Re: Could I have ADHD Inattentive?

[Rick Green – Founder of TotallyADD]

Natebot88 I read over your list, and yes, a whole bunch of them sounded familiar. If someone with ADHD or ADD says, “You sound pretty normal,” well, that’s because a lot of what you’re describing is normal for ADHD. Love how you describe the restlessness, the music playing. When I was your age, we didn’t have the internet. We were still using our voices to talk to each other. It was horrible. (Ha!) But when you said you are off in your own world you’ve created, I immediately thought about my gigantic model railroad. I focussed on it the way you are hooked into the internet. Just puttering along, creating my own little world, and now and then showing it off to other people. And of course wondering, if I could build and entire city why couldn’t I finish my English assignment? Why could I build this amazing world full of whimsical details, perfectly capturing the past, but not pay attention during history class?

I’m glad you are eager to find out if this is in fact what’s going on with you.

I wish I’d known. Imagine going another 33 years without knowing. That’s how it was for me.

If your mom has trouble booking the appointment, remember ADHD/ADD is about as ‘heritable’ as height. In other words, if you have two tall parents, the kids are likely to be tall. Apparently our height is about 80% inherited, and so is ADHD. So she may need your support in getting the booking done.

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