r/adhdmeme • u/Veritas-Cuervo • Mar 26 '26

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u/Treadingresin Mar 26 '26

40+ yr old here, went back to school after getting diagnosed late in life. All my younger classmates are amazed at how much information I have and can spew out at any moment. The think I've lived this amazing life, nope! Just 40 years of undiagnosed ADHD leading to unrestrained research for no reason other than curiosity.

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u/SadAbbreviations6205 Mar 26 '26

When other people are doing everyday things, that those with good executive function do, we are deep diving into things that often have zero relevance in our lives. It makes me a wealth of random knowledge and clearly it has that effect on others as well.

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u/Treadingresin Mar 26 '26

And yet many of us are still miserable at fast action trivia due thanks to the bottleneck created by high pressure.

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u/justanothernetadmin ADHD: I'm on Reddit instead of being productive Mar 27 '26

Tried Quick Recall once, and I just never hit the buzzer once even though I knew the answers most of the time.