'smart girl. if only she would do her work' that was my life #ADHD

adhd =kidnapped by your own mind.

You just explained my life

I was diagnosed a few days ago at age 16 and the diagnosis makes so much sense. I always just thought I sucked at being a person.

I was crying when watching it. It was almost everything I've ever suffered before.

The pain of what an adult feels after being diagnosed at a later stage in life.. imagine how life could have been all these years.

This is so similar to me. Never been diagnosed with ADHD but I believe i have it. I have Social Anxiety too, which makes it difficult to seek help.

I got diagnosed a few weeks ago at 21 and just cried my eyes out watching this, it's so nice to just relate to finally be able to relate to other people

The little girl in this story sounds just like me. My dad refused to let my mum get me checked as a child and I'm now 24 and I still haven't got myself tested for it. I still suffer with symptoms of ADHD, daily and i have no friends. I live alone and work every hour I can, to keep a roof over my head, it's hard to make time for things like this as an adult. Any parents watching and are reading this comment, please get your child/children tested, it's so much more important than you might think. Don't let your fear of your child being 'labelled' stop them from living a better, happier life, like my dad did to me. I'd rather be labelled as 'ADHD positive' than all the things that myself and others have labelled me as.

I was diagnosed with ADHD before I start kindergarten. I take meds for mine. My meds keep me calm. Now at open house of every school year my parents tell my teachers that I have ADHD. Last year my teacher said to me "Lauren I don't think you have ADHD you have ADD!" I told her I take meds. I failed math that year. I tried but my math teacher I knew she hated me because I heard her talking about how I'm disgusting. I wanted to cry. That year was when I fidgeted with my hair alot. I was bullied like crazy. I ended up crying in the middle of class but I hid it. I cried again later on. My teacher didn't care. I felt like they hated me because of my disorder. I started cutting that year. I had no self esteem. I was vacation with my mom's side of the family. I was the only there with a different last name. I started crying because I thought my cousins were ignoring me for that reason. My mom says it might be my hormones and the meds. I bite myself alot. I tell my self that I should be normal. That I'll never be good at any thing. I always have bad grades now. I want to get into this good art school. But I have horrible grades. My teachers won't accept late work but I never get my work done in time. They need to realize what ADHD is and understand what it's like to be me for a day. I'm never organized. I always feel like everything is my fault. I want to tell you people of the internet my life with ADHD

I've lived with adhd my whole life and this shit is absolutely the most relatable thing EVER

There is no hope for me. I’ve been struggling with this all my life and my dad was adding to all my problems. He used to think that I was different from my brothers and sisters because I was misbehaving or not following his rules. My life was hard because of ADHD, but it was unbearable because of him. Please take care of your children and support them. I didn’t stop believing in myself and now I’m doing my Master’s degree. Yes you can, too!

Diagnosed at age 40. This is the story of my life.

Oh crap....emotional. I'm 27-years-old, and it wasn't until 24 when I got my first job in my field (with a semester left still of college, thank you!) that my coworkers, who both have children with ADHD, suggested I might have it too. I started going back to friends, advisors and teachers I had had and asked them about it. The resounding response was "Oh yeah you definitely have ADHD. You never knew?" No. Because instead of anyone saying "You have ADHD" to young me, I got "you're lazy", "you're numb", "you need to pay attention", "you need to listen", and "you're so smart, why do you not apply yourself?" I'm seeing a therapist next week to get an official diagnosis. But I'm angry. Because I lived 27 years thinking I was just a lazy, stupid, flaky, child-like, broken human because that is how I was treated, and apparently there were people around me who saw I was struggling, recognized the symptoms, and just...said nothing. I've managed to make it to where I am despite not knowing, but it was ridiculously hard and there were a lot of tears and sleepless nights frantically trying to finish assignments. I am crazy freakin' smart, creative, ambitious and enthusiastic, and I have a good worth ethic, but my issues have always held me back and created a lot of exhausting obstacles that I just floundered trying to deal with by myself, with the only guidance I got being "just sit down and do it". So when the video said "She wasn't lazy. It wasn't her fault that she was forgetful and she didn't just suck at being a person." I legitimately teared up.

