what is it with my brain and jobs...wee vemble** Update #7

[Catty1]

Thanks, Lara.

My work skills improved greatly after I got dx'd and started taking the med for ADD. I'll look into the combo you mentioned - but sometimes these things are not supposed to be taken with 'regular' meds, so I'll read labels!

On the Yahoo group ADDmirable Women (love the name), the idea of auditory processing disorder was raised there by a woman who has that and also ADD. Although there is some overlap in characteristics between the two disorders, there is an element in APD regarding 'sequential processing' and other items as to how information is actually processed.

We implemented notebooks in the office, and I still jot down reminders. However, looking at people like they are from Mars when they ask me where something is - and this happens constantly, and I was unaware of it - indicates to me that something else is going on.

BTW - go to cafepress.com, type "ADD" into the search bar, and you will find some hilarious gift ideas for your brother! I wish him well.

[Catty1]

Sept 26/08

ok, my bosses and I had a really good meeting a couple of weeks ago. I am leaving the job. HOWEVER

We all know that it is the 'disorder' (pick another word if you like), and not me. We have been friends for a long time, and they were so concerned about telling me...because people like me who have been through quite a few jobs can get very down on themselves.

While many jobs can make accommodations for certain challenges, this one can't. They are a not-for-profit, and can only afford one office position. I realized that early on.

The bosses even talked to other people they knew who had employees, for ideas on what to do - and if I was not a friend, I would have been gone four months ago.

FloppsyLadySally89, my one boss totally agreed with something you said. He told me one day that they had great feedback from people I had dealt with on the phone. I said I was a people person, and he said, "and there you are doing picky work" meaning the long documents and transcriptions - and other tasks that weren't really a fit.

The best stuff - they do NOT want me to leave until I have another job to go to.

I am meeting tomorrow with the head cheese of a computer company - I can do basic Windows cleanups, and will get more training; also, I am much stronger at "doing" type jobs than at ones requiring immediate and fast processing of new verbal stuff.

Working on computers is kinesthetic and visual, both strong points for me. Also, the start and end times are more flexible - no punching a time clock.

Medically, am going back to the psych who dx'd my ADD last year, and am asking for a COMPLETE assessment. There is no cure - but I will have a much clearer picture of how I work best. I see him on the 2nd, my GP on the 8th.

Did lots of blood work already - NO sign of menopause, all thyroid figures are fine; my iron is a little low. Everything else was great.

Thanks for your support before...I think things will improve from here on.

[Medusa]

Things are looking up for you, Candace, and you truly are a people person. You've been so kind and encouraging to me and others here on PT. Your good people skills really shine through, even through space on the internet. I'll be sure to keep you in my prayers that the correct medical assessment is forthcoming and that your perfect job is there waiting for you. Name it and claim it, girl.

[jennielynn1970]

We have a lot of kids at school who have been diagnosed with ADD and APD. I think a lot of times they go hand in hand.

Sometimes I wonder if I've got some APD difficulties, just by the goofs that I make. I love working with people, and can do repetitive skills very easily, but when it's something that someone is telling me how to do, it takes a billion times for it to sink in. I just don't learn that way. Maybe that is what it is for me, the way I learn things. I'm very much a visual learner, I have to read things and repeat things in order to do them well. I'm not just a "listen and pick it up" type of learner. I've always been the one who, when asked a spur of the moment type of question, has that "deer in headlights" look about them as well, lol. It can make you feel like an idiot, but it doesn't mean you are. It's just how your brain processes things.

When you find the kind of work that you do well, and that you enjoy, you'll succeed at it. We all have different abilities, we learn differently, and have various skills that we have success with, it's just finding the right place to put the to use and excel in.

You'll find your niche, it just may take longer than you like.

[Catty1]

Jenn:

when asked a spur of the moment type of question, has that "deer in headlights" look about them as well

You saw my first post, when J said that I looked at them "like we are from Mars".

That's what happens when you work with academics! LOL They live in the country with very little traffic, and there ARE lots of deer...but never in the headlights...I guess Mars works better for them?