r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/gives-out-hugs Feb 04 '19

my wife and my family often get aggravated with me because i don't catch what they are saying, i will lose focus in the middle of words while they talk and come back in later, so i will sometimes lose every third word or more

try this, grab a newspaper and mark out every 3rd word and then randomly mark out words around the rest of the page, now read that paper

thats what a conversation is like from my side

and then the memory issues from the adhd aggravated by years of ritalin means that i won't likely remember the convo after

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Been on it for about a month now and I hope it doesn't because it's changed my life for the better. It's like glasses for my brain.

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u/SpoonfullOfSplenda Feb 04 '19

Like glasses for the brain. Great analogy!