The ADHD Test (Quick Identification of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2024
- This is the official ADHD Test for adults.
Important: Everybody kind of does these things, only if you do these considerably more than others however, should you assign that criteria to yourself.
In this video I hope to help people with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) quickly test ADHD by themselves, without having to go to a therapist. To do this I've listed 14 criteria, as published by the APA (American Psychology Association), which are known to be affiliated with ADHD. If you you've identified 8 or more of those 14 criteria to fit to you, then you most likely have ADHD.
The test critera are as follows:
1. You have trouble sitting still
2. You're quickly distracted by different things that are stimulating
3. You experience difficulty when having to concentrate on tasks or games that don't interest you, for a longer period of time
4. You quickly switch from one activity to another, leaving the other unfinished
5. You can't keep internally still
6. In group constellations, you can't wait until its your turn
7. You often know the answer to a question before a person has finished asking it
8. You have trouble fulfilling tasks
9. You experience difficulty when having to play calmly
10. You often don't think things through before you do the, which got you the reputation of being a risk-taker
11. You often loose things that you need in order to do homework, complete assignment..or get home
12. You often disrupt others
13. You talk a lot
14. You often don't seem to be listening when other people are talking
I did not make up these critera. I obtained them from: www.psychiatry.org/patients-f...
Think of these criteria as sort of like an ADHD/ADD Quiz that you can take by yourself.
I also used this book to help me make this video: www.amazon.com/Attention-Defi...
The video was made clearly by someone who have Adhd. You had my attention from start to finish.
I appreciate it man! Glad i Held your Attention;)
I got distracted within two seconds of the video
I skipped through the whole video
i had to rewatch 4-5 of the questions because i wasn't paying attention
I was eating and playing video games and was somehow attentively hooked
“people who don’t have adhd are able to sit still for hours on end” WHAT?? PEOPLE DO THAT???
I'm confused by that. Like. I understand sitting still doing something. But doing nothing/doing something dull isn't, people don't do that, right? I don't understand doing something you aren't at least partially involved/interested in or something you aren't pressured to do.
I never understood how people were able to just sit and either do nothing or a boring task for hours. I can hardly sit still for 20 minutes to do classwork.
I have a hard time sleeping so i have to walk around and roll around on a mat as to not wake up my family LMAO i dont know how my friend can just read all the time and just sit there
@@ontrid If it's a book that I like reading, I can hyperfocus and read for a long time. Every few minutes or so I lose docus and have to reread the first few parsgraphs or page. Bur I have to stretch or I have my leg bouncing while I'm reading.
@@blue_thequinncat1448 yeah
i'm actually surprised by the fact that my mom thinks there's nothing wrong with me
U and me both
Same here
Facts
Same
Same.
For all my fellow adhd’ers with no patience for 8 minutes:
1. Cannot sit still, always moving or fidgeting
2. Easily distracted, focus shifts often or can’t be controlled
3. focusing on something you have no interest in is nearly impossible and very exhausting
4. switching tasks/ focus/ interest very often and fast
5. internal restlessness, you cannot relax easily. You have racing thoughts or you just feel physically and mentally over-energized (hyperactivity)
6. You cannot wait, you are impatient, queues are horrible, other people are annoyingly slow
7. you finish other peoples sentences often bc you’re impatient
8. You have trouble completing tasks, no stamina even tho you were very motivated in the beginning
9. You’re usually not very calm, you’re easily tempered and can get very emotional (it can be also very hard to control your emotions)
10. You’re not thinking decisions through, you act impulsive (e.g. interrupting, buying a lot of things, binge eating) (he said bank rubbing and murder but that wouldn’t be my first thought tbh)
11. You often loose and forget a lot of things (bad working memory)
12. You disrupt others (bc you can’t wait and easily forget things)
13. You talk a lot (your brain jumps from one point to another very fast, fast flow of thoughts)
14. Staying focused on attentive listening is hard, therefore you can seem like you’re not listening
For me there’s also:
- It’s hard to structure things, to organize and plan
-sometimes extrem mood swings (overly happy then depressed)
- procrastinating a lot bc of lacking motivation (house chores are very annoying)
- easily overwhelmed and resigning bc of too much input or
- extremely bored without any (to the point of boredom-depression)
- sometimes my brain is paralyzed and can’t process information (bc of overwhelm usually with negative emotions such as depression and/or anxiety)
-ping pong thoughts, I get lost in thoughts, chaotic thinking
-low self worth bc of negative experiences (e.g. in school, with peers, maybe you got teased a lot)
- comorbide depression, anxiety, eating disorder, etc …. -> Can be overlooked bc of this
-you can’t filter information (what is important? What is a priority?)
