Hi guys. This is my first post here. I have ADD since I was

Hi guys. This is my first post here. I have ADD since I was a kid. This is affecting a lot in my career as I'm unable to do the necessary assignments expected with efficiency. I only end up disappointing my teachers and myself because of that. I can't work to my full potential because of that. I joined Music school and enrolled in Piano course to help with this disorder but its the same there as well.

Have you ever tried medication? I know for me, that helped a lot because it gave me a chance to prove to myself I can do things, as well as what focus actually feels like. I was 22 when I started medication, so I had been guessing at it. Do you enjoy music and playing music? Do you enjoy playing the piano, the pieces you're playing, the teacher? All of these variables can impact the effectiveness of trying to use the piano course to help treat. I credit being in band helping me make it through middle and high school, flute. I have not really been able to figure out piano, I have tried, I even took lessons, but it didn't click with me. One thing that I have learned over the years, more so after my diagnosis, the activities that help me feel better and help me be able to control the ADHD better in classes and doing homework, are not always ones where I am focused. I have learned I have to let my brain wander, or I can't handle life really. Doesn't matter if I took my medication or not, if it has been too long since I've just stared out a window, or followed an impulse (when safe of course) my brain feels like it short circuits and basically forces me too. So, I've had to learn to work with it. And I'm still figuring it out. The have to's like showing up to class I have down pretty well, and non-disruptive things I can do if I need to distract myself for a moment (because it actually helps me focus better). The homework thing is a bit harder, especially if it is a big project. Some subjects I have to do one way, some another. Sometimes time of day matters (math goes better earlier in the morning, even if I didn't take my medication, less frustrations before math frustrates me, so more patience). I have found, that when I am not as hard on myself, I actually have an easier time getting things done. I'm still working on it. It has taken my fiance helping me a lot, talking me down when I start beating myself up, reminding me that I can do it, for me to even realize that. And I do still beat my self up over stuff. But it's better. Another major turning point with me and my ADHD was when I stopped viewing it as a disorder, as something wrong with me. Does it have negative aspects, absolutely. But, it also has positive aspects. I looked at the positive traits, which ones I have and how I can use them. My hope is to be able to use them to make history fun for middle school students (and college after my masters) once I'm done with school. I've always wanted to be a teacher. My poor organization basically ensures I will never be robbed. They won't be able to find anything, because it is a very weird organization system. I know what it is like to struggle, because I do every day. But overall, I choose to look at it as a gift, and once I started looking at it that way, it became a lot more manageable. I don't even refer to it as a disorder. It's a quirk. A big quirk, but a quirk. I still get treatment for it because it helps, especially with the anxiety with it I have, but the ADHD itself, it's a quirk. Just part of what makes me, me. Hope this helps and I wish you luck! You got this!

@Bookworm92 Thanks a lot for that. I tried medication in high school but it didn’t help so I quit that. I do enjoy music a lot, I don’t really have to try hard to focus there, but I’m not sure it’s really helping in any other aspects. Thanks. I’ll take your advice and work on it. Thanks a lot.

@slightly_insane_misfit 1.) Step ... Talk to your parents about getting a "Brain scan." It can show what parts of your brain are underactive and which ones are overactive.

Dr.Amen book 7 Types of ADHD

Amen Clinics /Daniel Amen

I read his book from a long time ago called the six types of A.D.H.D.Which was a very easy read. This is a newer book. Good luck.

@Jdavis5933 Thanks I’ll check out that book. Thanks a lot.

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