I can't believe how much I can relate to the story in this video. It's as though they were talking directly about me. Although diagnosed 6 years ago and treatment makes it better, the struggle continues to be an issue. I imagine to many this video is unimportant. I, on the other hand, found the video to be very powerful.

I am a mother of two ADHD kids. I thought it is only temporary condition and they will get better when they grow up but they won't. I believe that they are so unique and they will turn out to be great boys if I know how to direct their energy correctly. All they need is supportive parents. It is a lot of hard work.

Could be me - diagnosed age 47. Totally life-changing, for the better.

i have severe adhd and have been showing the signs since i was really young but didn’t get diagnosed until sophomore year, i honestly didn’t know what was wrong with me but it makes so much sense now

OMG. This is my life. I lost it at about 15 seconds. They change her to him and it's my entire life.

I burst into tears less than halfway through this because that little girl was me too. I even looked like the girl in the cartoon as a child which made it even more painful. I got diagnosed at the age of 31 - I feel angry and sad at times because my Mum went to the doctor numerous times when I was a child and told him about all these problems I had, the hyperactivity, inattentiveness etc and he didn't listen. If this diagnosis had been more prevalent then and not seen as something only "naughty little boys" had (an ignorant comment from one of the doctors) perhaps I would have been diagnosed much sooner. Int to University, got a Bachelors and Masters degree but it might not have been so difficult had it had been recognised. I have struggled at some jobs and have had a few managers bully me because I worked differently to others. I could still do a good job, but because I couldn't do it in the way they wanted it caused problems. I am changing jobs again due to my manager bullying me despite doing a good job, fingers crossed my next workplace will be more supportive.

I relate to everything that happens to this girl, except for the good grades

I do have ADHD, it's just not very severe. Throughout the years my grades have dropped lower than Logan Paul's subscribers, and I've been talking a whole lot in class when I'm not supposed to, also I have anger issues, but that's it. ADHD's how I broke my tablet when I was 7. (I'm 10, turning 11 in July)

That is powerful and heartbreaking. I am proud of you.

Yep this is me. My family always says "You are smart when you apply yourself" and they say I don't try hard enough. I get called out for not paying attention. I'm forgetful and people think I don't care. I stopped taking my medication for ADHD because they just made everything worse and they also made my anxiety worse. I can't make or keep friends, they never like talking to me. I had anxiety over getting into colleges because of my grades and my ADHD caused my grades to not be the best. But I emded up getting accepted into 3 colleges so that's good I guess. But people still think I'm stupid because of my ADHD

The story of my life but I'm not diagnosed...

I have ADHD and every time I try to finish my notes really fast I get really freaked out I am in 9th grade and I have so much low self esteem I try to act very smart and I try to get my work done on time but it is always so hard and when I see my grades low I always feel like I am a failure and that I just want to give up the rest of my family is normal except for me and my older sister and I want to be normal and not have ADHD

Diagnosed a year ago at 29.. so interesting that this is SO relatable..EERILY relatable..

The best portrayal of adhd struggle so far

I can relate to about 92% of the video. Such a sad video. I can never express enough empathy for this girl.

this hits hard... got diagnosed at 28, still working on my bachelor's..

Explained my life but I'm only 12 and have been diagnosed with ocd but not with adhd and I don't get bullied and I have a "safe spot" at school!

I'm 34 years old and five days ago I was diagnosed with inattentive and impulsivity type ADHD. I can relate to the woman in the video. I performed badly in school and dropped out of University.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at 4-5 years ago

42 y.o. Diagnosed a week ago, got medicine. For the first time in my life I feel "normal". I cried when I finished the breakfast, went to the kitchen and washed the plate right away without even thinking about it. Please, get help if you suspect you have an ADHD. It is a lifechanging.

No one believes I have adhd... they say it’s an excuse for being lazy when really I’m working my ass off.

Thank you so much for giving me a way to explain all the things I find too hard to explain myself.

