ADHD: An Honest Review
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2022
- In this honest review, I take a look at ADHD
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Personally I would've gone a little deeper into the hyperfixation and rsd DLCs but overall solid review
The hyperfixation dlc was one of the best parts about adhd, but it doesn't have enough content for the asking price of $30
@@stanthorizon3222 true, though so many people got the DLC that it’s practically the meta now...doesn’t help that it’s triggered by stress, motivation, and passion which have inconsistent RNG and really long cooldowns
I heard if you get far enough into RSD content, there's a bunch of bonus levels from procrastinated doctor's visits!
the RSD dlc is really grindy to be honest. way too many debufs and all the levels feel life or death despite having no real stakes, would not recommend.
I ain’t paying extra for medication just so I can get fucked over by a DLC :/
Remember kids, having ADHD is not “quirky”. These things, in isolation, sound like “normal” things people deal with, but they’re all turned up to 11, and they happen when it’s most inconvenient....
I found myself having ADHD (ADD type 2) and me and my father didn't know this until we searched what was happening and why these things happened. We eventually found i have ADD type 2
Edit: I hate it. Having ADD type 2 is the worst
As someone with ADHD I can vouch that ADHD is pretty much all the annoying things you've heard at the same time on heavy drugs and only in the least convenient times.
ADHD story (impulsive at the worse possible timing):
When I was young a guy in my class told everyone his little sister had cencer (dw she is totally fine now). I didnt know what cencer was at the time and the first thing that jumped into my mind was the crab rave meme (it was pretty big at the time). Instead of staying quiet and asking someone what it meant I impulsively started doing the crab rave dance in the middle of the class as I quietly sang the beat of the song. Needless to say, everyone were very confused at my behavour, and when I was informed about what cencer was I was absolutely stunned. I felt terrible and continued to feel bad for a year or so until he let the class know his sister was cencer free (which upon hearing I had a HUGE sigh of relief).
I know this story is really wierd but my point is that even things that dont sound that bad about ADHD like "being impulsive" can truly be terrible when it happens at the wrong time (which tends to happen a lot)
@@fatshid7589 2
Yeah and there is alot of confusion about what exactly ADHD is, it dosen't help that some of the other symptoms are more esoteric and harder to describe than being distracted, everyone dosen't want to do stuff on occasion but forces themselves to do it anyway but imagine understanding you need to do something, you want to do it but you just simply can't for no reason, there isn't a wall blocking your way, you just suddenly can't move to do that task for absolutely no reason even as the seconds tick down til it's urgent, you fail to start even as you are constantly aware of all the reasons why you need to do it and how it will mess things up if you don't, you go to sleep stressed because of it and are constantly thinking about it but because ADHD is generally misunderstood, most of the time your worries and stress is met with "Just do it". Thats the type of stuff that happens when the normal issues everyone has is dialed up to 11 with ADHD.
A cool secret feature of ADHD is forgetting to eat or drink until things start to get blurry and you realize you are dehydrated again.
Ohh that's why I can't feel thirst?
Oh dang i just put it off til my throat and stomach says enough i didnt know yall actually got blurry
Oops thanks for reminding me I haven't eaten breakfast yet
if you get cheap consumables like coke, energy drinks or coffee, you can get stimulation along with the addiction perk which makes you grab a new one every second, to every hour
Nah bro you forgor
Being diagnosed as an adult with ADHD 2 years ago honesty saved my life. The whole "im so tired because my frontal lobe is working overtime just to pilot my flesh mech" is poetically spot on.
Its not even technically inaccurate, cuz adhd tznds to be the result of your brain having multiple parts running full speed at the same time whzre normally its supposed to alternatz between them so that one can rest while the other takes over.
thats the exact same thing i thought after getting diagnosed. having a reason as to why my my brain is full of chaotic and fleeting thoughts all made sense. the impulsiveness too. need to crack into my hyperfocus tho... could help a bit in life lol
I am super fortunate to have a job where I can take a 10min desk nap in the middle of my shift and not get fired because I often have to take a 10min nap in the middle of my shift otherwise my productivity for the last 4 hours of my shift will be nothing at all and I might go into a depressive episode before realizing 40 minutes later that I'm just tired and that's why nothing feels fun anymore. and then I take the nap.
This right here
Oh heck adhd has number now?
ADHD and Anxiety is the perfect combo for not getting stuff done and getting everything done
Got a perfect grade on a project that involved a 7-page essay and a full length PowerPoint. Took me under 6 hours to find sources, write the essay, format it, find images for PowerPoint, and make the powerpoint. Then i somehow had enough in me to be as enthusiastic as possible for the presentation
We have to find a way to just activate hyper-focus on command
Throw some Persistent depressive disorder in that mix and you’ve got the perfect storm bro trust
Bonus points if you are also a perfectionist on top of that
Edit: typo lol
Add a small dash of autism for the more impulsive edition
ADHD is like living on top of an imaginary trampoline. You’re always exhausted and never want to do anything because you are constantly having to bounce because what’s even the point of being on a trampoline if you don’t bounce. But then you also are like, “what if I bounced all the way to the moon” and then you hyper focus on that.
Combine it with depression and it becomes "what if i fall and break my neck"
this is the best metaphor I have ever heard
How quirky tehe
And then you add being a perfectionist on top of that and it becomes "talking about how you are going to bounce your hardest while getting distructed and not bouncing your hardest, then feeling bad about it and restarting the cycle by saying you will bounce your hardest."
It is an endless loop of not bouncing your hardest and talking about how u are going to bounce your hardest.
this is pretty much it
If you wanna know what bad ADHD is like, it's like googling for ADHD coping mechanisms, finding an article, but it's so large and intimidating you bookmark it for later.
this is unfortunately based off of several real life experiences.
You bookmark that article... But do you ever go back and read it? Oh hell no! What bookmark??? What article???? (This is why I have 76,732 bookmarks)
Ya... or it's your looking up how to spell some thing for a work document about health and then five minutes later you find yourself drawing dragons based of off DnD, and you don't even know how you got there in the first place.
