takes from my executive dysfunction, and I have anxiety because after too many things lost or forgotten, and too many appointments missed, my anxiety is dedicated to making sure that doesn't happen again even if it has to flood my system with adrenaline to do it.) I'll give getting a diagnosis another shot as soon as I can do it without my psychiatry-averse family catching wind of it.
@@Hekateras ugh I totally relate to how hard it is to get a diagnosis for adhd as a woman. Before I saw my family doctor, I just talked to two different walk-in doctors at my clinic and both of them steered the conversation to depression or anxiety cus they didn't believe I would have ADHD. It wasn't until I saw my family doctor that she took me seriously.
@@Hekateras Best thing about getting a diagnosis for me was the meds. They legit help a lot. I only got diagnosed like a year ago and I've already "ruined" my adult live by fricking up jobs and school. But since the meds I have a bit of hope of actually holding onto something. The sad thing is that meds like that work very differently for different people and as far as I heard the US way isn't the best. My psych had me start with 5mg, checking my weight and heart every week until an optimal working dose. I have Murican friends that straight up got a higher dose than mine to start with. I hope that isn't the case for Ice too. Even a slight overdose makes you feel like complete poo. For example, I'm on 10mg. On 15-20mg I start heavily sweating and can feel my heart pounding. But working meds though. Imagine being able to vacuum your whole house without doing other task inbetween leaving everything half done, was like magic the first few times.
Thank you for this! My 14-year-old has combined-type ADHD and has a hard time communicating to us what it feels like. He sent this video to me and asked me to watch it. He said “I really relate to this” ❤ I also remember when we took him to get tested … the dr came out and said, “ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.” Um, yeah. That’s why we’re here.
"Sir, I need you to focus on the test to test your inattitentiveness!" "If the plural of bee is bees, oh that rhymes with eevee, eevees? Wait, no, tree trees makes sense. Fits the pattern. Eevee. Hehe."
I was diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD at 19(am 26 now) and i can still remember my neurologist's face as she wrote down notes on how i was performing in her tests. "Yikes" and "Oof", is how i would describe her expression. It's funny because i was kinda nervous about what the results would be. It's not that i wanted to have ADHD, but having it confirmed would be better than not knowing why i was struggling as i was. There were supposed to be some waiting time for the results to come back after being checked by multiple specialists, but my mom was curious and asked my neurologist if she could tell by what she had observed that day, if there were anything she could positively see. And both my mom and me didn't expect much as the test had to be looked at further, but my neurologist barely let my mom finish asking. "Yes! She got ADD. There is no question about it!" 😂 Well then.
Dr Berg says wild caught fish helps ADHD. I think unfortified nutritional yeast or grassfed freeze dried liver pills are great for B vitamins cause Berg said B vitamins AND wildcaught fish helps. Btw fish pills are rancid
>the dr came out and said, “ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.” Um, yeah. That’s why we’re here. >the dr came out and said, “ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.” >“ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.” EWE WOT M8R
As a fellow adhd-er, hearing about the sitting still for 30 minutes just now made me feel physical pain.😭 When I was diagnosed I didn’t do an EEG but I did several screenings and tests and one of them included me doing the same boring task for 20 minutes and I was SO restless and I could’ve cried out from the understimulation.😂
I am not yet diagnosed but staying still for 30 minutes is a hellish NIGHTMARE😭 Also, he mentioned all the things I do everyday....so I might wanna go and get diagnosed😅
Bro this psychologist did a test with me too see if i had any other diagnosis’s it was literally 100 questions and she kept asking the same questions sometimes too see if i was even paying attention shit got me so mad
I forgot I sat in the same place for more than 5 minutes and your comment reminded me of that I did (and that I need to get up because my brain just doesn't let me stay in 1 place for more that 1 minute)
So like people don’t talk to themselves for hours on end then realizing they’re talking to themselves and talk to themselves about how it’s not normal to talk to themselves
I got diagnosed with "ADD" now " Inattentive ADHD" about 1.5 years ago. This is the most relatable video for me, I experience literally every symptom he had said.
As someone who was diagnosed with ADD (that’s what it was then) in the 80’s, this spoke to me. Really appreciate your talent and your candidness ice cream sandwich.
Everything you said is super relatable. I'm so glad that I'm not alone, and I hope I get diagnosed soon. There aren't many resources un my county for such a thing, but I'll see what I can get.
The part where you talk to yourself and spin in circles really hit home for me. I burst out laughing because I thought I was the only one who does that. My parents thought I was schizophrenic, crazy, and joke about this "other person" from time to time whenever they catch me talking to myself. I know I am not, I really just enjoy the activity. I am not diagnosed with ADHD yet but I really do believe I have. Before I sleep or leave the house I have to check the door more than 4 times just to make sure it is locked and even then I am still really unsure. Reading paragraphs more than twice really is another thing, it is not like I am uninterested in the topic, your mind kinda just flies and you forget what you were doing and you have to start over, it really is annoying. Thanks for sharing! Had a good laugh and sigh of relief.
That explains why clean my nose while walking around the house, lol. I don’t even like going out for walks (by myself), but I can’t help but do it while cleaning the ol’ nasal cavity, lol.
I was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago too. Same kind of "oh wait that thing I do all the time is not just a weird quirk about me". I'm still constantly learning about new things that are apparently related to my ADHD. Medication was a world of difference within hours and was honestly one of the best things to happen to me. Hopefully it will be/already is the same for you
I fear he is not taking medication, he didn’t sound really ‘enthusiastic’ about them. :/ I really hope his medication video isn’t like Dream’s _Mask_ video and that I misunderstood him
When i was little and just starting to get medicated i was just, really wanting to be the best kid ever that day. I was in lunch and heard all the kids talking and being loud and decided that in order to be “good” i’d sit on my own in silence and eat. A really odd memory, but we switched me to a different dosage and now its chill lol.
Are there alternatives to pills? I don’t really want to be reliant on them and pay for them forever, and I’m wondering if the process is even worth it if that’s all they suggest.
I KNOW that as ADHD'ers we have alot of tabs open on our P.C's, but I haven't seen someone besides yourself talk about how much RAM we need to sustain those which is around 30 G.B or even precisely that figure which rlly appealed to that slightly technical and pedantic side of me, so thanks for making my day:))))
Had a very similar experience being on the autism spectrum. As an adult I kinda just started to slowly piece it together, and once I did, so many memories of "why did I do that?" made sense. And just, y'know, why I currently act/think the way I do. I discussed it with my psychiatrist to get an official diagnosis, and I did. Since it wasn't caught as a kid, it's not like I get accommodations for it or something. But it's nice to understand 'why'.
ADHD and Autism are very often comorbid but its only recently that things have changed to allow both to be diagnosed together. prior it was one of the other and treatment suffered as a result. If you're lucky enough to be able to get treatment/assessment without needing to sell your firstborn, then I'd recommend getting an updated diagnosis.
I find it helps to have a name for what happens to me. Ironically, bipolar disorder ALSO shares symptoms with ADHD, so that muddled up everything again. But I have a treatment plan I‘m mostly comfortable with, and medication that helps, so I‘m not really complaining. I hope the USA‘s health system changes for the better in your lifetime. That sounds really depressing…. But you guys deserve help and support, beyond „thoughts and prayers“.
@@minipancho94 Well personally i wonder if that's what happened to me, because officially i only have autism, but i can relate to a lot of videos talking about ADHD symptoms sometimes even more than then people talk about having autism.
You can actually get quite a few accommodations at jobs legally if you have an official autism diagnosis. Depending on the laws in your country. You should look into it.
I was extremely lucky to be diagnosed at age 6 and I STILL have trauma. I’m incredibly proud not only of your willingness to seek out a diagnosis but also of your strength for managing without understanding this aspect of yourself for so long. Welcome to the community. 🐿
adhd tends to cause an inferiority complex and low self esteem and generally icky things(I'm pretty sure it also encourages an authoritarian parenting style)- that might be what they're talking about.
God this video really resonated with me - especially being a female and having very severe ADHD (the extreme inattentive kind) I was just always told I was “lazy, weird, or not trying hard enough” esp throughout high school. I always considered myself intelligent, but when I thought I did well on say, a math test, and ended up getting a C while literally everyone else got like an A or B+, I just really started to feel like a failure by senior year. Like I could do nothing right. I was finally diagnosed last year as well, because those extreme feelings of anxiety that developed, were the primary reason I didn’t go to university out of high school. My meds really do help me to stay focused, but I do find I still struggle. I guess I always will, but I’m step by step learning to accept and love myself again. Also my thing is going off on super long tangents about all these random things that I usually completely forget the original point I was trynna make. And I feel like Ive just done that again with this comment lol I also do the walking around in circles, talking to myself, for hours on end as well lol
Oh, good choice on not going to college. I had a similar experience in high school and college just crushed me. Made me feel absolutely worthless. Yea, and I also walk around in circles for hours, talking to myself. :D
The hardest question as you get older is, "do I tell my boss and co-workers so they understand why I'm like this, I can tell I'm annoying them and I know what I should do, just stop talking just shut up and listen like everyone else, but I know I'm not gonna do that. So do I tell them so they understand? Or will that forever change the way they see and treat me, like will I just become my condition to them, and anything I do they will just assume it's because of this, and how might that impact my career and professional relationships?"
3:12 OMG!!! I LITERALLY THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID AND I FELT WEIRD BECOZ I DID BUT I LIKE JUST THINKING AND JUST LIKE WALKING FOR NO REASON LIKE U OMGGGG DUDE TY FOR GIVING ME COMFORT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
There's a weird relief but also frustration because all the times you get made to feel stupid and inadequate when it's literally something you can't help.
Back when I was undiagnosed, I definitely blamed myself for all my shortcomings. A basic deficit of attention span was, in my mind, an indication of a critically flawed character and distinct lack of willpower. I blamed myself. And when people asked me "what is WRONG with you?!?" I legitimately had no answer. When I was diagnosed, people would hear the news and be like, "I'm sorry to hear that," and I'd be like, "yo, this is literally the best thing that's ever happened to me and you're sorry to hear it? Do I need to explain that there's hope now in what had been a dark and desperate existence?" Suffice it to say, I'm a lot happier now.
I feel this. My fiancé recently pointed out some ADHD signs I was showing and I honestly had never thought about it before, but looking back it makes sense. I struggled a lot with studying and exams in highschool, I can't do anything more than 20 minutes before getting bored but I always put it down to just a short attention span. Not to mention the reactions I have when getting stressed. I'm 24 now, and I do plan on going to the Dr about it but I'm waiting, I'm moving to the US within the next year and here in the UK things like ADHD for adults can take a long time to diagnosed, it was estimated a minimum 2 years to me with all the different things they have to do, sometimes it can take much longer, but I hear it's a lot quicker in the US so I'll just wait till then to speak to someone :')
I hope it works out for you, it can be tough getting a diagnosis in general. I am in the US too and am considering paths for diagnosis, stuff is expensive.
Yh I’ve been waiting for help since July and nothing has happened yet I hate how long it’s taking I hope u can get support soon! Most of my friends have adhd so we try to help each other, it’s good to find a community of people who have similar experiences to you so u feel less alone:)
While it's quicker in the US 1 important thing to note US Healthcare SUCKS ASS, depending on the state having no insurance can make even something as simple as an ADHD test cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars The Healthcare here sucks, it sucks really badly
4:42 That's actually rather ingenius. Holding still like that will make any adhd brain go CRAZY for a bit, making the brainwave detector pick that up easily and measurably.
This video is so relatable. Im 17 and come from a pretty chinese family that dont really think mental illness is real. So when i brought it up to my mom that i think i have adhd and i wanna go have it diagnosed. She straight up told me no and that people with adhd are crazy (ps my mom is a very caring person, shes just really traditional). Its still weird that i catch myself doing things without even noticing it like bumping into things all the time when i already saw it coming, trying to focus or stay still, moving parts of my body, talking to myself all the time, forgetting things etc but thats to ice cream for making this video
Chinese here too. My parents think of the same thing. So now here's me barely making it to senior year of college and can't go forward anymore because I deadass can't sit down for 2 hours to do any assignment. I went to one psychiatrist for a triage appointment and she was basically like "yeah obviously we need to do more testing but your signs are very obvious"
Hey man, welcome to the ADHD club. We're so glad to have you here. Glad this kind of thing is getting more attention so more people can get the help they need and I know it can- oo a piece of candy
Recently been told by my parents that I have ADHD. They hid it from me for 18 years straight. Now they're against the idea that I go get my diagnosis because I'm going to "hide" behind the fact that I have it when in truth I just want to treat it.
lucky me I am currently hyper focusing on ADHD as I have just found out so this works well for once. Didn't really finish anything at work for days but hey now I know everything about my condition.