I hate when people tell me to calm down and i thought i was calm but apparently i wasn’t. also i hate the fact that I CANT DRINK ORANGE JUICE ON A SCHOOL DAY bc it makes my medicine wear off. also once i was in a fancy restaurant and i started yelling and i didn’t even realize it!!!!!! it was really embarrassing

I have ADHD, Anxiety, Asthma, and a heart murmur. I hope you don’t have to deal with any disabilities or disorders or sicknesses or conditions. If you are, it’s okay. Live your best life and believe in yourself. Everyone is beautiful.

I owe all of the great things I’ve done and will do in my life to my parents catching and getting a diagnosis on my ADHD when I was a young kid.

i fought with one cashier last time. he said i paid extra$3(total is $5 & cost is $2),so he need to give balance of $3, but i keep saying that i paid him with $2 perfectly,until i opened my wallet n yes,i took $5 notes,not the $2. my brain thought i took $2.

So much of this rings true. I'm in my 40s, and didn't get diagnosed until 2011. Wish it had been sooner.

I was diagnosed at age 10 - in 1975. (also with Dyslexia) In my case, my parents tried to get me help, I even took part in a special program for kids with dyslexia/ADHD for 2 years, but even there nobody seemed to get me or offer me anything helpful. I struggled my way though college too, taking 5.5 years to get a 4 year degree. I had for many years assumed that because my parents tried to help me but nothing seemed to work, and that I had a really hard time making and keeping friendships, that there was something wrong with me. Thank you for putting this into words. I hope everyone who has ADHD can get the help they need to thrive.

“She wondered what was wrong with her .. she wondered what she was missing, what everyone else seemed to have ..” 🤕 😣

Aww, regretting not getting diagnosed when she were younger bothered me a little bit. We all have regrets, but don't let them consume you!

Yup, sounds like me, just wish that my mom didn't say "that's normal" anytime I try to talk about it

If you think you have ADHD talk to your doctor, after treatment it helped so much.

41 years of my life I knew I was smart but stupid because I couldn't put things together. Finally I know what it is