TREMENDOUSLY accurate. Top marks all around. 👏
@@poopypantsoflove get pocked saved my life. I bookmark all articles there and sometimes I remember that I should read them and it helps me archive those I have read. And slowly I'm going through them but oh God I still add more than I read.
Right here, on my iPad. I have an entire list of tips that i’ve read that all make sense to me on how to help with working with ADHD. Now when it comes to giving these tips a try…
Fun fact: the devs thought it would be funny to add a variant of ADHD called ADD, where the hyperactivity part of ADHD doesn't exist and you're just left with "dumb brain can't pay attention".
I'm constantly tired, I never seem to get anything done, and caffeine and heavy metal music makes me fall asleep. I'd rate the ADD experience a 3. I have no idea what the devs were thinking with this one.
ADD is the worst handheld port of all time
Try having a double diagnosis of both
Fun, right?
Unfortunately, one (with ADHD) does not choose what to hyperfocus on, so it's only really a pro if it coincides with what needs to be focused on in the first place.
ADD is just ADHD it's just ADHD (innatentive) the hyperactivity still happens, it's just mostly internalized
H stands for hyperactivity not hyperfocus. Those are like opposites.
my favorite Easter egg is getting up and walking into the hallway to just stand there for 5 seconds and then go back to your room and resume what you were doing, it just hits different
Yeah but sometimes it glitches out and I find myself in that situation 8 times in a row. Hope they patch it soon
Sometimes I just sit up then lay back down
did this and ended up in the backrooms
@@mikasacus ok
Sometimes you walk into the hallway and walk back in and suddenly something apears in you hand out of nowhere
wonder what the audience retention rate on this video’s gonna be
36 seconds
i’m ashamed to say i changed tabs in 26 seconds
48 seconds and I'm reading Comments...
While watching a movie
i take this as a challenge
i started trying on clothes 1 minute in
Personalty I'd give ADHD a 2/10.
It combos well with "depression" (both gang up on your motivation status and absolutely destroy it) as well as with "anxiety" (adhd increase the chaos factor in you life and makes things more confusing while anxiety makes you feel bad about it).
I'd say these three are a perfect combo if you want to maximize suffering and struggle constantly without getting the proper help and support you need.
Good luck finding a terapist who will take you seriously and provide you with proper treatment!!! Make sure to prepare your entire life savings because even if you find one it is not going to be cheap at all!!!!
Remember kids "if they tell you to just focus up, know it's okay to give them a slap!"
In general that's what ADHD is, you have a deficiency in serotonin receptors which regulate your dopamine levels, In turn that makes your brain try and seek for the quickest method to up your serotonin levels, resulting in you being more physically/mentally active. (either both or one)
So basically you can think of ADD/ADHD as a sub depression level that you can't get rid of (not literally). Alot of people that have depression also have a ADHD/ADD diagnosis.
Also pairs unexpectedly well with OCD because your ADHD makes you genuinely forget things sometimes so you can never really trust yourself
@@Dearon_ i dunno, i'm always super happy and don't take adhd medicine. can't think bad thoughts if i don't think at all
@@GlacierGalaxy It's hardcore facts, search up "ADHD dopamine deficiency"
Also, I'm not saying you can't be happy. Of course you can. You're just prone to have a higher chance of catching depression because you lack a normal level of norepinephrine & serotonin, both of which regulate dopamine.
Also more often than not ADHD medication can increase the risk of you becoming depressed as when they hop off that dopamine boost wears off and you experience a depressive episode for 1 hour ish while your serotonin and norepinephrine levels stabalize.
@@Dearon_ not saying it's not a fact, just what it's like for me
Hi ADHD developer here. We're terribly sorry about the state of the current ADHD version. The original files were made a while back and the code is really hard to work with. We'll try our best to iron out the bugs and improve the feateres people are unhappy with. Expect an update anywhere between 5 to 6 eons.
I want a refund!
Yea.. should've watched a review before I got ADHD. The hyperfocus just seemed so cool
Is not because is really hard to get on hyper focus
And all the tradeoffs make it really don't worth it
(And i have ADHD so i exactly know how it feels) and if your family forgets the fact that you have ADHD (which they will really often) it gets really exhausting
Wait yours didn't come pre installed?
@@xxizcrilexlxx1505 hyper focus is completely rng though and happens almost never sadly
@@Lukas-qy2on thats where the adderall comes in
@@Lukas-qy2on meditation brudda
My least favorite aspects of ADHD for me is executive dysfunction and procrastination. Although it does allow me to fully clean my apartment before a big test
Same here. I'm lucky if I get something done last minute, but often I don't at all.
lol exactly
ignore big task until all smaller tasks are done or procrastinate until **CONSEQUENSES** come and beat you up for it
The worst part about ADHD for me is my horrible memory. I can remember the most pointless parts of conversations but if I told a friend to go over to their house the next day I can expect a call out of the blue asking me where I am and if I still want to go.
A couple days ago I was gonna meet some friend and he reminded me 4 times to bring some shit there. I prepared it inmediatly and left it on top of my table just to forget it on my way out.
Believe me, your best friend are mobile phone alarms. Please make a habit for setting up one for every important event. Whenever I have an important thing I set up an alarm for the day before and one for 2 hours before. Works most of the time.
Also an extremely powerful trick is to leave things out of place so you remember to do something.
When I was younger and had to grab a book from the library at my school I always told my mother to put an elastic band around my lunch, so when i went to grab it it reminded me that I had to go to the library.
Also when I had to get something for school I left a shoe on some weird place the night before, so in the morning when I started looking for it I'd remember that I had to put some shit inside my backpack
I rarely do that now but It sure was a powerful strategy
@@erixccjc2143 Definitely gonna set up some alarms. Already got like 5 of them for waking up which works most of the time, so it shouldn't be that hard. Seriously though, thanks for the tips. I really appreciate it.
