The ADHD Test!
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- Here is The ADHD Test! A lot of the time I get similar questions from you guys wondering what ADHD symptoms are and wondering if you have ADHD. While i'm no doctor, I decided I would put together a quiz that will help you in defining whether or not you should go to see a doctor about ADHD!
This test is not a definitive diagnosis and shouldn't be taken as one but these are genuine symptoms of ADHD and will help you in figuring out if you should go to have a real diagnosis from a doctor.
ADHD Resources:
www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
www.additude.com/
add.org/
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"Do you get easily distracted"
Me: missed half of the video reading the comments
Same
The video has barely started and I’m already lost in the comments HELP
Y'all the shade
Thanks for reminding me to actually watch the video.
Edit: nvm, a song came in my mind and had to watch it
Same
*Me having every symptom on the list*
My brain: your lying.
Sameee
Highkey same
Me: has been diagnosed years ago twice because I wasn’t sure
My brain now: okay but what if you’re wrong
Me, thinking about a third diagnosis test: what if I’m wrong
Same
Me: I got 9 out of 10
My brain: Nah your fine, its normal
Me: okay
Bro just explained my personality in 8 minutes 😶
Tbh I’ve always known I’ve had ADHD, I can’t keep still, have a hard time focusing, get distracted easily, when I am uninterested I zone out and when I’m into something I shut out the rest of the world, like I’ll be reading in class and I’ll look up and realize everybody is packing up.
I have all those 😂
10/10 i got every single thing he said and i almost cried how detailed and relatable these things he said word to word were, but im scared to tell my parents but then find out that i have nothing, it will look like i fake it but i really don't!
its a gift to hav adhd bro really iv lived with it on the extream way for over 25 years yh
Don't be afraid to tell your parents:)
But If you're really uncomfortable with it, try to tell a friend or a family member!
You don't have to say you have it, you say you think you might have it & maybe want to get it checked out!
i used to be in the exact same boat as you.
have a teacher contact your parents on your behalf, or just outright ask them. idk what your family situation is like.
also the actual test is pretty much just a questionnaire similar to this. which of these symptoms do u have? how long have u noticed them? do u have family history with adhd? stuff like that. if u have 10/10 of these, i would bet money that u have adhd.
same here...I have done several adhd tests and all of them said that i've adhd...as an asian i'm super scared to tell my parents😶
This feels like a “this you?” quiz
Yeah, it kinda does
What's that
It does
i feel exposed
yea
“Are you easily distracted?” Me staring at the lights in the back
Last Resort I did that
" are you easily distracted" me clicking on Last Resort's profile to stare at her picture and daydream about her
I was tryna see if it was an ironing board and having a conversation with myself
Last Resort are you easily distracted me started at ur comment for more than half the video
Same
I'm a female, 65, and just recently (like a few weeks ago recently) discovered I have ADHD. It explains so much.
We both are opposites then! Im 15 and i just discovered i have it, i didnt even know until i read what adhd actually meant lol
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporessss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
Me, who’s already been diagnosed with ADHD: “I think I might have ADHD”
Never hurts to check in with yourself :)
i was formerly diagnosed in middle school and i never truly believed it until it was in college. i remember in hs talking to my therapist about not believing i have adhd and she said ‘you’re a 9/10 for symptoms’
Lol me too
But I have ADD
lmao
@@k8_cringe I clicked on your comment on accident, but then I was like "woah, sorry...kate." but I said it like really emphasized for some reason😂 I thought it was funny...anyways bye😅😅🤠
Me zoning out when he just starts talking and scrolls to the comments ;-;
Bro you just described me on TH-cam
YESSS! A comment that i relate to! I also had to speed up the video 😂
this is the first comment i saw when i did that lol
Samee
Yep same with me lol
I’m almost certain I have ADHD, but my parents are brushing it aside because they think it’s my anxiety/PTSD… I relate to just about every symptom there is. We were at the doctor’s office the other day talking about the likelihood of it, but my parents AND the doctor all made me burst into tears because they told me it’s just my anxiety. I’m so sick of not being heard. However, my therapist told my parents that she recommends me seeing a psychiatrist, and thank goodness she said that, or else I might never get diagnosed. They’re all on board with me seeing a psychiatrist, but just to look into medications for my anxiety, not ADHD… please pray for me 🙏😞
If you relate to every symptoms, trust your guts and talk to a psychiatrist about what's on your heart, not about what other people expects you to. Unfortunately, many doctors are not trained to diagnose ADHD yet, so it's important that you seek the help of a professional who is aware of the symptoms and could establish a proper diagnosis for you. It will get better soon! 💪
Simply tell your therapist. If they don't listen. Ask for another one. It is often personality dependant. Like customer service in general. Just keep trying until you get the right person. Unless, you go through a boatload of people. Then the problem may be something different.
Keep in mind that PTSD and ADHD have a massive symptom overlap. Check out a few videos and websites on comparisons between ADHD and PTSD. You may have one or both. If you haven’t already had the psychiatrist appt, good luck.
Tbh there's evidence to suggest childhood trauma causes a lot of cognitive, mood and personality disorders. Autism spectrum stuff figures somehow, too. So it's really hard to separate anything trauma related from any diagnosis, especially as it's so common. It does take a specialist.
It's also why professionals are moving away from DSM style criteria and working on managing symptoms first. That does require some element of patience on your part.
