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Post by haydreamer on Sept 7, 2008 14:02:30 GMT
Hi, I just wondered if adhd affects your confidence to drive on the road, ie concentration problems, anxiety, ect?
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Post by pinkbeauty on Sept 7, 2008 16:27:22 GMT
Yes, I have driven since I was 17. I certainly don't lack confidence in that area, but I do have a tendency to drive too fast! I think I drive far more safely when I go into my own little world and frequently arrive somewhere not remembering the journey but having driven on auto pilot, I don't drive so fast when I'm like that!
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Post by random on Sept 7, 2008 17:15:14 GMT
I can drive - learn when I was 17-18. I failed one test by not noticing some roadwork traffic lights (I had noticed the roadworks and was being very careful to see if anyone was coming hte other way).
I tend not to actually drive - I leave this to my wife as I find the concentration difficult.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2008 22:20:05 GMT
It took me a long time. I tried driving at 17 & was completely hopeless, after going out in my mums car with my sister & driving through a crossroads without looking or noticing (thankfully quite) it was time to throw the towel in. I took up driving again in my late 20's & finally passes after about 2yrs of lessons (blush)! I've been driving for a couple of years & still burn it at 30mph lol. I'm very cautious, so not being done for speeding at least!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2008 19:51:47 GMT
I love driving- as long as i know exactly where i am going and can plan my route, the time it will take and where to park ect or i get fretful. generally though i thank God ever day that i passed my test but, there are many, many days, which I call, head in the bucket days, when i know i should not be on the road at all. On these days I tend to hit the kerb when turning left, get easily distracted by whats going on and end up looking out of the passenger window at the pretty flowers, unusual birds in the sky, advertising posters ect. I forget to indicate my intentions and turn corners very quickly at the last moment usually in fourth gear. I spend ages looking for a place to park where i can drive straight in as driving backwards is an impossibillity. Mostly I go into a bit of a day dream and end up driving to somewhere that i never intended to go but might have gone the day before - before comming too my senses and having to turn around... oddly enough, i've only ever had one accident that was my fault. i bumped into the car in front of me whilst in a slow moving que becuase there had been a fire in the house on my right and i was looking at that instead of ahead... i knocked the womans bumper completely off her car. She got out and i appologised. she shrugged her shoulders, picked up her bumper, put it in her boot saying don't worry we all have days like that, and just drove off... i rekon she had add or something.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2008 11:04:58 GMT
I passed my driving test first time at age 18 and it was a bit of a shock to say the least as I hated the lessons and could never manage to judge the width of the car and reversing was a nightmare. I do feel that when I took the test a sort of hyper focus allowed me to concentrate on what I was doing, having said that I did signal the wrong way on leaving the test centre but the examiner must have allowed that mistake. I now drive very little and allow my partner to do all the driving, I still have trouble judging the width of the car and find reversing very difficult. I can usually manage if I know the road and area, in this situation I can rely on auto pilot as I already know the slip lanes, speed limits etc. I always hope there is easy parking on reaching my destination as my parking is terrible - parralell parking..........don't even go there!!!!!!
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Post by Mouse on Oct 19, 2008 10:16:33 GMT
I got mad at myself during my second test doing silly things like flicking the windscreen wipers on rather than indicating right or left.. and when I thought I'd blown the test I demanded that that the Examiner direct me back to the test centre because it was a waste of time.
It seemed to take a while but I just drove back to the test centre wth an incredibly focussed mindset and attitude problem (being absolutely mad with myself for cocking up the test) and not mixing up wipers and indicators.
Then when I got there I parked the car and the examiner turned and congratulated me on passing the test! I was 24 when I passed. I started driving at 17 when I had 36 lessons and the instructor was still having to remind me when to change gear so I gave up. I wasn't ready to drive until 7 years later.
Most of the time I like the challenge of parking in a space and show off a bit! However I am always brought back down to earth by my OH who has noticed that in a empty car park I can't park between the lines without a lot of faffing about and swearing - but oddly it is a different story if I have to park between cars.
Then again, there are the days when I am hormonally challenged and will abandon the car in the road in frustration rather than try for the 20th time to parallel park...
