Quote:
Originally Posted by Lauliza
Yup I see it in my son too, who also takes meds. I think it's especially difficult with ADD, where the hyperactivity part is absent. You don't see the details around you and I think processing time is slower. And if you are pretty intelligent it looks to others (and eventually to you) that you are just very spacey, lazy or both. I wish I had been diagnosed as a kid because I really think my life would have been very different.
|
I was diagnosed as a kid, but my parents didn't want to medicate me, and I was told I would "probably outgrow it", and I didn't. That was about 15 years ago, and they've come a long way in their understanding of ADD/ADHD, but yeah. I wish I had gotten real help much sooner.