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Originally Posted by AzTheta
Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but OP - have you been tested for a learning disability or something else that might be interfering with your ability to achieve academic success? From what you wrote, you're not progressing.
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I say this because I have had attention difficulties my entire life (although I was able to hyperfocus on studying and got great grades, because I learned to isolate myself). In hindsight, it would have been helpful had my attention span and distractibility gotten the medical support it needed.
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This. My experience has been a lot like AZTheta's, to the point that I avoided taking potentially challenging classes in undergrad (that weren't required for my degree, anyway) or exploring subject areas that weren't ludicrously easy for me. I totally regret that now, especially since I had some leftover credits I could've used to broaden my experiences in these fields.
(While I am not a psychologist and am not qualified to diagnose the OP, one thing that strikes me--and convinces me that she's barking up the right tree with her seeking evaluations--is the fact that she comes off as quite intelligent in her writing, and most people with this particular disorder are very intelligent, some even geniuses, a number of my favorite composers among them. Just don't be like Beethoven and try to self-medicate with 60-beans-per-cup coffee...)
