adhd tiktok is awful and i'm going insane | stillnotcorry
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hello if you see this comment "major league baseball is spying on you" 
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Do you have ADHD? Or are you neurodivergent in another way?
I have Bipolar And Borderline Personality Disorder!
I'm AuDHD.
I have autism.
Tik Tok made me think I had adhd… turns out I just had anxiety and depression lol
I am autistic!! :]
its like how a cold can have the same syptom of something 10x more extreme, doesnt mean you have that 10x more extreme thing, you could easilly just have a cold
I feel like this is a well worded way of writing it and makes a lot of sense , so thank you !
I have adhd, and am autistic. Some of these honestly may have convinced me I didn't have adhd because of how broad/soft the "descriptions" are.
Thanks for this video!!
Same with me, I ignored all of my signs because I knew these videos were bad. Turns out I have adhd, and only realised when another person with it told me that what I thought was me focusing was actually far from it hahah
I have ADHD, and I also have an issue with how ADHD has become “popular” or something. On the one hand, I don’t want to gatekeep because many women, like myself, self diagnose later in life before getting an official diagnosis since ADHD is mostly understood from male presentation. Awareness and reducing stigma is positive. Misinformation isn’t. It feels invalidating that TikToks like this portray ADHD like some wacky little silly willy quirk, when in reality it can majorly interfere with success and life satisfaction
I’m gonna be honest, idc who says they think they have it or don’t, I feel like I can always tell. Like us who actually have adhd have a good radar and can easily tell who’s actually one of us, lol
I have to agree that misinformation is a problem.
That stereotype of a 'male presentation' is also a problem for us males who don't fit it. It completely invalidates our experiences. However, the many stories of women being misdiagnosed or not receiving a diagnosis because of a bias is just sad. I think once I started to suspect that I might have ADHD (prior to my diagnosis), I faced less 'resistance' than I might have if I were a woman.
But yes, that wacky quirky happy-go-lucky feel in some videos can be... I don't know. It was far more serious for me.
i recently finished high school and the tik tok self diagnoses are RAMPANT man people fr dont think content like this through enough. and most people i know are getting all their information from the internet and social media or don't have access to that kind of healthcare/mental health professionals so like it reeeeeally starts feeling like just misinformation
can confirm this as a teenager even living in England where they do this for free (albeit kind of poorly lol) - honestly its just exhausting sometimes bc a lot of people will like come to me bc im that neurodivergent friend for some reason even though im not the only one by far and just ugh sometimes its honestly confusing how gullible ppl can be
new drinking game take a shot every time Corry says adhd and don’t die
Thank you for making this!! I feel like a lot of these vids really downplay the depth of the difficulty having adhd causes, which is frustrating when you know it’s many people’s only source of info about it
exactly this
I don't have ADHD. But I do have a neural divergent. I was diagnosed with schizoeffective disorder. It's just like schizophrenia but it has a mood disorder attached to it. I have PTSD, mania and depression. I take two medications everyday for it. They may bump me up to three but for now it's two. I hear voices and I see visual hallucinations. You're a really amazing person Corry. I'm happy for you and Noah. I'm a big fan. Keep up the great content. Have fun!
I have ADHD and social anxiety, and this new ADHD "trend" is making me feel embarrassed when I mention I have adhd, like i don't want people to think i am one of those self diagnosed (based on 2 tiktoks they saw) people. Also, not related to adhd tiktok but i am a student and i hate taking my medication when i study in public, i always worry other students are judging me and thinking i abuse it for better performance, or worry they'll come to me and ask if i can give them some (which has happened before). People are just annoying when it comes to adhd.
I may be undiagnosed adhd. I base this partly on the fact that I was diagnosed "hyperactive" in grade school: early to mid 80s. I'm pretty sure other people in my family are also, but only one is sure. Most of my family refuse diagnoses and treatment. My father made sure I didn't get more meds for that diagnoses.
I’m sorry that your family is not open to diagnosis/ treatment. But I relate, I also believe I may be undiagnosed ADHD, as well as my dad and both of my sisters. My dad and one of my sisters are pretty much classic, textbook definition of ADHD. Myself and my other sister have symptoms in more elusive and nefarious ways, but it’s still present nonetheless. I think we are all open to the possibility, but none of us have sought out medical care. My mom is in denial about it. I think growing up in the 60’s, she subconsciously thinks that people with a neurological difference must be extremely different to a typical person, to the point where they struggle to function in society at all, but that’s absolutely not the case for every person with a neurological difference. In fact, I’d say most can probably pass as “normal, functioning adults” at least some of the time.
Diagnosed with ADHD at 13, was medicated, but went off them in university, which may be why I ended up changing my major 5 times.
