ADD?

I am giving myself a diagnosis of ADD. I cannot seem to pay attention for *anything*! I try to pay attention in my lectures, but I just can't seem to do it. I try to listen, but nothing sinks in. I end up "teaching" the material to myself before the tests. This is why it takes me so long to study for tests. The mixture of my having to teach the stuff to myself and the fact that I cannot stay focused. I will read an entire page and realize I have no idea what I just read because my mind has been on other things and I've been skimming the words, but not actually paying attention enough to comprehend what I just read. Ugh! I just don't get it. I wish this came easy to me. I wish I were one of those people that could just listen in class and not even have to study because merely listening to the lecture was enough.

I spent hours last night and only got through about half of a chapter in one subject. I need to get to it again today. Tomorrow I am going to a study group and hopefully that will help. I always seem to get more out of studying with other people than on my own.

For some reason, I don't have any problems sitting and reading a book, for leisure, for hours! I guess it has to do with how interested I am in the subject at hand. For example, I can read a made up story about vampires and werewolves, or a romance or suspense novel, and become completely enthralled in what I'm reading. But, reading about electrolytes and acid/base buffer systems somehow doesn't hold my interest the same way.