Yup. At least I had the benefit of not really caring. I passed with Bs and Cs. Nothing particularly interested me. But if I find something I actually want to do? I will skip meals accidentally because brain is going brrrr and will not stop.
Not sure that constitutes AuDHD… I’m inattentive ADHD with a tendency to hyperfocas on things that I’m really interested in. It’s worse if I’ve taken my meds too because then I’m locked in, hunter is suppressed… I literally don’t need food when I’m working on something I love.
I’m afraid my daughter is going through the same. High school was no issue with the short assignments, but time management for university is a disaster. I’ve got no clue on what to do for her. She’s undiagnosed. It was never mentioned by any school counselor but the pattern matches with what I see here.
Yeah i just coasted on acing all my tests and quizzes, but i never studied and rarely did any homework. I paid attention in all my classes and loved learning, i just didn’t see the need to do anything once i got home. I think part of the issue was moving around so much growing up, so schools never put me in advanced classes, except for math where i would fail because it was the first time i had to actually work to pass a class. I even had 4 semesters on the Deans list when i wentt to college, but i hit a wall and couldn’t do anything outside of class so i had to drop out.
I often put my head down and just listen during the boring classes, which would allow me to do well on tests for the most part. When it came to homework though I rarely did it, and if I did, it was at the very last minute to get the dopamine hit I didn’t know about or understand was the reason.
In NY this led me to pass regents exams with higher averages than the classes, and in science to pass the regents but fail the class, forcing me to retake just the lab part. For round 2 I was with another kid who did the same thing (probably also undiagnosed), so we pooled our passing exams and figured out how many we needed for the D to get credit and move on.
Yup. At least I had the benefit of not really caring. I passed with Bs and Cs. Nothing particularly interested me. But if I find something I actually want to do? I will skip meals accidentally because brain is going brrrr and will not stop.
Spotted the fellow combined-type sufferer
Not sure that constitutes AuDHD… I’m inattentive ADHD with a tendency to hyperfocas on things that I’m really interested in. It’s worse if I’ve taken my meds too because then I’m locked in, hunter is suppressed… I literally don’t need food when I’m working on something I love.
Hey what’s that mean that’s a new one to me
Adhd comes in three flavors. Primarily inattentive Primarily hyperactive Combined
Aut adhd
My GPA was 2.5 or something when I graduated high school. Barely.
My GPA was 3.7 when I graduated because my ability to focus was just long enough to complete high school level work mostly within class periods.
University required taking initiative and time management and holy hell I completely bombed when I ran into those barriers.
I’m afraid my daughter is going through the same. High school was no issue with the short assignments, but time management for university is a disaster. I’ve got no clue on what to do for her. She’s undiagnosed. It was never mentioned by any school counselor but the pattern matches with what I see here.
Recommend looking at behavioral therapeutic techniques if a diagnosis is either not available or desired
Example:
https://acp-mn.com/about-acp/blog/cbt-exercises-for-adhd/
Yeah i just coasted on acing all my tests and quizzes, but i never studied and rarely did any homework. I paid attention in all my classes and loved learning, i just didn’t see the need to do anything once i got home. I think part of the issue was moving around so much growing up, so schools never put me in advanced classes, except for math where i would fail because it was the first time i had to actually work to pass a class. I even had 4 semesters on the Deans list when i wentt to college, but i hit a wall and couldn’t do anything outside of class so i had to drop out.
I often put my head down and just listen during the boring classes, which would allow me to do well on tests for the most part. When it came to homework though I rarely did it, and if I did, it was at the very last minute to get the dopamine hit I didn’t know about or understand was the reason.
In NY this led me to pass regents exams with higher averages than the classes, and in science to pass the regents but fail the class, forcing me to retake just the lab part. For round 2 I was with another kid who did the same thing (probably also undiagnosed), so we pooled our passing exams and figured out how many we needed for the D to get credit and move on.