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Yes, I had a 4.0 GPA in high school and graduated Cum Laude from a major public university. I wasn’t diagnosed until over 15 years after I graduated.
That said, I was lucky in that my mother was very organized and helped me set up some study habits that lasted me through college. I was able to cram the older I got and was able to get by that way. At times a teacher would comment about how I could do even more if I would… you guessed it… apply myself. However, I took the easy academic path in college whereas if I had pushed myself, I could have gotten a more rigorous degree and been more successful. I would get to a certain point and hit a wall. I’ve had a few people say to me that they were surprised that I didn’t do more with myself because I was “such a good student.” I hid an alcohol problem as well.
My problems with ADHD really started getting out of hand when I started working and I struggle now as a parent.
Amy
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