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[quote=Anonymous]I am the oldest of 11 kids so when I was around 10, my mom wanted me to start helping around the house more than I already did (cleaning the kitchen every night and the house every day, cleaning bathrooms, putting younger siblings to bed, cooking meals, doing laundry, babysitting, etc). And so I tried but I really hated doing it. It was hard and I felt like I couldn’t push myself to do it even though I wanted to help out. My mom would shame me constantly and compare me to neighborhood kids or friends and say that they did all their chores and that I was a lazy useless little brat. I really thought I was lazy and did not know that it might’ve been executive function issues.

Later on in high school, I started helping out less and started focusing more on school and my social life. I felt guilty not doing anything often (especially while being 1 of only 3 girls in the family) and wanted to help or at least do one thing regularly like wash the dishes, but I just never remembered to and couldn’t do anything without being told to. At the same time, I was struggling with doing my homework and keeping my room clean. I did great in school and was just a super bad procrastinator, turned a lot of assignments in late, and never studied. I lost important things constantly, was forgetful, had a hard time paying attention, and constantly daydreamed.

So symptoms were definitely apparent and I struggled as a child and struggle a little now after years of achieving but I haven’t seeked out getting diagnosed. I really have a hard time accepting the fact that I might have ADHD and for a long time when I was younger, I was very ignorant and did not fully believe that it was real (Yes I know!). Now two of my kids are diagnosed and I realize how very similar I was to them as a child so I really don’t see the problem with people wanting to diagnose and treat their ADHD as adults to improve their lives.[/quote]

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