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Maybe you could try to explain to your friends what adhd is and then they might understand. You could try to eat foods to increase your weight so your meds could be increased. How old are you? How tall are you? If these people are really your friends they will understand and continue to hang out with you.
Why don't you start drinking the carnation instant breakfast again? I have had it before and it doesn't taste too bad. I thought it was good.
thanks i am 13 and 5"2 i used to have to drink daily drinks with carnation instant breakfast everey night. i eat alot but i have such a fast matablisom that it does not help
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in school we have to stand outside before we can go in and i stand by my "friends" but just the other day they told me that they dont want me to stand by them or sit by them at lunch during band i rarely cry at school but it all happened so fast that i did. they told me that my meds (conserta 54mg) needed to be uped but my docter will not because i only weigh 85 lbs. so thats not an option and they said that i need to stop talikng about things they dont want to well i said that if they did not exclude me from all of their conversations that there would not be a problem. there are 2 friends who dont think this and the one today during an assembley told me to sit by her she was sitting by the other 3 girls who said all this and i told her to tell me what they say about me but i did not know it but she told them that i told her to listen to them. so on the bus two of the girls thought wrong about what i said and said i was talking all bad about them and i was not i need help i dont even think they know what adhd is all they know is that its what they think is why i act like i do
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Hi Amypooh,
I wish I could give you a big hug! I remember how tough it is at that age to be left out. Can you talk to your parents or another adult about the trouble you are having with friends? How about the school counselor? Maybe someone can look into finding a group of teenage ADD/ADHD peers who get together and problem solve on the issues alot of ADDers go thru. Sometimes therapy practices have groups like this. Your school counselor may be able to help with this too.
You are special! I'm going to say some prayers for you that you find some help with this.
Girls can be pretty bad at that age! Sounds like you are more mature in many ways than your friends are! If they exclude you for who you are, look around! Find some people who are good students, fun to be with and don't play games. I had to find some new friends in high school because I just couldn't take the silliness and petty things some girls did anymore! I still remember "walking away". Now many, many years later, I'm married to one of the new friends that I found.
I found that it was easier and more fun to be in a group of friends with girls and boys.
Amy,
Have patience and hope! They're the greatest things you'll need as you get older. I know exactly what you're going through, I was always the outcast and oddball in my class, but then I finally realized "These people are so rude and inconsiderate! Why am I beating myself up for not being like them?! What do I care what they think?" In a couple years you'll be going to high school and see a whole new range of people. Even now I still haven't found firends that understand me but I know they care about me. You've got to ask yourself, Do I want to fit in or do I want to be the person I am? Have some respect for yourself and look more for who you are than who they think you should be.
Bit dramatic for a thirteen year old, I know, but hey, it's the advice I wish I'd gotten when I was thirteen.
Best of luck! Never lose hope either!
Oh, and the weight situation: weight loss or lack of weight gain is often a side effect of ADD meds. I'd read the side effects for your meds and see if it's one of 'em.Marley2436538778.5045486111