Heres a quote by, Alexander Den Heijer: "When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." To all who can relate. Please know that you are perfectly fine just the way you are. You are unique, and doesnt have to be like everybody else. Sometimes society (the majoriey of likeminded people) sets up some social norms, and expect, everybody else to fit into their boxes. And whenever somebody doesnt fit into their norms/boxes, they dont understand it, and think that the "fault"/reason, lies within the individual. And sometimes they invent labels to be put on everything and everyone that is different, so they can feel normal, and feel that they understand, that which is different. And it is in here that the greatest fault lies. Because while they think, that they see the fault in others, they actually fail to see the fault in themselves. We have limited/restricted ourselves in regards to how we perceive differences in people, and, what we define as "normal". Because "normal" is just a term which the majoriety of likeminded people has defined and agreed upon. A term which becomes a label that is full of ignorance, to the wonder and splendor of all the diversities we as humans contains. We set up certain rules of behaviour, and determine/define what is normal and what is not normal. And those rules are filled with ignorance, and they are narrowminded, intolerant, excluding (as in, to not include). And whenever someone doesnt fit into the box, we say that it is a problem, and that the problem lies within those who do not fit into the box. But the real problem is just that. That we treat each others, as if we are all supposed to be and have the same traits/characteristics. And it gets even worse when society labels, stigmatises and blaim people for their differences, and treat them as if they have a problem. This is where the society actually creates im-balances and causes a split within the persona of those who are labeled, because what they reallly am saying is: Something is wrong inside you. You are not right and so on... How can we (the society) expect these children to grow up and become a whole being (a holistic/complete/full being), when we have learned them, to think and believe that something is wrong with them. And that, they need to change, to fit in, to a society that is full of flaws itself. Remember that probably the best definition, of the two letters "AD" in ADHD, shouldnt be: "Attention Deficit". But: "Attention Different". Because while its true, that for people who fit into the term/label ADHD, that it indeed can be difficult to concentrate on certain things, and that one might get easily distracted. Another thing is also true. And that is, that they are able to hyperfocus on whatever they find interesting. This ability/trait is actually one of their greatest strengths. They can actually concentrate more, and dont get easily distracted whenever they are engaged in something they find interesting enough. Embrace yourself, and embrace your differences, be proud of who you are, and dont let anybody else tell you otherwise. And another thing. You dont have to, have many friends to be "normal". You can be a loner and enjoy your own company, and rest in yourself. We arent necessarily dependent on others, to make us feel good about ourselves. You can be a loner without feeling lonely. You can feel alone and still not feel lonely. And dont worry, there WILL come a time, where you will find someone with whom YOU can relate with, someone YOU choose to befriend. Not because you are supposed to, not because someone says so, but because it feels right for you. Trust in yourself and your own inner guidance, and the rest will come, and fall into place by itself. Be gratefull for the gift that is YOU, and for all the diversities we as humans contains. And remember that if one of your strenghts isnt understood and appreciated by the society, then it is their loss and their fault. Not yours. Learn to find and hone your strengths and use them for your benefit, and someday, the society may also benefit from it/you. YOU may very well be the answer, to a more diverse, tolerant and including world, and a better future. You are like a valuable gem, which hasnt been found and appreciated yet. You are truly unique. And lastly as a side note. For those who believe that, I may be one of those people who doesn't believe in or doesn't take the whole ADHD-thing serious. Well i do! I just don't agree with the conventional beliefs and practice which surrounds these societal circumstances in the human nature. I can relate to, that it can feel comforting and reassureable for some, to hear a so-called professional doctor, saying: Don't worry, we know what is "wrong" with you, you have ADHD etc. And it is "caused" by a neurological dysfunction/imbalance in your brain etc. And we can help you, by giving you some psychotropic medication (regulating your mind, emotions, and behavior) etc. But this practice is a malpractice build on ignorance of the human mind/psyche and a reductionistic view on how the mind and body functions. Yes, they can see/measure some hormonel and chemical differences etc. And yes these are related to the behavioral traits, expressed within the individual. But seen from a holistic perspective. These differences in the chemical and neurological processes going on in the body and mind. Are not the causes. They are just visible/measurable "symptoms"/markers caused by other factors. And while some of these psychotropic medications in the "right amount" of dosages, can seem to have a positive effect. They are still just treating these socalled symptoms. It's like putting a bandaid on a wound without first removing the splinter. And this is only in regard to the assumption or belief that something is wrong. When in fact, in many cases, and for many individuals, there's isn't anything wrong, other than the way these individual differences are viewed, perceived and understood. Granted, some do seem to benefit from these medications, especially those who are very challenged and limited in their ability to function in a sensible and reasonable way, along with others. But whether something as a behavioral trait (or anything else) should be considered and defined as being either positive or negative. Should not depend on differences, but should only be determined by how it comes to expression. And just because society has made some fixed rules for standardized behavioral traits. It doesn't mean, that they are right and others are wrong. Or that they are "normal" and others are not. Think about how we throughout history, in the past and still to this day, how we as a society has judged certain differences as being wrong, abnormal, deviated or what ever negative term/label we have been using, against all that is different. Against those from socalled "lower and upper" classes (rich and poor), against other cultures (skin colours), against those who are lefthanded, against those who are introverted, against those who are dyslexics, and so on and on... We see/percieve ourselves as being more open/openminded, tolerant, wise/understanding, including and so on, than we where in the past, and while that may seem and be true in some regards/fronts/aspects. The reality is, that we are infact still just as closed/narrowminded, intolerant, ignorant, excluding, in other regards/fronts/aspects, as before. And are still finding differences in each others, setting up new rules/norms for standardized behavior, and defining/labeling these differences as being positive or negative traits. Meanwhile failing to see our own fault in these regards/aspects of our social behaviour. And failing to understand that wheter something is positive or negative, actually isnt the question in itself. But that it depends on how it/things comes to expression, it depends on what we do with it/them, it depends on how we treat ourselves and each others, it depends on how well we create a society which understands, how to set up a space, a framework, some norms, that take differences into account, and foster/nourish circumstances of growth for the individual being to thrive in, to feel safe in, to feel appreciated in, to feel understanded in, to feel welcome in, to feel natural/"normal" and so on an on... And this is where this beautiful quote by Alexander Den Heijer comes into its right, in that: "When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower."

