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Originally Posted by healingme4me
Your mom may have a point about meds and your age. And I'd personally be leary of self diagnostics off the internet.
How are things with school behavior, grades, etc? Are there things where the school could run some testing for?
Anger and outbursts can be typical teenage things or there are things that would seem one thing on the surface such as bpd or bipolar that overlap other conditions. There is a gamut.
Neuro psych evals are time consuming to get consults for then insurance approval then the actual testing day then waiting around for results. And even with results the doctors themselves could take time to consult and decide on whether meds are truly needed.
It might be more practical to take steps to work on self esteem and adjust nutrition and sleep and exercise schedules.
My 15yo has social anxiety, some milder form of adhd(which explains the tantrums of the past-affects part of executive function of memory) and adjustment disorder. In the process of a consult regarding meds for anxiety and nothing else. If anything he had begun taking melatonin voluntarily months ago to adjust his sleeping and willingly takes a multivitamin that has Omega 3s. And I honestly see a difference.
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My school behavior is perfect. Although, I got in trouble for hanging out with the wrong crowd, who often bullied me at times. They were racist towards me because I was a very small bit Asian & couldn't handle listening to me talk about time travel or the multiverse & other dimensions, which would confuse them & continue to confuse me as to why I was confusing them. I couldn't really make friends after I separated from them because I get very anxious. No kids my age have the same interest or knowledge on any of the subjects I do, not to the same degree at least. I don't belong where I am & I wish I could speed up my education but I can't do online school because the school I'm in thinks I'm stupid, while the teachers who see through me feel otherwise. I do good on testing because I have an outstanding memory & usually learn things as soon as they approach my brain; I love learning. The only issue is that I can't focus on work. I only have trouble doing the small assessment work or homework between tests. I just can't seem to focus on it & I've been that way my entire life, which I find strange. It's affected my grades very negatively for a long time & even confused some teachers who stated that I was very intelligent & could tell that I was alongside the top few kids in my class who were great at remembering details about the subjects we were learning. I'm not really sure what to do there. I tried focusing but I always fail after a while. I just kinda gave up now. I feel like intelligence & my issues in school have some correlation, but I'm not sure what it is.
I really wish my mother helped me in school but she doesn't. I've been trying to study a lot this summer but she suddenly shut off our Wi-Fi when I was in the middle of the calculated time I needed to study. She clearly can afford it & is just doing it because she only uses her phone, which I find rude & upsetting. I had to hack a neighbor's Wi-Fi to use the internet. I have been making an effort at proving myself to her that I am what people think I am but she sees less in me than anyone else. She's the type of mother you see yelling at her kid for being "embarrassing" when you're nearby but it would be awkward for you to interfere & say it wasn't very much so, if you get what I mean by that. I promise that it's not my inner teenager spirit coming out & saying that either.