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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 18:01:05 GMT
I'm a typical nosy women what do you guy do for a living? have you sustained long term employment? how does adhd affect it? Id just like some ideas may change job in future to more adhd friendly one if there is such a thing??
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Post by boo on Sept 19, 2011 18:38:11 GMT
meggie
this confused me!
i was half way through answering a similar one in the lounge, accidentally lost the post and clicked on this thinking it was the one i was replying to.... only to get confused why there was only 1 post!!!!
there are currently 17 views, i apologise...!!!! cos i think about 10 of them are me clicking on it... still thinking it was the other one!
i work in an office btw and have generally managed fairly long term employment on the whole, although i can see where my adhd has affected me with hindsight... i realise i may have been fortunate in managing to disguise it or finding strategies that i have been able to use without realising at the time
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Post by Lame44 on Sept 25, 2011 17:54:15 GMT
I was a bouncer for a long time but cant do much now since I keep being ill all the time so now I'm on benefits I think the ADHD helped me on the door in some ways because of flitting n always watching many people n keeping an eye on things. I was no good when it came to general chit chat though n was always very quiet on that front, people would take it as me being soft until they saw me 'working' then sometimes they'd come up n shake my hand, even if I'd just thrown them out of a club or pub for starting a fight or whatever. I think they underestimated me because of my very short size, the fact that I was still female bodied throughout some of my bouncer years and then some thought they could try it on because if I wanted to be a man, then they would treat me like one n want to hit me and so on. Arseholes think they were being hard but they deep down still saw me as female yet still wanted to beat me up, makes you laugh a bit, how very hard they are aye!
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Post by helen on Sept 25, 2011 21:48:47 GMT
I was a nanny for 20 years! Generally I was in the same job for an average of 3 years, I had some temporary jobs, by choice sometimes x
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Post by drfox on Sept 30, 2011 9:39:39 GMT
I'm a typical nosy women what do you guy do for a living? have you sustained long term employment? how does adhd affect it? Id just like some ideas may change job in future to more adhd friendly one if there is such a thing?? I am a researcher, I love it - its great for me as I just follow a trail, wherever my brain takes me. I've had about 21 jobs in my time, I changed all the time because I would get bored very quickly and have lots of other problems building up like being late all the time, being generally disobedient (if I didn't see the point of doing something), talking constantly, that kind of thing. Researching is great because it keeps me out of trouble and I feel as though I'm doing something worthwhile (rather than lining someone else's pockets!).
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Post by kakema on Sept 30, 2011 10:15:53 GMT
I work in financial services on the regulatory side - lots of puzzles, lots of new issues, lots of change. Love it, really. Get bored after 12-18 mths in a role though, and need to find something new. Longest I lasted doing the same thing was nearly 5 years and I went completely bonkers in the end.
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Post by kreate on Oct 2, 2011 16:33:46 GMT
Im a support worker for learning disabilities with challenging behaviour. I have been doing the work for 4 half years now, and still loving it! I couldnt work in an office with beige people, no one else would put up with me, lol !
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Post by Mouse on Oct 2, 2011 16:52:09 GMT
I work in customer service - been doing current job for three years. Longest job I had was 9 years working with my family. Shortest job ever - v short!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2011 9:46:48 GMT
I'm 33 and I've never held down a job for long. I think the longest I had was as a teacher there for about two academic years. Towards the end I just crumbled and I couldn't handle the pressure of the particular sector I was teaching in. I've only come to the conclusion I have ADHD since I left.
If I had an ideal job it would be to write full time, but I also have a problem with procrastination (er, being on here when I should be doing other things, for example).
The friend that directed me to research ADHD for my own benefit is looking to start her own practice supporting adults with ADHD. She wants me to do the education side of things, as I can offer experiential support of being diagnosed as an adult (I'm still awaiting clinical assessment, however).
That'd also be pretty cool.
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Post by kreate on Oct 5, 2011 16:01:54 GMT
if i listed all the jobs i had done since leaving school i think all would be shocked lol
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2011 21:56:42 GMT
I breathe.
It was hard with jobs for me because of ADHD. It's not even a question how it affects the job. Affects a lot. But working form home helped to decrease ADHD issues to possible minimum. Still for me it wasn't nearly enough to be happy.
