The ADHD Test!

what is up everyone it's me with ADHD and today we're gonna try and figure out whether or not you have ADHD so let's get right into that but before we do that make sure that you've subscribed click that Bell icon stay up to date with all of my new content all right moving on so a lot of the time I get very similar questions from you guys they normally range from things like I have this symptom does that mean I have ADHD or is this a symptom of ADHD or how can I tell if I have ADHD well to be honest I try to get to every single person who asked me these questions but it got me thinking why don't I just create a video that goes over all of the symptoms and the prerequisites that are involved in getting diagnosed with ADHD now hold up for a second I just want to stay at one thing I am no doctor okay I cannot diagnose you what I can do is I can show you the prerequisites that go into a diagnosis and the symptoms and then you can make a decision based off that but I would definitely think that if you do show a lot of these symptoms you should 100% go to a doctor for a diagnosis all right disclaimers out of the way let's actually talk about what ADHD is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is an impairment in the brain that affects the way that your brain uses and produces dopamine this in turn causes issues with your memory with your for Kearse with emotions and a whole host of other things in your life too now there are a lot of symptoms that go into ADHD things such as hyperactivity and bad memory poor forcus impulsivity and being over emotional and while a lot of these are core symptoms of ADHD the thing is they're very relatable symptoms too which leads a lot of people to think that they actually have ADHD because they feel one or two of these symptoms as well but while everyone can relate to some of the symptoms you have to show a minimum of six of these symptoms before the age of twelve oh and while all of us can't remember being 12 years old that's okay you can show these symptoms into adulthood and as early as you can possibly remember so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to ask you ten questions to quiz you and see if you fit the criteria for ADHD then you can go see a doctor about it alright question number 1 do you have trouble starting projects and I mean like actually start in the project not all of the prior planning and all of the creative thinking and all that because we do really well at that stuff I'm talking about when it actually comes down to it to pull in the trigger and actually starting the project is that where you have the trouble question number 2 do you have per attention to detail so when you do finally start working on that project do you find yourself making a lot of little mistakes that you just brush over while you're just kind of smashing your way through it as fast as possible these skim read everything do you ignore instructions do you make silly mistakes because you're constantly not paying full attention to what you're doing question number three are you easily distracted like easily distracted when you finally do a task do you find that you become bored really quickly and just distracted by anything around you this isn't just for tasks this goes for like conversations too do you find yourself zoning out of a conversation really easily and find it really hard to focus exactly on what people are saying to you do you find that you didn't even listen to what they said to you when they spoke to you you're just looking at their mouth moving question number four when you do focus do you hyper focus so hyper focus is practically super saying focus this is where you become so intently focused on a task that you forget every single thing around you you lose your concept of time and you can go for hours and hours on something without even needing to go to the bathroom or sometimes even a question number five do you have bad time management now this is a rather loaded question well breaking it down do you have trouble making deadlines do you have trouble making it on time to things even though you try and you think you're gonna be on time do you have trouble with time in relation to a tasks length and what I mean by that is do you think that things are gonna take way time than the actually duty and do you repeat this as well do you still make the same mistake on the length of a task even though in the past it's taken longer question number six are you disorganized do you feel like everything is such an incredible rush in your life that it's almost impossible to keep everything organized do you use the phrase organized chaos a lot mm-hmm do your tasks at work become disorganized meaning do you have trouble prioritizing which task is most important and which one to do at certain times question number seven do you have trouble with your emotions this one has a number of different things to it do you feel like your emotions are exaggerated in comparison to other people like do you feel like you're quick to anger or sadness or boredom do you have a pure self-image and you have trouble letting go of negative emotions or what other people might think of you when something pops into your head that you really want to do do you find yourself getting frustrated that you can't do that thing immediately or you have to wait to do it question number eight are you impulsive piggybacking off the last question do you find yourself wanting to do something immediately right after you think about doing it for instance when you think about something you might need do you jump on Amazon right away and half the purchase it right there in that moment do you find that there are people in your life that are constantly having to put the brakes on you do you also find that in the middle of conversations something I'll just pop into your head and you literally have to say it you can't even wait until that person's finish talking until you say what you need to say question number nine are you forgetful this one applies more to your short-term working memory then it does your long-term memory do you have trouble remembering things that you were literally just told things like people's names are the instructions to a task that you're doing do you have trouble remembering really simple things that other people just it comes naturally to them and question number ten do you have trouble shutting off your brain is your brain constantly running a thousand miles a minute do you have trouble winding down and sleeping because of all of the thoughts that are running through your head all at once do you find it hard to write down ideas for things because every time you start to write it down you come up with different ideas and other things and you write those down and then eventually you end up with a whole mess of not fully fleshed out ideas so if you said yes to all of these things are almost all of these things this the chances are you have ADHD and like I said in the beginning I'm not a doctor I can't diagnose you but these are the criteria for ADHD and if you fit a lot of these and you feel like you might have ADHD I would strongly suggest going to your doctor getting a diagnosis as early as possible is really important you guys because it can stop you using other things to self-medicate yourself without knowing and that can lead to things like drug abuse our alcohol abuse are a number of negative things so if you do think you are ADHD go and see your doctor and see what they say anyway that is my checklist on ADHD I hope you guys enjoyed it let me know if you think you have ADHD let me know if you've been to your doctor and see what they say I'd love to hear from all of you guys like the video if you did subscribe click that Bell icon stay up to date with all our mini content and I will see you guys in the next one you

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Length: 8min 0sec (480 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 20 2019