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My hearing loss is mostly in my right ear so affects language processing. Even now if I don't have my listening brain "warmed up", and someone talks to me, wha

My hearing loss is mostly in my right ear so affects language processing. Even now if I don't have my listening brain "warmed up", and someone talks to me, what I hear sounds like the adults/teachers on old Peanuts cartoons. I did eventually get a head MRI (I went to a ENT doc in my late 20s for another reason and the doc was concerned about this unexplained loss) but it showed nothing abnormal. Probably its been there since birth (I apparently had a lot of ear infections as a kid). As for attention disorders, I'm definitely in the territory of "everything is hard", and I've been doing nothing for some time now (even before pandemic). But I'm hoping this year I can finally make some forward progress.

steve_adams_86 4y ago
This ear infection thing seems to be a common thread in ADHD land. There’s evidence of it being causative (due to damage to things around the ear and how sensory data is compromised and then causes dysfunction in the brain — apparently leads to hyperactivity in animal models), but other evidence of it being a symptom of ADHD in the first place. Interesting stuff. I hope this year is better for you. I find I have to have an explicit plan, otherwise I rarely act on things in a meaningful way. Maybe that would help you too. I set very basic goals and try to arrange my living space and even digital spaces around the goal. If it isn’t in front of me all the time, I’ll quickly forget it. I underestimated how much I need to shape my life around goals and plans for a very long time. It drives my family crazy, they think I’m obsessive. In reality it’s like the world vanishes from existence if it isn’t pushed into my face constantly; if I try to hide anything from them, I’m hiding it from myself too.