Hours just... disappear. Days, months, even. I often find myself saying, my god, has it been that long since I did that?
This is me - it's not the hours disappearing so much as the weeks and months. And not disappearing, exactly. Task wise, I can go months without getting to some small thing. But even with people - "Why haven't you called me?" "What do you mean, it's only been three weeks?" - or six months. It just doesn't feel like a long time to me. It's like my experience of the passage of is on a slower scale than normal people.
Plus, I can't just leave things undone if I'm in the middle of something to go somewhere else.
I, on the other hand, am the queen of leaving things undone.
I, on the other hand, am the queen of leaving things undone.
Looks over at pile of fabric for projects and thinks about all the fabric I bought for new projects yesterday. Oh, yes. This is me.
Plus, I can't just leave things undone if I'm in the middle of something to go somewhere else.
I, on the other hand, am the queen of leaving things undone.
Time drives me crazy. I can never accurately estimate how long something is going to take, so if I have to leave the house in a half hour, I usually won't do *anything* while I'm waiting because I can't tell if I'll be able to finish it.
And whenever I have a long day with nothing to do (usually only when Stephen is away with the kids), I imagine all the things I'll be able to do, and then do maybe a quarter of them before I realize half the day has passed with me, apparently, staring into space.
Hallowell says it's purely a matter of extent and duration that separates true ADHD from what he calls the American ADHD culture. In fact, he wrote another book for people who don't have ADHD technically but suffer from our cultural obsessions of multitasking, caffeinating and overwhelming ourselves.
Yeah, I know, Hallowell likes carrots.
Hallowell says it's purely a matter of extent and duration that separates true ADHD from what he calls the American ADHD culture.in fact, he wrote another book for people who don't have ADHD technically but suffer from our cultural obsessions of multitasking, caffeinating and overwhelming ourselves.
Ha! Dad was just telling me about that one today.
Just in case - I am pretty sure that I don't have ADHD after reading all the descriptions. there are lots of things I can say - occasionally or even sometimes, but the over all feeling is that nope, that's not me. so those of you that think-- maybe- it is possible.
WebMD ADHD assessment: [link]
Might require login, I forget.
I seriously spent my first week on meds going "wait, you mean other people have been aware of the passage of time all along? AND THEY NEVER TOLD ME?"
Wildest feeling in the world to finally figure out what "normal" is (for something else, but same feeling of THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE LIKE). Of course, the one med I found that did had side effects to the point I had to stop taking it after two weeks.
I am still wistful for those days though. They were lovely.
WebMD ADHD assessment
Good god, *that* was depressing. And I don't actually think I am ADHD, I think it was just picking up other things.
Note to self: Internet tests will make you crazy crazier. Even that "What sports car are you?" one.
