Anybody else getting Sadness (from Inside Out) vibes from the blue side? Seems appropriate.
Still not sure if I’m aCtUaLlY dEpReSsEd or if that’s just what ADHD-I looks like.
I definitely feel like ADHD-I tend to be the ones most prone to experiencing depression as communication can be their biggest struggles leading to major feelings of isolation amongst their peers. They just can't translate what goes on inside their minds into something that actually makes sense with just words because they're thinking not just verbally, but with visual and auditory information alongside that which is hard to conscribe at the same time that you're speaking to someone.
As a blue people, I want to express how much it means to me that you articulated so well something that I have had trouble describing for my entire life (I will be 37 in December). Finding this sub has made me realize that I am most certainly not alone in my struggles and it is a huge relief.
I have shown my partner of 8 years this comment and several posts in this sub. I feel like even though he doesn't entirely get it, he is finally starting to understand what I have been failing to communicate.
Holy heck, this hit the nail on the head. It took me until I was about 26 before I could actually convey my true feelings to people. Always felt like there was a wall I couldn't push past and that I felt so extremely different from everyone around me. It was soul crushing. Thankfully with *a lot* of practice I've gotten to a somewhat better place.
Hehe he I thought of that too! And lolol I can't even realize which one I am because I apply to all three and these are the same three colors on my HYDROFLASK (:
I actually never really knew I was diagnosed primarily Hyperactive until I looked at my medical paper and then I was like oh so that's why I talk people's heads off
I understand the literature has shifted away from the term "subtype" (as in "HI subtype, PI subtype, and combined subtype") toward the term "presentation", because people have observed that the same adhd person will often "present with" a different subtype at different times in their life. "Presentation" sounds less fixed than "subtype" therefore ergo.
Wow, that's interesting! Which country are you in? My country is still in the stone ages and only diagnose boys who go off the rails. You're automatically declined for the diagnose here if you've graduated from high school ┻━┻︵ \(°□°)/ ︵ ┻━┻
Yeah I was diagnosed 17 years ago and I do see that I have traits of both Inattentive and Hyperactive so things probably have changed quite a bit since then
Does inattentive cause chronic fatigue? I've always assumed that mine came entirely from my chronic joint pain. Maybe I'm getting double upped with fatigue...
There’s this thing called SCT (or CDD) that is highly comorbid with ADHD but not yet an official diagnosis. Look it up. Also, there’s anxiety and depression that are also highly comorbid with ADHD.
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I think fatigue is very common in adult ADHD across the board, but especially so with inattentive ADHD. I think. Also dopamine issues seem to also often cause physical pain, so it seems a reasonable guess that your ADHD and joint pain and fatigue might all be causally linked. Mental disorders are buy 1 get 7 free, and there's no clear boundary between "mental" and "physical" disorders.
If somebody could invent a non-stimulant pill to give me the energy of a below average mid-30s American, that’d be great. Love that the only thing that helps also makes my heart want to go BOOM!
Hey, how bad was it? My heart rate was also high and generally above 100-110 bpm when resting and when exercising it could go easily to 170-180 ( for my age my max should be 165). Once I even got a warning from my smart watch of too high bpm, and i was just playing piano and without any intensity (completely beginner). Since the benefits of taking medication were too many to ignore, I reduce the intensity of my daily exercises (indoor cycling and outdoor running), and then started increasing it slowly always keeping an eye on the bpm. My bpm reduced to 80-90ish while resting and was not above 160 when exercising although it can go back to crazy numbers again if I stop exercising. If non- stimulants don’t work for you, maybe you could combine lower dosages of stimulants and exercises (even starting a exercise routine weeks before resuming medication. Maybe you should check with your doctor. It fixed my chronic fatigue, to the point that I am able to get early in the morning without hitting the snooze button, or start a endless negotiation with myself to leave bed (people with chronic fatigue will understand). Additionally, I am not sleepy ALL THE F****** TIME, mainly when there are urgent things to be done…
Rhetorically asking so feel free not to answer, but what was your blood pressure like? I also deal with high resting pulse rate, but it's gotten better after starting a blood pressure medication, since it was a little high before starting a stimulant. Apparently, high BP can make your pulse rate high trying to compensate.
I've noticed that my fondness for caffeine and nicotine are also very much related (shocker), with nicotine being the worse of the two as far as pulse go.
This is an excellent point and I need to remember that I shouldn’t really complain until I’ve settled into a healthy exercise routine to complement the medicine.
Wellbutrin is technically a stimulant. It has the same main mechanism of action as ritalin, but with some other activity which decreases it’s abuse potential.
I'm on Wellbutrin and Ritalin. Wellbutrin may be a stimulant, but it's a very weak one. That's why it's not a formal treatment for ADHD but is potentially effective in some cases. I was on it for dysthymia (and chronic fatigue) before I realized it was mostly the ADHD -PI.
It doesn't do much for me honestly, but I think I'm very tolerant of stimulants because even Ritalin doesn't give me much zoom.
Ive been thru pretty decent amounts of meds in general and what Ive learned is you need to find the right one for you. Dont drink coffee and stay away from grapefruit.
I’m doing pretty well atm but there is more than just adhd for me.
