Writer's Block: Life With ADHD

[vashsunglasses]

I have it, though I wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult.  All throughout childhood my teachers kept telling me to work harder, which always annoyed me because I always worked as hard as I could.  But because I am a girl, and because I have the Inattentive type of ADD, they never really even considered that I might have a learning disorder.  That'

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[torridpassion]

Thanks for the reply and support. : ) I hate that people don't take it seriously. As if it's not rough enough to deal with on it's own, now we have the stereotypes to contend with.

My parents also used to just tell me to work harder, or yell, "why can't you do this? What's so wrong with you?" and that sucks when people act like that when you can't really help it. As for the meds, I've had a tough time finding a suitable treatment. Nothing is great, but I've found Concert 36mg to help the most. It helps me focus a little more and decreases my nervous energy, but it doesn't affect my creativity, which is huge. I love that ADHD minds can just go down 5 roads at once. : )