I've already had a massive post about this before, but when I was diagnosed with ADD I had no idea how much of my life it was affecting.
Until I saw this video about 3 years ago, it shook me to my core, everything he said lined up and made sense now. I used to go by the name BallisticGe0rge because of my short temper. I always thought that was just who I was, but this explained it.
For me it was a random clip on 20/20 with Barbra Walters, back in the early 90's when it was just becoming a common diagnosis. I am a ritilan/adderall success story. I was already in high school and didnt have time to work on "changing how I learned" I needed to be able to buckle down and focus. All I can say is thank god for the medication. I went from failing in middleschool to getting straight A's in 11th grade and graduating with honors. I stopped taking it in college which was probably a mistake but I went back on it for grad school.
Sadly I didn't get diagnosed until after college, after losing out on many opportunities and many friends.
Not that I blame anyone, my parents and I and many doctors were cautious to label anything ADHD as diagnoses of it were rampant with my generation growing up.
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u/GloriousGe0rge May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17
I've already had a massive post about this before, but when I was diagnosed with ADD I had no idea how much of my life it was affecting.
Until I saw this video about 3 years ago, it shook me to my core, everything he said lined up and made sense now. I used to go by the name BallisticGe0rge because of my short temper. I always thought that was just who I was, but this explained it.
Edit - Here's the entire series of his presentation, anyone dealing with ADHD should definitely watch it.