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kjarva
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hi everyone,
my name is claire and I'm glad to have found these forums. In all honesty I don't know whats wrong with me, my other half is a doctor and I don't even want to discuss my mental health with him!
I find it very hard to concentrate on things, I am (possibly in complete arrogance) a very intelligent person who finds conventional learning methods useless and struggle a lot to deal with mainstream education.
Since I can remember I have been in to computers and can develop software in 4 languages but I can't get a degree in computing. I suffer from having a very short attention span - I am almost manic when I discover a new subject that interests me but give me 2 months and I will have learned all I want to know about the subject and then I get intensely interested in something else.
I do not know how to study because I just can't get interested in a subject long enough to actually see it through to the end. I feel I might possibly be an ADHD sufferer before it became popular to diagnose it. I was never any trouble in school and was predicted to get all A's in my exams but about half way through the year after my prelims I just lost interest and gained mediocre grades at best.
My apologies if this post is all me, me, me but I think I may have an undiagnosed medical problem that I want to resolve and I want to get it sorted - I start an OU course next month (I did my first year of my BSc of computing many years ago and desperately want to finish my degree) and I really want to get my shit together so I can finally do something and stick at it, especially seeing as it's something I enjoy and want to do as a career.
Sorry for the ramblings, I just want to sort myself out and thank you all so much for having me!
my name is claire and I'm glad to have found these forums. In all honesty I don't know whats wrong with me, my other half is a doctor and I don't even want to discuss my mental health with him!
I find it very hard to concentrate on things, I am (possibly in complete arrogance) a very intelligent person who finds conventional learning methods useless and struggle a lot to deal with mainstream education.
Since I can remember I have been in to computers and can develop software in 4 languages but I can't get a degree in computing. I suffer from having a very short attention span - I am almost manic when I discover a new subject that interests me but give me 2 months and I will have learned all I want to know about the subject and then I get intensely interested in something else.
I do not know how to study because I just can't get interested in a subject long enough to actually see it through to the end. I feel I might possibly be an ADHD sufferer before it became popular to diagnose it. I was never any trouble in school and was predicted to get all A's in my exams but about half way through the year after my prelims I just lost interest and gained mediocre grades at best.
My apologies if this post is all me, me, me but I think I may have an undiagnosed medical problem that I want to resolve and I want to get it sorted - I start an OU course next month (I did my first year of my BSc of computing many years ago and desperately want to finish my degree) and I really want to get my shit together so I can finally do something and stick at it, especially seeing as it's something I enjoy and want to do as a career.
Sorry for the ramblings, I just want to sort myself out and thank you all so much for having me!