Thank you for making this video!! This horrible tiktok trend has completely downplayed how disabling ADHD can be. None of these people want to talk about the "unglamorous" or "unrelateable" aspects of ADHD and I have watched in real time how this makes the people around me start to barely even see ADHD as a real disorder. ADHD has derailed my whole life so many times in so many ways. People with ADHD have DOUBLE the risk of accidental risk or suicide as do people without ADHD, and everyone I tell that stat to is completely shocked because the public consciousness of ADHD has become "oh haha that minor quirky tiktok disorder that barely even counts as a real problem".
This is by far the best discussion of this topic I've heard so far. Such a frustrating thing to come out of social media
Personally, ND tiktok has helped me a lot, and I think there's good content out there, but I definitely agree the quirky "wow these very vague things are definitely all of the signs of ADHD" content is not helpful at all. Quality content does exist but it's much harder to find and doesn't do well on a platform that pushes short and easily digestible content.
I have adhd and these people are already impacting me in a negative way. I can't get my medication because of a nationwide (USA) shortage.
I am not diagnosed with ADHD, but I have strong reasons to believe I have it. As one example, I really related to Corry’s description in the recent Sci Guys episode about ADHD medication about how he has to sit in the shower for hours before he can move on and finish getting ready. For me, it’s that I cannot get out of bed in the morning. And when I say that, I don’t mean that I’m groggy/ not a morning person/ tired from not sleeping enough. I will be laying in bed, fully wide awake, staring at the ceiling, contemplating the meaning of life. In my brain, I want to get up so, so bad, but I simply cannot. I will literally wake up hours before I’m supposed to be at work, but stay in bed staring at the ceiling until the absolute last minute I possibly can until I have to hurriedly get ready in like 15 min to be to work on time. It’s like I need the time crunch in order to work up the ability to move my body out of the bed at all. I need the stress to function normally. My boss has repeatedly told me (in as nice a way as possible) that I need to work on getting to work in a more timely manner. I like my boss and my job and I really want to be able to do so, but no matter how much I want to or how hard I try I physically cannot get my body to do it. This is just one example of many problems I have that lead me to believe I have ADHD. Conversely, I do not really relate to some of the things that are common on the generic lists of “5 ADHD symptoms”. For example, I do not compulsively spend money/ never have and am also not that impulsive in general, and I am also usually not hyperactive in physical expression. However, in my brain, I am EXTREMELY hyperactive, almost 100% of the time, I just very rarely act out on it physically.
I really appreciate the way that Corry and Noah talk about ADHD. It allows me to understand much more thoroughly what I’m likely dealing with than the type of TikToks or generic content similar to what Corry criticizes in this video.
I can relate to your experience a lot. But for me it’s caused by depression and anxiety, and it improved a lot when I got treatment.
@@nataliep4349 thanks for sharing, glad to hear you are getting the help you need! Obviously I can’t say for sure since I’m not diagnosed, but I think it’s unlikely I have depression as I don’t really have any of the other symptoms of it, I could possibly have anxiety though. I also have other ADHD symptoms I didn’t mention in my original comment, such as very bad time management/ executive dysfunction, chronic procrastination, genuinely forgetting to do little things even though I just confirmed that I would do them, getting bored of doing normal work if I don’t have another stimulus present (like listening to podcasts or music), hyper fixation on something when I’m “in the zone”, etc.
Unfortunately, the medical system in the US (where I live) sucks stinky poo poo butt, so it’s very discouraging to try to seek out help. 😕
@@coralovesnature yup, I had every one of those symptoms too. I think one of the key things is the executive dysfunction like you mentioned, which is associated with several different disorders. It seems like it really doesn’t get talked about much outside of ADHD for whatever reason.
It’s definitely hard to get ADHD assessments nowadays since it became so “trendy” online. Waitlists are really long, and they limit which medical/mental health professionals are allowed to diagnose it since so many people lie about their symptoms just to get a prescription for stimulants.
I also had a few vitamin/mineral deficiencies that contributed to symptoms, so that may be one thing you could look into as well.
@@nataliep4349 hmm, good point about the medication too. I don’t really want to go on medication if I don’t have to either, so part of the reason I am hesitant is also that I don’t want to get diagnosed, then immediately shoved onto drugs that may not even make me “better”. I would rather make diet or lifestyle changes or try cognitive behavioral therapy. For me personally, medication would be like the last option after I’ve tried everything else and nothing worked.
The nuance is always lost when it comes to tiktok 😔
That’s a huge problem with short-form content. You can’t compress all the detail that could go into an even semi-accurate diagnosis in less than a minute; information will always be glossed over or shortened into something general and nonspecific.