- you just feel different, bc your brain processes information differently
- big changes and new situations make the symptoms a lot worse (like moving out, divorce, entering work-life / uni …)
-being hungry and tired makes the symptoms also very visible and prominent / worse
-black and white thinking/ all or nothing/ perfectionist/ never reaching your own high standards and goals bc you get overwhelmed by too much information to process and work with
But don’t forget the positive: you’re also creative, generous, loving, unique, open minded (etc.) and overall a wonderful person despite of all the struggles
Oh yeah, and despite having time limits on apps, you ignore them and spend hours scrolling through social media or get super deep into something that you forget reality and time…
Thank you. My brain left after one and came back right before 6.
I wish i could copy this text as its me all over at 40
I would love to read this but… you know
@@JohannaPlantsyup!!
The fact that 2 minutes in I jumped over to the comments and saw a comment that resumed stuff and read like 6 sentences then watched another video then jumped back into this video says a lot
I started to clean my room and then I suddenly decided I wanted to watch this video. I’m now sitting on my bed watching this video but not really watching it because I’m distracted by writing this comment and reading all the other comments, and there’s a bag half full of garbage sitting on the floor.
😄
im supposed to be making food rn
Lol I was decorating for Christmas and decided I was bored so I tried playing a board game now I am watching this video
Update: I have been treating my ADHD with medication and therapy. My room is now clean for the first time ever and the Christmas gifts have been wrapped 😂
@@kelseastovall5613 already? Dang 😂 I have a good feeling u don't like that Thanksgiving and halloween are so close to it because they are in the way 🤣
Me watching this: welllll.. at least I never robbed a bank or killed someone?
Ngl I did illegal things cause of impulse. I’ve personally fought myself to be better than that
well get to it then
...yet
I reage al Loewe
Me either.......
When I was in college, I hyper focused on this one assignment. I did it so well. I had my fill of dopamine. Then I was too tired to actually submit it.
Oh dude this is so accurate
People say that if you can't do something for a while it is a symptom of adhd , but you can also hyper focus on something
Bruuh
I was diagnosed with ADHD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 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.
100% agree I used to have Psychosis and paranoid thoughts like "people thinking about me talking about me etc. Very odd behavior after getting off Adderall from 7-16. Antidepressants at 18-29. 31 now. I took way to much, but took about 20g of Gold caps (Psilocybin containing mushroom) I analyzed my entire life. The emotions that came out helped me understand behavior etc more. Wont ever need to do it again because I'm happy and contempt forever, but I wish more people did this to alter their perception of reality. Would help with healing much trauma
How do i reach out to him? Is he on insta
The fact that I've just zooned out in the beginning and started doing everything else..
Yeah, I started playing solitaire twice while watching this.
omg i love ur pfp
LITERALLY AS SOON AS IT WASNT QUESTIONS I ZONED OUT AMD STARTED LOOKING AT COMMENTS
The first word was America and I just spent the rest of the video thinking "Oh no, I'm not from America but still nice voice bro--"
@@hannahprice2631 SAMEEEE
I got diagnosed with adhd last month. Before getting diagnosed, I always dazed off when listening to long conversations. I even watched every single video on youtube at 2x speed, because they felt so slow. I stopped doing things I thought were ‘good enough’ (although they weren’t quite finished) and most importantly I multitasked everything (I solved a rubiks cube while watching a movie cos my hands were bored). I am so glad i got diagnosed, because now I can finally understand why I’m a bit different from others and try different methods that might work for my when doing my tasks and everyday chores.
