ADHD in Adults: How it's Impacting Your Daily Life 👀
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✨ Chapters:
0:28 Daily Life Examples of Living with ADHD
2:32 The Challenge of Adulting with ADHD
4:04 Conclusion
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, burnout, and chaotic career path changes, I finally understood why I struggled 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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Have you been struggling with your daily life because of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
ADHD can affect millions of adults worldwide, causing daily struggles that can have a significant effect on their personal and professional lives. Either in our work, home, or environment, ADHD symptoms can sometimes contribute to struggles and make our daily living more challenging.
How Does ADHD Affect our Work?
ADHD can affect work in several ways. Adults with ADHD may struggle with focusing on tasks, managing their time effectively, and organizing their workloads. This can lead to missed deadlines, poor quality of work, and difficulties in completing projects.
Constant Hobby Change
People with ADHD often change hobbies because they have a natural tendency towards novelty-seeking and hyperfocus. This means that they may become intensely interested and absorbed in a new hobby or activity but lose interest once the novelty wears off. Individuals with ADHD may also struggle with boredom and require constant stimulation to feel engaged and motivated.
Grocery Shopping: Relieving or Stressful?
Some people with ADHD may enjoy grocery shopping because it provides a stimulating and sensory-rich environment with lots of interesting sights, sounds, and smells. However, others may find grocery shopping overwhelming or frustrating due to challenges with focus, organization, and decision-making.
Are Adults with ADHD Prone to Driving Accidents?
ADHD can impact driving skills in a variety of ways, so whether or not adults with ADHD are good drivers can vary depending on the individual. Some studies suggest that adults with ADHD may be at higher risk for driving accidents and violations, possibly due to challenges with attention, impulse control, and decision-making.
The ADHD Struggle with Time Management
Time management can be a significant struggle for individuals with ADHD. People with ADHD often experience challenges with prioritizing tasks, estimating how long tasks will take, and following through on plans and goals. This can lead to difficulties with meeting deadlines, being on time for appointments, and completing tasks efficiently.
Financial Management
Managing finances can be a significant challenge for individuals with ADHD due to difficulties with organization, planning, and impulse control. People with ADHD may struggle to keep track of bills, create and stick to budgets, and avoid impulsive or reckless spending.
In summary, ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can impact various aspects of an individual's life, including but not limited to work, hobbies, time management, driving skills, and finances.
People with ADHD may struggle with focus, organization, impulse control, and decision-making, which can lead to daily challenges and difficulties.
However, with proper treatment and management strategies, individuals with ADHD can learn to effectively manage their symptoms and thrive in their personal and professional lives.
And remember, you are not alone in your struggles. Find people that can help you thrive with these challenges.
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🎬 Credits
Animation: Grace Cárdenas Cano
Sources :
1. Barkley, R. A. (2010). Taking Charge of Adult ADHD. New York: Guilford Press.
2. Link: www.guilford.com/books/Taking...
3. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
4. Link: www.psychiatry.org/psychiatri...
5. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). (2021). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
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How is ADHD impacting your daily life 👀?
Hey i saw ur Instagram post about a mental hyperactive brain can u please make a video about it and try to give a solution it will really help me
It's ruined it and I've passed it on to my children. Not feeling good at all😢
The struggle is real.
Well halfway though this video i forgot i was watching it lol got a message on my phone.
😥😥
Lost a handful of jobs. Existing feels monotonous, tedious, and mundane. All my maximum effort moments never seem to reap any awards. At least I become good at lots of different arts.
me too, i was wondering do you think it would be worth trying to use that artistic talent to start a business? with the help of someone supportive of course. I genuinely cannot see myself doing anything else at this point
So is being artistic a trait of ADHD people? I suck balls at art 😂
@@furiousdestroyah9999 more like creative / non-linear thinking
@@furiousdestroyah9999 same 😁
You need that dopamine and norepinephrine boost. It’ll make life worth living. Feed that noggin that tasty DA and NA baby!
I am in my 40's and recently diagnosed with ADHD. Only just understanding how much of my life might have been different if I got an earlier diagnosis. I've disappointed friends and family by failing to remember important stuff or being late for things constantly. Some relationships can never be repaired. The shame and frustration of feeling depressed, that I'm stupid or just a horrible person has been a constant companion. I've been educating myself about this condition and for the first time in a long long time I can give myself a break and be kinder to myself. These videos really help! Thank you ❤
They forgot to add impulsivity. I tend to have emotional outbursts a lot and it affected my love life and my relation to friends. I lost a lot of friends throughout my life, I feel like I can't keep a friendship and I know most of the times I am the issue. Even if I know I have an issue, if I work on myself I can change for maybe a couple of days or weeks and then I get emotional outbursts again... I was tested to ADHD by a doctor back when I was a kid and the test results came back negative, that's why I never tested again but I definetly will after watching this video. Thank you!
