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26 Jan 2010, 4:03 pm

Hi every one, I'm Blake and I would like take some of your time to read to this if you have the time to help..

This is now 2010, and i'm going to year 8 in high school. You know... all is good, I got anough friends i'm not bad, school is good.
But, The only problem is I don't do my work. and you are probally thinking "That's not smart.. Do it". That's just it! I can't and I don't know why, I would think of me being vain but I like to think of myself as some one smart, at home I do studys, I learned how to do every thing in my life just from the interent. But when I get to school I feel good I'm all ready then I go to school sit at my desk and the world is so hard and confusing, I know the answer it is easy but in that school I am dumb I can't do anything, when i get home and look at my school work. It's easy, I just think it up.. But that wont think my tests up that we have to so in school. i failed year 7,6,5,4 just pasted 3 and 2,1 and kindergarden was alright.
I don't get it.. can some one help. I want to do my work, I want to do good in school. and I am good. I just can't... it's like I go in shut down. untill the bell rings to go home. when the bell rings I leave go home and there wasted was anoter day of school were I learned nothing..
Can some one help? Am I the only one that is like this?
I start school soon..

(sorry for my spelling I didn't really go back to fix it..)
Blake,


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26 Jan 2010, 4:12 pm

Blake_be_cool wrote:
Hi every one, I'm Blake and I would like take some of your time to read to this if you have the time to help..

This is now 2010, and i'm going to year 8 in high school. You know... all is good, I got anough friends i'm not bad, school is good.
But, The only problem is I don't do my work. and you are probally thinking "That's not smart.. Do it". That's just it! I can't and I don't know why, I would think of me being vain but I like to think of myself as some one smart, at home I do studys, I learned how to do every thing in my life just from the interent. But when I get to school I feel good I'm all ready then I go to school sit at my desk and the world is so hard and confusing, I know the answer it is easy but in that school I am dumb I can't do anything, when i get home and look at my school work. It's easy, I just think it up.. But that wont think my tests up that we have to so in school. i failed year 7,6,5,4 just pasted 3 and 2,1 and kindergarden was alright.
I don't get it.. can some one help. I want to do my work, I want to do good in school. and I am good. I just can't... it's like I go in shut down. untill the bell rings to go home. when the bell rings I leave go home and there wasted was anoter day of school were I learned nothing..
Can some one help? Am I the only one that is like this?
I start school soon..

(sorry for my spelling I didn't really go back to fix it..)
Blake,

Sounds like either sensory overload or anxiety. It is hard to focus in school when all the kids are moving around, separately talking, when all instructions are given verbally, when there is so much to keep track of in a fast moving environment. At least that is the way I see it.

My remedy was no in-class work. Meaning, I can take any work in the classroom home and do it instead-- and no real deadlines for work. For tests, I could go to a separate room.



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26 Jan 2010, 4:15 pm

I don't think it is that, i'm pretty ok with my environment, I think...


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26 Jan 2010, 6:14 pm

It could be part of Executive Dysfunction which is associated with AD(H)D and Asperger's. Here's a link. I know that paralyzed feeling very well.

http://home.comcast.net/~kskkight/EFD.htm


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27 Jan 2010, 12:54 am

Aimless wrote:
It could be part of Executive Dysfunction which is associated with AD(H)D and Asperger's. Here's a link. I know that paralyzed feeling very well.

http://home.comcast.net/~kskkight/EFD.htm


I've read about it, and googled it for more, and it does sound alot like me, I asked my parents about it and they said "I have Asperger's not Executive Dysfunction..". So... I guess I don't have it; No real way to find out.


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27 Jan 2010, 5:15 am

Blake_be_cool wrote:
Aimless wrote:
It could be part of Executive Dysfunction which is associated with AD(H)D and Asperger's. Here's a link. I know that paralyzed feeling very well.

http://home.comcast.net/~kskkight/EFD.htm


I've read about it, and googled it for more, and it does sound alot like me, I asked my parents about it and they said "I have Asperger's not Executive Dysfunction..". So... I guess I don't have it; No real way to find out.


Executive dysfunction is a description of a symptom. Here's a link:
http://www.sacramentoasis.com/docs/8-22 ... ficits.pdf


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27 Jan 2010, 5:20 am

Aimless wrote:
Blake_be_cool wrote:
Aimless wrote:
It could be part of Executive Dysfunction which is associated with AD(H)D and Asperger's. Here's a link. I know that paralyzed feeling very well.

http://home.comcast.net/~kskkight/EFD.htm


I've read about it, and googled it for more, and it does sound alot like me, I asked my parents about it and they said "I have Asperger's not Executive Dysfunction..". So... I guess I don't have it; No real way to find out.


Executive dysfunction is a description of a symptom. Here's a link:
http://www.sacramentoasis.com/docs/8-22 ... ficits.pdf


Thanks, I just read it.


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27 Jan 2010, 5:57 pm

Clearly you are having some sort of problem in completing the work, and if, as you describe, this problem is limited to your time in the classroom, the issue is probably environmental. I would suggest speaking with the school counselor. He or she may be able to point you toward a plan of action that can minimize your work paralysis. It may be as simple as isolating your from your class to finish your work, or it may involve a more complex solution. Either way, communicating the existence of a persistent problem is going to be the first step to solving it.



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27 Jan 2010, 11:32 pm

My partner is ADHD, but he is not hyperactive. All through school he was quiet, he was never bouncing off the walls, so no one thought he had ADHD until he was in his 20s.

What you are experiencing sounds more like an ADHDer. Maybe you should talk to your school counselor. There is always a possibility that you were mis-diagnosed or that your doctor overlooked something. Your school counselor could help you figure out a way to talk to your parents about the topic, if your parents are being dismissive of you.

Good luck.