Same
I could remember several years ago, I suffered severe anxiety and mental disorder. Was actually diagnosed with ADHD. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, 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 Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the
same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today
Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the
morning after. So no hangovers. No
depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now
have a more calm mind
How do i reach out to him? Is he on Instagram
My brain knowing I have all of these symptoms: “ No I’m faking having all of these symptoms “
Try and get diagnosed
OMG I LITERALY TELL MY SELF IM FAKING IT ALL THE TIME EVEN THOUGH I GET DEPRESSED WHEN OTHER PEOPLE TELL ME IM FAKING IT LMAO!!!!!
lol same whenever i see a symptom i think "wow i think might have adhd" and then i'm like "NO WAIT I CANT PIGEONHOLE MY BRAIN IS FAKING IT WHAT IF I DONT HAVE IT"
Same
I started this thinking "I don't have ADHD but this'll be fun" then I realized I matched with a lot of the symptoms. But I ended the video saying "that was fun but I don't have ADHD" 😂
Yes to everything (to an oddly high degree) except these two:
1. Being late. I tell people in my family that being on time = being late. My way of avoiding this is to give myself a 30% time buffer for everything I need to do that's important. Walking to the dentist is the most recent example: takes 20-25 minutes of walking (depending on speed) but I will leave at *latest* 30 minutes prior. How do I do that? By doing everything to prepare for leaving 5-10 minutes prior bare minimum.
So I'm getting my shoes on 40 minutes prior. Where do those 10 minutes go between then and when I leave? Beats me.
2. Interrupting people because I need to get my thought out. I think talking on the forums my whole life has allowed me to be OK with not getting my thoughts across. I've posted tens of thousands of times, and not getting a single thought out isn't a big deal. Now....when I'm passionate about something, that's a different story.
Even then however, I try to show signs of wanting to speak. If the other person wants to have a good conversation, they will usually pick up on it and let me talk; the struggle there is listening to them while I wait. If they simply don't catch on or don't care, I get the immediate realization that it's not important to share the thought with *them* in-particular. I usually end up losing interest in any conversation after that and stop engaging with them pretty quickly.
Now, that can lead to me being selfish, and I try to keep that in mind; perhaps they genuinely just didn't pick up on queues I thought were obvious (putting my hand up slightly and starting to talk but stopping within 1 word usually.)
Anyways...when there was a string of "yes, that's me" it was kinda 'funny,' because I started getting a bit emotional...followed by you talking about the emotional part. I don't get emotional often, but weird things can hit me hard.
I don't really care to get diagnosed professionally, but I'm glad to know how I can start understanding myself better.
Thanks.
I'm kind of... shocked, to be honest. I've always been frustrated with myself because I couldn't figure out a way to stop these 'habits'. I haven't thought much about adhd, but it effects my daily life so much that I think I'll see a doctor about it. If it's adhd at least my questions get answered (I literally related to all of these situations HARD)
This is exactly how I felt when I found out I had all the adhd symptoms. It’s kind of a relief, to be honest.
@@GlenHaner87for me it's not,cuz how you can you be comfort if you had a syndrome for the end of your life
that’s exactly how i felt. even after being diagnosed for a long time, there’s still things that are like “is it adhd or is it just me? it’s probably adhd, but that doesn’t excuse it right? what if i’m just making excuses for myself?”
“Are You easily distracted?”
*rewinds 20 seconds because I was distracted *
“No”
PLEASEEEE I WAS JUST SBOUT TO COMMENT THIS
Literally the first minute I was spacing out and had to restart 😭✋
Haha same !
"Are you easily distracted ?"
*Oh, I like that shirt. What that in this toys hand, a gun ? a sword ? a stick ? Was the light purple all the time ? Is it purple or pink ? *
"No"
OMG WRF SA,E
I literally just commented about this 😂😂
“Do you get distracted easily?” “Do you have trouble concentrating”
Me scrolling through the comments while the video is playing:
Me, reading this, the video playing: 👁👄👁
Me switching between 12 different tabs 🧍🏾
i immediatley started doing that as soon as the video starts playing i literally have to restart the entire thing just because of it LMFAOO
same but instead i went on my phone and forgot i was watching this
SAME THATS WHAT I WAS JUST DOING
What really helped me in deciding whether I should get tested (which I eventually did) was reading experiences from other people with ADHD. The list of symptoms to me always sounded recognisable, but as you said, it's a list of things that many people experience anyway, ADHD or not. Just reading r/ADHD and going "wow this is literally me" on every post, as well as hearing the experiences of content creators I watch that have ADHD, eventually led me to believe that I really might have it, and I can conclude that relating to experiences of others can help greatly in making that decision.
My parents said that I took an ADHD test when I was 4 and said that I didn't have ADHD. Now I'm 16 and they call me lazy, unorganized and stupid when I actually got an ADHD diagnosis without them knowing. Thanks for the video!
A diagnosis from a professional or a self diagnosis from this video?
Me: Having all these symptoms.
Anxiety: Nah don't go the doctor you're fine bro. You hate interacting with people you don't know in person.
i got 9 out of ten
same
Same
Same
420 likes noice
“Do I easily get distracted”
Me: staring at comments and gets off TH-cam but gets back on “oh crap-“
Acey_ Bear you just accurately represented what I did lmao.
i just started the video and i’m already in the comments
Acey_ Bear AHAHAHAGAHA SAME I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE COMMENTS
Me too
What anime is in your profile I see it often and I wanna watch it
This could be a complete revelation in my life. I wrote down every symptom you listed and I can say I have, or really worked hard to overcome every single one my entire life. Think it’s time to talk to someone. Thanks for putting this together.
I don't comment on videos often, but I came back to this video years later and watching it again made me smile. I originally found this video when I was 18 and going through a super rough point in my life and it was through videos like this that I recognized my own ADHD and was able to get a diagnosis and treatment. I even showed your video to my parents when I told them I thought I might have ADHD. So I wanted to say THANK YOU for posting this and helping people like me to understand themselves and their brains better!
