THE ADHD Test. It Could Change EVERYTHING!
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- The updated ADHD Test so many of you have requested includes commentary and tips on answering the questions when looking at ADHD symptoms.
I've had many questions asking what the symptoms of ADHD are and where to start etc. So I've produced this video using the ASRS-5 ADHD adult screener adhd test. It's by far, statistically, the most accurate self-screener we have for adult ADHD with a sensitivity (true positive rate) of 91.4%, and a Specificity (true negative rate) of 96%.
If you think you have ADHD symptoms, you can also take the online version found here together with references:
www.welcometothewormhole.com/...
This ADHD test is not a diagnosis and should be followed up with an assessment from a qualified professional. The ASRS-5 is the updated version of the ASRS v1.1 Adult ADHD test screener and covers genuine ADHD symptoms.
0:00 - Intro + info
0:47 - Tips
1:23 - Question 1 - How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people are saying to you even when they are speaking to you directly?
2:01 - Question 2 - How often do you leave your seat in meetings or other situations in which you are expected to remain seated?
2:53 - Question 3 - How often do you have difficulty unwinding and relaxing when you have time to yourself?
3:29 - Question 4 - When you're in a conversation, how often do you find yourself finishing the sentences of the people you are talking to before they can finish them themselves?
4:20 - Question 5 - How often do you put things off until the last minute?
4:55 - Question 6 - How often do you depend on others to keep your life in order and attend to details?
5:57 - Scoring
Enjoy folks!
#ADHD #adhdsymptoms #welcometothewormhole
Me focusing on why one of his glasses is a square and one is a circle and completely missing question 5.
Ikr
I fast forwarded to the questions because i was impatient with the filler stuff.
Oh my gosh, I thought I was the only one! Also, the shiny soul patch! 😂
Thanks now I see it too
@@rm25088 i watched the whole thing at 1.5 speed and just paused to write
Is this ADHD behaviour? - pressing play on a video you are interested in and then immediately looking at the comments without listening properly listening to the video.
I always act like I can do the two things at once, but I can’t. I’m only properly taking in what the comments I’m reading are saying
WAIT I JUST DID THAT! THATS HOW I FOUND YOUR COMMENT
Home is the peanut gallery
Crap.....
That is exactly what I am doing.
I don't think these questions represent females adhd
I always find these kind of questions difficult because I'm not sure how much I'm leaning towards a bias.
This. I'm scheduled to see a professional about the possibility of ADHD, but I'm scared to bring any resources, test, scores, etc. I fear my bias leading to a misdiagnosis just as much as I fear not being able to express all of my concerns and provide "proof"... if that makes any sense. Feels like I'm fighting with the idea of being right just as much as being wrong, which makes me feel that regardless of the outcome, I'm not going to agree with or like the answers I get.
@@RutLijyep I’m the other side of a mild ADHD diagnosis and all I keep thinking is that if this was severe enough I wouldn’t be second guessing myself as to having it.
I almost think it’s the equivalent of of Asperger’s to autism in that it is the same condition or at least something reallly similar just not quite so severe perhaps exacerbated by the fact it’s the inattentive dominant presentation.
Even now as I fidget I question whether I am fidgeting because I know it’s a symptom and I have half convinced myself I have it or want to prove I have it or because I actually have it.
Also not having the super rapid thinking brain and “always on the go as if driven by a motor” traits of the hyperactivity makes me constantly doubt it.
Honestly each day is different and there’s times I have a lot of doubt of the diagnosis and think it’s all in my head and times I think I have masked elements of this away or that I am not aware of the severity of my symptoms until someone points them out or I read or listen to something new on it
this! i had a test for adhd and there was one where i needed to focus on the middle until xy pops up...i knew what they tried to do but i also wanted to do "good"...so what i did is focus around the center and circle it, so i am somewhat distracted but don´t lose focus, i had a great score,....but my add result was "maybe"
Same. According to my score I don't have ADHD though. But I definitely have some sort of sensory processing disorder going on
@@beaglaoich4418 look back at when you were a child. I tipped my chair all the time. I did (and do) shake my leg / foot when something is boring (like the staying seated question) and even if I am at a stoplight in the car. Rapid thinking doesn't necessarily mean "always on the go". It can mean just always thinking if you aren't focused on something you like. Plus, it doesn't matter if it is mild or severe. Just like autism needs to lose the "high functioning" label, if it affects you, it matters. You may have already compensated - like he says in the video.
After I noticed that one side of his glasses were SQUARE and the other side is ROUND I forgot why I was watching this and kept having to rewatch it.
Holy cow I didn’t notice that at all. How did I not notice that at all???
Oh dear God!
@@AuntieAlexandra I didn't notice either until I read the comments!
Crap
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Another good sign you have ADHD is if you laughed after each question.
Because it’s totally relatable.
I laughed because only two of them applyed to me, and 6 questions to know if you have ADHD ? What a joke
Bang on was that, laughed and totally relatable. 21 for me on the chart, turned 40 this year and working myself out. Had a crazy life so far, many thanks for the content.
I laughed at the last few. :D
I laughed at the one about finishing sentences. Thought that's a normal thing to do and also suppressing it ... oh well ...
Or when you start to finsh the question about finishing sentences
I zoned out when you were reading the first question and I had to rewind and listen again.. oh the irony.
I find this most fascinating in that I'm interested in what they're saying and i still zone out. So weird
He speaks so slowly that pushes to zone out.
He has such a soothing voice
I started reading the comments while he kept talking after the question was asked.
Every video.
I was officially diagnosed with ADHD last year at age 74, female. I only scored 16 because I don’t have ANY hyperactivity, which is why I blamed my sons ADHD on my husband 🙄. Turns out it was me, though likely both of us but his father passed away before adult testing was a thing.
I did a different online test a few years ago and got 9 out of 10. When I was finally game to speak to my GP about, after the dietician suggested it, I told her I had everything except the anxiety, and she immediately countered with ‘but you get overwhelmed by things - that’s anxiety’. So with a 10/10 score for a you tube test, she sent me for an official diagnosis and some therapy. Which helped a lot since I have high blood pressure so the medications are out - but just knowing I wasn’t mad, bad or stupid, and that the odd things I’ve been doing all my life have just been coping/masking skills have helped enormously. Now I know when I’m getting overwhelmed to just pull back and do less things at a time. And I use the timer on my watch for 5/10/30 minutes or however long a task should take to help keep me focussed instead of clock watching or thinking up excuses (I know them all) about why I should stop because I’m tired/sore/back aches/knees hurt/should be doing something else or the next shiny idea has taken over.
And right now, I should be ringing the bank about my friend’s probate instead of procrastinating with you tubes! Sigh.
I’m 63 and didn’t get diagnosed until my daughter was referred by a teacher in Jr High.
