  

Hi all,

I’m 26 years old/ I'm posting my "possible ADHD" symptoms which have been troubling me for many years. If you have been diagnosed with ADHD and experienced/still experience these too, please let me know. Please take time and read all the symptoms. Let me know if I should get my diagnosis done. Also from your understanding let me know if these are symptoms of only ADHD or other disorders as well.

Thanks.

Symptoms:-

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1. Difficulty in finishing a task. I begin the task with      excitement but eventually, it gets boring.
2. Daydreaming for many hours. Thoughts running in my mind      all the time.
3. When I listen to a song, I imagine myself in it, playing      football, scoring goals. As a result, I don’t know the lyrics of the songs      I’ve been listening for many years.
4. Difficulty in learning something new. This makes me unable      to develop a skill or a talent. I’m below average in academics, pathetic      in sports, no extra-curricular activities.
5. Difficulty in completing a task which requires mental      effort.
6. Experience severe nostalgia ( many hours a day, many      days). I miss the time between 1998-2012 (start and end year of my school      education). It’s been 8 years since I passed out yet I still haven’t      gotten over it. I keep listening to songs, watching movies , seeing      facebook posts from that time period. I keep on visiting the lanes where I      spent playing during my childhood. I also experience nostalgia of memories      which aren’t even mine
7. Extreme sadness followed by euphoria but mostly sadness      because of nostalgia. Basically, mood swings.
8. Sometimes I don’t thing much/don’t think at all before      acting. I spend money in a rush, then regret it later on.
9. Struggle to stick to a schedule. Poor time management.
10. The only tasks where I’m able to have a full focus on      are those which are interesting ( watching a movie, reading a book about a      topic I like )
11. Difficulty in remembering details related to tasks that      require mental effort
12. Procrastinate/Avoid tasks that require mental effort. I      perform horribly in tasks that require mental effort.
13. If a set of tasks are given to be completed, I don’t      feel like doing them during the initial days. Motivation comes only during      the final days. 
14. Restlessness in legs ( when I sit on a chair during      office hours).Sometimes feel like being  in motion.
15. When I was young, I would do mock batting with a cricket      bat for hours
16. Indecisive when it comes to making important decisions.      Lack of confidence, conviction.
17. Very fidgety at times. Throw up things in the air and      try to catch them.
18. Feel the urge to calculate random statistics ( add/      subtract cricket scores, average, football stats etc). I enjoy learning      trivia.
19. If I’m studying in a slightly dirty room I get      distracted. Till the time I don’t clean it , I’m unable to study. When I      clean it, I feel the urge to clean other rooms.
20. I often wait for the perfect time to start doing      things. I keep postponing things to begin them on Monday, 1st day of the      month, 1st Jan etc.)
21. I make a schedule of things to be done. If even one of      the things in that list isn’t done or isn’t properly done, I feel like not      doing the rest of the things.
22. Make posts on social media and then delete them. I keep      liking and unliking pages as well. If my timeline on twitter doesn’t look      neat , I delete my twitter account and then make a new one , for a “fresh      start”.
23. If things aren’t symmetrical, it irritates me to even      look at them.
24. A thought occurs in my mind and I react to it verbally.      (for example, an unfinished conversation). I even talk to myself when I’m      alone.
25. Get irritated when a delay occurs. Sometimes I’m unable      to wait for my turn.
26. Get offended easily.
27. Unable to sleep alone at night
28. When talking, mind races ahead of mouth, hence I      “cancel” the sentence and start a new one
29. Difficulty in applying a concept from area to another.
30. Often blurt answers before a question is completed
31. Watch the same videos ( on many topics) again and again.
32. Unable to prioritize things. Unable to figure out how      to/where to begin a task (what should I do first)
33. Feel like I'm being judged, hence shyness. Unable to      express myself.