Re: OK, I'm having some trouble getting my head around this concept: “Disorder”

[Anonymous]

I don’t see it as a gift. But, if you talk to people you’ll find no one really is a normie. Everybody has some issues they struggle with. I’d rather have ADD than be Bipolar like my mom and brother. My ADD combined with my husbands OCD about clutter was the battle of my marriage for 16+ years until it eventually ended in divorce. In the PBS movie they talked about how some ADDers will partner with someone like their 5th grade teacher. I did that. So much of my adult life was like my childhood. I was never good enough, never tried hard enough, and felt like a constant failure. But, we were together a long time and his military career gave us a vagabond lifestyle with me getting new home, new job, new everything except me every couple of years. It fit well with my ADD, but it was tough on my children. So when I divorced I settled down and have lived in the same town for over 5 years and have had the same job for 5 years as well.

My ADD symptoms seem to be worse than ever, and I’ve been at the same job long enough I’d love to have a promotion but don’t see that as a possibility without some help. So far I am noticing that I’m able to focus and not interrupt conversations like I used to. The focus is different than the hyperfocus I have naturally without meds. I’m also doing better in keeping up with the paperwork required to pay my bills, thus far.

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