Spacing Out? | ADHD Information
Just curious to know if anyone else has problems spacing out? Sometimes someone will be talking to me and I'll be looking at them and their lips are moving, but I don't hear a word they say. I would say that it is an absence seizure, except that I realize this is going on and I have to focus really hard to stop it. I can hear them talking but the words don't make sense. This also happens when I am driving..kind of like on autopilot. I take adderal, it seems to help. Some days though seems like things arent real. I know they are. Does anyone else experience this?Yup! It is the reason why I sought out help. I have sat in front of people face to face and I would space out. i would nod my head and said yup! I would space in long enough to get back in the conversation to make a comment and then drift back out. I would have phone conversations with people hang up and not know what we talked about. The embarrassing thing for me is when I have a question about something and people look at me weird. They would make comments like, "We just went over that last week, remember?" OR I thought we already discussed that? OOOPS that was one of those conversations where I was in lala land.
The frustrating thing for me is when I look at the clock and know I have to leave for somewhere in ten minutes. 20 minutes later I would freak out and head out for the door! Spacing out is not fun.
I know how you feel and I am with you.
Spacing out relaxes me. Alot of things in my life dont seem real. I walk around with my head in the clouds as if everything around me is dream. Its kind of wierd & ridiculous, but cool at the same time.Andiec138387.5092824074Spacing out? Sure, usually when I'm in an important meeting. I'll usually be brought down out of the clouds by words such as "And what's your view on that, Mark?".
Needless to say, I won't have a clue what they've been talking about.
Mark -
When I listen to someone and I really don't care what they are saying sometimes they sound like the teacher on Charlie Brown....Waw Wawww wwaw wwaaw wa waaaaa....LOLLLLLLLL
What do you do to fix it? I am taking Adderall that seems to help alot. Still happens especially when med is wearing off. Sometimes it happens when i have asked someone a question and really do need to know the answer. Also, since I am asking...Does anyone else have a problem with doing 2 things at once? Like I have to turn the car radio off in order to be able to find an address. Or if too many things are happening at one time I catch bits and pieces of it all, but none of the important things. If I start to do something and something else happens while I am in the middle of it I have to stop and re think the whole situation instead of just being able to take the new info in and adjust what I am doing to accomodate.
I am new to this forum and I just wanted to tell all of you that I am glad that I am not the only one having these problems. I thought I had an anxiety disorder that was keeping me from being able to make decisions. I take information in, but it takes me a few seconds to process it and figure out what I am going to do about it. I see so many options and I don't want to do the wrong thing while I am thinking through it time is wasting away. I hesitate in social situations, thinking that my opinion doesen't matter. Then I can't help myself someone does something so stupid I just can't be quiet any more. Then they all hate me because I am argumentative and I think I know everything. That is so not true. I do know some things and I just can't help but share. As youcan seeI tend to get way off subject when all I wanted to seay was one thing. This is with medication. Thank You all for your honesty and feed back! I look foreward to sharing Ideas with you.