One of my favorite (sarcasm) things is when they describe things that are very much autism symptoms but they want to group it into being an adhd thing because autism isnt the cool quirky thing to have rn on tiktok
I've noticed that in a lot of ADHD spaces. They'll call it ADHD with SPD or whatever just to not have to face the idea that they might be Autistic
This is interesting because my fyp is filled with people with ADHD and autism. It's so common people use the term AuDHD
@@jackriver8385 This may be true of some people but also up until a few years ago the DSM consumed you could have have both ADHD and autism - it was only one or the other. Because of this I think a lot of people got misdiagnosed. Also because of the algorithm there's whole sides of tiktok we don't see. My fyp is full of people who are both autistic and have ADHD - I haven't seen anyone say they have ADHD and SPD. It's become so common people use AuDHD as a short hand.
Yes! Or people saying these are Neurodiverse traits/autism and adhd traits when neither of those things exist.
YES OMFG i actually think autism is a cute quirky thing to have on tiktok atm it’s just the version of autism that ppl think is quirky is like. not the full picture. and then ppl will talk about actual autistic ppl and ridicule them and shit like ugh as a person w diagnosed adhd and autism it just makes me so fucking angry
I got diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 and autism two days ago. As an adult it's kind of crippling to know that I only got diagnosed in my early thirties.
Thank you for making this kind of content. You and other content creators really helped making it clear on what ADHD is and helped me to seek diagnosis.
i just sometimes really dislike how tiktok makes it seem like a fun thing to have.
like i don't hate my brain sure, i mean it's my brain. but when im causing actual harm to myself because i've lost something
or feeling like im going to die whenever i feel like someone is mildly criticising me because the pain is so much
and overanalysing every conversation i've ever had
and ruining relationships because of it
it doesn't seem like a "cool" thing anymore
its frustrating because i don't even see myself in those tiktoks so even though i know what i experience is like "not normal tm"
i don't know what it is/even if i think i know i start doubting it and my therapist doesn't seem to want to diagnose me with anything, only "get me to love myself" and "be more confident" and "look people in the eye"
maybe im just a failed neurotypical
I absent-mindedly pick the skin around my fingers to stim to the point where it's physically painful, so I dont think 'fidgeting' really cuts it lol.
Diagnosed ADHD as a child, then re-diagnosed as an adult and finally medicated as a 32 year old mother of 2. My ADHD became so much more pronounced (i.e. my coping skills stopped working as well) when I became a parent....and forgetting a toddler and a newborn exists is NOT OKAY!!!! Kiddos are now a preschooler and toddler and my medicine helps me manage so much better and be a better mother. (Also diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and PTSD...fun times)
When it comes to people thinking they have ADHD when they actually don't...or broadening the symptoms of ADHD to be more relatable... it can be really invalidating. People think they understand whats I'm going through but they don't. Esspecially considering that (where I live anyway) there's a stigma where people don't believe ADHD is even a real thing. We just get labled as 'lazy' or 'irresponsible ' or 'rude'.
Yeah but what do you expect these people who think they might have it to do? They won't be able to look inside your head and they won't be able to know if they have it without seeking a professional about it. I think these people are the last people that ADHD-diagnosed people should put the blame on. How are you supposed to know if your bad is just the mild bad or the original bad?
@@souley2752i dont have an issue with people thinking they might have adhd... im not putting blame on them. I dont even have an issue with undiagnosed people coming to the conclusion that they have adhd... I think responsible self diagnosis is valid. I have an issue with people missrepresenting the adhd experience and making it more relatable (like what cory was saying). Please read my comment in the context of this video.
Trying to get evaluated for ADHD, i genuinely think i have it but i've not been taken seriously for it because i "get good grades in school." It's really frustrating as it effects my life quite a lot in many upsetting ways and it makes me so fucking angry when people treat it like it's the "easy" neurodivergence to have. It's called a disorder for a reason!
Yes it’s so annoying how society has made these strong stereotypes about what disorder are like for example if you are not like Shaun Murphy or Sheldon cooper or whatever her name was from that one sia movie then “your not autistic” and they downplay things like the only thing adhd does is makes you get distracted sometimes it is so annoying because it is so much more than just getting distracted
Not to say it doesn’t affect you attention span but for many many people it is not just getting distracted
exactly! i went to see a psychiatrist and almost burst into tears out of anger and frustration because my psychiatrist was arguing against the possibility of me having adhd because i had good grades! it pissed me off sm, he wouldn't even try and look into it
@@nortmellypill Get a new psychiatrist he is speaking some crazy stuff, because my psychiatrist knows just because you have ADHD doesnt mean you cant have good grades, i take medicine for me to focus and be more productive in school so i think you need a new psychiatrist, there is a ADHD psychiatrist office somewhere in augusta i cant exactly remember if its in augusta or somewhere else.
