After reading this, I see these very things in myself.
Never being able to relax or get projects/jobs finished...at least the majority of them get left behind.
A mind that is always thinking and jumping ahead of everything...not being able to remember things or get stuck on one thing and forgetting time.
If a subject interests me, fine, but God forbid if it doesn't. Nothing sticks.
Hated school, right from the start. Didn't fit in, couldn't remember anything and to top things off, my parents decided it would be great to put me in an all french school...we were an English family...ya, that helped loads. NOT!
At any rate, I hope to continue searching and reading up on ADHD and who knows, perhaps I'll finally find out at 51 yrs old (I even forget my age at times...not always a bad thing ;) why I dance to a different drum...can't even remember how to spell...RRRGGGHHH
Great, where did the time go, spent too long on the computer...again! What's new?? Like I said, if it grabs my interest, fine, but if it doesn't, I get sooooo bored.....
I also realized late in life after doing my own research on what my malfuntion was first I thought I had depression and was bi-polar took meds for that not really any noticeable difference got off that and looked at adhd and that was me now take Dexadrine and I have turned around 100% I was a c low b student in high school I recently finished my first quarter in college on the deans list so I think I figured it out so do your own research because I was misdiagnosed buy a Doc for 2 years and was on meds that I didnt need.
YES!
A fellow traveler along the road less taken.
I too have always been an outsider. Never really fit in with anyone, any group.
High school and adult life have been very lonely. I'm not sure if I'm a loner because I like it, or if I've just accepted the fact that I can't make lasting friends.
I read down the list of symptoms and didn't miss one.
Some are advantageous, some are real dangerous.
The worst for me are forgetting and dangerous behavior. I have forgotten lots of family, personal details that just make me sad. Other times, I remember the oddest things (they may be made up, because no one else remembers them). I've also done some very dangerous, irresponsible things. Things that may have killed me, but I was lucky.
I am on medication. (above the recommended max. dosage) I've tried therapy. And I'm just barely under control. If I don't put up repeated roadblocks, I will probably do something very dumb. That's mainly because it seems to feed a need for excitement, adreniline, that I seem to crave. I think it is an odd way of self medicating.
I was 53 when diagnosed. Many people through my life had said it was a shame all the talent I wasted. But I couldn't keep myself on any task, schedule, path for any length of time. The longest I've been able to stay at one employer is about 3 years. I work at it, but eventually my brain overrides my mouth and the current thought I'm thinking pops out of my mouth. Saying things like: that manager is an idiot, or I really think that idea is terrible, don't win many coworkers and bosses admiration. And so it goes.
And as you can see, I can't keep a clear, concise thought in my head. Just look at the ramblings in this reply. Its like my brain, firing on all cylinders at once. Random thoughts, random actions, random results.
Thanks for allowing me to rant. Adult ADD is real. And it really sucks.
Tim
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This article was very helpful to me. The reminder of medication and behavioral management is so important.