“are you easily distracted”
me: *gets distracted by typing this comment and gets distracted while writing it*
Me: *reading this comment*
The video: "because you're not paying full attention to what you're doing"
I love ur username btw
I just got distracted reading comments.....
@@junipersystem dangit i saw a notification saying you had replied with this (sometimes youtube gives me notifications saying someone has replied to a comment that ive liked/also replied to) and i got distracted and now i have to try to remember what i was going to do in the first place
Tue likes are 666 and i refuse to like it
"One of the symptoms is bad memory"
"You have to have these symptoms before 12"
I don't,, remember most of my life bro
same. although I recently learned that's a sign of childhood trauma. so.... yeah
@@rebecavc2071 wait what-
Is it really?
Uhm can you like explain further?
@@rebecavc2071 huh somehow I'm not surprised that I can't remember more than 1/3 of my childhood and it's all the negative shit.
My childhood trauma: let me introduce myself
11 and can hardly remember what i talked about yesterday
Yes to all but one. 62 years old, failed in school, couldn’t keep a job, mother called me lazy and awkward, friends say they couldn’t keep up with me sometimes because I change subject quickly when talking etc. Two months ago a good friend sent me a link about ADHD, well, what a relief, I can resonate with so much. The only way I could describe my life is everything I ever tried was like facing a brick wall that I just couldn’t climb. How sad, I’d of been a great musician, actress, clown, etc. I have now found my thing or should I say things, I create everyday, art, paintings, different materials, even started making hats and scarfs, anything creative comes easy to me and I love it, I have finally accepted myself. Thank you for this video.
I change subjects, and will go back to old subjects we were finished talking about minutes ago or even hours. I can even have two conversations going on at once. Someone will say something, I say something completely unrelated, they say something about what they were talking about, and then I say something about what I was going on about, and this continues. My mom and I have no issue with this. My husband on the other hand thinks I'm ignoring what he just said.
Been on a waiting list to get diagnosed for around 4 years, and in this video, every question was a yes. My mom also thinks she has it as well and some people don’t understand what it is like for us, so I got told growing up: “Attention Seeking”, “YOUR OVERREACTING, STOP IT”, “DON’T SNAP AT ME”, the list could go on forever. Luckily, awareness of ADHD is spreading but still, not everybody gets it especially Boomers, Gen Z, and sometimes Millennials. But they also can have it, but they didn’t know back then, and they might still not know now. My mom got harshly punished as a child because of ADHD, so please, just spread the awareness of it. Thank you.
I'm Gen X - the one everybody forgets. When I was a kid it was called "hyperactive" and it was usually the squirrelly boy in class that was labeled "hyper". Every report card I had said I was smart but spent all day in class daydreaming, staring out the window and talking with classmates. I was always called lazy and in trouble for not studying, not cleaning my super disorganized room and being super emotional about everything. I am 57 now and always wonder how different my life might have been had I been diagnosed and treated at a young age.
"do you get easily distracted?"
me: looked out the window the whole 90 mins of class because i saw the janitor just vibing outside
Oh goodness, this happened to me but it was with a tree... I don’t even know how it happened, I was avoiding the windows, then I see a tree... it was a windy day, the tree was just swaying.
90 MINUTES??? how are you surviving lmao
@@ihavenoidea2805 ha my school narrowed it down to four 90 minute periods a day ;)
@@simonsayys7346 oh god i feel you except my high school narrowed it down to the first class to 2 hours the second class to 1 hour and the last class to another 2 hours🤢
@@strawb3rr135 oof
"Do you have trouble starting projects?"
Me who starts my projects after the deadline: yes, yes I do
Same
Lol same, I start my assignments waay too late, then I hyperfocus and get it done in half the time it would actually take, then the next day I feel completely exhausted and terrible about it. And while I know this is not really the most efficent way of doing things, I can't do it any other way, because at the end I finish it, so this method works, right?
@@CseniK I do the exact same thing, I thought I was the only one!
I don't start all my projects after the deadline but I absolutely procrastinate and start them as late as possible. I also have trouble finding the motivation to actually do stuff.
@@47ratsinahoodie the last part is accurate for me, I need to have a perfect weather and perfect mood to start a project. Otherwise I'll just procrastinate until it pressures me
Thank you so much for this. I think I finally needed to hear that. I am now looking for a doctor in my region who can help me with getting meds. It's not only troubling my personal life with for example time management, but also holding me back with getting my studies done. I really want to finish my bachelor and I do need help with it because I constantly find myseld avoiding to start learning. And yes, there is always the thought "I am too lazy" coming with it...
For the really fast thoughts one, I have coping mechanisms for that which is why I didn’t think I had adhd. Just one example of this is the fact that I have to read for hours every night until I’m literally forced to fall asleep. I can’t just sleep on command. It’s never the books that keep me awake. The books just help organise my thoughts so I might get a chance at sleep. I remember once when I was in fifth grade my teacher said we could sleep if we wanted to after a test. I tried so hard but my brain just wouldn’t stop speeding. Other people in class did it with such ease and I just couldn’t grasp how they did it. This is only one of the many coping mechanisms I have.
“Do you have trouble with your short term memory?” HA! Dude I sometimes forget my thoughts immediately after thinking them, particularly with ideas, I don't know why
I forget my little brothers exist if they’re too quiet
Lol
Same
Hahahah this 😂 whenever i talk something, and the person asks me to repeat it, i find it almost impossible to repeat.. Also when I need to tell what happened if someone asks me.. Damn, i am wasting all of my energy trying to find words
You ever sneeze and then have to try and convince yourself you actually sneezed because you kinda half forgot it happened , like you sneeze then 2 minutes later you have to convince yourself you actually sneezed .... Yeah that happens to me all the time lol
I lost count of how many times I went somewhere because i have to do something and forget about it the minute i get there
Hello person who got distracted and is reading the comments
I feel personally attacked.