I feel paranoid everytime I relax it always feel like I'm forgetting something
The funny thing about ADHD is that I got it diagnosed, went home, tried to make food, got a knife, zoned out, got another knife, zoned out, got a 3rd knife, and then realized.
And during the literal fkn diagnosis I asked the doctor the same question twice, the second time my doctor just said nothing and literally checked a box on his computer lmao.
It's a weird feeling, you know you wanted to ask the question, but you don't know if you asked it yet or not, and either way you don't know the answer.
Something I find with people with ADHD (as well as myself) is that compartmentalizing concepts or ideas is something you just... don't do. Everything in your brain is connected. It's why conversations with someone with ADHD just go P L A C E S.
Completely. It's why I've never been good about organizing. However, I have learned to just take the 4 minutes to keep things clean in the first place, and then I find that things work out easier for me.
What I do is I make rough plans (ideas of what I want to do) with loose guidelines and then try to not stray away too far from my plans whenever I go ahead and work. I cannot follow exact plans so this is the best I can do.
I also try to have a very specific order of my things so whenever I need something I can just know where it is instead of having to look around for it
My brain map tends to look like a circle at times. Idk if I have ADHD, but any conversation can only be steered to the same 5 things I like to talk about, and nowhere else.
@@FreshTillDeath56 exactly. If my room was dirty it would be dirty forever, but luckily I just clean it everyday a couple times.
oh my god hyperfocus, it's like when you find a game you really like and you end up playing it for 2 days straight and you end up realizing you havent showered or eaten in that time period.
and then when you lose that current hyperfocus you're looking for the next one, and if you can't find it you're feeling low and depressed, it's like crack or heroin lmao.
I remember being able to climb a big ass hill with no breaks and then a month later getting tired for walking to the grocery store.
I guess it can be physical too
when you get tired of a game leave it hyperfocus on another get tired go back to old game
Ok funnily enough, there’s this VR fishing game I played for like 3 days straight and didn’t get a headache for some reason.
Then I woke up to a mad f***ing migraine
@@gamergirlblu5278 yoo facts, migraines are the fucking worst, if I overuse stuff with heavy blue light I'll just end up triggering my migraines later that day or the next morning.
night light mode is a godsend.
I swear totally. That's what I do with TV shows and games.
Oh man, I own ADHD myself. Didn't even know I own one in like 23 years of usage. I tell you, it's sucks. Any tasks done of other LIFE users is a Herculean feat but very good in like gathering useless knowledge and stuff from your hyperactive induced impulse buying, it has a feature of anyone in your life to say the word 'focus' a lot to you, and have a shit mental security making you susceptible to malwares like dyslexia, depression, and anxiety. Apparently, it was a good feature during the "Hunter-gatherer Human Update", but it honestly outlived it's purpose in the recent humanity update.
...and yes, it took me 30 minutes to write this.
I never knew I had adhd until my friends told me to take a look. I took some online tests and those were positive. And it seems more and more likely. Will have to get a professional test soon but I'm convinced I have it. All these traits hit on a personal level.
I wonder if it would be easier to just become a hunter-gatherer. I'll hunter-gather the crap out of everything.
Now I forgot what I was going to write oh darn I guess that's lost to time and space forever
I remember seeing the title of a video that said "Could ADHD be an advantage?" and that kind of a statement has the same energy as "Do depressed artist make better art?" which are both such fucked up sentiments, treating these things like some magic buff for your stats instead of something people struggle with on a daily basis doesn't help anyone, and if anything is discrediting anyone's experience with it.
I disagree. While there are certain aspects of my ADHD which are debilitating in some ways, there are also things about it that I find can be beneficial in certain circumstances. Hyper-focus is the most-cited and therfor most well-known "perk" if you will, but I find being able to tune out and go into "my own little world" to be useful when I'm in a situation where I have to wait with nothing around to do, sort of the opposite of hyperfocus (used to freak out my teachers, lol). I can't really say the same thing about my Depression or Anxiety, pretty much no upsides whatsoever. If I could change anything about myself, I think I'd leave the ADHD, as I've come to learn how to live with it. Depression and Anxiety could fuck right off though.
I've found that ADHD has a lot to do with the particular shine that I have when I'm in my element. I'm witty and fun, sharp as a tack, able to connect seemingly unrelated ideas in a way that can really come in clutch sometimes. So, uh, yes. It *can* be an advantage, at times.
As for whether depressed artists make better art? I don't think that's inherently true, but I do think people who *understand* depression make better art concerning the subject. You don't have to be stuck in that melancholic experience to express it well, but it helps to have been there before. This is one of those areas where that trite "be yourself" garbage actually has a sliver of value: Know who you are and how you are, and plan accordingly. You have weaknesses; build your way around those. You have strengths; use them well and often.
@@Katastrophe9009 While I do find it fun having my steam library open and playable in my mind, I don’t think it suits the cons. Especially when you unintentionally are focused on a csgo game while having a conversation with someone.
I’m a procrastinator, I have ADHD, I’m a perfectionist, I have social anxiety, and I think I have regular anxiety as well. I can do my work quite well thanks to my perfectionism, and whenever I turn in an assignment I know that I didn’t do my best on, I’ll feel anxious and won’t be able to think about anything else but that assignment I didn’t do perfectly
That’s SO weird. Apparently I created a new account, wrote this comment, then completely deleted the memory from my brain.
But real talk, never forget that YANA :)
You and I are not so different
literally me
I have dreams where I haven’t turned an assignment end and school is ending. But I haven’t been in school for two years.
@@5hirtandtieler yeah my memory must be getting really bad, because I don't remember making you either.
ADHD is going for a walk hoping you're gonna finish an important thought. Then you return home 2 hours later and think - "did I just remind myself 30 times that I had to think that thought and not finish it anyway?"
4.5/10 for me.
I combined my ADHD with the "Social Anxiety" pack to provide additional time to "think" before speaking. Unfortunately, I think one of them came with a bug. For a conversation to initiate, I have to wait for someone else to approach before getting dialogue options, and the choices always seem incredibly limited. Have there been any patches for this?