Finally found someone else that watches youtube videos at 2x speed
@@firefox5090 you are not alone 🤪 at times it's even quicker just to scan the transcript
You got me when you said “if you didnt use a paper to mark any if these, you’re lazy and might actually have adhd” 😂😂 im pretty sure i’ve had undiagnosed adhd for years, it’s extremely hard and frustrating when the only person who can change it won’t listen to you or assumes you want to be “different” from everyone else when everything is going downhill in my life because of things i cannot control.
My same situation
Same dw
lol I missed that part and I did the same thing , my brain said who is going to make notes on paper , i will keep the count in my head.
Lol I'm clinically diagnosed idk why I'm watching this
It's fun
same lol
I just came to see the idiots self diagnosing in the comments
Mood
Same
when you fit every single criteria... but kept rewatching it to get every point cos you kept zoning out and getting distracted whilst bouncing around in your chair... lol
I was hyper focusing and just doing it on my fingers but had to restart a few times because I lost count.
I put videos on 1.5x so I can get through them
Dang that's me the last vid I watched about ADHD I kept scrolling through the comments and stuff while having to started the video over cause I missed something.
Yes! I literally just commented that a couple seconds ago XD
This
I feel like I get too annoyed at my friend when she won’t listen to me or talks over me and says the same things over and over again with excitement but it’s just ADHD and I need to show more compassion. thank you for helping me realize that.
And then the funny thing is, I do the EXACT same thing by accident, it's hilarious my hypocrisy.
I hit most of them, mainly not being able to sit still and often not seeming to listen. But the speaking part is mostly due to my social anxiety. Like, I’ve been on a call with a friend for 4 hours before. But for confrontation of any kind, I freeze solid.
Dude I couldn’t even pay attention to this video because I zoned out thinking of the stuff he’s talking about but in my life
Same
Hard thing is years of experience of “not finishing a project” get you unmotivated to start anything.... it’s been hard.
Omg that sounds so much like me. So much...
Yes 😭
ur profile pic and name made me so hungry..
I hate this
THIS! That's one of my issues.
I was unofficially diagnosed by a therapist when I was 40, but this is the first time I realized how many boxes I check. All 14. It makes me a bit sad that I’ve felt so weird, a bit broken and often so tired of myself, my entire life. There was an actual reason for it and I could have received support. I’m glad awareness is more widespread now!
I scored 13/14! I only started researching this when my 30 year old son was diagnosed with inattentive adhd recently and was told it can be hereditary 😱
Aye yo, I finally passed one test check ✨
Same ✨ got like12/14 ish, kinda don't remember.
I got 14/14! Yay! ✨️
Me having ADHD isn't nothing new to me but I'm now even more sure I have ADHD 😂
Same btw 🥲
I got 14!
Finally a test I passed!
Wait-
I had no idea we were supposed to write it down.
Then I went back to the beginning and I had apparently skipped the part where you said so without realizing.
Haha, yea i might have done The same in your Situation 😛
simular situation, he said “# 14” shit what 14? i was on 9😅😅
WRITE IT DOWN? I thought he said keep track
I literally brought the book and forgot to write down 💀
47yr old female with ADHD here .. Hello everyone and thank you for sharing this video. watched it twice lol and still ticked yes to every question. I am classed as too old to be 'dragonised' with ADHD, however when I was statemented for dyslexia and dyspraxia the examiner confirmed ADHA too then this was two years ago. I am who I am .. love me or hate me (like marmite) .. current studying for a degree and you guested it can't sit for long periods, 30 minutes if I am lucky which sucks when you have essays to write lol
I am 37 & barely got diagnosed… all the boxes ticked in this. PS I love my brain, I’m the funnest person I know & people are naturally drawn to me. Yes there’s struggles, but that’s what we keep learning for !
“If you have at least 8-“
Me, with my 12 marks: 🥲
Same. xD
Make that 13
Same
I got 13, I only didnt get the risk-taking one because I also have really high anxiety.
@@otakuwithinsomnia6465 Same
"You're lazy and probably have ADHD*
Me: *Offended in ADHD*
When I heard that fact I got so offended
I didn’t even hear that part of the video because I was looking at the comments…
@@callistopawsI’m liking your comment on the button with all my fingers and toes
“If you didn’t mark off on paper, you’re lazy... and probably also have ADHD.”
