ADHD...and proud.

So after reading the posts of a couple of other adults living with ADD, I have been inspired to keep my own blog cataloguing my struggles and accomplishments. It's taken me years to admit to myself just how crippling ADHD can be. Even though I was diagnosed as a kid with it I somehow tried to convince myself that I just needed to grow up and that I had outgrown ADD, and that I just needed to mature. I couldnt just accept that my brain is messed up...that I need the help of a mental health care professional, or that I need NRI to help balance my brain out. I couldnt accept it....and for years I lived feeling ashamed that I was a grownup kid. I'm not ashamed anymore, I have ADHD. It makes my life hell quite often, but its my life and I love every damn minute of it.

Special thanks to Gregg Lebovitz of My Unfocused LIfe [www.myunfocusedlife.com], and to Douglas Cootey of The Splintered Mind [thesplinteredmind.blogspot.com]. You guys inspire me and make me feel its ok to not be ashamed and that I am not alone in my daily struggles. Thank you so much for your bravery.