I think I may have ADHD?

balledtoohard
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:48:20 +0000

ADHD is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, if you don’t have hyper activity (can’t sit still, can’t sit down still for a few minutes), and the symptoms you have is very common among people who don’t have ADHD too. (I’m no doctor take my comment as a grain of salt). You mentioned how you got distracted but, even my friend who sleeps in class and gets distracted (the teacher always warns him) has a grade average of A, as he works very hard at home.

If you honestly think you have ADHD/ADD you should get a psychometric/psychiatric analysis by a doctor, that is the only way to actually be officially documented for having the syndrome. Sometimes the doctors mislabel adolescents who are quote on quote, gifted, for having ADHD/ADD or dismiss them, you should think twice about the risk before you actually get your self checked up. The only merit the doctor will give you is medication, but medication only works unless you have will power, they don’t make you smart at all. The side effects of medication is sometimes VERY rough, you can get into a loop where you change your medication few times in a month, I’ve experienced insomnia, depression, drowsiness during the day, and much more. Also it is very hard for the doctor to give you the right medicine, the cause of ADHD/ADD are still scientifically disputed, and there are many types of ADHD/ADD. There is also a possibility that your school will throw you into a learning support class if you submit the analysis.

Honestly, there really is no excuse in bad performance and its not like you get treated special for having the label, society will look at you as a lazy individual, colleges pretty much don’t care whether you have ADHD and ADD since there are plenty of people who still get high grades with disorders. You should instead try to cope with your so called “symptoms”. There are people out there who have similar symptoms to ADHD and or undiagnosed, but cope with it. If the internet is distracting, turn it off and do homework, if you have lots of ideas write them on a paper, there are lots of options to improve.

I learned through my experience that medicine is no silver bullet to be a genius, but the power of an individual is, and the only person who can make a change is yourself.