I sometimes get confused when turning into roads and find I am in danger of turning too late and hitting the kerb and I also get confused at big traffic light intersections where you have many lanes of traffic. Sometimes I find I have turned too soon and am facing oncoming traffic waiting at the lights. Have got better at this sort of junction.
I think Mellawales's description of 'head in bucket' days is just right. Sometimes I am right on top of my game and other days it is all haphazard and in the lap of the Gods and I know which sort of day it is going to be the moment I get behind the wheel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2008 19:52:42 GMT
The DVLA have taken my Provisional License from me as I refused to have a medical. This came around as I sent my license in for a change of address and declared my ADHD. I was then made to wait 2 months only to be sent a letter asking me to attend a medical. I just can't get to grips with driving at all, so rather than kill someone and have to live with extra burden of daily life, I didn't persist. Plus I am so accident prone, I have been run over twice, Burn on my leg, constantly injuring myself...need I go on
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Post by pinkbeauty on Oct 19, 2008 21:09:06 GMT
Crumbs, do you have to declare that you have ADHD? What do they hope to achieve by doing a medical?
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Post by Mouse on Oct 19, 2008 22:27:29 GMT
Re declaring your ADHD - yes, you are supposed to. I informed the DVLA, I think they wrote to my psychiatrist, and then I got a letter confirming I'd notified them and that was it. I didn't need to have a medical.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2008 16:13:43 GMT
I drive
everybody mad, usually
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2008 14:26:08 GMT
It all makes sense now! My driving instructor told me to come back to him when I was under less pressure, I didn't know what he was talking about I'm so laid back i'm practically horizontal.
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Post by twix on Jan 2, 2009 18:53:26 GMT
Any one got experience of whether meds are likely to cause me a problem with driving? I drive daily and for work, no problems, if it was a case of continuing to deal will add without meds like I always have, or not be able to drive then that would be the driving that won, but if I get diagnosed and the meds can help me I would prefer that.
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Post by twix on Jan 2, 2009 18:54:02 GMT
I assume I dont have to tell the dvla unless/until I get diagnosed
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Post by twix on Jan 2, 2009 20:04:54 GMT
Thanks Tremont, I already read that but it doesn't help much.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS includes Asperger’s Syndrome, autism, severe communication disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A diagnosis of any of these conditions is not in itself a bar to licensing. Factors such as impulsivity, lack of awareness of the impact of own behaviours on self or others need to be considered Continuing minor symptomatology may be compatible with licensing. Cases will be considered on an individual basis.
I have to say I am not convinced by the term developmental disorder.
I have been driving successfully for almost 20 years without any symptoms affecting my driving. If anything I am more aware of everything around me, I notice what's going on and react to it quicker than "normal" people. I haven't changed since I was a kid but in those days we were just lazy, disorganised and lacking in self discipline, none of which the DVLA would be interested in!!!
My concern is medication, I would like the help with eg paperwork time management etc but I have coped without and probably would have to continue if it was that or driving, as I need to be able to drive for my job.
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Post by twix on Jan 2, 2009 20:41:34 GMT
I have, I just wondered if anyone had personal experience of the medication and its effect on driving ability.
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Post by Atticus on Jan 3, 2009 17:35:19 GMT
Any one got experience of whether meds are likely to cause me a problem with driving? I drive daily and for work, no problems, if it was a case of continuing to deal will add without meds like I always have, or not be able to drive then that would be the driving that won, but if I get diagnosed and the meds can help me I would prefer that. In theory the meds should make you a better driver. If they make it worse you should cut down the dose or try a different one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2009 0:05:47 GMT
what about I love driving but never drove here?
Also I had days in Germany when I did not drive as I knew that I had a bad ADD day which is a weird feeling which cannot described, I just woke up and knew today is not good to drive.
Btw I swear heavily driving or as a passenger. Ask my calm friend marcos who is just grinning when I swear and shout like hell if someone is not driving properly and I am just the passenger lol
I pressume 20 minutes the latest I will course an accident as I never drove on the left and am used to have the weel on the left *gg* but I want to... guess driving is not the issue but finding the directions are HORRIBLE ;D I am the worst direction finder in the world.
But I cicle (on the left side of course and until now accicent free)
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