A deeply personal category with some of the most developed, layered material. ADHD is not just a topic but a lens — the way David moves between ideas, the hyperfocusing, the self-observation — it shows up structurally in how the notes themselves are written.

From Adhd 1This file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — a long-form piece with multiple angles:

Diagnosis framing: - "ADHD is like herpes — it doesn't go away. And people look at you weird before they find out. After they find out, they start to look at you more normally because now they understand." - ADHD and herpes both incurable; herpes kills sex life; ADHD "is like a GPS that only leads you to girls who do performance arts like improv, or jazz dance"

Age progression as comedy arc: - Age 6: diagnosed → thinks he did great on an IQ test → tells friends "do well on your IQ test and you can get drugs!" - Age 14: angsty teenager reading 10 years of Superman comics this week - Age 18: literal drug dealer - Age 27: "a struggling performance artist"

The 6-year-old with ADHD is... - "A startup CEO for a company that designs and builds bespoke lego sets" - "A startup CEO who just discovered microdosing LSD" - "An undercover cop ready to bust you for illegally buying adderall" - "A nerdy jewish kid with ADHD is a lot like a nun who is also an incel"

This is a brilliantly structured bit — each "is a lot like" is a standalone joke, and together they build a character study.

From ADHDThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all.: - "Having ADHD is paradoxical because you get distracted easily unless you happen to be hyperfocused" - On stage: "I'm far more invested in making sure I don't poop myself on stage / Or I'm just making sure I'm holding the mic right" - "ADHD people are experienced multitaskers. Which is different from being good at multitasking."

The "ADHD" acronym gag: Always Down Has Drugs — ADHDThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all.

From 3 minutes Tuesday 9-24This file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all.: - "I have ADHD, but I don't know what kind. Is it the adhd you say you have to sell adderall in college, or is it the ADHD that's actually bipolar 2?" - "On average, it takes about 9.5 years to diagnose bipolar. That's just as long as it took to find bin Laden" — the bin Laden fake-out - "If I actually am bipolar, I'm on the wrong drugs" - No longer takes adderall: "Now I just drink enough coffee to have a perpetual ulcer" - "ADHD without adderall is NOT the same thing as raw-dogging bipolar"

Source: Adhd 3This file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all., adhd 2This file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all., ADHD side questsThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all.

- Dear former therapistThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — an actual letter - Changing therapistsThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — experience-based concept - Confusing my psychiatrists number with therapists numberThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — good physical comedy potential - Do you think if you tell people that you're on your way to therapy…This file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — long titled concept note - "My willpower is measured in instagram impressions / 20 impressions and I'll do anything" — AI dating appsThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — mental health framing of consumer vulnerability

"I am an anxious optimist. I'm always worried, always anxious that something good is going to happen. It's terrible. I'm dressed like this but what if I meet the love of my life tonight. And worse, what if she's okay with me wearing oversized t-shirts. What if she loves me for who I am and because of how I was raised, I deny myself unconditional love." — Anxious optimistThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all.

This is a crystalline self-portrait. The twist — anxious that something good will happen — is original and true. The final beat (denying unconditional love because of upbringing) is genuinely moving.

- BipolarThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — explored more seriously - InsecurityThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — as a category, with gender-asymmetry analysis - Being insecure as a manThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — "Our parents did cocaine and owned homes. I snorted Nasanex and ride my bike everywhere" - Deciding to quit smoking by mindfully smokingThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — beautiful concept title - Fight or flightThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — conceptual - I'm not sure what obsesses me more, traffic or sexThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — distraction as a mode of being

- ADHD as origin story for comedy: the hyperfocus, the side quests, the drug dealing — all feed directly into stand-up as a vocation - The diagnosis progression (6 → 14 → 18 → 27) is a structural template that could apply to many other topics - "Anxious optimist" is the most quotable self-description in the vault — functions as a potential show title or personal brand - The mental health material almost never tips into pathos; it stays in comedy because David always finds the structural absurdity (ADHD = herpes; bipolar diagnosis timing = bin Laden hunt)