I bring a book. (Hard to be who you truly are when you’re constantly agitated, restless, distracted, forgetting things…). Sometimes I only read part of a book. This lets me work for shorter periods at many different workplaces, so I don’t get bored and usually have’nt messed things up before it’s time to move to the next workplace. but once I was convinced(psychiatrist gave me sari solden’s women and add, I cried when I read it. Alternatively, I sometimes seem rude to my friends because I feel an uncontrollable need to ‘participate’ in conversations and can sometimes interrupt, even though I hate that. I know from experience. (Sorry for my grammar, it is one of the areas where I fall short and working on). I work from home, and I started putting YouTube videos of birds on my TV (via Roku) to entertain my cat. She’s better at it than I am, but I’m pretty damned good at reverse-engineering things; it’s what made me successful. She left her mom and dad in Seattle for the seaside town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, where she grew up. It is as scientific as I could make it. YOU HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF TIME, AND YOU RARELY GET LOST – I have a terrible sense of time, and it’s one of the main things why I wonder I’ve never been fired. 3. I told her that I had not escaped but had developed a defense mechanism over the years of throwing stuff away (gasp!). 2. That’s why I’ve gotten used to writing down the question, so that I can remind myself and get back on track. OMG I’m laughing so hard I’m crying…… hahahahahaha…… oh, oh, (gasp, pant)…. The main reason I beleive I have ADHD is the attention deficit – hyperfocus dychthomiy. Same goes for my apartment door. The other aspect is “I’ll know what I want when I see it”, I’ll be doing what I want when I’m doing it. #10: I have a near-eidetic memory. I needed things to happen NOW. Cuz it’s permanent it’s staying and I can’t do anything. Comments indicate it was about talking to oneself; now it’s about scary movies and loud noises. Housework, work, phone calls, paperwork, and especially the need to organize around these things regularly put me over the edge. Which is apparently one trademark of adhd-ers, the propensity to create magnificent categorized catalogued colour-coded alphabetized…….. lists. THE TERM ‘HYPER-FOCUS’ DOESN’T RESONATE WITH YOU – it mots certainly does. Ha!). I am punctual most times (of course excluding the times I forget about the meeting and only remember hours late or even days after). It’s that noticible?? Great! (And by dressing up I mean putting on clothes and leaving the house.) For so many years I have been fighting this internal battle and now I know what it is. And all the equipment needed to use all this stuff. My response when I read the one about the closet? As a child I was clean, neat, focused and studious. I’m not anxious to get another diagnosis, but this one just seems too intense. They’ve succeeded in large part because they figured out what’s going on. Keys missing for over a week, were in my pocket, then suddenly gone. My strategy? But the more I read, the more I’m convinced. so I’ve learned to try to rein my passion in a bit, but that is very difficult to do . I don’t know if I can reply directly to you @epicpenzzz but I implore you to seek a professional diagnosis if you are truly concerned. During tests, I like to bring a small toy to play with or paper to doodle on, or even my computer to type stories on…. Worse, you had no idea you were even in a wrestling match. Trying for disability but judge says no because I can pay attention to video games. I’m super glad my therapist did the diagnosis already, so that hurdle is out of the way at least. Literally why? We decided to try something different so now I’ve been taking Adzenys for a month and it definitely comes on smooth which is nice BUT that hyper focus thingy that we do, is a MAJOR issue for me on Adzenys. Listen I don’t know when this article was written but right now I’m literally crying. Any idea why so many ADHD people marry other ADHDers ? I scored very high on the assessment this site offers. I feel like the older I get, the worse this problem becomes. Interesting – I comment 7 months apart and produce almost exactly the same comments even when I didn’t remember posting here back then. It makes me fell a little better. A single person eating in a quiet room makes me so agitated I have to get up and leave. I can honestly say this disorder disables me in everyday life (Hell, I dropped out of school at 16 because I was going to fail out due to not being able to pay attention. (the ‘pace while on the phone’ thing cracked me up too because yes I always pace but, when I’m on the phone for awhile and I’m alone it’s not pacing it’s marching. You are not a complete mess up. If you sort of back away from all your responses, hold it at arm’s length so to speak, you’ll see what a wonderful little piece of work you created from just answering a couple dozen questions. Just ask the people who share their stories and struggles in our great private community we have available in Patreon. Leave dish’s pile up till can’t get water from faucet. I think one of the most difficult parts is accepting that we actually are different. But knowledge is power and I feel better already. I am going to set up a session with a doc to get some clarity and help; it’s been a whilr. 3.) This is spot-on for those with hyperactivity. Question: Can other symptoms of strange behavior be linked? And if at some point you are pretty certain that you have this mindset and it’s causing you problems then by all means get a diagnosis. And BTW I am looking forward to a diagnosis. Simple. What I Wish I Knew About ADHD When I Was Younger, 4 ODD Things That Freak Out my ADHD Brain, Canadien de télévision created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry, Twice a month live chats with ADHD experts, A free copy of our video ‘Tips For an Organized Life” (a $9.99 value), liberate people from fear, shame and resignation, create an interactive community for adults with, or affected by ADHD and ADD, empower people to create customized tools and treatments, provide reliable, credible and current information, present information in a lively, visual, memorable and fun way, give people the tools and support they need to create a life they love. I never watch them. Our amazing Patreon community, and purchases in our online shop pays for content creation. I was so calm, handled everything so well that some employees didn’t even know we had been robbed. I’m so emotional I’m crying. If you’re scoring high on the screener tests, if it resonates, if the descriptions of the disorder match your feelings, actions, and behaviours, then why not assume it might well be the case, and actually try some ADHD strategies and see if they work for you? Or been told that you are. It might very well be. ” If you want to know who has a similar ability, look up Temple Grandin. All except the curious one, and the childhood one. I have never had a psychologist, though, that has ever brought up the possibility of ADHD even though I have been in and out of therapy for years. I’ve always been scared of this cuz I always took it as a sign that I would have Alzheimer in the future. Why treat our Tamariki like they don’t deserve the most love in a time where they need it? The one that said if you’re curious in finding out. Unfortunately now it’s a whole basement of discarded, broken equipment that ” just needs a new motor or a new charger”.. I do, all the time. Health news, stories and tips that inspire healthy diets, relationships and lives IE 11 is not supported. My brother was diagnosed as a child but I was a completely different child in aspects to talking, personality, and school. I mean like ridiculous stiff-legged type marching with a scissor-kick thing at the change of directions. 