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Old Nov 12, 2014, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Lauliza View Post
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.
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