One of the biggest things got me was always feeling a step behind socially and trying to replicate the behaviour and mannerisms of those around me to appear more normal it was and is frustrating because I feel most people just breeze through life socially
I'm the same, just feel like everyone else in the world clicks with each other more easy than I do with them, the situations ive got myself in over the years are hilarious, it's like everyone got an instruction manual to life but mine didn't arrive quite yet, but I'm here winging it
@@user-pp4ob6ic1hIt's called neurodivergence
I feel 10 years behind socially certain cues I don't pick up on like everyone else 😮
i can understand your pain.
I can relate. It seems like life comes easy for everyone else. While I feel like my whole life I have been putting a square peg in a round hole. No matter how hard I try it seems like I keep working that much harder to keep up, and I am still behind. 😮💨
Late to the party, At this point I'm convinced we people with ADHD are being nerffed by life cause we would be too powerful without the struggles.
This channel is criminally underrated
I am heavily ADHD and got diagnosed at 23 (I’m 26) and I’m currently at work just typing this out because I was getting no stimulus at all and when I don’t get my stimuli I start to do literally anything to get it
I am in my 60s and feel like I have adhd and always had it. I was always considered as lazy and lack of discipline. Now it's diagnosed as menopausal in my situation But honestly, the more I look into it, the more I believe I have and always had adhd.
You're also allowed to have bad days, realise you're always learning and admit that so long as you aren't hurting anyone or breaking any laws, it's ok to suck at life sometimes.
This channel has really helped understand my ADHD. I’ve always had trouble holding down a job after a year. I become uninterested and so exhausted after masking my ADHD for so long. Like I have good pay and benefits but I can’t focus my minds somewhere else and I keep making so many mistakes. Thank you for the helping ♥️♥️♥️
That's funny, I have all of those traits. How I deal with the driving situation is that I have the Google Maps open (especially in the city) so I don't miss turning into roads I'm supposed to. Although my dates think that I'm weird.
Having adhd while also being a perfectionist is the hardest thing I’ve had to live with. Everything has to be a certain way for me to thrive, and instead of just keep trying until i get that perfection, i procrastinate and get distracted by the smallest of things. Failed one of the biggest career opportunities in my life, because i couldn’t stop getting distracted. Basically the lady who interviewed me had a mustache, and i couldn’t help but to keep staring at the mustache. I knew i didn’t get the job the minute i heard “ you know it’s not nice to stare Mr Walden?”. It was at that moment i realized i had a serious issue. I didn’t hear anything she asked me, i couldn’t help but focus on her stache.
i got diagnosed last week and I'm having to take some days off because its all too overwhelming. The psychologist that diagnosed me stopped me halfway through the assessment to tell me I definitely have it, but for formality we'll continue, because of things like: as she was asking a question about me tending to look out the window i was doing just that, as she was asking a question about fidgeting i was swinging in my chair and fiddling with God knows what on my desk. She began looking at me like a lost child and i started to realise how unaware i was of my own condition. She felt bad that it took me this much to go wrong in my life for me to finally take action The straw that broke the camels back that basically forced me to see if i have adhd was that i literally cannot drive safely. I've been learning to drive for half a year and I'm still doing junctions because i either wing it or get choice paralysis on whether or not its safe to go. After hearing my instructor say the same thing 6 weeks in a row i had enough. The straw before that is a situation so potentially influential to the rest of my life and so obviously ADHD that i feel embarrassed to say, and even then i dismissed the possibility. Did the diagnosis turns out everything ive ever done in childhood and early adulthood (im 22) has been linked to a severe case of combined ADHD. I thought i had it as a joke but when i actually started researching it in depth it didn't become funny anymore. For my whole life id fractured things that made my life so hard into different reasons, not realising it was all due to ADHD
I hate to sound like a broken record, but same, even the age 😂. Didn't bother picking up driving because I knew way ahead that choice paralysis would absolutely kick my ass every time I attempted, among other things (I doubt depression and driving is a good combination). Hopefully it gets better for us weird folk
I just got diagnosed with this. I have issues keeping work. My longest job has been 2 years...and at 35 it's an issue. I lose interest in things too. I issues doing simple things but for some reason complex things hold my attention. I'm still learning about myself. I just wish others could feel my pain and what it is like to be me.
