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Old May 31, 2016, 02:13 PM
Anonymous35014
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How is your attention? What about concentration? I'm asking because you wrote a lot about your disorganization and your constantly changing interests, but I didn't see much about your attention/concentration. The only thing I saw was, "I find it hard to stay on track." Can you elaborate on that a little more?

To give you some background, the disorganization part of ADHD is typically due to poor attentional skills and a deficit in executive functioning. However, some people are "naturally" disorganized and their disorganization has nothing to do with poor attention or poor executive functioning. Similarly, some people are motivated than others, and some people just have rapidly changing interests (which, btw, is not really an ADHD symptom, unless the rapid changes are due to the person getting frustrated with not being able to concentrate).

For what it's worth, I think a lot of young teens struggle with organization. I am not dismissing your concerns at all, but it's just something to consider. In other words, compared to your peers, how is your disorganization?

A lot of teens are lazy too, so it's also important to compare yourself to your classmates.

If you feel that you're "worse" than your classmates, then you should definitely bring it up with your parents and/or doctor... but in general, a lot of young teens procrastinate and have poor organizational skills.

Either way, it can't hurt to talk to your parents or a doctor. I'm not a doctor, so I can't diagnose you, but I can certainly entertain any ADHD questions you may have because I have severe ADHD myself