OMFG, your name is also Marilyn!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Anyway, my mother (a Marilyn) clearly has ADHD... My father is clearly autistic... Neither are willing to bother with any tests...
Mom can't get any dental work done because of her anxiety/trauma with dentists... Which causes severe increase in blood pressure...
But what do I know? I never studied psychology a day in my life (I did) nor did I study anything related to biology or chemistry at ALL... (I did)
And, I'm humble enough to admit I have my own "flaws" so I'll seek the medical assistance I need... Unlike Mom, who will always remain on blood pressure medicine, and wonder why nothing is working... 🙄🫣
I wish you could talk to her... 🥺
I clicked on this video immensely interested in the topic. But 20 seconds in, I opened a game and started playing whilst following along, giggling at every explanation because of how well it suited my situation. Following every giggle with an "I'm so cooked."
I knew I was cooked after postponing watching the video for the last week or so.
I scored 24. At least it's not just because I'm 78. In all honesty, I've always been ditzy.
I scored 18, but as you said in the beginning, only if I include the urge to do these things in my answer. In fact, I don't really show any of these behaviours on a regular basis, but they do happen a lot in my head. I learned to suppress them...
Exactly the same here. I am exceptional at masking and if I didnt know that you had to answer these removing that mask, but score would be much different
Same here, 18 with removable masking. The get up and walk away or around in a meeting is such a big one. I'm thinking constantly that I'd love to do just that, but I wouldn't ever do it. I'm lucky that I have work I really enjoy. Obviously, not going to lose a job over my itchy feet and distracted brain if I can help it.
Straight up, I never conceptualized that actually IS masking.
Every day, learning something new.
I find these questions a bit ambiguous. Wouldnt everyone feel the urge to leave a boring meeting or interrupt someone who speaks so slowly you can anticipate lots of what they want to say?
@@barbarahallowell2613 I fidget. I drew on the margins of my notes in school / college if too much explanation was going on or someone asked a question that ended up with a long answer. I think part of why I take written notes even now is to help focus during the classes I have to take for work. It reinforces the content, but I will never look at them again!
Same. I found for me, I changed the question in my head from how often I do them to how difficult is it for me to not do them. Like, I am on time 90% of the time because I plan obsessively when I have something coming up and set reminders with my calendar on my phone religiously and I usually plan to be where I need to be about 30 minutes early so I have a cushion for anything I forgot or didn't take into account. I had to work out a system so I could be a functional adult. And I can say similar stuff for every question.
I never considered I might have adhd…never thought about it. But I scored a 22. And my eyes got bigger and bigger with each question…that I totally relate to. It’s beginning to make sense. Thank you for the video!
The expanded explanation after each question was very helpful.
I’ve always taken those questions at face value without taking into consideration the different ways they present.
Question 2, With respect to staying seated…. I would typically answer that I don’t have a problem staying seated… but I also avoid those situations at all costs.
Question 3, I find it very easy to relax and have time to myself… it I didn’t consider that I was paralyzed on the couch either with task avoidance or a mind that won’t turn off.
Question 5, I don’t interrupt (usually), but I do fixate on creating my own Narrative of the conversation in my head.
*** did anyone notice that questions 4&5 are out of order at the end
Yes! 4 and 5 around the wrong way.
I am like you, it wasn't a matter of remaining seated, I avoided going altogether. When we had meetings at work, I ALWAYS put my hand up to man the phones so I didn't have to go.
Omg yes!
For me I either have a strategy or I have to consciously focus on the behavior I am trying to avoid. Like, I am BAD about finishing other people's sentences. The compulsion is always there and if I don't watch myself it gets really bad. I hate how I come off like a know it all. Really I am just impatient to get to the point because otherwise I'll forget what the point even is... It feels like my brain is on +50% speed and I have to wait for the world to catch up. It's like trying to play a computer game with lag...
The staying seated question - I can stay seated when I am hyperfocused, but but I do have to get up when I am "Surfing" the web. When I was younger, I fidgeted in church, read my book under the desk in the classroom, and never went to parties or out to a restaurant. The only place I can sit down is at the Library - because I love reading!! I scored 20 on this test.
Absolutely! I have never left a meeting unless it is very urgent BUT do I think of leaving? Hell yeah! I try never to interrupt somebody until this person is done speaking but do I fast forward the conversation in my mind and already know what to say? All the time! Did I just left home to check the mail but instead went to grocery store and came back home without checking the mail and remember it just as I am writing this comment? :)))
19. Recently got diagnosed, too, and have been on methylphenidate hydrochloride for about 5 weeks. Life-changing!
Hello. I just scored 19 myself, and I haven't gotten an official test/diagnosis yet, but it's in the works. My psychiatrist thinks I may have it and is treating me with the same meds you're on, just in case. I've been researching ADHD and everything is pointing towards me having it. I'm only on my second week of meds and I'm on 10 mg, so I'm not sure what dose I'll have to get to before I notice changes. I've noticed changes in my appetite and some difficulty sleeping, but haven't noticed any other changes yet in regards to my behavior or how I feel.
My problems with the test is that half of these questions were social in nature. What about people that don't go out? Work from home? Have just a few friends and mostly use text chat? Stay away from social interactions and conversations? Never go in vacations with or where there are other people.
I can imagine what I would do, but I only do these things by accidental circumstance 2 times/year so the answer is prone to errors because how I may be feeling at that exact moment and what the other person's attitude is like
Yes. I stick to myself. I know I don’t “fit in”. I was DX at age 45 last year and struggling to find the right med and dose. I am certain I am autistic too. Was stay at home mom 24 of 27 years too.
Would you love to go on vacation, but just never get yourself to organize anything, and kinda wish you had a friend who would invite you along in a moment suitable for you? As they said and what I have noticed, the point behind the questions remains the same, even if the effect gets blocked by coping mechanisms or life circumstances, and even if the idea holds true only inside the head or on the hypothetical level of if that scenario were ever to happen.
Yeah this test is not very good in terms of variance, his guidance through it on the other hand is pretty great.
I don't work with people and meetings idk what the second question is about at all. And not being able to concentrate on what people are saying - what does this suppose to mean? I can communicate with people, I can understand what they are saying but after an evening with friends i need 2 more days of rest cause I'm exhausted.
@@4reg1 What you say sounds a bit like you may be an introvert, rather than ADHD.
Edit: I gotta add, these are not mutually exclusive. You can very well be both, either, or neither.
I suffered severe trauma several years ago. I was diagnosed with ADHD 20 years ago as a teenage. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife 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 Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
YES sure of Dr.benfungi. Did straight shrooms in few days. Left me like a blank slate after words, no more addictions, pains, ptsd and depression. Shit saved my life, all thanks to Dr.benfungi
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
24 for me and it's awful. I doubt I could live independently but I look just like every other neurotypical woman because I've masked for so long. It's exhausting.
