Hi ☀️ ! My name is Alice, I created The Mini ADHD Coach in august 2020 when I was just diagnosed with ADHD at 29.
After years of questioning, therapy, burnouts, and chaotic career path changes I finally understood why I was struggling with so many things.
So I decided to share what I learned to raise awareness around ADHD and help the ADHD community thrive.
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i was recently diagnosed with inattentive adhd last summer when getting tested for bipolar disorder and i notice my anger episodes are usually triggered by knowing plans last minute, being rushed, social conflict as a whole, and definitely overstimulation and stress. i get so upset during this episodes i tend to yell, argue, swear, throw things, or even turn to old bad habits of sh. i hope everyone else struggling with these problems will learn to cope with them eventually, it is possible but things take time
I'm in the final 5 months of my PhD at the moment and I feel this so hard, lately I've been having constant stomachaches and insomnia. Having ADHD makes the PhD workload an extra challenge :(
I got tested and came out with inconclusive results, but one of my friends tells me that if I was a guy I would've been diagnosed lol (I'm pretty sure I do have it)
Me me me !! This is me. 😩 I have all But one of those symptoms. I’m 43 and been married 5 times. My impulsive tendencies have gotten me into many situations. It’s nice to know other adults have some of the same struggles
Me me me !! This is me. 😩😩😩😩
I once accidentally locked my roommate and I lost my umbrellas and I also lost my glasses I once lost my school uniform I even left the iron plugged in and I can't name things in a row I use to read whole paragraph and I can't know what is it at end I get a lot of panic during exam and even when calm I use to make blunders a lot
Getting in the shower is never a problem, getting out is
This is me
I just graduated Highschool barely and was only diagnosed with inattentive a year ago, don't even get me started on the infamous: "you dont look like you have ADHD" line. It feels so degrading and always makes me feel like, "oh, maybe I am just a lazy slacker good for nothing".
I thought I just had a hormonal imbalance as to why I can has PMS during menstruation and not before. Also I loose my cool VERY easily but with very specific criteria. I have 5 kids too, highly stressed and anxious when I feel too overwhelmed with life. When I do have it together, I’m very calm. When I’m not, all hell can break loose as the saying goes. Which can really hurt my relationships with family members. It’s very hard to say that I don’t have self control when I am like that. Then I feel hate and shame and grief towards myself.
I mit have ADHD
Why did you not narrate this video? You have made the words go off screen too fast and I had to watch the short over and over again to read and understand.
My school diagnosed me with learning disability, but years later, I took a mental health test, and it turns out I have been having inattentive ADHD.
Someone said if u have adhd u need to speed up the video and its rly helpful
Sometime during the pandemic I saw a guy who recommended "head and shoulders, knees and toes" when leaving the house As in "Glasses, wallet, keys and phone". One of my challenges as a female is what i will call hand bag blindness. Now if I'm looking for something in there, I know I will find it if I just tip everything out, but that's often not practical. The worst is that feeling of panic (and stupidity).
Im in my 60s and recently diagnosed. It's not "official", as in I've chosen to not get treatment so there's no need to have it in my records. The assessment was done while I was a hospital inpatient (physical problems). The psychologist to whom I was referrred for my depression suddenly asked if I'd ever been diagnosed. I answered no, but people who had it, or dealt with children with it had basically told me I had it. "Just for fun" he did the assessment. Then after a transfer of hospitals a psychiatrist concurred. I found it has helped me forgive myself for the absentmindedness, losing things, getting "flustered" so missing details i need, etc. It's also explained a few things, like what I think of as "active listening " apparently comes across as wanting to interrupt. That's helped me be more patient in conversations. And now at least I know why I'm an addicted reader but have suddenly at sixty swapped books for my phone. That had bothered me because I felt like I'd dumbed down. If I was still working, or married, there's no way I'd have the diagnosis placed on my records, and I think its important that I don't see the diagnosis as an excuse for things...(Like interrupting lol) One big thing though is that my kids tell me I'm "negative", and I've realised this is often because I leap frog to the end of a problem and then it's "But what if...". I basically bite my tongue now but unfortunately they know me too well and will say "Go on...I know you've seen a problem. What is it?" Then I still get crap for always being negative even when I haven't wanted to say anything about possible problems. It's a lose/lose situation. I have long thought we all have some ASD symptoms, and that a lot of historical achievers definitely were on the spectrum. Now I'm wondering if we all have some ADD/ADHD symptoms because I can definitely see evolutionary advantages to it. We'd be the best guards, as long as we didn't get bored because nothing was happening. We'd certainly be inventive fighters, and innovators. I bet it was someone with ADHD who thought of the wheel! We are tailor made for high stress life events, and the ability to short cut assessments and possible problems has obvious advantages. Maybe we all need to be accepting of others' foibles, and prepared to help with what challenges others, because we know the consideration and help will be returned. Just forgive ourselves. Start being proud of being eccentric original thinkers. Celebrate your weirdness!