- I feel attacked
Lately I've been questioning if I have adhd or not, I'm a little nervous to go to a doctor or let my family /friends know (because I've been judged by an ex-friend after telling them I think I might have adhd) so I'm hoping if someone with adhd or a doctor who can recognize adhd can help me our here and let me know if there's a possibility I have adhd or not. Here's a list of things I do that are listed in the video:
1. I have trouble sitting still: I often find myself playing with my hands/jewelry, kicking my feet, playing with my clothes, shake my leg, etc the only time I can ever sit still is when something catches my full attention which barely happens at all
2. You're quickly distracted by things that are stimulating: I do get distracted quite easily. Example: I get distracted when someone I find attractive walks by, and think about them for the next 5 minute while my teacher is giving a lecture. (this has happened multiple times to me before especially in the classroom) If I don't find interest in something, my mind will drift to something else like the sound of chewing gum or someone tapping their pencil since those thing annoy me I'll end up paying more attention to those little things instead of what's important or the task.
3. You find it difficult to focus of tasks that don't interest you: and the ending of number 2 leads into this one, number 3. It is very hard for me to focus on certain tasks like cleaning my room, doing homework, reading a book for school, taking a test, etc because those things don't interest me. For example when I'm cleaning my room I always get distracted by something like a bottle laying the floor or something.
4. You often switch from another activity to another: This happens a ton I know I said this for all the other things, but it does happen a lot. One time I was working on a digital piece of artwork and I ended up rushing at the end because I wanted to finish it and move on to writing a piece for a book. Another day I was working out because I wanted to get in shape, but then days after I found myself abandoning the workout routine to paint or something.
5. You're internally Restless: I was about to say this doesn't happen to me, but I realized it does. I always have to be doing something like listening to music, watching a show, drawing, singing, I have to do something or else I become cranky because I don't fulfill the needs for my entertainment.
6. You often can't wait your turn: now this one doesn't happen as much, but it depends on what I waiting on. Like if my little brother's struggling to read a sentence in a book, I'll finish it for him so I can say what I need to say.
7. You blurt of things: I've blurted a few times, but only in elementary. Now I don't blurt at all, or not yet. I'm at least able to control the blurting out bit.
8. It's difficult for you to play calmly: It can be difficult for me to play calmly. Often when I'm not able to do something right I find myself really angered, and I can get overly excited over things as well.
9. You're very rash in your decision making: The only time I feel like I can relate to this is when I'm sad or angry, I often times lash out at others sometimes physically hurting them which I'm not proud of.
10. You often lose essential things: I do loose things a lot like a calculator, a straw, a pair of shoes, clothing, headphones, a charger, etc. The list goes on and on.
11. You talk a lot: I do talk a lot especially about things I'm passionate about, I feel like I always have to have a response to everything said, but sometimes my anxiety blocks me from speaking out.
12. You often don't seem to be listening: Like I said before I get easily distracted from certain noises, people etc.
(Thank you, If you actually read all this)
ok i have adhd so i might be biased but the idea of laying down doing nothing for 20 minutes sounds like torture i would have to be so tired or sad like how on earth would someone even do that i cant imagine it
i would just * daydream *
Well usually I’m daydreaming lol, or I’m really tired and sad and unmotivated and nothing sounds fun 😂
I remember I had a ct scan and the nurse lady kept telling me to be still but like....how I was in their for what felt to be HOURS and I got a little claustrophobic in their😅
People tell me to try meditating but I can’t sit down for that long
ok update i did in fact actually manage to lie on the floor and not really do anything for a good amount of time but i was very sad and stressed so,
I hit all 14. I'm 52. I was only diagnosed 2 years ago. Just so you know x
Same! mind blowing when I look back at my life.
For me, I've found that I don't talk alot due to being an introvert.. but once I do make a friend I am very outspoken but only around those close to me.
Wow. I never realized that I had ADHA.
I stumbled across a video, earlier today, that I watched because a lot of my friends have been diagnosed with ADHD. That video was the first time I ever considered that I might also have ADHD.
Now, watching your video, I realized that I probably do have ADHD. Practically the only questions that didn’t scream “this is me!” are the ones I have worked for decades to overcome.
My mind is blown.
i thought i could memorize how many adhd traits i could have in my head, but that didn't work haha
You're not alone...