Ignored the fact I almost certainly have adhd cuz a therapist told me it was just the ptsd, finally scheduled to get a proper diagnosis (less than a month left🎉) after I almost tanked my grades beyond repair lmao better late than never tho
With texts, either you've forgotten, or in response to realising you've forgotten you are in a shame spiral and now can't make yourself respond, which makes you feel even worse, which makes replaying more impossible to make happen, which makes you feel worse...
why do we suddenly like lose all concept of nuance when it comes to shit like this too lol it gets very all or nothing like "oh i experience a lot of these rly broad things that the internet said are signs of adhd so that must be the entire singular root of my issues"
I think I have ADHD or some type of neuro divergency but I refuse to self diagnose, but also know if I didn’t enjoy school I wouldn’t be able to work at all. I literally cannot do something boring and if I do it’s a people pleasing thing.
take a shot every time corry says adhd
Lmao, my boyfriend rants about this topic all the time. The most recent being last weekend. We watched your video together, he was very happy with the points you brought up 👍
My professor this semester uses "frequency and intensity" a lot during his class on kids with special needs, and I think that's the ticket. The average person does things like run late, lose things, interrupt people (etc) BUT the frequency and intensity by which people with ADHD do those same things is part of what sets us apart as neurodivergent.
Hi, I’ve been on a journey recently of discovering I’m autistic. Now it hasn’t been much time but it is finally what feels right to me, I’ve been searching for why I felt this way and I think I’ve finally found it !
I still have a ways to go but it’s been nice understanding that some of my odd habits are actually ok to do and I’m not an actual freak 😀✨
I got diagnosed with ADHD about a year and a half ago. Videos like the ones you show helped me realize that I might have ADHD. That being said, I know a lot more about it and myself now, and it’s kinda hard to look at these videos as harmless or helpful
About 4 months ago I tried to get a diagnosis for adhd.
I’ve always been very self reliant so people often don’t notice that I struggle. Then some months ago a school councillor?? (Dunno what her job is) suggested that I might have adhd. It was the first time any adult ever recognised the possibility.
Throughout several years a lot of different friends (who are neurodivergent hmm I sure wonder why all my friends are neurodivergent and/or mentally ill) aHem anyways they told me to seek a diagnosis.
Ofc my main reason for trying to get one is because I think it could help me not because someone suggested it. But now because of the school councillor I had a “valid excuse” so that made it feel less intimidating.
It wasn’t exactly fun to contact my doctor and then try to get through the health care system. When I finally got to have a meeting when we were done they told me to contact them again if I don’t have friends (I know why that’s a thing but still just what??) and start failing at school.
So fun fact! I kinda am failing at school. I feel like the psychiatrist didn’t ask the right things. For example she said nothing about doing big assignments last minute and I was so nervous I completely forgot. I have access to the journal that was written about me and honestly it’s sad to see how much she misunderstood what I was saying.
Idk I think I might try again when I’m feeling more up to it. Since i think would really help me personally but also being able to get extra help with school but honestly most importantly just people acknowledging it, and receiving some kind of understanding.
Good luck to anyone out there in the same situation as me :) it’s not great but I wanna believe we can do it!!
I have autism, and the amount of downplaying of what it actually is and straight up false information on tiktok is astounding....
This feels like some voice that's been silently screaming inside my head lately when people say, "But everyone has a little ADHD don't they?"
I MAY have ADHD (i keep forgetting to make an appointment for the eval) and I definitely think I experience RSD and yeah “having a hard time with rejection” is a little light for what is “curling up in a ball and going nonverbal because you think your friend will hate you forever because you made a joke that crossed a boundary by accident” idk tho perhaps I’m just 🌶️ spicy
TikTok’s like this have gotten that bad that when I got sent for a adhd/autism exam the doctor had to ask me if I’ve been watching TikTok’s like these because It could’ve influenced me, it confused me at the time because I wasn’t on TikTok but now I am I completely understand and it frustrates me because there’s so much misinformation that can effect people getting diagnosed as there’s such a long waiting list because of the misinformation being spread.
that's what's bugging me about it. Like I was searching up videos about people explaining what everday life with adhd is like or how hey came to get their diagnosis (I wanted to make sure I really understand what this entire stuff means because it was entirely new to me and I didn't want to waste anyone's time) and now my entire youtube and instagram is flooded with adhd related shorts which is basically tiktok. But I think I managed to differenciate the entertainment stuff from the shorts that actually convey some true facts. So I sometimes sit there and say: Oh well, let's watch something really relatable but I will not make it about: If I have one of these I have adhd. Anyway diagnosis day is in August and then I'll finally know it too, but I also fear they will put me down because my algorithm crashed from "nerdy with apparently lots of youtubers having adhd" (I only realized that afterwards) to "every single detail you need to know about adhd" over night. Though I really appreciate having stumbled upon HealthyGamer GG (psychiatrist who spends his fridays explaining about mental disorders and making it understandable for folks who didn't study psychology, very interesting studies there).