Oh I get it, now you're going fast you're tailoring to both, got ya. 😉
I'm on a 2 year waiting list to see a psychiatrist I really need it sooner and this video is too slow why would you make it slow?
Getting an ADHD diagnosis is cost prohibitive for most people who have it. But since the diagnostic criteria are available online, you can basically diagnose yourself. That's what I did.
Lol I tried building something with lego as a person with anger issues and it kept falling out, i literally said to my self “Nuh uh”
I do that alot, I say a lot more then I need to
I'm unsure if I have inattentive adhd, but many of these traits are relatable and they point towards the possibility of me having adhd. As a child a teacher told my parents that I was always looking out the window and not paying attention/it seemed like I was daydreaming. I also had a speech delay apparently when I was very young. I have always been disorganised, misplacing my belongings, barely handing things in the deadlines because of procrastination, avoiding school work because it was uncomfable to do, being hyper sensitive child not sure if this relates to having adhd) I think I supressed my sensitivity the more I got older so it's not as prevelant. The reason why I didn't suspect I had adhd throughout my life was because I have a cousin who has adhd who has the hyperactive type and I was a very quiet kid, so adults would assume that I was well behaved. But there were a few times when I was young when I was disruptive/had no filter and I got yelled at a lot and then everything changed, I was never loud again after that and became hyperaware of my actions. I really didn't know till pretty recently that it could manifest differently. Now when my friend is talking I can only comprehend half of what she is saying, I don't know if it is the way she phrases it but it makes me feel like a fool.
I think I might have ADHD, because i get easly distracted in class, my mother has called me lazy multiple times and it's sometimes hard to focus on things that dont intrest me. I've been trying to give hints to my mom to send me to a physicaitrist so i can know if there's something wrong with me or i actually am just lazy.
I got that good combined adhd its a jackpot right there
I just smoke alot of weed
I don't have ADHD but this was really helpful on general I like how the timer doesn't start from the beginning so it made me feel like I already done some progress and that made me wanna continue it Thanks a lot I'm definitely doing it again 🤍
I think i have adhd but im not sure. I asked my parents if i could see a doc or get some help but they just laughed and said ur just making things up and making an excuse for not doing great in skl or for not focusing on tasks which i try but i cant its hard for me to i try my level to .Ppl tell me to do great blah blah im trying its like im not . And i hope my parents could understand tht i do need help and they would help me in the future but for now im depressed cant think straight and dont know wht to do with my life
same here, except they dont believe in it and they dont want me on meds
@@Lratiobozo like for me it's different my Indian parents I'm making things up and it's hard when ur loved one's don't believe u uk
@@gamingwitheshal7959 i asked my parents about if they can focus and other questions, so if you can’t get a diagnosis, maybe you can see if ur parents ever showed symptoms of adhd
@@Lratiobozo my parents they don't so I think it's from my grandparents or someone else but not my parents
@@gamingwitheshal7959 it still sucks that they wont help though, i hope we can get through this :/
I was like "oh this seems neat, i've been told by people i have ADHD" Then like 20mins into it i'm ranting about mental health stuff and psychology and i look over to the phone like "oh yeah, this, oh yeah!" Thankz you mucho
When a child, I was diagnosed with hyperactive but now as an adult have been combined. Both as a child and as an adult, I've always struugled with boredom but moreover, lack of focus. It's rhe constant daydreaming. I truly believe stress and chaotic living environments/relationships cause symptoms ro skyrocket. Sleep has always been difficult, which in turn leads to hightened levels of distraction and focus. I had been diagnosed with severe tourettes. I believe it was so bad due to my family dynamic as it was normally a battle zone. In adulthood I've noticed that my "ticks" morph often. Sometimes it's presented rhrough speech, other times hand movements such as rouching my thumb to my fingers rapidly and in an even amount of times. I'm grateful my mom refused medication when I was a kid, but now I wonder if it would have helped as I'm starting to understand the positive effects certain medication can have on a traumatic brain. I had always been highly against medication in general, even over rhe counter, but after a traumatic event last year, I'm taking PTSD meds. There's absolutely no chance I would be here today if it weren't for these pills. I want very much to stop all medication, but I'm simply not there yet. The trauma is far too painful and has hanhed my brain chemistry. PTSD flashbacks are hell on Earth. Just wanting to send hugs to all those struggling through life. You're not alone ❤
I have all ten 😢
I have ADHD. Right now I should be sleeping... It decided to watch videos while my TVs on.... My rooms a mess and I'm pretty sure I forgot something... Oh right my glasses in kitchen...
