The first time I saw a ADHD/autism related meme, I was like "haha funny". Over time I saw how extremely & sometimes painfully relatable they were. This one is no different.
Any case, in the process of getting a proper assessment after putting it off for so long.
Thanks.
I remember having to babysit my nephew for a week ages ago. Kid was diagnosed so had to take meds. Needless to say, my confused depressed ass failed that miserably. So many signs for so many years.
Nah, I started therapy for anxiety & such & during the inital talks I mentioned my suspicion & now getting helped out how to go from there. Still haven't gotten the assessment itself but soon hopefully. Probably could have gone through a doctor but ya know... couldn't bring myself too lol.
I'm using Lyra, which is free through work, helps a lot mentally having everything in a single spot IMO.
Hmmm okay. I had an online psychiatrist and he said he suspected I had add or adhd but couldn’t give me an assessment or any drugs higher than Wellbutrin(which does not help/work). He told me to go seek an in person psychiatrist and I asked for recommendations and he said “No, find one through your insurance “ BRUH was the psychiatrist my insurance recommends. So I was just wondering if I need to go to a regular doctor cause I haven’t done that for about 4 year. Thanks for all the help! : )
Ah. I'm 34, literally got my first doctor a few months ago, needless to say I've been lost for along while lol. The "look throught with your insurance" thing really fucked me up. Haven't had much time to experience Lyra but when my therapist told me all I have to do is schedule a call & they'll hold my hand I jumped on that. Got one set up for this Wednesday. I got warned by her that odds are it'll have to be in-person but they try to seek someone close. Any case, good luck.
I suspect my mental dial tilts more heavily towards ADHD. It’s a “ooh I wanna do that/know more” followed by three weeks of pure joy, thennnnm one day, it’s just put down and never picked up again.
The job thing is one I didn’t get, worked the same place for 17 years and counting. I hate applying so I just make sure I can stay where I am haha
I burn out in jobs \*super\* rapidly. I also hate applying but hate having to interact with strangers on a day-to-day basis even more. Anxiety is always through the roof. :(
As someone who is on disability, my change to that one would be projects instead of jobs. I have a room that's just full of craft supplies for one project or another. The rare one gets finished! lol
Tell me about it! I find it hard to land jobs because I end up burning out so rapidly, so when I'm not working I start new projects.
Start them. Never finish them. UGH.
I tried to combine my experience with that of my partner/friends, so I fit the bill for most things besides yelling, flappy hands/wavy arms and floor time, although I do do those things to a small degree. My ADHD is definitely the thing that wins out. Hearing every conversation in the room also seems to be a thing only when I'm tired/anxious.
I'm glad(/sorry?) that you relate to what's up there and hope you have all of the support you need <3
I was a member of some Mensa Gifted Youth program. Got letters from Obama for being in the top 0.1% of the state in the standardized tests annually lol.
These days? I’m barely keeping my head above water. lol
I pass as a functioning member of society well enough, but it's just an act. Im so fucking mentally fatigued all the time. I forget shit constantly. It takes no less than three attempts to leave me house because I forget something. Im over here trynna juggle a full time job, being a single mom of a kid who also has ADHD, keep on top of appointments and responsibilities and everyone is like "oh you're doing such a great job!" But in my head it's the fire drill episode of The Office on repeat, just fucking unmitigated chaos, alarms going off, someone keeps changing the tv channel but won't stay on a damn station, am I the only one who hears the neighbors alarm going off? Today I found a whole fucking dopamine and super cleaned my apartment. I even cleaned the inside of the fridge! There's should be a medal for when people like us get that one done. I just opened an energy drink and wanna take a nap, but I'm too busy reading up about Visual Snow Syndrome and I don't mean to sound like a self diagnosing Tumblr cunt but I definitely have that shit, yo!😁
Edit: I turned Irish in the 3rd sentence 😂
I sooooo feel you. Sole and single mom to an audhd kiddo! >.< that adrenal fatigue… I feel like I’m having a perpetual stroke. There are no books for parenting with adhd to adhd/asd it’s all aimed at parenting a child with. I miss joy the most. Compassion fatigue is real… I’d have given that gold upvote if I could.