Same, I was good for the first five and then I forgot I was counting😂
I always count on my hands when i take these tests lmao
I started counting in my head and didn’t forget my count because all of them applied to me :|
Same last time when my parents finnaly decided to take me to a phycologist i tried to remember everything but forgot all of them and was sittin there like:😃
Since I've got the predominantly inattentive type, a lot of these don't apply to me 😅 we tend to be less impulsive and less hyperactive in general. I wish they'd explore other symptoms to be used as criteria, such as RSD, or even sensory issues.
I agree! It makes it really difficult to diagnose
Well said. I feel inattentive types just get overlooked.
I also thought this was a lacking video. Not every adhder is a lil rubber ball, some are little glued statues.
oh yeahhhh
im undiagnosed, but a lot of the video don't apply to me (only 2 or 3 applies to me) and I really think I have inattentive adhd too.
Exactly, it is really à torture not to be able to focus
when you realise the test isnt about the criterias but about whether you finish the video undistracted
I answered yes to 12 questions!!! I have been on this journey for quite some time now and am learning to love and accept myself inspite of my adhd. I love your videos on youtube!!!
Looking forward to learning more how to cope with it!!!😂😂😂
"public speaking"? uh, not me. i am not talkative. I avoid talking and will only do so if people are talking to me. why bcz my train if thought or self expression is messed up. honestly I forget the next thing I want to say. as a cashier I literally have to force myself to chit chat with customers and over think what I am going to say
Hey, thx for the comment. Yea, same here, I hate small talk. However, when it comes to things that I am passionate about - i love talking about them. I reckon I'm also pretty good. Try public speaking about a topic that really interests you.
@@adhdvision x2 here
This list mostly addresses adhd hyperactive type , you should look into inattentive type . It is more common in women and often missed. It has some of the same basic executive functioning challenges, but presents itself different in several ways, including often being quit , shy or having social anxiety.
One reason I know I have adhd: I could never focus in school even though I tried very hard, beginning from elementary. I remember asking my brother if it's normal, he said he had problems focusinh too but it went away by puberty, that never happened for me. I feel like adhd is like a sensory overload, you try to listen to the teacher, you notice how their face moves, the background noise, the things on the desk. I noticed it's easier to listen when I close my eyes, but I still loose track. Also the part where you can't finish tasks is very true, losing things. I'm almost 30 and it all makes sense now.
true i keep on losing my usb only to find it days later i kept in its normal place
Sophomore year I remember during AP Euro lectures, sometimes they were so long I physically could not sit down anymore, like idk how to explain it it wasn’t pain, but like it felt so bad, like electricity was going through my body and that the only way of feeling better was by moving, like it got me really restless and like I felt like just standing up and sprinting for hours lol
the fact that I tell my parents that I think I have adhd and I tell them the symptoms, their answer is always "it's because u are a teenager" and when I remind them that I did it as a child too, they complain that I was always the "weird kid" 🤠
“If you crossed 8-”
Me looking at my 12 marks and my Methylphenidate: yep I thought so.
Lucky you hsve a ritalin prescription..
.they removrd it after 15 years fof nothing. I cant be functionnal.😢
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Me: *knows I have ADHD*
Also me: "Wow! I checked off for all of these, who would have thought????"
my ADHD went undiagnosed for decades because the intelligence I was also born with did a great job helping me to mask what I used to call my idiosyncrasies.
I usualy see this kind of videos when my imposter syndrome gets the best out of me, it gets me thinking "Yeah you dont have any neurodivergency, you are just a useless and lazy failure" This is the one that have helped me the most. Its well adressed, i feel like im listening to someone who understand my problem and in this moment where I'm in my absolute bottom it helps to remember me thag its not entirely my fault. Thx for the vid.
I’ve been questioning if I have adhd for a little while now. My parents never got me checked, though, they also took years to get my sisters mental disability diagnosis. I hit a lot of the criteria in the video but I have really bad anxiety so I’m too scared to go get a diagnosis or some sort of help.
Same
Yup I mentioned it to my mom and she didn’t say or do anything just kinda told me probably not and didn’t bring it up My brother has adhd and I fit the criteria but I make straight As which is probably why she either doesn’t believe or denies it because she doesn’t want me to be like my brother I don’t say anything about it anymore because I know it’s useless
Same
If you dont treat you adhd you will messup you life and relationship.