Thank you SO MUCH for speaking about this (and ppl in the comments too). I thought for a long time that I had ADHD, and I spent tons of time researching about it. But I never actually went to get diagnosed, partially because I was worried my family wouldn’t believe me but also because I didn’t want to think of myself (or have other people think of me) as different or abnormal. But seeing how I related to almost EVERY single thing, and hearing that you felt relief after knowing you had it, definitely convinced me to go get diagnosed. Especially because people in the comments also related to you. Again, thank you Mr. Sandwich and thank you wonderful commenters!! I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful day!
im right there with you, same thought about being "abnormal" or its just me, i dont have it. after he explained some symptoms and im sitting here right now pushing a deadline till i cant push any further or the various other things that made me question earlier if id have it. i might just make an appointment(oh god, im so gonna forget that) and find out
oh my gosh same??? it was really bad in 5th grade for me, which was last year, i would look into it constantly and see that i related to a lot of what i saw, and when i told my friends about it they didn't believe me, one of them didn't even know what neurodivergent meant, and my mom acts like it's the plague so i'm too scared to tell her even though she's one of the people i trust the most,,,,,,
My parents felt the same way (which influenced how I felt/my ability to pursue a diagnosis growing up). But, it's been 3 years since I pushed to get diagnosed, and it's honestly one of the accomplishments/initiatives I'm most proud of in my life so far -- it's such a relief, like the vid says, to have access to language and understanding about how your brain works (and how it differs from what's considered to be the norm). Best of luck to you, I hope it goes well and that you have support from knowledgeable and compassionate people!
I too have ADHD. I was diagnosed at a young age, and medication has really helped me. I was able to not only do well in school but even get into honors programs in high school and get As. Over a decade later, I still take ADHD medication every morning, and it has helped so much. If I forget my medication, it's very obvious that something is wrong, but on most days when I remember it, no one would ever suspect that I have ADHD. However, there still are a few ADHD symptoms that the medication doesn't help with like always doing assignments last minute or occasionally forgetting to eat multiple meals in the same day. That last one is a little scary. This video is great because I can relate to so many of the ADHD symptoms that you list, and I didn't even know that a couple of them were because of ADHD.
My mom never really cared to get me tested growing up bc I have the inattentive type (so it's not as outwardly presenting) but since I was part of the Honors programs and all that despite my symptoms, she figured it wasn't that much of an issue ): ...I only now got diagnosed in 2021 at age 26.... I totally feel that with the symptoms meds don't help but I'm so glad I finally have a team of docs helping me work through this (:
I was myself diagnosed when I was about... 17 I think. And was offered medication. however, I at the time was very much... against medication. I didn't want to be addicted to a drug (as by definition is it by all technicality an addiction if you need the drug to function like a normal human being) However, looking back, I should have accepted getting those drugs. As getting the rights to drugs now is a nightmare of waiting months to get to even talk to people about it. -_- stupid young me.
You probably forget to eat meals because your not hungry. A lot of ADHD medication is also used by models to stop eating and it’s one of the very annoying side effects of ADHD medication.
I've known for years that I've had ADHD but I didn't know the symptoms until I watched this video. I first saw this about a year ago and forgot the symptoms. Some of them, such as pacing in my bedroom and talking to myself for a couple hours basically every day, forgetting if I closed a door or something like that, and putting stuff off until the last minute were all things I thought EVERYONE did and forgot that they were signs of ADHD until I watched the video again last month.
Huge symptom of ADHD I struggle with is rejection sensitive dysphoria(RSD). I was told my whole life that I was really sensitive and a people pleaser, didn’t realize until recently that it’s all due to RSD, specifically anything I perceive as rejection hurts way more than it would a normal person. If you have ADHD and have been diagnosed with a mood disorder I would highly recommend reading more about RSD as it frequently gets misdiagnosed as a mood disorder
Interesting. I was diagnosed with ADHD, PTSD, Schizoaffective, General Mood Disorder and Tourette's. I haven't officially started going to therapy, I've been putting it off and I expect there to be more diagnosis to come. I haven't heard of RSD, I might have it.
I also waited til my mid 20s to get diagnosed and understand why i did all the little fiddly diddly funny things hyperactive ADHD be like getting diagnosed for ✨quirky ✨ :)
from 2:56 to 4:22 here is the ones that i, a person diagnosed with ADHD, also do, not sure if locked/multi checking talk to self when alone (not walking in circles) rereading book paragraphs forgetting about a task i’m about to do (i don’t drink coffee i don’t like it) procrastination, especially if it’s for school
I also got diagnosed with ADHD during the pandemic. Because I thought the reason I could never get anything done was because of depression. But then I went on antidepressants and the frozen states of procrastination got way worse. I feel like my ADHD gets worse as I age. Or rather I'm expected to have a handle on it, and I don't. I wish I could make more effective use of my time, smarts and talents. But mostly I just watch stuff.
you should try getting on stimulant medication, as that's the first line of treatment for adhd. anti-depressants do not alleviate adhd symptoms nor are they meant to treat adhd.
If you are a Christian, I would really suggest you pray and ask GOD about it, for HE knows you and created you. HE loves you so much that HE sent HIS one and only son, JESUS. I pray for your healing, and circumstances would change, I pray that the fear inside would flee in JESUS name… Song: I speak the Name of Jesus
@@whoopsadoodle1105 why u spend time under a comment about neurodivergincy of the persons brain, that can't be "healed". this is not the best way to talk about your religion by randomly posting about Jesus
@@Yuumiiiiiiiii If you do not “randomly” post about Jesus and what He does, you cannot reach everyone. This may be the only time this commenter has ever heard about the Lord. I believe God can help everyone, if it is the will of God. It is my goal to spread happiness and goodness with everyone, not just people who want to hear it.
I was diagnosed with ADHD last year and this was the first person talking about their ADHD that I could relate to. I wasn't finding myself relating to other people's experiences, and I was afraid that I was misdiagnosed, or that I was faking it without even knowing. this video gave me so much relief seeing someone else go through basically the exact same thing as me. for anyone wondering, I tried Adderall and it worked while I was in school but I'm graduated now and it didn't help with anything, so now I'm just kinda here
I don't know if i should test myself because there are so many things that are 180° not ADHD, but I still relate to so many different things. Reading paragraphs 10x or more? yes. Placing my phone somewhere and then wonder where I put it? always. Procrastination? I don't even know anymore if I have any motivation for shit because I postpone everything until last minute (thats where motivation kicks in and i go brrt) But on the other hand: Meditation and because of that doing nothing? nice. hyperfocus? idfk, i atleast dont forget to drink and notice when people call me 10 thoughts at the same time? I dont think so
Based on how you format and present your videos I always assumed you had ADHD and figured you were aware of it, I had no idea you had no idea. Your videos bring me so much joy because they run much like how my own ADHD brain functions. Welcome to the ADHD family!
@@AnityEx I personally saw it in his Personality video when he said that he has a problem with getting tasks done because he gets distracted or procrastinates and had to be constantly reminded about it. To me that’s a huge part of ADHD.
I felt I wasn't able to truly appreciate this video until I was professionally diagnosed And I have recently got my diagnosis so I feel able to appreciate this more (it's also the inattentive type)
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I actually pretty recently told my mom I wanted to take an ADHD test because I kept relating a lot to stuff claimed as ADHD, like stuff stated in this video. Then she told me that I already took one years ago and was officially diagnosed with it and I had just…..forgotten that.
LMAO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MEME
I forgot about mine too! For about 20 years! 😂
I feel you lol. That’s how I got my autism diagnosis fixed.
lmao
Pretty sure it's one of the questions you have so answer. "Is there a chance you've already received an ADHD diagnosis, but completely forgot that such a thing even existed until you realized that not everybody does even half the weird crap you do?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My sister has ADHD. Media SUCKS at depicting ADHD. It’s not just one thing. It’s so stupid seeing ADHD treated like it’s a singular thing and that there’s not so many different ways that people with it handle things. I’ll have to show this video to her. Awesome job, Andy!
the way neurodivergency depicted overall is so bad. for some reason the best depictions are those which it isnt confirmed in the show? but some writers say "oh yea it seems i did write a nd character" or "yea they are neurodivergent" (eg: luz from the owl house for first and the purple turtle from new tmnt cartoon)
yessssss im so tired of people saying “well this person can do this with adhd why cant you do the same?” but they dont know everyone has different types and varying degrees of adhd and i HATE IT when people use other people as an excuse to call you lazy
I have ADHD and sometimes when I’m with my friends they get annoyed because I accidentally get hyper and I apologize even though I barely have any control over it. Media thinks a lot of the time that ADHD is just a thing that people have and I gets me annoyed because of it. I’ve recently been trying to control it better and I completely agree that everybody handles it differently.
I watched the sick video, and when he said “I move around a lot, I haven’t quite looked into why” I just said “Oh no that’s ADHD”
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As a person with ADHD, if I can get one thing done in a day, that is an accomplishment in of itself.
true 😭
I give myself a gold star
it is so true lmaoo
I am procrastinating something I started hours ago as we speak
Big mood
wait- walking in circles is a sign of adhd, leaving things to the last minute, forgetting what I'm supposed to be doing, forgetting whether or not I have locked doors..................... Oh no
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@@LunaiCarmen It is a possibility that I have adhd, but I still haven't been tested, so idk-
@wingerwc i mean it is very likely
@@Yuh-ss And thats the problem.
@@wingerwc what's the problem?
I think the "walking in circles talking out loud" thing is partially based on the fact that it makes it easier to reflect on issues and form more coherent strings of thought than if you were to do it just in your mind where things quickly get muddled and confusing. At least that's what it's like for me, even though I don't think I have ADHD. I like talking out loud to myself about things a lot because it's just easier to stay on topic.
ADHD patient here, this exactly. If my voice is drowning out the ideas, thoughts, plans, other nonsense, and that dang song in the back of my head, I can focus a little better at the task at hand.
Ah, same. I will walk back and force or do something constantly like: foot bobbing,popping noises, or taping my fingers in a pattern while talking. I like that one :) It rlly rlly helps me focus 😵
Wait
Okay
Finally
An explanation and a reason
YES
Its much more easier to just.... Stay on track
I do not know what else to say
Why is this difficult to explain
This is what I do when I can't go for walks (usually late a t night).
It's worth noting as well that physical movement stimulates the brain, and physical movement that equally engaged both sides of the body (like walking or swimming) stimulates both sides of the brain at once, and it sounds stupidly simple and im sure that there's a lot of complex science that goes into this but basically, whole brain getting stimulated means it is working better and can process stuff or work through issues more effectively
Although I was technically diagnosed with adhd at the age of 8 or 9, I somehow just forgot my mom telling me about it so I proceeded to go 7-8 years questioning why the hell my 30 min hw assignments took me 5 hours to do and why I would get excited to pull up songs I like, only to immediately forget the name of it as I was typing it into the search bar. It was only during an annual where my doctor just off handly mentioned that "oh yeah hormones and the adhd are what's probably causing the mood changes" to which I'm just sitting there like, "....I have adhd?" and my mother just looks at me like I'm the dumbest mf on the planet. She insists she told me repeatedly, on both the day I was diagnosed and multiple times after my therapy sessions, but all I remember from that early on was playing with blue sand with my therapist and organizing the plushies on her shelf. Thank you for coming to my TEDTALK.
Bro that happens to me all the time. I'm always typing the name of a song i love and boom i forget the name of the song. Hell sometimes I'm running errands and just forget midway what I was asked to get. I'm not diagnosed but these symptoms say otherwise. Although I am pretty attentive in classes so i don't think I have adhd
same, except i managed to gaslight myself into thinking that i was misdiagnosed with adhd, then my parents were like: no? you've had it all your life???