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Hang in kid.. I'm testament that if you keep going long enough you get to see the funny side of it eventually and learn that it's not YOU has any kind of problem. It's all them normal boring peeps is missing out on the fun!
Only a hypochondriac would score 24, no body is 100% at the extreme in every situation, no body, we all have abilities and situations where we cope better than in others.
These tests are designed specifically to 'weed out' those like you claiming top marks as a way to prove you are afflicted.
These type of tests are designed to be in the average above the pass mark that is to say the average between 14 and 24 which is 19 the lower from 19 you score the less afflicted the greater the more afflicted upto 24 where you're totally incapable of functioning as a human.
This is why 13 is not an ADHD possibility. Which means 24 is not ADHD either but a failure to be human or you've got some other condition which is affecting your score or the cause of it.
No body is a 24 points, 100% ADHD sufferer, no body. It is not possible to actually function with that level of affliction, go back listen to the questions again, think how many scenarios those situations play out in, if you had ''Always" as your answer to the complete set of questions every situation in your life would be 100% impossible to manage and function within.
You'd be in a mental institution for your own safety. Let us not forget you've managed to write that comment proving you are not an "Always" person at all.
I have my diagnosis already, I got it years ago with my autism diagnosis from the UKs NHS (National Health Service), I also have PTSD from my time in the British Army, decades before I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD. So I know a thing or two about the subject matter having lived almost 55 years with these conditions (35 with PTSD). I suggest you see your Doctor if you scored 24 because you've got a lot more than ADHD going on if you have genuinely scored 24.
yes! I am feeling your pain. Hearing " there is nothing wrong with you" or " evreryone feels like that some times" just slaps your face. Do you sometimes feel you should just go back to your masked self ?
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
I scored 0 on 2 and 4, 4 for #5 and 3 for all the others, putting me at 13. This doesn’t seem well suited to picking up Primarily Inattentive ADHD, which is what I have been diagnosed with.
Yeah, it's mostly social and physical, but what can one do. Perhaps if the test focused on feelings and tendencies, it would be more open to interpretation and not as precise.
Yeah i feel the same way. I got 12 and i have ADD.
I'm also PI, but scored 18. The only one I didn't score 3 or 4 on was staying in my seat, which was a 1.
The main difference for me is that everything is internalised and bottled up. That's why no-one noticed until my late 20's, even though the signs were all there from childhood.
I scored 24, was diagnosed with Inatentive ADHD (or ADD) at age 11. Apparently I didn't outgrow it. Answer the questions again and think of every day life with family. And be as truthful as possible. It's nothing to be ashamed of. I think it just means you are coping much better than me. I never apologized for the way I am, never care what people think of me. Now I know that might have been a mistake, I never learned coping meganisms because I was so focused on being authentic.
but how can one get up from a seat in a work meeting/ conference. you probably be fired (exaggerating) and in school, everyone sits for atleast an hour...
but I like to always be doing something, learning new things, but never things that need to be done or managing life (who needs that lol)
Yeah, mentioning that we should disregard our coping mechanisms helped a lot. I was actually diagnosed with ADHD last year at 44 years old. I had a lot of built-in habits over the years that mask some of the symptoms. Like, I procrastinate HARD. I've struggled with it for as long as I can remember. A few years ago I got into the habit of doing something the moment I thought of it because I was just so frustrated with how much I forgot to do. I had noticed that my short-term memory is garbage and almost subconsciously developed a habit of trying to counteract it. Same with socializing, finishing sentences, staying seated... Every single question I would have answered sometimes at most until recently when I started really thinking about what kind of habits I have that are masking and coping mechanisms from living my whole life until 44 years old with undiagnosed and untreated ADHD. And honestly, some of them are still VERY hard for me to control. Staying put when I am supposed to, and being patient, and letting people get their words out are acts of sheer conscious will that sap a lot of my energy and make socializing that much harder. I scored an 18, and I probably scored myself as often a few times when it should have been very often.
I wonder if changing the wording to indicate how difficult it is to avoid the behaviors rather than how often we find ourselves doing them would be beneficial? Because I am NEVER late, but it's because I over plan to a ridiculous level and use technology (thank you Google Calendar and phone notifications) to keep me on track. If someone springs something on me at the last minute it freaks me out because it makes it a LOT harder for me to create and execute a plan to get me where I need to be, when I need to be, with what I need to have.
I found myself scrolling comments until he asked the first question- then fast forwarding to the next… then stopped watching the video to make this comment because I’m pretty sure we’re all friends here. On to the next
It's scary just how accurate your descriptions were when describing the examples and possible scenarios of each question.
His glasses were distracting.... square and circle.... (posted while he was talking about difficulty when people speaking....)
😂😂😂 I was laughing when I filmed this question as I knew this was gonna come up 😂
The glasses always make me twitchy. I hate asymmetry. One-shoulder strap dresses are hideous. When I built things out of LEGOs as a child, the colors on either side had to be balanced. It's either ASD or I'm possessed by Thanos.
i noticed the piercings not the glasses lol
Thanks a lot I didn’t notice them but now I’m constantly staring at them, their scary 😂
After watching this video I went to the doctors and was given their ADHD assessment questionnaire. It has around 20 questions and in all but two I had to answer “very often”. Actually I should’ve answered every question “very often” but I didn’t want them to think I’d just rushed down the form answering the same thing to every question! As it is I could very easily give numerous examples of how each has affected my life, which is quite upsetting when I think about how different my life might’ve been had this been recognised years ago.
Anyway, thank you for spurring me on to take some action. Hopefully my life will improve when I finally get some kind of treatment.
This is the test my GP gave me for referral a few weeks ago (I'm now on the waiting list for my diagnosis!!) so glad to see that they have the good resources.
One thing having had a few weeks to ponder the questions more. I thought I never interrupted people and answered as such in the questionnaire. But then I hung out with my best friend and realised that I did interrupt her several times / had that urge to a few more times. My bestie is someone I do virtually no masking around so it's interesting finding out just how subconscious the masking can be.
I'm from a family of adhd'ers so our conversations when everyone is around is very erratic and we are always interrupting each other and changing topic. It must seem a bit strange from a neurotypical's perspective. (also forgot to take that into account with the questionnaire)
😂 me and my wife/adhd friends are always breaking down into laughter when we have “conversations”...its easy for us and we all understand each other but to outsiders, they just look bewildered by all the jumping, skipping and random full circle conversations 😂😂😂
I found myself mesmerized by your commentary on each question, emphatically agreeing to every description: “yes! yes, that’s totally me” even contradicting ones.
The new version with explanations was so helpful. As a 69 year old with family diagnosed ADHD (My sisters two boys both have ADHD) i have come up with a lot of if coping mechanisms over the years which mask the symptoms without the explanations. I would love a full assessment but am not sure where I can get it here in Bangladesh where i live. But thank you so much for the helpful clarifications!