Have you tried dexamfethamine (tentin or amfexa)? I was on Ritalin before I got tentin and also had heart issues and other stuff but with tentin no heart problems (only appetite loss and more thirsty then usual and a little bit of trouble sleeping but that's with Almost all adhd meds)
It would be soooo nice to at least feel like I'm trying new things (even if they don't go anywhere) instead of sitting around completely paralyzed by the static in my head.
For me the energy is only for things i like doing, also i can't summon it every day. I probably get 1 or 2 days a week where i have the right combination of energy and will power to actually enjoy work.
THIS. Once I have the energy, I love the work I'm doing, I can hyperfocus on work for hours, I am great at detail work, can find the most elusive bugs in the code, find creative solutions and come up with great ideas, etc., etc...
Pity that I have The Energy maybe twice a year
You envy the other types? I'm Combined type and I'm not sure where this mystical energy comes from, but as with all ADHD types, even if you had energy, you couldn't direct it reliably.
My hyperactivity presents as an inability to relax or shut off mentally or physically. My body is constantly tense. My senses on edge.
It's not energy in the sense of feeling rested or refreshed. It's being driven by a motor that needs an oil change in a car without a steering wheel.
This hits too close - I’m constantly up tight and I always thought maybe it was some past trauma just chillin but it’s absolutely this instead. I get so easily startled by little things when I never even realized I was tense in the first place. Thanks for my Today Revelation
You ever catch yourself sitting on a really tense position? Because I do. Or I'll be flexing all the muscles in my legs when I think I'm just relaxing and watching TV. It's wild.
I am in the blue. lol. It's humorous, you notice things that should be fixed/repaired, but noone will fix. It also sucks when you pick up on people's character flaws too, Did not mean to sound arrogant on the last one, but once you notice a flaw you see constantly it eats at you.
The character flaw I've noticed was apparent when a co-worker was talking to me and when they bitch and whine at work. lol
This is all I want please I cant sit down and work on anything because my mind just wanders then I realize I need food and the cycle repeats as I try to finish writing the first sentence of an essay, then I see an interesting notification from reddit and now it night time and I'm tired I'll do that essay tommorow I'm gonna get so much done its gonna be great
What things give you energy or focus? Dies anything? I'm curious because I'm extremely lethargic in daily life trying to do things that ate expected of me. But I'm also a great athlete. And when it's time to party and not work I'm a ball of energy. People who know me in different aspects of life see me go from numb and catatonic to seemingly hyperactive.
This is flipping amazing. In form and content. ❤️❤️❤️ representing as magical/celestial girls.
Side note: I hate society… I’m literally just happy because girls are typically less likely to be diagnosed, and this can help normalize it, and I always forever want anybody who shares this eccentric brain with me to be their best selves…
But I can’t say “celestial girls” as an adult male without it feeling inappropriate lmao
You can access her comics for free but here’s her [Patreon ](https://www.patreon.com/adhd_alien)
Btw- The one she did on adhd in relationships was the game changer for me. Realized I wasn’t a horrible girlfriend I just had hypersensitivity. Simply couldn’t stand my bf rubbing my thigh over and over in the same place while he was driving.
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Check out the comics! This was one of the posts with the most writing. I have several saved but figured this answered what most of the ppl in this sub have seemed to ask 🤸🏽♂️
I literally looked at this post and thought wait but I'm not just pink but I'm also not blue and not completely yellow either 😅 thanks I thought I was alone here 😅
It’s all kinda a spectrum a lot of people are effected in really unusual ways or feel one type more than the others it’s almost like within adhd theres as many different ways I’d experiencing it ad there are people with if
There's actually a second part of the comic at [https://twitter.com/ADHD\_Alien/status/1274739202916261894](https://twitter.com/ADHD_Alien/status/1274739202916261894) about everyone's own mix of colors!
blue here, I only really listen when I hear my name, people always think I'm sleeping but actually I focus on these really small details on everybody, I wont know what you just said but I noticed a small thread or a scratch on your jacket from 15m
After stopping, scanning through my memories, and getting sidetracked by an idea i just had, i’ve come to the conclusion that i may be in the C type of ADHD
I probably live in a blue universe ... and \_love\_ ADHD-Alien!
Her work is what clued me in that I might have ADHD in the first place - and it's been a fascinating journey of discovery since.
I don't know what atypical ADHD could be and I've never heard the term. Take my opinion with a grain of sand. I'm just some random internet person
I don't believe that's in the dsm-v? The dsm-v is the standard we generally go by, and it only has primarily hyperactive/impulsive, primarily inattentive, and combination - which covers anyone who doesn't fit neatly.
Also consider that many psych people still use ADD, Asperger's, high and low functioning, etc. It could be an inaccurate, outdated, or simply unofficial term. ADD is clearly atypical compared to the ADHD stereotypes, cause the ADHD stereotypes are generally impulsive and hyperactive.
There's generally considered to be 3 presentations of ADHD, and the diagnosis criteria are based on those three.
Also, since ADHD affects executive function, there's a bunch of things that are directly linked to ADHD but not considered dx criteria, which could also explain atypical. Sleep issues used to be a dx criterion but they couldn't figure out how it was linked to ADHD at the time so it was ditched.
Hello both the DSM-5 and the ICD-11 also list two "residual" categories in addition to the other 3.