Wait so maybe it was traumatic for you so your brain decided to forget it.
nowadays every1 has adhd, autism and depression cuz attention lol
i love this comment sm lmao
As a fellow inattentive ADHDer I felt so represented by the walking in circles talking to yourself thing.
i have left a skinless body atop my nearest cellular tower
Yeah i will just walk in circles in my room talking to myself for like half an hour xD it's really comforting but I've never known anyone else who does it
@@MetaTomato I swear, it's walking in circles and talking to myself that I peak
I have legit spent hours just walking around my house talking to myself, either pretending to be a youtuber or a celebrity in an interview.
@@ZstrawberryX THIS
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As someone with ADHD, the walking around in circles and talking to myself is the most relatable thing I have heard about ADHD
I dont really talk to myself but i also do that XD especially if im waiting
Lol true. I pretty much do this daily.
Wait that's an ADHD thing? oh,,,,oh no,,,
Wait what?😭😭 i didnt know that was adhd.. I've been doing that my whole life..walking in circles in my room and Over thinking.. My mother thinks im crazy🤣
Bro I do this to I have adhd too
I’m currently under the process of being diagnosed for ADHD. Coming from hispanic parents, I’ve always been told that i tend to be lazy or too scared to do things when in reality my brain just doesn’t cooperate with me unless it’s super urgent or art related. It’s funny that I intended to watch this video moments after it got posted but i immediately forgot and put it off for later x)
My brain also absolutely refuses to do things that I don't want to do. That's why I get perfect marks in subjects I like, and near the lowest marks in subjects I don't.
ADHD isn't a brain disease.
Girl, I feel you on the Hispanic parent thing because I have anxiety and I’m being tested for autism and I’ve always been told I’m lazy or what you are doing is weird and your crazy or you’re weird feeling that
@@duckmercy11 No one said it was though.
same, I'm not sure if I have ADHD but i do present many symptoms and my whole life my hispanic parents have told me I'm just lazy, because I want to do so much stuff and I ultimately end up doing none of it, even when it comes to important stuff I will unintentionally forget and everyone makes me feel very shitty about it
As someone with the hyperactive type of adhd, this is mostly relatable, for me, there is always something on my mind, and I daydream a lot. I always thought it was normal until I learned about adhd in class, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to NOT think about something. Because of my adhd, I’ll stare at a wall for as long as possible until someone tells me to do something or I remember that I need to be a helpful member of society
Same!
hold on you're telling me that there are people who really can not think about something constantly (serious question)
@@enimintsay5110 when you meditate enough you can focus on how your body feels and behaves without thinking about anything just being aware of the present and things around you. I manage that state sometimes but only for a couple seconds it's pretty hard not to start thinking about something.
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Walking in circles instinctively and not even realizing you’re doing it is my biggest give away because I do it every single day
frrr 💯 I just did it 2x while watching this video (which btw I'd taken at least 3 breaks b4 finishing as I'm not medicated today 😩😩 even tho I got a ton of shit I still haven't done todayyyyyyyy as a result & it's alr about to be 11 pm (really, it's 10:55 pm atm)
I was diagnosed with ADHD 24 years ago and every subsequent doctors visit afterwards, it was always the same: “most severe case of ADHD I’d ever seen”. I’m 29, I got off the meds, they had a really bad side effect after taking them for 24 years, I am still hyper as hell. I just exercise and eat healthy and find hobbies to restrain all the energy.
In between lectures I just sprinted for 10 minutes before going back to focus for another hour. It helps
Got diagnosed 32 years ago, and health, dietary and healthstyle is a huge part of many studies. I had a different life when I got innto a good rytm, did fall off and never got back on. "I wait til next week " I have said 20years now.
I have that too and went fishing, i know its weird a hobby where you have to sit still dor a long period but it helps. Its just like the one thing that can calm my mind and act 'normal' maybe you should try it as well
Dude yes fk the side effects. I had to take the maximum dosis allowed in Germany because mine wore off already at half of the time it was supposed to work for. For example my Vyvanse should last 14 hours. It lasted 7/8. My Ritalin should last 8 hours, it lasted only 4.
I'm off med now and I think it's better for me to do sports and learn to cope with ADHD better. I might try again though if I see it necessary. For now I'm really good with doing sports, getting to know my weaknesses and how to lessen the problems
I am 25 and was diagnosed 20 years ago. Only took meds as a kid, today I know how to deal with my ADHD, I have many many hobbies but drawing is what helps me the most. I usually try to use my hyperfocus to my advantage haha
I love how when a youtuber comes out with any kind of mental health issue the entire tribe of people with that issue come together and welcome them. I was diagnosed with ADHD at 7, but turns out it was just anxiety so I am glad they have a surefire way to properly diagnose people.
They definitely don't. ADHD is a trend diagnosis atm. Medical professionals are using it as easy work and many parents even push to have their child misdiagnosed when one refuses to diagnose it. It's always a subjective analysis. Not mention that the symptoms of it are experienced by normal people as well.
@@neonice yes and no, ADHD is actually really common, and its not so much a 'condition' as just a different way that human brains work, scientists suspect ancient hunter gatherers had ADHD, because the symptoms inherently make you more observant, and for ancient hunters this would be very valuable when looking out for danger. While in ancient times it would have been a valuable tool, in the modern day it's more a nuisance. While normal people do occasionally experience the symptoms, there's quite a vast difference between that and experiencing them daily. It's not that it's a 'trend diagnosis' it's that it actually is that common, and we didn't understand it well enough until recent decades.
@@Warlance001 exactly i have adhd and although some people do fake it most people dont because it is literally so common
Im pretty sure ADHD is not a mental illness. ADHD is just that your brain is built different, so it is a condition above all else.
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I didn't get diagnosed until my mid 50's because ADHD wasn't a thing you could get diagnosed with when I was a kid. Every report card I got throughout elementary school commented about my absent mindedness and my daydreaming in class. Once I got into middle school it was all about my forgetfulness, tardiness, and how I wasn't living up to my potential. I grew up hearing how lazy and undisciplined I was and had no idea that my issues weren't character flaws. I'm so glad young people at least don't have to go through that particular brand of bullshit anymore.
It still happens, but much less frequently. For example, myself. Diagnosed at 17, but until then it was basically the same. Report cards mentioning I wasn't applying myself, people telling me "Oh, you're so smart and you have so much potential, if only you would apply yourself." There's definitely a lot less stigma about it, but people suck at recognizing the signs, partly because common media doesn't show ADHD in a realistic way.
Not judging, but you watch this channel and you're this old???... thats kinda cool
But that doesn't mean it's ADHD, everyone isn't going to get perfect grades, people daydream, people zone out if something is boring, people forget things, people get lazy, that just seems like there saying if someone isn't perfect they have adhd
sounds very boomer of that generation.
@@NobleLeader6 I’d have to agree with this sentiment, even going so far as to say it can be just as bad. Unfortunately, despite how ADHD is an actual diagnosis now, people still treat it and its symptoms as a myth or with general contempt. Many people simply do not understand and/or do not wish to understand it, leading to very much the same treatment as not having a diagnosis or the diagnosis not existing. I’ve been diagnosed for years, and all throughout high school I was treated as lazy, uncaring, rebellious, and stupid despite how hard I tried to be none of those things. I’m glad Andy (Ice cream) is talking about it/sharing his experience because the world could stand to get a little more educated.
i know adhd is livable and everything but sometimes it can feel kind of isolating. a lot of people are under the impression that i forget because of lack of care or laziness, but I care a lot. It's embarrassing admitting that I didn't see something, or that I've forgotten something. It happens at work all the time and its just... ugh.
Yeah it's not that I don't care infact I probably care about whatever it is more than I care about myself it's just that my mind was blank for 24 hours somehow
this is the most accurate description of people diagnosed with adhd in the past 10 years. it’s just like “..oh!” after years and years of probably crying yourself to sleep sometimes cause you couldn’t understand why you couldn’t do everything other people could. it’s really awesome to hear about this again! it reminds me of all the people out there who get it too! stay frosty, ice cream
Are deep pits of feelings of inadequacy part of that?
Cause
Uhhh
I'm sorry, but the 'stay frosty, ice cream' was amazing
Yep. When I was first diagnosed with ADHD I actually went into a fit of rage because it took SEVENTEEN YEARS for people to realize I WASN'T BEING AN ASSHOLE I WAS JUST LIKE THIS. And then I cried myself to sleep realizing how mistreated I was over things I couldn't control growing up 👍
@@ZenFr0g Oh absolutely! 😍
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My older and younger siblings both have very notable ADHD, as it's the hyperactive variety that's more known. As a middle child you often get overlooked as is, but this caused me to be downright forgotten in the midst of my sisters. It wasn't until later that people realised I suffer from the same inattentiveness as my siblings, just minus the hyperactivity.
Glad you're raising awareness that ADHD is also much like a spectrum.
Makes sense that you all have it since ADHD can be heritable
@@sammiller6631 that guys been spamming that comment everywhere to try to troll people, just ignore him or report the comment if you want
People mistake hyperactivity too cause it's usually in your brain. It's not how you act outwardly
@@BelindaShort Hey, is it possible to be very inactive and yet have adhd? I'm not active at all and always find a way to lie down, but I can't lie still, like sleep without sedatives or just not move my legs or thumb of my feet gently under the blanket while I use my phone or watch something.
@@TheRamiii Hi there, I asked my psychiatrist the same question and the answer was yes, but be aware that ADHD symptoms are not exclusive to ADHD. On my part, I can't sleep and constantly move in bed thanks to PTSD, but people with anxiety, depression, ADHD and autistic people can experience similar things! That's why getting a professional diagnosis is very important. Hope I could help!
I’m actually oddly comforted knowing my favorite animator has adhd. I’ve been thinking about it a while now since I got to learn about it in the same means he did, fell down a spiral of binging adhd posts and videos and relating to almost every single one more or less. And it got to the point that it was frustrating that I couldn’t get it diagnosed because my parents don’t believe I’ve got adhd. Plus, when my father did pair me with some obscure therapist, he told I had ocd that I believe he pulled completely from his ass since I wasn’t able to speak to him normally and just answered his questions yes/no without elaboration. I still wish I could get it diagnosed so I would have that relief sense of feeling that I’m not just weird or lazy in a sense and actually have something that holds me back. Anyway, loved the video.
I'm fairly sure that no matter what age you are you can still ask for a formal test for ADHD, May cost a decent amount of money I don't know, I mean I was tested back in 2002 when I was 4 years old in Minnesota, so I have no idea as to the price of getting tested for ADHD thing is every doctor I've been to since has said it's insane that they even tested me as every doctor since my test for ADHD has said it is blatantly obvious that I have ADHD
I personally know a guy who started having suspiscions that he had ADHD, so he went and tested himself and sure enough he has it. Luckily though he already had good habits and coping mechanisms and whatnot to keep it in check but he was still relieved to know for sure.
That guy was 65 at the time. It is never too late to get tested.
Omg my case is EXACTLY like yours!!! However, I am waiting on my screening appointment currently, despite my parents being against it. However im almost 22 now so they don’t really say it anymore or can’t prevent me.
He did fell makes no sense u should've said he did fall
@@irfaansarwar6027 nono, his comment is grammatically correct. He has a comma, he was talking about himself after that.
As a person with ADHD, I really liked the part with the squirrel, no way it brought back so many memories.
I struggle with ADHD SEVERELY, and EVERY SINGLE THING you said in this video is 100% accurate.
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was very little and I just want to say two things:
1. I’ve literally never watched a TH-cam video that I’ve related to so much in this aspect. Like holy crap, I do that walking in circles and talking to myself thing like daily. It’s weird, but I’m so surprised that I’m not the only one how does that. Wow.
2. To whoever might read this, You never have to let ADHD define you. You may act and think different than others, but you’re still a human person and you’re still you. You never should allow a diagnosis negatively affect way you feel about yourself. Stand tall, kings. Also, drink some water.
How dare you call me out for not drinking water
i've drank half a bottle of water today and it;s now 11:30 PM
Everything in this video is so relatable on spiritual level except for the water bit as I literally drink more than 10 glasses a day
But also, don’t be afraid to blame the ADHD when it’s the problem. In my opinion, it’s ok to say, “I’m sorry I messed up, the ADHD and I still haven’t figured out an effective coping mechanism for that.”
