With treatment my friend you will find that you are much more intelligent than you would ever believe. I hope you have great success and come back and let us know how you are doing.
I am 21 and was recently diagnosed with Adult onset ADD. I know this video is older but I needed to comment because this, for me, is almost exactly how I feel living with ADD. I have been taking medication and my life has started to improve greatly. I failed college because of my inability to focus during lectures. I will hopefully be going to university soon to bring my life back on track. Now that I am being treated, I am confident I will be able to succeed. Thank you for sharing.
I have seen your reply comment and I halfway agree. ADD has different outcomes with different people and their relational history. For me, it feels like I forgot, when in reality, I jsut didn't want to see it or think about it for more than a few seconds. But, each person will either deny or accept what they have been given.
JohnnyRock2000, it sounds like many of the symptoms of ADD but, it would be necessary to be check out by a professional in order make a definite diagnoses. If properly diagnosed and medicated it will change the life of the individual for the better.
@JohnnyRock2000 I believe he is avoiding something very serious, like a parent died or his son has cancer and doesn't wan't to face it. Just because we "lose" attention, doesn't mean the task goes away.
OMG! LMAO! This looks way to familiar!!! I love the representation of what it is like, very good! The constant interuptions to a train of thought! Took me 5 minutes just to write this. Just started treatment, hopefully will help!
I have ADD. I can relate to many posters here... forgetting thngs, getting overwhelmed by noises, sights, sounds.... being in crowds for long periods of time makes me want to run from the room.... I need to be alone or I go nuts...
I guess only ADD/HD people get what I mean :)
today I have what I called a good day.... my thoughts were scattered but controlled.... sometimes..... I have really bad days....
Need advice. I have a customer that needs lots of help with his computer. He has severe ADD (according to his co-worker). I find myself having to repeat everything and re-teaching him everything I show him. I can't possibly know how he feels. I'd like to find ways to make it easier to do his job but I don't know how. I've tried links to tutorials that he can watch at his convenience. He forgets they are there on his laptop. What can I do to help him? I can't be there all the time for him.
@tsolorio3001 I know that when I got into a repetitive Q&A session with my brother I found that keeping a detailed list of answers for my FAQ's help considerably. If you provided him with a detailed answer list of his FAQs you might find that you may receive fewer IT calls. I wish you the best of luck.
@tsolorio3001 ADD'er LOVE post-it notes. They are stuck everywhere around them. So you have to make one that will REALLY stand out. Make one 3 feet x 3 feet, make it HOT PINK. Print in BIG block letters, the vid addresses and tape your post-it note on the wall right in front of his desk at eye level. Phone him each day and tell him to look at the big HOT PINK thing in front of him on the wall. After a month or two he will notice it on his own. A month later he might look at the vids. Or not.
It's nice to find others who have this. People never get it and just think I'm irresponsible or a ditz. More than half the time when I go to the store, I will walk out forgetting what I had just bought. I'll go get a cup of coffee and walk away forgetting it. Sometimes I feel like my husband has to babysit me. He has to call me to remind me to wake my daughter up for school. Everyday it seems someone will say "I told you. You don't remember?" One friend asked me if I was drunk. It sucks!
I use this video to explain to my family and friends to the best of my ability what goes through my mind. I don't mean disregard their thoughts, their feelings or their schedules. I have used this story to help me separate the wheat from the chaff in my life. When i show it to people and they don't get it or even try to understand my problem and then knew who I should keep close and who I should give a big hug to and say thanks for watching and then decide where to place them in my life.
I can relate to this all too well. It's like I have the best of intentions on following through with something, but once I reach a certain point I lose all interest and move on to the next thing.
If isomething interests me I 'hyperfocus' on it and it consumes nearly every waking moment.....for me it's martial arts. But I can't even talk to someone and keep my mind on what they are saying. I can maintain visual contact, but my mind is everywhere else as the slightest thing distracts me...
I use this video to explain to my family and friends to the best of my ability what goes through my mind. I don't mean disregard their thoughts, their feelings or their schedules. I have used this story to help me separate the wheat from the chaff in my life. When i show it to people and they don't get it or even try to understand my problem and then knew who I should keep close and who I should give a big hug to and say thanks for watching and then decide where to place them in my life.