OMG!!! This is exactly what I googled in June of 2016, and after a long research, I found out that I had adhd!!!! You must have uploaded this a few months, or a year later! I read so many articles and blogs with this title, but I could not see my self in those. They were talking mostly about depression or other things. Until I found a guy’s blog describing exactly what I was going through! He was also wandering about his life, feeling already a big time loser. Reading the comm below there was a man saying to him: “Dude, sounds like you might have adhd. Why don’t you take a look?” And this is how I started my research on adhd and a few weeks later I got my diagnosis. I cannot thank you enough for creating this video, or if you are not the creator, thank you for sharing! I am in a similar process this time, creating content to help people with adhd in my country. Hope we can get in contact and talk about it if you’d like to be a part of it!

ADHD-I (with Inattentive & Impulsive) makes so mush sense its scary! People at work dont understand that its a "soft disability", they only understand blind, deaf or the body disabilities,&sortof make fun of it. I was told, people didny understand back in your dads days what it was, really, 2018 and not much has chainged. Video hit hard to home, exept the friend thing, guess im lucky there. I do practice good habits to make life easier

It’s like 100% me. I don’t have any friends that last longer than 2 years. I don’t even have any friends right now I guess, it’s always difficult for me to have friends and Ive never understood why. I even read a couple of books about interpersonal skills but it just did not do me any good.... I study in a top university in my country but I could never focus anything during lecture since I was in elementary school. so I rather skip classes and study alone, because I dont have any friends to study together or persuade me to not skip classes. I’m pretty smart though most people said, that’s why I could pass the test to my university. It’s just that, I feel like I’m living life below my capabilities and I always thought it was just the way I am, but now I knew it was just a disease and I could cure it. Thanks for the vids.

People always say that I was unaware , not focused , inattentive to my surroundings. When i began to research about it I realised that all of this behaviour , was just a description of what I have been doing and dealing my whole life. I began to realise that my behaviour was not normal because I felt like everybody didnt function like me , and I didn’t know that. Thank you for the video. It made me feel like I am not going through this alone, and that there are others experiencing things like me as well.

I saw this on my recommended page and this literally explains my entire life. My brother has ADHD with hyperactivity and so I never considered I could’ve.... I started crying cause maybe there is hope. Maybe this is something I needed to see to open my eyes to something other than the idea that I’m just stupid and can’t do anything right

This is exactly like my life, just that I am still in high school. Always the weirdo, never able to pay attention, struggling to socialize, overall good grades but not doing enough for them... Recently, I found an ADHD test randomly in a video, so I took it and was shocked to find that I answered every question with yes. I took a couple more tests and all of them had similar results, all saying that I most likely have ADHD. For me as well the hyperactive side never really showed, and so even though my parents suspected it on several occasions they never actually took me to the doctor to get it checked. It's relieving to finally know that I'm not just lazy and weird, but that it's something quite common.

I'm crying. Was diagnosed few weeks ago. I'm 36 and my life has so much sad failures stories. I wish I was diagnosed earlier 🥺

im almost 25 and have only recently found out i have AD(H)D but was never diagnosed. im still mad at my parents for never sending me for diagnosis and treatment. all my life ive struggled with the exact things in this video and thought the problem was from my personality. well it aint and never was. thanks to this crap i have very few friends, never had a gf before and was fired from one of my side jobs. i did however pass high school and got my undergrad degree, but only barely

Binders and lockers room disorganized 🥺😔

the story of my life! when you have a masters degree in Engineering and feel always down and never done enough , only scoring A in your favorite course and can not study and focus in others, forgetting questions in Exams, skipping questions, organizing things are like a tall hill to climb, messy with everything, always careless in the eye of your friends and family but some how you are smart then they will never know the struggle and chaos inside you. Then you have family and kids, so much stress and feel incompetent in every area. Like this story I only understand there is something different when my kid is diagnosed with ADHD. I am going through the process of diagnosis, hoping I will get help.

