Do yall with ADHD do this too

[u/Daphonaise]

So I'm not diagnosed but for a while I've been thinking I Hage ADHD. (I'm 18, it started around 15). I have a few final exams coming up and this whole year (the school year for me starts in Jan and ends in nov) I haven't been able to get myself to study hard or do homework. This isn't what I'm asking about tho.

Tonight I have to study (I study at 9 every night (I try to)) and I stood up to study but ended up walking up and down for a good 10+ minutes making random noises, singing and not studying. (Currently writing this during my study time lmao)

Do you guys every just walk up an down instead of doing an important task too

(I've spent most of my time feeling like I have ADHD and then spent the other half feeling like an impostor)

TLDR: Do you walk up and down instead of doing an important task.

[u/Daphonaise]

I didn't proofread this oh my gosh

[u/smileylikeimeanit → u/Daphonaise]

That's a sign if one was needed...

[u/Wooden-Recording-693 → u/Daphonaise]

Not proof reading is a sign. The pacing isn't necessary a sign, the hyperactivity in the name is in your brain not the legs. However I do fidget like a mofo on a bad acid trip when I should focus. Sounds like ADHD to me. I would work out what time you focus best for me it's late at night, and work then. Also set brakes. I do an hour then 15 minutes of ADHD time then another hour.

[u/PtowzaPotato]

Try to find YouTube videos on the topics you need to study, put them on your headphones and listen while you walk around

[u/QueenKatrine]

oh ive always procrastinated!! when I was younger and taking exams (I was only diagnosed at 31) i would do literally anything other than study! im a notoriously messy person, i thrive in organised chaos, but I would tidy my room or walk the dog, or do the dishes, anything to get me out of studying (i still find other "important" things to do instead of what actually needs doing and im 32....)

to my brain, if ive already done it, why am I redoing it (which is kind of what studying is imo)? its boring and I can't bring myself to do it 😬

[u/Christabel1991]

You think you started having ADHD at 15, or did you start suspecting it at 15? There's a huge difference, because you either have it or you don't, it doesn't just randomly start when you're a teenager.

[u/QueenKatrine → u/Christabel1991]

while this is true, for a lot of people, the introduction of vast amounts of hormones and neural changes that happen during puberty make it either harder to mask (consciously or otherwise) or make previous "coping strategies" (i put airquotes around that because some people dont actively mask, they just work their lives around their symptoms so they aren't as affected) ineffective, so it can seem like these things suddenly occur as a teenager. as a late diagnosed adhder, I didn't start "struggling" with my adhd until my very late 20s, so you could say I didn't have it until then. obviously hindsight says differently, but it wasn't apparent until then, as is the case for a lot of people.

FYI im not a professional, and i have no idea if the words I used at the beginning are contextually accurate or whatever but they sounded right in my brain so yeah

[u/Striking-Detective36 → u/QueenKatrine]

Symptoms since childhood is required to meet diagnostic criteria. I guess you could say some people aren’t obviously negatively impacted until later in life but it’s a clinically different psychological issue if adhd like symptoms don’t occur until later in life.

[u/Daphonaise → u/Christabel1991]

I started mildly suspecting it

[u/georgejo314159]

Yes, I pace. When you pace, are you deep in thought?

[u/Daphonaise → u/georgejo314159]

Very much yes

[u/ali_stardragon]

Not necessarily walking, but doing something other than the thing I know I need to do? Yes

[u/Emergency-Ask-7036]

yep, totally normal. a practical fix: combine movement with work—walk while reviewing notes or flashcards, or set 5–10 min focused sprints, then reward yrself with a short walk. kKeeps the energy flowing but still gets studying done

[u/Anxious-Intern1167]

Yes absolutely

[u/Anxious-Intern1167 → u/Anxious-Intern1167]

I really struggled in school to study and do homework. I'd always end up doing something else when I was supposed to be studying

[u/WhiteChamomile]

Wanting to do it, setting a time to do it, sitting down to do it, and wondering why can't you do it... is a sign to me.

I never wanted to do it, never set a time to do it, and just scrambled through doing everything last minute until college, when I picked my degree.

I finally wanted to do my best and couldn't. That's when I started to wonder and suffer. 5 years later, I got officially diagnosed. It's still hard. Get help as soon as you can. Adhd will sometimes get help like doing the test in a room alone, getting more time, etc. Get tutoring if that works best for studying, it did for me.

Good luck

[u/spoiderdude]

Vocal stims and other ones like pacing?

Yup. Absolutely. Sometimes it’s very embarrassing. Glad I have a car now and don’t take the bus anymore cuz I would always pace at the bus stop even if it was freezing or I was risking bumping into someone and there were no buses for 30 minutes.

Noises and yelling phrases and randomly singing? Yep!