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I was told also that it was doubtful that I had ADHD because I excelled in reading, and read obsessively, something, they said, that people with ADHD, did not do. I also did reasonably well with spelling. The fact that I failed every other subject was completely ignored. I can’t add 2+2 without a calculator. I know that Bangkok is not on the American continent, but just where it is I can’t tell you. Don’t really care where it is at the moment. In the third grade when we were being introduced to the school library, I was banned from using the library, because I did nothing else but read. Even when I was recently tested with results showing that I had almost every ADHD symptom, the psychologist who did the testing expressed doubt because I read and enjoyed it.
In high school, I did well in those subjects that captured my attention, and interested me. Unfortunately, I was banned from taking those classes because my grades were poor. Why educators think taking that tactic is helpful in one raising their overall grades, I don’t know.
When I was in grade school, no one had ever heard of ADHD (I guess nobody had made it up yet), and I was labeled naughty, show off, attention seeking, lazy and my medication was the strap. I was the only girl to be strapped with the boys. The girls were rapped on the knuckles with a ruler. Sorry, my point is that I do not have the documented history required for the ADHD diagnosis, so the reluctantly gave me the dx of ADHD, NOS (Not Otherwise Specified). Huh?
Well, sorry, I’ve forgotten my overall point here, and yes, I’m on medication, darn it. It’s occurred to me that ADHD thinking is like those free association tests and the association is related, but probably not relevant.
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