@knb416 - The visual contact thing you do is a coverup for inattention. Those who know you well, can spot you fading and they wind down the conversation, knowing that you are not there. Do you know that they do that, or are you not aware of that?
I have problems remebering things, like dates and names. And number too. I am sensitive to sound and I hate loud noise, it hurts my ears and overwelmes me.
I have trouble finishing things, and starting them too, if the thing in questing does not interest me.
I wish his daughter would stop saying 'remember' it's annoying and rude. She has no fucking idea what it's like to have to write everything down in fear of forgetting it,
Very well done! And like cmcphee I had trouble watching it because it's painful. I have ADD and can relate to everything in this video, apart from the fact that I don't have children.
Like Donnybrook, my house is a mess, and I just can't clean it up, even when I really want to. There's this gap between what I want, and what I do somehow, and it's impossible to explain to someone who doesn't have ADD.
I find ADD is like watching TV with somebody clicking the mute button on and off constantly, whenever another sound or distraction presents itself. This was a real problem in high school and university when things were being explained and I would hear most of what was being said but not all, like watching TV with the volume down low in a noisy room. The instructor would be explaining something, I would tune out, tune in and he'd be onto something else and I would get horribly confused.
This is a good example of life with ADD. I can't remember time sensitive things correctly and I happen to remember them at inconvenient times or when it's too late. I failed out of pre-calc and I'm having trouble with Cisco's networking course. And I procrastinate a lot. It really sucks but I found that writing notes and keeping them at hand at all times helps, and I went through and threw out all of my belongings that were useless to me so they aren't in my way and so I can't think about them.
good job. It's depressing to think about what might have been had our problem been diagnosed and treated early in our lives. If you all are like me, your thoughts are jumbled and you forget people's names you met 2 minutes before. My house and car and affects are a cluttered mess. Trying to stay on top of bills and obligations are overwhelming. Everyone who knows me thinks I'm a scatterbrain idiot. I've been in trouble at work and in relationships for inattentiveness. Is this any of U?
This is exactly how I feel, I just started my first visit with a psychiatrist a couple days ago and she suggested I might have add and my next visit she'll diagnos me... this is exactly what goes on in my head .. right now it sux...and if I have add then my whole life suddenly makes sense...all the times I had bad grades in school, couldn't focus ever...everything..even the reason I can't get the fact that I might have it off of my mind. Thanks for this vid
Josh, man. I'm a dad with ADD and I can so relate to this video. Freaky. Bailey is so like my 18 year old daughter - patient with me but gets oh so frustrated. This is great!
With treatment my friend you will find that you are much more intelligent than you would ever believe. I hope you have great success and come back and let us know how you are doing.
bundynewyork 3 weeks ago
I am 21 and was recently diagnosed with Adult onset ADD. I know this video is older but I needed to comment because this, for me, is almost exactly how I feel living with ADD. I have been taking medication and my life has started to improve greatly. I failed college because of my inability to focus during lectures. I will hopefully be going to university soon to bring my life back on track. Now that I am being treated, I am confident I will be able to succeed. Thank you for sharing.
frostwerewoof 3 weeks ago
I have seen your reply comment and I halfway agree. ADD has different outcomes with different people and their relational history. For me, it feels like I forgot, when in reality, I jsut didn't want to see it or think about it for more than a few seconds. But, each person will either deny or accept what they have been given.
btyler4606 11 months ago
JohnnyRock2000, it sounds like many of the symptoms of ADD but, it would be necessary to be check out by a professional in order make a definite diagnoses. If properly diagnosed and medicated it will change the life of the individual for the better.
bundynewyork 1 year ago
I need help. What about the ADD'er in denial that does these things.
1. Wanders away from a stove after boiling some eggs and leaves the stove element on until his son spots it 5 hours later.
2. Doesn't check the telephone answering service for 2 weeks. His BUSINESS answering service.
3. Has to keep 2 tanks for his barbeque because he often leaves it on OVERNIGHT!
4. Sends bills to clients and then forgets to check if they paid $700 or whatever until it just DAWNS on him 6 months later.