Yes, it’s more work to try to figure out how to explain ADHD in a way other people understand. However, (as someone with severe-to-the-point-of-bordering-on-autism levels of ADHD) it IS a huge part of who I am and why I struggle with daily life. It’s not all of me, but in my case it is so much of me that to ignore its often negative impact is to ignore me.
(I’ve had well-meaning people tell me to stop blaming ADHD for why I’m struggling to get things done, and it feels about how I imagine it would feel for a paraplegic to be told to stop blaming their paralysis for their immobility.)
I was also shocked to find I’m not the only one who does the walking thing and talks to myself, I actually thought I was insane for a while
As someone who has really bad ADHD, I 100% get that feeling about being diagnosed. Like it was just a revelation where not everything was just because I was an idiot and did stuff without realizing (some of it was that) but now I knew why I just felt like I couldn’t focus on homework or just forgot things randomly that I shouldn’t have or just stopped paying attention. I was glad to have something that could tell me why those things were happening.
same... except im trying to convince my parents to get the official diagnosis so i can get proper medication and be able to pay attention in school
@@thelemon2172 Good luck man, I always wanted to check but I know it'll be, like, a massive slight to my family if I do, so I just torture myself by watching these kinds of videos, seeing all that relatable shit and trying to hypnotize myself about how none of that applies to me, OBVIOUSLY. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, and I hate that mf
oh wow this is relatable, oh wait...
As someone with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) it feels good how you talk about your experience with ADHD and how the media depicts it. Once in a while I see people selling ADHD, OCD etc. as a quirky trait which annoys me and distracts others of the issue.
nowadays every1 has adhd, autism and depression cuz attention lol
Yeah, a lot of people act like it’s some sort of aesthetic and they are unique for having it. Quite a few people in my family have it and it is not as fun as people may think.
@@raikreios I have it too (what a surprise) and can confirm it just makes life more and more depressing over time
"You have OCD? But your pencil case isn't perfectly organized though."
Yea it makes me not wanna think I have it. I don't wanna think I have just cause a # ;-; but it's also like...what if I do tho.
walking circles and talking to myself is a legit favorite passtime passing time spend, favorite way to pass the time
jesus
I love how I went into this video wondering how it feels to have adhd and he goes on to list things out of my day to day life 💀
The same here... The thing about walking in circles really brought me to tears, I never found anyone who also did it
Same! I just took an adhd quiz from some official website, and it said I Moderate Indication of It! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@windydj55555which website though? I’d like to give a try as well
Everyone experiences these things, and almost all of the other symptoms as well.
Whether these experiences are the result of a clinical condition is determined by a lot more than whether you've had the symptoms.
Chances are, if these things aren't consistently causing problems for your 'day to day life' then you likely don't have adhd.
Everyone has to reread a paragraph sometimes, but most people can also read a paragraph, sometimes, withOUT having to go through it for a second, third, and fourth time. Everyone forgets to drink sometimes, but most people don't experience debilitating migraines as a result of dehydration simply because they forgot to drink water.
@@baldaquin I do it tooo! wait do you also run thru fake scenarios while you walk ?
I got diagnosed with ADHD when I was 10, but there are so many "quirks" I have that I didn't know where due to the ADHD! Talking with other people who have ADHD and seeing people's experience has really helped me to realize a lot of the things I couldn't explain about myself. Glad to see you learning about yourself and getting your diagnosis. :)
Leaving things until the deadline is a sign of adhd 💀. Yh so ppl just tryna seem like they are special now or what 😂
i got adhd diagnosed at a young age and some things are almost the exact same lol i walk in circles forget i locked the door prob a lot of other things, whats even worse is i also have *mild* autism
dude honestly same i was told i have adhd and to take meds but no one ever told me what that entailed. It’s cool seeing others symptoms and realizing “oh hey i do that same stuff i thought it was just normal”
Sad that so many people are brainwashed by these fake "disorders." Did your doctor do an MRI or bloodtest before they told you you have ADHD? If not, how do you know you have it?
As a fellow inattentive adhd, you keep either forgetting stuff or you can't focus or walking in circle while talking to yourself for it somehow entertains us.This is damn relatable
walking in a circle isn't normal?
I can relate to most of the video but Im not diagnosed with ADHD
I walk in the circle. I am content. Not forced to stay still. Allowed to think, examine my life choices. It makes me happy
i have both inattentive and hyperactive. i also forget stuff and zone out but i also get hyperactive. the *w o r s t* ADHD.
i walk in a circle and talk to myself all the time. I dont have adhd but its fun cause i can make up scenarios of me doing random stuff and talk over the things that im making up.
2:37 Thanks for reminding me why I had a headache... I haven't drunk water in all day ._.
As someone with inattentiveness ADHD (I still call it ADD, it's just easier), here were some things that I just related to so much:
1. Forgetting to do stuff for an entire day. Not necessarily drinking water 'cause I have to do that to take my medication (ADHD medication, whaddaya know), but definitely a lot of other things. Checking emails, checking grades, doing things I said I'd do on a daily but end up not doing...
2. Walking in circles talking to myself. I do it a lot. Especially when I'm excited about something or something happens that shocks me, so I go over it again and again out loud to myself until eventually it becomes a whole conversation with myself.
3. Reading parts of a book over and over again. It mostly happens because I realize I accidentally skipped a line, accidentally started reading the next line in the middle of reading another line, accidentally went back a line, etc. It's hard for my eyes to keep track of where I left off, but I don't have dyslexia. I did used to enjoy reading when I was a kid, but I've done it a lot less in recent years.
4. Going to do a task and then forgetting what I was doing. I could literally just walk through the door to the next room because the room right next to the one I was in is the place where I needed to get the task done, and then completely forget what the task was as if the door decided to wipe my memory of the task until I get back to being comfortable in my original position when I get reminded of what I was supposed to do in the next room. And sometimes this happens multiple times for a single task, too. (On another of these notes, sometimes I just wander aimlessly when I don't know what to do with myself, often walking in my dorm between the refrigerator and my bed because even if I have work to do I just feel the constant urge to be doing something else.)
5. Caffeine is... hard to explain. For me, either it's in a regular amount and I pretty much fall asleep the next moment. Either that, or it's too much caffeine and it makes me feel all jittery and uncomfortable. I don't ever purposely overdo it. I just drink regular amounts of caffeinated drinks and I'm good to go. My heartbeat doesn't usually go up unless I drink too much.
6. Oh god, the procrastination- Legit this entire school semester has been me just doing assignments last-minute. Legit last week I had a 3-4 page essay due that I forgot about and I had to force myself to finish it within 2-3 hours for it to be on time.
So forgetfulness is common in people with ADD? My parents get so pissed when I forget something. Saying that they just told me and how could I forget. I try to say that I have bad ADD and they don’t take that as an excuse and I need to remember better
I relate so hard on all of this. One time I read a whole chapter of a book and immediately forgot everything that happened so I had to re-read the chapter....THREE times. It's funny to me now, but God was it hard in school. 😅
@@-ghosti-3192 I'm pretty sure forgetfulness is a very common symptom! I remember talking to a psychologist about symptoms, and forgetfulness was mentioned a couple times on that list.
I'm with you on that one, my parents say the same thing a lot 😔 It's hard living with ADD, especially since our parents seem to just not understand how it works (for me it's mostly my dad 'cause my mom is a pathologist, another form of doctor, and very involved in my health). They really don't take into consideration that ADD makes it extremely hard to remember things and sometimes it takes longer to do basic tasks because of it.
It might be difficult, but it's not impossible! If you need some tips, try using sticky notes on a wall you look at a lot, or a bulliten board. Somewhere you can post notes and then take them down the moment the task is completed. You can find a way to organize them by priority, and that could probably help you figure out what tasks you need to get done! Good luck! You got this!
YESS 😭😭
@@-ghosti-3192 We’ve usually got a working/short-term memory deficit. Remembering what you’re doing, keeping a number or name in your head when you’re trying to look for a part (which is why I either have to take a picture of it with my phone or take the original part with me), and general short term memory stuff is harder.
The thing with the book, the door, simply forgetting everything almost immediately is entirely relatable and I'm just relieved it's not just me, because sometimes I feel ashamed about it. I should work on it, but it's hard when you have ADHD to focus on anything and I feel like I can't grow up sometimes. It sucks. Some people just brush it off because they say it's common, but it's not the same for everyone. It all depends on who you are and how you handle it. Sometimes working on ADHD has to be a group project, because it's hard to focus on it alone.
its ok, working on anything is slow with ADHD, you got this! just keep going! don't feel ashamed. talk about it, and if you feel like someone is looking at you weird for nor focusing like a "normal" person just talk to them about it and they will understand.
That’s similar to the people who say “we’re all on the spectrum”. They think that they’re making someone feel better or less alone. It comes across as misunderstanding or dismissing the actual struggles.
Sure, humans all share some traits or experiences to a degree. But it’s not a disorder until it’s significantly affecting how you function in everyday life.
@Windy Beach Yeah you're totally right. And I hat hearing that stuff too because I not only have ADHD, but I also got Autism, and both are spectrums and it's so hard to fit in sometimes. It gets scary.
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I also have ADHD, and yeah, it's basically a nightmare. To everyone currently testing for a diagnosis, my prayers go out to you, and even if you have adhd, I hope you can get through the struggles :)
how much long can a diagnosis take?
Feels fine to me mind over matter you see
@@alejochol9397 Depends. I feel like if you’re a man or even AMAB in general it’d be a lot faster than if you were a woman or AFAB. If you don’t want medication though, I don’t see anything wrong with self-diagnosing, because professional diagnosis isn’t always available or effective for people who just want closure.
note if you want medication though, yes, professional diagnosis is necessary.
nowadays every1 has adhd, autism and depression cuz attention lol
As a person with adhd, I agree
Mine had wires, but that’s because I have autism and had some weird seizure in like first grade, hasn’t happened since. They called it a seizure, but all that happened was (from what I was told), all day I acted like I had no emotions, and at the end of the day I had lost all memory of that ENTIRE DAY 0:22
I think those are absence seizures. Those are common within children
I think that happened to me once, but i think i was just sleep deprived
Yeah what wires? My test just did like
not that
also yeah I agree with the other guy saying I had a seizure test for some reason and then they asked me to put like the wire thing on my head but then I begged my mom not to make me do it because it took 2 hours and me not like that
4:47 THIS IS PURE TORTURE AND AGONY I CANT EVER DO THIS NO WAY IN HELL
SAME. I was supposed to have an MRI one time but I COULDN'T stay still SO THEY HAD TO SEDATE ME 😭
SAME😭😭😭
BUT IM TESTING IN A FEW WEEKS 😫
The part about you forgetting to drink water for a day really stuck with me cause that's happened to me a lot since I was very young and it's totally taken a physical toll on me.. I'm not diagnosed or anything, in fact I'm more scared of how my parents would react, everything you mentioned in the video is totally how I do my day to day activities and I really don't know how to even approach this situation..
I was in a similar situation. What I did was I asked my mom (who I am a bit closer to) if she knew what ADHD was and then went from there. You can even stretch the process out over several days or however long. I would every now and again verbaly point out certain things I do and then let my parent subconsciously sit on things until I bring it up again.
I only realized just now while typing this the mind game I was playing lol. I didn't have it all planned out at the time but that is basically how it went.
Just be clear and honest about how you have some concerns and would like to explore some options. I hope this can help you somehow (I am NOT saying to manipulate people, just to be clear lol). Have a lovely day/night!
I used to drink no water daily. I remedied this by becoming practically addicted to water, and drinking so much water i dont want to or forget to eat.
I do this a lot and fainted twice cause of it
Me too,and since i have asian parents who believe this thing was just crazy people things..
Its a hard life
Hope ya can find a way to feel free soon tho,you deserve it
Seriously, I really need to get diagnosed but coming from an Asian household, I wouldn’t want to think of the “consequences” of telling my parents. Always thought I was shy or simply stupid cus my attention span is so short
That's exactly how I started thinking that I may be autistic. Found some relatable videos, started watching THOUSANDS of those, did research, did tests and I am currently trying to find a professional for a official diagnosis, cause those really help you understand yourself better and why you do things the way you do. I'm really glad that your diagnosis helped you and I really hope that everyone questioning about themselves can get the information they want on this topics. Have a great day/afternoon/night mwah
ME TOO (well, maybe not *thousands* of vids, but similar vein). I actually managed to find a professional diagnostician in my country thanks to the *very first* vid which got me onto the topic (which is super lucky, and partly circumvented the difficulties I would face by being a. female, and b. over the age of, like, 5). Diagnosis is awesome! I seriously hope you're able to find someone to help you, and I gather a lot more of people like us are seeking out proper diagnosis lately. All power to us all haha!
