Do You Have ADHD and Autism? (5 Traits) 

1. Irritability and hyperfocus 2. Special interest and rapid interest switching 3. Fast speech and monotone talking 4. Wanting to be social vs social anxiety 5. Wanting to talk a lot but forgetting what you want to say For all y'all who, like me, searched the comments for the list because you lack the patience to watch the video at regular speed but 2x speed is overwhelming.

It's a chaotic mess to be paralyzingly frightened to walk out the front door into public to go to work followed by incessantly talking to coworker/boss followed by watching youtube, etc, for 8 hours plus on the same topic/genre etc while not getting any personal responsibilities done.... rinse and repeat.

Social anxiety is such a tough condition to experience when everyone around you is very social and extrovert. But 'tis really common.

My brain craves order but it can't deliver it 😬

This is low-key calling me out because it'd also painfully true. I constantly get told off for my...all of it... I once said in a mental health forum "I've got two wolves inside me and they both hate eachother" and this solidifys it.

The nice thing about watching videos made by AuDHD/ADHD people whey you have AuDHD/ADHD yourself is you don't need to increase the playback speed in order to not get bored... 😅

See all of these with my recently diagnosed son. Can always see why so many undiagnosed adults are mistaken as bipolar because the polar opposites of each always in a tug of war. Thanks, great video

I got diagnosed with ADHD 18 years ago as a teenage. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

Holy shit I relate to all 5 of these. Diagnosed as ADHD (in mid 30s) but recently have become quite sure that I'm also on the spectrum.

Very helpful I am diagnosed as autistic, however I recently come to the thought I might be ADHD, some of the things you said, ring true with me.

As an Autistic with ADHD this gave me all the feels. I’ve come to understand my Autism quite a bit since my late-life diagnosis (what up to my fellow “under the radar” Autistics out there!). I’ve really not gotten a hold on understanding the ADHD side of things. Since I don’t seem to have the ability to do a “surface level” study of anything, looking into anything becomes another full time job😅 I do have to say I wish my brain could “special interest” on social media marketing the way yours does. Instead, that stuff breaks my brain and soul. It’s been such a struggle for me as I do full time online activism. Pouring your heart and soul into you work only to have "the algorithm" turn on you one day for no reason you can determine is devastating. Trying to understand social media algorithms is like me trying to understand human social interaction (like when an exchange with someone goes south but you have NO IDEA why!) Just. Does. Not. Compute. I burnt myself out severely from the stress of trying to figure out how to "make it work" again with my content, and still battle with it profoundly. It actually has been devastating for my mental and neurological health, to extremes that become dangerous. I’d love to hear something about this. I know some Autistics like yourself seem to be able to get into social media marketing as a special interest. But I would think that I can't be alone with it being an extreme challenge. Sorry for such a LOOOONG comment. I’ve never commented on your videos but greatly appreciate your work. Thank you!

Lol I also have autism and adhd I’m so happy you finally made a video on this because. I feel like I can relate to both at times but sometimes I can’t relate to either. ❤

This all makes sense to me now. It truly is like these two opposites inside of you. It can be so frustrating at times because when asked a simple question like, "what's your favorite color?" Our brain does this crazy thing, and where the answer should be simple, "blue". But instead of just saying blue, we say, "blue. Well not every shade of blue, I like sky blue but also the blue of the ocean which is not really just blue but a sort of greenish blue and royal blue is nice but sometimes it's too dark and then there's sapphire which is really a sort of purplish blue but it's so pretty but idk I kinda like purple too but not just any purple you know has to be a certain color purple so idk, I guess it really all depends." Meanwhile there is all this anxiety building up as we are trying to figure out if blue is truly our favorite or is it really green? Maybe red..omg it's the wrong answer...I'm going to be judged now....

“My brain has just exited the room..” I may or may not have uttered that exact sentence in the middle of a story 😂🤷‍♀️ #audhdlife

I was actually diagnosed with ADHD 8 years ago. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 4 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

Oh my, I can sooo relate to these 5 traits. Most of the time, I feel like I'm a huge contradiction. I've not been diagnosed yet. My referral for assessment has only just begun. Watching your videos has helped me feel like I'm not going crazy. Thank you.

