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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son and I have inattentive ADHD, low processing speed and anxiety. While my ADHD is mild and unmedicated, and I learned to drive after many, many hours of lessons, my son needs Adderall during his driving lessons. It makes him more focused. For myself, the day I got a GPS was the day I could drive without debilitating fear - just manageable levels of fear :-) I was so anxious at memorizing the way on a map prior to starting to drive, since my ADHD and low processing speed means I can't just glance at a map while driving, and my sense of direction is terrible. Getting on and off the interstates were so stressful before the GPS years! Now I've been driving for 20 years and feel confident.

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While I didn’t have a lot of anxiety surrounding driving myself, getting lost in unfamiliar areas before GPS was awful. One time I got off on the wrong exit in Hartford, went a bit down the road, and stopped at a gas station for directions. The man looked at me, said go this way, do NOT stop and lights, just GO. It was under 1/2 mile but it was clear he wanted me OUTTA there FAST. So I’m not afraid of the drive, love long drives by myself, but have learned to be very wary at rest stops, etc, and often map out which stops to go to before a trip to ensure I won’t get off on an exit in a dangerous area.

GPS has made it so I know how to right my wrongs very fast, adding a lot to my security. [/quote]

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