OMG me too!
im actually going to also find a professional for a diagnosis!! im still kinda indenial about it but just like icecream here i would really like to know why i do these things and why i act the way i do cause its extremely frustrating to just do these things and not even know why i do them.... it makes me extremely stressed out sometimes and frustrated sometimes even sitting there crying cause i feel like something is wrong with me but i cant figure out why! 😭😭
Autism ≠ ADHD they are two different things
@@SharkieOttark OP wasn't saying they were the same, just making a comparison about their similar situations. There is a lot of overlap/comorbidity between the two, though, even if they're not the same it's still something to note.
4:50 omg finally someone has illustrated what it feels like, to just "do nothing"/"be still"
Two takeaways from this: 1. there are actually *three* subtypes of ADHD - inattentive, hyperactive, and a combination of those two. I am also diagnosed as the inattentive type. 2. I'm glad the EEG helped you get a diagnosis. It did diddly squat for me, but that because I'm able to just chill out and switch my brain off and stare at the ceiling. Could be due to age or gender too, as that does affect how testing works.
When I went back for a second diagnosis (5 years after the first one after learning that age/gender DO play a role and that I was given a test meant FOR KIDS the first time around) the psychotherapist sat me down and asked questions, did memory/cognition puzzles, and finally a computer test where I had to hit the spacebar every time the letter "x" appeared. The second round of testing took three hours and she was 100% certain in her ADHD-Inattentive diagnosis. I am now working with a psychiatrist for treatment, who specializes in women with ADHD and herself is diagnosed as ADHD-Combined. :)
Overall, thank you for sharing your story and shedding more light on ADHD and the struggles we face with it. :)
i have combined, it sucks
thank you for explaining to other people that there is combined adhd! because that is what i have.
For your second point, I think what you're doing is just hyperfixating on command, but at nothing in particular, I can do the same thing where I can literally force myself to zone out just by willing it
oooh so you CAN have a combination of these two??? that explains a lot of things about meeee..
@@Val_aksy It IS a spectrum after all
Hey! I have adhd too! The way I describe it is that it feels like wading through three feet of water. Everything is just way harder than it should be. But when I started meds, suddenly the water was gone, and for the first time in my life I didn’t feel that resistance. It was surprisingly emotional, like, is this what everyone else feels like? Is this what I’ve been missing this whole time!?
Anyway, congrats on getting diagnosed! It’s always great when those puzzle pieces click together. :)
medication helped me understand what my brain was doing differently all this time, helping me adapt. But i never take them cause they all give me terrible side effects :(
I know that feeling perfectly well. Of feeling like I'm finally normal, and experiencing what it must be like for others.
I take Concerta, but it doesn't fully do the job. But one day as a kid, as I was planning out how to distribute my pills for the next week, I accidentally took 4 instead 1. I was just lost in thought while my body was on auto pilot. But that day was the only day of my life where I could 100% focus. To feel normal and to finally be able to just DO stuff. I want to feel that way again.
This medication is what i like to call study drugs :D
i have the exact same feeling when i am not on my meds
Sup man
I was diagnosed with severe ADHD at a very young age (I'm 22 now and my mom tells me that it was so bad that they apparently thought I had Asperger's syndrome at first before getting me diagnosed) and I know how much of a struggle it can be. sometimes it takes me days to complete the smallest of tasks and honestly I've already lost focus five times writing this. Some of The best advice I can give is don't lose hope. Don't feel like you'll never get a good grade or finish a big task because of your struggle. It will be more challenging, but it will rarely be impossible. The next best advice is that ADHD doesn't have to be a stumbling block. If you can, find something you enjoy that uses the hidden strengths that ADHD provides such as spontaneity and creativity. I've found that if I can get myself in a mindset that uses my ADHD, I can often manage multiple smaller tasks at the same time. It might just be me, but I feel like I accomplish more under stress and I find myself handling situations that others might crack under because of how easily I can switch my focus.
Edit: I know fully well that ADHD and ASD are both spectrums. My parents both grew up in rural America where their only exposure to ASD was what they saw in movies like Mercury Rising. They apparently saw me acting similarly to the child in the movie back when I was 3 or 4 and since it was called Asperger's Syndrome in the movie, that's what they thought I had. I'm not trying to say that me having "severe ADHD" is different from anyone else who has ADHD. I'm only saying that my symptoms were so severe that it was blatantly obvious that I was neurodivergent and my parents thought it was important enough to get me diagnosed. In fact, because it was so obvious, my younger sister didn't even get diagnosed with ADHD until the age of 9 because her symptoms were so much more mild. I'm only using the term "Asperger's" because I'm quoting my mother, who at the time of diagnosis didn't realize that the term was outdated (This would've been back in 2003 in rural Georgia, and my mom grew up in Vermont in an even smaller town). She knows better now, but still says they thought I had Asperger's back before they knew it was the same thing as ASD.
Stress barely affects me but idk if its because of ADHD of that im just always stressed
As someone who has both ASD (formerly known as Asperger’s before the medical community decided not to name the condition after a literal Nazi) and ADHD, and I *wish* I only had one and not the other.
@@Jubbinn_ man 😔
there is no such thing as "severe adhd", adhd is a spectrum /nm
I’m the same as you, I had it so bad that they also thought I had Aspergers
Thank you for making this video. I've been struggling with a lot of these things for most of my life and didn't realize there was a reason. This video was one of the first things that made the lightbulb go off that it was ADHD. I was diagnosed recently and I'm getting the help I need. You're a real one Mr. Sandwich.✨
Once again ice cream’s animations encapsulate my life existence
Wha beautiful wording
Same
Watching the video writeknow I saw the part were you read a paragraph over and over I do the same I practically can't read also I'm done now
same
@@redyspaghttei9618 Ironically, I read your comment multiple times. Truly, I’ve been out-maneuvered.
It's sad that it was necessary, but my Autism diagnosis made me so much more understanding and forgiving of myself. It helped me look at my old and current self with love rather than gross disappointment and criticism. It also helped me allow myself to finally relax a bit mentally (the overthinking and planning every social move I made was a total arse. The pressure immense).
I totally get the relief in having a diagnosis and I'm very happy for you!
I have autism, adhd, and (I think Asphurgers? I probably butchered that name.)
I've never accepted that I might have something that sets me apart even by a little, I can't wrap my head around it.
@subwooferz oh, thanks! I'm smart, but I can't words. 😂
@@iv6123 If you think I function "normally" as an adult you are gravely mistaken. I'm what used to be considered Asperger's Syndrome before it was changed and referred to ASD as a general term which encompasses the whole spectrum. Some people (myself included) just get very good at hiding their symptoms as they get older when others are around. It is not something you grow out of.
@@iv6123 you make a lot of assumption's about people whose lives you know very little about. Why the anger? Are you suffering?
I walk in circles amd talk to myself about something that has absolutely no meaning and hit my hand on things like a lawyer fighting for my clients life
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@ZeroBytes everything he said in me and a bad grades even with hours of studying and trying hard as can I still get 20-30/100
@ZeroBytes yeah in Iraq there's no doctor for those kinda of things and my parents will say ur just a loser that can't be useful for anything and if I said my grades r jus' like shit bc of this they'll kick me out of the house
HAHSNANAHA delate
I walk around the room im in and i dont rlly talk to myself, i think to myself
My living room, kitchen and dining room are pretty much all connected and theres a perfect line from the kitchen to the front door and i walk up and doen that certain “alley” until either my legs get tired or i get bored!
I have ADHD, and I was diagnosed this year. I can relate to everything you said in this video. I have the combined type, and it's been a struggle. But I'm learning to live with it, and I'm finding ways to cope.
I got diagnosed a couple of years ago, and I feel this so hard. A lot of my experience was people telling me how lazy and inconsiderate I was when I knew I was trying my hardest, which made me think I actually wasn't trying my hardest, and that something must be inherently wrong with me because despite wanting to give it my all, I seemingly never did. It wasn't good for my self-esteem to say the least. Now that I'm diagnosed, I know this stuff isn't a moral failing on my part, it's just something I need to learn to work with rather than push against.
I’ve had this exact feeling! The elementary to high school formula never worked for me besides giving me Depression. Understand that your motivation is a much more sensitive bar than other people. Even though I’ve been diagnosed for awhile, my family still doesn’t understand ADHD further than don’t listen in classes (absolutely ridiculous considering our entire family has ADHD). We all march to the beat of our own brainwaves. (Rest is broken up for ease of reading)
I typically find making concrete plans hard with our daring nature to push deadlines. I usually work on as much as I can one day and think about the rest tomorrow, so I can make a plan I don’t need to abide to while giving time for errors.
Shifting gears is usually hard, so change the subject by rewarding some time to yourself (with a timer, you will play for too long easily). Or just focus on one subject for the day, you can probably do this easier in college.
If you struggle to get started with something, set a 5 minute timer to force yourself in the task. It’s easier to tell yourself “just work on this for 5 minutes” than “I have to work on this.” Usually you will get absorbed into it in the 5 minutes and keep going after the timer.
Again, these are just tips I like to use. We all experience ADHD differently and you might find some things more easier to do than me.
@@sugarkane1571 Thanks for the tips! Some of these I actually haven't tried yet, so I'll be sure to give them a shot! :D
omg yes lazy and inconsiderate, those are the words i remember hearing all throughout childhood 😭
…and my parents still wonder why I don’t trust them
@@sugarkane1571 Hello, i have no idea about me being ADHD or anything else but i do feel these uncomfort situations, how did you all got diagnosed?
5:01 "There has been a lot of frustration in my life, because despite trying really hard to focus, I could only achieve half as much as other people..."
this message felt so relatable to me! it's honestly so frustrating when everyone around you says "You're not trying hard enough!" but for you, even just thinking about doing something tires you out. ADHD feels like how a normal person feels when burned out, but that is just our default feeling. I hope that everyone else here that has ADHD can feel less alone after watching this video and reading these comments
Bro, I agree, I feel that! 🫂
For years my father would tell me I need to "apply myself". That I'm not trying hard enough. I remember thinking "I'm doing everything I can" and one day I said it and he replied "it isn't enough. Try harder. Why won't you just try harder?" And I didn't have an answer. It was so long ago and I was so young that I don't remember when exactly it happened. But those words, and all the times I would be berated for "not trying hard enough" have stuck with me ever since and I don't think it'll ever leave. Idk if I have ADHD bc my family's always been to poor to go to a doctor to find out, but they would vehemently protest any time a teacher suggested seeking a diagnosis and would argue that either the teachers weren't doing enough or that I was simply being lazy in class.
OMG YES
@@dadleft8427 that sounds terrible, i hope everything gets better soon
God, its too true! School was a nightmare for me. Homework that most kids could complete on top of extracurriculars and a social life for me took the entire afternoon every day so i couldnt do anything!
Dude, my brother was diagnosed with ADHD five years ago! I'm going to show him this video to prove to him that he is not alone, and should not be afraid of his condition!
Thanks Ice Cream Sandwich, you have no idea how much of a great impact you're making on this community!
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tell him this fact 1 out of every 3 boys in the world are diagnosed with ADHD. he is definitely not alone.
bruh wth would he be scared
@@shartted where tf did you get that information
This is one of the sweetest things I have seen
Rereading the same paragraph over and over, relatable.
Not circles, but pacing and talking to myself, relatable.
Forgetting shit when walking through a doorway, relatable.
Caffeine, it makes me sleepy, relatable.
I don't have ADHD, but I do have autism. Some of the symptoms you listed also happen to me and I'm glad more people are talking about it.
