[QUOTE=Brandon]Im 19 years old and a sophmore at MSU. in highschool i had a 3.7 and school didnt require my focus. Freshmen year here at MSU i got a 2.9 and i have harder classes this year and am doing even worse. im seeing my doctor this friday but my parents think i need to try harder. im scared my doctor will just say the same thing. here are things that i think prove i have add... but what do you think?
1. i day dream during class, even during a simple 50 minute lecture i day dream, i cant stop myself. i have tried drinking pop, water, getting more sleep, eating before, not eating before. nothing seems to work, i end up missing about 50% of the material that i need to know.
2. i dont dare take notes in class because if i put a pencil in my hand i end up doddling and missing more of the material, not to mention even if i did take notes it would only be on about 50% of the class like i said above.
3. i day dream during tests. i took the ACT 2 times and both times i failed to finish the readin section because as soon as i start to read any little thing can set me off track.
4. i day dream at other times, not just school. i dont know the last time i have listened to a whole sermon at church. i love football, i go to all oru home games and have so much fun, yet my mind will drift during the game and i will end up asking my friends what happened the last play or two.
5. it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to fall asleep at night because there is no way to settle my mind.
6. i love computers and i am a computer engineer major. i think of great projects to do and get very excited about it. i work for about an hour and then get bored of it and never touch it again. i do this about once a week.
7. if i have to sit for more then 20 minutes i will bob my right leg up and down, i can force myself to stop but i will begin again shortly after.
8. i say a lot of stuff without thinking which in a few cases has caused a lot of problems.
9. about once a day i will randomly yell something when im just sitting there not doing anything. like i might get back from class and read my my email and then i will just yell something. i dont think about yelling anything it just kinda happens.
10. when i do my homework it is rare for me to finish any decent size math problem without my mind drifting and me losting train of thought. this makes it very hard to learn calc 2 not to mention i didnt learn much in class.
11. if something isnt part of my weekly schedule the chances i forget it is very good... probably 1/4 unless i write it down.
12. i forget things right after i heard them. just last night i asked my friend two times what room number he was before i went over, 10 minutes later i get there and i forgot and had to call.
thats all i can think about... and im scared if my doctor doesnt believe me im going to have to drop out of MSU because i cant get good grades. my dad says he had all these problems and he just worked through them and i should be able to as well. what do you think?
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Hey u know I am 17 f and ya I get those things to but I have had ADHD ever since I was a young gurl but hey u know wat I would go to a doc to see if u are and tell him all those things that u just posted and then the doc can tell you wethere u are ADHD or ADD...u never know
Ur Pal Neldy
Your high intelligence has probably covered up ADD if you have it. See your doctor. Hope wat I told ya would help...hope we can chat sometime