[ SECRET POST #2008 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2008 ⌋

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Comments

[unicornherds]

I was kind of ostracized by my peers and had difficulty with social skills etc due to epilepsy as a child, and as an added bonus I didn't get diagnosed with anything until I was an adult and off medication because as a child all of my teachers and doctors liked to just say "well, that's just because she's on medication" to any problems I was having, which did not help.

ANYWAY. So yeah, I have a huge problem with social skills and communication. I just never thought to connect it to the ADHD.

[(Anonymous)]

Aw, I'm sorry your issues were passed off as side effects of your medication. ): ADHD is such a common diagnosis now, borderline default diagnosis just to get insurance companies to pay for treatment, and there are a lot of older children and adults being diagnosed with ADHD, so I hope there will be more research on the matter.

But, yeah, you can connect ADHD with social issues. Your struggle should never be undermined as your own personality or doing.

[(Anonymous)]

Original anon with ADHD.

As far as I know it is a major cause of my social problems. I believe at the time other children were learning social cues I was off acting impulsively, watching birds, getting distracted by everything and anything, and feeling board and anxious. I was never diagnosed until adulthood because were I grew up no such thing as a diagnosis existed. I was ostracized by my peers too because of my hyperactivity and fluttery attention. On top of that, even now, when someone is talking to me, I have to pay a lot of attention to what they are saying to not zone out or be distracted by anything else in the room. The effort just to listen drains my energy and keeps me from analyzing the emotional weight of the conversation so I could act accordingly. So I would say yes, the past and present consequences of ADHD are surely a contributor to my social struggles.