Edit: I just asked my parents, and it turns out I do have ADHD, along with autism!
yeah there a lot of similarities between autism and adhd! I have adhd but I'm really interested in learning about autism
Whoop adhd gang!!
yeah apparently it’s more common to have adhd and autism than just autism which is super interesting :0
autism sucks but adhd sucks even more
Welcome to the group hopefully you have handled it better than me
I have inattentive ADHD and this has been the most relatable thing I have ever watched, I do EVERY single thing he talks about here I didn't know some of these were even because ADHD but it's nice to know I am not alone, sometimes it feels like I am the only one struggling and every single other person is okay.
We here bruther . . . Did I lock the door
I understand that completely! It’s hard not to think that other people don’t struggle as much as you do.
The reality is everyone has struggles, but it’s true that much of struggles for adhd people can be unique to them and make things feel isolating.
Know you aren’t alone, and you can overcome anything with enough time and work. It may take a lot of tricks and a lot of time to figure out which tricks work, but it’s all worth it in the end
Yeah, books are just…..
I've been thinking I had ADHD for a while now, but since I haven't really been hyperactive since I was a kid I figured it might not be (didn't know about inattentive ADHD). I also never wanted to get checked out because me/my family didn't like the idea of getting medications that might affect me negatively. Now hearing him list out the those symptoms right now had completely SHOOK
yeah I do it all apart from the browser tabs. In fact I do the opposite. If I put down my phone without swiping up the apps, Its like I can just feel the app in the phone so I have to swipe it up
The "walking in circles and talking to yourself because you're bored" bit hits close to home, because that was probably one of my earliest ADHD signs. I write a lot of short stories, and the reason I started doing that was because I would walk around and think of stories in my head, but I eventually decided that was weird, so instead I began actually writing them down.
Pretty good way to channel the energy!
Yo same, I transformed mines to RPG stories so my friends could play it, and it really works
Same thing! One-shot fanfics are a breeze because of this. Have trouble continuing series on paper though. Still pace though, but it's supplemented with biking for 2hrs round trip.
Ok i have adhd for sure 100%
You might want to look up Maladaptive Daydreaming cos that sounds like what you are describing.
I totally get that feeling! It’s surprising how easily we can forget important things like a diagnosis. It’s great that you’re recognizing and understanding it now. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Walking in circles talking to myself is literally a daily activity. I too have ADHD and if I'm alone I NEED to do it occasionally.
100% same. Often I do this in the bathroom in front of the mirror, so it's like I'm talking to myself in the mirror. I've done it ever since I was a kid and nobody thought to get me tested.
I was literally talking to myself as I read this, and just caught myself doing it lol.
I have a weird version of this where I do twitch streamer commentary whenever I do anything.
I think I used to do this but now I replaced it with always being on TikTok and Reddit. Or I’m still talking to myself WHILE on TikTok and Reddit…
I do it Infront of other people aswell, I cant talk and being sit at the same time. My father always got angry at me for walking arround the table while we talked
as someone with recently diagnosed adhd, and am in the progress of the mess that are meds, it’s really nice to see someone you respect talk about it! thank you for sharing your story and touching on the way media portrays the surface of adhd
Ikr my pharmacy completely ran out of my medication for a couple weeks!
Is the meds a necessary thing ?? (Asking out of curiosity)
@@justlina5091 I have ADHD and I don't need them, but maybe that's just me.
I 100% agree!
@@justlina5091 no stimulant medication is the most effective way to treat it but you can see significant improvement with different changes or non-stimulant. The most important thing is treat it individually, it’s not the same person to person because you have different brains literally. Change your dose it matters. Caffeine is a stimulant also so I noticed I abused it significantly less after.
I have primarily inattentive ADHD, and I thought you might also have ADHD because of your sense of humor and comedic timing. There were just so many jokes that I found absolutely hilarious and matched my bizarrely specific style of humor. Good luck on your ADHD journey Andy!
P.S. This comment isn't meant to diminish anyone's challenging experiences with ADHD. I've had a hard time getting diagnosed, getting treatment, and being taken seriously too. I just wanted to be a bit light-hearted and I'm sorry if it didn't come across as I intended it. I hope you're all doing OK and living your best lives
Question. How would you know you have adhd. Im not officially diagnosed but people say i act like i have it because i have an EXTREMELY short attention span and i need to be doing something 100% of the time
@@SW-8228 Is your attention span the only symptom you have?
@@SW-8228The only way you would know for sure is to talk to a psychiatrist that specializes in adhd/autism.
@@SW-8228 the only way to know is to be tested and diagnosed by an actual doctor. If you think you might be get tested. Do not self diagnose playing 20 questions with a moron online
OH dude, I thought the same thing about him. I swear, us neurodivergent folk can smell each other from space LMAO
I remember few years back after my wife died, I was left alone with 3 kids. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with bipolar. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment changed my life for better. I can proudly say i'm totally clean for 6 years and still counting. Always look to nature for solution to tough problems, Shrooms are phenomenal.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in London. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
Can I Google this dude? How can I find him
Yes he's Predroshrooms. I know few friends who no longer suffer ptsd and anxiety with the help of shrooms. Never had to take shrooms after then.
I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago in my senior year of hs and lemme tell you, I so understand the relief of just. Being able to put a name to what's going wrong. Like being able to identify what is happening and why it's happening was like exciting for me, and being able to look back at all my behaviours and being able to go oh that's why I do that! Even for like neutral or innocuous things, just knowing WHAT is going on up there and being able to identify how it affects my personality and my behaviour is really comforting for me. I'm excited for the next video, oh boy medication is a trip
I don’t take medicine I don’t struggle with adhd but I feel all these things it’s very exciting
Them withdrawal symptoms are crazy when you try to stop taking the meds, shit is a trip.
I take meds but it’s because my ADHD (inattentive type) is co-morbid with severe anxiety (either generalized or social) and it helps lower my anxiety. I recently has to start a small dose of antidepressants tho as college was making my anxiety so bad. The side effects were bad but I’m glad I did because i would be struggling so bad rn hahaha
ikr no one gets that
As someone with ADHD, I relate hard to the “walking around in circles talking to myself” part. I find that whenever I’ve got the creativity flowing, and imagination turned on, that it’s the best way to brainstorming ideas. I’m hyperactive, so walking around gives me something to do, and saying it out loud keeps my thoughts straight
But Don't you get dizzy?
Not really, I tend to pace all over the room, back and forth
thank god for this video i thought i was just insane
i was diagnosed with ADHD at a very young age but never really learned a lot of the quirks about it so throughout my entire life ive just been learning that im not as crazy as i thought
I have ADHD and it was only when I was in my 20s did I get diagnosed. As my daughter grew I noticed a lot of her habits and behaviour were eerily similar to mine as a child. When I was discussing the symptoms with my husband and parents my mother said "oh that's normal and nothing. You did that and you were still an excellent student so no need to waste time going to the specialist" and my husband and I were silently staring at her as the little knobs in her brain clicked and realized that it was really obvious that I had ADHD growing up
nowadays every1 has adhd, autism and depression cuz attention lol
@@04SlhS nobody cares, you’ve copied & pasted this below nearly every comment
ADHD doesnt come and go, you live forever with it
Hi, I'm also 20 and I am VERY suspicious of my condition. But I don't know how and who to check this with. Do you just go to a authorized hospital and ask for a check?
@@enavincorporated nearly every comment was " OhoH i HaD mU aDhD IN wHen Blah blah blah"
As a fellow ADHDer I'm proud to announce that I made it through the entire video. The incredibly adorable animation helped a lot :)
I am someone who has been diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD twice. First time was way back when I was in High School and I was stressing out over my grades. Second time was recently, because I thought I had a different condition and wanted it confirmed. It turns out problems making and keeping friends is also a symptom of ADHD.
Wait what??? Having problems making and keeping friends is an ADHD thing???
@@hehashivemind6111 yes, because we're neurodivergent so we have our own type of communication that is on a different wavelengths than neurotypicals
@@hehashivemind6111 I had the exact same response 😂😂😂
Guess I'll just have to accept being alone in this life 😊
@@hehashivemind6111 also because ADHD brains tend to forget about things not right in front of it or in daily use + time is fake.
so if you don't see your friends regularly, you forget they exist (not maliciously, just your brain trying to prioritize Right Now information)
then when you DO remember/have the attention span to text, call, or hang out it's been days/weeks/months.... (definitely not speaking from experience or anything >.>)
That's why I just form a hive mind of fellow adhd/asd peeps
We all know we can never hope to make more friends so we vibe
Holy JEEPERS. This is like identical to my experience getting diagnosed! It feels so good to have a larger TH-camr share their experience makes me feel less alone. My favorite memory that was actually a sign is that I discovered in 5th grade that caffeine does not work on me either. We had to do a science fair project and I just happened to choose the effects of caffeine on heart rate. As a 12 yo child I chugged an entire red bull at 8 in the morning with a heart monitor strapped to me, and it did not change. Nothing happened. Apparently it was an ADHD thing. Also getting addicted to sugar bc it helped my focus. W/ out realizing it, I was self-medicating lol. Love the vids, but this one especially!!!
Omg same!! I had caffeine one time and I was shaking but I didn’t feel like I was more awake or had any energy like most people describe…. My brain was still going just as fast paced and crazy
No wonder my first coffee (& only coffee so far) didn't do anything for me.
I was in law school when I realized because I was drinking four monsters a day just trying to wake up and concentrate 😂
yea i’ve read that craving sugar means we are low on dopamine, or something like that. i forgot what it said exactly
I also got diagnosed like a year ago, and yeah, it's insane just HOW ADHD we can be without thinking we are because media tells us it's "ooh squirrel!!"
I know man
I mean, he literally ate the chocolate he was getting for somebody else. How is that not "Oh, chocolate!"?
@@lLenn2 Because it's not the chocolate itself that distracted him, he was distracted by something completely unrelated and his mind started wandering. When he eventually realised he had chocolate again his mind was so far off that the most logical conclusion he could come to at that moment was that he had gotten it for himself.
Again, the difference here isn't that he went "Oh chocolate! Me eat!" It's more like; "Oh, what? Chocolate? Why am I holding chocolate? Aw well, might as well eat it."
Am I making the distinction clear?
@@4yinyang Yeah, the distinction is that you don't know the comedy. They're literally the same thing.
@@lLenn2 what comedy? Did I miss a joke you made or something? Because no they're not, that is exactly what I was trying to get across.
One version of this is being so scatterbrained and lacking self-control to the point where seeing food makes you eat it immediately. This is the wrong way to understand ADHD.
The other version is where you set out to complete a task, something takes up your focus momentarily and that small distraction is so destructive to your concentration that you literally don't even remember the original task you set out to do and then when you realise your mistake it all comes back and hits you like a truck. So even though the end result may be effectively the same, the cause and reaction is vastly different.
Even though he makes this "oh, piece of candy" joke in the video here, he also mentions how ADHD is misrepresented in media and the chocolate story was meant to be a real world example of what living with ADHD is actually like. This is what the original commentor "Identity" was referring to.
ADHD isn't just a dramatic reflexive reaction to stimuli, it is a hypersensitivity to distractions and difficulty gripping on to focus, among other things.
I think the guy in the All at once-atron was just blasted with all of the energy the sun gives out in the duration of the sponsorship "All at once"
I did well in high school so I had no reason to question my mental health until university hit me like a truck and I realized "Wow, suddenly doing ANYTHING is insanely hard". I started to question if I had ADHD after seriously relating to a tweet that just said "you aren't lazy. you just have ADHD" and I felt a wave of relief after realizing that. Thank you for opening up about your experiences!
As soon as you need to do actual projects and long term learning instead of the night before the hell starts lmao
@@croozerdog The structure of learning typically also changes a LOT between school and university.
School is interactive, small classes, and the teacher is usually trying their damnedest to keep you engaged. They're constantly checking in to make sure people are... drumroll... paying attention.
At university I suddenly had to sit through two-hour LECTURES in a room full of five hundred other students, in addition to the change of living on my own and managing a basic household. Also, the amount and complexity of material had increased, and suddenly my "study the day before" "strategy" which I had employed in high school up to and including the final exams was no longer cutting it, I had to learn to study PROPERLY at the ripe age of 20, a skill most people had to develop in childhood. I started getting worse grades than I'd had in YEARS and didn't understand why I was struggling so much until much, much later. I'd had the preconceived notion that ADHD was the "bouncy kid" stereotype, and I didn't discover its wide range of symptoms - and how much of what I'd always considered to be personality quirks of mine lined up with it - until I noticed a weird overlap between "tips for people who procrastinate" and "tips for people with ADHD" posts on social media.