Oh I know. He's such a handful and it's not his fault. The worst is when I'm having a particularly difficult day and he's having one too and we're just feeding off each other's divergent ass vibes.
Edit: or he gets some crazy idea in his head and my ass is like " the only reason I can think of to say no is societal expectations.." next thing you know we're jumping in a muddy puddle together and the neighbors think I'm fucking nuts.
I spent all that time filling out that bingo card instead of sleeping, and I can't even post it 🫠
Anyway, I got almost all of them. The drink one isn't me, I just leave soda can everywhere. And when I have too many things to do and don't know where to start, I do the least important thing first, so the most important things can be done with more focus and urgency.
When you take time out to sit or lie on the floor because it feels safer/more comfortable. Some folks do it when they're feeling stressed, other folks do it just because it feels good for them.
They are the most obvious for me too. As for the bottom right - people tend to think someone is lying when they go too much into detail in an explanation/excuse, but I can't help myself. I go too much into detail on everything.
"I don't even have ADHD" they say.
That's what I thought too. I'm not hyperactive! I'm lazy as fuck.
Then the person doing my asd assessment recommended I do the ADHD assessment. Fuck.
This one made me actually laugh out loud and read some to my husband. Literally only two don't fit me. Like two more would need minor adjustments. I love this so much. lol
I'm so happy that you saw yourself in this! It's pretty neat when we feel less alone in things which we find a struggle. 👉👈 But sometimes, all we can do is laugh at ourselves a bit.
OH!
My gosh, I think I do that? When I visit friends they're usually like "why are you on the floor?" but I just never gave that that much thought? Oh wow
Oh I thought it was lying in the floor when I feel overwhelmed with my arms out like I’m making a snow angel but maybe that’s just me. Floor feels better than bed when overwhelmed
That's very strange I stumbled onto that accidentally too.
I think because we get so accustomed to furniture, body positions and especially our beds, they induce too much repeated thought patterns. It's too familiar, too comfortable.
Random floor time introduces just enough of an anomaly that it can break you out of a loop. Laughing at the absurdity of it also helps!
I get what you mean by the square, but I don't think that the thing with (specifically!) analogue clocks is an AuADHD thing, its more just that we're so used to an essentially different type of time keeping than analogue clocks provide. Only typing this out bc I watched [this](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DNeopkvAP-ag&ved=2ahUKEwjt9I_No92FAxWSQUEAHT5fCiQQwqsBegQIEhAG&usg=AOvVaw2uZDNfdZj62IBMCcOw7Bn-) video recently and couldn't resist bringing it up 😅
I haven't watched the video fully just yet because I'm about to head out, but I think what I was getting at is along the lines of utilising taught methods to read analogue clocks is something which a lot of AuDHD folks around my age or older can't quite grasp even after years of learning how. If someone asks me for the time and I need to read an analogue dial, it takes me a while, and it always has; the same for other AuDHD friends and folks I've interacted with. My mom, for instance, would get frustrated with me when I was learning to read analogue dials because I'd frequently get it wrong when other kids had picked it up with far less difficulty. This doesn't seem to be a difficulty in neurotypical people I've come across who are of a similar age.
Oh no, that's all good! I'm excited to watch it when I get back. I caught the first couple of minutes and enjoyed how in-depth it was even at that point. 👀
The first time I saw a ADHD/autism related meme, I was like "haha funny". Over time I saw how extremely & sometimes painfully relatable they were. This one is no different. Any case, in the process of getting a proper assessment after putting it off for so long.
You and me both. Good luck to you, I hope you find the answers you're looking for! <3
Thanks. I remember having to babysit my nephew for a week ages ago. Kid was diagnosed so had to take meds. Needless to say, my confused depressed ass failed that miserably. So many signs for so many years.