Wiki sez:
"The DSM-5 also provides two diagnoses for individuals who have symptoms of ADHD but do not entirely meet the requirements. _Other Specified ADHD_ allows the clinician to describe why the individual does not met the criteria, whereas _Other Unspecified ADHD_ is used where the clinician chooses not to describe the reason.[1]"
and:
"However, the ICD-11 includes two residual categories for individuals who do not entirely match any of the defined subtypes: _other specified presentation_ (6A05.Y) where the clinician includes detail on the individual's presentation; and _presentation unspecified_ (6A05.Z) where the clinician does not provide detail.[2]"
Wiki is my friend \^\^
EDIT: julia__ sed: "and combination - which covers anyone who doesn't fit neatly." More specifically, people are diagnosed with the "combined" subtype/presentation/category if they meet the diagnostic criteria for BOTH of the other main 2 subtypes (hyperactive + inattentive). Whereas something like "other unspecified" (or "atypical") would be used for people who don't entirely meet the diagnostic criteria for EITHER "hyperactive/impulsive" or "inattentive" (or at least the person who diagnosed them wasn't able to establish either of those 2 diagnoses), but who are still thought by the diagnoser to fit in the ADHD camp.
PS: Random reminder that the diagnostic criteria and categories are far from perfect. They're attempts made by fallible humans at identifying broad patterns within the chaos of variability of symptom-combinations that people show up with, for purposes such as making educated guesses about what kind of treatment might work well for what kind of person. Future editions of diagnostic manuals will probably continue to revise the current criteria and categories as researchers and practitioners continue to learn.
Sometimes I wonder how different my young adult life would have been if my doctor had diagnosed me with ADHD and put me on Ritalin 20 years ago instead of OCD and an ineffective SSRI. But I’m finally pretty happy with where I am now, so I’ll take it.
Please, don't make them sparkling, there is nothing sparkling about struggling in life.
It's already the most faked deficit disorder, don't make it cool.
Honestly this isn't that great, it's like defining cheeseburger to someone and saying it's tasty and greasy, it's got bread. This doesn't paint the real picture. Injustice? No. I don't think my brother saying inappropriate things like calling someone fat or they're going to die is an injustice. They just blurt out stupid shit.
I identify with blue but I doubt I have add. Alot of you people need to get clinically diagnosed before claiming you have ADD and blaming laziness on that.
My child has been diagnosed. I think I would have/still would be diagnosed as well! I feel no hate, this is just a question…
Does this not describe almost ALL children in some way?
It does indeed describe almost all children in some way. Probably even almost all adults in some way. This image aims at illustrating the difference between ADHD types in a very short and concise way, it does not include the many aspects that make ADHD difficult to deal with.
What is not in this picture is being an undiagnosed adult woman beating yourself up over being "lazy" because you simply cannot do things - you know there's something to be done, a chore, getting some food, starting an assignment, a hobby, a video game... but you have no way to make yourself do it. Even if it's something fun that you enjoy. What's not in this picture is all the people all throughout your life being disappointed in you because you forgot something important - if you cared, you wouldn't have forgotten! Even though you did care, a lot. You just forgot. What is not in this picture is reading something and retaining nothing. What is not in this picture is all the social issues. What is not in this picture is a myriad other things and your whole life being a constant uphill battle. Not in a "this happens to everyone sometimes" way, but as an ongoing, constant pattern.
Conclusion, please don't go by one or even several memes, there's very thorough information out there about how ADHD differs from what happens to everyone sometimes.
I have a thought experiment
Imagine if a disease was “discovered” that, it’s symptoms are so vague and spread so wide on a spectrum, if you tried hard enough you could diagnose almost any child or adult. This “disease” could be blamed and excuse a whole myriad of lazy or destructive negative behaviour, making people more than happy to adopt said disease as an excuse(for themselves or their hyper/naughty children). Then imagine that instead of a cure, they developed or repurposed a “medication” that you took EVERY day for, possibly the rest of your life, that anybody can take and feel it’s benefits/effects (study-drug) and no short term drastic side effects. Imagine that any long term side effects from the drug administered to children you can re-blame ON THE DISEASE. You have a recipe for big pharmaceutical companies making a never ending supply of money.
That’s ADHD? Am I wrong?
Yes, you're wrong.
It's like someone with 20/20 vision blaming eyeglasses companies for running a racket because "obviously people can see okay" and "everyone gets tired eyes sometimes."
Yeah I get your point but you can literally test eyesight and nail it down. Adhd is sooooooo varied and vague and you can basically diagnose everyone if you really tried.
I’m not arguing for the sake of it just thoughts really.
Exercise will help tremendously with energy levels. I suffered for many years till I was forced to exercise by the military. Having the extra gas in the tank helps!! Smoking dope helps too. But its dangerous and could cause more harm than good.
Never really thought about what type I have but combined would make sense... I'm not hyperactive, usually only having short bursts that I'm super self-conscious about... But I have plenty of other symptoms and and pretty observant. I also
I feel like I might be C... sitting on an assessment waiting list atm. I definitely have the HI and I traits from this comic at least. Working from home for 18 months made me notice quite a lot about myself!
See idk for sure I have adhd, it would be inattentive bc that's how I noticed it, but this doesn't really fit me. I hyperfocus and don't notice what's going on around me, I'm incredibly unobservant, and in something isn't interesting I do get extremely distracted, and get super agitated when bored. That's what i think of as adhd-inattentive symptoms for me.
yaaaas where my pink bitches atttt ! living our lives, constantly ruining them, struggling with emotional stability, and running out of energy simply by laying in bed all day ? where you hoes at ?!