You just described me 100 percent! I overtalk but am quite passionate about it. I hyper focus, I get frustrated when I get pulled away and can't wait to get back into the research zone. I always want to socialize but often hate the idea of going where lots of people are haha. I figured I was just am enigma.

I can absolutely relate. I called it Jekyll and Hyde.

Never diagnosed, but resonate. Very spot on. I never knew I was different in my thought process, pattern and behavior till my sister, after her brain aneurysm and then a mini stroke, she was going through rehabilitation and she said to me...."Kendra, now I know how you think and how your brain works...I told my counselor that this is how my sisters mind/brain must work, I cant follow thru with a single task and get anything done and my house is dirty". Yah ,that made me start questioning and knowing that I am different, that was back in the mid 90's.

Thanks for posting this. I have a diagnosis of ADHD and am awaiting assessment for ASD. Watching this helps me to understand what my adhd specialist was saying. I most likely do have both and that would explain 2 of my kids have autism and one has adhd. Hubby doesn't have either. I have definately left my mark...... 😅😅 Sorry Kids!

Your taking speed is the speed many of us actually prefer to listen to, such as 1.25-1.5 on this platform ❤

1: yep 2: absolutely 3: that's scary accurate 4: Again yep. Want it so much I overcommit and crash land 5: My conversations lives on the bunny trails

I have Autistim and ADHD. Yesterday my ADHD brain was very social, Mr. Chatty forgetting what I was talking about etc. Today I am shattered, so tired. That's my Autism brain. Missed out having coffee and a chat with friends and Bingo today, due to being so tired. At least I was able to go with my guider to leave my bicycle in for repair. She commented on how well I did the talking myself, in Dutch. She said I was very social. I replied that I do love meeting and talking with people, the downside being my Autistic brain leaves me very tired, requiring sleep to recover.

My brother's autistic and he has ADHD; what's interesting is that he's been working on getting himself together, thanks to having a worker with him.

"It's kind of funny... Not really funny... You know what I mean" - this phrase brilliantly encapsulates what it's like to have ASD + ADHD :D Very relatable video for me, I even assigned fictional characters to those two confronting sides of me, which helps to take it with less frustration, but more understanding, compassion and irony, when I get stuck in this contradiction.

I definitely have both forsure. I was diagnosed with Autism when I was 10, but looking back at it now, I exhibited major signs of ADHD, traits such as forgetting things, being late to things, not paying attention in class, would interrupt at times, and blurt out answers, and I was very disorganized and called lazy.

I am 40, I was diagnosed with adhd 2 years ago, which made sense at the time cause I was thought there was something wrong with me. Every single thing you said resonates with me, I have been like this my whole life and stimulants made things easier, but still there is something that didn't feel ok.

So, I'm diagnosed with ADHD and was convinced I had ASD as well, only to be told that no, I just had super ADHD. Now, I plan to get a second opinion when it's feasible. I resonate with all five of these, but some of them seem like they would apply to just having ADHD in general? Rapidly switching special interests is something I've heard of with people who have ADHD only. Personally, I have some lifelong special interests and others that switch.

Thank you for explaining my Struggles in Life. Amazing to see I‘m not the only one.😊

So… me 😍 I was like what you talked about in this video since I was young and my parents even knew. But after 30 years passed, they finally decided to be open to me having adhd and autism. But I’m not ashamed, ❤️

This video hit so hard! I was just supposed to go to a networking event but it was at a bar. Once I saw how many people were there and how loud it was, I just drove away. I knew I would have sensory overload. It bothered me that I couldn’t even attempt to go in. So I decided to get on RU-vid and look up sensory overload. Which brought me to videos on adhd and autism. While I’ve had suspicions of having one or the other, I’ve never been diagnosed (because the American healthcare system sucks and I don’t have access to mental healthcare). I definitely relate to all these traits though!