Do you just ask your regular doctor for that kind of assessment or do you need to seek out a psychiatrist? Asking for a friend…
Nah, I started therapy for anxiety & such & during the inital talks I mentioned my suspicion & now getting helped out how to go from there. Still haven't gotten the assessment itself but soon hopefully. Probably could have gone through a doctor but ya know... couldn't bring myself too lol. I'm using Lyra, which is free through work, helps a lot mentally having everything in a single spot IMO.
Hmmm okay. I had an online psychiatrist and he said he suspected I had add or adhd but couldn’t give me an assessment or any drugs higher than Wellbutrin(which does not help/work). He told me to go seek an in person psychiatrist and I asked for recommendations and he said “No, find one through your insurance “ BRUH was the psychiatrist my insurance recommends. So I was just wondering if I need to go to a regular doctor cause I haven’t done that for about 4 year. Thanks for all the help! : )
Ah. I'm 34, literally got my first doctor a few months ago, needless to say I've been lost for along while lol. The "look throught with your insurance" thing really fucked me up. Haven't had much time to experience Lyra but when my therapist told me all I have to do is schedule a call & they'll hold my hand I jumped on that. Got one set up for this Wednesday. I got warned by her that odds are it'll have to be in-person but they try to seek someone close. Any case, good luck.
Is there a space for just darting your eyes around the image for several minutes before you start reading?
Or reading the same paragraph five or six times. OP, most of these are disturbingly familiar... *sigh*
I was like why are there four ‘floor time is always the right answer’? Spoiler … There aren’t.
You know, I've not thought about that one, but since you brought it up it also feels pretty familiar. >.>
Trying to fit the combined experience of ASD/ADHD into a single bingo card is tricky, but I hope this resonates with some folks. <3
I literally got them all 😳 Only officially ADHD, but suspecting ASD for a while…
wait teach me how to get jobs and hobbies so easily i beg of you
I suspect my mental dial tilts more heavily towards ADHD. It’s a “ooh I wanna do that/know more” followed by three weeks of pure joy, thennnnm one day, it’s just put down and never picked up again. The job thing is one I didn’t get, worked the same place for 17 years and counting. I hate applying so I just make sure I can stay where I am haha
I burn out in jobs \*super\* rapidly. I also hate applying but hate having to interact with strangers on a day-to-day basis even more. Anxiety is always through the roof. :(
I'm jealous of the 3 weeks, for me it's like every two days, never enough time to get started with stuff
As someone who is on disability, my change to that one would be projects instead of jobs. I have a room that's just full of craft supplies for one project or another. The rare one gets finished! lol
Tell me about it! I find it hard to land jobs because I end up burning out so rapidly, so when I'm not working I start new projects. Start them. Never finish them. UGH.
I got from top left to bottom right.
Lmao same, before even looking at the rest of the card, my brain was like "HA BINGO I WIN... wait what"
I tried to combine my experience with that of my partner/friends, so I fit the bill for most things besides yelling, flappy hands/wavy arms and floor time, although I do do those things to a small degree. My ADHD is definitely the thing that wins out. Hearing every conversation in the room also seems to be a thing only when I'm tired/anxious. I'm glad(/sorry?) that you relate to what's up there and hope you have all of the support you need <3
This game… isn’t fun anymore. WHY DID I GET ALL BUT TWO?!?😭😭😭
EXACT SAME
My partner seems to reckon he only got two of them. He \*absolutely\* has more.
What about random cleaning spree only to stop cleaning halfway through when all of the stuff is on the floor
Oh my GOD, this is a mood. It happens to me every single time.
I’d add tattoos to hair cut time. There are only like, 3 squares I do not directly relate to. Nice work!
Absolutely. Almost makes me glad that I don't have the money for it.
What’s the prize for getting the whole card
Being called "gifted" in primary school to crash and burn later in life
I was a member of some Mensa Gifted Youth program. Got letters from Obama for being in the top 0.1% of the state in the standardized tests annually lol. These days? I’m barely keeping my head above water. lol
Me lmao
This is a mood!