I found the romote in the fridge before aswell. I also left my phone in the fridge for half an hour the other day...
I’m starting my autism diagnosis journey in March
I've got ADHD, and so does the majority of my extended family
Very well put Corry, I keep thinking that all the time whilst watching these TikToks! I feel like they do have great potential to make people feel seen, it's especially the way things are phrased that needs to change as you said.
Also btw quite random but I love how your shirt matches the background/lighting of you video 😁
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 15 so like… 21 years ago now and some of the things that bug me about this are:
1. Not clarifying that these things have to actually be disruptive and distressful in your life to qualify as symptoms. It’s not “I lose my keys sometimes” it’s “I’m frequently late to appointments, school or work because I misplaced my keys and it took me a long time to find them” (usually in an obvious place, I once lost my car key for two weeks - thankfully I had a spare - and when I found it it was on top of my washing machine in plain sight. I had looked past it for TWO WEEKS)
2. These symptoms have to present in childhood, if these struggles are something recent and you’re an adult, it’s not ADHD. ADHD is a developmental disorder that occurs during the years that you are developing, you can get diagnosed late and even in adulthood (at 15 my dx was late) but there are a lot of symptoms that have the caveat of being present *before the age of 12*.
3. They include things that are not unique to ADHD and don’t clarify that there are several other diagnoses that overlap, such as bipolar. This can lead to someone who does relate getting diagnosed with something else - like bipolar - that isn’t as “glamorized” so to speak or even heavily stigmatized and can lead to distress in that person because they were convinced they had something that feels less bad to them.
I think the reason it is so 'glamourized' is due to people really struggeling and being so happy that it was never supposed to be easy. Like even if I don't have it I would be so glad if it was true for my boyfriend because he basically struggles in every area of life that demands academic performances and social obligations and it really takes a toll on his self-esteem and motivation and all that stuff. While I was relatively normal in school (regarding my achievements) I am now definitely crashing in university where all structure and organization and all of that suddenly became chaos (which is apparently not that uncommon with late diagnosed girls and I also am not able to depend on my mother's support anymore, I think that made the whole school process very doable for me because she gave a lot of structure and emotional support). Since I started university later than my boyfriend I am not as damaged as him yet but I can see myself at the exact same mental state in 2 years and I don't want to be there. So what I'm trying to say: They're probably not trying to convince everybody about adhd being quirky, but more to say that you shouldn't be ashamed to seek help if you struggle with that because maybe your struggles are meant to be because your brain is wired differently and not because you're stupid. And they are trying to shift the mindset of adhd people from self-hatred to self-acceptance. BUT it is probably highly misunderstood by the rest of the world. I can also be wrong with that obviously.
I really want a close up of that awkward looking piece of art on the wall behind you.
Thanks for making this! I've been a bit confused.
Tiktok: you constantly feel like you’re underachieving
Me: NOTHING COMPARES TO THE LIFE OF AN UNDERACHIEVER
i'm about 99.9% sure i have adhd but my parents refuse to let me get tested 😍😍
Adhd + autism here: diagnosis tiktok irritates the shit out of me lmfaoo idk i feel like i spend half my life explaining myself and my various issues/experiences/etc (and also feeling weird for doing like 30min conversations in which i just tell someone about myself even if they want to know) to so many people (family included) and then tiktok comes along and just like? erases everything i just did? idk it just makes me sad sometimes
(and also i spend so much mental energy explaining and i don’t always want to - but usually it’s better than the alternative, which is kind of just a shit situation tbh, especially when i get ragged on for always correcting my parents etc)
adhd no longer feels like a word after watching this video because Corry said it so many times.
Lmao
I’m Autistic and stuff like this makes people either not believe me when I tell them, or completely misunderstand me
I’m autistic and possibly/suspected adhd (when I was getting diagnosed they told me my mental health was too bad to tell if I had adhd as well, and to come back later if I got mental health sorted out and was still suspecting I had adhd :/)
Yes, thank you! This is why I have to wait a year for my medication after moving to the UK, even though I was diagnosed by a Psychiatrist and was doing super well on meds for two years. I'm glad people can now get diagnosed where previously they wouldn't have known, but you can't diagnose someone with short fun videos. Something that is much more helpful is when people do similar videos but with things like "5 tips to keep your space tidy when you have ADHD". The "5 signs you have... " videos need to stop
I don’t have ADHD and I daydream hundreds of times a day. Sometimes it can last hours ! And I do forget where my phone is when I am on the phone with someone. And sometimes I just click on « buy » when I don’t need another plushy or another game !
All those are just normal human things. It’s very confusing for a person who doesn’t have ADHD to understand how that works with all the TikToks about it. It seems a little too relatable imo. Sometimes I can relate to them, but I am just hypersensitive, or I had depression, or I have anxiety (and I fidget a lot sometimes).