Guys please you are still young I hope you will take care of your adhd and get stronger while its still early !
You will jump from job to job because it will be a torture to do any boring jobs !!
Make sure you do a JOB YOU LOVE otherwise you will endup struggling trust me !
I took tons of adhd tests online they all said I have severe adhd but its not diagnosed my sister has adhd so my thinks im just trying to seek attention
I have adhd and he got it spot on like omg it is crazy how accurate this dude was
It’s kinda sad that for 13, I used to talk a lot, but I became quieter and more reserved because of my fear of people being annoyed and bothered by it. Sometimes, depending on who I’m talking too, I’ll just talk and talk until I get the signs they want to talk too. Now, I have one friend who I always do the talking, and she’s fine with that because when she’s with her friends she normally does all the talking, so she gets a break with me
I have not been diagnosed with ADHD, and I try to avoid the "self-diagnosing pathway.". When I was around 11-15, I overheard my parents talking about the possibility of me having something (not specifically ADHD) after several incidents at school and me getting referred to some "diagnostic testing" by the school because of some "incidents." The teachers described me on my school report as "prone to impulsive behaviors" and "getting carried away" or "frequently forgetting to do basic tasks." Others were nice enough to call me "bubbly" and "have a good sense of humor.".
Examples of these "incidents" this year include:
-I didn't notice my water bottle was overflowing and tipped over on my desk until the teacher told me it was going everywhere. This happened twice in the same room.
-Getting told that we were doing my least favorite sport, netball, and immediately jumping over the tennis net, hitting the concrete ground. So I bleed enough not to do sports. We had a relief/supply teacher, and he was horrified.
-Talking a lot and being told to turn down my volume.
-Doing an assignment the same day it got given. So, I don't forget, and then I accidentally do the assignment again the next day. The teacher said, "What the hell is this?". When I gave him the other assignment the next day, he said, "You already handed it in." Holding up a piece of work I had never seen before.
-Not trying in certain fields of study. For example, I would be immersed in something like biology or chemistry, but I would fall asleep or get bad grades in physics. Like this year, I got an A for biology and a D for physics.
-And pacing a lot when trying to remember things.
At one point, it got so bad that my mom had to write a list of what I had to do to get ready in the morning.
I was a teenager and still am, so I did not understand much. Only to know it was bad.
I did find out while they were talking that they were not going to take me because "it may affect my future and limit my opportunities." My dad is Asian.
I only realized I could have ADHD after I took a quiz with my friends and got 41/50. So, I don't really know.
Thanks for listening to my tedtalk.
Please give me some advice.
I watched it ten times and finally managed to listen to it all.
I am medically diagnosed, its fun to look at the video and think "thats me!!!"
I'm off the charts in novelty seeking, but I can sit still, listen attentively, and wait my turn.
12 out of 14, I actually laughed out loud at a couple, they were so accurate!
All of them: yes
Me: a communications major and my biggest goal is to give a ted talk...
I’ve tried to tell my friends and family and they don’t believe me
I loved this, but the repetitive. song in the background was SUPER distracting and kind of got on my nerves after a while. Maybe think about not having music play in your next video, or if so- something not so repetitive with strong guitar strings?
Im glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback!
noo the music definitely helped
Wait there's music
I noticed the frequent motion and movie references and memes, held my attention well (and I’m gonna try and get diagnosed with adhd since I fit many of the symptoms and my friend who’s diagnosed tells me I match all the symptoms that got them diagnosed)
Gotta love the scoring 12/14 on this. Mr Therapy man is gonna be hearing about this soon 😀
When they all apply to you but you have to restart because you get distracted by the littlest things
*Me, looking down at my 13 tally marks:* that's a problem for another day :)
Same
I know I have ADHD, I just wanted to see why I constantly forget things but can remember some things. I lose my items because of my forgetfulness. What I don’t understand is how I managed to memorize my mom’s phone number but when it gets to memorizing other phone numbers, it’s impossible. I later learned that people who have ADHD have impaired short term memory. I just wanted to confirm if I was right 😅 and also wanted to know why I remember some things but forgot other things.
omg same i can remember some things like a convo i had years ago with someone i met only once and the place we were what they were wearing and i would be able to point them out in a crowd and be like woah i remember u from that time but when it comes to knowing what i did the day before or even this morning where my keys are just normal things i should know i just can’t
i remember embarrassing situations from when i was 5 but i don’t remember that i have an assignment due it’s so bad also with the phone number thing i also don’t remember when someone is listing it off to me in the moment and asks me to remember it so they can write it down but if u repeated it to me and asked me a few weeks later i would somehow know it but also never will i forget it again it’s v weird
I love that you can click out of youtube and it's still playing the video in the background. Best invention ever.
