I don't know why people are afraid of "Medications" for ADD. I was not diagnosed until I was 43 (4 years ago) I wish I had known about this as a kid. I was never hyper, just a bit fidgety.

Being a straight "A" student as a kid with ADD is one of the ADD personas. Usually one of a girl. My sister was this way. I had been diagnosed for about two years when it finally hit me that she might be ADD like me. My sister went to a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with ADD too. I was surprised by my ADD diagnosis, but I only knew the stereotype information about ADD. After reading my first book, "You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy" I knew I was totally ADD.

My mom started crying when I told her about the diagnosis and how the ADD had affected many parts of my life over the years. I had to tell her about how my coping skills made the ADD difficult to spot, especially being a kid in the 70's when there was not a whole information about ADD back then.

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