If I've had to spontaneously answer these questions, before knowing anything about ADHD, I'd probably scored below 14.
For example 2, I never leave my seat, when I'm expected to remain seated, but I actually stopped going to the dentist as a teenager partly because I hated having to wait and just sit around in the waiting room for so long.
Or when I had to go to the hospital to get stitches removed, the bad part was having to sit in the waiting room for so long, not that it felt like getting stabbed with a compass needle.
I think I even answered that question with no, when I went to the doctor for my assessment.
These questions just leave too much room for interpretation and circumstances.
Without masking, coping strategies and "self medication", I'd probably be somewhere between 18 and 21.
Exactly! But a good adhd specialist when doing the assessment will help people expand on the questions....its the getting there through the screeners used by GPS that can be tricky for those flying under the radar.
I don’t “step” away from meeting but I mainly work from home. What I do is mentally check out often or go on my phone during the meeting or do something else which in essence is kind of the same thing
Yeah, at work I can sit for a long time through many hour meetings (luckly my work is basically an endless special interest), and can pay attention to every word the whole time, and I'm extremely proactive about completing msot tasks since I find everything so interesting. But then I think about everything outside of work, and its pretty obvious that the real answer to those questions is way higher, 2 for sitting, 3 for paying attenion to people talking to me directly, and 4 for procrastinating. Probably 19 overall.
OH MY WORD. I cannot bear to leave too early for an event because we might have to sit there and wait! Can't stand it.
Man !!! Your commentary is *priceless*!!!
First this about responding with coping and masking off...I was sure that is the opposite necessary...
Also for specific question is more gold... I always assumed class or business meeting... I would never thought that avoiding going to church or avoiding non mandatory classes counts.
Also in last I never could think that avoiding this details count... I think abandoning them soon also counts?
I am almost sure from other angles and descriptions but such tests always give me impostor syndrome but with your help this gone.
Now everything adds up.
18 with giving 3 when coping or avoiding is so strong that it is hard to discount...
Here I am, 66 years old, and just figuring it out! My daughter-in-law was diagnosed this past year, and gently suggested she has seen symptoms in me. I rejected it, thinking "hyper" I am not--I can get involved in a project and stick with it for hours, even forgetting to eat. (Um, hyper-focus). She is correct. This test is one of six I have taken, hoping the next one would prove the rest wrong.
All the clumsy accidents I have, just walking, just going about my business (no, nurse, my husband is very kind and would never put a bruise on me, I managed that all myself)... a week ago I got my 4th concussion absent-mindedly ramming my head into an upper cupboard when I was intent on something else. Hasty. Mind on LOTS of things. I've always joked that I get excited about ideas, and my dear husband comes along behind to pick up the pieces (and do all the finances, keep track of stuff--today he texted me to remind me to let the neighbor's dog out--I didn't need him to, because I put a half dozen notifications on my phone!). My work is mostly friendly to this condition, and it can even be a super power for writing, editing, ghostwriting, composing, learning new music... getting in the zone, ya know? But I came out of a store today, headed for a red car where I thought I might have parked, and stood staring at it thinking, "Toyota. That's not right. We didn't get a Toyota, it was a... a... a...ummm" (It was a Subaru, and I had passed it.) (Oh yeah--I was in a thrift store procrastinating getting groceries!) I always just blamed it on a typical creative mind. OH, HOW I WOULD LIKE TO BE ORGANIZED, THOUGH! Thanks for this. And I enjoy your glasses.
I disagree with people saying there must be something else wrong if you scored 24... I am 22 to near 24. The only two that I couldn't answer fully was do I get up if I'm supposed to be sitting. That's very hard to answer, if I'm interested in what's in front of me I will sit. If not, I'll be up and out. Also finishing peoples sentences. I have got to a stage in life that i stop myself doing that, but thats not to say it was in my mind. Or if they stutter to find the words they want to say, ill have it finiahed for them
After I read question 4 and stopped to reflect on it, I thought to myself that I avoid doing this because it can appear rude, but I definitely have the urge to do it anyway. My mind got a little blown when I continued listening and you explained a very similar reason 🤯
I got 16. I'm 55 and feel "too old" for a diagnosis at this point in my life. Maybe do a video on the benefits of getting a diagnosis late in life, pros/cons of medications, how a diagnosis can help?
I am 59 and am thinking the same thing.
I started taking meds at the age of 32, it made a tremendous difference in my work life and job satisfaction. It's always helpful to understand yourself, your strengths, and your weaknesses.
Your in your 50s. You've likely get another 30 to 40 years to go. Why not make the most of them? My patients in their 60s act like their life is over. My patients in their 90s laugh at them.
You've got a LOT of living left to do. Make the most of it.
I am 56 and scored 16. I am on a very very low dose of Ritilan. I was diagnosed years ago with ADHD and was curious about this test. I’m currently not on enough medication but when I was working and in college it made a HUGE difference and helped me in so many positive ways. I could read a page and not start at the bottom or middle or jump around and understand what I just read!! 😊
I just turned 50 and am currently seeking out a diagnosis. I've got at least 15 more years of employment ahead. You're damn right it's worth doing.
52 years on the planet and scored 22, took into account I mask a lot (learned to act as a child, short primary plays nothing extensive) been playing a part for 46 years, I’ve had 18 jobs in 25 years since failing at Grammar School a harsh environment. I excelled at art and loved anything to do with history or science but my short term memory is awful, I forget peoples names in seconds. Best job I ever had was as a touring guitar tech. New people, new experiences and an adventure everyday, and dynamite in a crisis, I died inside the day I started “normal” jobs been in misery ever since.
Answered these questions online without context. The context given drastically changed my answers. I would have gotten around 16 but now I scored 22. Insane.
Thank you for elaborating on these questions because i have seen these symptoms many times but never fully understood what they were asking or meaning
Geez, I was just scrolling because I couldn’t sleep and now I may have ADHD! I scored 20! Thanks for this test run through, it would answer a lot of things!
😂 😂(not laughing at....more with)...almost two years ago, I stumbled across an educational video on adhd and things just started clicking into place with lots of “oh yeah” moments...I had no idea and just thought the wheels falling off lots of areas of my life all the time was simply me being me. It's an odd feeling isn’t it ❤️
I'm adding my comment for those who struggle through life, but have been conditioned to be "normal". I scored 11. For most of my life I have felt academically weak, only being able to focus on things my brain can latch on to. Only at 38 did someone close to me suggest that I might have ADHD and should try ritalin - it was like I unlocked a superpower! For the first time my mind was quiet, peaceful, and I was able to learn new skills that I previously found impossible to focus on. I wasn't sure whether everyone had this experience on ritalin or any other stimulant until I was at a festival and took MDMA for the first time (yes, yes, I know....). While the rest of my friends were rushing their faces off, I felt calm and experienced a mental clarity like never before. In a nutshell, I am now diagnosed, on medication, and able to study things that I find hard for the first time in my life. Life changing!