I was diagnosed with severe ADULT ADHD about 7 years ago & I am 55 now. You just described me . Didn't need to count as all described me except for throwing things & robbing banks
I was listening in and out (I have diagnosed ADHD) and ticking it when i heard the titles, i had to rewind about 60 times to double check LOL. but i noticed i was doodling flowers whilst ticking the last box!
Got “tested” back in high school and the doctor told me that it sounded like I needed to just try harder and was embarrassed to get a second opinion but since meeting my fiancé and her telling me that I 100% have it and seeing all these videos and checking off almost all the boxes I want to get tested again
For #12: A person can tend to interrupt, be impulsive with words, and get loud with laughter. But “disruptive” can mean throwing fits of different moods. From what I’ve read online, for example, things like fits of anger, untimely waterworks, unyielding in debates, etc. So, it’s way more serious than, say, finishing another’s sentence.
When you’re trying hard to focus on the list but he was on number 7 a minute ago and now he’s on number 11... whoops, got distracted
I can't help but think "isn't that just normal?" like.... 😐
BRO THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS ME PERFECTLY! Every. Single. One.
I'm 35 and I started reading about ADHD and ADD and everything now make so much sense. I got 8 marks that are super strong in me and 4 that apply but not so much, probably because I think I have the innatentive type, whitout hiperactivity.
It's kind of sad I went through half my life undiagnosed, but at the same time I have more hope for the future now.
I got 13 out of 14. Had to rewind a couple of times cuz I wasn’t paying attention and thought I missed one ;-;
I definitely missed few
I love how i always watch these videos, but I've been diagnosed 3 separate times, sooo i think it's safe to say that i have adhd
I was diagnosed when I was 30; that was 22 years ago. But as soon as I realized, my whole life then made sense. So, for the last 22 years, I have used it to my advantage. As an artist, I always have at least 7-10 paintings going on all at once. Like he said, we get bored on to the next but I will go back and finish many. We can multi-task people; it's like having 100 tabs open on your screen!! We are creative by nature!
I had all of these as a child however now that I am an adult some of them have been replaced by lots of anxiety.
At the beginning when he mentioned to draw dots for your points I got so excited for some reason and I am not making a smiley face with the dots I drew 💕
I succeeded, it’s pretty easy to make a smiley face with 11 dots!
My mind kept wandering all the way through this video...
I have so many of the symptoms, including stimulants having the opposite effect on me than they do on normal people; but, according to some click test the therapist had me do a week ago, I'm only borderline and I got diagnosed with anxiety instead.
Recently been told by my college that they think I have ADD not dylexia and honestly it makes a lot more sense
Think dyslexia, add and adhd are all a bit over lappy. I defo saw something for do I have adhd that said 'give a point if you have dyslexia.'
I started watching this and did other things the entire time and I ended up having to watch it over again. Also, even though I was listening the whole time, I can't remember any of it. Even after watching this again, I still barely remember it.
I got 12. I had to get tested once already, and I think this time I'll be positive. Thing was then everyone thought it was always difficult to focus- no matter the task. So thanks.
I just want to tell you all how much of a science experiment my brain is... I have Adhd, Ocd, Bpd, MDD (Depression), and Social Anxiety. But I am a gifted child who finds learning fun and stimulating.
You can stop here if you're bored.
I didn't even know for the longest time there was something wrong, I just liked learning and I was a little weird. I used to be the role model of my school, but as I got older everything became less about intelligence and more about organization.
So, I adapted to the roles school wanted me to take, but then I started feeling incomplete. In the time that I had worked on myself just to be at my full potential, I didn't put effort into my friendships to make sure they were healthy, so I started getting lonely.
