Re: ADHD, working memory, and words. A battleground.

[Anonymous]

I find that I can actually express meaning in phenomenally greater proportions when writing than when speaking. Heck, I don’t even like talking because more often than not, I will lose every thought of my conversation in the middle of it. I will speak and then lose my thought before I even get it out. I mean, I have to speak very quickly or my thought will get lost somewhere in between my brain and my mouth. And creating things to talk about, even in casual conversation? You can forget it! You’d get more decent conversation with a brick wall. I have been this way since sixth grade. I can write and hold a thought, but speaking? No. And I have not even gotten started on my ability – rather, lack thereof- to take in information presented to me, grasp it throughout any learning session, and apply it quickly and efficiently. Chances are, I’m fully paying attention, but my brain is running on 64MB of RAM in a world where most other peoples’ are running on 4 Gigs. If I can hold a thought? Great! But – oh dear, it seems I’ve completely let my brain abandon the dictation I was attempting to make because, let’s see, my brain also forgot the primary word I was going to use in the sentence.

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