What does it feel like to drive with ADHD?

When I drive I can focus on the road - but I can only focus on one thing at a time which is problematic because you have to be checking mirrors and looking away for a second. I find that overwhelming. I can look ahead and check if the person in front of me is breaking. But that’s it.

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I can hyper focus on driving and be very safe. But I will often miss turns. Especially if I’m talking with a passenger. And I will never how I got anywhere ever. Without GPS, I’m useless.

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How do you make sure you never ever hit the car beside you? I can’t get a feel for it

As a fellow ADD’er (inattentive type), please take medication. I do whenever I drive. It’s extremely dangerous to drive if you can’t focus properly or are overwhelmed by excessive stimulus / being forced to look away for a moment.

Wishing you all the best. Please stay safe.

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I ask because when I was a new driver, I told my instructor of my difficulty to focus on all 3 things and all told me that I just need more practice

driving is just distracting enough to actually feel comfortable just thinking about things. So I basically black out while I’m thinking through things in my life and have very little memory of how I made it to my destination. I don’t think I’m driving dangerously or anything, more like I go on autopilot

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If I’m driving with someone and we’re talking, i end up driving super slow

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