I still have a lot of trouble, and I'm more emotional than dysfunctional now. I have friends, a best friend, a boy friend (oooh), and I am trying to get a therapist!
Oh no, that's not a happy ending. 😀
Sorry, it is taking me too long to get a therapist. Insurance, personality, travel restrictions, and the fact that pediatric therapists and psychologists suck are all reasons of why I haven't been able to find a therapist.
I had to say something rash on social media to get recognized as not feeling okay. I didn't realized I've been bullied for the whole school year. I reached out and said I knew there was something gravely wrong and my guidance counselor didn't see the severity because I am "put together".
I am put together because if I'm not society criticizes me. So now because I learned to cope, and become a better person I can't be struggling? I HAVE A 15 MINUTE VIDEO OF ME SCREAMING I-
This is what Adhd is, not just the inability to focus or behave. I hid myself so that I wasn't bullied, so I could make it into Treble, so I could be in advanced classes again where people would appreciate my intelligence.
Where did that go? When did my illness consume me? Am I going to be okay?
I literally HAVE to look somewhere else every time my teacher or anyone talks and it has gotten me in trouble so much
baha i related to almost all of the questions and my parents say i’m fine and i honestly don’t know why and i’m pretty sure i have anxiety but my (what i’m guessing is) social anxiety is so bad that i’m WAY too embarrassed to ask for a appointment like my family made me order my own food and i cried
Him: if you crossed at least 8/14...
Me: why did I cross 16?
The fact I’m watching this instead of doing my assignment lol, I’m already diagnosed but this just reaffirms it
Did anyone else skipp the first part of the video, and go straight to the list, then had to rewatch/recount cause you totally got distracted
I litteraly kept opening new tabs and watching new YT
When I was in Year 5 (second final year of Primary school) I saw this thing in PSHE which explained to us all the symptoms when you have ADHD, and I realise that I had all the symptoms of the four examples. That was the first bit of belief that I have it. 2 years later, the symptoms just keep piling up, with me having 12 out of 14. Tomorrow I will tell my parents if I remember to and if I’ve built the courage to.
I was on the toilet watching your video and then something reminded me of the Cruella movie I just watched and I completely forgot I was watching you
My friend who has adhd her mum asked me if I have adhd I said no and then I told my mum about that and she said that it’s only because I’m hyper active but adhd doesn’t mean that your always hyper active
I had 10/14 😶👁️👄👁️ I only remembered because I held my fingers up plus I zoned out once or twice and had to rewind
It’s actually a fifteen question quiz. The first question is “are you ready?” and the answer if you have adhd is “no”.
i literally started playing a movie, and then i realized that i didn’t text my friend back, so i picked up my phone and went on tiktok which led me to this video to which i got 14/14. don’t you just love to see it
Had to rewatch this cause I heard stuff in the background
This is probably the only test ive aced so far. Though adhd helps me in problem solving since i get distracted by small nuances in phrases im presented... After reading it 10x first cause i get sidetracked mid every 2 sentences i read 🤦♂️
When u listen about yourself from other people , it catches attention 😅, although I pressed rewind button more than 7 times ..
3:15 Switching from one task to another happens because of difficulty with object permanence. When you're doing a task, it's in front of you. If you get up to answer the door, it's out of sight, out of mind. Unintentionally. You don't even know your focus left the task, cuz you don't remember you were in the middle of something. So once you close the door and go get a drink, you start washing dishes cuz they're in front of you.
2:13 i was shaking my leg when u said that i-
14/14 /: only kept track cuz I can write with my new colored expo whiteboard pens, kept tally in 3 colors.
Distracting me with the number 2 laugh noise was a good move, my guy. I have to rewind the video now and try to get past it and hear what’s under it xD
Well this is bonkers!
I went to my psychiatrist because I felt like I shared the symptoms and told them my day to day life. I told them how it made me feel frustrated from a very young age not being stimulated to do mentally challenging work on time and easily getting stimulated. They had me take the TOVA test and from the results they concluded that I only have depression and not ADHD
welp..i wrote the ones that related to me and all 14 of them were written down. took me a while cuz I needed to rewind the video just in case I thought you said something different.