I think your note keeping technique is genius. I always forget where I have put stuff and having a tiny list of where I can find things would be so nice to have.

I didn't get what you were taking for sleep, is it possible to get it written out?

Omg, I thought I was the only one when it comes to friendships! I've always felt so hurt by friendship rejection, I even crashed out when an ex of mine didn't want to remain friends after we broke up. I thought I had BPD, but hearing you talk about how strong your emotions are compared to neurotypical people is so relatable and relieving. Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I feel so much less alone now 💓

I have also struggled alot with cycles of hyperfixations on things i find interesting but i mostly related that to ASD, except i dont relate to almost any other symptom of ASD. I do relate to almost every common symptom of Adhd though... I feel like alot of people associate fixations with autism, atleast where im from

Thank you for sharing these. I relate to all of these, and appreciate your personal anecdotes. I’m in my 50s only now finally understanding my whole life, in all these ways and more.

This channel is so underrated, thank you for this channel it helps me a lot 🫶🏻😭

Thank you for sharing this overview! 😊 I'm taking a healthy amount of vitamine D and fish oil as well, might try thr tumeric too. Wish you happyness!

Sydney, thank you for sharing your experiences! At the moment, I’m at a mindfulness retreat dedicated to children, including those with ADHD, and I’m sorry for all the difficult moments you’ve had to face. I hope you can keep posting your videos. 💪🏻

Thank you for posting this. I can relate with every point you presented. I’m trying to get evaluated and this is very helpful to know I’m not alone, but it’s very difficult to get a diagnosis.

That hobby thing can really be a pain. ADHD leads to getting interested in this and that, so you indeed get all sorts of things related to that hobby. Then interest vanes, whether in weeks, months or more... but what I learned over time (being 41 now, diagnosed in 2020) is that it usually comes back eventually; it goes in circles, you could say. So, then, either you keep those things you got - and, depending on the hobby, hope they're not obsolete, like might be the case for tech related hobbies fro example - or you sell/get rid of them, and then end up getting them again when the interest makes a comeback, because the nagging inside your head won't go away otherwise! And whenever I've sold things, I've ended up regretting it just about every single time. Now do all this for those ten hobbies you mentioned, and it's clutter hell, bank account purgatory and a few other things on top. Anxiety whichever route you take, so yay! :P

I'm fifteen and pretty sure I have ADHD. I've taken many tests reccomended from my therapist and have done research for a couple years now, but my parents don't really believe that I do, and they just dismiss it as me not listening or disobeying them on purpose and forgetting things on purpose. It feels so infuriating and frustrating because there's no way I can explain it that they will understand. I'm just glad to know I'm not the only one and that there's nothing wrong with me, and this really helped me identify specific moments in my life where I've gone through these same things as you

Thank you so much, especially for being so honest with your emotions as you explain, it's beautiful and sad and so familiar.

Thank you for sharing, so helpful 😊

Hi!! I came across your channel not too long ago and I was not only drawn by your way of speaking, but also how you put yourself together so adorably! <3 I’ve given up on trying to do a lot makeup wise 😭 it’s too much energy to clean off at the end of the day. Besides that, you were one of the channels I came across when I realized how much I resonated with ADHD. I have yet to get a diagnosis (that and a PCP). But given my experiences and symptoms, it’s difficult to think I wouldn’t have it. Some days are effortless, other days I REALLY have to try and pull through and keep myself in check as to what I need to do and when to do it before I forget. My job has really helped me see these patterns in a lot more detail. But it’s very lovely to just meet and listen to other people like you who share similarities in behaviors that I have! Even if I’m not officially diagnosed, hearing experiences just helps me put what I go through a lot of the time into perspective. So I thank you for sharing your story to help people like myself relate and discover that it really isn’t just me! I hope you had a lovely new years and may 2025 bring the best out of us! <3

So beautiful videos 😊❤

I relate perfectly to this, even as a 60yo Australian male. I was only finally diagnosed last year, so imagine all the 'might-have-beens' I have! Videos like this really help ADHD people get a better grip on our lives sooner. I love what you say about self-compassion. We can experience an incredible deluge of negative messaging (especially in childhood) from parents, teachers, and peers, making conscious self-parenting an essential healing strategy. Finding people with similar neurology and experiences helps too. Life gets better. Great job! BTW one thing I haven't experienced: classes at 7am?! That's borderline abusive for teen brains!

