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Yup. I tell myself I have a clouded brain. Read something and 5 second later *confused look*.
I will say that i went to take test for ADHD and my psychiatrist thought I tried to fail the test. He said my scores were extremely high(bad)for ADHD. Testing out low dosages of meds currently. Going to get it upped next appointment.
Look up: ‘Different types of ADHD’. It was helpful for me.
Wishing you the best.
This is why I basically write down word for word everything said in meetings when I can so I can refer to it later. Or if not I try to have the meetings recorded. I know there are some tools that transcribe meetings that I’ve been wanting to use
I can’t. I tried to do that but I’m not able to keep up. I often forget the second part of the sentence when I’m writing down the first part. In terms of recordings, I tried it before but didn’t end up getting back to the recordings at all. At the end of the day I often feel too tired to listen to it.
Surprisingly I still feel exhausted even if I didn’t understand or doing anything at work. The stress of not performing is killing me as well.
I would look into the differences between ADHD, dyslexia, and auditory processing disorder. You can have all three, and one might be more dominant than the others. I also have to write down word for word everything said in meetings. It’s made me a very fast typer.
Teams and Zoom have transcription and subtitle features that are godsends (albeit work better with some accents than others). On Zoom, I believe they’re also private so other attendees don’t know if you’re watching with subtitles.
Depending on your comfort level, I bet you could also ask for a transcription service as a reasonable adjustment so you can just feed it recordings and then review the text after. The AI on transcription programs has improved exponentially in the last 6-12 months so programs that used to be essentially worthless to me are now excellent with just occasional errors. The specialist one I use most often (very expensive and related to my role, not as an accommodation so idk that it would get approved but this function might exist on others) even has an option for you to input industry terms and technical language so it has an easier time identifying them in the transcript
Hmmm it certainly could be. Have you talked to a doctor about it? And how long has this been going on for? Its really hard to say as I am not a doctor but it is a symptom of ADHD for sure.
Just saw your comment above about reading comprehension too. Is there a way you can make your notes more visual? I really like taking notes in Miro using the sticky notes and then changing the color of the note as I go if it’s important (eg everything will be light pink but if something sounds important I change that one to dark pink). That way when I go to review, all the important bits are immediately visible and pre-filtered so I know where to concentrate. You can also add colored tags or build out note sections (I like using differently colored rectangles) for similar effects.
Bonus points if there’s someone you can ask to take notes for you in this way so you don’t have to worry about missing the last half of the sentence (but if you do, just write that you missed it so you remember to double check that specific bit through the recording or a colleague)
Yes I had it my whole life and thought I was stupid for not being able to process the info real-time. I have learnt that I can’t process info when I’m hearing it, I need to read it to understand the full context. My strategy for meetings is to write everything down in a note taking template where I capture info in the right buckets (eg actions, next steps, key points, open Qs) and then review later which helps me absorb what was discussed
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I struggle with this when I know I’m not interested in the project or no one cares to give me context sadly