I know it’s ridiculous to use a bingo board meme as a diagnostic tool but should I be concerned if I got a whooooole lot of these?
Everybody sneezes if you sneeze 100 times in a day then it's a problem
Most people have a couple of these but it isnt to the point where they cant function. ADHD is the point where it does.
An ADHD brain is essentially interest driven. It isnt so much a lack of attention and focus but missapplied attention and focus. The reason for this is thought to be a chemical imbalance of dopamine and norepinephrine. Dopamine is tied to motivation and norepinephrine is essentially the fight or flight neurotransmitter. This is why people with ADHD tend to have little issue focusing on a fun task or a task that is urgent and induces considerable stress. The former raises levels of dopamine and the latter norepinephrine. It is also why the first line drug treatments involve stimulents which help normalize both of these.
If the behaviors that you see in yourself are causing distress, you may want to ask your doctor/mental health provider to be assessed. That said, I would keep in mind that it is usually not cheap and if that is a significant barrier for you, look for pay as you can mental health providers in your area if they exist
The bit about having difficulty focusing on tasks that are uninteresting or not urgent is striking a chord with me. Lots of half finished projects where I’ve done all the interesting bits and suddenly lose all motivation to see it through to completion. Thanks, I’ll investigate this further when possible.
Depends on how often you experience these symptoms! If you experience them daily or nearly constantly, it would be worth investigating.
If you have some other mental-diversion like autism, bipolar or dyslexia then chances are high you have overlap with properties of other neurodivergent people.
Its also possible to be “functional and normal” but still have a neurodivergent brain. Disabilities are subjective in context of the (social) world around you.
All of these 😭😫
My doctor still thinks that adults can’t have ADHD.🙂
Has he met my entire social network?
My doctor has ADHD! Pros: my ADHD diagnosis was super straightforward and he was overall helpful. Cons: forgets my appointments and talks too fast and overexplains or not at all. Still, I consider myself lucky
If I could get rid of one of these, it’d be hungry for knowledge but cannot retain info. I hate it.
Wish granted, you are no longer hungry for knowledge
I read this with my leg bouncing and it’s the first fucking square 😂😭
This entire thing is me to a tee since childhood.
fuck you (/j)
the ones in blue are ones I used to do but not anymore or ones that I am unsure about
damn, 1 short of a blackout lol (talking too long and fast for anyone to keep up). just replace it with “constant, unrelenting music in my head, sometimes multiple songs at once” and I’m a winner
More like "Time to cook food! * Doesn't cook food *"
Where's the one that I scrolled past this post and didn't actually read a single tile
Holy shit. Do I have ADHD?
Possible. Or autism. Or both.
There are a lot of helpful videos on youtube about it and a ton of actually helpful questionnaires online. If you fill out a couple you’ll get a goos first impression. A doctor should them assess further.
Is there a consern if a I got all of these as I don't know if I have adhd or not.
Depends how often. If legit concerned, read up on ADHD symptoms and see how much they describe you and go from there.
BINGOh no
Got Bingo in Row one then had surprisingly few other hits. Does it count as an impulse buy if you think about buying it suddenly but don't get around to buying it until a month later?
What do I win? 💀
And there's so much more that's not even listed here.
I feel like the free space should be "pharmacy is out of Adderall"
What is sensory overload? Is it like that thing where you have to turn the volume down in the car when trying to park?
Personally for me being exposed to a lot of noises for a long time and not being able to escape from them causes the stress to build up and become very easly irritable, angry, and sensitive to everything. I'm curious how others experience it.
that's exactly it for me too. it's like a building irritation that crescendos into a grumpy tsunami if not dealt with
though i find it's not just noises necessarily, it can be sensations like touch as well
Yes and it sucks when you live below loud neighbors that are constantly making noise, stomping, and yelling at each other and you can't escape because you're in your own home.
A little. Though it's more when you become hypersensitive for short periods. I sometimes find in restaurants or situations where I'm feeling a little anxious that everything will be so much louder and over stimulating as my senses sort of go into overdrive with my surroundings. I usually chuck in ear plugs or nip outside for 5 minutes. But this usually goes away after 10-20 minutes or so.
I'd play but I forgot the contents of the squares after reading them because my mind was replaying dialogue from The Orville
What the heck is that free square?
Self-suspecting autistic here. I got 11/24 so long as I'm allowed to interpret 'ADHD paralysis' as a general task paralysis (otherwise it's rather begging the question). I can always commiserate with ADHD people's difficulties, but I don't seem to have the same noisily chaotic inner world that they describe.
Sup, I just wanted to let you know that I have a severe ADHD and my brain is pretty silent so not everyone with ADHD has a noisy mind. I still daydream a lot though.
I "win" twice and fill half the remaining squares. Still, I didn't know until I was 41 and am still waiting on a formal diagnosis because the NHS has been deliberately underfunded for so long and I never got around to sorting out going private!
Bottom row and right column for me.
bounces leg
I see a lot of people in my environment doing that. I don't mean friends, just average people. How much of a sign is it when someone does that?
It can be a sign of a few things, like anxiety too, but it can also just be a sign that someone's bored.
Like with most things, it doesn't mean a lot on its own, but if it's being done in excess, or uncontrollably, then it could be a sign of something else.
Yes
The lighter side of ADHD
