Post by Deano on Oct 5, 2021 21:55:39 GMT
Hi - I’ll try and keep it brief for obvious reasons. I’ve just been diagnosed and am awaiting usual tests before treatment can commence. I’m still trying to piece together how much this affects my daily life.
I’ve always managed to get by in life and have made a successful career for myself but its been bloody hard work, I doubt myself constantly and if I could leave and get the same money, I’d seriously consider it. But then there are those rare days where I feel on top of things and love what I do. For many years I’ve thought ADHD could answer my childhood behaviour but I never seriously considered the adult perspective until recently after reading some resonating articles.
The main reason I sought an ADHD test is because - during COVID - I’ve been working from home and my job has become unmanageable in terms of demand; what has become really magnified is that most people around me can make a much quicker assessment of what’s going on, which - from reading forum threads - looks normal for a person with ADHD? My biggest challenge in all this is that I’m unable to represent a position or answer a question unless it’s something I’ve anticipated and prepared for, or have answered before. It leads me into bother because I do at times offer any answer instead of nothing but it’s sometimes winging it and hoping what I’ve said isn’t wrong. I’m so envious of colleagues around me and their ability to make sense of something and offer an opinion - or being able to listen to something being said and connect it up with a previous conversations or a report etc. I feel like I can’t cope without a script.
Does anyone else find that they always go blank when pressured for an answer as your mind simply can’t unjumble the head spaghetti? Or is this something to do with my other programming? 🙂
I’ve always managed to get by in life and have made a successful career for myself but its been bloody hard work, I doubt myself constantly and if I could leave and get the same money, I’d seriously consider it. But then there are those rare days where I feel on top of things and love what I do. For many years I’ve thought ADHD could answer my childhood behaviour but I never seriously considered the adult perspective until recently after reading some resonating articles.
The main reason I sought an ADHD test is because - during COVID - I’ve been working from home and my job has become unmanageable in terms of demand; what has become really magnified is that most people around me can make a much quicker assessment of what’s going on, which - from reading forum threads - looks normal for a person with ADHD? My biggest challenge in all this is that I’m unable to represent a position or answer a question unless it’s something I’ve anticipated and prepared for, or have answered before. It leads me into bother because I do at times offer any answer instead of nothing but it’s sometimes winging it and hoping what I’ve said isn’t wrong. I’m so envious of colleagues around me and their ability to make sense of something and offer an opinion - or being able to listen to something being said and connect it up with a previous conversations or a report etc. I feel like I can’t cope without a script.
Does anyone else find that they always go blank when pressured for an answer as your mind simply can’t unjumble the head spaghetti? Or is this something to do with my other programming? 🙂