The special interests with quick switching is my whole life. Also talking about interests but forgetting what topic/interest I’m on.

I have a good friend who has both ADHD and Autism/Asperger so it’s a good thing to talking about..

Im starting to see the paradoxical issues in myself a lot more. i think all of these traits stood out to me as well as others stories.

point 2 is actually so fucking nice tho, just being able to learn everything about the most random thing in a few months then switching is a gift

I probably have ADD too. Sign 2, 3 and 4 i totally recognize! But number 1 i don't. I don't have hyperactivity, or the feeling of wanting to get up and walk around. But i definately get distracted by my own thoughts when reading something, so much i need to force myself back to reality and concentrate again.

Having little sense of order at home, yet at work I am excellent at organising and creating systems with super efficiency. 😬

related to everything mostly. i don’t know how monotone my voice is. i think it used to be pretty monotone but maybe that’s a part i masked enough or just got less monotone as life went on. but the special interest thing I relate too so much. I have had the same obsession for years. But at the same time, I will also be obsessed with anything, like weather, a tv show or even neurodivergence things at the same time as my other major obsession. they normally last around 2 weeks ish. also, the social vs social anxiety part called me out. And I feel the brain turning off at the worst times 💀 I have been diagnosed with ADHD and a sensory disorder and I’m pursuing an autistic diagnosis soon 💝

This is interesting because I just got officially diagnosed with adhd about 4 months ago or so and I definitely do a lot of these things lol also the reasoning behind my social anxiety, fidgeting, etc align more with ASD from what I’m understanding. Definitely possible I have both. Especially since I can tell the difference when taking my adhd medication. It’s like my adhd is being helped but there’s still more. Just have to get screened for ASD now.

Hi! I just found your channel. I’m happy to have found it! I have a 7 year old high functioning son with ASD. We just received the diagnosis a few months ago and are trying to wrap our heads around it all. We always knew he was different but we always chalked it up to. That’s just who he is. That’s our special boy but we do also have challenges that we are learning to navigate the day we were delivered his diagnosis I was surprised it wasn’t ADHD, his psychologist told us that it wasn’t off the table, we would come back in a couple of years when he’s a bit older, and if he is still as active then then it would be a probability. We just came back from a birthday party, where I brought my other little boy with us as well. I watched your video on birthday parties for autistic kids, and it really spoke to me. I knew that he would get overstimulated. Unfortunately, the child’s party was not autistic, friendly. It was quite loud with a ton of people and I watched my son get so overstimulated. I had never been at this home before. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a quiet space available to take him to help calm him down and we had just had a snow storm the night before, and it was quite cold outside so I couldn’t even take him outside to calm down when I decided it was time to leave my son got upset because he lost one of the suckers from his loot bag and then sent him into a spiral. He said, and did things that were embarrassing to me, as his parent, I felt at such a loss of what to do and I just wanted to get out of there. I also had my other boy to keep an eye on. That party was like an inside view of what his day must look like at school with 19 other kids in his class-the noise, the lights all of the overstimulation. School is a struggle for us. It was so hard to bring him down afterwards and that sucker just was the straw on the camels back. I worry about future gatherings. He always wants to go and I don’t want him to miss out but I feel like I’m going to have to keep them in constant check give him quiet breaks every so often etc. is there any advice you could give me?

Man I was diagnosed with ADHD in my early 20s, but I was always question about possibly being autistic too. What she said this video is like the spitting image of what I go through every day.😂.

Yes! I have both ADHD and autism and all 5 of these traits are very relatable to me.

I find it difficult for myself to focus on marketing and social media. I wander off on Instagram so to speak and I forget my purpose of connecting with music individuals. Also it's difficult to promote my music because of the social anxiety. I think a video discussing promotion and or social media marketing strategies for people with adhd and autism would be super helpful!

