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I’ve held off responding so I could see what others wrote. In college, I had an interest in math and science, but feel that ADHD made it too difficult to proceed as I would have liked. I started in mechanical engineering, changed to math, and graduated in computer science. Unfortunately, there seemed to be about a three to four month lag in my understanding of some of the courses I took. “Oh, now I get what they were teaching last semester.”
I don’t recall that I was able to read and study much in college. Many ADHD afflicted, that have a higher IQ, are able to get by in high school with minimal effort, my IQ is such that it got me through college as well. It’s unfortunate I wasn’t diagnosed and on something which would enable me to study.
It would be nice if they made an ADHD starter pack of meds which had a variety that would allow a person to find which one works best. Sort of like those candy samplers they sell down at the general store. Don’t be afraid to try something. It’s not like you were getting you stomach stapled or some other major assault to your person.
If you’re having trouble with calculus, http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1007 is an excellent video course explaining what’s going on. The regular price is obscenely expensive, wait for it to go on sale.
With my computer science degree, I worked for a consulting firm in Houston. This was a group of extremely intelligent and capable professionals problem solving for major corporations around the world. It worked well for me in that I often worked alone, got to travel a lot, and had jobs that usually lasted six months or less. So I didn’t get bored stuck somewhere for too long. After nine years, I got a wild hare, quit to go sailing on a bark to NY, then get married. I left out of that job so fast it was six weeks before they knew I was gone. 😆
That was over twenty six years ago. I’ve worked for myself since then at a variety of different ventures. I would probably end up homeless in Galveston before working for anyone else again.
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