Thank you for reframing some of these questions - makes a lot more sense when I think about how often I have to stop myself from finishing someone's sentence. I think I've taught myself to be quite patient.
Eeerm, I had to rewind it a couple of times. The glasses just threw me off, with 18 points and being diagnosed at the age of 10, along with my younger brother. I'm not surprised 😂 good to know things are improving, thank you, and wish yall special people all the best ❤
Yeah, I definitely have some concerns about these questions.
For example having difficulty concentrating during conversations: I think I became very adept at politely moving conversations into a setting where I can fidget, or focus on something else while listening to the other person. I also repeat what the other person says, imagining what they talk about, these help greatly. Not sure if these would be considered coping mechanisms of someone with ADHD, or listening skills of someone who is just not interested in other people.
Also, difficulty relaxing? What do we mean by relaxing exactly? For some people unwinding and relaxing just means "not thinking about work stuff", and I can do that very easily for sure! Especially at work :D But as for taking a sunbath or a leisurely walk, that's just uncomfortably boring, and makes me think of all the stuff I could and should do. Passive relaxation I can't really do, although I can go through with it if there's social pressure, it's expected, or I can reach for some engagement at least.
Another problem that's related to both the sitting question and the relaxing question: daydreaming. Daydreaming is often associated with ADHD, and it can make it look like you're relaxing, or that you can sit through any length of lecture. How do you properly account for that in this test?
So for all of these questions I could give anywhere between a 0 and a 4.
Your glasses are awesome! My wife and daughter have been diagnosed with ADHD, so I thought I'd take the self-screener. I have always been a bit absent-minded and a procrastinator, but I am surely under the number recommended for further investigation, at 10.
Most of these are highly subjective to the situation. Like remaining seated. I can sit through a boring class. I wont sit through a boring social situation. Its dependent upon the specific meaning of 'expectation'.
Already diagnosed, but these sorts of questions help me continue to reflect and I keep finding new things stick out each time, the “oh that’s part of My ADHD too” realisations
I just recently did a screening test with my doctor and marked most of these questions as "rarely", but with your explanation, I see that I've been masking and didn't answer the questions appropriately. A lot of the examples you gave had me saying "omg, that's me!" but I didn't think of those types of examples for those particular questions (example: I dont have anyone to rely on to help me stay on track so I said never, but everything goes off the rails for me on a regular basis and I miss deadlines and bills, etc, so clearly that would be an 'often'. I scored 17, and that honestly makes more sense to me because I know in my heart that I have ADHD. I'm going to give my results to my doctor again. Thank you for your video and for taking the time to fully explain each!
You're so welcome! Difficult as it can be - try making some bullet point notes with each question as to how the apply, what you've put in place to cope, and how this affects you day to day. It's really useful to have when you get the on the spot type questions from people ❤️
@@welcometothewormhole I love that idea! Thank you ❤️
21 maaaaan I couldn't wait for you to finish articulating the points for each answer xD you got me there. But i appreciated the recap overview of all questions so much!!! I thought "this person really knows what they're doing and who they're dealing with xD. I felt so very much seen by this simple fact. Thanks!
Thanks duderino! I'm so aware of our attention span so each vid I'm trying to learn more editing techniques to help keep things engaging but still making sure the facts and points get covered. Cheers Alex - that's made my day ❤️
@@welcometothewormhole doing great so far! 😆
Oh yeah btw, official diagnosis came rrright after, like two weeks or so. The test at the doc's was close to identical, I laughed sitting in the office.
I got the same score, and I had done the same thing -- I was just skipping the bar across to get to the next question.
Very Informative, Thank you!
This video is very helpful and the test confirms my diagnosis. Thank you very much!
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I'm 58 still trying to work self out
Straigth on the 14, that being said, the 2 ones that I went for a low score, being "getting up during a meeting" or "finishing someone's sentence" is more about being a nice combo with social anxiety, if I'm bored during a meeting and need to move, social anxiety will keep me from breaking expectations, same goes for finishing someones sentence, I way more likely to just... stop listening than risking to be rude by finishing up the sentence.
great explanations about the masking. thanks
I’m feeling understood, finally. Thank you so much.
I scored 22 and I was evaluated last month. I go in this week for the results.The 3 hour test they gave me, put me in tears twice! LOL I didn't realize how bad I really was until I took that test. I couldn't even remember 4 numbers, but I knew it was always difficult to remember a phone number. I just never noticed it was a real problem. I was evaluated at 5 yrs old, but the psychiatrist said I was normal, but he also said I was right handed and I'm extremely left handed ;) LOL Edited to add that I am 45 yrs old!
Scored 22 as well. It seems people with lower scores are significantly affected, which does not bode well. Yet I'm not eager to get on meds for this.
Any updates? :)
@@twitchster77 diagnosed with ADHD combined Presentation!
Wow. My psychiatrist just asked me a handful of questions. Maybe in part because my 17 & 22 year old also have it. She referred me to a book to work on and I was shocked when I took the quizzes to see what areas I need help most in. Took me. Year to even open the book. In part bc I lost it! Areas I didn’t think were an issue were. Now to get around to reading the skills I need to practice. Slow going.
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Thank you for another great video. I still don't understand Q3, though and I have a degree in English language! Of course I can relax. I do this by watching UA-cam videos on 1.5 playback speed whilst playing Freecell on split screen. Therefore, 'never' but if the question were 'How often do you have difficulty relaxing and unwinding by sitting still and doing nothing when you have time to yourself?' then the answer is clearly the total opposite. The mere thought makes me shudder. Is this really what NT people can do? Incredible!
I was diagnosed abroad but am still thinking about seeking a diagnosis here in the UK.
oh god... this is so relatable O.o
There’s something to be said about trying so hard to overcome the characteristics that come with different neurodivergences that it lead us to actually overcorrect to the point that we’re doing things better than a nurotypical people would do them, because we’re paying so much attention to trying to do it right.
Like when I was a kid I was dyslexic and it was so hard for me to read and focus so I just ended up reading every sentence three times over to make sure that I really understood every part of it before moving on and I still kind of read like that, but the great thing is while my friends can read an entire book in one day and it takes me forever, by the time we are tested on it they have literally have forgotten main important characters and tons of conversations and details, whereas because I basically read the book 3 times over and made sure I understood every sentence I remember it all. But there’s some things you just can’t help, like copying down numbers for me is so difficult. I didn’t realize that I was the only person in the office that would literally have to triple check every single thing that I did, but if I was copying down my schedule like 3 to 9 or 9 to 3 I would always get it wrong, no matter how many times I checked and end up coming in at 9 AM when I was supposed to be there at 3 PM.
