Peyton Sotter
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Do not say ADHD/ADD. I'm probably one of the most mellow/patient persons you'll ever meet in your life. I highly doubt I'd have ADHD, not to mention it's just thrown around so much....
I have to worst memory ever. I can remember what I DID but I can't ever remember what I need to DO. Whenever I get an assignment, I repeatedly tell myself I need to do it, I write notes about it, and when I have a pen I'll write on my hand that I need to get something done. Five minutes later when my teacher asks me if I'm going to do the assignment, I can't even remember that we HAD an assignment in the first place. She'll explain it to me and then I'll remember. Ten minutes later, I might see someone working on something and ask them if we had an assignment we needed to do. They'll tell me about the homework (of which I had completely forgotten about again) and only then will I remember. Five minutes later, I don't even recall having homework.
I'm failing in three classes as of now and have so not so pretty grades in the others because I never remember the homework.
The same bad memory applies to pretty much ALL future tasks I need to do, but homework is the real kicker....
I want to change it so bad. My family thinks I'm either irresponsible or lazy and they don't respect me any more. They never believe me when I say that I can't ever remember. And it hurts. I just want to know what could be wrong.
I'm afraid carrying a notebook won't suffice.
I know I have schizophrenia (no lie, it's been diagnosed and I'm supposed to be on Abilify, but I'm not....) but I've never had that bad of a problem with memory.
I actually like homework. I look forward to it when I get it so I don't think it's selective memory or anything.
I have to worst memory ever. I can remember what I DID but I can't ever remember what I need to DO. Whenever I get an assignment, I repeatedly tell myself I need to do it, I write notes about it, and when I have a pen I'll write on my hand that I need to get something done. Five minutes later when my teacher asks me if I'm going to do the assignment, I can't even remember that we HAD an assignment in the first place. She'll explain it to me and then I'll remember. Ten minutes later, I might see someone working on something and ask them if we had an assignment we needed to do. They'll tell me about the homework (of which I had completely forgotten about again) and only then will I remember. Five minutes later, I don't even recall having homework.
I'm failing in three classes as of now and have so not so pretty grades in the others because I never remember the homework.
The same bad memory applies to pretty much ALL future tasks I need to do, but homework is the real kicker....
I want to change it so bad. My family thinks I'm either irresponsible or lazy and they don't respect me any more. They never believe me when I say that I can't ever remember. And it hurts. I just want to know what could be wrong.
I'm afraid carrying a notebook won't suffice.
I know I have schizophrenia (no lie, it's been diagnosed and I'm supposed to be on Abilify, but I'm not....) but I've never had that bad of a problem with memory.
I actually like homework. I look forward to it when I get it so I don't think it's selective memory or anything.