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This guy's presentation on ADHD is excellent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JowPOqRmxNs
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u/confusing_times_ta May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17

This sounds like me to a T. If there is something I TRULY want to work on, I will be laser focused, but otherwise my brain is all over the place. No wonder I always have 8 instances of chrome open at a time with 40 tabs each. When I go back through them I just think to myself, how the fuck did I get from landscaping to the best southern bbq rib rub.

Maybe I should go see a doctor and get something for this. I always just feel like I'll be dismissed rather than have the doctor actually consider I may actually have ADHD.

I couldn't focus worth a shit in university unless it was a subject I cared about. I leave work until the last minute even though I know better than that by now (I'm 35 now). And I can't sit down and read a book because 10 pages in I realize I haven't been paying attention to the book because my mind is elsewhere but my eyes just kept on going.

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u/Archer-Saurus May 30 '17

ADHD doesn't just mean you "can't pay attention." You could actually be more prone to hyperfocusing on the things you "like", becoming absorbed and then burned out by them in a short amount of time.

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u/confusing_times_ta May 30 '17

Oh I know exactly what you're saying. I definitely CAN focus on things. I actually find that when there is a project I'm working on or something I want to do, it basically takes over my life. Currently working on landscaping my yard and building a cafe racer motorcycle......ALL I can think about is this stuff even though there is other stuff that is more important to take care of, but somehow it doesn't seem to matter. I obsess over stuff that I care about, and everything else just falls through the cracks until the very last second or until after it's too late.

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u/TheRealBasilisk May 30 '17

I am the exact same way, always have been. I'm 25 now so not quite as old as you but all throughout my school career and now into my professional career it is still the same. If something falls into that category of "I truly want to work on this", it gets my full undivided attention and I fucking explore everything even remotely close to it. I study all the material, I watch all the videos, and I follow thru and do the thing. But any other category it's just like mehhhhhh i'll slowly work on it, push it til the last possible minute and constantly multitask on other things.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17 edited Oct 05 '17

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17

Yes!!! This is a huge frustration for me. The present is all that matters to me because I seem to forget, or rather, retain information anymore.

Examples: never remember movie titles, character or actor names, plot lines, quotes, etc.

The only things I do end up retaining are things I do over and over because I have to, or I want to. Aka work and video games/photography.

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u/i_pk_pjers_i May 30 '17

I think that's me... I always want to learn something, then I spend a ton of time and effort learning it then I get burned out and bored and just move onto the next thing to focus all my energy onto. It's why I'm good at security, networking, and programming whereas most people will just be great at programming or networking etc. Although, in IT, jack of all trades is actually a benefit so I'm not too upset that I am like this.

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u/TheRealBasilisk May 30 '17

Haha I ended up in IT as well and can attest, it actually is useful on occasion. Also I feel that because I have had many, many different dedicated hobbies I have learned how to learn faster. If that makes any sense lol. So now if it's a new technology or language or fucking anything in the IT world I can learn or "get caught up on" the technology faster than my peers. I could go on and on but I would just be rambling. Glad I'm not the only one.

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u/StickyIcky- May 30 '17

What's your major??

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u/i_pk_pjers_i May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17

I have a diploma in both programming, and in networking. I'm slightly better at networking but I enjoy programming more and I can do both quite well, and then security is kind of a hobby for me but also an important aspect of everything I do professionally.