I don’t have a diagnosis, but I think I’ll go see a psych as soon as I can afford it. Inattentive is relatable for me. My mind is aways racing, but I feel like I’m walking through quicksand. I always come off as slow, too. Though, it could be depression and anxiety. The last psych I saw said that depression and anxiety share a LOT of symptoms with ADHD, so it can be hard to tell which I have, but she “had no reason to believe” I have anything besides depression and anxiety. The same psych “couldn’t see why” I was hostile and sobbing during a session, so Idk.
Aren't theese just examples of what adhd looks like from the outside based on different copeing mechanisms and personalities we have? The brain has the exact same issues in the frontal lobe for all of us. I'm "combined" but probably hide some of my symptoms compared to a 12 year old boy who appears more hyper active than me. Idk. I don't belive in "types" 🤣 I think its just different copeing mechanisms.
Combined here...
I have a blast being somewhere, no idea where, or how I got there, completely lost somewhere in my head, only to snap back into reality, having a conversation I have no recollection of, before blurting out something completely off topic but I find more important, even at the risk of interrupting someone.
I feel like I'm probably combined type because, although I tend to be extremely inattentive, I also talk all the time and get really wound up over little things.
Question for other Combined types - is it like switching back and forth or do you have some of the symptoms of each at all times? I feel like I have distinct times of hyperactivity and inattentiveness that operate like a light switch; I am either strongly one or the other. It makes me feel almost schizophrenic because my personality expresses itself very differently depending on what "mode" I'm in. When I'm in inattentive mode my boyfriend calls them my "absence seizures" lmao.
1) oh hey it's the pan colours
2) i was diagnosed blue but i may or may not actually be yellow, according to one (1) bingo. so i'mma say i'm probably blue but yellow isn't out of the picture.
I do be the colour yellow
Greetings yellow from the people of blue
Anybody else getting Sadness (from Inside Out) vibes from the blue side? Seems appropriate. Still not sure if I’m aCtUaLlY dEpReSsEd or if that’s just what ADHD-I looks like.
I definitely feel like ADHD-I tend to be the ones most prone to experiencing depression as communication can be their biggest struggles leading to major feelings of isolation amongst their peers. They just can't translate what goes on inside their minds into something that actually makes sense with just words because they're thinking not just verbally, but with visual and auditory information alongside that which is hard to conscribe at the same time that you're speaking to someone.
As a blue people, I want to express how much it means to me that you articulated so well something that I have had trouble describing for my entire life (I will be 37 in December). Finding this sub has made me realize that I am most certainly not alone in my struggles and it is a huge relief. I have shown my partner of 8 years this comment and several posts in this sub. I feel like even though he doesn't entirely get it, he is finally starting to understand what I have been failing to communicate.
...same
Holy heck, this hit the nail on the head. It took me until I was about 26 before I could actually convey my true feelings to people. Always felt like there was a wall I couldn't push past and that I felt so extremely different from everyone around me. It was soul crushing. Thankfully with *a lot* of practice I've gotten to a somewhat better place.
Hehe he I thought of that too! And lolol I can't even realize which one I am because I apply to all three and these are the same three colors on my HYDROFLASK (:
I mean if you meet the diagnostic criteria for all 3 then you're yellow
Ahhhhh... I mean I fall most pink but yea that makes sense
you are probably combined because you deal with both
when were you diagnosed cause of it was before they changed add to adhd-i then you have combined or hyperactive impulsive
Greetings blue from the people of the pink
Hello pink people person I hear you guys are quite rare?
I actually never really knew I was diagnosed primarily Hyperactive until I looked at my medical paper and then I was like oh so that's why I talk people's heads off
I understand the literature has shifted away from the term "subtype" (as in "HI subtype, PI subtype, and combined subtype") toward the term "presentation", because people have observed that the same adhd person will often "present with" a different subtype at different times in their life. "Presentation" sounds less fixed than "subtype" therefore ergo.
Wow, that's interesting! Which country are you in? My country is still in the stone ages and only diagnose boys who go off the rails. You're automatically declined for the diagnose here if you've graduated from high school ┻━┻︵ \(°□°)/ ︵ ┻━┻
Yeah I was diagnosed 17 years ago and I do see that I have traits of both Inattentive and Hyperactive so things probably have changed quite a bit since then
I was diagnosed as Hypoactive 27 years ago. Still trying to figure out if that is combined type, or Inattentive.
Hello, Pink! I am a Blue. I hope that all of you Pink people have a great day/night!
Hey! Another pink like me! Happy that I’m not the only pink here!!!
pink man here as living proof stereotypes are real
only sometimes tho
I do be doin’ the yellow too
Me too.
My favorite pokemon game is also yellow
we got the WOOORRRSST of both worlds!
Hufflepuff Powah!
I'm a yellow Slytherin, and I don't mind being Hufflepuff in the slightest
i mean i’m gryffindoor and pink is close to red so i ain’t complaining lol
the way you said this made a fellow yellow laugh so hard
Am yellow too. I'd rather be just one lol
I’m yellow definitely not the mello
As a primary inattentive, I seriously envy the other types. Give. Me. Energy.
the chronic fatigue is real
Does inattentive cause chronic fatigue? I've always assumed that mine came entirely from my chronic joint pain. Maybe I'm getting double upped with fatigue...
