in this video we're covering five Asperger's and ADHD symptoms that kind
of overlap coming right up
hey I'm down I've got Asperger's ADHD OCD I'm dyslexia I make videos every
single week on this type of stuff so consider
subscribing to see more of this type of content okay so where we covering is
symptoms that you may not realize that are actually inherent in both asperger's
syndrome and ADHD and how they kind of overlap hey guys what's going on we're
actually in the YouTube space here in London today because I'm actually
hosting an event I hope you've had a really good Thanksgiving I'm here with
Alex from the Alex Watts blog channel along with your hair I hope you guys
didn't get to kind of like into the Thanksgiving thing you know you still
fat you can't move because I know that's what I do at Christmas time and stuff so
I know that if I had an endless supply of yummy foods I'd never go off the
couch anyway go through that way this is Alex Alex's ADHD is a longtime friend of
mine how long we been friends are 10 years coming up ten years so what we're
gonna do today is me and Alex are gonna talk about how our kind of different
symptoms overlap because it's kind of cool also alex has a challenge to
totally check it out the link is in the description below
give them some love super just starting out I'm just gonna be really cool okay
let's get on with the video okay so they're getting everybody I read out a
comment from you guys so alex is gonna read out the comment just because why
not this one's from XCON Surfy thank you for
this video you're an absolutely here for our community much love and good luck
however your feet have lost your shirt and your profile thank you so much for
that and if you guys want me to read out your comment make sure you hit that Bell icon
desktop and mobile because I'll be picking from the first 30 commenters in every
video to read out one of those comments okay guys literally on with the video
okay 5 Asperger's and ADHD crossover or overlaps of these type of symptoms we'll
go through them list by list save the best to last you know I'm saying so the
first one is hyperactivity so for me hyperactivity and Asperger syndrome is
like a I'm always super like hyperactive and if I have caffeine or sweet or anything
like that I just get 10 times more hyperactive how is this for somebody with
the ADHD for me it doesn't even require the coffee or anything I am just
naturally running at maximum Maximum Overdrive so it's a it's a weird one to
do so like I I do stand-up comedy now a lot of
comedians can just stand on stage like this but I have a pedometer a Fitbit
that I wear on my wrist and I paced up and down the stage three miles once like
minded like the most the most I've done in a night whereas comparing the whole
show was 11 oh my god and down the stage and around
the venue I did 11 miles cuz I can't sit still so if I'm not on stage I'm not by
this side of it watching um I have to move does this beg the question of does
it actually tire you out because I know that like hyperactivity of me kind of tier's me
out I know I get kind of I get like super dip so when I got I do too much
and it will dip I'm like I've never found myself going on I've walked
too far but no but I mean it has that kind of the best be like a break like my
body gets tired like I can get do a whole day out doing stuff and I'll come home
I'm gonna be like are my legs ache but then my brain is just like hey yeah
how much did home alone to me like the interesting thing would be what triggers
more hyperactivity you know I mean it's like what would you say it'd be like one
or two triggers that would make it kind of worse and it is know what I don't
think it's a bad thing so don't mean it worse but triggers for my hyperactivity
are things I enjoy so yeah so be excited about it yeah like every day is
Christmas if you put the things you I like in front of me yeah so the next one
we have number two here is no conversation boundaries now this is
quite an interesting one I don't know that like from me a lot of people
because it's like in Asperger syndrome it's social kind of ruling social
conventions and those unheard boundaries so I don't know when I'm saying the
wrong thing and I don't know when I should stop talking sometimes or
when people, I think sh*t have I said the wrong thing but I don't know I don't know if I'm
talking. So that's how it is experience from an Asperger point of view
so how do you explain you this is again doing stand-up comedy I don't have a
filter like I don't know no comedy should have a filter anyway but it's
that's why it's a perfect job for you conversationally I'm also the same like
I try and inject humor into situations that didn't require it so I work on a
bar and we had someone join our team and I said hey you look like you own cats
because they look like the lady who throws cats on The Simpsons
oh yeah you should wearing a dress ever like you
look like you own cats and in my brain that was hilarious
I'm sure all you guys can relate this because like I've had loads experiences
where I say things and people like can't believe you're so rude I'm thinking what
just what what's going on like you can't talk to people but, another guy that I work with has
like a haircut were it's like half of it up here they shave the other side on and I
was like hey when you're gonna go have your hair cut finished and he took offence to that.
