DJ003
02-19-06, 11:03 PM
I am currently a junior in college who is very concerned about his future. I have always done pretty well in school (especially at college these last three years), can do a lot of tasks okay, and can sometimes hold good conversations with others. In spite of all these things, however, I have some major problems-
1.) I have trouble making conversation with people. It is always as though other people are throwing things out and trying to draw information out of me. Also, when people start talking to me I often get lost right away trying to take in everything they say. Basically, I just have poor social skills.
2.) I often make careless and profoundly stupid mistakes and have trouble automatically processing things most other people can automatically process. I've had this problem for years. . .at my first job as a sophomore in high school I have a memory of almost leaving my cash register wide open when the grocery store was packed with people to get stamps for a customer. . .of course it was the store manager who stopped me and asked me not to leave my register.
3.) I have had trouble picking up concepts in many classes, in high school science and math courses I did not learn most of the stuff the teachers talked about. Even though I am doing quite well at college academically, I have trouble participating in classes and it takes me a long time to do assignments.
4.) This leads people to think I am aloof, "not with it," dumb, and unable to comprehend everything. I have trouble at jobs and doing fieldwork in schools as an education major.
5.) I have a few weird mannerisms and habits, I play with my fingers and sometimes play with my nose, is this a case of hyperactivity?
Could this by ADD or ADHD? It sounds like it might be to me. I am thinking about asking for a diagnosis, it would help me sort out some major issues I am having with other people and myself and make my life enjoyable again in general.
1.) I have trouble making conversation with people. It is always as though other people are throwing things out and trying to draw information out of me. Also, when people start talking to me I often get lost right away trying to take in everything they say. Basically, I just have poor social skills.
2.) I often make careless and profoundly stupid mistakes and have trouble automatically processing things most other people can automatically process. I've had this problem for years. . .at my first job as a sophomore in high school I have a memory of almost leaving my cash register wide open when the grocery store was packed with people to get stamps for a customer. . .of course it was the store manager who stopped me and asked me not to leave my register.
3.) I have had trouble picking up concepts in many classes, in high school science and math courses I did not learn most of the stuff the teachers talked about. Even though I am doing quite well at college academically, I have trouble participating in classes and it takes me a long time to do assignments.
4.) This leads people to think I am aloof, "not with it," dumb, and unable to comprehend everything. I have trouble at jobs and doing fieldwork in schools as an education major.
5.) I have a few weird mannerisms and habits, I play with my fingers and sometimes play with my nose, is this a case of hyperactivity?
Could this by ADD or ADHD? It sounds like it might be to me. I am thinking about asking for a diagnosis, it would help me sort out some major issues I am having with other people and myself and make my life enjoyable again in general.