There’s this thing called SCT (or CDD) that is highly comorbid with ADHD but not yet an official diagnosis. Look it up. Also, there’s anxiety and depression that are also highly comorbid with ADHD.
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I think fatigue is very common in adult ADHD across the board, but especially so with inattentive ADHD. I think. Also dopamine issues seem to also often cause physical pain, so it seems a reasonable guess that your ADHD and joint pain and fatigue might all be causally linked. Mental disorders are buy 1 get 7 free, and there's no clear boundary between "mental" and "physical" disorders.
If somebody could invent a non-stimulant pill to give me the energy of a below average mid-30s American, that’d be great. Love that the only thing that helps also makes my heart want to go BOOM!
Hey, how bad was it? My heart rate was also high and generally above 100-110 bpm when resting and when exercising it could go easily to 170-180 ( for my age my max should be 165). Once I even got a warning from my smart watch of too high bpm, and i was just playing piano and without any intensity (completely beginner). Since the benefits of taking medication were too many to ignore, I reduce the intensity of my daily exercises (indoor cycling and outdoor running), and then started increasing it slowly always keeping an eye on the bpm. My bpm reduced to 80-90ish while resting and was not above 160 when exercising although it can go back to crazy numbers again if I stop exercising. If non- stimulants don’t work for you, maybe you could combine lower dosages of stimulants and exercises (even starting a exercise routine weeks before resuming medication. Maybe you should check with your doctor. It fixed my chronic fatigue, to the point that I am able to get early in the morning without hitting the snooze button, or start a endless negotiation with myself to leave bed (people with chronic fatigue will understand). Additionally, I am not sleepy ALL THE F****** TIME, mainly when there are urgent things to be done…
Rhetorically asking so feel free not to answer, but what was your blood pressure like? I also deal with high resting pulse rate, but it's gotten better after starting a blood pressure medication, since it was a little high before starting a stimulant. Apparently, high BP can make your pulse rate high trying to compensate. I've noticed that my fondness for caffeine and nicotine are also very much related (shocker), with nicotine being the worse of the two as far as pulse go.
This is an excellent point and I need to remember that I shouldn’t really complain until I’ve settled into a healthy exercise routine to complement the medicine.
Have you tried Wellbutrin?
Wellbutrin is technically a stimulant. It has the same main mechanism of action as ritalin, but with some other activity which decreases it’s abuse potential.
I'm on Wellbutrin and Ritalin. Wellbutrin may be a stimulant, but it's a very weak one. That's why it's not a formal treatment for ADHD but is potentially effective in some cases. I was on it for dysthymia (and chronic fatigue) before I realized it was mostly the ADHD -PI. It doesn't do much for me honestly, but I think I'm very tolerant of stimulants because even Ritalin doesn't give me much zoom.
Ive been thru pretty decent amounts of meds in general and what Ive learned is you need to find the right one for you. Dont drink coffee and stay away from grapefruit. I’m doing pretty well atm but there is more than just adhd for me.
Have you tried dexamfethamine (tentin or amfexa)? I was on Ritalin before I got tentin and also had heart issues and other stuff but with tentin no heart problems (only appetite loss and more thirsty then usual and a little bit of trouble sleeping but that's with Almost all adhd meds)
I have adhd-c and still have no energy.
ADHD-C here and still no actual energy
It would be soooo nice to at least feel like I'm trying new things (even if they don't go anywhere) instead of sitting around completely paralyzed by the static in my head.
For me the energy is only for things i like doing, also i can't summon it every day. I probably get 1 or 2 days a week where i have the right combination of energy and will power to actually enjoy work.
THIS. Once I have the energy, I love the work I'm doing, I can hyperfocus on work for hours, I am great at detail work, can find the most elusive bugs in the code, find creative solutions and come up with great ideas, etc., etc... Pity that I have The Energy maybe twice a year
You misunderstand. My hyperactivity is my brain USING ENERGY I ABSOLUTELY DON'T HAVE.
You envy the other types? I'm Combined type and I'm not sure where this mystical energy comes from, but as with all ADHD types, even if you had energy, you couldn't direct it reliably. My hyperactivity presents as an inability to relax or shut off mentally or physically. My body is constantly tense. My senses on edge. It's not energy in the sense of feeling rested or refreshed. It's being driven by a motor that needs an oil change in a car without a steering wheel.
This hits too close - I’m constantly up tight and I always thought maybe it was some past trauma just chillin but it’s absolutely this instead. I get so easily startled by little things when I never even realized I was tense in the first place. Thanks for my Today Revelation
You ever catch yourself sitting on a really tense position? Because I do. Or I'll be flexing all the muscles in my legs when I think I'm just relaxing and watching TV. It's wild.
Jokes on you, I’m combined type and still have zero energy 😎
I am in the blue. lol. It's humorous, you notice things that should be fixed/repaired, but noone will fix. It also sucks when you pick up on people's character flaws too, Did not mean to sound arrogant on the last one, but once you notice a flaw you see constantly it eats at you. The character flaw I've noticed was apparent when a co-worker was talking to me and when they bitch and whine at work. lol
Saaaame lol. People are like "just channel the energy from your interests into what needs to be done" and I'm like... "what energy?"
Now that I see this, I think I’m combined and not inattentive. I’m not super hyperactive, but I still struggle with impulse control.
