gemstone30
01-21-2007, 02:12 PM
Hi there, I am new and wondering if I possibly have ADD.
Since I was a child, I have been aware that I was different. When I was 4 / 5 years old the doctor diagnosed me with an active brain- basically I had a couple of periods of sleepwalking and my parents were informed that my brain doesn't rest. I always had an exceptional imagination- very good at writing and making up stories (still am) but I had difficulty learning maths and I had dificulty socialising. Other children wouldn't play with me so I withdrew and would play quite happily by myself and with my younger sister. I worked quite well at school, was generally well behaved but was in my own little world a lot of the time.
Skipping a number of years- I have just turned 30 and am a university in the second year of my degree and finding it tough. I have been an emotional wreck for the large part of it. The harder I am trying to learn, the worse I am. I worked really hard for an exam in the past few weeks and did not do very well. I was bombarded with questions during a practical, lost concentration, made mistakes and ended up very stressed and frustrated. My feedback on my exam paper stated I lack knowledge and cannot perform techniques I have learned very well. As you can imagine I was devestated and am seeing my tutors about it this week.
I have never been tested or diagnosed for any sort of learning disability or anything, but there are a few things I do notice about myself and the problem is getting progressively worse (this is over the years not just recently) ...
I get anxious and paranoid
I am oversensitive
I frequently misplace things and get upset over it. I genuinely can't remember where I put things
I sometimes have 'black outs' not physically. I could be out somewhere and forget how I got there and I do that while driving
too sometimes!!!
I often explode over small things (had a HUGE row with my family the other week by taking something the wrong way)
I sometimes get depressed and don't know why
I talk excessively- especially talking to myself when i am alone
I dream excessively and when I sleep I awake more tired as my body doesn't get efficient rest
I sometimes have trouble keeping friends
I am finding it much harder to learn despite adapting my techniques and am finding it increasingly difficult remembering things I have learned.
Overall I am aware this is leading to something, I feel like one very screwed up person. My personal tutor upon meeting me for the first time stated I was extremely articulate. However I suffer from low self esteem and whe people praise me I find it hard to acknowledge my own capabilities a lot of the time.
I checked whether it is thyroid, but the general signs don't match, so I am figuring it is more than that and could it be ADD
gemstone30 xx
Since I was a child, I have been aware that I was different. When I was 4 / 5 years old the doctor diagnosed me with an active brain- basically I had a couple of periods of sleepwalking and my parents were informed that my brain doesn't rest. I always had an exceptional imagination- very good at writing and making up stories (still am) but I had difficulty learning maths and I had dificulty socialising. Other children wouldn't play with me so I withdrew and would play quite happily by myself and with my younger sister. I worked quite well at school, was generally well behaved but was in my own little world a lot of the time.
Skipping a number of years- I have just turned 30 and am a university in the second year of my degree and finding it tough. I have been an emotional wreck for the large part of it. The harder I am trying to learn, the worse I am. I worked really hard for an exam in the past few weeks and did not do very well. I was bombarded with questions during a practical, lost concentration, made mistakes and ended up very stressed and frustrated. My feedback on my exam paper stated I lack knowledge and cannot perform techniques I have learned very well. As you can imagine I was devestated and am seeing my tutors about it this week.
I have never been tested or diagnosed for any sort of learning disability or anything, but there are a few things I do notice about myself and the problem is getting progressively worse (this is over the years not just recently) ...
I get anxious and paranoid
I am oversensitive
I frequently misplace things and get upset over it. I genuinely can't remember where I put things
I sometimes have 'black outs' not physically. I could be out somewhere and forget how I got there and I do that while driving
too sometimes!!!
I often explode over small things (had a HUGE row with my family the other week by taking something the wrong way)
I sometimes get depressed and don't know why
I talk excessively- especially talking to myself when i am alone
I dream excessively and when I sleep I awake more tired as my body doesn't get efficient rest
I sometimes have trouble keeping friends
I am finding it much harder to learn despite adapting my techniques and am finding it increasingly difficult remembering things I have learned.
Overall I am aware this is leading to something, I feel like one very screwed up person. My personal tutor upon meeting me for the first time stated I was extremely articulate. However I suffer from low self esteem and whe people praise me I find it hard to acknowledge my own capabilities a lot of the time.
I checked whether it is thyroid, but the general signs don't match, so I am figuring it is more than that and could it be ADD
gemstone30 xx