This is like listening to myself speak about my younger self. Pls keep making videos, this video moved me so deeply. I feel so understood when you speak and I seriously wish that I could give you a hug rn 🥹💓

I am 38 and if I can finally convince myself to go through with it will be getting tested for ADHD soon. Thank you for sharing your experience. Much of what you said certainly resonates with me.

look into Citalopram - it essentially got rid of my anxiety almost completely. eased my mind. I refused medication all my life, trying to cope with it ...then when i was 40 it turned into a PTSD..which was much more extreme anxiety. My life has improved vastly .. I've had all these symptoms for years

Regarding #3, do you think you might have dyscalculia? It’s like maths dyslexia, and it’s common in ADHDers as well as ordinary dyslexia. I ask because I have dyscalculia, and your story about making small mistakes in math class and struggling with finding the right answer even though you understand the process sounds 100% like my experience with math class in school as a kid. And I would guess it gets overlooked in women, even ADHDers, because of stereotypes about girls being bad at math. It was a source of tremendous grief in school because I had become a perfectionist to avoid abuse from parents who neither understood nor cared to learn about my condition, and not only was I not prone to making small mistakes in other subjects, I regularly excelled. I’d literally get 90% in English or history and 20% in math, and I just couldn’t explain that gap. No matter how hard I tried, how brutally I punished myself for failure, I just couldn’t seem to develop the “faculty” for math. To this day, I struggle with basic addition. I wasn’t “hungry for the dopamine”. I was, literally, neurologically incapable of doing math, at least without a great deal more time and support. And I was frequently treated as simply stupid or evil (that is, deliberately disobedient, wilful, or difficult) for it.

Thank you Sydney for this video! This really hits home. You explain and describe everything so well. My 12-year old son was diagnosed with ADHD 3 years ago. After that, my husband and I joked about me having ADHD too, until I realized that it wasn’t a joke, but all the symptoms added up! I have not been diagnosed by a doctor, but I know I have this neurodivergence to deal with. I am 51 by the way. I definitely notice the hyperfocus, have been dealing with emotional dysregulation since I was a kid, have being forgetful all my life, and then the brain fog. But the worst, and in my own case more recent, the under-stimulation causing to fall asleep… you guess it, while I am driving. Not if the itinerary keeps me on my toes, but especially on boring freeways! Talking about scary. In your video you mentioned you found a way to mitigate to that. Can you please let me know how you deal with that? Either in a comment, or make a video about it; it would be super helpful to a lot of people I think! Thank you so much!

You seem very relaxed to me... when I have a panic attack I get heart palpitations and my blood pressure spikes through the roof, I can also experience a feeling of unreality (derealization/ dissociation). I think ultimately these emotional experiences are disorders of love (or lack thereof), specifically inner child wounds. Whenever you feel like this just try to love yourself more, try to hug your inner child and don't resist yourself. Resistance is futile with anxiety disorders.

You are great ❤❤❤❤❤ bless you always ❤❤❤❤❤

This WAS a day in the life of ADHD. Other than strapping a go-pro on your head all day and seeing a lot of EVERYTHING, forgetting to film half the day is perfection! So I was just recently diagnosed (I'm old enough that I have a kid in college!), but I knew I had it in college taking education courses. I've done well enough without a diagnosis (getting high honors in my MBA, but I really felt the ADHD hit hard at times... the group work certainly helped...). But I wanted to know what it might be like to not struggle so much to do simple things like have a conversation. I didn't even know how much I was struggling until I got help. The first thing I noticed was I was able to have a conversation without having to rein my mind in constantly. It was like juggling - having a conversation with someone, 10 thoughts bouncing around in my head, me telling myself to concentrate, me telling myself to make eye contact and look engaged, me trying to remember what they just said, me trying to think of something to respond with...) The next thing I noticed surprised me, because I hadn't realized it was a symptom of ADHD until it was controlled - emotional regulation. Sometimes, for no reason at all, things will really bother me for no reason. For example, not being stressed or in a time crunch, but having a hard time finding the perfect spot in the extra parking lot I usually don't even park in... I also noticed how peaceful my mind felt - having one thought at a time. It still gets crazy in there sometimes, but I'm able to tell my mind to chill and it does. One weird quirk about me (it's apparently my enneagram type!) is I take a long time telling a story (within reason, when appropriate). Maybe it's ADHD, but I feel like it's a part of me that I wouldn't want to see disappear. I still do that (when I let myself!) and I'm cool with that. I absolutely love writing down my random thoughts/ reminders as I'm working so I don't have to worry about remembering it, and then continuing on my work. It's gotten so much better. I use Trello at work and my reminders list at home and elsewhere.

