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[Birdofparadise8]

Thank you @creative_writer 

I feel this time of the sem is easier than the mid sem because exams are after the sem is finished. 

Yes, I am feeling much better; I think I nearly had an asthma attack. @Jynx 

Oh no. How does ADHD make you forget?

[Jynx]

@Birdofparadise8 umm... I mean I don't know the science of it, but it's to do with deficits in working memory, one of the facets of our executive functions - which are moderately to severely impaired for ADHDers. 

In other words, I struggle to hold information in my mind, which makes it much harder to remember things, and much harder to convert things to long-term memory. For example, I might be midway through a task, go into another room for some reason, and forget that I was working on said task. Or I will lose track of items, even if I was just holding it a minute ago. If someone tells me a piece on info like an address or a date for an event, if I don't write it down immediately I will forget within like 20 seconds. 

[Birdofparadise8]

Did that make studying hard for you @Jynx 

[creative_writer]

@Birdofparadise8 I’m doing my final assignments rn. Considering that my attention span is naturally pea sized, you can imagine how stressful it is. Living off matcha to get through it 😅

[Birdofparadise8]

Oh no. I'm sure you will get them done. Are they essays or something? @creative_writer 

[Jynx]

Yeah absolutely @Birdofparadise8 it's harder to focus, harder to commit facts to memory, all of it. It's why I am so glad that my uni degree didn't have exams, only essays and prac. I was always really bad at history at school too, could never remember dates or names 😅

[Birdofparadise8]

Lucky, you didn't have exams. I have three coming up. It might also depend on the course as well @Jynx 

[Jynx]

Oh for sure @Birdofparadise8. And good luck on your exams!!

[Birdofparadise8]

Thank you. I have them on the 31st of May, 7th and 14th of June. I get a week to study for each. 

What are you doing tomorrow? @Jynx 

[creative_writer]

@Birdofparadise8one essay and one scoping review left, already did one essay