I think I have it but no one believes me ☹️😢

I've been through all of this and got diagnosed at age 30.

I'm a guy and I have ADHD-I and was just recently diagnosed. I know how it feels, but what can you actually do with this type of ADHD? There are some therapies like neurofeedback and biofeedback which help you to some degree, but you are still going to struggle. I've already changed like 5 jobs and can't get a partner because I get very quickly bored etc.

Thank you for this amazing video. It explains what I'm suffering, almost everything..

i feel like I have ADHD but my mom and dad wont let me go to a psychiatrist they think it's embarrassing and I'm only making an excuse to be lazy. I wish someone can help me.

I have watched this over and over and cryed every time

i wish i had seen this or something like it such a long time ago. i have been diagnosed by 4 different doctors, 2 of them ADHD specialists all in the last 6 days and im not coping well. im so overwhelmed..

"You're so smart," I've been told. Not that I've seen.

Beautiful. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing it with us. I’m going to share with my Mom - I think it will mean a lot to her. Just as it does to me.

just diagnosed at 19 years old (2 weeks ago!) crazy to think that a year ago i thought i was so useless that i almost took my own life. i’m so grateful i didn’t

this is so similar to my story. I finally got diagnosed my senior year of highschool and got medication but I've still been struggling so much as a freshman in college. I'm going to fail my first class this semester bc I went a week without my meds bc I kept forgetting to refill them and by the time I got them I had 5 papers due within the next few days and I didn't end up getting one done in time and it was 20% of my grade:/

This is my 8 year old. I feel so bad for him. He comes home everyday and tells me how the kids at school dont want to play with him or even interact with him. He says that he is being pushed and tripped at school, which I'm going to address with his teacher!

I struggled a lot with this, my story is really similar to her's in the early years of her life. This is true, every year in grade school every single on of my teachers claimed I was constantly daydreaming, never focusing in class. They all claimed I was smart, I just needed to try harder. I even went through IB like her when I entered high school. Knowing what IB is like, this video barely scratched the surface of the pain and struggles. How she pulled through blows my mind. IB is the worst program out there for someone with the inattentive form of ADHD, its so anti-ADHD-friendly. IB is extremely fast pace, the way it works is piling pounds and pounds of homework, classes are incredibly hard, tests are hard to take. I could never finish my homework on time, I could hardly keep up with everyone, every day felt like a total nightmare, I was so tired. It was just so hard, I've never been so stressed, I've never had so many mental breakdowns in just one month. My grades were terrible, it wasn't until 2nd semester of sophomore when they moved me out of IB. Now I think I've developed anxiety, I'm in a continuous state of nervousness and sometimes nausea from fear of failure. Even despite being moved out of IB, things have gotten worse. I'm a junior now and I don't even know how I'm going to get into the college. My parents don't believe me when I said I might have ADHD, I can't get any help. I don't know what to do, I'm trying to get better with my grades but its gotten so hard now. I don't know how I'm going to do it. I'm not stupid and thats what sucks so much! If I had gotten help, maybe I can pull through junior year, maybe I can get into the university of my dreams. But even if my parents did believe me I don't have any fucking insurance, we can't pay for the medication, the test, the therapy, everything! Does anyone know any tips on how to help with ADHD, without the medication? What I can possibly do?

Honestly, a lot of people are “sad” because they have ADHD. I know what it feels like, I really do... it robs you off of your dreams. It builds ambition, only to let you fail. It pushes determination away from you, making you a failure in life. But I urge you not to weep on what has passed. You’re beautiful and you know it! The way you think and how you see stuff, is nothing less that extraordinary... literally! So what if you lack the ability to take care of yourself? Just enjoy your fucking life regardless of what happens. As long as you have made a positive impact, whether it was helping a friend, raising a child, or taking care of an elderly, you’ve done a good deed and have added to the world so sleep calmly and peacefully with a smile so wide you can fit a four-lane highway. So what if you can’t socialize, so what you can’t do work... just have fun and enjoy your life, and only look back to the moments that made you smile and laugh. Keep on going people, y’all are like the physical embodiment of happiness and joy, LIVE IT!

