About Me: My personal struggle with predominantly inattentive ADHD
"Pay attention?", "Are you okay?" these are two phrases I've been hearing my whole life. My teachers always commented how I would space out in class, and as I got older people assumed I was sleeping or under the influence. I have predominantly inattentive ADHD and I'm on the autism spectrum. I'm writing this blog to help others and raise awareness about predominantly Inattentive ADHD. I was formally diagnosed with predominantly Inattetive ADHD at 8 years old. Formal meaning alot of tests were done to conclude I have ADHD. A EGG was done to rule out epilepsy, because I spaced out so much. Since my listening skills were horrendous a series of hearing tests were done. My parents chose therapy over medication. This was a big mistake. Looking back I needed medication so bad and therapy did little to help me. For the next 20 years I struggled with work school, relationships, driving. Basically life was a struggle for me. I was often told I...