Introductions Suck.

Introductions take forever, I always feel like I'm reading a biography...

I'll keep this post fairly simple.

I have ADD. I was diagnosed when I was 24 years old. I should have been tested when I was younger, but that never happened because, 'if you don't get tested, you don't have it'.

After doing semi-ok in high school (3.4 GPA) and doing not-so-great in college (2.8 GPA), I figured I just sucked at exams and couldn't retain information. Simple as that, right? Wrong. Wrong! WRONG! If you feel you or your child may have symptoms of ADD (or ADHD) please do the right thing and get them tested, it will make life a lot less of a struggle.

My then-boyfriend, who recently upgraded to husband, was very supportive in my decision to go to therapy to get tested for ADD. Motivated by the notion that I would come home after work and may have taken a stressful, frustrating day out on him every so often, sure! But that's in the past! Now, I'm mostly level-headed and loving.

I like to think that discovering I had ADD helped me tremendously. I am less stressed (most of the time), forgive myself more often, and even find daily tasks that used to be challenging fairly easy.

There you have it, I have ADD and feel no shame!

Check out my next posts to find out how people with ADD (non-OCD) should and shouldn't clean/de-clutter. A serious struggle in this house, ask my grandmother...