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Old May 08, 2016, 09:29 AM
BastetsMuse BastetsMuse is offline
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Originally Posted by danceislife View Post
So how to I go about this situation. I do not want to be judged and even if my close friends won't judge me I know that once people know that it will be different. People will be tempted to make comments, assume i'm acting strange if I'm "off my meds", and in the back of people's minds they will always be able to point out when my inattention is coming out. Thats scary and intimidating and i've already faced enough stigma with my own family and i'm not ready to face it with others... but I have no choice.

What do I do
It's your health; you have the right to not tell people anything at all. You can say "I don't want to discuss it" and make it stick. But when you do tell them you have ADD, it probably won't be as bad as you think it's going to be; ADD is pretty typical and people are usually very tolerant of it.