I have the same issue. 😊
@@kirstenweyter4431 how do you manage?
I'm in the same boat. I suggest learning more about it and watching more KZhead videos about ADHD so you can be comfortable understanding how your brain works and know what you can do to help live the life you want. the KZheadr How to ADHD was helpful, and I enjoyed some of her videos. After watching a few, the algorithm also starts suggesting some good videos. Learn about it and reassure or dismiss your assumptions with a mental health expert. That is my next step as I want to clarify things with someone as I have a lot of what ifs and how do I know kind of questions that videos can't really help with anymore.
I got diagnosed at 35 and knowing helped but it didn't make my life easier. I managed to keep work by doing contract work for my career. By the time I got burnt out, I was done and going home.
Oh, I bet this will be relevant . Goes to Watch Later queue: 595 videos.
Shhhh i have over 500 vods top on art tutorials
Lol, mine is 2500+ videos 😅
Omg. I feel so SEEN! Lol!
3,159 and I attempt to tend to it almost everyday. But nearly at the end of everyday, I try to organize my 50+ tabs by adding unwatched videos to the watch later list and the cycle repeats.
Lmao omg same!!
I don't know why but this ADHD, I became so familiar with it when I turned 18. Like every symptoms and ups and dows sides of the disorder, my life makes sense now because I have been experiencing all od it. But it's hard accessing mental health in our country, it's very expensive. Thank you for this.
My eyes are tearing up watching, learning and reading everyone’s experiences. This is me, my entire life explained in 4 letters. My daughter brought it to me a few weeks ago after her going to the docs. When she gave me the test I laughed at the “this is just a day in the life” to which she replied Exactly! That’s why I’m showing you 😂 I feel so much relief and joy at the “simple diagnosis” rather than me think alllllllsorts is wrong with me. I’m 46 and definitely going to see the doctor. Watching reels on ADHD driving and some are so funnily (and scarily) like me. I think I’m a good driver the reality is far different lol
Ive been following you on insta for years, glad to have found your channel on yt!
I adore your channel, and i feel like i ll be rewatching all videos by tomorrow, because i had another one of those moments where i failed a goal. So, i had a thought, that, it would be really great if you make a video with tips and tricks of managing with adhd, for things like sleep routine, exercises, studying or self learning and self projects.
I don't know if i have adhd but this video speaks to me a lot to the nail (except that i can hold a job but struggle a lot with organization and task management)
Hi Alice, I'm 29 and thanks to videos such as yours and looking at yours and others life experiences I'm realizing that the struggles I faced all my life may have a root cause that isn't "simple" depression. I'm looking into getting a diagnosis. Thanks a lot
I’m so glad I could help you understand yourself better 🥺💕 !! I hope you’ll finally get the answers you deserve 🙏✨
Great video! I have provided an evident description of things.
And lastly, you have adhd if u have to change the playback speed on this video to 1,25 or 1,5 in order to be able to watch it.
Please upload video more frequently... waiting for the next one 🙏🏼
I'm only thinking of going to a therapist to get properly diagnosed. Actually, there is a huge fear inside me of "making that up" even if it's obviously not. Some part of me says that if you know the name of what you're going through then there is no point to see a therapist. This part of me is so scared of being called "a liar" or something. I don't understand how I should even start a dialogue with a therapist. This whole thing of saying it right away, on the doorsteps sounds so... Ridiculous? At least, in my head. "Hi, I might have an ADHD". Bruh... So that might be the main struggle. Just to let myself suggest out loud that I might have an ADHD.
That was helpful , thank you
yall's vids are so dang cute and friendly. I love it.
I am 27, been living with ADHD until today, I have been labelled as an idiot, retard, lazy and stupid, Until today i haven't given uo, I have started university now, from September, I have been working in the service industry ever since i was 18 My hobbies are boxing, calisthenics and playing bass guitar, Honestly if i had the chance when i was younger, ibwpuld have chosen to be a professional boxer or an actor and musician, But i chose something else that i like, business administration, NEVER EVER EVER BACK DOWN OR GIVE UP, WE CAN DO THIS WE ARE FIGHTERS DON'T LET THIS ANOMALY OR ANY ANOMALY YOU HAVE PUT YOU DOWN.👊💪
could you make how adhd affects teens? im 18 and i've been analising my life, i think i might have it
Good idea, thanks for the suggestion ☺️🙌 !
