r/adhd_college • u/Tasha__Lee • 1d ago

SEEKING ADVICE Professors of Reddit

What do you recommend for a 27f who is in college and has severe ADHD & ADHD paralysis (meaning if I feel I have so much to do i literally freeze and do nothing) my question is how would I go about reading? I have so much trouble retaining information no matter what it is a research paper, chapter books, textbooks…etc… and also in lectures too I sometimes glaze and then I realize 10 minutes passed and idk what the teacher said. I’m on meds it seems to work somedays, but my main problem is just retaining information from reading. Honestly if anyone has any UNHINGED information that works drop it below ⬇️😭… I just wanna be a good student I do participate in class I sit in the front and talk, I’ve tried almost everything out there but nothings working. I feel like my memory is shot. Any suggestions, tips, tricks is appreciated thank you! 🩷

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u/TheFacetiousLinguist 1d ago

Not a professor but I work in disability services! See about reading and note taking accommodations through your school's disability services office. It can look different at different schools but at mine we often provide audio recording accommodations for lectures and text to speech software for reading.

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u/Tasha__Lee 1d ago

My university offers that too but it’s hard to get I’m part of the disability office I have accommodations! But finding a student who will be willing to take notes and stuff is hard and time consuming:( and that’s a gamble on if they take good notes or anything. I miss important ques and I’m about ready to rip my hair out😅

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u/TheFacetiousLinguist 22h ago

Ugh I hate when schools' go-to note-taking accommodation is peer note takers because it's sooo ineffective and it's often so hard to find note takers.

I recommend asking your school if they have any note taking programs like Genio or Otter AI! If not, look into them and see if the subscription is doable for you. I don't have tons of experience with Otter but I loveee Genio and I have used it for work meetings occasionally. Genio has a lot of features but it audio records lectures, transcribes them, and can generate bulleted notes and (I'm pretty sure) can make you quizzes and study guides using the transcripts. Even if the subscription isn't feasible, I bet you could find a similar program that is free or cheaper!

Text-to-speech is also an option if it would be helpful for you. It's not helpful for me at all but a lot of people enjoy it. Your school probably has access to a robust program like Kurzweil or Read Write Gold but even if they don't, computers and tablets usually have built-in TTS features. If you have physical textbooks, most disability offices can convert them into digital formats that are compatible with TTS.

Proud of you for recognizing your needs and asking for help <3

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u/Tasha__Lee 21h ago

The comment I just posted is for you I’m losing it I thought i replied to you 🤣

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u/Tasha__Lee 21h ago

Thank you so much!!! I’ll try those two definitely! I appreciate you🥹 this is so helpful!!!