three or the overlap number three would be fidgeting fidgeting fidgeting I'm
fidgeting right now so with Asperger syndrome I guess it's more of a stimming
it's called stimming in Asperger's Syndrome, where you fidget with things with your hands
or you'll have a fidget spinner and it's kind of like a self soothing
thing to calm you down when you're maybe agitated or like excited or you're kind
of nervous or something so that's from again Asperger point view so how
would you describe it from a ADHD, not gonna' lie, I zoned out lol. zoning out isn't on the list but it's a bonus for you.
fidgeting it comes down to I don't really I don't realize myself fitting as
much because I'm always doing something I don't necessarily count it's finishing
like some pee I build Lego and to some people that's fidgeting but like when
I'm I don't I don't sit still long enough for my hands to be like we need
to be doing something no but is it one of those things where like you've got so
much kind of energy you kind of get it out anywhere you can so fidgeting is
another way of kind of expressing energy or doing something because you're always
wanting to be like.. I do this like mid conversation I'll start doing this
we could make a jam out of this thing I do like if I'm trying to think
of a something in a conversation so I don't like there being dead air in a
conversation so if I'll go to a sentence and we
should do that just oh I know it's kind of keeping that gap also flow I can't
let that happen yeah I've noticed that oh it's just it's
not like I wouldn't say that fidgeting we'd ever come into that from my view
but obviously it makes perfect sense err just kind of it's fascinating
okay so the next one here we have is conversation deviation so we're like we
are terrible for this like we can't stick on the same topic for more like
five-second administered it's amazing this videos happening but it's really
difficult for us to keep on topic because like like you said you my brain
is going 1,000 miles an hour and when I'm talking to people I'm always like oh
yeah and this then this and then this and then this go
and it goes off on a wild track but we do this all the time our entire life is
our friendship is based on NO WAY! and then just a compete like the left our
conversations always just take a left turn but somehow never come back
kind of we get so far no no good that's it it's like it were on to something
else and you know everything else has forgotten about and I'll ask you
something about Wales and be like oh I know a band from Wales and like I know
banned from another place that look like whales like whales swim we should we
should go we should go whale watching no it's true it's it's it's it's a very
bizarre it's a very bizarre experience but I feel like I have the most fun
conversations because of it but I guess a lot of people get really ticked off
and annoyed about it I think it you know it's also a sense moreover enthusiasm in
everything in the story so where you'll say to someone oh I woke up today and I
went to Tesco and I got some sandwiches and the story from that will tell was
like I woke up today and I was like I need something in my life because yesturday I was doing
this thing then this happened and I woke up then I was feeling hungry so I'm like what kind of sandwich do I want?
every story is a sub story yeah every story has like 1. B 1.B.1 you could
just yeah you could write a book on it on a single trip to the store ok so the
last on the fifth Asperger's and ADHD overlap here the point we'll make is the
addiction to high calorific foods now I did a video similar to this on autism
and junk foods and the reasons why but I thought I'd reiterate in this one such a
fun one to cover and is that people with Asperger Syndrome were always addicted
to high calorific foods like junk food and high-calorie foods and loads of
sugary foods because it give them a lot of energy to do all those things because
their brains movingat thousand miles an hour so they're trying to cover all that
with energy so how would you do this from an ADHD point of view. I start every shift I do it
my job by getting some Reese's Pieces nice and a dr. pepper because I know
that it's a busy bar I'm gonna be up and down anyway and we can go to like three
o'clock in the morning and like I know my body is just gonna like
burn through anything yes and then I have to do the walk home so I'm like I
need to like top up be my body it's kind of like it's like a battery fluid isn't
it it's kind of like constantly keeping up late with me something you tried
desperately to get me onto some healthier stuff but I'm set in my ways
Anybody who knows me knows I'm really into green juice I tried to get a Alex on to green
juice it wasn't happening but no it's fascinating and I think those kind of I
can tell you why that didn't work here because when I went to a supermarket to
try and buy like green stuff I was like I was like a magpie I was like yo we
need to go over there now all the glittery things kind of again it's like
the conversation deviation it would be like a mission deviation so you can't go
to storage by the one thing it's like yeah that's pretty much exactly how I
work I hope these kind of 5 Asperger's and ADHD overlap tips kind of opened
your eyes to the the overlaps there and helped you kind of understand maybe you
relate to those that'd be super cool if you leave a comment in the comment
section below that were really really awesome to learn more about Asperger's
or ADHD click that subscribe button above here if you'd like to see my last
video it's over here if you wanna see Alex's channel it'll be linked somewhere around
here or in description below I'll see you next time guys peace