I got diagnosed with both, and oh boy do they make an excellent combo.
On my device the CBT patch helped resolve most of the social anxiety bugs, but I still need other patches for ADHD and trauma. You may need to use multiple patches to find the most suitable solution for different bugs.
drugs
That's me, dealing with the eternal question of "why are you so quiet?"
OMG, THIS!
In my experience ADHD is basically a point and click game,
"hey look a paperclip! Imma pick that up."
"someone's talking? I'll just skip through the dialouge."
"Hey look, a key! Hey look, a locked door! What was I doing again?"
Knew a guy with ADHD and his attention span was all over the place. The description of a wizard with only annoying powers is very on point. Thanks for the kindhearted review.
Honestly I’ll give the devs credit for the whole associative thought process thing. It was a cool idea in theory and it can be really handy in problem solving and creativity but it does have the downside of being annoying and/or confusing for other people when they’re talking about their day and end up having to listen to me ramble about that one episode of spongebob for 30 minutes.
Pardon me, but could you explain what this means (I have ADHD and I never heard of this so I am carious to learn more!)
@@galileodirectio ADHD people tend to have thoughts that link together kinda like chains, where one part of a thought connects to another, hence the "associative thought process". its just that its like going to a wikipedia page and clicking random links so you go from the mcdonalds page to the war of 1812 page
I feel you dude. I love that it comes with a creativity buff, but hate that it also nerfs communication. Like, I swear that the connection is THERE but it doesn’t stop me from sounding unhinged when I try to explain why two characters from completely different shows would totally be best friends.
@@jamesdequillfeldt5011 ohh that explains a lot for me then
"How do people have TIME to think before they speak"
Goddammit that's the one that really got me lmao
Bro people saying "just focus up" to people with ADHD is just like people telling me to "just breathe" when I have an asthma attack💀💀💀
Or "just buy a house" to homeless people.
as a lifelong user of ADHD, i'm always frustrated by all these fake reviews non-ADHD users make on a daily basis. they praise it to high hell and give it ratings it doesn't deserve, and i'm beyond tired of seeing them talk about how 'unique' and 'quirky' ADHD can make a person, because that's completely and utterly false. for the people what want to purchase ADHD themselves, i highly advise against it, as the cons of this product outweigh the pros by a long shot
Yes, we love our eternal sub level of depression deeply.
Honestly, they say they love how "unique" it makes you, but every time you happen to let those "unique" bits show they always seem pretty clear that you shouldnt have.
Sure is lovely being all "unique" and "quirky", I feel very appreciated.
@@TheSpeep That first line hit like a truck. Thank you for sharing.
@@TheSpeep everyone is loving and tolerant until your disorder negatively impacts them in any way whatsoever. Then it's your fault and you're just a bad person.
Great review! I don’t own the product myself but I’m sure people with it can watch the full video to see Mikas perspectives on it!
@@Dearon_ add and adhd-pi are the same thing, the diagnoses were combined
I'm glad this ADHD video is less devastating than the last one, lol
The most devastating part about ADHD is that it actually has major benefits when we're given the chance to work WITH it instead of solely against it. Unfortunately, the time to create healthy habits (I.E. your youth) is consumed by systems like school, which destroy any possibility to effectively understand and adapt to your ADHD because they require you to adapt to the system instead.
All the way through college, life is too rigid to develop genuinely effective habits which combat or even synergise with ADHD. The medication helps (like, a ton) but given the opportunity to make my own system, I wouldn't trade ADHD even for a normal brain.
Verdict:
Often, it feels like playing on NG+ with an OP min maxed character. Life can destroy me, but succeeding feels good, feels powerful. 7/10
"sitting at a computer for 10 hours to get 2 hours of work done" I feel this so hard. Imagine life if every task didn't take 10x as long for me to complete
Yup
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It took me over 10 minutes to watch this video. this is 100% an accurate review
Currently paused 13 seconds into my second watch of the video cuz im not sure I rly picked up on all of it the first time.
I would watch further but the comments caught my attention.... so lets just say I relate.
@@TheSpeep I switched to the comments like 15 seconds in and currently I pauses the video
sameeee
Having ADHD is like having a brain where some parts run at 3x speed and others are normal, so you end up doing things before thinking, spending so much energy focusing on something and then being so tired that you can't do anything. But you still can't sleep because you're brain has enough energy to keep you up at night, somehow.
I really relate to how having ADHD can make you mentally tired. The best way I try to explain it to people is that listening and paying attention is a passive activity for most people but an active one for me.
Classes, lectures, long meetings, non hands on training, etc is like running a mental marathon and exhausts me. On the other hand though, hands on chaotic situations are easier for me than many others.
In my experience, having ADHD changes your relationship to your brain. It sometimes doesn't feel like a part of you but like a roommate you have to negotiate with.
Making decisions on its own and sometimes you gel and sometimes you're at odds. Like I can miss a line in a show and do a 10 second rewind just to miss it again numerous times bc I lose attention in the lead up to it.
That sounds really trivial but things like that happen all the time and sometimes when it's important I pay attention. It's exhausting and I used to get really annoyed at myself for it (didn't help that others made me feel bad for it) until I got therapy and learned to accept it.
But I also can get so hyper fixated on something I can go 8+ hours without eating, drinking, or using the bathroom bc my brain decided this is more important than bodily functions.
Wish I could harness that "power" but I can't and meds make me feel sick or stressed out. It's definitely led to me being more introverted as I can just let my brain take over when I'm alone instead of trying to work with it.
1:23 OMG before I was diagnosed (in Highschool), this was my experience 😭 I didn’t know why I forgot things and I couldn’t explain why so in order to avoid conflict I’d just pretty much go ‘Yep, I remember’ (doesn’t actually remember). Thankfully I’m now surrounded by friends who are very understanding and help me when I’ve forgotten something or end up derailing a conversation to talk about the most random things ☺️
your friends are so sweet
You see, the strat is to constantly ask your friends if there is something you need to remember or anything important happening soon.