Diagnosed ADHD person here who just stumbled into the idea that I might have autistic traits as well. I just wanted to drop two things here: 1. Thank u for that very informative video. It really gave me some interesting insights about how those two things interact with each other. 2. I just laughed way too hard about this “you know like something is really funny….but not funny…more like funny in an interesting way.” I don’t know if you just said it because we think alike or if this is a trait of adhd and asd as well, because I relate 1000% to this. Even using the word funny for things which are really not funny, but they are somehow funny because they are interesting and this is funny, u know? Because they are actually not funny but this makes them somewhat funny in an interesting way 😂😂 Please don’t tell me I’m crazy 😅

I've got both adhd and autism lol can totally relate 🤣 also have dsylexia too. It's unreal how many coping mechanisms I have in order to balance out my day to day tasks lol

Still awaiting diagnosis, only just begun with the referral process after years of self doubt and self analysis but i'm now even more convinced I do have both after watching this video. I'm a walking contradiction and to know that there is actually a cause for the way my brain works and how I operate is the biggest relief! Thankyou for this video Dan!❤

I just failed the Nclex exam. 😔🥺 I cannot begin to articulate the level of embarrassment and heartache I'm feeling. I'm confident that I will be a good nurse. I just need to get past this, move on and persevere

My daughter has autism and the school are saying she might have adhd as well this video has helped a lot thank you

Minus the monotone and the forgetting in the middle of talking, yep it all resonates for me.

I've recently been diagnosed with adha asd. This video is the most connecting video I have seen. Love your work

Great video and I would say bulls eye. This description of the ongoing struggle between adhd and asd is brilliant (I feel it even as I am writing this comment). Having thought a lot about it I do come to the conclusion that I prefer the struggle rather than having just one or the other. The ongoing conflict has created a more balanced life for me, even if it can be exhausting. Thank you for the video.

Thanks so much for this video, I was diagnosed autistic a year ago and it wasn't 100% chiming for me, now on a waiting list for co-occurring ADHD. All five of these things are completely true for me. There's not enough out there on co-occurring autism & ADHD and the fight between the two and this video has really clarified things for me.

Yes, I recognize all of these tensions within myself. I think I trained myself out of fast talking and monotone early on. I am gifted in the area of verbal communication. Of course, we learn language when we're young enough that memories are lost in the fog of time, but knowing myself the way I do today, I think I made it a special interest. Good choice, little Janice Sue. I am so grateful to you and the other RU-vidrs who put out content that helps me make sense of my crazy life! Would also like input on marketing. I'm a creator with a business of my own.

Love you Dan, you get right to the point, your so expressive, I truly appreciate you, and always look for your new videos, keep up the good work...😊💜💚❤💛

I experience pretty much all this except for monotone inflection. I get monotone when I'm tired, overwhelmed, or have a shutdown, but otherwise I've always had absolutely no control over my inflection and it goes everywhere all the time to an inappropriate extent 😭 Within a single sentence that contains no real importance, I'm out here talking like a bird call like ⬇️⤵️⬅️⬆️↙️↕️⤴️↗️↘️↪️🔃↪️🔀 I suspect I have ASD, but if I do, the ADHD is definitely much more noticeable within me. I think it's really kind of cool how much of a spectrum neurodivergence truly is!

Great energy! Keep doing what u do!! Your very inspiring!! I’ve had an inspirational trip to the desert I’ve been obsessed about now for 5 months. I’m obsessed. I can’t stop thinking about it.

Happens in intimate relationships too, out with the old in with the new, nonstop! Yes you do talk very fast.

Wow. That's my life. All 5. Your videos have really taught me a lot about myself. Thanks!

This definitely resonates with me, especially after getting an assessment this past year with adhd/asd diagnosis.

This is the first video I watched, I wanna watch more because you make your videos go fast but packed with info, I like your videos so much! And you should defiantly make video on your interests, while I don't know if I'll watch it fully through I do like hearing ppl talk about their interests.

