The funniest part is I had the diagnosis as a kid but no one did anything about it. They were just trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I got rediagnosed as an adult and got on medication.

I guess knowing about it meant I didn't have to spend years trying to figure out why I was considered gifted but couldn't get shit done.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 week ago

I got told because I was good as a kid I couldn't have it. Our system is terrible at actually dealing with the issue.

Crazy part was I only started wondering if I had it after getting prescribed double Sudafed for bad cold/congestion and could suddenly focus