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Inattention - Raven - 01-26-2012
Does anyone else besides me have inattention problems? I make frequent mistakes and have a hard time concentrating. I space out a lot and am day-dreamy. I am introspective as well. I was diagnosed with ADHD primarily inattentive, but the psychologist said I didn't fulfilled the requirements well. I just didn't have the executive functioning problems. I really think my inattention has more to do with my SPD than with a possible ADHD diagnosis. Anyone have any thoughts?
RE: Inattention - beck7422 - 01-26-2012
I have problems with inattention and always have. The second I get "bored" I start to daydream. I have to work hard constantly to keep from getting "bored".
In K-12 grade, I would do other classes homework until the rest of the class caught up to where I was in the day's assignment. If I had nothing class related left, I would pull out a book to read while I listened to the teacher. The teacher could never prove that I wasn't paying attention. They were grumpy about my reading books unrelated to the class in class, but I got As and Bs so they really couldn't say much.
To lower the number of mistakes I make, I learned to make lists of everything. Then when I get "lost" I can go back to my list to try to figure out where I was when I got trapped daydreaming again.
I had more problems in the work force. 5 minutes into a meeting I would be fast asleep. The more monotone the people I worked with were the faster I fell asleep. For a while I thought I might have Narcolepsy. Turns out that Meeting rooms are kept at a temperature that triggers my Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis. To protect itself, my body just shuts everything down when I get cold. Then I get bored, start to day dream, and then quickly fast asleep. Once I learned I had Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis and could take the medications for it I was able to stay awake for a FULL HOUR in a meeting. A miracle I had previously thought impossible. I had tried previously: Pinching continuously, Caffeine (all types including NoDoz), drawing, and writting down every word spoken in the room. None of those got me past the 15 minute mark, even with people whose topic I was interested in and weren't monotone.
I have never been diagnosed with any attention based disorder.
RE: Inattention - Valkyrie - 01-26-2012
I have inattentive problems as well. I do good at keeping day dreams away now... not 100 % of the time, but a great deal. Sometimes it is not daydreaming that gets my mind to wander. I have huge problems communicating what is in my head so sometimes if I begin worrying about how to respond I lose 100% of what I was supposed to be listening to. I have a huge problem with that.
Learning... that is an issue too. By the time I repeat the first three steps in my head - I didn't hear the last 4 steps...
**sigh**
I feel for you.
PS.. I was diagnosed ADHD many years ago too... I don't fit entirely under that diagnosis either, but in many ways I do as well... My boyfriend thinks I am afflicted with both SPD and ADHD
RE: Inattention - Raven - 01-26-2012
(01-26-2012, 04:11 AM)beck7422 Wrote: I have problems with inattention and always have. The second I get "bored" I start to daydream. I have to work hard constantly to keep from getting "bored".
In K-12 grade, I would do other classes homework until the rest of the class caught up to where I was in the day's assignment. If I had nothing class related left, I would pull out a book to read while I listened to the teacher. The teacher could never prove that I wasn't paying attention. They were grumpy about my reading books unrelated to the class in class, but I got As and Bs so they really couldn't say much.
To lower the number of mistakes I make, I learned to make lists of everything. Then when I get "lost" I can go back to my list to try to figure out where I was when I got trapped daydreaming again.
I have never been diagnosed with any attention based disorder.
Oh, my gosh. You sound just like me; although, my teachers wouldn't let me read books. I ended up doodling th edges of my work until everyone else caught up with the work. It was really boring. I also make lists for everything. If it is something that is the same every day or even every week, I can remember. But if I have to remember something new, I have to have a list, otherwise I completely forget. Even worse, I sometimes forget even before I write it down. It's ridiculous.
Daydreaming is one of my serious problems. If I get overwhelmed or bored, I can't seem to stay out of my head and in the project. It makes my work situation hard.
Thanks for the comment. I really appreciate it.
RE: Inattention - beck7422 - 01-27-2012
If a teacher was particularly boring or slow I would read a Romance novel in class. It was my way of being both polite and insulting at the same time.
My teachers didn't "let" me read non-class books. I just did it. if the teacher was obnoxious about it I would put the class book in such a way the teacher couldn't see I was reading a "real" book.
RE: Inattention - Raven - 01-30-2012
(01-27-2012, 05:02 AM)beck7422 Wrote: My teachers didn't "let" me read non-class books. I just did it. if the teacher was obnoxious about it I would put the class book in such a way the teacher couldn't see I was reading a "real" book.
You were luckier than I. I can't recall how often I had books confiscated. I probably wasn't sneaky enough.