Oh my gosh this is 100% me! Everytime I talk my brain freezes up in the middle of a sentence and I will start all over again and stutter while getting exhausted and have trouble breathing just trying to talk and communicate with someone else and the other person will look at me like what is wrong with me, and I sound very irritating to others like my mom and my brother when I talk. I've also been criticized for both talking to much and sounding obnoxious and criticized for being way too quiet and being called a serial killer and others would avoid me. All this lead to anger problems and anxiety disorders that l ended up losing my job at Walmart back in 2018 and I'm currently on disability. I'm currently 34

I'm not diagnosed but a lot of this resonated. It would explain my hyperfixation on fandoms as a kid, and also.. BOY, the watching a movie, then keeping pausing it to do something else, hit HARD. My bad habit is watching something on Netflix, then getting a thought I want to know the answer to, about either the movie or.. anything, and hopping to Google (before I forget!) Case in point... I've paused this video to write this comment!! Also... decision making. Choosing between new products in a store, has me agonising between them, and then looking up reviews and shizzle, to make sure I'm making the correct decision, even though my brain is also shouting "DUDE. It's JUST a new shampoo brand. Make a frigging choice already!" Ugh. So exhausting.

SUBSCRIBED! Im 32 and was diagnosed wd autism spectrum disorder with ADHD last 2018. Hahaha I'm excited to watch your videos! God bless bro

Mate you have really helped me. I can’t thank you enough. My son is non verbal autistic but he’s really hyperactive, but I’ve struggled my whole life with concentration and sticking to activities. I constantly day dream and procrastinate I find it hard to stick to tasks. I want to get a diagnosis for my son. My girlfriend has lots of autism in her family plus works in a autistic school ironically. I really want to know what my condition is for my son so I can try to understand him better. I am now convinced that I have ADHD yes I do Resonate with a few autistic traits but I feel from your explanation my symptoms are much more ADHD than autistic, yes I’ve paused this two segments in because my mind has wondered but I want you to know you have a new subscriber and thank you 😊

Thank a lot for sharing ! Such a synchronicity, before I see the psychologist tomorrow. I hope to have the Asperger diagnose results and begin the ADHD diagnose. I love learn about the overlaps, I consider myself as a paradox. 🤣 Gifted, Asperger & surely ADHD (I call it the pack integral!). The overlap of theses 3 conditions is totally me. _ Irritability & hyperfocus ✔ My ex boyfriend was angry I didn't focus on the movie sometimes, he had to stop the video. (I think strongly he have Asperger) _ Specific interest & rapid interest switching ✔ (Exactly what happened to me recently painting and write many video) _ Fast speech & monotone talking. Monotone maybe but fast speech I don't think. _ Wanting to be social & social anxiety ✔ Very possible, Social situations are not my thing _ Wanting to talk a lot & forget what to say ✔ Totally, I have a lot of ideas in mind and want to say a lot of things. It's all or nothing when I speak.

I think I used to talk about my special interests a lot but then I realized nobody cared and so I would trybto talk about it but be super unable to NOT be monotone and boring and that made it seem like I didn't really care about what I was talking about so then they really didnt care and just diverted their attention elsewhere. I don't talk about my special interests that much anymore and am not even sure what all of them are but I definitely have several. Actually most of the time I can't even think of _anything_ to talk about anymore. Also sometimes my adhd meds would cause me to be completely monotone and absolutely unable to communicate right, causing me to go mostly nonverbal. And it really sucked because I wanted to talk to people but just couldn't communicate effectivly AT ALL. This wasn't every time I took them but it happened quite a few times over the years and a few times it was so frustrating I cried. I don't take any meds anymore, I don't want them. I wander if I have autism that is mostly masked by adhd, but yeah. Oh hey, I have a terrible time with mumbling sometimes too and I don't realize it unless I see or hear a recording of myself doing it and then I cringe at myself so hard. Also I was recently told at work that I was talking too fast, lol.

The more videos I see like this the more convinced I am of having ADHD. Should have my screening assessment towards the end of the year.

This really explains me. Id add wanting to be organized and having routine vs not liking routine and forgetting to but things away.