It can be misleading and though I do feel like it’s good that we talk about mental health more, I think we should talk about it better, with more knowledge and professionalism.
Great video !
4 mins in and I feel so validated and just found your channel. Thank you!! lol
I also think that like if you arent diagnosed - especially if you’re not that educated - you should at the very least be required to disclose that you’re self-diagnosed and ideally not use the label. and if you are in a position where you are able to get one and choose not to then i think you forfeit your right to speak about these kinds of issues in the context of whatever disorder you think you have
I usually say at the start that I am still waiting for my appointment. Or I say that I don't know if I have it yet. I feel like saying "self-diagnosed" sounds like I decided without seeking a professional that I have a brain condition that makes many people suffer. Luckily (but to me it is unbearable) I only have 3 weeks left until my first appointment, so hopefully I won't have to tipsy around this topic that much longer XD
"i hate all of these ADHD tiktoks" opens the vid with "hi I still have ADHD" 😶
Aydeeyachdee…
RUclips being: you wanna translate that to English?
I am like: Hell yeah!
RUclips: Grandma!
Me: Reasonable, have a day
i have adhd, however i was misdiagonosed with anxiety at first, and it took almost a year for the correct diagnosis
The ones making ADHD look like a funny quirk are even worse than those "you do random things everyone does? Congrats, you have ADHD" tiktoks
im dislexic and autistic and i have adhd, gotta catch em all
I have diagnosed adhd and dyslexia and a chance of autism, I just don't care enough to do the research to see if I should try and get an autism diagnosis
But my adhd is very intense, and I have taken meds but one worked but faded and one made me feel like shit but I was able to get Caffeinated, it wasn't worth it but feeling Caffeinated is weird after years of not being able to have caffeine work
I'm hoping to find a different medication that works but I have gotten better at managing everything without it, it just makes it all so much easier with meds
My dyslexia isn't as bad as when I was a kid but that mixed with my adhd makes reading so difficult, and now that I'm unpracticed it takes me forever to read and actually remember it which is sad but at least there's audio books
"major league baseball is spying on you"
I hate having ADHD-I it has significantly impacted my life in negative ways since childhood and to see these broad blanket statements made about it that down play the severity of the already extremely misunderstood disorder really makes me frustrated
idk... even tho I am neurotypical and I can only see the signs of my adhd best friend... these videos doesn´t make sense to what we can tell about her. she does not fidget more than any other with mild anxiety. she does not often loose stuff. she is just something else and she is diagnostized with adhd. the only thing that is true i´ve seen here is that she jumps from one hobbie or interest to another very quickly. she cannot for the life of her keep a conversation going in a way that makes sense. she even tho she tries with all her heart cannot pay attention for five minutes to something we are telling her.
I was diagnosed with adhd at 10 years ago were it was still debated if it was even a disability or just a myth and decipline problem. ADHD TikTok’s are terrible, yes I can relate to 50% of their content and they spread awareness but they also spread annoyance about it and cause people to self diagnose themself. It’s treated like a trend when it is actually something that’s negatively impacts one’s life, hence disability. The treatment of adhd on social media is ignorant to people who actually have it…
I have BPD. Sometimes it's considered a neurodivergency, sometimes not. I relate to a lot of these tiktoks which makes sense since bpd and adhd have a lot of overlap in symptoms.
dyslexia and ADHD
I got diagnosed with adhd like a year ago and I think I might also be on the autism spectrum (my brother is) but I'm not totally sure about that part.
Answer to the question of the video:
I migHhT have undiagnosed Autism. Though, I dont have the time or resources for a diagnosis. I am also female so its harder to diagnose. I've done my reaserch and many MANY of the symtoms I expirence are related to many of the other mental issues I have. Such as my major/severe anxiety. Thus, its unlikely I have Autism but I have been told many times that people think I have it 😭
I would love to see you reacting to some videos of Connor Dewolfe, I think it's one of the most illuminating , relatable and funny channels on adhd that are in TicToc
i stopped watching when he refused to take accountability for being inaccurate, so idk if he’s improved since
I've got mild ADHD and autism. I saw self diagnosis videos a lot which actually removed my suspicions I had ADHD? I only got a diagnosis because for some other reasons I got a Neuro Psych to see if I have autism and ADHD was a little cherry on top or something. idk
I've been trying to get assessed for AuDHD for years. Wait lists don't even accept new applicants in Germany.