With ADHD I’m super sensitive to sound, but I know that this is something that I struggle with so when people are talking, I try so hard to pay attention to what every single person is saying, even if I have two different people are talking to me at once. I usually have to sit there and repeat back to myself what a person said a couple times, but after that mental buffering, I can usually respond to them well. Even if someone asked me how my day is going, it’s such an interruption to what I’m actually thinking that I will literally have to repeat back to myself, “How am I doing? How am I doing?” and then try and remember what those words even mean and then a single thing that happened over the last week, luckily for me, and most people find it amusing, but I’m truly struggling to recall anything that I’ve ever done or felt in my life. 😂
And I think that I would be so worried about someone perceiving me as rude for just getting up and doing something else if I found some topic uninteresting that it would stop me from getting up and walking around, but like I cannot help that I will literally just fall asleep. Like I have been in work meetings, where I am in the office with two other people across a desk where they are talking about computer programming and just been snoring halfway through. It’s so embarrassing. But yeah, if the dopamine isn’t there my brain is just always ready to sleep. Probably because when it’s time to actually sleep, I think about all the things that I have to do like brushing my teeth, taking makeup off, and taking care of things, that I procrastinate even sleeping. 😂 Why.
Thanks for the examples about masking. Like avoiding situations to stay seated , such as working from home, and just suppressing the desire to get up and leave. I used to interrupt people all the time, and do it far less now, so initially I thought maybe I was less adhd and was going to put rarely? But then you said that people with adhd just suppress this, and I realized I do this in almost every conversation I have. My score was 21, so I should probably get assessed.
Hi! Late to the party, I'm 46 and scored a 22. The only one I didn't answer with "very often" is the remaining seated one. I still have to get a propper diagnosis, but my son 9 was diagnosed recently and all the reading I did after that on ADHD was like a recap of my life. I did go through every single ADHD cliché...
what's the point of diagnosis if you are aware of your autism?
@@democratictotalitariansoci1462who said anything about autism? Having a diagnosis for ADHD can be helpful because you get access to accommodations and you can also be prescribed medication that will help.
I'm not sure if there is any medication autistic people tend to take, but I imagine that many do want a formal diagnosis for similar reasons - to feel validated and to be able to access accommodations and support.
I scored 12, but this is a couple weeks after starting to take medicine for ADD. I feel as if I can now accomplish complex tasks in a day.
There is absolutely nothing new here. I'm not saying the video has no value, but its title suggests it contains something new and remarkable.
You pull off those glasses so well!!! Best I’ve seen!
Scored very high on this test, but QS. 4 & 5 I had to learn to control my urges with this as a lot of people got pissed off with me over it and I got super embarrassed. QS.6 I had enough of this, library books, bills, people, meetings, jobs. I just had to create reminders and I am so paranoid of the outcome that its now apart of my life that I use a lot of energy to control. It was really bad when I was younger. I am 41 now. I live in Ireland and there's a crazy waiting list to see to get diagnosed for what ever is wrong with me. But I have started the process.
I really hate the zoning out when my boss is talking to me or my partner, or when I am working on a new project in work and my mind is just going off into a million other places.
I get it! There are some things that are so horrifying to me (like forgetting to let the poor neighbor's dog out once when they were gone), that I make a dozen notifications, write sticky notes, and ask others to help me remember.
Anyone else got 20???
About the same!
21.....
I have been recently diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 52 after my grandson was diagnosed. He is 8 yrs old. I was researching ADHD to try to understand my grandson and in doing so I felt like everything I was hearing and reading was written about me. 😳
It's highly genetic! Ever since, I've noticed it very strongly in my dad and his side of the family, but sometimes people just don't want to hear it. I just want to say Leanne how bloody wonderful it is to hear that you were so proactive in wanting to help understand your grandson - more people in the world like you please!❤️
How has it impacted you since you found out you have it?
Got 20 also. And when I added these points I stopped listen to him and went to comments. Needed to replay
23 points, I kept going back because I get distracted and don’t listen to the questions in full…
Thank you for an insightful and informative video! I very much liked your commentary, it really helped put these into context.
You're very welcome!
Absolutely agree! The comments helped so much understanding what they actually try to measure. I had read these questions before and always though "no, but ..." because I felt they focus on the wrong thing and completely ignore coping strategies which are surely overwhelmingly present in late diagnosed adults. Because how else would we not have been diagnosed sooner if it weren't for our ability to suppress these urges to fulfil social norms? Honestly, I think these questions are extremely poorly worded and how this managed to get passed as a reference for a diagnosis is completely beyond me.
So thank you for putting things into perspective!
@@emulgatorx Super thoughts! Another thought around "urges to fulfill social norms", if we had authoritiarian parents we were much more "motivated" to put coping mechanisms in place to not incur their wrath.
If it identifies 91% of people with ADHD, the question is how many people without ADHD it wrongly identified. Thats the PPV, which is really the point with screening.
22 Whoop whoop! Not sure why I am celebrating. It's dibilitating sometimes. :(
And yet, if we don't laugh about it sometimes, the reality of just how shitty and debilitating it can be can overshadow everything. sigh! I'm finding it very cathartic talking to and reading everyone else's experiences though - we're not so alone after all! ❤️
How did I not notice that one side of your Glasses is Circular while the other is square until half of the video. Now that I've seen it I can't unsee it and not focus on anything you're saying.
This is so helpful thank you!
Oh man, I do #4 so hard and get busted for it all the time.
Partially because I also tend to do so rapidly (sometimes predicting a tree of several possible sentence endings, which can cause me to get lost if they don't go where I thought they would and I'm five or six sentences down a completely wrong mental conversation I'm entirely making-up in my head and then realize I haven't heard anything they've said for the last 20 seconds) and partially because I often do so inappropriately (if I'm particularly bored or caught off-guard, I often finish it with a joke and even wind up laughing mid-sentence, causing them to stop and go "what?" and then I either have to deflect somehow or else own up and tell them what the funniest way to end the sentence they just started would be, revealing my potential lack of focus).
And I have been accused of interrupting so many times. I really don't mean to and don't mean to come off as rude. Half the time it is because if I don't say my thing *right now,* I know I'll lose it--even just a few seconds from now; the other half because, as you ended with, I feel like I already know where they are going so let's just move on now and save some time instead of sitting here listening to them finish saying what we already know they are going to (and if I am right, the meeting starts to feel repetitious in my head--even if it actually isn't "out loud" and it is just because I'm causing it myself--which starts to accrue until I tune out of the meeting all together because it is so boring and repetitious--which again, it isn't).
I'd love to hear the different pros and cons of "achieving" a diagnosis.
Some thoughts I've been rolling around in my brain:
Would a diagnosis ever come back to haunt someone? ie, child custody lawsuit or gun permits or ...