THANK FOR EXPLANATION
me playing the video but before its barely started I'm on my phone doing something else and I zone back in a minute later 👁
I'm reading the comments instead. Haha, better rewind.
I had to rewind this video on several different parts about 9 times before I could finish it bc I kept getting distracted. Omg
Basically everything that was covered in the video. I feel very sad about how certain aspects of my life like education, work and relationships could have been different, as I'm in my 50s and only now being assessed. I'm exhausted.
This video help me alot thanks
I’ve always known that I have ADHD but now at 22 I think it’s time to get properly diagnosed, it really consumes you and relationships, work everything. I can’t sleep because of my thoughts, I can’t seem to get anything done, I’m always late, I lose my wallet, passport, phone etc. all the time, I forget appointments and important dates, I’m so unorganised and it is so frustrating, I always leave stuff half done and I’m overly emotional about everything. I mean it made me moderately good at guitar, piano, flute, making digital music, writing, painting, crafting, knitting, cooking, editing, photography, videography, drawing, growing plants, designing but I can’t focus on one skill and none of them are perfected and I can’t even imagine myself doing only one thing at a time. And that will be the only public rant I’ll ever post hopefully. 😂
Thank u for this
Yes to all of these, but I'm leaning more towards the ADD side (undiagnosed but I've been like this my entire life so...)
"I was diagnosed just when I turned 30. It's been almost two months since I've been on tablets, and they do help! In my experience, I haven't lost my personality; I've gained so much more. Life's a lot easier, but it's still a journey. I urge people who may think they have ADHD to get tested if they can, though I realize it can be tough and expensive. I tried in the UK a few times; the doctors at the GP weren't that bothered. However, after moving to Australia, I received excellent, affordable help."
Oh yea driving can get scarry sometimes. Getting back to reality with seaing car too close in front of you, like yea i forgot i am driving so many times. Unfinished things i hate how this fits. My model ship sits there half finished, got costume in my closet cut, never sewn togather. The musiícal instruments too, got two guitars and saxophone, didn touch those for years now. It is sad if you consider how good i was.
I started watching .... and got aware this video is playing when I heared: like and subscribe xD gotta rewatch it now..
Mine is so bad, I had to rewind this video several times just to keep up, with the scenarios 😩🤦🏽♀️
I play saxophone in the band for 10 years! now I start another instrument, but with the study at school I was a shit😂
#2- i feel so called out
I can’t even fall asleep without meds and I can’t stay focused on the zoom meetings I have for college so I can barely remember what they say and on top of that I had an injury that is known as an AVM which makes remembering things even harder
Can it still potentially be adhd if the symptoms are not consistent and extreme?
Bipolar perhaps?
Started reading comments and got sidetracked lol, now I have to rewatch
Give me one reason I shouldn't cry now when I see I'm struggling with all of the things that have been talked about here
So this a video on some of the symptoms and struggles. Where’s the coaching?
My undiagnosed ADHD has left my life utterly devastated. I'm 55 menopausal , and have lost the love of my life after 35 years and now 30 year career due to my outbursts. ADHD and recently diagnosed co morbid mental illness has left my life utterly devastated. Only stumbled upon the word ADHD last year, knew nothing, psychiatry never mentioned it . Please, could ADHD meds help calm my destructive emotional outbursts Desperate for help. Thank you
What kind of food can be taken to manage ADHD.
Dhea. Take prenatal vitamins has vitamin b9 in it also, which is folic acid both help anxiety and depression. Prenatal vitamins have dhea in it, alone they are very expensive. I feel more rested when waking now and less anxiety, yet I'm 63
Look up dhea and adhd..I found it by accident when I was reading what it was good for...
I was diagnosed by my neurologists I have ADHD. All my life I was struggling with focusing but no one ever tried to helped or seen anything wrong. After my second child things started to get worse. Now I am unemployed because my partner forced us to move to Florida right before Covid loving with my in-laws past 3.5 years who are very controlling. I feel like stressing out about all this I have anxiety & depression. I am scared to take this medication retinal 😬 I barely take pain meds. Is there a natural way to help?
I am 45 years old.