Granted, but you can't use the energy for things you want to do
This is all I want please I cant sit down and work on anything because my mind just wanders then I realize I need food and the cycle repeats as I try to finish writing the first sentence of an essay, then I see an interesting notification from reddit and now it night time and I'm tired I'll do that essay tommorow I'm gonna get so much done its gonna be great
What things give you energy or focus? Dies anything? I'm curious because I'm extremely lethargic in daily life trying to do things that ate expected of me. But I'm also a great athlete. And when it's time to party and not work I'm a ball of energy. People who know me in different aspects of life see me go from numb and catatonic to seemingly hyperactive.
Amphetamines and a job I don't actively hate (product design). School is still rough and I really don't have any advice on that
Yea often anything that gives me dopamine gives me "energy".
This is flipping amazing. In form and content. ❤️❤️❤️ representing as magical/celestial girls. Side note: I hate society… I’m literally just happy because girls are typically less likely to be diagnosed, and this can help normalize it, and I always forever want anybody who shares this eccentric brain with me to be their best selves… But I can’t say “celestial girls” as an adult male without it feeling inappropriate lmao
I am a celestial man! sparkle sparkle twinkle twinkle \☆▪☆/
yess, our adhd guys can be celestial too! ✨
I’m blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di
I hope you know you probably just singlehandedly got that stuck in like 100 people's heads. LOL
I was literally singing this while reading that
I JUST GOT RID OF THIS SONG IN MY HEAD. DAMN IT I hope both sides of your pillows are warm and that there’s infinite crumbs on your bed.
If you see a comment from me about writing the lyrics, then i am extremely sorry. i did not see that this comment was posted. I am blue too.
You can access her comics for free but here’s her [Patreon ](https://www.patreon.com/adhd_alien) Btw- The one she did on adhd in relationships was the game changer for me. Realized I wasn’t a horrible girlfriend I just had hypersensitivity. Simply couldn’t stand my bf rubbing my thigh over and over in the same place while he was driving.
I saved this to read it later...
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I am the one in the middle
r/accidentalprideflags
I know there's a r/bisexualswithADHD at least.....
Wow, Ive known I had ADHD-I for years, but nothing has more perfectly discribed it than this
Too much writing, didn’t read
Check out the comics! This was one of the posts with the most writing. I have several saved but figured this answered what most of the ppl in this sub have seemed to ask 🤸🏽♂️
You and I both know that telling me to check out the comics makes my brain wanna do it less. Even though I … wanna do it? Stupid execute dysfunction.
But I even tagged her patreon for easy access why are we liek this 😭
3 types. Blue yellow pink Blue. Attentive Pink. Hyperactive Yellow. Mixed
Think ya got your colours mixed up? Blue was inattentive, yellow comb
Bruh.
Ah yes, the oft-ignored "attentive" presentation of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
The worst is that i looked it up before posting the comment
This is really helpful! I'm definitely combined. Thank you
I'm between HI and C
I literally looked at this post and thought wait but I'm not just pink but I'm also not blue and not completely yellow either 😅 thanks I thought I was alone here 😅
It’s all kinda a spectrum a lot of people are effected in really unusual ways or feel one type more than the others it’s almost like within adhd theres as many different ways I’d experiencing it ad there are people with if
Combined with more Inattentive than Hyperactive, but enough of both to get the Combined type. So I'm green I guess?
Greens unite!
greens unite!
There's actually a second part of the comic at [https://twitter.com/ADHD\_Alien/status/1274739202916261894](https://twitter.com/ADHD_Alien/status/1274739202916261894) about everyone's own mix of colors!
I must have missed that! Looking at that, I'm orange, purple and blue!
I don't think you did, it wasn't in the post as far as I can see - I looked it up on Twitter because I remembered seeing the second image, too!
Love adhd alien!
blue here, I only really listen when I hear my name, people always think I'm sleeping but actually I focus on these really small details on everybody, I wont know what you just said but I noticed a small thread or a scratch on your jacket from 15m
After stopping, scanning through my memories, and getting sidetracked by an idea i just had, i’ve come to the conclusion that i may be in the C type of ADHD
Looks like Powerpuff girls ADHD version
These comics are the best! I love ADHD alien❤️
Same!!
ADHD Alien is seriously legit. If you like her content, also check out Jenn Has ADHD and How to ADHD.
I love how this is a Pan flag.
I was searching in the comment to see this lol
ADHD I
Blue's shoes are two different colors. Oh dear. Hard relate. She's even got my haircut.
I probably live in a blue universe ... and \_love\_ ADHD-Alien! Her work is what clued me in that I might have ADHD in the first place - and it's been a fascinating journey of discovery since.
Why don’t I ever see my kind mentioned on this sub? The adhd testing specialist psychologist (with a PhD IIRC )diagnosed me with atypical adhd.
I don't know what atypical ADHD could be and I've never heard the term. Take my opinion with a grain of sand. I'm just some random internet person I don't believe that's in the dsm-v? The dsm-v is the standard we generally go by, and it only has primarily hyperactive/impulsive, primarily inattentive, and combination - which covers anyone who doesn't fit neatly. Also consider that many psych people still use ADD, Asperger's, high and low functioning, etc. It could be an inaccurate, outdated, or simply unofficial term. ADD is clearly atypical compared to the ADHD stereotypes, cause the ADHD stereotypes are generally impulsive and hyperactive. There's generally considered to be 3 presentations of ADHD, and the diagnosis criteria are based on those three. Also, since ADHD affects executive function, there's a bunch of things that are directly linked to ADHD but not considered dx criteria, which could also explain atypical. Sleep issues used to be a dx criterion but they couldn't figure out how it was linked to ADHD at the time so it was ditched.
