Hi my name is Matt, I am 15 years old, and I have been diagnosed with ADHD. I was diagnosed with it when i was about 5 years old. I was climbing up anything, if i could get a grip on it i would climb it. I have been on medicine every since. For awhile i was off of it and then things started getting out of control, when i moved in with my aunt. I started arguing and making her really mad at me. I didn’t understand why i was making her mad and why i was always getting in trouble. I have been running from my problems every since i got off the medicine. The reason i didn’t want to get back on it was because the last medicine i was on, strattera, made me really sick. My doctor said that this was normal for some people because it is a non stimulant. After speaking with him and my aunt about the medicines and learning about them more i agreed to give the medicine another try. I now take a new medicine called Focalin. It seems to help me when i am on it but from what my aunt has said you can tell the difference from when i am on it and when i am off it. I have never really had any problems in school i am just very argumentative and very impulsive. I now know from reading about my disorder that it never goes away. I just have to learn to control it. I am working on controlling it by trying to tell myself to slow down and think but it is truly a battle, a battle inside. it is really hard and no one really understands me and how hard it is to control it. I am slowly understanding myself and how to control it i just think it will take some time. I am hoping by signing up to this board and posting this message that i will find people my age and others with this disorder to talk to. Please feel free to contact me and post on this message.
Thank You,
Matt
I would really like to talk to someone