Encouragement

I am a woman with ADD. That's probably no real surprise to you - after all, I write about it all the time. Learning about my ADD was like having a veil removed. It let me see a lot of why I am like I am. I hope that if you are an adult with ADD, you approach it like that. I did have some feelings of "if I'd only known sooner, I could have changed things," but for the most part, learning about my ADD has helped me approach life with a better attitude about myself. There is a reason I do things like I do. There's a reason I am on the go all the time. There's a reason I'm just a little different from a lot of folks out there. And, I'm learning on a daily basis, with the help of medication, to make both small and large improvements in my life.

I originally went for diagnosis because I couldn't keep my house clean. I'm a college graduate, an intelligent woman. I simply couldn't understand why I couldn't do as simple a thing as keep my house in a presentable fashion. I was so embarrassed if anyone wanted to come over. I avoided having guests for literally years. I didn't want them to see the house and it was in such a state, it simply overwhelmed me to think about cleaning it. I am happy to report that since my diagnosis and subsequent treatment with Wellbutrin, I have kept my house reasonably clean and straight (not perfect, but a whole heap better than it used to be!) and I have guests over almost weekly. I've always enjoyed entertaining and now I am able to entertain fairly frequently. It is a wonderful accomplishment!

I had been a stay at home mom for awhile before my diagnosis, but I really wanted to do something to help contribute financially to the family. I wanted to start a business. A few months after my diagnosis, I did just that - I started an online business. It has been challenging and I've had to learn a lot of new things, but it's also been fun. I'm beginning to see some success with it and it is very exciting. Now, you need to know that I've started many businesses in the past. Most had great potential for success if I could just apply myself to the work I needed to do. I was never quite able to accomplish it and I would give up before I gave myself a chance to be successful. After all, I felt I didn't really deserve it anyway, I'd failed at so many things before.

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