Why I think I have ADD/ADHD
Short attention span (especially for non-preferred tasks) - Can’t watch full youtube videos or tv programs if not interested. School work/homework is a hard one especially if I’m not currently interested in the topic.
Hyperactivity - Especially around topics I like (eg. Pigeons)
Fidgeting - I fidget with the wires on my headphones and the zipper on my hoodie a lot. Can’t sit still for long periods time without fidgeting.
Disorganization - My room is constantly messy and everything is everywhere (in my room. I get in trouble if it is anywhere else).
Poor time management and time blindness - No sense of time. Can’t tell the difference between 5 minutes and an hour. End up doing tasks for hours (eg. watching youtube for hours each day)
Frequent mood swings - Go from happy to sad or angry over the smallest thing. No moods seem to last long (apart from maybe happy).
Forgetfulness and poor time management - Forget to do chores or homework. Forgetting what people say seconds after they say it. I forget instructions all the time. Forgetting stuff related to school work (eg. How to do a maths problem or forgetting facts and dates for History).
Inability to control anger - Lash out quite a bit. Kinda lose control when super angry. Argue and shout a quite a bit.
Trouble completing tasks and frequent procrastination - If I don’t like a book/not interested in it, I cannot finish it. Finishing homework/schoolwork is hard but I ush through and do it anyway to avoid getting in trouble. Procrastinating on big tasks (usally leads to me forgetting about it for a bit).
Distractability - The smallest things distract me (eg. Random objects around a room). I distract my self quite easily (eg. Daydream or just random thoughts).
Difficulty awaiting turn - More in earlier childhood because I’ve kinda trained myself to be more patient to avoid getting in trouble.
Doesn’t seem to listen when spoken to directly - Sometimes I “zone out” so I can fully focus on listening so I don’t forget. Sometimes I’ll fidget whilst listening so I can better pay attention (I don’t know how it works but sometimes doing several things at once helps me foucs on one thing, eg. Watching youtube whilst doing anything).
Loses things easily - Pens, pencils, items of clothing. I leave stuff everywhere and forget to pick it back up. I have frequently left my school lunchbox in classrooms and forgot about them.
Forgetful in daily activities - I forget to drink water and sometimes eat.
Talks excessively - Usally around topics I like/know about. I talk quite a lot to myself too.
Interrupts others - Usally in conversation. Now I just prefer not to talk then to talk over others (I think that’s because of anxiety).
Constantly changing activities or tasks - I can go from tiding my room to getting distracted and rummaging through stuff to making a tictok to watching youtube videos.
Sensory difficulties - I hate sticky textures. I also refuse to eat toast and icecream and waffels/pancakes (because of the icky textures). My favorite sensory thing: Touching cold or fluffy objexts to my lips to calm me down or focus me.
Stimming - I usally when I’m excited or angry or I don’t like the texture of something. I also do it to express my emotions because I struggle to express my emotions through words sometimes. Some stims I do: Flapping hands, jumping, rubbing my fingers together.
Hyperfocusing - Some that I am aware I have had: Minecraft, organisation, books ect.
Lack of object perminance - How I lose things quite often (put things down and forget they exist). I also often forget people exist and therefore forget to talk to people.
Thinking in my head - I lose my train of thought easily. Sometimes my head can feel very crowded and “loud”.
Loss of sleep - I get restless at night. I aslo struggle to get to sleep and wake up.
I also get very overwhelmed by the possibilites of things I can do. I usally stick to the same few activites.
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