I got re-diagnosed with ADD not too long ago. I tried Ritalin when I was a kid and Concerta for about a month a year and a half ago. Didn't really seem to do much for me. Now, to add onto that, I'm on an anti-psychotic so it seems like stimulants are out of the equation for me, but I'll probably talk it over with a pdoc (if I ever get one ). Anyways. I know that other disorders like depression or whatnot can make things worse too, but whatever it is, it makes everything in life more difficult to accomplish IF I can accomplish it. My confidence in my abilities to do things in a work environment are totally shot, I get crippling anxiety that does not shake once the work load is to a certain point. I've spent a total of 6 years trying to finish high school and it's just been proving impossible with the combination of all these different things coming together. Even when I persevere through my classes I can't seem to manage things. Even though I know now that I have ADD, what can really be done about it? How good are the non-medical strategies? Do I really have hope of ever finishing high school or my dream of going to college?