Use notes for the memory issue.
As far as being ADD or ADHD, I don't know that I would throw that diagnosis on you. You just seem to be a more verbal person, that is the way you learn and retain.
In college, do your darnedest to be in engaging classes, the college counselor can turn you to the instructors who are more verbal.
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"Be who you are and say what you feel 'cause people who mind don't matter, and people who matter don't mind." Theodor Seuss Geisel
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