Therapy? No It's Called Read The Bible or Hold it in.
SSRIs Are Heavily Linked to Rampage Shootings. SSRIs Should Be Outlawed. A Certain Sticky Green Herb Is More Effective and It's Does Come with Harmful Side Effects.
I need an extended version, it's so perfect
Diagnosed at 44. Yesterday.
I never considered the idea of having ADHD, and possibly even autism. It was never something I was around growing up, and I never heard anyone talk about it. It wasn't until I got to college that I started hearing friends, some who I've known for years and some that I just met, openly discuss it. My best friend, who I had known for about 12 years at that point, told me she had ADHD, and I was shocked that it hadn't gotten brought up before, considering that she had been diagnosed many years prior. One day, she pointed out to me that I showed a lot of symptoms of combined ADHD. Even possibly some symptoms of autism. She peer reviewed me, in a sense. I initially shrugged it off, because there was no way I could have it! No one else in my family did, so I obviously didn't, either! Then she pointed out specifics things that I did that very closely related to the symptoms of combined ADHD. Needless to say, I was surprised. I looked back at the things I did and realized... she was probably right. For the first time ever, I felt seen. It was weirdly cathartic. Finally, I understood why I was how I was. I was overjoyed to finally have an explanation for the things I did. I haven't gotten professionally diagnosed yet. I'm not sure I ever will. Who knows. The last thing I'll say is that, since figuring out I potentially have ADHD, my life has gotten a whole lot easier to handle :)
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thank you <3
AAAAAAAAHHHH I THINK I HAVE ADHD
You cannot make a video this slow for people with inattentive ADHD. If this was a test, I failed.
You lost me at finishing meal prep in 2 hours. That alone would have taken me like 6 hours because of distractions/lack of motivation 😭
Something people don’t talk about: hyperfixation on a PERSON. This can end really badly if unchecked. You have to perpetually reality-check yourself on your take of them, and remind yourself that they’re not actually perfect, and there will be others similar somewhere out there if they end up not being right for you. Keep your expectations reasonable, so that when something doesn’t line up with your “fantasy version” or them, it’s not jarring.
so true. latest hobby was oil painting.
I mentally flip flop between all of my creative outlets every day, wanting to settle on one thing. When I told my therapist I just wanted to go after ONE of them, he said “don’t clip your own wings.” It’s something I try to remember every day.
ADHD and Bipolar both run in my family. How do I tell if I have both, neither and I’m just an ass, or all of the above. It doesn’t help that my dad refuses to get me tested.
Why do the symptoms feel like an indictment? 😮
This video was too boring for my ADHD to finish. I made it a little over a minute.
watching this video, in 1st minute, took adhd test mentioned int he link check the results, gone for cooking, writing comment the very next day
reading the comments before the video starts, not seeing the video, lol
I wish there was an indicator so one could tell when the break starts. That little sound just blends in with the music and is not noticeable when concentrating.