I’m pleased that you’re on the self compassion route. I’m 64 ; 2 of my adult children have ADHD diagnosis. 3 Christmas’s ago they suggested that I am also ADHD. That answered a lot of my questions and concerns. I keep trying to start my own KZbin channel…procrastination, brain fog, etc overwhelm…congratulations to you on Doing it! X

I totally relate with the hobbies! and the books in grade school…. and rejection sensitivity….omg and checking my math / dopamine … object permanence. The last one is so big. I finally convinced my husband that the treadmill goes upstairs not in the basement. I see it and it gets used!

Hi everyone, maybe it's silly but I'd like to have some tips by people who are viewing and have similar experiences. I recently asked for an ADHD diagnosis. It's been years that I feel that I have a lot of symptoms, but always found ways to tackle them or "reduce" them, mostly at the cost of what was my "normal" life (I have a Nokia that can fit in every pocket I have because I lost/broke a lot of smartphones and can't keep one safe; I have a lot of blockers for distractions, but I can't focus either; when I have an appointment I plan to arrive there 30 minutes before it, and always get there 5 minutes before it; when I sit I do it in strange positions so when I feel the urge to move I can just switch in another strange position). However when I have a lot of things going on and some stress (luckily not often), everything goes to hell and I can't do anything: I miss every lesson, appointment, ecc., so I felt I had to ask for some help / a diagnosis. The diagnosis consisted of 3 meetings with the psychologist and some tests. However most of the tests consisted of questions about hyperactive behaviors, and not inattentive ones, so I didn't have very high scores because (I think) I'm most inattentive. I didn't have big scores also because I "learnt" how to reduce some cons (see what I wrote up), but explained everything to the psychologist. At the end of the 3 meetings she told me that I'm autistic but not ADHD, and that I'm just anxious and I only need to fix this. However, in my life I never had anxiety problems, and I never related to my friends that actually are diagnosed with anxiety when they told me what their symptoms were and how were their thoughts/ordinary life (but I've always related to ADHD people and friends). What do you think I should do? I'd like to search for another psychologist and get tested again, but feel that maybe I'm just not ADHD and I'll get my money wasted, but I'm too tired to not live by my potential because I can't focus / work like I'd like to, so I can't continue with this (literally, I'm so drained that I don't know how to continue). Hope that someone in a similar situation can help me :)

Hello Sydney, thank you so much for sharing your insights and experiences, and so eloquently. It sounds like you have faced many challenges with your ADHD (and related anxiety) symptoms, yet managed to emerge with excellent wisdom and insight, while still so young. Super well done! I heartily agree that self-compassion is key... accepting and celebrating our beautiful, neurodivergent selves helps our lives be so much better! I am almost 51 and have also been diagnosed with ADHD only 2 years ago. Have always had anxiety too, and found relationships and friendships challenging, in part because I feel rejection so acutely (whether real or imagined).I am learning at this ripe old age that the more I can accept and love myself, the more rleaxed and natural I feel around others, the better my relationships are friendships become. And just a little thought about losing things... I have made a conscious decision to always put certain things back in the same place, even if I don't feel like it. The bottom white wall-shelf is for my sunglasses and my keys. My bag goes on the hook behind the door. My phone lives on a particular shelf, where the charger is. Taking these little choices out of every day life makes things easier. Anyhow, you are a beautiful young woman, inside and out, and have every reason to feel confident in yourself. Thanks gain for sharing!

