Hello. I am in grade 11 and live in Canada and I am waiting to be tested for ADHD. I thought I had ADHD when I was reading the difference between giftedness and ADHD, since I was told I was gifted in mathematics. Anyways, I understand your pain of it. I have a busy semester of 5 courses. I got my midterms on Wednesday. My average dropped 10% since last year. It's not bad at all (83% I think), but it's not a full reflection of what I can do. I am starting to notice my attention getting worse, I forget things all the time, everything distracts me, and I have even been not doing my homework because it takes too much energy. Lately, I have been getting 60s in my courses, and I know it's not me at all.

I'm sorry about your parents. I have anxiety issues and my mom doesn't want to accept that I have anxiety issues. Maybe you want to get an IEP. I managed to get myself an IEP for my anxiety. An IEP means "individual education plan", meaning that you can get accommodations to help you be on the same playing field as others. You need to find the special education department at your school and give them a doctor's note stating you have ADHD and you need accommodations to help you succeed or what not. My IEP have helped me a lot, and I would be even at a worse state than I am now. So really try for an IEP. You can get things like extra time for test, extensions on assignments, and frequent breaks. If you want a better list of accommodations, you can ask me more about it. My friends know I have major anxiety and are cool with it. I have tried to explain to them though that I have attention problems and social skills problems and what not, but they forget too. I hope you manage to find something that works. I really think the IEP would be good for you. Good luck .

Also, you can get accommodations in college/university for it because of the disability act or whatever. I don't know what it's called in Canada, even though I live here lol. But I know in the states it's the ADA (American disability association) and the bill that allows the accommodations is the 504 bill. Anyways, sorry, some fun facts for you. I got distracted, lol. Good luck .

Social anxiety disorder, GAD, OCD, and panic attacks

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