I felt that bro. I feel all of those. wow! Sometimes being me sucks, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to be anyone else.

oh my gosh....i wish i was the successful "can do something with their life" type of autism/ADHD person that you and many of these other people are that make these sorts of videos. i produce music...i have a whole studio of synthesizers and drum machines, i make functional and nonfunctional glass art, i can draw, im getting into 3d rendering and animation.... but i just cant seem to monetize any of my abilities and get my freakin life together. im such a problem for my wife and kids...i wish i could figure out this puzzle of life. nice video, man. thank you for making this. i hope your day is goin well.

Really felt representative to my experience. Good work.

I was so interested in this video and then at the same time my mind went to something else so quickly and then I couldn’t finish the video. I wasnt even gonna leave a comment till I realized that I did exactly what you were just explaining.

I'm diagnosed with both. This video resonated with me on so many levels.

Probably the best description I've heard of having both conditions and the daily struggle 😂

Wow this was eye opening. You basically described me perfectly 😂. I have been diagnosed as autistic but always wondered if I could have ADHD as well. I have scheduled an assessment and am just waiting for it. I wondered, do you also struggle with impulsivity? It's one of the things I struggle most with. I have rapidly changing interests and will impulsively buy everything associated with that interest but then after a few months or weeks I will lose interest and never use the stuff. This also happened to me in all my past relationships - I'd been almost obsessive and want to talk and spend all my time with someone for like a few months to maybe 6 months then it would be like I suddenly lost interest and became obsessed with something else or someone else. Very annoying.

wow that describes me almost exactly. Never really thought about being on the spectrum before but am diagnosed with ADHD. Well, almost exactly. Except the social anxiety part. I have the ADHD side of wanting to meet everyone and be social, but I have a no social filter... over share rather than being anxious.

I got diagnosed with ADHD a long time ago, I have been looking into Autism for a while, but I only found the world of content specifically for and about people with both a few days ago. Understanding the symptoms of both individually didn’t really feel quite right because my brain wasn’t placing each of them side by side and considering how each of them contradict, and I kept looking for some other option because I had all this inner conflict and turmoil that I felt wasn’t being described well enough by either. Now that I have realized there are people talking about having both and how it affects them, everything makes sense.

My grandson has recently been diagnosed first with autism and later with ADHD. This is very insightful. Thank you

Yes ,nearly all of that.i was diagnosed ADHD 3 years ago. I e just turned 61. And I love to entertain and I love outdoor parties too. Happier having people over than going out though. It's the Smalltalk. Can't do the Smalltalk. After about ten minutes of meaningless drivel I sidle off to the nearest fire exit,hide in a dark corner, pull out my little reading headlight, and settle down to read for the next hour while listening to the sound of rainfall. I like a clean orderly space, with everything just so. That's my ASD, Especially if guests are coming. But my ADHD has forgotten completely all about the guests,doesn't know what day it is and thinks I have 3 days when actually they're arriving in 2 hours, and as I frantically try to get things up to my obsessive standard,(proper napkin, pre drinkies mixed and ready. Oriental marinades complete and marinading like mad, ADHD, see a new bass score and says hello? Let's give that a go. All plugged in and no plectrum. You have no idea. The world will die in a burning ball of plasma if I can't give this piece of music a five minute run through and that can't be done because I haven't got my plectrum. I unplug and systematically eviscerate all my previous organising and tidying. I look wverywhere. I just spot the daughter's wellies,yes I know. But I have to check. Doorbell rings People at door. Answer door feeling a bit spazzled and see a bottle of fizz coming toward me. With a birthday card attached. I'm frozen with confusion! No idea why I now have wine and surely my birthday's not till 25th? Oh. It is the 25th. I'd invited everyone. Close friend who knows me ushers other couple in excavates space on sofa and goes to fridge for milk. She found the dishwash I was looking for yesterday. The milk was by the sink. She takes over and as she gets the earl grey tea bags out, there is my plectrum! The new couple I'm being introduced to want to hear the new music. I plug in ,tune up and let rip. Awesome. Glad I bought the whole score. The compulsion to play has been satisfied and as I view in dismay the trail of destruction and eviscerated content of wardrobes and drawers, thinking, oh god's! Where did all that come from? Where will I put it?Guest pis#in themselves with laughter, kindly point out that the newly discovered, essential planet saving plectrum, remained clamped between my teeth through the whole performance ! I'd forgotten to use it ,and plucked and slapped instead .entire house now in a state of complete disarray .devastated. But I'd found my plectrum and was happy. I ordered in. 🖖🤣🙄🤪🥁

Love your show!!!

