shatteredspirit
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I was out with a couple friends today and one asked if we thought she had ADD. As she was talking and asking about herself I remembered that I was just talking to my husband about this yesterday.
I am always shocked when I ask if he does some of the same things I do and he says no. One question I asked him a long time ago was if he ever gets a "test pattern", meaning, does his mind ever go blank and you feel like the old test pattern on the TV, just blank with a hum (no hum really, just trying to explain).
He said no, he didn't ever think that he goes blank, he said he always has something in his mind. I said, you don't ever "zone out", and he said no, he didn't think so. I thought every body did that.
Anyway, back to the ADD question. Yesterday I asked him about if his mind wonders much during a sermon. He said no again, not normally, but he does take notes in church and seems to always be aware of what is being said. I told him that probably 90% of the time I could walk out of church and not be able to tell him what the sermon was about. My mind is all over the place. I find it very difficult to concentrate on conversations, and forget a lot of what people have told me.
So in thinking about this I thought back to how hard it was for me in school, it was hard to pay attention.
Is that part of ADD?? I am not asking for a dx, but just wondering. Years ago I went to a Psychiatrist, who said I had ADD after asking me a few questions, but I didn't take it seriously because since he specialized in it I figured he prob thought everyone had it. He didn't do much but ask a few questions, so how could he dx me with it???
I have been in T for 11 yrs, no one else has ever mentioned ADD to me.
Thanks for any input.
P.S. LOL, in reading my preview of the post I thought yep, there I was again, a friend talking about one thing and I'm not listenting to her and thinking of something else. I rest my case!!! LOL
I am always shocked when I ask if he does some of the same things I do and he says no. One question I asked him a long time ago was if he ever gets a "test pattern", meaning, does his mind ever go blank and you feel like the old test pattern on the TV, just blank with a hum (no hum really, just trying to explain).
He said no, he didn't ever think that he goes blank, he said he always has something in his mind. I said, you don't ever "zone out", and he said no, he didn't think so. I thought every body did that.
Anyway, back to the ADD question. Yesterday I asked him about if his mind wonders much during a sermon. He said no again, not normally, but he does take notes in church and seems to always be aware of what is being said. I told him that probably 90% of the time I could walk out of church and not be able to tell him what the sermon was about. My mind is all over the place. I find it very difficult to concentrate on conversations, and forget a lot of what people have told me.
So in thinking about this I thought back to how hard it was for me in school, it was hard to pay attention.
Is that part of ADD?? I am not asking for a dx, but just wondering. Years ago I went to a Psychiatrist, who said I had ADD after asking me a few questions, but I didn't take it seriously because since he specialized in it I figured he prob thought everyone had it. He didn't do much but ask a few questions, so how could he dx me with it???
I have been in T for 11 yrs, no one else has ever mentioned ADD to me.
Thanks for any input.
P.S. LOL, in reading my preview of the post I thought yep, there I was again, a friend talking about one thing and I'm not listenting to her and thinking of something else. I rest my case!!! LOL