The problem accures when your friends also have adhd and try to do the same thing and then it devolves into chaos.
As long as that's not the case you should be all good to go :D having good friends is key to be able to deal with your adhd without having to completly zombifie yourself.
You seem to have good friends so I can tell you will be just fine! To anyone else may the force be with you.
@@mikasacus I'm so lucky to have em!
@@galileodirectio Yeah! They just end up repeating things for me anyway without me asking 😂I only have one other friend who has ADHD and they've got a lot of the same interests as me, it's great
Worst feature is not being able to find something, asking for help to find something, then getting the status effect "blind as a bat" when they immediately find it. It could just be a glitch... I think objects just don't load in properly around players.
It gets worse without glasses, the textures dont fully loud and It looks like lowpoly playstation 1 graphics
Mate, that happens to everyone.
As someone with ADHD it sometimes feels like normal you and meds you are two different people.
One of them is you, the other feels like a zombified version of you, a robot.
People always pick favorites and this is not different. If you function on meds on a daily basis most people probably dont even know about the other you, about the real you.
It crazy to think about, it almost feels like there are two "you"s living in your body...
Is it fun? Like to be able to live two lives
@@8lec_R Personally, no. It’s like an identity crisis
i don't think one or the other of them is the real me. i don't think there is a me
I nrver felt that way. (I took medication as a child before stopping overall.) Quitting it helped me feel better at least.
Wait! Don't forget about the masking me!! They take control whenever I'm not on meds bc I have this deep uncontrollable fear of being rejected by society that makes me constantly act like someone else.
The only solution I've found is chilling with a very specific group of friends, usually around a bottle or a joint. Those friends now live thousands of km away. And I'm so tired of masking
one positive side about ADHD is that you get a discount on the Depression and Anxiety DLC. Tho in retrospect those maybe those purchases where more due to impulsivity than anything else.
also i really like your vids man keep it up :3
“ADHD is like having a breakcore song playing in your head 24/7”
-Some guy on the internet
ADHD is something that is both overcome and accepted. I dealt with ADHD all through high school and I came to understand what could be done to mitigate it. I work best with restrictions I set on myself, as in if I have to study something, I physically head to the library to be alone.
Many parts of ADHD that you mentioned are never really overcome though. It's just a part of who you are and the sooner you relax and enjoy these sporadic bursts of thought, the better off your life is going to be.
For me personally it gets hard to accept when you're surrounded by super hardworking type A people in a hyper competitive course :(
Wise words, I feel exactly the same :)
Especially the last sentence.
sometimes i get a massive blast of intelligence to my brain and then it's all gone 5 minutes later
Some people can compensate, some can't. It's wrong to assume what works for you works for everyone.
It’s so great to see more of my favourite youtubers talk about their experiences with ADHD!! As an ADHD, it really helps to know that there are other people who can understand and who are trying to spread more awareness about it! So thanks, Mika :)
"How do people have time to THINK before they speak" hit me way harder than I was ready for.
Having adhd, this is truly a great review, expresses all of my thoughts.
Great review as always!
is the pfp your dog? i have a mini schnauzer too
wait I think it's that meme dog
@@keenban You figured it out before I could even attempt trolling, props to you sir.
@@genopie2673 omg i have a dog that looks just like that one lol
@@julesssssssss Popular breed i guess lol.
fun fact, parts of an ADHD brain are actually smaller than normal, it's why stimulants for adults help, because it gives those smaller parts more power to keep up with the overactive parts
I’m in this weird sort of boat where I DEFINITELY have ADHD (mixed with an enormous cocktail of other mental stuffs) and yet literally the only thing stimulants seem to do for me is make my back extra sweaty.
Like how does that even work I don’t get it
@@Dearon_ iq doesn't describe brain size????
@PowerNO Grief yep! Though I’ve been on a few (on multiple different doses) to try and figure something out, but adderal was definitely one of ‘em
In particular, the part of the brain responsible for suppressing distractions is impaired, and Aderral stimulates it.
@@_fudgepop01 people process the different meds differently, so it might be that what you've tried doesn't work for you. I'd try other kinds, there's lots of ADHD meds that are all different compounds.
For me, being on my meds means I don't suffer insomnia, I can collect my thoughts faster, and I'm not as depressed. It's not a cure, but it helps me catch up
I really love this video because you talk a lot about the attention deficit side of things which i also suffer a lot more from. Whenever i need to explain my adhd to someone im gonna send them this video to hopefully get it to make more sense.
This video planted the seeds of doubt that I didn't have ADHD and started a month long research spiral into ADHD, so thanks? I've gotten a referral from my GP now so they're going to figure out whether I'm also a lost and clueless doinkus, so we'll see how that goes. Good video though!
Going to be hard to get people with ADHD to watch the whole vi
The flashy pictures help
hahaha, that is so relatab
@@galileodirectio hahaha very true
"I've gotten really good at pretending I know what's going on."
This combos with imposter syndrome, because half the time you're genuinely relying on your ability to figure things out as you go along rather than anything you've learned. But it is funny to watch other people not be able to pick up something new and just mess about with it until it works; what do you mean you need instructions?
i love that you used 'the wobbles' as the outdo song, it's one of my favourites on your album, thank you for the amazing videos and mind blowing music!
As someone who was diagnosed at age 11 (23m now) this video really accurately represents how I live... so much of what you said is accurate. I’d add that with the memory section you where you were accurate with the down sides of memory, on the upside I can remember very odd and accurate facts and events that happened 15 years ago, or remember a conversation you heard 8 years ago word for word. It’s a weird way to live
im autistic, but recently i was given a medication to try to improve my attention span (bc autism does not like it when i try to do anything outside of my interests). The meds were literally the worst thing ever and did not give me the desired results at all.
when describing the results to my psych and friends, apparently the meds made my brain work closer to that of someone who has adhd.
so to try and explain my experience:
- very heightened emotions. all the time. it was exhausting.
