Ok at school, things are getting worse, new semester just began and everything became harder. Everyone in my class knows what to do, but i dont know what to do at all and i feel ridiculously uncomfortable in class and im afraid of coming to any class at all practically because first off, im afraid of what people think of me(im always thinking that people are critiscizing me) and ive tried to avoid it throughout the year, but i still cant help it. I feel moody whenever im in class for im uncomfortable and im afraid of anything that i do, walk, write, say something that i will be criticized for it. The only time im comfortable and happy is when im at home where i feel that im safe and im actually happy. Oh yeah and i got back my PSAT score today and basically, i did HORRIBLE. I did even worse than the students in my class that do not even do any work at all.

For essays though, do ADD'ers tend to talk from point a to point b to point c and not focus on the main question/ point a but instead ur shifting between ideas?

Is short -term memory loss related to ADD because i completely forget things in my studies like 7 seconds after i read something so i re-read it again for another 100000 times and i still cant get it into my head. I dont know how in the world im going to get through life like this, everything seems difficult to me for my studies.

Whenever u take ur meds...do u feel more comfortable being in class or at school/college/etc?

Do your teachers know you have ADD? Maybe you could talk to them about it and ask them to help you after class on things you find difficult.

ADD'ers are known to have terrible short term memories, but can have perfect long term memories. I can read a page of text then have no idea what Ive just read because Ive forgotten it.

And about the meds question... they made me fel more calm and more in control, so yeah I suppose I was more comfortable when I was on them.

Have you gone through the disability office to receive accommodations. Are you working with a counsellor and talking about these fears? I think it would be of a big help to you to get some of this anxiety off your shoulders.

Start small, talk and become friends with one person. hang with this person, and things will develop. Talking to some will teach you new skills.