Greetings from Utah! Helpful video. Thank you.

I finally ended a 23-year marriage where I suffered a lot of narcissistic, emotional & psychological abuse. My divorce was finalized in September 2024 after 2 1/2 long years. I was recently diagnosed with a list of medical & mental issues, including but not limited to CPTSD, anxiety, ADHD, OCD & BPD just to list a few. I might be starting my life over at the age of 49, but at least I'm able to start my life over and finally have some peace & happiness in my life. It's very hard to come to terms with being diagnosed so late in life but also thinking how different my life would have been if I had been diagnosed early on.

Sydney thank you for your soft spoken, yet powerful articulation of your ADHD symptoms, struggles, and hacks to overcome. What you said most notably, having ADHD myself for 67 years, is to have compassion and forgiveness for oneself. That being me, I’ve always fluctuated with the consequences of my ADHD between having reasons and offering excuses for my shortcomings. I refer to my ADD as having “ a little bit greater of this, and somewhat less of that.“ All reasons and excuses aside. I think I’ll embrace some self compassion, and forgiveness in the meantime. Thank you and “power on” Sydney!

Sweetie, give yourself grace!! Allow yourself grace. I’m learning to do that, myself. I have to get my diagnosis, but I am very sure that I have AuDHD. I’ve always known I was different, but I definitely relate to a lot of those things! God bless your journey!

Your first story reminded me of the times I would stay home from school to just read our ASSIGNED READING (The Outsiders and lord if the Flies really got me good) all day at home and binge on red licorice. I would go into a rage in high school math class. It made me so angry that my brain just did not work, no matter what I told it to do. This was a lovely video, thank you, made me cry in a good cleansing way.

That feel on clothes shrinking. I don't use the dryer, ever, because I feel gross when I wear the clothes that feel so tight after a dryer cycle. 😢

When you’re driving, concentrating on the road and conditions is the best hyper focus !

Thank you ❤

Girl I can see you fighting back the tears and emotion you feel while talking about this and it's absolutely so relateable. I was just diagnosed in my senior year of college and it's been a couple months now. Wishong you so much love and support - we have super similar symptoms and it's hard but it's not something to be ashamed about❤ you've gotten so far to be here and im proud of us! i can tell you've done a ton of research and insight - much love!

Your voice is so calm and gentle. I literally stopped everything just to listen to your stories. Video Suggestion & My Query: May I ask what are the supplements you're taking that helps with your ADHD and Anxiety? Thank you for your videos. It's helpful and really validating for me!!

57, diagnosed a year ago. You are amazing! Love what you said and love you showing up.

Hi Sydney, thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us 🙏🏻. I’m a young mindfulness therapist, and I share your desire to build a community and support people with ADHD. I’m creating a channel with videos to help ADHDers meditate. Starting Monday, I’ll launch a 30-day mindfulness program specifically designed for ADHD. Would you mind sharing some advice and collaborating to grow our community together?

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Here with you ❤❤

Thanks for creating a community here keep the videos coming your awesome ❤❤l

U beem reflecting and meditating doing nothing feels great for the adhd brains ❤😂❤

U definitely need to check mendi out Sydney pls it is a life changer see how it is if you have any questions about it im more than happy yo help ❤

Wonderful to see you so happy God bless you ❤❤❤ pls update us what you been up to xx

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In 2024 I moved three times and was a year of change for me. Work/school related. I also lost a lot literally like things I loved and spent money on but I either lost it or donated it. I travel a lot too and love the experience of traveling but not the part where I’m unorganized and out of a routine, it feels like I am spiraling and out of control. But I have learned that having some way out followed with self care is literally the best thing I can do to ease my mind and feel better. Today for an example, I hated I was living out of a suitcase so I came up with a solution to organize my clothes. Which stimulated my brain and then I had a relaxing bath after and I felt so much better. I gave myself a small task to help the problem followed by something beneficial to ease the overwhelm.

So relatable and need more adhd women content! I loved that you encouraged self compassion and forgiveness.

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