- nothing was ever enough. as opposed to experiencing a percieved excess of stimulus like i normally do, i completely switched into not ever being stimulated enough to do any work.
- more... anxiety? overthinking? ish? idk, but my brain was either empty or in overdrive.
so as someone who tested a knockoff beta version of ADHD and is able to make a direct comparison: yeah it was intesnse, and when comparing it to my default gameplay settings i would 100% rate it pretty low, but if you're used to these more complex settings and are able to work with or around most of their glitches, it can become an advantage.
that might be a whole other debuff and not autism
How is your working memory usually?
You know there's an overlap when it comes to adhd and autism. So bad in fact that if you have adhd you have like a 50% chance of also being on the autism spectrum. Personally, I know I definitely have adhd and I think might also have autism.
@@vali69 I also have ADHD and feel like I might have autism, but I just don't see the point in trying to get an autism diagnosis. I mean, what are they going to do? All I would gain from it is a feeling of validation.
@@uku4171 The community you have found yourself in is all about validation I think that should be clear enough
Another problem is, it's so rng. The Devs probably thought: "Why don't we give everyone a *unique* experience!" And so the symptoms are very diverse. This also means, the doctors don't have a magic pill for every ADHD human. (Because ADHD is not a child disorder, it often is detected at that age. But this can be detected at a later age too.)
It's a huge spectrum.
And the best thing: it's quite compatible with autism. ("best" is irony)
That itself is also RNGed the hell up.
So doctors have it quite difficult to detect that, too.
In the past it was exclusive. Either you had ADHD or autism, now they see that having both is possible.
And additional to the hyperfocus:
It's now called the "flow state". And people use that to say, "that is normal, I get that too". That in itself is not bad, but the hyperfocus we talk about *can* lead to shitting yourself while you work on something, often as a child up to teenager.
The Devs screwed this up big times.
this is actually pretty cool
i also have adhd (as do most people watching, i think) and this is a nice summary of it all and also the first video i've seen from you so... you've got yourself a new sub! those 2 months were worth it, this video pleases my brain
it makes me glad to see such an honest review on ADHD. sometimes i feel bad for forgetting things or being annoying about things i'm fixating on, but i always remind myself that i have ADHD . if anybody gets annoyed with me for anything then they can kick some dirt.
I've been trying to get an adhd diagnosis for a while but my family doctor is unhelpful, the psychiatrist wait time is 7 to 8 months and I feel hopeless. I've been really struggling the past few months idk what to do anymore
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Sounds like depression
That is not a healthy frame of mind to have, to actively want a debilitating diagnosis. If you exhibit symptoms, then you can tell your doctor about it all the same and work to mitigate your issues. The medication they give out for ADHD is effective, but it is NOT ideal for any kind of long term solution. It's something that's learned steadily with time.
Hey, ignore what some of the other people have said in the replies. Getting a diagnosis is often the first step to getting help with your needs, and that can be really important. Maybe find another doctor when you're an adult or if you ars an adult. Although, that, too, can be an immense struggle to do with ADHD. A lot of ADHD seems to be learning more so how to cope with having a different type of brain than trying to fix it with medication. Medication isn't really a "now you are no longer neurodivergent" cure, but it can help. You should also look into ways to make your life easier as someone with ADHD that don't have to do with medication, in the mean time. Not every piece of advice for ADHD works for everyone, and regardless of the systems and methods you use it will always be a little difficult and overall different for you. But that's ok! That's how your brain works, and eventually you can learn to stop working against your brain and with your brain, even when it feels like your brain is working against you.
@@rysea9855 Far too quick to jump to that conclusion tho, there are like a hundred factors for it to be depression and Keenan only gave 1
We need to create a sub genre of ADHD perfectionists and we need to create a support group where we tell each other that its okay to not be perfect all the time.
Hi. I'm a recovered ADHD perfectionist, and I'm here to say: it gets better. All you have to do is decide to pick less fights. You can still pursue perfection on things that matter - but only if you're willing to cut everything else loose.
These days, I'm a successful therapist with ADHD, that just graduated from gradschool and got a real job helping people. And do you know how I did that? I did it by deciding that I NEVER had to make my bed, pick up my fresh laundry from the floor, or clean off my messy desk any more than absolutely necessary. We get tired just by living, so we only have so much energy to spare. So make sure you only allocate that precious resource toward the things that will actually matter to you. Some people don't like wrinkles in their clothes, but I don't mind. Not if it means I can free up time and energy to actually take care of myself.
You'll get there. Give it time. And please, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm happy to help a fellow member of the tribe. 🙂 Godspeed.
It's the only thing that keeps my grades up
thank you for making a video about this. it feels good to know that i’m not the only person dealing w this shit
As someone else with ADHD I can attest to the fact that you need to be actively trying to remember the little things people tell you. If not you’ll forget what they said the second the subject of conversation changes.
If there ever was a "cure" to adhd, I wouldn't take it, idk it's just a part of me that makes me who I am. As much as I hate ADHD I can't go without it.
are you on meds? because living without them i would drop adhd in a heartbeat.
@@Lukas-qy2on im on vyvance.
I agree with that, I sometimes hate my ADHD, (And meds do not get rid of all the symptoms, though they do help) but it is still a part of me that I have learned to live and survive with, I wouldn't get rid of it if a "cure" came out. Im kinda glad that there is someone who thinks the same, though it's totally cool if others don't agree with me.
Couldn't agree more especially as someone who was trying to be "cured" from elementary to senior year, I truly hate the idea of not really being in your own mind anymore.
Well, if you are a kid it might pass. If it stuck with you until adulthood, you are not getting rid of it.