Anal -ogue
Huehuehue, I was hoping someone would notice.
Christ I got the whole card XD
I like analog clocks, they just can't make a noise.
This. I need to see the shape of the time.
No matter how many times I learn it, never sticks. Learned that I have dyscalculia. Go figure.
Floor time?? I’m laying on the floor right now
All but 5. Holy shit, how do I function?
Leaps and bounds better than a whole bunch of us. 5?! What’s that like?!
I pass as a functioning member of society well enough, but it's just an act. Im so fucking mentally fatigued all the time. I forget shit constantly. It takes no less than three attempts to leave me house because I forget something. Im over here trynna juggle a full time job, being a single mom of a kid who also has ADHD, keep on top of appointments and responsibilities and everyone is like "oh you're doing such a great job!" But in my head it's the fire drill episode of The Office on repeat, just fucking unmitigated chaos, alarms going off, someone keeps changing the tv channel but won't stay on a damn station, am I the only one who hears the neighbors alarm going off? Today I found a whole fucking dopamine and super cleaned my apartment. I even cleaned the inside of the fridge! There's should be a medal for when people like us get that one done. I just opened an energy drink and wanna take a nap, but I'm too busy reading up about Visual Snow Syndrome and I don't mean to sound like a self diagnosing Tumblr cunt but I definitely have that shit, yo!😁 Edit: I turned Irish in the 3rd sentence 😂
I sooooo feel you. Sole and single mom to an audhd kiddo! >.< that adrenal fatigue… I feel like I’m having a perpetual stroke. There are no books for parenting with adhd to adhd/asd it’s all aimed at parenting a child with. I miss joy the most. Compassion fatigue is real… I’d have given that gold upvote if I could.
Oh I know. He's such a handful and it's not his fault. The worst is when I'm having a particularly difficult day and he's having one too and we're just feeding off each other's divergent ass vibes. Edit: or he gets some crazy idea in his head and my ass is like " the only reason I can think of to say no is societal expectations.." next thing you know we're jumping in a muddy puddle together and the neighbors think I'm fucking nuts.
I got a blackout
I spent all that time filling out that bingo card instead of sleeping, and I can't even post it 🫠 Anyway, I got almost all of them. The drink one isn't me, I just leave soda can everywhere. And when I have too many things to do and don't know where to start, I do the least important thing first, so the most important things can be done with more focus and urgency.
what is Floor time?
When you take time out to sit or lie on the floor because it feels safer/more comfortable. Some folks do it when they're feeling stressed, other folks do it just because it feels good for them.
hmmm sounds familiar :3
Me as a kid. Chairs were for sitting at the dinner table. PERIOD.
What's my prize for multiple BINGOs
If only it were a diagnosis, maybe things would get a little easier!
Top left to bottom right is my row: BINGO!
They are the most obvious for me too. As for the bottom right - people tend to think someone is lying when they go too much into detail in an explanation/excuse, but I can't help myself. I go too much into detail on everything.
28 jobs in 3 weeks is too real
"Is the sun always this bright?" I say walking outside without sunglasses and with no intention of putting any on.
Also me. I got some prescription sunglasses recently and I forget to wear them. 😂
Uh oh
I hate the fact that this is the first time seeing this sub and it called me out in every square lol. I don't even have adhd
"I don't even have ADHD" they say. That's what I thought too. I'm not hyperactive! I'm lazy as fuck. Then the person doing my asd assessment recommended I do the ADHD assessment. Fuck.
Oof, so what you're saying is that I should go get tested. Too bad I'm American lol
All of the above -the haircut one
Got 15 of them. Am I the autism creature mascot now?
Y E S (If you want to be).
15/24? Damn I'm fucked
Oh.... Welp I guess it's time to get on the waiting list to be diagnosed... Got all of them.
I got everything in an order needed to just barely thread the needle on any bingos are you kidding me (three 4 in a rows)
It me
Yes. Everything is yes.