Hellllooo how yyaa doin
Hi
i didn’t come here to be called out
Hi :)
Wow! I said yes to all of those questions. I feel as though I have been suffering from these thoughts for some time now. Thank you for sharing this video. I will talk to my doctor about this on my next visit.
This test is a really good one, i was diagnosed with adhd in the 2nd grade and after watching this video i have 9/10 of the symptoms.
“Are you easily distracted?”
* zones out for 15 seconds*
“no”
Same. I didn’t even realize he was asking questions until question 4 cus I was busy reading the comments. 😂
i zoned out 2 times in this video
I zoned out too 🤣😭😫
@@sochi3614 oh jesus this is me
I came to the comments and stopped paying attention to what he was saying
Everyone: relating in the comments
*me who thought all this stuff was normal: 👁👄👁*
WAIT SAME-
me too aughh
Wait, is this the reason why me and my brother are the weird members of the family???
Same!
I FELT this 😆
Every one was way too spot on. I know that I’ve gotten better at FORCING myself to start thing. I do so by making it a challenge so my impulsiveness kicks in. I have notice as I get older my anxiety and depression kicks in faster and harder than it used to.(I’m 42). I do need to see someone. Big surprise, I keep procrastinating about it
10/10. I add those points too: My voice changes; for instance, when "I'm relaxed" I never relaxed, but when I start work, when i wake up, or something, my voice is normal calm and soft. But when I'm feeling motivated, my way of speaking speeds up and my tone changes, sometimes reaching a high-pitched, fast pace like a squeaky mouse. I can't seem to control it, and I can't take possession of it. Furthermore, I act like a child when I work - and I do this professionally. I exhibit childlike behaviors, such as being constantly cheerful, highly motivated, always smiling, helping everyone, joking, and engaging in playful movements, some of which may seem silly but bring smiles. I'm genuine, I don't put on airs, I have no pretensions, and everything seems to go well for me. I don't experience jealousy at work, and sometimes, I struggle to discern whether someone is making fun of me or not. I speak rapidly to the point that people can't keep up, and they often ask me to repeat what I just said. I'm not a native English speaker, and I often receive compliments for speaking like a native. However, if people aren't English speakers, they find it hard to follow the thread of the conversation and ask me to repeat it, most of the times slow me down -.-. Slow speakers seem boring to me, and I struggle to follow them because I'm always thinking, thinking, thinking when they are speaking. For me, work is like a game. I enjoy it, love interacting with people, helping them, and exploring with them if they have any issues or can't find something. I hyper focus on things, and I keep searching for a solution until I find a solid point. I always ask for forgiveness for everything: if I do something, if I move and touch someone, if I walk in front of people talking, if I accidentally brush against someone, or if they are in the wrong. Apologizing is a constant part of my daily life, and I don't know how to stop it. I've tried, but it keeps coming back.
“are you easily distracted?”
me, looking at the recommended: “hUH?”
burnt chicken nugget I was looking at his eyebrows XD
I was doing the same thing 😂
Hood Memes honestly I think he has nice eyebrows lmao
same but with the comments
burnt chicken nugget a minute after he started talking I started eating crisps lol
Me: **has most symptoms of ADHD**
My mum: it’s just screens making your attention span bad
Beatrix Brennan s̾a̾m̾e̾
Beatrix Brennan omg YES lmfao
Beatrix Brennan exactly what my mom said
Hhhhhhhhsame
My mum is always like you don't have it you don't and I'm just like I dooooooo
Had to rewind the video multiple times while watching at 1. 75x, started thinking about multiple things! .
Recently diagnosed with with adhd. And I relate to this SO much. I feel so seen and heard. Haha. ESPECIALLY the last one!!!
me diagnosed since 4 years and on meds for 2 years watching this at 1 am with full focus
It makes me mad when people say that “ADHD is fake” or that “everyone has ADHD”, people don’t know how tiring, hard, and stressful it is to actually have it. People have said to me things like “just focus, sit down, or be still” LIKE BRO I PHYSICALLY CANTTTTTTT. I was diagnosed on the 8th grade and I wish more people talked about it and ways to manage it.
omg I just spent the last 1.5 hours replying to your comment, and freaking accidently DELETED IT!!!!! it was prob tldr anyway. one thing I was saying was that I can't sit still to save my life and my leg will just bounce, up and down and people will come up to me and try to hold my leg down, or tell me to stop cuz I'm driving them nuts. I HATE THAT!!
Same here but... I was diagnosed with ADHD..... wait... idek but it was definitely before da age of 5
I was told it my whole life. I got diagnosed when I was born :P
I totally agree with you. I have had ADHD since I was 3, and I couldn't even tell you how many time I was sent to the principal's office because I couldn't either focus on my work or stay in one place. As well as people who get so mad that they think I am faking it and think I am someone who is acting out just to get attention...... Like I mean I don't like even being looked at let alone wanting to have attention.
Yup thanks god I was diagnosed when I was like 6 so I always knew but I like wachind videos like these because like in the part of the Amazon thing I have never related so much or if something pops up in my head I HAVE to say it or I will forget. I am also a girl so that makes me extra lucky to be diagnosed since I was little and videos like these mkae me realize again.. cuz I literally forget that people actually do the same things I do lol
10/10
Me: "nah, im probably faking it"
Me too
Imposter's syndrome. Same. About everything. I've been a bartender/ waitress for 6 years or so and I still feel like I'm just pretending to be cool... like that's cool? 😂
Me too but 8/10
@@ambergiambitti5340 i feel u bro hahaha
8ish/10 but i feel like im faking *e v e r y t h i n g*
This guy is telling the story of my life.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at like 8 years old. On Adderall and Ritalin one time or another in elementary school. I think I stopped taking them before middle school. Anyhow, I'm 37 years old now and I can assure you that you can overcome many of these deficits. I never suffered from lack of attention to detail, but definitely all the others.
