Well, I'm pretty much done with this semester and I wrote my one and only exam recently. Written in the special testing room, thank you very much! :D

So looking back, what do you think you would have done differently this semester? What have you learned about being a student with ADHD?

I think I am starting to finally realize what it means to have ADHD. I assumed that being on medication was the only 'special accomodation' I needed. Well, I was wrong. The fact is I need more time. I need to write my exams in a quiet room with more time. I shouldn't feel stupid for needing these things but the fact is I do.

I also need a lot more feedback from my profs. Having ADHD means that I may interpret an assignment totally the wrong way. :( At least if I had some input, I could be steered off the wrong track and onto the right one! Again, the past is catching up to me because asking questions hasn't always been such a positive experience for me, and it's entrenched in my mind.

Anyway, these are a few of my thoughts. What about yours?

Haha, my first thought is that I would have changed the weather here in September and October. It was rainy and cold, a crappy start to everyone's school year.

Related to AD/HD, I wish I had have been more proactive about getting to the doctor about it. After an inital meds test I didn't go back to the doctor for nearly three months, even though I was supposed to check up within the week. It took another grades crash to send me back - I might have been able to wrap this semester up better if I had have taken it more seriously!

I'm looking forward to summer school this year, I think that armed with that little extra bit of knowledge about myself I'll be able to achieve my goals!

Michiko, when were you diagnosed?

I would have asked my school and doctor about ADHD a loooong time ago. But I didn't then, I am doing it now, so not to worry about the past...to infinity and beyond...

I wish we could have been more aware of the causes of our granddaughter's behaviour and her problems at home and at school.
Already I'm getting loads of info about what it means from the inside