Reply #22: Hello, autonomy

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I am also ADHD, inattentive type.

Was diagnosed over a year ago, after my niece's diagnosis. My youth was, as you say it, hellish. It wasn't until I became an adult and had some control over my situation that I began to take pleasure in life. btw, I can also relate to the troubles of Asperger's, particularly in terms of trying to read social cues.

I have some mixed feelings about the "this is not a disorder" movement. While I can understand the need for self-acceptance, no one can expect the world to conform completely to them, and their needs. Which is what some of these activists seem to be saying, at least to me.

Seems to me you've worked out a good strategy for you. We all have to do that eventually. I take Concerta and it seems to help me out in social situations, but I have always preferred my own company and probably always will.

I don't know if you are male or female, but one thing I've found, being a woman, is that ADD females aren't good at a lot of the things women are "supposed" to be good at; like relationships, multi-tasking and the like.