I did estimating for a year or two in my early 20s and I've been in aerospace manufacturing for over 10 years. Definitely helped me with time management and organization. Maturing will help with impulsivity and "shutting off your brain".
My strategy with getting to sleep is actually to focus on one particular thing. I will literally build a story in my mind of a project (building a wooden table) or an activity (taking my family out on an adventure) I want to do. Usually less than 5 minutes later, and I'm asleep. Otherwise my mind will be racing about what I need to do because I forgot to check my project list and I still need to set up an appointment with this or that person, etc.
(and for the record, attention to detail is often where I get stuck)
Good luck!
"Are you easily distracted/overly emotional?"
Me: Nah no way.
Also me: *has a meltdown if someone asks me to do another task while I'm in the middle of a task*
Same
Oh my gods wait that’s me 😩😩
Oh dude
Omg same!
YES
Thanks, this helped a lot. I don't think I have a serious case of ADHD enough to really say that I do but the list you gave made sense to what I go through. I have a hard time sitting still and get very fidgety. I would find myself bugging my sibling, or fidgeting with something on me.
I relate to a surprisingly large amount of questions, however I don’t think it’s chronic, but more environmental. So this means that I could correct a lot of these, if not all.
"do you have trouble shutting off your brain?"
wait... normal people can do that...
Lmaooooo
Can people really just... stop thinking?? Like they don’t think about how they’re not thinking and then think about how they’re thinking about how they’re not thinking etc etc???
WHAT THEY CAN?!
@@SketchUT Yeah its wierd like I can focus and unfocus. I'm doing that on accident but my brains thinking about something else. But I didn't know that you could like turn off your brain and sleep for example I'm writing this at 03:31am- I am sleep deprived and *not tired*
When I try to clear my mind it works for less than a second and I think about everything I’m not thinking about like random things like what I had for dinner a few days ago and different tv shows from when I was 5.
"do you get distracted easily?"
me literally making my vision go in and out of focus like the cameras do in certain movie scenes
I was doing that while watching later on and got distracted
How dare this be relatable (no mean intent)
@@goldensapling545 doing it with a pencil is fun
I do this while talking to people and feel uncomfortable with the idea that they can notice when I do it.
I DO THIS
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
This video is why I'll finally go to my doctor about my problem with adhd..I think I have it...not sure...self diagnosed, but its obvious..thank you for makeing it...great explanation!
I have had ADHD and was diagnosed at 3rd grade (I remember this bc it was living hell) I learned that it IS A STRUGGLE LIKE RLLY SOMETIMES (a lot of the times) but it does have perks!!! Hyper focus on things the u have a passion for can help u with getting and working on a job u love and I didn’t even know this but it’s shown the ppl with adhd have a rlly god creativity…. I just need to stop staring into space :)
Also I don’t know why I was laughing so hard at this video it was too relatable and when he said disorganized ik this was an understatement lol
”Are you easily bored?”
Me: *skips through to just hear all the points*
bro i get bored so easily it gives me a headache 👁👄👁
Wait what same 😂
@@bagel011 k
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"Today we're going to try and figure out whether or not you have ADHD."
Me, diagnosed with ADHD, trying to figure out if I have ADHD:
i was similar XD i already know i have it and i was like why not and was like "wow these are so relatable" like duh...
@@sarahchan12002lol same
I get so stuck in research mode.
@@kimberle2008 "Research mode" is so relatable, I don't see enough people mention that
@@kimberle2008 So agreeable.
Research mode is so real for me.
All of my friends rely on me to do online research for them when it comes to buying things.
Ill go down into a 6+ hour rabbit hole, looking at mass reviews and youtube reviews.
I'm already on this video because I got distracted from something else I was doing.
8.5 / 10. No issues with emotional control any more than any other regular person. Did break some controllers as a kid, not that many though. Some impulsivity, but I've learned a few ways to control it. Everything else is a thousand times yes and I think a lot of that was me since early childhood.
the fact that i got distracted and fell asleep while watching this is enough for me
Me: *Relating to almost all of these symptoms*
My brain: You're convincing yourself that you have it because you want an excuse for your laziness
What did I do to you to make you call me out like this 😢😅
Omg thats me
@@arkivemusic6941 thanks for the tip, I actually just started doing that and it does help!
Oh my gosh thank you for saying this because I was just doing this and you made me snap out of it🙌🏾😭
Oml same
Him: talking about adhd
Me: got distracted by the comments immediately
Yes... hello
Oop- same
it's a habit of mine to read them
don't call me out like this, I'm only at 1:23
Oh myyyy.... why are you called me out like that! 😐😐
If you skipped the intro, you have it.
I pretty much have every symptom... I'm 60 years old! It's very frustrating! And have always felt less than mainly bc I don't feel normal! Thank you! For a short, very informative video!
The ADHD Test
“Huh, wonder what the test will say”
*saves to watch later*
PLS ME EVERYTIME
ALWAYS
lol
🤣🤣yeahhh me too
SAME
do you hyperfocus:
me: playing a game for 6 hours straight and not going pee or eating and not realizing it was 8 am already
Yes, only 6.
avocado that’s not adhd. ADHD is bullshit lol
Tess is it really that bad for you?
avocado I used to read for 10-12 hours straight with no breaks 😭😭
erika york it’s an over diagnosed mental disorder so it isn’t taken seriously anymore 😢
A minute into the video, I got distracted. And then I just heard "If you said yes to all of these things..." And I was like "Huh? Is it already done? So quick...?"
i can definietly relate to all the questions and im undergoing an ADHD investigation currently because all these symptoms are a daily strugle to me and has always been ever since i was a kid but the symptoms looked different back then. I have always questioned myself and compared myself to everyone around me especially my peers and friends. And they have always told me im weird, talks too much, always does impulsive things, has bad memory for example: remembering planned activities, birthdays, events, personal belongings in their place / house, always creates a mess, energy level is either over the roof or shutdown mode. Cant reply properly to messages or phone calls, always fidgeting with stuff. I often forgets what to say in the middle of the conversations. ans a shit ton more strugles.