I have the ADHD/daddy issues combo pack, let me just tell you it's the most chaotic game I have ever played. Really wish I didn't put on the daddy issues add-on, it actually splits off into another ending where you get anger issues and social anxiety and a whole bunch of addictions so you have to go through that mess. I wish I could get just the ADHD on its own so the game isn't as complicated, it feels like someone tied strings to my ears and started playing tug-of-war with my brain whenever I try to play it. On the plus side, the game is so complicated it's never dull, especially with the addiction part. Plus the hyperfixation feature makes me pretty much OP. I wish the daddy issues didn't make my character masturbate so much, maybe the plot would be clearer that way. The hyperfixation pretty much makes the game, so I give it a solid 6/10
By daddy issues do you mean trauma/PTSD/CPTSD?
I dunno, I kinda like the masturbation minigames tbh. Sometimes I even get to play them co-op, very fun with friends!
I feel this so much. I choose to study design and for the last few years it felt like having superpowers, especially hyper focus (edit: forgetting to eat, drink or sleep is an obvious downside). It suits super well with our project schedules and autonomy in the choice of the topic. But now I have to work on my bachelor thesis which means writing a lot and doing stuff I'm not particularly stoked about, and look at me now dangling around on youtube
I know a lot of people say that about a lot of youtube channels ...
Your channel should be way more popular !! Your art style, the subjects, the way you present it all, your tone ... oh my god you're amazing
So happy someone is finally rating this personally I'd give it a 4/10 but I do see your points
I had an essay with the deadline just this week and instead of meeting said deadline I started learning CAD and to be honest I got pretty good at it too. The essay remains to be started as of yet. I know I'm not going to make it in time to meet the deadline because the topic just isn't as interesting as CAD now. I seriously doubt I'll ever graduate, not for the lack of wanting and trying but for the lack of being able to concentrate on things that aren't currently the most interesting thing ever. It's always stuff like mechanics, public transport, woodworking, metal working, design, art, computers and coding etc. I'm not even an engineering student or anything, I'm supposed to become a social worker!
I had this too, but did you ever considered trying one of the things you get hyper focus on?
When I had this, I had it with coding first when I was 20-21 and I just became a developer.
Next when I was 29 I got bored of it and started to become interested in DNA. So I became a biotechnician.
Now I alter plant DNA in the lab. Just like you, I am pretty good at these things too.
Maybe you are just not a social worker?
@@StandardName562 I wish, but I’m really bad at maths and my hyperfocus state rarely lasts more than a few months at a time per subject. I once had a hyperfocus on music so I learned to play some Beethoven on a piano eithout any previous experience on said instrument, then I went and bought myself a copy of FL Studio, did beats for a few good months and just kinda fell off, now I can’t play piano for shit and FL Studio looks like alien technology to me. I once tried making my own shoes and again, I fell off. Maybe I’m better off keeping myself an eccentric hobbyist. Jack of all trades, master of none. I just like to do things. But there’s one thing, a creative outlet, I always return to and it’s art. So I’ll just try to incorporate the skills acquired via hyperfocus into making art. And make my living off social work and driving taxi once I get around applying for a taxi license
Me. Just zoning out after every sentence or so thinking about it what you said and having to watch the video multiple times. Glad to support you.
I liked one of your songs before I was watching your channel. I went to go listen to the new album and saw that I had liked a few of your songs! I love the music and the videos, keep it up!
I love hyperfocus, it is really hard to activate but once it is activated there is nothing you cant do. Couple months ago I was procrastinating as always and I had 4 weeks worth of assignments and reading to do and my hyperfocus finally activated and not even my mom could believe I did all that work in just one evening, other than that adhd kinda sucks you know.
this is how i’m getting through high school lmao
my ADHD meds were a lifesaver, I started uni before I took them I was reaching about an upper C grade, but halfway through uni I got a prescription and it shot my up to consistent A grades
That's amazing, I'm currently in my honours year and only recently realised I have adhd, but the wait list for treatment is 5 months so I won't even have access to meds until honours is over... Feels like I'm screwing up my future
@@zamxit It was a bitch to get a prescription for them, I was diagnosed as a child, but adult ADHD requires a new diagnosis and the first doctor said "judging from what you've told me, you dont have ADHD" which was utter bull. What helped me a lot was my then-partner and housemate vouching for me because they managed to tell the doctor how I actually act in normal scenarios. Having a third party to tell the doctor what I'm like was the only way I could have gotten anywhere.
It took about a year to go from the first appointment to me getting my first prescription. I hope things go well for you, even if it's going to take some time to get the treatment
My country only has methylphenidate and it doesn't quite have the desired effect and it has side effects for me. It sucks so bad.
watched 2 videos and then fell in love with your content. I have ADHD as well and this was a good explanation of how it feels to have it with a bit of added comedic spice :)
adhd is me starting this video and watching 2 minutes and then all of a sudden 4 hours have passed and i realised i still havent finished this video
3:07
Very true
I have ADHD
I have such a hard time focusing on anything, but if I get in the mood to do work, dude... you cannot stop me.
It's like 90 percent of the time I can't get work done, and the other 10 percent is maximum overdrive lol
I don't need my receipt lol.
I honestly would never want to lose my ADHD. My brain wandering around constantly is exactly what gives me the ability to come up with cool ideas for my videos. Sure, focusing on making them is hard but honestly at least i can imagine cool things in a very vivid fashion.
My ADHD has it's own feature where if I look at something for too long, my brain just shuts down and I, no joke, start vividly daydreaming if not just straight up dreaming. People tell me it's creepy because I will just stare at stuff for like 5 minutes but to me it's like 40 seconds.
But honestly I like ADHD. it makes me.. me.
Hey! A veteran adhd haver here. Been diagonsed for over a decade already. would like to share some tips with all the noobies out there!!
Lmao I can't drive at all or do anything requiring attention without my meds and its perfectly legal here
It sounds like you got misdiagnosed
I don't take meds... so useless tip for me, but other people might find it helpful
Depending on severity you might be required to medicated while driving.. and for me it helps me pay more attention while driving.. So I don’t get your pov
This is so incredibly relatable. I'm just talking about school or work on minute, then the next I'm off on a tangent about some random bullshit like the Bullet Shrimp or something. It absolutely sucks living with both this and OCD, but you gotta make do I guess
Great review! I wholeheartedly agree with almost everything you had to say!