I'm doing okay now but it's been a much longer and harder road than it had any right to be, and I'm still undiagnosed (and so far, have been told by at least one supposed ADHD specialist that my grades in elementary school were too good for me to have ADHD. :') )
The point is, SO MANY ADULTS only hit their wall when their coping mechanisms for ADHD fail and the symptoms start disrupting their life only after a significant transition. For some it's higher education, for some it's a more demanding job, etc. If you're a woman, they're also very likely to try to tell you that your problems are anxiety and depression rather than taking an ADHD diagnosis seriously. (I mean, yes... I do have depression from the beating my self-worth takes from my executive dysfunction, and I have anxiety because after too many things lost or forgotten, and too many appointments missed, my anxiety is dedicated to making sure that doesn't happen again even if it has to flood my system with adrenaline to do it.) I'll give getting a diagnosis another shot as soon as I can do it without my psychiatry-averse family catching wind of it.
@@Hekateras ugh I totally relate to how hard it is to get a diagnosis for adhd as a woman. Before I saw my family doctor, I just talked to two different walk-in doctors at my clinic and both of them steered the conversation to depression or anxiety cus they didn't believe I would have ADHD. It wasn't until I saw my family doctor that she took me seriously.
@@Hekateras Best thing about getting a diagnosis for me was the meds. They legit help a lot. I only got diagnosed like a year ago and I've already "ruined" my adult live by fricking up jobs and school. But since the meds I have a bit of hope of actually holding onto something.
The sad thing is that meds like that work very differently for different people and as far as I heard the US way isn't the best.
My psych had me start with 5mg, checking my weight and heart every week until an optimal working dose. I have Murican friends that straight up got a higher dose than mine to start with. I hope that isn't the case for Ice too. Even a slight overdose makes you feel like complete poo.
For example, I'm on 10mg. On 15-20mg I start heavily sweating and can feel my heart pounding.
But working meds though. Imagine being able to vacuum your whole house without doing other task inbetween leaving everything half done, was like magic the first few times.
Thank you for this! My 14-year-old has combined-type ADHD and has a hard time communicating to us what it feels like. He sent this video to me and asked me to watch it. He said “I really relate to this” ❤ I also remember when we took him to get tested … the dr came out and said, “ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.” Um, yeah. That’s why we’re here.
"Sir, I need you to focus on the test to test your inattitentiveness!"
"If the plural of bee is bees, oh that rhymes with eevee, eevees? Wait, no, tree trees makes sense. Fits the pattern. Eevee. Hehe."
I was diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD at 19(am 26 now) and i can still remember my neurologist's face as she wrote down notes on how i was performing in her tests. "Yikes" and "Oof", is how i would describe her expression. It's funny because i was kinda nervous about what the results would be. It's not that i wanted to have ADHD, but having it confirmed would be better than not knowing why i was struggling as i was.
There were supposed to be some waiting time for the results to come back after being checked by multiple specialists, but my mom was curious and asked my neurologist if she could tell by what she had observed that day, if there were anything she could positively see. And both my mom and me didn't expect much as the test had to be looked at further, but my neurologist barely let my mom finish asking. "Yes! She got ADD. There is no question about it!" 😂 Well then.
Dr Berg says wild caught fish helps ADHD. I think unfortified nutritional yeast or grassfed freeze dried liver pills are great for B vitamins cause Berg said B vitamins AND wildcaught fish helps. Btw fish pills are rancid
>the dr came out and said, “ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.” Um, yeah. That’s why we’re here.
>the dr came out and said, “ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.”
>“ he’s having a really hard time focusing on the tests.”
EWE WOT M8R
I have both and I also have autism high functioning
As a fellow adhd-er, hearing about the sitting still for 30 minutes just now made me feel physical pain.😭
When I was diagnosed I didn’t do an EEG but I did several screenings and tests and one of them included me doing the same boring task for 20 minutes and I was SO restless and I could’ve cried out from the understimulation.😂
remove adhd
I am not yet diagnosed but staying still for 30 minutes is a hellish NIGHTMARE😭 Also, he mentioned all the things I do everyday....so I might wanna go and get diagnosed😅
@@dimitraartistautisticidiotr WOW!! YOU'RE SO SMART AND INSPIRATIONAL
Bro this psychologist did a test with me too see if i had any other diagnosis’s it was literally 100 questions and she kept asking the same questions sometimes too see if i was even paying attention shit got me so mad
I forgot I sat in the same place for more than 5 minutes and your comment reminded me of that I did (and that I need to get up because my brain just doesn't let me stay in 1 place for more that 1 minute)
So like people don’t talk to themselves for hours on end then realizing they’re talking to themselves and talk to themselves about how it’s not normal to talk to themselves
As someone with adhd.
I felt this in the kneecaps
Caught me off guard lmao
I got diagnosed with "ADD" now " Inattentive ADHD" about 1.5 years ago. This is the most relatable video for me, I experience literally every symptom he had said.
i have ADHD and i agree
Me too@@bread-vf9gz
ADD isn't used anymore, it's all ADHD.
So they added da H to it 😂
i experience every sympton he had said too, but i am still in denial. i don't have adhd.
As someone who was diagnosed with ADD (that’s what it was then) in the 80’s, this spoke to me. Really appreciate your talent and your candidness ice cream sandwich.
Here is the full Clip : icecream sandwich face reveal
th-cam.com/video/mCfYi7634rU/w-d-xo.html
ADD team represent! But from the 00’s
Everything you said is super relatable. I'm so glad that I'm not alone, and I hope I get diagnosed soon. There aren't many resources un my county for such a thing, but I'll see what I can get.
The part where you talk to yourself and spin in circles really hit home for me. I burst out laughing because I thought I was the only one who does that. My parents thought I was schizophrenic, crazy, and joke about this "other person" from time to time whenever they catch me talking to myself. I know I am not, I really just enjoy the activity. I am not diagnosed with ADHD yet but I really do believe I have. Before I sleep or leave the house I have to check the door more than 4 times just to make sure it is locked and even then I am still really unsure. Reading paragraphs more than twice really is another thing, it is not like I am uninterested in the topic, your mind kinda just flies and you forget what you were doing and you have to start over, it really is annoying. Thanks for sharing! Had a good laugh and sigh of relief.
That explains why clean my nose while walking around the house, lol. I don’t even like going out for walks (by myself), but I can’t help but do it while cleaning the ol’ nasal cavity, lol.
I was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago too. Same kind of "oh wait that thing I do all the time is not just a weird quirk about me". I'm still constantly learning about new things that are apparently related to my ADHD.
Medication was a world of difference within hours and was honestly one of the best things to happen to me. Hopefully it will be/already is the same for you
I'm right there with you. It's amazing just how helpful medication is.
Same here.
I had a bad drug once with the Side effect of Making me Basically Emotionally Flat/Dead.
To Find the Correct Drug is very Important.
I fear he is not taking medication, he didn’t sound really ‘enthusiastic’ about them.
:/
I really hope his medication video isn’t like Dream’s _Mask_ video and that I misunderstood him
When i was little and just starting to get medicated i was just, really wanting to be the best kid ever that day. I was in lunch and heard all the kids talking and being loud and decided that in order to be “good” i’d sit on my own in silence and eat. A really odd memory, but we switched me to a different dosage and now its chill lol.
Are there alternatives to pills? I don’t really want to be reliant on them and pay for them forever, and I’m wondering if the process is even worth it if that’s all they suggest.
Them: “Stay still for 30 minutes”
Me: “But I can fidget right?”
Them: no
Me:*whispers “ah shhhhhhhhhhhiitake mushrooms… hehe”
“Can I at least watch a TH-cam video? My brain craves stimulation.”
I would probably look like I am staying still for 30 minutes...but oh boi is a wild ride going on in my brain during that time period
@LaNoir. Pretty sure that's probably what they are trying to measure in this test. How active your brain is when (it's forced to) doing nothing.
Probably the most unfunny comment I've ever seen
I KNOW that as ADHD'ers we have alot of tabs open on our P.C's, but I haven't seen someone besides yourself talk about how much RAM we need to sustain those which is around 30 G.B or even precisely that figure which rlly appealed to that slightly technical and pedantic side of me, so thanks for making my day:))))
Had a very similar experience being on the autism spectrum. As an adult I kinda just started to slowly piece it together, and once I did, so many memories of "why did I do that?" made sense. And just, y'know, why I currently act/think the way I do. I discussed it with my psychiatrist to get an official diagnosis, and I did. Since it wasn't caught as a kid, it's not like I get accommodations for it or something. But it's nice to understand 'why'.
ADHD and Autism are very often comorbid but its only recently that things have changed to allow both to be diagnosed together. prior it was one of the other and treatment suffered as a result. If you're lucky enough to be able to get treatment/assessment without needing to sell your firstborn, then I'd recommend getting an updated diagnosis.
I find it helps to have a name for what happens to me. Ironically, bipolar disorder ALSO shares symptoms with ADHD, so that muddled up everything again. But I have a treatment plan I‘m mostly comfortable with, and medication that helps, so I‘m not really complaining. I hope the USA‘s health system changes for the better in your lifetime. That sounds really depressing…. But you guys deserve help and support, beyond „thoughts and prayers“.
Ditto! I went to get ADHD tested and came back with an ASDiagnosis... at 40 😅
@@minipancho94 Well personally i wonder if that's what happened to me, because officially i only have autism, but i can relate to a lot of videos talking about ADHD symptoms sometimes even more than then people talk about having autism.
You can actually get quite a few accommodations at jobs legally if you have an official autism diagnosis. Depending on the laws in your country. You should look into it.
I was extremely lucky to be diagnosed at age 6 and I STILL have trauma. I’m incredibly proud not only of your willingness to seek out a diagnosis but also of your strength for managing without understanding this aspect of yourself for so long. Welcome to the community. 🐿
trauma from what? adhd has nothing to do with trauma as far as I know
I had no idea you could get trauma from adhd. Do you think you would have been okay if you got diagnosed at an even earlier age?
i have autism and it is indeed pain
OOH squirrel. Have a like.
adhd tends to cause an inferiority complex and low self esteem and generally icky things(I'm pretty sure it also encourages an authoritarian parenting style)- that might be what they're talking about.
God this video really resonated with me - especially being a female and having very severe ADHD (the extreme inattentive kind) I was just always told I was “lazy, weird, or not trying hard enough” esp throughout high school. I always considered myself intelligent, but when I thought I did well on say, a math test, and ended up getting a C while literally everyone else got like an A or B+, I just really started to feel like a failure by senior year. Like I could do nothing right. I was finally diagnosed last year as well, because those extreme feelings of anxiety that developed, were the primary reason I didn’t go to university out of high school.
My meds really do help me to stay focused, but I do find I still struggle. I guess I always will, but I’m step by step learning to accept and love myself again.
Also my thing is going off on super long tangents about all these random things that I usually completely forget the original point I was trynna make. And I feel like Ive just done that again with this comment lol
I also do the walking around in circles, talking to myself, for hours on end as well lol
ive got it pretty severe as well, ill go like a whole week not brushing my teeth for the simple fact i forgot to think of it
or go the whole day without eating because i dont have any motivation to make something (repeat every day)
Oh, good choice on not going to college. I had a similar experience in high school and college just crushed me. Made me feel absolutely worthless. Yea, and I also walk around in circles for hours, talking to myself. :D
The hardest question as you get older is, "do I tell my boss and co-workers so they understand why I'm like this, I can tell I'm annoying them and I know what I should do, just stop talking just shut up and listen like everyone else, but I know I'm not gonna do that. So do I tell them so they understand? Or will that forever change the way they see and treat me, like will I just become my condition to them, and anything I do they will just assume it's because of this, and how might that impact my career and professional relationships?"
Stream of thought babbling oh wait what point was I trying to make is something I do a LOT.
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Huh...
3:12 OMG!!! I LITERALLY THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID AND I FELT WEIRD BECOZ I DID BUT I LIKE JUST THINKING AND JUST LIKE WALKING FOR NO REASON LIKE U OMGGGG DUDE TY FOR GIVING ME COMFORT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
I relate to the part of having weird relief. I felt it when I was diagnosed with autism. It doesn’t change how I am, but I now know why I am.
