5 Signs of Inattentive ADHD (ADD)

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This explains every thing for me... I defintly thino I might have add

Very helpful, thank you

One aspect for those who try to get checked for inattentive ADHD / ADD:
Do NOT use only the term inattentive ADHD. I did that and got only tested for the hyperactive form because of my choice of words which means I didn‘t get a diagnose because the wrong thing got tested. Make it clear that you think you have ADD and specifically use this word, because chances are that the psychotherapist who does the diagnostic only knows the ICD-10 which only considers hyperactive symptoms for ADHD. In my case, ADD didn‘t get tested because of that despite severe attention and short term memory issues.

The biggest sign is that I’m not able to focus on the beginning without skipping it to see if I have the symptoms 😅

Me having to rewind a 5 min video six times bcs I keep hyperfocusing on the comment section and can’t multitask 😭

my thoughts during this video:

That poor working memory thing really hits home. also boredom. I can't handle being bored.
Is the trash bag downstairs full enough to throw out? it usually lasts a week, but lately, it's 5 days or so to fill completely I shouldn't forget to take it out to the bin (again) I wonder what the Adam West show would have been like if the show lasted more seasons. they started with 2 parters then experimented with 3 and during the third season they had 1 episode stories Would they have continued that if 'Batman' got a fourth season?  Wait, what am I doing? OH avoiding tasks that need a lot of concentration. yeah, I guess that rings threw. no, true not 'threw' Hey that sounds similar. funny how words can sound the same but have completely different meanings. video is over. okay.

Thank you so much! I suffer from this since I can remember and it's not easy living life like this, but I'm glad to know I'm not the only one.

Considering add hasn't been used since the 90s because it is adhd, this feels like the video isn't reliable. The daydreamer's hyperactivity is mentally hyper, and still hyperactivity.

When i started working i would dread having to type in a phone number because i cant keep more than three numbers after that its like they disolve in my brains eye ,it sucks

When you have all of them

I’m 33 and pretty sure I’m undiagnosed adhd

Watching this makes me want to cry

I got diagnosed with ADD

Having this, I love seeing “neurodiversity” is natural because I do NOT like seeing that its called a mental disorder or a mental illness

I relate to this a little too much, maybe I should go get an official diagnosis

Now that we are on the subject, I'm so glad these videos are only 5 mins long ❤

I wish i could get diagnosed properly. My school has high standards that it really makes me feel depressed when I can't remember something even if i tried. Can't focus. And trying to avoid my habit of avoiding tasks.

I have all the symptoms but I have'nt been diagnosed yet. So I don't really know if this is my trait or really is ADHD.

115. Your videos has helped me alot. Thank you.🙏🏻

PLEASE! Tell us ways of helping people like me with ADD... It's killing me!

I got bored halfway through the video and started to scroll ahead, is that a sign ?

modern people with clip thinking have found an excuse for themselves in the form of ‘disorder’

Yeah I have add it sucks

ADHD IS ALL BULLSHIT
AS IS ALL LABELING OF MAN BY WARLOCKS WHO STUDY PHARMACOLOGY AT POISONS AND POTIONS UNIVERSITY.
FUCKING MODERN DAY WITCHES

Makes a video about inattentiveness… makes it sound monotone and sad… I couldn’t finish it

I've suspected for over 20 years that I have combined ADHD. I'm hoping for an official diagnosis next year (that's the earliest I can be seen by a neuropsychologist). Had anyone noticed their symptoms being inconsistent - on fire one day and completely unable to focus the next - and getting worse as you get older?

My mother of all people went to alot of effort to try and have me diagnosed with this but I just hated school.... Fml

I fee like I have this, it explains my life. However I finally worked up the courage to talk to a doctor about it. Had a 30 min phone interview and was told I don't have it. So I'm just lazy.

Your voice is very sweat and calm. I also like your video.

Well my parents know i have ADD but sometimes they ask questions like. Why do you always forget that or why didnt you do that. And the worts part is that i dont know the answer so I just say over and over again. "I dont know". Each time with more hesitance because I know that my parents grew sick of it. I try to do the stuff im told but it never really works. And they told me that I have ADD when I was 13 that I did a test for that when I was 8 and I had no clue that I had ADD I thought it was normal. And that other people also have problems with the things I do.

For the longest time I struggled in school and in life and always got told I have ADHD, yet all of the medications for it, such as Adderall made things worse. All just to find out recently that the doctor thought I have OCD, now everything is so clear and makes so much sense.

I have had trouble focusing, getting distracted, not finishing task

I always forget the chore part

when i was young my teachers and fmaily suspected i had ADD, but then they send me for private lessons and the teacher there convinced my parents that i didn't have ADD because i was focusing when they teach me, but I'm pretty sure I have it...

I used to be sooo sure that I didn't have adhd. But these last few months, I've been seeing more and more signs in myself as I understand the disorder better.
Including some mentioned in this video. Like me having to edit my comment just now, because I didn't proof read it, or even look at what I'm writing at all. lmao
Edits: 4

I wish there were cute, easy to consume videos like this when I was a child (90s) to help both my family and myself understand. Now, at almost 40, they have a slightly better understanding, but still don't forgive my childhood behavior...and one of them is a child psychologist.
Hopefully, understanding mental/behavioral disorders will continue to be explained to neuro typical people. However, it's hard to understand something a person has never experienced.

I zoned out around the beginning of the video until past the middle. What yall think?😂

So how to make a kid focus on schoolwork?

I have ADD, and I hate it a lot whenever someone says to me, "Pay attention"

What’s the best med with the least side effects? I prefer natural remedies but my life has been hell over this and I don’t think I have a choice anymore. The way I’m treated makes me suicidal. My family and friends always bail, I’m too hyper and I can’t focus for work and have like a zillion tabs open. I can’t afford therapy it’s bs how our system is. Mental health care should be free and basic medical too, or hella cheaper.

Matbe school is just as boring as f-k and the teacher is just crap. How many kids have been put on destructive drugs because of this? Maybe we should stop trying to make hyper-INTELLIGENT kids conform to some unimaginative predetermined norm and find out what really makes them tick? Too many suicides from forced drug addiction already!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭 I feel so validated. I was told I have ADHD but I always felt like I couldn't even be ADHD correctly, im not the most hyper active all the time and im constantly struggling to get things done. Sometimes finishing a task even as simple as finishing a sandwich can feel like a daunting task if I get bored of the flavor twords the end. Idk man brains are weird haha iv found that anti depressants help me more than ADHD medicine like vivance or ridelen 🤷‍♂️

Recently had a therapist suggest I might have inattentive adhd and I can’t make it through a video about it without getting lost in a daydream or becoming incredibly bored… he might be on to something 😂

I feel like i have some of these symtoms but I have a lot of doubt to ask my parents to check because I feel like i'll waste their time

I have ADHA from i was in grade 3 and now cause of it i am repeating ninth grade ( am 16 years old )how do i fix this 😢

I got my disgnosed with ADD yesterday and this video is so helpfull, thank you for creating this video 😊

I have problems finishing everythi