Carole’s ADD / ADHD Story
I am living with this in that my husband of 38 years is ADD – though not diagnosed until our son who was 8 at the time was having problems and we were sent by the school to local Child Mental Health with the County… Paul Wender was the doctor there in the early 1970’s…
Virginia’ Story
I just been recently diagnose with ADD less than 6 months ago. I am 33 year old and soon to be 34 next month. As I sit, thinking about my past history why I felt so anger, confused of my learning disability, confidence, and my self-esteem. Pushing people aside, letting no one close to me.…
Dee’s Story
I’m in my 30’s and am just realizing that I may have ADD. In the company of three of my friends on different occasions, they have constantly said that I do not focus.One of my friends is always talking to me and he says I always change the subject or get up and walk away…
Lorainne’s Story
I had always been the “lazy” and “slow” sibling in my family. I had to take remedial classes, I had tutors, I just didn’t catch half of what the teacher was saying. They even went so far as to check my hearing. It wasn’t until I got a job on campus at my college as…
Chris’ Story
My name is Chris , and I live in Washington. I am almost 18, and am going to be a senior in high school. As a person with ADD i have always struggled in school, with people, and with attention span. Wow, there are just so many things that I feel that I struggle with…
David’s Story
The earliest I remember is when my Mother was trying to push me from kindergarten to first grade. I was born about a month below the deadline. I have vague recollections of the psychologist saying I was hyperactive. As a young child, the teachers always complained that I was looking out the window and didn’t…
Kimberly’s Strory
The first thing I want to say is that it is so nice to hear other peoples stories. I identify with so many of them. I am a 22 year old girl and I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 17. Unfortunately my mother did not like the doctor so we did not go…
Bill’s Story
Lazy, weird, daydreamer,airhead,..all those fun names I got called for lots of years. And I always thought it was because I’m an artist of sorts. Ah, yes, can’t forget the creativity. Used to write poetry. For the past 25 years have been creating music along with the words. I was diagnosed with ADD about 5 or 6…
Loving Mom’s ADD / ADHD Story
I >am just beginning to realize that my son, who is now 4 years old, is living with what is called ADHD. I have been suspicious of this for the past 2 years but he was actually born very very active and very very sensitive to his surroundings. I thought that he was colicy as…
Christina’s Story
I am a 17 year old student at Mount Vernon High School in Mt. Vernon, WA. I have only recently learned of my ADD in May of ’99. I went through years of not knowing what was “wrong” with me and have seen many specialists. I was once tested to see if I was having…