Not knowing is possibly the worst feeling ever. It's sucks and I can see why you felt relief
There's a weird relief but also frustration because all the times you get made to feel stupid and inadequate when it's literally something you can't help.
i got diagnosed when i was 2 and a half 3 maybe and since babies are dumb i just don’t even remember getting diagnosed at all
Back when I was undiagnosed, I definitely blamed myself for all my shortcomings. A basic deficit of attention span was, in my mind, an indication of a critically flawed character and distinct lack of willpower. I blamed myself. And when people asked me "what is WRONG with you?!?" I legitimately had no answer.
When I was diagnosed, people would hear the news and be like, "I'm sorry to hear that," and I'd be like, "yo, this is literally the best thing that's ever happened to me and you're sorry to hear it? Do I need to explain that there's hope now in what had been a dark and desperate existence?"
Suffice it to say, I'm a lot happier now.
I feel this. My fiancé recently pointed out some ADHD signs I was showing and I honestly had never thought about it before, but looking back it makes sense. I struggled a lot with studying and exams in highschool, I can't do anything more than 20 minutes before getting bored but I always put it down to just a short attention span. Not to mention the reactions I have when getting stressed. I'm 24 now, and I do plan on going to the Dr about it but I'm waiting, I'm moving to the US within the next year and here in the UK things like ADHD for adults can take a long time to diagnosed, it was estimated a minimum 2 years to me with all the different things they have to do, sometimes it can take much longer, but I hear it's a lot quicker in the US so I'll just wait till then to speak to someone :')
I hope it works out for you, it can be tough getting a diagnosis in general. I am in the US too and am considering paths for diagnosis, stuff is expensive.
Yh I’ve been waiting for help since July and nothing has happened yet I hate how long it’s taking I hope u can get support soon! Most of my friends have adhd so we try to help each other, it’s good to find a community of people who have similar experiences to you so u feel less alone:)
While it's quicker in the US 1 important thing to note
US Healthcare SUCKS ASS, depending on the state having no insurance can make even something as simple as an ADHD test cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars
The Healthcare here sucks, it sucks really badly
4:42 That's actually rather ingenius. Holding still like that will make any adhd brain go CRAZY for a bit, making the brainwave detector pick that up easily and measurably.
This video is so real I related so much throughout the video it’s like you are my twin
This video is so relatable. Im 17 and come from a pretty chinese family that dont really think mental illness is real. So when i brought it up to my mom that i think i have adhd and i wanna go have it diagnosed. She straight up told me no and that people with adhd are crazy (ps my mom is a very caring person, shes just really traditional). Its still weird that i catch myself doing things without even noticing it like bumping into things all the time when i already saw it coming, trying to focus or stay still, moving parts of my body, talking to myself all the time, forgetting things etc but thats to ice cream for making this video
Chinese here too. My parents think of the same thing. So now here's me barely making it to senior year of college and can't go forward anymore because I deadass can't sit down for 2 hours to do any assignment. I went to one psychiatrist for a triage appointment and she was basically like "yeah obviously we need to do more testing but your signs are very obvious"
Hey man, welcome to the ADHD club. We're so glad to have you here. Glad this kind of thing is getting more attention so more people can get the help they need and I know it can- oo a piece of candy
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Thanks i been in tgis club for 6 years now lol
Recently been told by my parents that I have ADHD. They hid it from me for 18 years straight. Now they're against the idea that I go get my diagnosis because I'm going to "hide" behind the fact that I have it when in truth I just want to treat it.
As a fellow inattentive adhd person, it took me 20 minutes to watch the entire video bc I got distracted
the yt recommendation list is adhd in itself
i rewinded it maybe 6 times at different parts :>!
lucky me I am currently hyper focusing on ADHD as I have just found out so this works well for once. Didn't really finish anything at work for days but hey now I know everything about my condition.
i watched 2x speed LOPL
Thank you SO MUCH for speaking about this (and ppl in the comments too). I thought for a long time that I had ADHD, and I spent tons of time researching about it. But I never actually went to get diagnosed, partially because I was worried my family wouldn’t believe me but also because I didn’t want to think of myself (or have other people think of me) as different or abnormal. But seeing how I related to almost EVERY single thing, and hearing that you felt relief after knowing you had it, definitely convinced me to go get diagnosed. Especially because people in the comments also related to you. Again, thank you Mr. Sandwich and thank you wonderful commenters!! I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful day!
im right there with you, same thought about being "abnormal" or its just me, i dont have it. after he explained some symptoms and im sitting here right now pushing a deadline till i cant push any further or the various other things that made me question earlier if id have it. i might just make an appointment(oh god, im so gonna forget that) and find out
oh my gosh same??? it was really bad in 5th grade for me, which was last year, i would look into it constantly and see that i related to a lot of what i saw, and when i told my friends about it they didn't believe me, one of them didn't even know what neurodivergent meant, and my mom acts like it's the plague so i'm too scared to tell her even though she's one of the people i trust the most,,,,,,
Haha, Mr Sandwich...
@@thorvonfalin9975 If you have an iPhone, reminders and notes help SO MUCH
My parents felt the same way (which influenced how I felt/my ability to pursue a diagnosis growing up). But, it's been 3 years since I pushed to get diagnosed, and it's honestly one of the accomplishments/initiatives I'm most proud of in my life so far -- it's such a relief, like the vid says, to have access to language and understanding about how your brain works (and how it differs from what's considered to be the norm). Best of luck to you, I hope it goes well and that you have support from knowledgeable and compassionate people!
I too have ADHD. I was diagnosed at a young age, and medication has really helped me. I was able to not only do well in school but even get into honors programs in high school and get As. Over a decade later, I still take ADHD medication every morning, and it has helped so much. If I forget my medication, it's very obvious that something is wrong, but on most days when I remember it, no one would ever suspect that I have ADHD. However, there still are a few ADHD symptoms that the medication doesn't help with like always doing assignments last minute or occasionally forgetting to eat multiple meals in the same day. That last one is a little scary. This video is great because I can relate to so many of the ADHD symptoms that you list, and I didn't even know that a couple of them were because of ADHD.
my meds, of which have needed to rack higher and higher dosages, at the higher dosage levels, make me not feel hunger
even off my meds i cant feel when im hungry
My mom never really cared to get me tested growing up bc I have the inattentive type (so it's not as outwardly presenting) but since I was part of the Honors programs and all that despite my symptoms, she figured it wasn't that much of an issue ): ...I only now got diagnosed in 2021 at age 26.... I totally feel that with the symptoms meds don't help but I'm so glad I finally have a team of docs helping me work through this (:
I was myself diagnosed when I was about... 17 I think.
And was offered medication.
however, I at the time was very much... against medication.
I didn't want to be addicted to a drug (as by definition is it by all technicality an addiction if you need the drug to function like a normal human being)
However, looking back, I should have accepted getting those drugs.
As getting the rights to drugs now is a nightmare of waiting months to get to even talk to people about it.
-_-
stupid young me.
You probably forget to eat meals because your not hungry. A lot of ADHD medication is also used by models to stop eating and it’s one of the very annoying side effects of ADHD medication.
I've known for years that I've had ADHD but I didn't know the symptoms until I watched this video. I first saw this about a year ago and forgot the symptoms. Some of them, such as pacing in my bedroom and talking to myself for a couple hours basically every day, forgetting if I closed a door or something like that, and putting stuff off until the last minute were all things I thought EVERYONE did and forgot that they were signs of ADHD until I watched the video again last month.
Huge symptom of ADHD I struggle with is rejection sensitive dysphoria(RSD). I was told my whole life that I was really sensitive and a people pleaser, didn’t realize until recently that it’s all due to RSD, specifically anything I perceive as rejection hurts way more than it would a normal person. If you have ADHD and have been diagnosed with a mood disorder I would highly recommend reading more about RSD as it frequently gets misdiagnosed as a mood disorder
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wow. here you are with the sensitive and emotional comment, only to be ruined by the bots. i'm so sorry for you, and i hope you're doing well
oh... OH.... OHHHHH! well that explains alot! thank you very much for this info! a quick google search and that answert alot of questions for me :D
Interesting. I was diagnosed with ADHD, PTSD, Schizoaffective, General Mood Disorder and Tourette's. I haven't officially started going to therapy, I've been putting it off and I expect there to be more diagnosis to come. I haven't heard of RSD, I might have it.
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Been diagnosed with ASD and ADHD since I was 5 years old, I’m so glad people are being more open and honest about stuff like this ❤
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yeah i have dyslexia and adhd :p still do lego lol
Wooo woooo 🎉
Ah, Antisocial Sociopathic Disorder. A doozy indeed
@@machete660It could also be autism spectrum disorder, which is probably what they mean because autism is usually with adhd, but it could be any
I also waited til my mid 20s to get diagnosed and understand why i did all the little fiddly diddly funny things
hyperactive ADHD be like getting diagnosed for ✨quirky ✨ :)
yayyy adhd animators for the win✨✨✨
Here before this blows up
Strangely it hasnt blown up yet.
@@GSteelG true lol
Hii! Omg I love yozu
from 2:56 to 4:22 here is the ones that i, a person diagnosed with ADHD, also do,
not sure if locked/multi checking
talk to self when alone (not walking in circles)
rereading book paragraphs
forgetting about a task i’m about to do
(i don’t drink coffee i don’t like it)
procrastination, especially if it’s for school
I also got diagnosed with ADHD during the pandemic. Because I thought the reason I could never get anything done was because of depression. But then I went on antidepressants and the frozen states of procrastination got way worse. I feel like my ADHD gets worse as I age. Or rather I'm expected to have a handle on it, and I don't. I wish I could make more effective use of my time, smarts and talents. But mostly I just watch stuff.
That's me right now, in the "dr's think it's only depression"
o.o
you should try getting on stimulant medication, as that's the first line of treatment for adhd. anti-depressants do not alleviate adhd symptoms nor are they meant to treat adhd.
If you are a Christian, I would really suggest you pray and ask GOD about it, for HE knows you and created you. HE loves you so much that HE sent HIS one and only son, JESUS. I pray for your healing, and circumstances would change, I pray that the fear inside would flee in JESUS name…
Song: I speak the Name of Jesus
@@whoopsadoodle1105 why u spend time under a comment about neurodivergincy of the persons brain, that can't be "healed". this is not the best way to talk about your religion by randomly posting about Jesus
@@Yuumiiiiiiiii If you do not “randomly” post about Jesus and what He does, you cannot reach everyone. This may be the only time this commenter has ever heard about the Lord. I believe God can help everyone, if it is the will of God. It is my goal to spread happiness and goodness with everyone, not just people who want to hear it.
I was diagnosed with ADHD last year and this was the first person talking about their ADHD that I could relate to. I wasn't finding myself relating to other people's experiences, and I was afraid that I was misdiagnosed, or that I was faking it without even knowing. this video gave me so much relief seeing someone else go through basically the exact same thing as me.
for anyone wondering, I tried Adderall and it worked while I was in school but I'm graduated now and it didn't help with anything, so now I'm just kinda here
I don't know if i should test myself because there are so many things that are 180° not ADHD, but I still relate to so many different things.
Reading paragraphs 10x or more? yes.
Placing my phone somewhere and then wonder where I put it? always.
Procrastination? I don't even know anymore if I have any motivation for shit because I postpone everything until last minute (thats where motivation kicks in and i go brrt)
But on the other hand:
Meditation and because of that doing nothing? nice.
hyperfocus? idfk, i atleast dont forget to drink and notice when people call me
10 thoughts at the same time? I dont think so
Based on how you format and present your videos I always assumed you had ADHD and figured you were aware of it, I had no idea you had no idea. Your videos bring me so much joy because they run much like how my own ADHD brain functions. Welcome to the ADHD family!
HOW would you assume that? xD i gotta know the signs pleasee
@@AnityEx I personally saw it in his Personality video when he said that he has a problem with getting tasks done because he gets distracted or procrastinates and had to be constantly reminded about it. To me that’s a huge part of ADHD.
Lowkey tho, I vibe with this comment on a personal basis
I felt I wasn't able to truly appreciate this video until I was professionally diagnosed
And I have recently got my diagnosis so I feel able to appreciate this more
(it's also the inattentive type)