I have ADHD. I meditate and practice mindfulness for years to fight it. They help me gain control over my own mind.

I was diagnosed at 9 years old when I was moving a brand new school in a different state and this just makes me remember all the struggles I went and made me cry

I told my mom about ADHD (the same as my brother) and she told me just that I wanted excuses for not doing my homework and be forgetful and lazy

Ikr I felt happy to hear about ADHD

although im not diagnosed with adhd this is kinda relatable ngl

I have a stack of those notes from teachers.

I couldn't care less about making friends. All I've ever wanted to be was a functioning human being. At almost 40 I don't have a job, no income, live with parents, and I'm never able to pass a job interview and I'm too distracted to build my own business.

😭😭my life. I’m such a social person but it’s so hard to socialize. Only some people are “patient” enough to be my friend.

My mom always said I had ADHD but I thought she was joking! Just recently she told me that I was diagnosed when I was a kid. I’m 18 now. My boyfriend would always tell me “slow down, you moving to fast”. And now that I’m just laying here, everything that was in the “report card” in the video was me. I always misplace things, I move to fast which causes me to forget things. I always do shit without thinking, my bookbag would be messy and my car. I get distracted sometimes. I just need like a break or something idk. But it felt good to just say that

Gosh this is like my story, I wish my teachers understood me

lmao i started crying. I think that I have ADHD, first thought it two weeks ago and can’t think of anything else since then. I made a request for a psychiatrist assignment but I don’t know how long it will take for them to tell me the date, it’s been five days now and I’m going crazy. I know you shouldn’t self diagnose, that’s why I want to go there, but since I am so so sure that I have it because this is the answer to ALL my questions I want it to happen fast:(( it’s so annoying:( I want therapy NOW and I also would try medication. Imagining even one day where I’m not late or really stressed because I’m almost late and where I don’t have to search for my stuff and where I just can concentrate on the stuff that I have to do and then move on and do something I like and not be stressed bc I don’t get anything done arghhh right now I even feel like I’m losing interest in my friends because I’m always so caught up in my thoughts and fantasies and it’s also kinda exhausting to be with people sometimes and I mean I don’t want to lose them and that’s why i feel guilty that i always over share what’s going on with me and then don’t answer for weeks

This is me. Although I didn't get good grades as my anxiety was so bad all the way through school. I got diagnosed 2 years ago now and it has changed my life, my outlook on life. But I still struggle with the fact I didn't know I had a different brain since I was a kid. I've grown up feeling useless and always giving up. I'm 30 in 2019... I'm finally getting to know my real self....

Every event that occurred here in this story in order can be related with 100% precision and accuracy to my own.

Crying right now. I'm combined type but still so very much of this speaks to me. I was lucky to have a few VERY good, close friends, but was never popular. I count that as a huge blessing. I have a psychiatric evaluation tomorrow morning. I'm 35.

I was siagnosed with ADHD back in grade 8 in addition to epilepsy, before that, I was in the same situation as the little girl. Severely bullied, teachers thought I was an idiot. Once I spoke a single word in french during my english class by mistake because i wanted one of the bullies to stop annoying me. and guess what, the teacher gave ME a warning. Which sucked. I was never paying attention to anything, and offent hyperactive. which made me look as a freak. I new take medicines wich help me with it. when I changed schools I was really scared of bullying, terrified that I didn't want to make friends or interact with anyone. BUt because of that medicine, I was super calm, and boring, I had loss of apetite daily, my mum would force me to eat, I would get insomnias at least three times a week. So I'm 19, nearly 20 now, second year of the best universtiy in my country, and all these years, experiencing my life without medicine, and with medicine, I can tell you this people, everyone who knows me with and without medicines, says, im the best, without it. I sometimes can't allow myself for weeks to not take that medicine due to studies in university, and every day I look foreward to the day that I'd be ablel to skip my ADHD medicine (not the epilepsy one) because, I love myself much more as who I am without it

I hate having ADD too : (

I was diagnosed with ADHD at 6. I couldn’t make friends, forgot to do homework and got told off more. Now, I can kinda handle it but I still miss a few homework assignments and I have a few friends I have some case of autism in me and anxiety and it’s been hard but I have persevered. I keep fighting every day.

