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I would say that the problems a normal person has with the freedoms attained by “leaving the nest” are magnified by having ADHD. You are no exception. You now have to do everything for yourself without human or familiar environmental cues to remind you. This eats up time and you start to get behind. As Munchkin says ” bigger workload, less structure, much more time management needed.” I, and I think everyone else on this site “in the know”, would agree with everything Munchkin says.
A diagnosis and meds for ADD, if you are anything like my son, which it sounds like you are, are going to be crucial for your success.
Strategies include develop a routine so things become automatic, use a cell phone with alarms that remind you when to do things, like eat. Make a list, hopefully which can be stored on a cell phone, in the evening for the next day of things you need to get done and refer to it frequently. Trust nothing to memory, write it down. Do these things often and they will become habit.
Check out http://totallyadd.com/forum/topic.php?id=2083 on this site for resources.
Get some good books and learn about ADD. Once you can start to identify what problems you have that are ADHD, then you can begin to address them.
Know that you are not the first to go down this path and that we, this site, is here for you.
Good luck.
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