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New to forum/IntroductionI have just read your post for the first time. I only joined a couple of days ago and havent read everything yet. I am over in sunny (raining at the moment) Western Australia, and dont know yet if I enjoy it here. Then again I am back off too Wollongong again soon. I found Year 11 and 12 sucked and that is putting it mildly. I always found school really easy and never had to work to get top marks. but when I hit year 11 and actually had to read text books(boooooooring) I just couldn't concentrate long enough to even comprehend the chapter I was supposed to be reading even if I read it 2 or 3 times. I still have to read everything at least 3 times for it to actually sink in and even then it will take a couple of days for me to comprehend what i have read .I have only just been diagnosed and hope that this feeling of concentration continues because even if it takes a couple of hours for something to sink in that has to be a lot better than days doesn't it? Hi everyone I am new here and would like to introduce myself to everyone my name is Marc (Shakes everyone's hand) I have been diagnosed with ADD since I was about 6 or 7 (can't remember), I had a very very bad time with schools I changed primary schools about 5 times and high school 5 time as well. I was teased a so much, never had any friends, got told I was ugly by girls etc. So a hated school, I started skipping school a lot (I was away more times then I was there), started smoking marijuana and cigarettes and started drinking (never heavily) when I was around 15. I was always bad at school never got high grades except for business studies Then left school around at the start of year 11 because I didn’t do any work what so ever. After that I decided to go to TAFE (not so what it is called in the I finally did pass the second course after 3 attempts then I got my first job around that time (working in a factory) which was good for about 2 months then got bord and left after 4 months but started getting in the speed and Ecstasy heavily and going to night clubs 4 times a week. But during that time not sure if it was the drugs or just I bit more mature my self-esteem was very high (but never around girls). I got a new job in a warehouse doing pick packing they money was better then a lot of professionals had been getting paid. But it was soo boring same thing day after day. All the money I made from that job went to drugs and clubs etc. I woke up I day and said to myself I have to stop, so I started swimming every morning, eating right, doing weights etc. That was first time in my life that I was always happy and I could sleep at a reasonable time. Since then I have gone back to TAFE got a diploma in Network engineering, and now I am at uni and working in IT. For all my life I have never been organised, lost keys, wallets, money, etc you name it. I am really behind in uni, I have assignments to write, but all I want to do is play computer games I can't seem to get myself motivated enough to sit down and do it. I am on Ritalin but that doesn’t seem to 2 much even though the test said it should. I also am very emotionally sometimes I feel like crying for some reason I don't know. Anyways that is about my life story hehe lol Thanks for reading |
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