"Do you get distracted easily?"
*Me in school who can't start working until the teacher stops talking realizing no one else has that problem*
same!
@@itsjustlarkspur1750 I legit didn't know not everyone can not work while the teacher is talking. Lol I will literally sit there and just yeah space out. Then the teacher will come over to me and yeah
I thought this was just me, too! Weirdly, when the teacher is talking even to other students nearby, I can't focus on my work and get agitated, almost angry, if you will, then I zone out
@@vaeliyn8687 YES OMG
@Elliot Bergh the same happens for me. It's soo annoying. Like, do you want us to listen to you or do our work?
“Do you get bored easily” went straight to the comments and zoned out from the video..
M L P oh my god
omg why did I do this after like 5 seconds
I feel attacked
That happens to everyone
That was the first thing I did-
This might help someone out there... BEFORE there was the diagnosis of ADHD in the 70s and 80s the diagnostic symptoms could have described me and maybe about half my friends at different times before the age of 12. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I noticed some of these things were getting in my way. However, I thought it was just a case of me adapting to the working environment and part of my growing up. Situations where I had to deliver and actually wanted to deliver where I absolutely forced myself to walk the line and get shit done were a godsend for me because maybe it made me use the neural pathways that I wasn't using. I kept doing that - working the process steps and stages, working to deadlines, working to a quality standard, taking ownership of my deliverables, my role and my value. It was tough. Real tough. But the hardest part was taking the first step. Once I'd done this for about a year or so it became second nature and could do it standing on my head. NOW - was this the cure? Not 100% no. Because I mastered that and then needed another challenge. The symptoms of ADHD came back at that time where I wasn't challenged. So I would pick something more or less unrelated and throw myself in the deep end again and again and again. That ended up being my thing. You could throw anything at me and I'd somehow get the job done. I'm in my 50s now and the symptoms have abated and are no longer an issue at all. The point is - you can get all the meds and all the support you want but you HAVE to push yourself through those gates that for whatever reason - including ADHD - you avoid. In my opinion that's the #1 therapy. Push yourself. To the limit. You'll find the limits are just shit you made up in your head and a whole new world will open up. I was put on medication and it did help but there was no comparison to the raw value of just going for it and getting it done.
I heard about ADHD just a few days ago, and I'm surprised that there's something describes my issue like this!
When I was in school, my degrees were high with very good organizing time, but in 2022 I went through depression, it affects my life a lot, I felt like my brain was shutting down since that day
“You loose your concept of time-“
*Bold of you to assume I had any in the first place*
This literally yeeted me off the mountin
🌌🌌MOOOODDD🌌🌌
God when he created humans with ADHD:
Bippity boppity your sense of time is now my property
Mine would be like:
"Bold of you to assume that I have it considering I'm watching this at 1:08 am"
Lol it's different for me even after being told the time and day I forget it takes me an hour to get it into my peanut brain 🤣
"Do you have bad time management?"
*Me, starting to do my homework at 10 p.m.*
"No"
Me randomly waking up at 3:42 in the morning and doing some math homework before going straight back to bed. No bcs i fr did this yesterday
@@shylaramnath8706 I literally do this everyday lmao-
weakling. i start mine at 11:30. /j
@@nowhatrice8568 Started mine at 12:00 yesterday
I did mine at 1 in the morning
My little sister showed all the signs of ADHD from when she was really little, so they diagnosed her with ADHD. But I didn't show the symptoms when I was younger but now that I'm a bit older, I have every symptom in the book, and nothing has been done about it. I never talked about it with my parents, afraid they would be annoyed or just ignore it, but I truly believe I could have ADHD as-well.
I started off the video dozing off and staring at the thumbnails on the side of the player and i had to replay the last 30 seconds of what you said. I started laughing at myself and then thought "I might be overdoing this based on the context of stumbling upon this ADHD-related vid."
And honestly, I don't really care if I'm far into the spectrum, in the work life I focus on my stuff and interact with people normally. I don't really got the time or energy to think about this entire ordeal. I don't feel too impaired or blocked by things when I take things seriously. I've often been told that I'm too serious and that I don't really show too many emotions, although the latter behavior has started to decline. Thinking of things being serious tasks helps me make plans more easily, and I'm sure that atleast some, including an IRL friend with diagnosed ADHD, can relate.
I might check myself in the future, but I'll continue being me. I don't think that there is a need to change, maybe to ease up, but not completely change. I really don't care what people around me think of me either lol. Either cope or cease, I won't take a single metaphorical step out the metaphorical door unless you respectfully ask me to do so.
As I was writing this I middle-mouse--clicked another video and completely forgot what I wanted to write lol.
it's especially hard when you were born as a very smart person and now you don't know how to study and you can't focus on things that you have learned before so everyone just thinks that you are lazy and then get mad at you
I feel you
OH MY GOOODDDDDDDDDDDD AND YOUR OLDER SISTER HAS A NATURAL APTITUDE FOR THOSE THINGS!? CUZ ME
fox news literally me and I feel like I’m failing everyone around me even though nobody has said anything
fox news literally meee
ILoveGroot yep my mom was yelling at me yesterday for not being able to focus. lets just say it was not a pretty fight
“Are you easily distracted”
Me who started watching this after just checking the time in the middle of doing homework: 👁👄👁
Glad I'm not the only one not doing homework right now
WHY WOULD YOU POINT THIS OUT NOOOOO :_(
same here
FUK :( Now you're making me think about actually doing the homework after spending 4 hours staring at a question I just realized I already solved. God I'm so stupid.
