u/Kuliquitakata

I’m going for an ADHD assessment today as an adult / parent and I’m trying to distill my experience into words.

One of my constant experiences since childhood is that I can’t do simple tasks methodically, for example flossing my teeth or mowing the lawns. Every time I start, I harden my resolve and hype myself up and be like this is the time I’m going to do it. I am going to follow the obvious, logical pattern of flossing one tooth then the next until they’re all done, or mow the lawn in stripes one at a time. Then at some point (I don’t notice when) I *always* end up going off in random directions everywhere, taking five times as long and missing spots. I try every single time and I have never completed either task methodically. And that applies to basically every task in my life.

I’m not looking for medical advice or a diagnosis here obviously but wondering, Does anyone here with confirmed ADHD think this sounds relatable or like it could stem from that?

I think I assumed this was everyone’s experience ? Is it not ?