I want to let you know that I am a nurse who has just been diagnosed with ADD. I am currently a graduate student trying to finish my degree to become a mental health/psychiatric nurse practitioner and am really struggling. I have an incomplete from last summer because I can't get started on my term paper. I'm having extreme difficulty concentrating for the reading for my current class and am really behind. I was started on Concerta almost 2 weeks ago and am having trouble with the side effects and still cannot concentrate. Nursing school is hard work. I graduated from nursing school 18 years ago and now that I look back the only way I could get things done then was at the very last minute and pulling all nighters. This isn't working for me in graduate school. I work full time also. Don't give up your dream. If you have any questions at all about nursing school don't hesitate to email me. I can totally relate to your frustration.