That's interesting Glen,
The book I keep spouting about says that handwriting is harder for people with the STNR reflex still bothering them. It says that if you have an STNR, that you will have to work 10 times harder to write than a person who is not bothered by it.
I can believe that about handwriting because kids in my school have such a difference in handwriting. Those that have awful handwriting are those that sit on their legs, and have a hard time holding still.
I am a teacher and it was always so difficult for me to write a note to parents or a note to the students. I felt so much pressure to make the letters just right. (here I am teaching penmanship!!!) I would cruch up note after note after note and still hate my handwriting.
I decided to put the STNR reflex to a test. I always corrected my students' papers at the table. I would make mistakes in my cursive as I would correct their tests and write little notes to them. (How embarassing it is when I would leave letters out, etc) It's not like I don't know how to spell, I just leave letters out as I go. Sooo, I stood at the counter one day. (The reflex bothers you the most when your arms and legs are bent at the same time.) I noticed a big difference. I didn't leave letters out. I felt like my handwriting was neater. It was after that test that I decided to try the exercises from the book. It was proof enough for me.
Anyway, sorry to go on and on again . . .
I was wondering if it was ten times harder for you to learn to type. Interesting. I think it is intriguing.
I took the typing test on line at learn2type.com or something like that - they have a free type test you can take.
I can type 70 wpm and the upper 60's now. with pretty good accuracy. I can't believe it, because I tried over and over and over again, night after night on my computer, trying to get my speed up to where I could do it without meds. (On adderal I could type 70 words perminute and do it accruately - off adderal all I could get was 50 wpm.)
All I am doing is those crawling exercises. I am now doing them with a book on my head. I think it is very effective that way, but the book doesn't show it that way at all.
I can't keep up with the places where the letters are. I am not very visual at all. [QUOTE=GlenW]It was sheer willpower auntie. I hate - get that as HATE writing as my handwriting is both slow and unreadable. I just had to find another way - and when I started typing it was very empowering.
My kid sister took after me - she can easily match me on a good day. But overall I'm still faster lol. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Me too Glen - hate writing, love typing! Not sure how fast I am.
OMG!...I have know idea.On my final university test (on an electric typewriter) I got 45WPM certified. I was soooo nervous- I know I get normally 60+WPM.
On computer I clock normally at 110WPM accurately (after some caffeine - haven't tried with dex and tested yet). I know it's 110 because I used to use typing tutor with my classes I taught. Normally I do 80WPM when chatting or day-to-day typing.
It took a LOT of self-discipline to learn typing. I was determined to learn - and did so after class on my own. No way was I going to get into computers and be one of those two-finger typists!
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On my final university test (on an electric typewriter) I got 45WPM certified. I was soooo nervous- I know I get normally 60+WPM.
On computer I clock normally at 110WPM accurately (after some caffeine - haven't tried with dex and tested yet). I know it's 110 because I used to use typing tutor with my classes I taught. Normally I do 80WPM when chatting or day-to-day typing.
It took a LOT of self-discipline to learn typing. I was determined to learn - and did so after class on my own. No way was I going to get into computers and be one of those two-finger typists!
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OMG! That is frinkin' frackin' fast!!!!
It was sheer willpower auntie. I hate - get that as HATE writing as my handwriting is both slow and unreadable. I just had to find another way - and when I started typing it was very empowering.
My kid sister took after me - she can easily match me on a good day. But overall I'm still faster lol. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I was wondering how fast you can type.
I could never type faster than 50 words per minute. Then I started to take Adderal and I could type very accurately which upped my score to high 60s to 70 wpm.
If I took a typing test when my meds wore off, my speed would go down again, due to accuracy. It seems like I can type at the same speed either way, but I make more mistakes without meds.
Then I started taking herbal supplements and my typing speed kept in the 60s.
I tried my exercises I've been doing from the book Stopping ADHD without any meds or supplements and my speed is up to 60 wpm with fair accuracy.
I wondered if anyone else's typing accuracy or speed changes when they are on meds.
annidagostini38698.8734490741That's interesting. I never have been able to type faster than 50 WPM. I know now it's the ADHD. If you keep this up, I may have to break down and buy this book and exercise.