Finally relatable information

Wow, you explained this very well.I wish I could articulate as you do.I have never heard anyone, explain it like this.This is me 💯.Thank you for your videos.Pattern recognition, is a topic I wish you could talk about? Thank you ❤

The way you talk reminds me of me hehe. Great video! This is relatable

Got both. It can be frustrating. Thanks for informative video.

Just got diagnosed with auDHD this month (finally...I'm nearly 49) (there are like two minions in my brain constantly squabbling...till they agree on something...& then they are squabbling again & I'm left seriously drained of energy...)

I could recognize the speed immediately 😂 this is the right speed, why dont everyone talk like this

100% spot on. Cheers man. My mental health has been in the negative my entire life. It is why i never accomplished anything. Im 58 in May. Im on meds. I have subscribed to your channel. Cheers

This was super helpful, thank you.

This is literally me! all of the 5 traits explained me I never thought I had ADHD I thought I only have ausitim but turns out I have both,, thank you for making this video.

I relate so much and acutally yelled at my screen in agreement when you mentioned the special interests along with rapid cycling of interests 😂 I feel like I say "oh this is my special interest" soooo many times, but it's always true - I just like a lot of things haha

I had this video reccomend to me by my mental health coach, and a lot is lining up with what I do and how I feel about social activity.

YASS to the social media marketing video plz

Thanks for the video. I was surprised that I didn’t relate at all to your description of ADHD features, particularly the inability to sit still, or the inability to focus on areas of interest. I’ve never had the hyperactivity, though very occasionally I have impulsivity that makes me get up and move. Areas of interest seem to be inherently motivating enough that I can focus forever on them, often to the exclusion of low motivation activities.

I just received my formal diagnosis and I am indeed Autistic, and have ADHD, CPTSD, general anxiety disorder. It feels good to finally have my questions answered. Finding out has answered so many questions for me personally and why I am the way I am. Find real experts and make sure you get formally diagnosed and go through the tests they give you otherwise some Dr.'s will just label you with some sort of label like bi-polar like 1 psychiatrist tried to do to me. Luckily I didn't except his lazy diagnosis because my cousin told me that you have to go through a series of tests. I am late diagnosed as well so you need to make sure you find experts who have experience with late diagnosis for Autism.

loved the part about REALLY having something important to say and then...my brain has left the room, going somewhere else...relate so much

I've never watched a video that defines me so well! Even the way you talk, maaaan, you talk exactly like me 😅 Thank you! I've really felt represented!

I gotta get a ASD diagnostic, because I felt every one of these, and this give me some explanation as to why I could know what needs doing but don’t and just lying in my bed doing nothing. Because I might as well be sleeping with the amount of nothing I’m doing, even if the thing is extremely time sensitive I couldn’t care less no matter the anxiety that comes with it. It also explains my master of none but I want it all approach, mastery in everything but can’t keep focused long enough without it changing day to day. Very enlightening thank you for the video.

I would love a video about social media and marketing! Thank you for all your videos!

I’m so glad you talked about the adhd and autism interest thing. Because I thought I didn’t have special interests but I do.. they just switch all the time.. Like some of my special interests my whole life have been nightmare before Christmas, Skyrim, dragon age, animals, editing, and art.. (maybe more I can’t think rn) but I go through periods where I go from one to another like for 3-6 months I’ll be wanting to watch only Skyrim videos and play Skyrim, then after I’ll go into another period where I wanna research animals

This is definitely me. Diagnosed ADHD but curious if not autistic as well. I was super organized and unorganized growing up.