OR will this mid-life diagnosis completely change one's entire view on... everything? Their psyche?
Just wondering.
I digress.
Now this is a wormhole of a topic! And I have no idea yet how to begin getting it down on paper....but its been one of my main thought topics for a while now. I think it's more the later - it forces you to become very honest with yourself and reassess the fundamentals...ignoring it isn't an option. And as negative as it may sound, I'm finding diagnosis neither amazing nor terrible, but a mixture of both....hummmm hard to find the right words PM (pre meds😂)
On the plus though, when I eventually build up the courage to get round to it, filing for bankruptcy will be even easier. I haven't got a penny to my name after a decade of ups and downs and I now understand why, so the court/judge person will take that into account....
bleurgh...coffee....cant think...too early 😂
The fact that I opened the video, super interested and not even 10 seconds in I was already zoned out
I was diagnosed three years ago as a woman in her 40s. This test is a great basic litmus test. The diagnosis helped me understand what was "wrong" with me. I never seemed to be able to be a successful adult, even though I knew the formula that worked for most people. I now have been learning how to work with my brain and also what types of work do not align with my needs as a human with ADHD.
questions 5 and 6 is tricky for me, because of my anxiety.. Fear of failure and having to do all over again is more powerful and keeps me on my toes to do "some" stuff scheduled or ahead of time. Also my brain recognises that for example, keeping home tidy up (as much as possible) saves time and energy. But overall most of the things in life up until the last minute and depending on others to do or to have confirmation all is ok. I always ask and double or triple ask if all is ok, to avoid having problems ahead - so yeh ultra detaillist, overthinking, overdoer and perfectionist here as well... oh dear me... 🙄
ahhhh....the crippling perfectionism and anxiety....my old friend! You are right - that fear of failure is something really damaging. The more I delve into my own head, the more I realise a lot of it stems from constantly having been told to try harder, do better etc. And it lead to a lot of very bad depression and anxiety eventually. And I'm the same - always seeking approval that what I'm doing is okay. It's exhausting. Honestly, these videos are the first thing where I haven't done this. I started them for me, and deliberately set a limit on how much time I would spend recording/editing/designing etc. and then just throwing it out there....it's been a real eye-opener and helped shift my brain little with perfectionism. Now, I'm recognising where my free time/perfectionism is better spent - so I'll do my best to make sure any facts are correct and cross-referenced, but then the rest is timed. Something that's really helped are the negative comments/unconstructive criticisms stemming from these - it just shows that it doesn't matter what I do, how perfect or imperfect something is - someone will always have some big ol' opinion to wang around 😂
This! I also have this.
Regarding question number 2. I constantly feel the urge to rise and leave during meetings, but put a restrain to my self. I therefore answer never to this question, but often or very often to the rest of them.
He said at the beginning that the urge to do it counts, not just if you actually do it. So you should have answered "very often" to that one.
I received a late-life diagnosis at nearly 44 years old because I was a young girl growing up in the 1980s AND I was an honors/TAG student who had high marks throughout school, so I "couldn't possibly have ADHD," but I also was often in trouble for talking too much and one teacher told my mom that I "often seemed preoccupied," ergo, daydreaming... better known as inattentive.
I found that these 6 questions centered more on the hyperactive symptoms of ADHD and less on the impulsive or inattentive symptoms. I noticed that you included one for inattentive and one for impulsive but most were geared toward hyperactive. Additionally, the question about not staying seated when expected should have an either/or scenario where you ask if the person either gets out of his/her seat when expected to remain seated OR fights this urge and instead doodles, clicks or taps a pen incessantly, fidgets with something incessantly, rocks back and forth or repeatedly shifts in their seat, and/or bounces their leg incessantly (most of these are often done without realizing it until someone else points it out to the person.)
The latter statements are outward signs of ADHD that are quite often overlooked because it is how we attempt to mask our symptoms or follow the social etiquette/expectations. In addition to those, some of us are told that we talk or text too much, we seem to daydream a lot, we don't seem to care about people in our lives or we "aren't listening to them" because our reply might be about an unrelated topic even though we did hear them. And one of the most important symptoms that isn't discussed often enough is the racing thoughts that intrude your sleep and can cause difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep because your mind is always moving with dozens of thoughts, your mind is never quiet, and/or these active thoughts may or may not fuel a sense of anxiety.
I'm an AuDHDer, and I do ALL of those things mentioned in the video.
Frustrating that these questions are from the point of view of those around us… getting out of our seats… interrupting or finishing sentences…. Why not say “When people talk do they speak too slowly or add long pauses where you think you can now talk but somehow they weren’t finished… or they're so boring that you could finish their sentences easily.” Why can’t these questions be written from the ADHD's perspective. Also, why can't they be modified to include women? 🙄
This was part of the reason I wanted to make this...the test does cover both female and male adults, as the studies show there are no real differences in ADHD numbers between male and female - just less diagnosed in females - and the screener is just as effective. However, in general, women adopt these masks and coping strategies earlier on from social pressure and expectation (bravo to the last millennia of patriarchal bull) so by the time they're adults, these are the new 'norm'. The more I research, the more similarities I'm seeing too in this myself and other males who aren't the stereotypical male. If it wasn't for my ADHD specialist taking time to expand the questions and help me really look back at what was me and what was masks and strategies, I can really see how I flew under the radar all my life. And the same went for my wife too! Sigh!
A clear sign you have ADHD when stuck on the non important details of the conversation… either that or a self confidence issue making you feel so offended that you had to comment this silly comment
How does this not include women?
Frustrating is your entire comment. From the incorrect assertion that these questions necessitate a third party perspective, to the incorrect insinuation that this entirely gender neutral video somehow excludes women, and finally, it is frustrating that you allow yourself to be so frustrated by a false assumption, that you called out the content creator for something which was purely the result of your own inattention...
@@welcometothewormholeI agree with you. In my case when I was a child, my grandma literally trained me to be good enough at masking to seem “normal”. It was useful at the time, but now I’m in a path to differentiate the masking from the real me
I scored 14 points. I watched the first 3 questions in full, then skipped to each question and skipped to the scoring. Then wrote this comment in the final minute of the video.
I got 9-11 (hard to score the "wanting to vs doing things) and I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child
Keep in mind that not only do we mask to fit in, but we learn to cope (or sometimes just trick ourselves). We don't all procrastinate, sometimes we NEED to do it NOW to get it off our minds. Also, you can have ADHD without being physically fidgety / restless
Multiple of those... either are my behavior since childhood, or supressed since childhood.
This test made me score 21/24...
I’ve watched 3 of your videos now and just noticed the unique style of your glasses. And yes, I have a high level of ADHD.
Well good Lord! Thank you for adding the extended explanation that was super helpful... My score.....