I have ADHD but the class for “gifted kids” is called special needs classroom and people always see me walk in and look at me like I’m a freak

This is why i joined the Army, discipline, and a shit ton of discipline. Discipline your body, discipline your mind

Correction: she realized she was showing all the symptoms of adhd, maybe mentioned it to her husband or some of his friends (seeing as she doesn’t have friends), and everyone told her “don’t self-diagnose” and “you don’t have adhd” and “stop making excuses” which is w h y she never mentioned it to the doctor

I was diagnosed at Nine years old and I forget basically everything

I've not been diagnosed with ADHD nor will I probably ever be diagnosed because I'm not certain if I'm likely to have it or not. I have been before but I couldn't answer the questions. I'm notoriously known for having to buy new sets of house keys, missing at least one thing/step in my work like forgetting to take the keys to a cupboard, getting bored of jobs (the more tedious the more likely) unless very social, people think I'm lazy or inconsiderate because I'll forget to do things when asked unless I do them right there and then or lose track of time doing tedious work and then not get finished, in college everyone thought I was dumb because I would never hand in work or do the work because I'd always never think I would be good enough or it would be good enough, and I overcompensate heavily at work because I'm scared of being fired for not working hard enough. I'll also put things off days at a time...Sometimes months like getting my passport sorted, sorting financial things, changing the address on my drivers licence and so on. My rooms also not the tidiest to be honest. 😅😂

I have adhd and though she is a woman my childhood was just like hers. I am 25 and grew out of it a little after puberty. But Jesus Christ I can relate to her. The soul shattering loneliness, the inability to focus, constant racing thoughts and of course the bullying though it wasnt to bad. My mom had me on adderall from 2nd to 6th grade. I remember once i got older i asked my mom if she saw improvement cause I didnt feel to terribly different when I was on it besides no appitite. She said the first day I took adderall my teacher called my her at work and sounded very frantic confused and said Carol what did you do to Canaan? My mom replied what do you mean? My teacher said that my handwriting that was unreadable just the day before before was all the sudden the best handwriting out of my entire class. My teacher also told my mom that the same afternoon I finished my math handout way before the other kids and got every single answer correct when before I was always the last one to finish and always got most of the problems wrong. My mom said that she was almost speechless and started crying on the phone. She then told my teacher the only thing she did to me was take me to the doctor the day before to look into medications that would help with my ADHD and put me on adderall and that today was the first time i took it. She expressed that my teacher was absolutely stunned to see one of her worst students academically become the smartest kid in class after just taking one pill that morning. I have a love hate with adderal. Love for the fact that it turned me into a great student and excelling in school and hate it because although I did well in school I had no social life still no friends and was only interested in whatever hobby I was doing and only wanted to be by myself So my social skills never developed until after I got off adderal in 6th grade. Did great in school without it. Made alot of great friends and played a ton of sports and extracurricular activities. Now here I am 25 with an amazing career, a beautiful wife. And a ton of student loan debt. Ha.

This video basically explained my life

Almost feel like crying cause everything is so accurate to my current life

I hate having ADHD it sucks Its very hard to make friends and try to fit in

I am also suffering from inattentive ADHD and I can't do the easiest thing properly like opening any node,bind the shoes lace,cross the road,forget the 3-4 step process,fear to go out of the home becaz I commit simple mistakes and became fun for everyone...now I am 19 ...facing a lot of challenges I can do only one job which is teaching ... basically I don't care about life..it will be gud if I will died soon after clearing my father debt...

My whole life explained. I was just diagnosed few days ago. I am 23 years old.