08-29-2011, 06:04 PM
Hey everyone,
You've probably seen me in the past giving relationship advice because that is one of the few things I'm good at...
I guess I should start be explaining what I mean by the topic title. I guess you can consider me a pretty smart guy. When I sit down and study/do my homework, I'm a straight A student, easily. I was up until about 7th grade and then I just kind of stopped caring.... I always found something better to do rather than that homework assignment or studying for that test. I've always been able to at least stay out of C range until high school started. I started doing less and less homework. I just feel like there's more fun things that always seem more important even though I know they really aren't.
I can't sit still if there are things in front of me. If I sit in my bed alone, without anything in front of me, that is the only time I can actually clear my mind. I can't sit in silence and attempt to do my homework otherwise my stomach feels like its lifting into my lungs and I just get stressed. I've been feeling stressed out all day for no real reason. I feel like I have this severe case of ADD, and I don't know what to do. For instance, I am typing this up instead of studying for a 150 point AP Psychology test tomorrow. I do feel this is important though because I don't know what to do.
I feel like if I approached my parents about this I wouldn't get much help. Throughout my entire life, I have never relied on medication because my family has always viewed it as if you take it too much you become reliant on it and weaker. My brother and I have actually had discussions about it and he said he thinks taking medication for ADD is cheating. In a way, I guess that means my family can qualify for ADD, but he has sucked it up and dealt with it. I don't want to tell my family about it because I don't really know how they'll react or whether or not they'll actually want me to get tested.
I guess the question is, do I really have ADD? How exactly should I approach this? I really don't know what to do.
You've probably seen me in the past giving relationship advice because that is one of the few things I'm good at...
I guess I should start be explaining what I mean by the topic title. I guess you can consider me a pretty smart guy. When I sit down and study/do my homework, I'm a straight A student, easily. I was up until about 7th grade and then I just kind of stopped caring.... I always found something better to do rather than that homework assignment or studying for that test. I've always been able to at least stay out of C range until high school started. I started doing less and less homework. I just feel like there's more fun things that always seem more important even though I know they really aren't.
I can't sit still if there are things in front of me. If I sit in my bed alone, without anything in front of me, that is the only time I can actually clear my mind. I can't sit in silence and attempt to do my homework otherwise my stomach feels like its lifting into my lungs and I just get stressed. I've been feeling stressed out all day for no real reason. I feel like I have this severe case of ADD, and I don't know what to do. For instance, I am typing this up instead of studying for a 150 point AP Psychology test tomorrow. I do feel this is important though because I don't know what to do.
I feel like if I approached my parents about this I wouldn't get much help. Throughout my entire life, I have never relied on medication because my family has always viewed it as if you take it too much you become reliant on it and weaker. My brother and I have actually had discussions about it and he said he thinks taking medication for ADD is cheating. In a way, I guess that means my family can qualify for ADD, but he has sucked it up and dealt with it. I don't want to tell my family about it because I don't really know how they'll react or whether or not they'll actually want me to get tested.
I guess the question is, do I really have ADD? How exactly should I approach this? I really don't know what to do.