may I ask where one can get an AuDHD diagnosis in Germany? I either find ADHD or Autism but I fear none of them will diagnose or suspect both
Most of these kinds of videos about ADHD or autism or whatever does say things that you see in people with that diagnosis, BUT you also see it in people that don't have the diagnosis. That's why you shouldn't let TikTok tell you what you have or don't have
The problem with these is that they give responses, not the causes. The spending money is because of impulsivity and the struggle with object permanence. Along with others
i have anxiety but i don’t know if that goes under the neurodivergent umbrella
it doesn’t
i mean if people just understood how causal links worked then this shit wouldn’t be an issue lmao. as a neurodivergent person i appreciate these tiktoks bc i like how relatable they are and hearing about these weirdly specific experiences that it turns out i have in common with other people in the community. i agree sometimes the wording is very misleading but i don’t think it’s a fair alternative to say these creators have a responsibility to keep people from self diagnosing. even if they didn’t make it about “signs you’re undiagnosed” any kind of relatable neurodivergent content IS going
to lead to a lot of people self diagnosing bc it requires drawing an association and people are generally bad at distinguishing a sufficient condition from a necessary one. at the end of the day what’s the material harm of people self diagnosing? if they tell their boss/friends/family they have it all that’ll happen is they’ll be taken less seriously just like people who actually have ADHD are. and a doctor is not just going to hand out stimulants without neuro testing so…. idk is a handful of neurotypicals being somewhat confused Worse than neurodivergent people lowering our voices in public once again?
also i get what you’re saying about ADHD being misrepresented but ppl with ADHD have literally never not been stigmatized and had our struggles minimized. if people see these tiktoks and choose to interpret them in a way that makes
it seem like we’re just exaggerating the difficulty of everyday life, it’s not coming from the tiktok. it’s a reflection of the attitudes of the society the tiktok was made in. some of these tales are problematic but at least it gives people like you something to bounce it off of and i would rather we all be sick of it than nobody talk about it at all. i’ve met and worked for so many people who don’t even know what it is and the fact is we can’t start correcting the misconceptions you’re talking about until it’s in the conversation.
I have ADHD (I was diagnosed when I was 8 or 9) and I think I have autism, but I don’t have access to testing right now.
I think I have mild dyslexia but the only reason why I feel I should get diagnosed is because people don’t believe I have it😅 and it’s funny because I think my father might have it too
I have ADHD and these tiktoks piss me off
I don’t think I’m neurodivergent exactly but I relate to a lot of things some people with ADHD have. Sometimes I find it really difficult to focus, but I’m under a lot of pressure to be good in class and I feel like I’m always hiding little behaviour thingies and losing stuff and I can’t ask my mum for a test or anything to see if I have anything similar to ADHD or anything and I’d really appreciate any advice anyone can give me if you get what I mean or like whatever idk 😭
first vid of yours ive seen and i subbed
I have ADHD, MDD, GAD, and PTSD. My brain is pretty spicy 🔥.
Two books that are really great resources for people who either have ADHD or think they have it are ADHD 2.0 and Delivered from Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell MD. They are available in audiobook and print. The books are a little outdated in some ways but the overall content and advice was very helpful for me. He talks about the positive aspects of ADHD that aren't always focused on. When getting diagnosed and treated for ADHD, the focus was mainly on the negative aspects of it that were disruptive or unproductive. This led to me feeling like having ADHD was a bad thing and I had to suppress myself all the time to be accepted. Both of these books talk about that experience being common for people with ADHD and how to reframe your thinking about your disorder. ADHD makes me really good at certain things and can be a net positive a lot of the time.
i am adhs
I really appreciate this as I can’t tell you the amount of times people around me have said they have adhd because of a tiny thing
my biggest issue with these videos is that many of the symptoms of ADHD and autism (i have both) are normal human behaviors but people with ADHD and autism do them to a pathological level almost (like stimming, everyone stims from time to time but people with adhd and especially autism are noted as doing it more often and at times in more extreme ways), but things like losing interest in your hobbies can happen for different reasons like you said at the first tiktok. with ADHD you'll find that it's because the hobby eas a hyperfixation and you no longer get the dopamine from the activity like you used to which if you don't explain why you lost interest in your hobby in exactly the right way could just seem like a depressive symptom
Because of videos like these, I didn’t realise I had adhd until another person with adhd picked up on it, seeing these videos made me think that they were just stupid videos and everyone went through this stuff. So not only do these videos make people think they have it when they don’t, they also make people who do have it invalidate their own signs. They are just harmful to everyone and i hope people stop making them
Yup, autistic with ADHD here. Turns out 80-90% (depends on the study) of autistic ppl can be diagnosed with ADHD and the reverse is that 40-60% of those with ADHD could be diagnosed with ASD. Fun facts...
Dunno if I have ADHD! Though, a funny story: when I was going to my gender therapist and talking about still feeling depressed despite my dysphoria being alleviated with HRT, that was the first time I realized wow you can have depression AND dysphoria at the same time. I am multi-talented.
its better content for people like me with bonafide diagnosis and a life of ADHD struggle. So i like it, I relate to it, and its good reminders for me to go easy on myself. but, i also have a problem with it. I love it but I hate it.
