Greetings, rookies. 
Make note – We need emoticons and smilies in this forum. I was diagnosed with ADD in 2001. I don’t really know if I have the symptoms of sub type ADD but I do know I have it and only now slowly learning how to live with it. I don’t think I fit what the typical ADDer have but I do know I can be easily distracted at times. It is a very difficult thing for me to deal with. I have emotional roller coaster rides all the time. It is difficult for me to maintain any form of stable relationships in both personal and professional environments.
I like to tell you something about me. All I know is I had grown up feeling being different from children my age. My childhood was a nightmare. My grandpa was probably the only one in my family who understood and accepted me as I am. He encouraged me to explore my abilities while my parents had forced me to suppress them. For years I had learned to buried my ADD nature. As a result I grew up feeling isolated, very angry, resentful and alone. I am more sensitive than “normal” and I am more emotional than others. I am often described as the silent observer. I had a tendency of being the person everyone seems to ignore or go unnoticed.
So who am I? I have been seeking an answer to this question all my life. I have yet to find the answer. My doctor believed I had ADD. Base on my observations my mother and my nephew had it too but they refused to acknowledge it. My sister don’t want to talk about it. It is hard to bring ADD into the open when it is surrounded by years of misconceptions. I suppose I must just keep on searching. The answer is out there somewhere. I just have to find it.
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