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Post by Mouse on Oct 5, 2011 23:03:43 GMT
I breathe. It was hard with jobs for me because of ADHD. It's not even a question how it affects the job. Affects a lot. But working form home helped to decrease ADHD issues to possible minimum. Still for me it wasn't nearly enough to be happy. When you work from home, are you there by yourself? I find being at home on my own too lonely. I like having other people around.. but my adhd does get in the way.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2011 23:10:59 GMT
It was too lonely for me too. Ridiculously. But still better than suffer in social situations.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2011 12:32:31 GMT
I'm a carer and support nurse, I have also worked as a receptionist/pbx operator, veterinary nurse, and a horse trainer and yard manager. I also taught riding lessons from time to time too. Failed jobs, waitress, sales clerk, coffee barista, hostess, and camp councilor(i didn't get on with the other councilors well).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 12:33:54 GMT
I think it all knocks your self esteem I didnt know after four attempts at going back into nursing that I had adhd and a busy ward enviroment was not suited to my needs I prefer to work on own in quiet enviroment,m or one to one,- if only xxx.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 13:23:34 GMT
I think it all knocks your self esteem I didnt know after four attempts at going back into nursing that I had adhd and a busy ward enviroment was not suited to my needs I prefer to work on own in quiet enviroment,m or one to one,- if only xxx. district nursing is more lone working and one on one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 15:14:59 GMT
im like that i get lonely but dont like social situations i am a fully qualified car mechanic left that to work for several companies as a support worker then got signed off 3 years ago for neurological problems xx
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Post by han3617 on Oct 13, 2011 21:02:38 GMT
After scraping through my biology degree I worked initially as a microbiologist. I then worked as a computer programmer, then attempted to find work as an artist, and then gained most of a dergree in maths and computing with the OU. I then worked in computer support and got my private pilot's licence and wanted to become a commercial pilot. Then I got fed-up with the computing, couldn't afford to fly any more, and then did the first year of a 2-year PGCE course as I wanted to be a maths teacher. Gave that up due to personal problems at home and worked as a SEN learning support assistant - but after 3 years (my longest in any job!) gave it up due to health problems. I'm now doing bits of work as a photographer, bits of art, and have registered to study for a pyschology degree with the OU as I fancied training as a counsellor. I am a hopeless case!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2011 22:14:59 GMT
I've not been able to work but i have many symptoms that aren't covered by adhd. No one knows whats up with my head.
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Post by kakema on Oct 14, 2011 7:57:43 GMT
Hey, Han - nice to see you back! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2011 14:07:12 GMT
Id like to goback into nursing and work in district or outpatients
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Post by han3617 on Oct 18, 2011 18:17:42 GMT
Thanks oooshiny ;D I will try to remember to come back more than one in a blue moon from now on!
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Post by nemo on Oct 30, 2011 0:31:37 GMT
IT, which is one of the best and worst jobs to an ADDer
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2011 9:36:25 GMT
Things I've done in approximate order Naughty knicker distributer Durty stude Musician (great but I wasn't ) Unemployed Industrial temp - new job every week Warehouse slave More musician Roady Driving instructor! Parcel delivery Baggage handler Sales admin (for granite facings) Charity worker ADHD busybody and useless charity boss Usual history of leaving/fired after run ins with management
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Post by nemo on Oct 30, 2011 10:18:39 GMT
Good list planetdave, we overlap on a few there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2011 20:03:06 GMT
In Order, full time only, not part-time at college (4 jobs, sacked from 3):
Supermarket shelf stacker; Supermarket cash office; Aviation Administrator; Insurance Administrator; Telecoms Customer Service; Telecoms Fault Engineer; Electrician; Company Partner; Medical Equipment Administrator; Utilities Billing Analyst; Research & development Analyst
Not a bad list!
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Post by kakema on Oct 30, 2011 23:52:42 GMT
I love those early jobs, guys - as a 'durty stude', I spent two summers on a toy factory production line - at one point, literally putting square blocks in square holes (the sanding block in a toy carpentry kit). I acquired a lifetime skill in the origami of box-folding (and a loathing of the industrial-strength barrier cream needed when handling cardboard all day). How does an ADHDer do a job like that? No concentration required - pure muscle memory and an appetite for random gossip with the auld biddies who did it for a living. Strangely, I never got to be the 'leader' doing the quality checks, though but I did graduate to working on the machines that labelled the test tubes in the chemistry sets. They were ancient and temperamental but I was good at maintaining them - far more interesting than the production line. It was me against the machine, and I like a challenge. The combo of machine oil and glue gave me a mechanic's fingernails, though, that no amount of Swarfega could shift. Sexy. Happy days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2011 12:01:09 GMT
I love those early jobs, guys - as a 'durty stude', I spent two summers on a toy factory production line - at one point, literally putting square blocks in square holes (the sanding block in a toy carpentry kit). I acquired a lifetime skill in the origami of box-folding (and a loathing of the industrial-strength barrier cream needed when handling cardboard all day). How does an ADHDer do a job like that? No concentration required - pure muscle memory and an appetite for random gossip with the auld biddies who did it for a living. Strangely, I never got to be the 'leader' doing the quality checks, though but I did graduate to working on the machines that labelled the test tubes in the chemistry sets. They were ancient and temperamental but I was good at maintaining them - far more interesting than the production line. It was me against the machine, and I like a challenge. The combo of machine oil and glue gave me a mechanic's fingernails, though, that no amount of Swarfega could shift. Sexy. Happy days. no gloves??? HEALTH N SAFE DAAAALING
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Post by kakema on Oct 31, 2011 16:13:02 GMT
We're talking over 30 years ago, daahling - I was lucky not to be sent up the chimneys!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2011 17:11:10 GMT
We're talking over 30 years ago, daahling - I was lucky not to be sent up the chimneys!! Eddie pie hands, Dahling!!! ;D
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