I am Autistic! My best friend has ADHD, and we're kinda like two sides of the same coin - One thing I've always found funny is, I sometimes see Autistic traits in him, and he sees symptoms of ADHD in me.. So while neither of us have been diagnosed as both having Autism AND ADHD, occasionally one of us will do something and the other goes: Hah, neurodivergent! It's fun, lol. We are idiots, and we love it.
That being said, even if occasionally I display symptoms of ADHD, I don't think It would be worth getting diagnosed, since my Autism kinda.. Overrules my possibly ADHD traits? It's weird, but I'm ok with that.
i have ptsd which counts as a neurodivergency i think (if im worng corect me) but i also think i might have adhd. i have meetings with my psychiatrist every thursday so im gonna talk to her ab it. i have a lot of symptoms, and i do think i have ut. and maybe i actually have something else similar to adhd, but either way idc. i just wanna find out why i am the way i am if that makes sense.
@@TOTU i never knew that. its actually very helpful, thank you :)
Perhaps controversial opinion, but the "it's valid to self-diagnose mental disorders/illnesses" discourse has gone too far. Like, on one hand I get that therapy and such is insanely expensive and not everyone has access to it, and it helps to find a label that fits you (because you know yourself and how you feel) so you have a sense of community around whatever is different about you. But. On the other hand, I have seen young people on TikTok doing those "5 signs you have X" things where they try to assert absolutely absurd falsehoods. Like, stuff like, "OMG, guys, did you know that wanting to talk to your friends about your day means you have codependency issues?" or "Did you know that craving salty foods means you're 500% more likely to be a serial killer?" And because it's on TikTok the young people believe it without, like, looking at the DSM or common signs or symptoms of anything because TikTok has somehow replaced common sense (thanks, tech illiteracy!). My sister came to me crying a few years ago because she'd watched a TikTok that explained the "signs" of a schizophrenic, and it essentially boiled down to "you have feelings and express them, but sometimes you have feelings and hide them," and she, being 12, thought the 20 year old in the clip was an expert because Older People Know Stuff. There's a reason people go to school for certain careers, and psychology/psychiatry type stuff is one of those where it matters. No one is helped by idiots playing armchair psychologist. No one is helped by people online apparently just making shit up about various disorders to get views. No one is helped by telling kids they're psychotic if they sometimes daydream. If you think you have a serious mental health issue, please do your best to go see someone. I know it can be scary and I know it's expensive, but it's worth it if you can do it. Signed, a person who has way too many diagnosed mental health issues.
I have ADHD, OCD, and Autism lol
I was diagnosed with autism, but I don’t agree with my diagnosis. 😬
Bro it's one of my biggest pet peeves, it's so annoying when you are neurodivergent and you've struggled your whole life feeling so alone, and now suddenly it's some quirky thing and the same people who bullied you for your 'different' behaviours are now self-diagnosing with ADHD lol
Thanks for this video very helpful for someone trying to understand if they're neurodivergent !!!!
I have adhd and fas lol life can get very interesting
You may have ADHD if:
You have go back inside because you forgot something (three times). You have a (overflowing) trash can in your car. If your living spaces look like a bomb went off and you're not depressed.
Have gone through periods of 100 hrs of gameplay in a week for weeks at a time and then suddenly stop caring about it.
Make acquaintances easily but friends every 5 years.
Have gone through more than 3 anti-depressants.
Dropped out of college
Have been or are currently suicidal
Feel like you're the odd one out in social situations
Frequently find yourself distracted by the most inanane topics imaginable.
Ask someone a question and realize you didn't absorb it (multiple times within a shift at work)
Have had a severe emotional outburst at work.
Have pledged not to install TikTok out of fear of addiction.
Have spent multiple hours after your bed time researching a random topic that popped into your bed after you go to bed.
Etc..
Real trendy shit. Definitely stuff to brag about.
And even you could struggle with one of those problems, only one, as bad as a person with ADHD does but not have ADHD. I lose EVERYTHING all of the fucking time as bad as finding it at the other corner of the house...but only that and I'm sure I dont have ADHD so...yeah.
Cory. Having symptoms doesn't mean it's that and those creators explaine it ALL THE TIMES
but. that’s not the point. because ironically the whole point of tiktok is that people just kind of scroll through and absorb things - most people wont be bothered to click on a profile and watch a pinned video, or even read the comments or description - they’ll just see the video or someone will share it with them and it won’t matter what the semantics are or how many times they explained it bc the video does its damage anyways
@@lasaaagna neurotypicals believed that have a little adhd or a little autism way before tik tok. Neurotypicals are just stupid you can't ask people to not do anything influencing them, we won't have a right to even exist