JohnnyRock2000 1 year ago
@JohnnyRock2000 I believe he is avoiding something very serious, like a parent died or his son has cancer and doesn't wan't to face it. Just because we "lose" attention, doesn't mean the task goes away.
btyler4606 11 months ago
@btyler4606 Thanks for the response, but this is not a situational thing. He has been this way for years.
JohnnyRock2000 11 months ago
panosv, I feel your frustration.
bundynewyork 1 year ago
This is exactly my day.
panosv 1 year ago
i can't stay focus on my job. its hard to stay focus. could this be a problem?
rextony22 1 year ago
OMG! LMAO! This looks way to familiar!!! I love the representation of what it is like, very good! The constant interuptions to a train of thought! Took me 5 minutes just to write this. Just started treatment, hopefully will help!
KjWrobel 1 year ago
Thank you
erpelmail 1 year ago
I have ADD. I can relate to many posters here... forgetting thngs, getting overwhelmed by noises, sights, sounds.... being in crowds for long periods of time makes me want to run from the room.... I need to be alone or I go nuts...
I guess only ADD/HD people get what I mean :)
today I have what I called a good day.... my thoughts were scattered but controlled.... sometimes..... I have really bad days....
ScoobieD0 1 year ago
Need advice. I have a customer that needs lots of help with his computer. He has severe ADD (according to his co-worker). I find myself having to repeat everything and re-teaching him everything I show him. I can't possibly know how he feels. I'd like to find ways to make it easier to do his job but I don't know how. I've tried links to tutorials that he can watch at his convenience. He forgets they are there on his laptop. What can I do to help him? I can't be there all the time for him.
tsolorio3001 1 year ago
@tsolorio3001 I know that when I got into a repetitive Q&A session with my brother I found that keeping a detailed list of answers for my FAQ's help considerably. If you provided him with a detailed answer list of his FAQs you might find that you may receive fewer IT calls. I wish you the best of luck.
Joshua
bundynewyork 1 year ago
@bundynewyork Yeah, lists are the way to go.
SwissBuilders 1 year ago
@tsolorio3001 ADD'er LOVE post-it notes. They are stuck everywhere around them. So you have to make one that will REALLY stand out. Make one 3 feet x 3 feet, make it HOT PINK. Print in BIG block letters, the vid addresses and tape your post-it note on the wall right in front of his desk at eye level. Phone him each day and tell him to look at the big HOT PINK thing in front of him on the wall. After a month or two he will notice it on his own. A month later he might look at the vids. Or not.
JohnnyRock2000 1 year ago
It's nice to find others who have this. People never get it and just think I'm irresponsible or a ditz. More than half the time when I go to the store, I will walk out forgetting what I had just bought. I'll go get a cup of coffee and walk away forgetting it. Sometimes I feel like my husband has to babysit me. He has to call me to remind me to wake my daughter up for school. Everyday it seems someone will say "I told you. You don't remember?" One friend asked me if I was drunk. It sucks!
shyjoesam 1 year ago
I use this video to explain to my family and friends to the best of my ability what goes through my mind. I don't mean disregard their thoughts, their feelings or their schedules. I have used this story to help me separate the wheat from the chaff in my life. When i show it to people and they don't get it or even try to understand my problem and then knew who I should keep close and who I should give a big hug to and say thanks for watching and then decide where to place them in my life.
bundynewyork 1 year ago
I can relate to this all too well. It's like I have the best of intentions on following through with something, but once I reach a certain point I lose all interest and move on to the next thing.
If isomething interests me I 'hyperfocus' on it and it consumes nearly every waking moment.....for me it's martial arts. But I can't even talk to someone and keep my mind on what they are saying. I can maintain visual contact, but my mind is everywhere else as the slightest thing distracts me...
knb416 1 year ago
kn416, thank you for your response. It is nice to know that there are others who feel the same frustration.
bundynewyork 1 year ago
I use this video to explain to my family and friends to the best of my ability what goes through my mind. I don't mean disregard their thoughts, their feelings or their schedules. I have used this story to help me separate the wheat from the chaff in my life. When i show it to people and they don't get it or even try to understand my problem and then knew who I should keep close and who I should give a big hug to and say thanks for watching and then decide where to place them in my life.
bundynewyork 1 year ago
@knb416 - The visual contact thing you do is a coverup for inattention. Those who know you well, can spot you fading and they wind down the conversation, knowing that you are not there. Do you know that they do that, or are you not aware of that?