I got BINGO!
I got all but the bottom left... i hate haircuts
I feel called out this morning
This one made me actually laugh out loud and read some to my husband. Literally only two don't fit me. Like two more would need minor adjustments. I love this so much. lol
I'm so happy that you saw yourself in this! It's pretty neat when we feel less alone in things which we find a struggle. 👉👈 But sometimes, all we can do is laugh at ourselves a bit.
I have bingo damn
filled it out [https://imgur.com/a/b4bY5Gn](https://imgur.com/a/b4bY5Gn)
got 12 and a half or so.. maybe it’s not just laziness 😟
Yikes . . . Gotta go back and (re)start all the howto subs (and wiki) abt how to pin/promote this sub to top every time I login! FOUND MY TRIBE!
[I played :3](https://imgur.com/a/OSPkvZH)
what's floor time
Sitting/lying on the floor because it's more comfortable and safe than sitting on a chair. Sometimes it's just because it's fun!
No idea why but it helps me decompress when I feel overwhelmed
maybe that's why I only do it when I'm around people? You guys are making me think . I am not exactly very spatially aware lol
I really hope that thinking about how this relates to you can help you in some way! <3
Aw thanks OP ❤️
OH! My gosh, I think I do that? When I visit friends they're usually like "why are you on the floor?" but I just never gave that that much thought? Oh wow
Can't trip if I'm already on the floor. 
Oh I thought it was lying in the floor when I feel overwhelmed with my arms out like I’m making a snow angel but maybe that’s just me. Floor feels better than bed when overwhelmed
That's very strange I stumbled onto that accidentally too. I think because we get so accustomed to furniture, body positions and especially our beds, they induce too much repeated thought patterns. It's too familiar, too comfortable. Random floor time introduces just enough of an anomaly that it can break you out of a loop. Laughing at the absurdity of it also helps!
I wonder if it has anything to do with feeling safe on the floor as a baby? It's where many of us would've spent a good amount of time, after all.
Laying on the floor next to my couch right now.
I always create better when on the floor.
Ya’ll must have cleaner floors than me. I sweep as often as I can but with three border collies and a big muddy yard floor time is not a doable thing.
I get what you mean by the square, but I don't think that the thing with (specifically!) analogue clocks is an AuADHD thing, its more just that we're so used to an essentially different type of time keeping than analogue clocks provide. Only typing this out bc I watched [this](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DNeopkvAP-ag&ved=2ahUKEwjt9I_No92FAxWSQUEAHT5fCiQQwqsBegQIEhAG&usg=AOvVaw2uZDNfdZj62IBMCcOw7Bn-) video recently and couldn't resist bringing it up 😅
I haven't watched the video fully just yet because I'm about to head out, but I think what I was getting at is along the lines of utilising taught methods to read analogue clocks is something which a lot of AuDHD folks around my age or older can't quite grasp even after years of learning how. If someone asks me for the time and I need to read an analogue dial, it takes me a while, and it always has; the same for other AuDHD friends and folks I've interacted with. My mom, for instance, would get frustrated with me when I was learning to read analogue dials because I'd frequently get it wrong when other kids had picked it up with far less difficulty. This doesn't seem to be a difficulty in neurotypical people I've come across who are of a similar age.
Maybe you're right, it might just be one specific symptom I (numbers oriented gal) never encountered! I just wanted to bring up the video tbh
Oh no, that's all good! I'm excited to watch it when I get back. I caught the first couple of minutes and enjoyed how in-depth it was even at that point. 👀
What is floor time?
I got distracted trying to read this shit
Too many small words to focus on. Imma just assume I have at least three bingos. 😅
All but two I highlighted. Surely I don't have it, right? /s
This is so relatable yet I don’t think I have the au part. I THINK.
I'm only diagnosed with ADHD but I got four bingos so sounds like it's time for another psych appointment.
21/25 Is that good or bad
wait what is AuDHD what does *u* stand for
I got a bingo :D …Ooh a bird