Oh man, the item loss do be relentless.
If you wanna make sure you never see something ever again just let me hold it for a minute
There’s already one comorbidity mentioned here, depression, but obviously there’s room for more like autism. If I had the skills I might’ve made a “slaps roof on car” meme version here, so you’ll just have to use your imagination. (Tough sell for someone with aphantasia).
the forgetting words and particularly names parts sometimes scares the hell out of me. i’m not that old but i’m like “is this early onset dementia”
I still feel like this is everyone and not really ADHD. I’m willing to bet a large percentage of people have most of these symptoms. If everyone has it, then no one does…
And before anyone says I’m dismissing it, I’m not, I’m just saying it’s kind of like anxiety. Literally everyone in the world who has lived and will ever live has anxiety probably everyday. Are there varying degrees, of course.
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Adhd is not being able to read all that
Jokes on you, my doctor prescribed me 15mg of Dexamphetamine and now I can like a real normal attention span having person
Trouble recalling commonly used words is a big one for me. Also I use other words as placeholder who are adjacent in my head, like dishwasher and washing machine. Followed by frustration that people don’t have the same association and immediately understand what I mean
“Thingy,” “that thing,” “thingamabob,” and “whatchacallit” are all valid ways that myself, my friends, and my family refer to items. Sometimes there’s an adjective or relative descriptor used to clarify, like “that spiky thing,” or “the blue thingy next to the TV.”
Do you also sometimes go through the alphabet when trying to find a word? Usually if I can figure out what sound/letter starts the word I’m looking for, I can find the rest of it.
Usually I remember the inflection and number of syllables of the word I want, just not the actual sounds.
Doesn’t everyone have many of those things?
Yes, that’s how syndromes work. Having one or two of these things is expected. Having half of them isn’t.
To further this point, having half of these things can also be a thing for non adhd people… But, like most neurological diversities, it’s how often they occur and how much they impact your life that makes the difference.
Everyone forgets their wallet/keys/phone/glasses from time to time… When you forget multiple times a week forever? It’s different