Me whose scrolling through comments seconds in and no longer listening to video: o.O
1: I think about the project, I rarely start it....even in school I rarely did homework.
2: Terrible attention to detail. I don't read things properly.....even in school I failed exams through not reading things properly.
3: I'm very easily distracted. I had to listen to this video several times because I got distracted and have always been this way.
4: I can hyperfocus on things I enjoy....always was able to.
5: I arrive on time to things (usually super early because I'm afraid of being late) but in my family we have this saying "mamma time"...that means I say to someone I'm gonna be gonna 15 mins, 20 max...and will show up 3 hours later....so now they ask me "is that actual time or mamma time".....
6: I'm very disorganised. I actually cleaned my desk yesterday, it's a mess again today like it was never tidied.
7: I have serious issues with my emotions....always have done.
8: I'm very impulsive....from as far back as I can remember.
9: Extremely forgetful, I can't remember things from yesterday.
10: My brain never shuts up, it keeps me awake.
I'm 47 and although I finally remembered to submit the paperwork, once I remembered to fill it in, I'm still awaiting a diagnosis which takes a very long time to process here.
Him: are you easily distracted?
Me: scrolling through the comments about everyone saying they are scrolling through the comments
Lisa * you stole that from a comment that commented 4 days before you
Lisa * doing it rn lol
Harrison1232 Gaming oh sorry haven’t seen it
I'm here what do u mean?😂
Lisa * righttt
"Do you get bored easily?"
I clicked off this video 20 seconds in because it didn't get to the quiz fast enough I-
Me trying to stay on
I think I tried watching this like a year ago and then I never actually did because it was boring to me
I am 20 seconds in and I have no idea what they said
I am doing a puzzle rn
@@gabrielasemen5957 same
9.5/10 i dont really hyperfocus often but do sometimes. Very insightful test, thanks for making this video!!
As someone with it, I’d probably be saying yes to more of these if my whole life was not finding the ways to mostly overcome these. I’ve gotten good enough to the point where it almost feels like I’m able to abuse the special treatment I get for it 😂
"Do you struggle remembering things you were literally just told?"
Me: Sorry what were you saying?
Oml same I do that lol
Not me in my class going over a power point and absolutely remembering nothing right after it.
I get a lot of drawing ideas right before I go to sleep but I always have to draw them and write some context or else I'll forget it by morning. Every day, I almost completely forget the entire previous day and I can forget things I was just told or that just happened in as little as two minutes (luckily that's not often). I think there could be something else going on as well but I think ADHD is a contributing factor.
Me: shit *skips back 10 seconds for the third damn time*
And also what you just said!!!
“Do you have trouble starting projects, but fly through the planning part really easily?”
Me, whose planned out seven novels but have started none of them: 👁 👄 👁
big big mood
Meeee
SAME THING I HAVE SO MUCH IDEAS BUT ITS JUST HARD TO START THEM LMAO
Big big mood I do this alllll the time
yeah
I have answered "not so much" on only two of the questions and then I realized those were the things I managed to cope with early in my life either for practical reasons or out of consideration for other people. I am 53yo and I strongly believe I have undiagnosed adhd-i. It is very hard to get evaluated in my country as the professionals certified to diagnose adhd are very few and from what I've read if you go to a non-certified professional you will either be ignored or treated extremely condescendingly like they believe you are "just being lazy" (tm). It's even possible that some of them refuse to even acknowledge adhd as a thing.
i instantly knew on most of the questions its very relevant to my life and its been that way since id say my early puberty years atleast!
*me relating to all of the symptoms*
*my brain* “don’t diagnose yourself no one likes a person who does that”
Ava a a a a same
Yeah, same here.
same here----
Same--
yup 😪😪
I feel like I'm tricking myself into thinking I have these symptoms. Like , by hearing him saying it, and the fact it says ADHD test in the title I keep thinking that I'm manipulating my brain into believing I do these things....is that normal, or am I just messed up
Honestly? Same here, I feel exactly the same and it's so confusing. My brain is saying that I just want to convince myself that I have ADHD so I'm making things up or not being honest, it's so confusing I don't know anything anymore.
I've previously been told I was Borderline Personally Disorder, could relate to some things but not a lot. Then it was Bipolar 2, again I can identify with this a lot closer. Now I've been told some parts Borderline personally disorder 2 but predominantly ADHD. But still wonder if all I want is a label. In some ways, a label can help me to receive treatment or make changes in my life to help me cope better.
If you think you're tricking yourself into having a disorder, you're probably not. I struggle with the same problem and sexuality a lot. I think I'm tricking myself into being bisexual and I'm actually a lesbian. Thing is: I AM attracted to men, and the label of bisexual fits me really well. So I'm bisexual.
Same here
same!!!
The urgency with ideas is ... hmm idk if I had considered it as a possible symptom lol, but it is totally true. When I get a new project put on my plate, ideas come at me like a flood. It's like a flood of sand sometimes, pouring out and I have to race to get it all noted down lest it fall between my fingers and I have so much anxiety about losing ideas. But... then yes I really struggle with any sort of follow through.
Omg all of them! Except maybe the attention to detail one, but it’s not always .. if I care about the thing, perfectionist traits lead to attention to details I wish I could ignore.