One point I think was worth mentioning is that there is a downside to hyperfocusing, which is the fact that it becomes very hard to UNfocus and do/notice LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE.
I'll sometimes start hyperfocusing a bit before lunch, work for a bit, stop for lunch because I'm hungry, and then notice that it's 10pm and I skipped all my meals and haven't drank any water in 3 days
So relateable, if i am focusing on drawing, the last thing i want is my mom telling me to go to sleep.
Fuck sleep, i WILL stay up drawing ALL night
ADHD MOMENT!!!!!!!!
Check out Russel Barkley. He's the ADHD GOAT. He's helped me a lot with debugging heuristics. But be sure not to mistake ADHD with Complex PTSD, as they can manifest as the same symptomatology, except for subtle differences, along with the fact that you ultimately get triggered because of covert, repressed and intellectualized *shame* .
Dude you have perfectly summed it up. I also have ADHD and this is one of the most relatable videos I've ever seen.
keep making these, they are amazing
As someone who also has ADHD, 6/10
I haven't watched the video but I agree.
edit: I watched the video and I agree
I have adhd and I mean this as the nicest of complements your music and videos are some of the only ones I can sit through without getting distracted
its so fun seeing how its different for other people, yet at the same time i can still relate, i mean i would say "oh, im not THAT prone to losing focus" but im currently playing a game, watching this video, looking up RSD, and eating.
I have a lot of friends with ADHD and its the funniest thing ever, like this one girl asked me a personal question but instead of answering her I just showed her a knife and she ran off with it having the time of her life
Cringe
@@andybaker8775 ?
That sounds like me honestly. Very adhd thing. Knives and sticks
This comment section is just action packed full of cringe.
“ADHD is fun tehe tehe”
Aha guys ADHD is when I can’t finish my sente-
dude the forgetting part is so relatable. my memory has turned to nothing recently
This is an excellent review. It helps me understand my brother who also has ADHD. Thank you for the insight.
i agree with this, at one moment i am watching a meme comp and the next i have a finished art piece thinking about how colours got their names
The video and the top hearted comments are like the best shortest explanations I have ever seen and is what I will use from now on to refer to for people that wonder about ADHD, like, hot damn, this just explain it too well. I hate and love it. ADHD be fun like that tho so, wiiiiiiiii.
Amazing edited and amazing structure btw, keep up the good work!
(And the "call doctor back" part... Why you make me remember I have stuff I need to do as well like a month ago that I forgot about? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
this video is only 4 minutes and i felt like i was wrestling a bear trying to get myself to keep watching it. i was diagnosed pretty early in my life (severe combined type ADHD) which im grateful for, but that didnt make my life any easier. even with medication i still struggle. i wish people didnt treat ADHD as some silly personality quirk. sure, im super hilarious and imaginative, but i cant do shit if im not hyper-fixated on it. this video is epic btw i love your artwork
Oh my god you just put everything i feel into words 💜
my least favorite part of adhd is when you're missing one step of a multi-step process and keep on boot-looping, remembering the step you missed, going back, forgetting the step, etc. reported this bug but devs said it was a feature -_- 2 stars, annoying as hell but the wikipedia deep dives are a fun feature
Hits me hardddd. People can tell me something and if I'm not hyper focused on their words I'll forget it 30 seconds later. Sometimes I can be focused on their words and still forget. Or how all my friends get pissed off when I CONSTANTLY talk over them impulsively. Or how I can never focus on one task, or sit to watch something without talking or getting up (for no reason whatsoever), or how I'm super energetic despite being actually tired or how I can never sleep on time, or how I misplace so much stuff or- you get my point.
I want to underline the irony of my experience with this video, as I've tried watching it 5 full times and got side-tracked every single time and only managed to finish it now, even though it's only 4 minutes long xP So yes, relatable video, 10/10
I don't have ADHD, but your tip of brute forcing work even if I get distracted is really helpful. I can get more work done now when I used to start watching youtube videos while doing my task. I mean I'm in the middle of doing work right now.
mikakuck videos are always great.
My boyfriend of 1.5 years has ADHD and high anxiety. I’m doing my best to learn even more, and this is some amazing, honest input 💜 plus hilariously put (and loving the peppy Animal Crossing music in the background lol)
Saw a video the other day on ADHD that was very informative and gave me insight into my own issues that I didn't have before. It said that as an executive function disorder, there is a disconnect between the parts of your brain that do thinking and the parts tied to motivation and taking action. It doesn't matter how much you think about an action, whether you overthink or underthink, or spend the perfect middle ground amount of time and energy thinking, it's still not gonna lead to action. At least, this is true for long-term oriented actions. For things with immediate consequences or immediate reward, this disconnect doesn't exist, but it does for long-term things. Your career, relationships, hobbies, family, financial decisions, all of these require long-term oriented actions with no immediate consequence or reward, so acting towards them is insanely difficult. One solution to that is adding in stress, which many of us (including myself, though I am desperately searching for alternatives) use to force us to take action towards these things, but obviously this is exhausting and discouraging and often you quickly run out of energy and can't do anything, having to abandon your efforts, which is a huge blow to self-esteem and hope. The other option is reward, but... why can't you just reward yourself without the work? Self-discipline is difficult after all, especially when all your energy goes to just getting by in your day to day and in simple tasks, which are hard for you. On top of that, with ADHD the "willpower/ energy" tank is much smaller than most people's, resulting in short attention-span and the need to take frequent breaks to rest and recharge. Society doesn't tend to be particularly accomodating to this disorder either, as there are many jobs and daily functions that are difficult to perform with all the aforementioned issues that, if more flexibility were given to how these tasks are performed, could come easier to people without ADHD with minimal effect to results.
The conversation part is VERY relatable.