23. Classic Dad! And who can say they have had 20 jobs in that same amount of time. And it depends a lot on the situation. I have always been extremely picky about what I wear, if a seam sits wrong, the item is tight in one place, restricts my movement, certain fabrics, the tags, anything, I will refuse to wear it even if I think it looks pretty. It’s like god suddenly descended and gave me a high five and said that’s he’s actually still here and hasn’t abandoned humanity. -And ditto with the tags on clothing! For instance, when I open a pack of M&M’s, I have to organize them by color, then I have to balance them out by eating the excess first. I can focus only hours before it’s due. I’m a mess but some of it has to do with the ADHD that has never been formally diagnosed. Anyone can have the symptoms. You are curious to find out if you have ADHD. I also have emotional intensity issues and can react completely out of proportion to the situation. became the basis of the book, ADD Stole My Car Keys. Sunporno is a completely free porn tube. Which is to say, I put on the lab coat I used to wear when I was a teacher at a Science Centre many years ago. The hyperfocus periods make up for lateness and disorganization, it seems. Aaargh finally, I actually forgot my password twice until I could finally log in this week has been awful, I was on edge all day yesterday between my kids and my husband. Dynagirl, I hate typos to. Also, #18 is me: I can tell by the expression on people’s faces that I am overreacting to situations… Even when I am just trying to be there for a person this is why, my passion sometimes gets the best of me and I see confused looks. I just started Adderall today, though, and the results are looking good so far, so here’s hoping I finally get the chance to remember things at least part of the time. I don’t pay my bills. It can be classical, but not baroque, and certainly not Mozart. We’re human too. And drank mounds and mounds of coke and sprite. Great list! Wolfshades, I’m right there with you. Now that I’ve left a job with an office for a job where I sit in a cubical people will walk up to me and start talking and if I’m into something and laser focused on my work, it takes a lot to get my attention. As I leave I ponder if I should stop for coffee! They are totally present. YOUR CLOSET IS TIDY AND NEAT – there is an underlying sorting structure to it, but I do usually just throw everything into the section it vaguely belongs to. 21. Problem is, I can never focus on anything and, as a result, none of it commits to memory unless I’m hyperfocusing on something so that incredible memory is essentially useless to me. I love it. You get to say whether these traits are impacting your life. If someone is chewing with their mouth open… if they’re hitting the sides of the coffee cup while stirring… aaaaack! I was unable to sit still. starrose120, I was the same, always reading because always bored. My roommate from 2 years ago always tells me I remember the weirdest things and completely forget others. I generally have fifteen tabs open in my browser (I flipped through four of them posting this comment, because I kept getting distracted.). Do you think I might have ADHD? I hallucinate a lot of things. Today, my counselor at school said that I should go get tested, because it is very likely that I have ADD or ADHD. This almost ALLresonates and relates to my behavior. ), has left me in no doubt. It doesn’t lessen the validity of my diagnosis, just like I have always loved reading and as a child it was an escape. If I see a dress I like online, I need to buy it NOW. We are independent advocates who are supported by community members like you! I read in scientific stuff that for female children and teens it comes across as socially withdrawn or shy so it is easier for it to slip under the diagnosis radar or be misdiagnosed as depression because they seem to be model students but have feelings of alienation from their peers, while males with ADHD are (relatively speaking) bouncing off the walls. I often have to lock my car multiple times unless I watch the locks go down because I’ll forget whether I hit the remote to lock. -I love outside sounds too. I think I have ADHD, but I’m not sure, and I think I might be reading myself wrong. #3. love love love your site and your fb page! “It’s a sin!” The problem is that I’m not sure I have it. Because recently I had a psychology group project where we were covering ADHD, and we all took this very proper and official ADHD self-test, and I was the last one to finish it, and after that my scores indicated signs of ADHD. I remember the way they treated me as if I had a contagious disease. Cookies help us deliver our Services. THAT is what makes it a disorder. Thank you! I am new to this blog and subscribed because I suspect I have ADHD and have felt this way for several years. I find that so frustrating… “You can pay attention when it’s something that interests you.” TotallyADD is dedicated to helping adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD – we use the acronyms interchangeably) and those affected by it, (family, employers, health professionals, etc.) Annnnd I ramble. After saving her childhood friend Chloe … Wukchumni February 17, 2021 at 11:27 am. I never realised that using coffee to help get sleep can even considered as a characteristic of an ADHD individual. I did that the other day, so maybe I don’t have adhd. She’s gone now. Oh, wow! Ok, I don’t know about the job one. 3 notes & Joe morrow on providence?? I did have difficulty with oral reading and English has been my weakest subject. Always busy and never home, but never hyper. That black velvet feline is a dead ringer for the one I sold on Etsy a few weeks ago, but the only way to know for sure is if there was a picture of his other side, with an image of dogs cheating at poker painted on him.