Peter’s Story
A Man with good intentions Upon reading all these stories about people who I don’t know, but can totally relate to I feel compelled to write a brief story on how ADD has affected my life. I feel like I have always been a man with good intentions. I am 39 years old, youngest of…
Paul’s Story
I have had ADHD as long as I can remember. I struggled through grade school and never could focus. My teachers passed me because 1. They liked me. 2. My parents paid the tuition for a private school. Anyways, in High School I found marijuana and alcohol, and this finally made me feel free! I…
Martha’s ADD / ADHD Story
I am 55 now and always have been very “spaced out”. I always felt like I knew so much, but couldn’t always say it in a way that would make sense to other people. I really didn’t know anything about ADD until 1 and 1/2 years ago when my 17 year-old was diagnosed. He would…
Mark’s Story
My story will be interesting to other adults that may believe they have ADHD or have been told by someone that they might have it. I am a 36 year old man who recently had my wife file for a divorce. Upon this happening I went into counseling to try and save the marriage. After…
Marie’s Story
In 1995 I initially suspected that I had ADD after learning what it was through my closest friend who had been diagnosed with it. I was 24 at that time. Now,when I look back to those years in college my behavior and its consequences spells out ADD in bold letters. Somehow I managed to graduate…
Dominic’s Story
First I should say that I have never been diagnosed with ADD. I have talked several times with my doctor about having the disorder, but nothing has really come of it. I however, believe with every inch of my heart that I have ADD. My life is a total shamble of things that I have…
Lance’s Story
I’ve always had a problem with school. I struggled through high school and through college. I found myself on academic probation 4 times and suspended 3 times during college. I finally graduated, after receiving some help from family members. I’m 27 years old now and I’m in the process of changing careers. I graduated in…
Kit-Kat’s Story
well… here goes. (I’m 18, female and god knows how I managed to get into engineering in university) I recently got two thumbs up from a rather sassy individual who told me “wow, an improvement! you haven’t been psycho for the last.. ahh 3min and 45 sec.” …. so what exactly does one respond to…
Kia’s Story
I was actually just trying to get a better concept of what ADD was exactly when I stumbled onto this page. Reading these stories almost made me cry because I thought I was the only one who felt this way. My name is Kia and I’m currently half way through my senior year. I was…
Kevin’s Story
My time at school was absolute hell. It’s not that I have problems paying attention, more that I have extreme focus for short periods of time. Classes at my high school were fifty minutes long, and there was no way I could handle that! I was always told that I was intelligent, and I would…