Re: What was the 1st clue?

[Anonymous]

I score high in website tests – but still the doubting persists. A lot of people suffer from similar symptoms, but may not have A.D.D.

A person may be quite forgetful. A person may find it difficult to start and finish tasks. A person may be a little zoned out at times.

But, I think the one thing that separates A.D.D’ers from these, is the inability to describe exactly what it going on in their head. For me, well…I am sure I have it, because I find it extremely difficult to describe the “cloud of chaos” that is always pacing my brain. My head never feels clear.

You can still be forgetful, zoned out and unmotivated, with a clear way of thinking. It’s that indescribable sense of mental chaos.

I do remember a funny thing – I came home once, after spending a day at college. At the time, I was studying A Level Psychology. We studied Autism for a while, and researched questions/tasks that Autistic sufferers would answer/deal with specifically.

We were given a question with a picture. Apparently, Autistic people had difficulty in answering the question, and coming to a realisation with the answer to the question (I can’t remember it exactly now). I worried myself for so long, because I actually DID experience difficulty with this question, when a majortiy of people in my class seemed fine.

Ah dear – sorry, back to the point of coming home – I presented the question to my mum, still in worry. She explained the question clearly to me, then I answered it fine. I understood it. I just wasn’t listening in class! It did not identify Autism, but ADD. Funny that.

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