No. There is no "natural remedy" that will work with ADHD, though you will have people trying to get your money who will say otherwise. There ARE strategies you can use to reduce symptoms that do not involve medication, but if I'm being honest, that's like playing on hard mode. There are a million websites that will give you helpful tips and action plans, but it's going to be stuff like: meditate, use a dayplanner, follow routines, get sleep, exercise... etc. My best advice would be to talk with your personal doctor/neurologist who will have suggestions based on your symptoms. They might suggest medication. Know that you can say you're uncomfortable with that, and they will work with you to find the best solutions. However, if things aren't improving with just those strategies mentioned earlier, I would try a medication. It might take a few times to see what works best with your brain, but once you're past that things should settle.
Doctor: well you have anxiety diagnosed and show signs of depression. Me: yes but why? My minds racing and for some reason everything seems harder for me. Doctor: yes, you're depressed. And after lots of research and talking to others about it i went to the doctors about adhd and after soem questions go "oh yes definitely however its a long wait to get a formal diagnosis and see a professional about it. Me: so this is how come im anxious and seem depressed? Doctor: oh definitely. Me: guess i had to wait to struggle as an adult for years with the same complaints 😢😅
Oh and Fibromyalgia, now I know why I've developed that too - I'm exhausted!
would a symptom of ADHD having like racing thoughts all the time & almost having trouble organizing thoughts & when you speak you speak super fast & everything is just chaotic
I think that's actually a few different symptoms. 😅 Welcome to the club.
Looks like i may get evicted out of my apartment have no place to go or anyone to help me pack. I can not finish a task or get motivated to start let alone a bath now and fibromyalgia in mix😮
what about your family? or some friend? try reaching out and say you need help
@@SteffOrSomething i have there is no one to help no friends family no one
@@guppy0536 then try finding a support group in your city maybe on fb or on google, there's always someone that can help, i wish you the best of lucks
@@guppy0536I hope u will be ok
Just to share my story, I had issues with keeping focus while watching videos, therefore, I created Saima chrome extension. It helps me a lot!
23 I still haven't gotten my id card, Is this a ADHD thing?
Hey i saw ur Instagram post about a mental hyperactive brain can u please make a video about it and try to give a solution it will really help me
I'm taking Coffea Cruda. It's a homeopathic medicine for relieving sleeplessness when you have mental hyperactivity. It has been very helpful. I also listen to relaxing music while I sleep sometimes.
@@eval4495 ohh thank you for the suggestion but can u also tell how u take that medicine, like how many doses in a day and when to take
@@NihilistBug You can take 5 pellets three times a day until your symptoms are relieved. They dissolve under the tongue.
Wow. This is me to a T.
Tragically I live in a place where there are no resources to diagnose or even treat if found to be ADHD positive
Sorry Start reading up on it and take folic acid and dhea along with fish oil...or prenatal vitamins, alot cheaper and has all of those..I get the gummy ones from Walgreens..very potent formula
the question is: what can you do? it affects all areas of life and it accumulated many different issues. could it be hormonal problems? childhood trauma? bad parenting? help
when watching this video my mind drifted elsewhere talk about adhd lol
Calling it a mood and anxiety disorder. I don't think that's right. . .but the worst case is I say I told you so and fire the professionals and get new ones.
i started to day dream and ended up doing something else while video was running.
Me with ADHD. This video needs to be in 2x. 😂
😢 lord
This is why I hate my ADHD with a passion, (I'm 28)
Anyone have ADHD that isn’t hyperactive and is always on time to work and isn't really impulsive with spending, if so press like.
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻........ People think ADD is just being too loud or “nuts”. But that’s not what it is. It’s the inability to focus; it’s the inability to sit, pick up a pen and do your homework.
i zoned out while watching this, how cooked am i ?
having adhd and working somewhere you feel no joy or no utility is just mind wrecking i would rather DIE than to ever do it again (i will die unemployed in this capitalist system)
Im so fucking depressed
There’s elements of OCD in this condition….
Apparently, they are frequently co-occurring, though they affect different genes and do different things to the brain. I understand that the symptoms overlap but for opposing reasons. Also, if you have ADHD, you're more likely to have someone with OCD in your family. Hooray, genetics!
@@Kreepie11I have adhd
Do one for kids
😕 Promo*SM
3:36 This plus social anxiety = the 4 horsemen of the mental apocalypse
Beep
Funny how the video gets into others perception of you as lazy ,lacking motivation and numerous other judgemental ideas. I have lost so many jobs and doubt my ability to do more complex work because of poor comprehension and excessive time needed to complete tasks. I.remember I believe Depression and Anxiety are a direct result of not being able to reach the goals that we want for ourselves.
Not going to lie I had a hard time paying attention to this video
I fucking hate my adhd