> Can't hear what someone is saying directly to me because I'm obsessed with minutiae.
This was something I had no idea was a symptom of ADHD before I got diagnosed. It was extremely distressing to experience. I'd be sitting next to my partner, no other noises distracting me, no phone dividing my attention, etc, and I'd know they were talking to me and that I wanted to hear what they say and I'd recognize that I was hearing syllables just fine but was entirely unable to process the sounds I was hearing.
I finally got diagnosed and started taking drugs (Vyvanse, which is a slow release drug that's apparently mellower than Adderall). They've been extremely helpful to get me to a baseline where I could actually start work to improve things for myself.
This was something I had no idea was a symptom of ADHD before I got diagnosed. It was extremely distressing to experience. I'd be sitting next to my partner, no other noises distracting me, no phone dividing my attention, etc, and I'd know they were talking to me and that I wanted to hear what they say and I'd recognize that I was hearing syllables just fine but was entirely unable to process the sounds I was hearing.
I finally got diagnosed and started taking drugs (Vyvanse, which is a slow release drug that's apparently mellower than Adderall). They've been extremely helpful to get me to a baseline where I could actually start work to improve things for myself.