I have problems with inattention and always have. The second I get "bored" I start to daydream. I have to work hard constantly to keep from getting "bored".

In K-12 grade, I would do other classes homework until the rest of the class caught up to where I was in the day's assignment. If I had nothing class related left, I would pull out a book to read while I listened to the teacher. The teacher could never prove that I wasn't paying attention. They were grumpy about my reading books unrelated to the class in class, but I got As and Bs so they really couldn't say much.

To lower the number of mistakes I make, I learned to make lists of everything. Then when I get "lost" I can go back to my list to try to figure out where I was when I got trapped daydreaming again.

I had more problems in the work force. 5 minutes into a meeting I would be fast asleep. The more monotone the people I worked with were the faster I fell asleep. For a while I thought I might have Narcolepsy. Turns out that Meeting rooms are kept at a temperature that triggers my Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis. To protect itself, my body just shuts everything down when I get cold. Then I get bored, start to day dream, and then quickly fast asleep. Once I learned I had Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis and could take the medications for it I was able to stay awake for a FULL HOUR in a meeting. A miracle I had previously thought impossible. I had tried previously: Pinching continuously, Caffeine (all types including NoDoz), drawing, and writting down every word spoken in the room. None of those got me past the 15 minute mark, even with people whose topic I was interested in and weren't monotone.

I have never been diagnosed with any attention based disorder.