Sometimes i feel like a 21 sometimes i don't! So im guessing that as you age it must get harder to deal with. In college i worked 2 jobs went to university full time and designed a business to start after graduation. All while going out dancing every night starting on wednesdays.... Now 😅😂 i gotta set alarms to stay focused. I work from home and gotta go work at starbucks most days because i cant stop interrupting myself when im at home!!!
That last question hits hard AF. I got married fairly young, and spent the first 6 adult years of my life in the military. My wife is the only reason I go to the doctor at all, or that our bills are paid ontime. If wasn't in the military I don't think I would have functioned early, and when I got out I used my experience from being in to get a job as a govt contractor. I make good money and she manages pretty much our entire household.
I'm 40 and while I've yet to receive an official diagnosis I'm well on my way. Your commentary is so useful in terms of thinking about masking and compensating. For example I would probably not have answered that I get up during meetings, classes, etc. but that's because I'm super conscientious about not being rude. But then again I'm always exhausted after meetings/classes. Wonder why...?
I'm 'lucky' in that I homeschooled basically my whole childhood, was bright enough to brute force it through college, and ended up in a field, software engineering, where I have a lot of freedom for self management.
Edit: scored a 22 by the by.
Thank you so much for this! I have just recently realized there is a very high probability that I have adhd. It’s a strange realization but it also feels quite freeing as it explains some of my behaviors.. that I thought “everyone had”
This is a fine video and I’m glad for it.
I did, however, struggle to pay attention to and complete the video.
I have already been diagnosed with severe ADHD. But i was curious and watched. Love your glasses, very distracting. This video did not disappoint. Tha k you.
22 for me hehe. I totally appreciate the commentary about each question regarding the strategies we’ve taken to deal with these issues. For me, having to manage things by myself is just non-negotiable as I’m a single mum, so all the responsibilities lie with me! Exactly the situation someone with potential ADHD would never want to be in!
As for sitting still, I certainly will, because my need to be polite and obey rules is more dominant than the constant desire to move. So I just chew my fingers to pieces instead.
I'm so glad I found your channel 😊
On question 5, yeah, I'm leaving in less than 24 hours for a 27 day back to back cruise, I'm super excited!
I've got 5 loads, if not more, laundry to do before I can pack, and I've rewashed the first load 2x now, let's just say they're VERY clean.
My suitcase is still in the living room half full from my last bit of traveling 4 months ago.
BUT, I'M REALLY ENJOYING your videos.
*Basically, this plays out the same 5 or 6 times a year. Put it all off until the night before departure, then freak out and manic clean and pack hyper focus superstar, end up not sleeping all night or forgetting to eat and running in circles. Yup, that's how I roll. 😂😂😂
It does guarantee that I won't get jetlag as I'm to exhausted to walk by the time I'm at the airport, so I essentially pass out for the 8 hours back to LHR. 😊
Scored 8. Took the test out of interest as my son has ADHD. Great video. What a nice chap
It could be from the mother's side, or recessive, or you might have it but have found ways to cope with it and so you don't do the things listed in the questions anymore but might have done them as a kid (though that's kind of doubtful). If I remember correctly there is also an apparent link between caffeine consumption and ADHD while a child is developing in the womb.
@@edwhatshisname3562 He literally said to score it as though you do not have coping or masking. If you're always stopping yourself from doing a thing, that scores as always doing that thing.
Am I the oldest one here at diagnosis? A younger friend is a counselor who is qualified to diagnose ADHD. She is the one who diagnosed me, at first casually, then by testing, with Inattentive ADHD a year ago when I was 81! I have what I've always called squirrel-brain or ping pong brain, all the symptoms except hyperactivity, so I thought it couldn't be ADHD. When I was describing to her how I managed to keep a very responsible job and meet the required deadlines, she astounded me with the news of what my squirrel-brain really is. My coping strategies gave me away. My son, now In his 50s, has it too.
Wow! Well done coping!
@@robinsteinweg5767 thanks. But I don't think my case is as serious as many others.
I have just started your video for 2 minutes, but i just needed to say i love your glasses
I was diagnosed with ADHD about 6 years ago. I’m 76 now. School was awful. Some teachers, some family members thought I was a SLACKER. It says so right on my report cards.
Finally a test I get a full score on!
I had to rewind the video a couple of times cuz I missed your talking points. Also hadn't noticed your glasses until I read the comments, I was too busy looking at your piercings...
I was also trying to write down the questions and answers and just gave up writing questions down after 3rd question.
Scored 21
I don't stand up in meetings or on the cinema, but I do change my position on that chair like a monkey and get nervous, trying to calm myself down like whipping my legs up and down very fast or fiddling a pen through my fingers like Boris, the hacker, from James Bond Goldeneye. I actually picked the pen thing up after I saw that movie in the cinema in 1995. Including of course the very relaxing clicking of the pen that for some strange reasons seem to make everyone around me nervous. If that counts, my score is 18. If not, it's 16. I never got diagnosed with ADHD, but it would explain A LOT of my struggles of the past three decades...
Yeah, the leg jiggling. The pen thing. My friends gently very briefly place a hand on my knee or hand to get me to stop, because it drives them nuts. I've learned to scrunch my toes inside my shoes!
Your spectacles! Love them! 21.
I'm a great listener. I pay bills early. I try to finish deadline projects early but am usually late for meetings but not appointments.
It's jumping from one task to the next in a given day so that a dozen projects are partially finished.
One thing I've noticed since the pandemic and socializing a lot online is that I've in some way unmasked some socializing quirks. For example i always finish people's sentences especially if they seem to be struggling to find the words and I complete the sentence with my understanding of what they've been saying. I also interrupt people the whole time now so yay for coming across as rude and not caring so much about that
I just completed the massive questionnaire you get after the initial assessment or before in some cases and the questions were very much like this and all the stuff you were saying was what I was thinking about the nuances as I went through them lol so I did a lot of explaining about what I felt vs how I acted as a child for example especially in social situations where if I "acted out" I'd be the center of attention. I hid away a lot but in the playground I could be free and let my imagination out with my closest friends and be more of my true self.
Going through so many questions with adhd is also not easy. It felt like pulling teeth getting through it so accessibility wise its pretty horrible.
Also on a random note, I enjoy your accent. Reminds me of Richard Ayowade! 😂
I Love #4.
I can finish their sentences because my thoughts have already covered what they are about to say.
And the people I've talked to about. Have to admit, It's What They Were Going To Say.
Yep. Everyone tells me " you think faster than us". I find it very frustrating because talking seems so slow.
I had a 4-6 month testing timeframe with several different types of test, questionnaire, and therapy visits to diagnose me with adhd as an adult.
I had to watch this three times to absorb it. I scored 20. I can't even focus on something that I'm interested in. I have no control over keeping other thoughts from distracting me. I'm also the world's biggest procrastinater. ADHD really sucks.
How do you work?
Your glasses are awesome!!!