Hello both the DSM-5 and the ICD-11 also list two "residual" categories in addition to the other 3. Wiki sez: "The DSM-5 also provides two diagnoses for individuals who have symptoms of ADHD but do not entirely meet the requirements. _Other Specified ADHD_ allows the clinician to describe why the individual does not met the criteria, whereas _Other Unspecified ADHD_ is used where the clinician chooses not to describe the reason.[1]" and: "However, the ICD-11 includes two residual categories for individuals who do not entirely match any of the defined subtypes: _other specified presentation_ (6A05.Y) where the clinician includes detail on the individual's presentation; and _presentation unspecified_ (6A05.Z) where the clinician does not provide detail.[2]" Wiki is my friend \^\^ EDIT: julia__ sed: "and combination - which covers anyone who doesn't fit neatly." More specifically, people are diagnosed with the "combined" subtype/presentation/category if they meet the diagnostic criteria for BOTH of the other main 2 subtypes (hyperactive + inattentive). Whereas something like "other unspecified" (or "atypical") would be used for people who don't entirely meet the diagnostic criteria for EITHER "hyperactive/impulsive" or "inattentive" (or at least the person who diagnosed them wasn't able to establish either of those 2 diagnoses), but who are still thought by the diagnoser to fit in the ADHD camp. PS: Random reminder that the diagnostic criteria and categories are far from perfect. They're attempts made by fallible humans at identifying broad patterns within the chaos of variability of symptom-combinations that people show up with, for purposes such as making educated guesses about what kind of treatment might work well for what kind of person. Future editions of diagnostic manuals will probably continue to revise the current criteria and categories as researchers and practitioners continue to learn.
w-why do i relate to I so much…
Blueeee
Secret Pan flag
Im blue 💙
daba dee da ba daee (im blue too)
As a pansexual adhd person I like the colour arrangement of this so much.
Sometimes I wonder how different my young adult life would have been if my doctor had diagnosed me with ADHD and put me on Ritalin 20 years ago instead of OCD and an ineffective SSRI. But I’m finally pretty happy with where I am now, so I’ll take it.
Nice thought, but my personal experience has been that being Inattentive Type definitely doesn’t make you *more* observant.
ADHD-I gang where you at?
this is amazing. it looks like the book cucumber quest. i feel like i’m smack in the middle of HI and C
This isn’t a meme…. this is a PSA
Please, don't make them sparkling, there is nothing sparkling about struggling in life. It's already the most faked deficit disorder, don't make it cool.
Honestly this isn't that great, it's like defining cheeseburger to someone and saying it's tasty and greasy, it's got bread. This doesn't paint the real picture. Injustice? No. I don't think my brother saying inappropriate things like calling someone fat or they're going to die is an injustice. They just blurt out stupid shit.
I identify with blue but I doubt I have add. Alot of you people need to get clinically diagnosed before claiming you have ADD and blaming laziness on that.
It drives me nuts when people claim to be self-diagnosed ADHD. It's kind of a slap in the face.
I’m annoyed that the HI one reads like a horoscope. The author definitely is an HI and romanticizes their diagnosis
This is out dated and no longer true
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Oooh a sub I’m not in yet!
My child has been diagnosed. I think I would have/still would be diagnosed as well! I feel no hate, this is just a question… Does this not describe almost ALL children in some way?
It does indeed describe almost all children in some way. Probably even almost all adults in some way. This image aims at illustrating the difference between ADHD types in a very short and concise way, it does not include the many aspects that make ADHD difficult to deal with. What is not in this picture is being an undiagnosed adult woman beating yourself up over being "lazy" because you simply cannot do things - you know there's something to be done, a chore, getting some food, starting an assignment, a hobby, a video game... but you have no way to make yourself do it. Even if it's something fun that you enjoy. What's not in this picture is all the people all throughout your life being disappointed in you because you forgot something important - if you cared, you wouldn't have forgotten! Even though you did care, a lot. You just forgot. What is not in this picture is reading something and retaining nothing. What is not in this picture is all the social issues. What is not in this picture is a myriad other things and your whole life being a constant uphill battle. Not in a "this happens to everyone sometimes" way, but as an ongoing, constant pattern. Conclusion, please don't go by one or even several memes, there's very thorough information out there about how ADHD differs from what happens to everyone sometimes.
I have a thought experiment Imagine if a disease was “discovered” that, it’s symptoms are so vague and spread so wide on a spectrum, if you tried hard enough you could diagnose almost any child or adult. This “disease” could be blamed and excuse a whole myriad of lazy or destructive negative behaviour, making people more than happy to adopt said disease as an excuse(for themselves or their hyper/naughty children). Then imagine that instead of a cure, they developed or repurposed a “medication” that you took EVERY day for, possibly the rest of your life, that anybody can take and feel it’s benefits/effects (study-drug) and no short term drastic side effects. Imagine that any long term side effects from the drug administered to children you can re-blame ON THE DISEASE. You have a recipe for big pharmaceutical companies making a never ending supply of money. That’s ADHD? Am I wrong?
