I know what its like to have people treat you differently because you have ADD/ADHD. Here's a place where you can post all the stuff people have said to you and done to you that made you mad.

I hate being treated differently by my teachers. My peers can tolerate me and my friends really like me. They think I'm funny and always turn to me if they need to be cheered up. Teachers put me in lower classes because they think I can't handle it. I also had to suffer through BSI courses , I didn't need,because of ADD. Whenever I have to take standardized tests I have to be put in some special room with kids who are really annoying and never shut up. And the one who set up my classes for 9th grade suggested I go to a shrink!

That's really odd. How did everyone find out you had ADD? I mean, like all your classmates and cousellors and what not?
I've never really got any different treatment at my school.

All the senior teachers in my school know that I have ADHD and my close friends know, the teachers are really good but my friends really dont understand and its so hard.
For example if Im struggling to pay attention to my schoolwork and my friends often ask me "why dont you just do it? It would make your life so much easier." I try to tell them how hard it is for me to "just do it" but I dont mention that it is my adhd because i dont want to sound like im using it as an excuse.

I understand that they might not know what it feels like to have ADHD but it makes me feel so stupid sometimes.

you should get all avablie info an make a littite booklet for them to read so they understand what your going though you do your best its not your fult that your mind working a diff way many ways you have streagths you gart allways fet them to see it his might help dorm good luck

thats a good Idea, I think I will do that :)

its what id do boone1 if you need any more help advice then happy to help dorm hows your day gone

I hate the fact that I know I am intelligent, but my marks don`t show it. I also hate that everyone seems to get things slower. For example, I read, type, think and talk fast. Sometimes to fast for other people to understand. Also I seem to have a one tracked mind. When I am excited about something ( and I get excited about the littlest things) then I can`t concectrate anything else.

Tbis was last year but im still frustrated about it
ok my bd reccomended me for the top band next year I got so excited i was bragging to all my friends in that band and a couple of weeks later i ask him if im gonna be in wind ensemble and he said no. This is gonna be my 3rd year in the lower band too he said im good enough but my social skills are still in need of maturing. I PRACTICE ALOT TOO!!!!!!!:mad:

To be honest, most of my frustrations are at my mother. My professors have been so understanding and help me out, but my mother on the other hand....

I was JUST diagnosed with ADD a month ago (I'm 19) and she's the main reason I've never gotten tested. All this time I could have been more happy and productive when I knew something was wrong and she just put me down and said I was lazy.

Grrr....Sorry I hate seeming like some angry child stomping around. I feel guilty for being angry with my mom but it's hard not to be.

I hate being treated differently by my teachers. My peers can tolerate me and my friends really like me. They think I'm funny and always turn to me if they need to be cheered up. Teachers put me in lower classes because they think I can't handle it. I also had to suffer through BSI courses , I didn't need,because of ADD. Whenever I have to take standardized tests I have to be put in some special room with kids who are really annoying and never shut up. And the one who set up my classes for 9th grade suggested I go to a shrink! DO NOT LET THEM DO THAT !!! haha sorry i have had my fair shares of theses people get your parents to sign the paper saying that they do not care what the teachers say that they want you in collage prep classes.
i started my ninth grade in below cp and after a week i was fed up with it and all the special ed teachers were like oh well it is going to be very hard and i was like good . they kept on bother me even after that .(last year also below cp math) i wanted to go up and they were like no no no geometry is very hard .I do not get why all of the special ed teacher think that just beacuse i have i IEP that i am moron or somthing ! ugh !
it is so inferating (sp?) that I have to prove that i am in a way up to par with my peers but no arragance intended i am as smart and many times smarter then them especaily in english (not spelling) i have great comprehantion skills i get the point of what the teachers are asking about the books and what not . haha and my favorite is that they make problems about my modifications on things like for vocab i get instead of 20 words i get 15 well because of that i get 95s on almost all of my test(not to mention pluse five points in extra credit) and then in my iep this year they put that it was unnesarry for me to have those modifications and that i take advatange of my extra time .So now this years teachers are like trying to get me off them and i am not buding they think that they are so smart and that i do not have any idea on what they doing sometimes i want to scream i have a learning disability and add for gods sake i am not a idiot i UNDERSTAND what you are trying to . and also that when i need inclass soppourt why cant they once just ONCE give me a teacher who really enjoys what they are doing OR give me a class with ONE of my friends please ! lol i always get stuck with the second hand teacher never have a teacher where i was like wow this guy/lady know what they are talking about. i think that i would just like that once before i get out school .
and thanks a lot lol gezze i didnt know that i had so m uch anger towards these ppl i am sure there is more but i cant type any more lol . and for any one who reads this thank you lol http://addforums.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Im failing everything in my university again. everyone students and professors hate me caus eI am always late and miss all my deadlines. I failed out of college 2 years ago only to return home o have my parents put me down. I finally got the courage to go back and face it only to realse I still dont have the skills to complete it. Everyday I have to step foot at the college I feel like a loser and it took me 2 years to build up my self esteem again. my peers, which were a lot dumber than me are surpassing me in life. I cannot hold a job and pay my bills and Im in an incredible amount of debt. My family sees me as a burden and cannot afford my habits. I am getting too old to blend in. I dont think Im a complete loser, but getting there. I dont know what to do. I cant and wont try to make any new frends cause I always let people down and they always dont understand my behavior and get impatient. I feel completely alone.