Hiding your ADHD symptoms? #drsasha #adhd #shorts

[juliemariebroxterman]

OMG! I was born in the 60’s only boys had ADHD then of course I saw hyperactivity in boys and it didn’t look like me. My mother didn’t believe in it anyway it “was an excuse for bad parenting”. So then apparently I was just a broken daughter and child. Always felt that way. Still feel broken. Time management issues so I was smart with great potential BUT Slow.and needed to apply myself. Spent my entire life trying to cover up my struggles. Got good grades BUT couldn’t study or complete assignments until the last minute. Always this way. Tried so hard but couldn’t force myself my mind wouldn’t let me. Read and re-read sentences over and over again and I couldn’t tell you what it said or meant until the last minute then and only then could I make sense of it. You could tell which classes I thought were pointless because I did just enough to pass everything else A’s some B’s Had to learn to memorize quickly to compensate now I memorize without trying. Had no idea thought this was just broken me. My daughter was the one that kept suggesting I had this problem. Saw an article about adult ADHD in my 40’s pretty much ME on paper. Diagnosed a few years later. Compensated my entire life. So funny my grades people say no way if only they saw what I went through. I AM smart BUT my brain fought me every step of the way. So many things I’ve struggled with and worked so hard to compensate for I’m exhausted and now people don’t believe it’s gotten harder and people think it’s just an excuse

[shelleysmith]

Masked my whole life because I had no idea. Waking up to the diagnosis aka smoking gun.... omfg! I was so mean to myself. 🥴😭😱

[shamar]

Hunt the symptoms of detention not the deficit, we lol