Originally Posted by
guinea
Maybe.
I listened to a guy on the radio who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. Everything he described was me to a tee.
I then did some online tests which can give you an indication and my scores highly recommend getting checked.
I'm not going to bother though, as a diagnosis can only be given if it severely impacts your life, which my weirdness don't. It's more likely that my obsession for detailed knowledge and the coping strategies I've subconsciously created for my day to day life have actually helped my career.
I am a serial hobbyist who know buckets loads about photography, musical instruments, watches, all kinds of fishing, kayaking, cycling, golf and IT. However, even though I have the gear, I almost never do any of the hobbies as I get bored too quickly. It's the learning that appeals and actually following through with something is unlikely to happen.
My wife has to pay all the bills, I never get round to it. Before I got married I had dozens of CCJs for bills I wanted to pay but kept putting off. I always do things at the last minute if I do them at all.
I have a PA and won't do a job without one. I will get a reminder for a meeting on my phone or computer 10 minutes before and I have to press snooze otherwise I'll forget. I can tie 100 different fishing flies from memory and can strip and rebuild a unitas 6497 but can't hold my concentration for 10 minutes to attend my next meeting.
So what's good about me? I have hyper focus when I'm interested or need to be. I don't get stressed in any crisis or incident. I have learned to focus my focus in areas that aren't naturally interesting to me so I get given the tough transformation jobs everywhere I've worked. I day dream and think big.
Like I say, I'm probably slightly ADHD. I was much worse as a kid and I've just learned to live with it as an adult. At school I sat on a table on my own from the age of 9 until I left high school.
I am hugely impulsive. My car got a two year service the other day and needed new brakes earlier than I thought, so I traded it in a year earlier than planned. It seemed like the right thing to do a month ago when I did it, but I'm a bit confused by my actions today. Nice new car though.
Anyway, I've never talked about it to anyone. So this was fun.
All the best on you journey.