Me: Clinically diagnosed as ADHD
also me: "Let's take as many test as I can just to confirm"
Right???? Because it's way easier than trying to start the project that has to get done now that I'm "working from home" >.
K Roberts oh my life yes.... I’m working from home today and I’ve managed to bake bread, clean the house do laundry and get stuck in a TH-cam dive... have I started work yet?... no. Will I? I’m truly trying lol
literally me right now
RIGHTTT
When you're like my therapist said yes but I say I'm not sure bahahah
Him: “are you easily distracted and get bored a lot” Me: not being able to finish this video cause I’m bored 3 minutes in
well, i found the solution, watch everything in 2x speed !
Why is this comment my life story
Nadia Ch. thank you so much!!!
I kept staring at my wall and then started laughing when I realized I zoned out
Jena G i kept on (for some reason) messing with my eyelashes and blinking at the same time lol
I do not have problem starting one, I started multiple ones that I loved doing so, but I never finish one. (projects), My attention depends on the case, if it's like something important, I pay alot of attention, but I can be easly distracted by unexpected things or things I'm interested on. If I judge that it's not important, I struggle to focus alot. Most of the times, when I REALLY want to do something, I focus alot on it, at the point I forget everything else on my field of view and struggle to hear something precisely. I can do something in time if I really need, if it's something that I really don't need to do on time, I usually just do it with a short time difference. I am not very organized, I just set things on a simple way that will benefit me, like my times to eat, a notepad of every type of something or related, etc. My organization depends on how much I need or want it. Yes, I do have emotional problems, I easly get mad, which I believe it's anger issues, but when I'm on public, I just act like I'm fine, but on school if I'm really mad about something I start crying, because most of the times when I get mad I also get sad, Example: someone yells at me for no reason, I get mad at the person for doing that, and I get sad for getting yelled at, I don't like showing my anger, so I hide the anger and I can't hold the sadness. So I usually start crying. I'm also easly offended and can hate people easly. I'm very worried about what people think about me. When there's something I want to do, I usually want to do immediately, and when I can't do it immediately, I get inquiet and a bit angered. Time looks like it's slower. I can hold myself to wait while someone is talking, mostly because I care alot what people think of me, and I also don't like being disrespectful since I also hate that. I can forget things in seconds, minutes, hours, anytime. It doesn't even depends that much on my focus, if I'm focused on something, I can remember it for minutes only, hours or forget most of it the next day. If I'm not paying alot of attention to something I usually forget it on minutes, or even after 10 seconds, on things I'm really focused, I can remember for months, forget the next day, or remember for 1 week. When it's something like people names, ages or birthdays, songs, notes or anything like that, I need to forget and be told again the specific thing multiple times to keep it in my memory. Usually after that I can only forget it after months. On being able to shutdown my brain, it depends, if I remember I need to do it and I want to do it, it will take alot of time until I forget that thinking, just like you're breathing automatically and when you think about it you need to breathe manually until you forget, homewever, if I shutdown it naturaly, it's way faster and takes some minutes only.
Took me about 3 hours to watch this because kept getting distracted then got hyper focused on something else. it was 9/10 for me.
me: relates to all of them
also me: stop self diagnosing you're just seeking attention
my family when my emotions are over the place: HoRmOnEs
or they may blame it on the phone
4 month update: still chillin here listening to the same thing waiting for them to allow me to see a doctor
UTFYRZYCIYVUTC THIS IS THE MOOD OF THE CENTURY 😭✋
If hormons are the same excuse with pregnancy just say hey yup hormons must be pregnant oh im a guy well if its hormones i must prepare for the baby. Might be enough to confuse the hell out of them enough to get you checked out buahahah
Literallyyyyyyyy
Mood lmao
Man I have never related to anything more in my life wth
"you have to show 6 of these symptoms before the age of 12"
me: shows them before 12
school: nahh you dont have it lmao u aint gettin a diagnosis
lmao I got nine and I'm before twelve and concerned
Let me guess, inattentive type?
Megan Bowden I got all of them and I’m 11
im 11
I`m 11 and I got 7 out of ten
Well i answered yes to all of these and I can literally know I have adhd and ocd without getting diagnosed because of a pattern sequence which tells me. I was a topper in 8th grade, but my 9th grade year was also fine but it was at a horrible school. My tenth grade year was at a new school, but since I didn’t go there, I fell into the easiest of academic traps my eight grade self wouldn’t have fallen into. People even forgot me. I am struggling with adhd more than ever and I dont really want to use meds to cure it. I feel like writing a book about the struggles of adhd and why its extremely important to focus on adhd people as much as it is for autistic or disabled kids.
Woa..I dont want to Sound sketchy but i think the most satisfying feeling is that of being understood. Id say i got 8 to 9 out of 10 of your points. I should really check that. Loved the Brain shutting Question. Sometimes i would literally (lightly) bang my hand to my head because i just didnt wanted to think anymore.
Everyone: GO TO A DOCTOR U NEED IT
My parents: iTs hOrMoNeS
My parents tell me the same thing 🙄💀💀
Is your pfp a demigirl like flag
@@cooletajones4209 it is actually thanks for noticing! :D
Lol saammee
my parents think you can stop ADHD with willpower bc you're not a kid
“are you easily distracted?”
me: *zoned out and trying to figure out his accent*
its in the uk some where ive got that far. unless im way off
He sounds like Eleanor Neale
Me
The otaku Potato Newcastle
Wait it sounds kind of Scottish too lol
idk whether i got adhd or autism, but a point i can really relate to is thoughts coming into my head mid-conversation that i tend to voice, even if it interrupts someone speaking. my usual phrase after that is: "sorry, you were saying" and i tend to go back to the focus of the conversation (whatever topic/subject of the person that was speaking was)