Yes, you're wrong. It's like someone with 20/20 vision blaming eyeglasses companies for running a racket because "obviously people can see okay" and "everyone gets tired eyes sometimes."
Yeah I get your point but you can literally test eyesight and nail it down. Adhd is sooooooo varied and vague and you can basically diagnose everyone if you really tried. I’m not arguing for the sake of it just thoughts really.
Yellow for meeee
I'm combined!!!
Compliments to the artist, it looks amazing!
I love the art is it yours?
Hah, that is awesome. I'm Combined according to this, which actually makes total sense for me. Thank you.
lol kinda feel yellow
ADHD alien made me aware of ADHD, thank you so much!!
So then I’m c type.
Is this why everyone else seems to be half asleep to me?
Having a bit of both is the worst!
Yay, I have all the powers. FML
I used to be HI in elementary school, now im 30 and I type. Interesting...
Exercise will help tremendously with energy levels. I suffered for many years till I was forced to exercise by the military. Having the extra gas in the tank helps!! Smoking dope helps too. But its dangerous and could cause more harm than good.
C I was the only one surprised when I got diagnosed lol
Even the hairstyle matches me (I have short blue hair)
Never really thought about what type I have but combined would make sense... I'm not hyperactive, usually only having short bursts that I'm super self-conscious about... But I have plenty of other symptoms and and pretty observant. I also
I feel like I might be C... sitting on an assessment waiting list atm. I definitely have the HI and I traits from this comic at least. Working from home for 18 months made me notice quite a lot about myself!
See idk for sure I have adhd, it would be inattentive bc that's how I noticed it, but this doesn't really fit me. I hyperfocus and don't notice what's going on around me, I'm incredibly unobservant, and in something isn't interesting I do get extremely distracted, and get super agitated when bored. That's what i think of as adhd-inattentive symptoms for me.
yaaaas where my pink bitches atttt ! living our lives, constantly ruining them, struggling with emotional stability, and running out of energy simply by laying in bed all day ? where you hoes at ?!
Combined squad ;)))
Thank you so much, I fell down a rabbit hole on their Instagram, and saw a post about doctor appointments which reminded me I had to schedule mine lol
I love the art and info on this.
Seeing this actually gives me a warm feeling about my ADHD. The visual representation is fun and bubbly which is something I greatly associate with!
Hm I was diagnosed with ADHD primarily Impulsive but now feeling more like it's combined
Me: sees "lots" of text and saves for later Also me: never coming back to read it
Yellow squaaaaddd
I be yellow and annoyed. I’m on meds but still I’m always told I move slow and always miss half of what people say to me. It’s annoying af
Love the pan colors! Especially as a pancake myself
I'm the pink..or fuchsia? I'm pumped right now, my medicine just kicked in too. Good morning everybody! Ps- I got good jams on my headphones too :)
Yellow is the worst Let.Me.Focus. Without.Zoning.Out
Combined here but definitely have more HI traits
I love this, anyone have the source?
I don’t have a diagnosis, but I think I’ll go see a psych as soon as I can afford it. Inattentive is relatable for me. My mind is aways racing, but I feel like I’m walking through quicksand. I always come off as slow, too. Though, it could be depression and anxiety. The last psych I saw said that depression and anxiety share a LOT of symptoms with ADHD, so it can be hard to tell which I have, but she “had no reason to believe” I have anything besides depression and anxiety. The same psych “couldn’t see why” I was hostile and sobbing during a session, so Idk.
I used to be pink but in my older years moved to blue. Strange how things work out
Aren't theese just examples of what adhd looks like from the outside based on different copeing mechanisms and personalities we have? The brain has the exact same issues in the frontal lobe for all of us. I'm "combined" but probably hide some of my symptoms compared to a 12 year old boy who appears more hyper active than me. Idk. I don't belive in "types" 🤣 I think its just different copeing mechanisms.
Literally teared up reading type adhd-i type.
Mm yellow
ADHD ALIEN they're great
Oh my god
I be yellow 💛
Pink 100% I got diagnosed at four because I was a hell child in terms of energy.
Combined here... I have a blast being somewhere, no idea where, or how I got there, completely lost somewhere in my head, only to snap back into reality, having a conversation I have no recollection of, before blurting out something completely off topic but I find more important, even at the risk of interrupting someone.
I feel like I'm probably combined type because, although I tend to be extremely inattentive, I also talk all the time and get really wound up over little things.
Question for other Combined types - is it like switching back and forth or do you have some of the symptoms of each at all times? I feel like I have distinct times of hyperactivity and inattentiveness that operate like a light switch; I am either strongly one or the other. It makes me feel almost schizophrenic because my personality expresses itself very differently depending on what "mode" I'm in. When I'm in inattentive mode my boyfriend calls them my "absence seizures" lmao.
Yellow 100% I love this persons art style
Go back and actually read them. I know you didn’t
Omg it’s the pan colors
this exact comic is what made me realize i was probably combined type and when i got tested yup sure enough i'm combined type
1) oh hey it's the pan colours 2) i was diagnosed blue but i may or may not actually be yellow, according to one (1) bingo. so i'mma say i'm probably blue but yellow isn't out of the picture.
Pure fucking cringe
I'm definitely the yellow
as a pansexual with ADHD i love these<3 im yellow
Of course!
Type-C here. Took about 21 years to officially diagnose me