A.d.d help please?...........?!


Question: A.d.d help please?...........?
I am 16 yeas old and was recenty dignosed with add about a month ago. I've always gotton c's d's and f's my whole life sence I was in the first grade they wanted to put me in the special ed class but I'm not autistic. And I've never passed a state test. I first tried taking concerta 36mg and that did not help, then I took two and that did not help ethier. So now I am taking generic adderal 15mg, I've been on it for a week, and it did not help me in school. So I Tried taking 2 and it didn't help. So now I don't know what to do... my mother thinkns that I'm not trying and she thinks I'm looking for a magic pill to make me do work. And I am trying. If I don't keep reminding myself to pay attention even for 1 second, not even for one secnond, I will start thinking about other things and not even nottice that I'm day dreaming about somethin else untill its too late and the teacher is already done explaining. And even when they are talking to me one on one I still think about other stuff when he is talking to me. I don't know maybe I don't have a.d.d but I have some kind of learning dissablity.

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just quit slacking and pay attention. Everybody gets distracted, but those of us who dont want to fail pay attention anyways. Dont take drugs.

Go back to the psychiatrist and explain your difficulty in concentration even on the Adderall. He is the only one who can diagnose and add additional medication to help you. I take other medication with my Adderall. Everyone is different and your psych can figure it out better for you than YA.

My daughter & I both have ADD/ADHD. Reading what you had to say made me very sad. It reminded me of the struggles my daughter had in school. The school refused to test her, eventhough we had the right to have her tested. We finally had to take her to a Neurologist ourselves. We had to fight for her rights in school. Check to see if you can get a 504 Plan or IEP in school. We had the 504 Plan for our daughter. With this she was allowed extra time on tests, got study guides & other help that she needed. She stayed after school for extra help & asked for extra credit assignments. She got on the honor roll. It greatly helped her self esteem. She also found things she enjoyed doing, like singing. She joined some clubs & started to volunteer at the animal shelter. We started fostering kittens in our home. The kittens helped to make her feel useful & was relaxing. When you have ADD you can still learn & do well, but you have to find a way of doing things in a way that works for you. When I was in school, my parents kept trying to get me to do my homework in a quiet place. I did much better with the TV on though, or some music. I also couldn't finish assignments all at once; I'd have to start, go to something else & come back to it. Have your parents check out some of the sites on line, so they can learn more about it to help. They should also learn what your rights are as a student. Our daughter is attending Community College now & hopes to go on. She went from feeling disabled & "dumb", to being able to do more than she thought she could. Good luck.

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