JohnnyRock2000 1 year ago
TheAngryOtaku, I completely understand the frustration that comes from people not understanding or even worse not willing to understand.
Thank You,
Joshua Chaney
bundynewyork 1 year ago
I have ADD. I am 19 years old.
I have problems remebering things, like dates and names. And number too. I am sensitive to sound and I hate loud noise, it hurts my ears and overwelmes me.
I have trouble finishing things, and starting them too, if the thing in questing does not interest me.
I wish his daughter would stop saying 'remember' it's annoying and rude. She has no fucking idea what it's like to have to write everything down in fear of forgetting it,
TheAngryOtaku 1 year ago
Very well done! And like cmcphee I had trouble watching it because it's painful. I have ADD and can relate to everything in this video, apart from the fact that I don't have children.
Like Donnybrook, my house is a mess, and I just can't clean it up, even when I really want to. There's this gap between what I want, and what I do somehow, and it's impossible to explain to someone who doesn't have ADD.
musician1971a 1 year ago
This looks like what goes on inside my brain every day.
leener814 1 year ago
I find ADD is like watching TV with somebody clicking the mute button on and off constantly, whenever another sound or distraction presents itself. This was a real problem in high school and university when things were being explained and I would hear most of what was being said but not all, like watching TV with the volume down low in a noisy room. The instructor would be explaining something, I would tune out, tune in and he'd be onto something else and I would get horribly confused.
kaizerzydeco 2 years ago 2
This is a good example of life with ADD. I can't remember time sensitive things correctly and I happen to remember them at inconvenient times or when it's too late. I failed out of pre-calc and I'm having trouble with Cisco's networking course. And I procrastinate a lot. It really sucks but I found that writing notes and keeping them at hand at all times helps, and I went through and threw out all of my belongings that were useless to me so they aren't in my way and so I can't think about them.
luigiman83 2 years ago 3
good job. It's depressing to think about what might have been had our problem been diagnosed and treated early in our lives. If you all are like me, your thoughts are jumbled and you forget people's names you met 2 minutes before. My house and car and affects are a cluttered mess. Trying to stay on top of bills and obligations are overwhelming. Everyone who knows me thinks I'm a scatterbrain idiot. I've been in trouble at work and in relationships for inattentiveness. Is this any of U?
Donnybrook10 2 years ago 7
My friend, you speak my life. It is nice to know that someone else can honestly relate to what is going on inside my mind.
Thank You
Joshua
bundynewyork 2 years ago 3
This is like watching my life..Having ADD sucks!
LoveLoveSining 2 years ago
I sang this song in high school 0:15-0:44
My dad has ADHD, he is very forgetful. You just have to remind him. I have ADD but I couldn't understand what went on.
SpokaneGirl85 2 years ago
This is exactly how I feel, I just started my first visit with a psychiatrist a couple days ago and she suggested I might have add and my next visit she'll diagnos me... this is exactly what goes on in my head .. right now it sux...and if I have add then my whole life suddenly makes sense...all the times I had bad grades in school, couldn't focus ever...everything..even the reason I can't get the fact that I might have it off of my mind. Thanks for this vid
ImSoMellow 2 years ago
I had a hard time watching it: Painful. Only someone with ADHD can truly understand it.
cmcphee 2 years ago 11
Thank you for your understanding.
Joshua Chaney
bundynewyork 2 years ago
Thank you.
Joshua Chaney
bundynewyork 2 years ago
Josh, man. I'm a dad with ADD and I can so relate to this video. Freaky. Bailey is so like my 18 year old daughter - patient with me but gets oh so frustrated. This is great!
steviebaby001 3 years ago 5
This is great Josh, hope you are doing well man, miss yah, hold down the Ivy Tech fort, see you again soon. Trevor
silverdeity52 3 years ago 3