I was formally diagnosed way back in the early 1970's when I was a kid. Many of the issues listed here I have dealt with for decades though my memory is the opposite: I remember everything, sometimes down to the minutest detail which often annoyed friends when I could recall details of things they hoped were forgotten.
These days I have two cups of strong coffee to give me some focus time. When I am on a roll, I can crank out code by the page. But I do have issues with fidgeting/restlessness as well as impatience/frustration. I used to work for a Fortune 10 company and I disdained periodic department meetings with a passion. Drove me crazy listening to status reports being reported at a pace much slower than I could easily comprehend and then having to go back and pick up where I left off before the meeting. Thankfully, due to productivity issues and the ever increasing demand for more revenue, meetings became less frequent as they were viewed by upper management as a waste of "valuable" time.
I was formally diagnosed way back in the early 1970's when I was a kid. Many of the issues listed here I have dealt with for decades though my memory is the opposite: I remember everything, sometimes down to the minutest detail which often annoyed friends when I could recall details of things they hoped were forgotten.
These days I have two cups of strong coffee to give me some focus time. When I am on a roll, I can crank out code by the page. But I do have issues with fidgeting/restlessness as well as impatience/frustration. I used to work for a Fortune 10 company and I disdained periodic department meetings with a passion. Drove me crazy listening to status reports being reported at a pace much slower than I could easily comprehend and then having to go back and pick up where I left off before the meeting. Thankfully, due to productivity issues and the ever increasing demand for more revenue, meetings became less frequent as they were viewed by upper management as a waste of "valuable" time.
I feel that. Please don't ask how many times I fell asleep in meetings about sales numbers. 😬