How do you know if you have ADD?

qozon
Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:31:22 +0000

I was diagnosed with ADHD a long time ago and it’s pretty pointless. They put you on ■■■■■■■■ meds that basically screw you up when you get off of them. I suggest just dealing with ADHD like i do.

bwt, i sympathize with you so much. Nobody else seems to understand that insomnia can by a symptom. i find myself lying in bed until 4am sometimes just waiting to fall asleep. Sometimes i feel completely alone in this because in the middle of tests (even the ACT) im the only one completely zoning out just staring across the room watching other ppl work really hard (and struggling lol). And its the most annoying when ppl finish the test and they say “yo man i couldnt stay awake during that test i just zoned out” and they really have no idea what it feels like to just not pay attention. I can’t even take notes in class because i just plain fall behind. I can be staring right at someone and trying hard to listen and before i know it im not paying attention. I’m a snior in HS now and i’ve come to a point where ive just given up. I sleep during class and study a bit for tests and hope than my intelligence will get me through. My grades are suffereing and my teachers hate me.

Apparently thats what happens when u dont dont take meds, but im really apprehensive about taking anything for what seems like just a personality thing. I’m arrogant enough to believe that my smarts will get me through school even if i dont study.

now im just venting…sorry…its just that its so hard for ppl that dont have this problem to ever understand how difficult it can be for ppl like us.

if ur smart enough just deal with it.