All the Things I Hate About Having ADHD

Written By Cynthia Hammer, MSW

Compiled from r/adhd by Cynthia Hammer, MSW

 

·         I hate when people deny it's a real issue.

·         I hate that people assume I'm lazy when they have no idea how much effort I put into managing my life.

·         I hate that I need to take medicine.

·         I hate that medicine doesn't improve all of my symptoms.

·         I hate having a nagging belief that needing medicine makes me inferior.

·         I hate being terrified each time a teacher assigns a project. I know it means nights of little sleep as I struggle to finish the

assignment a few hours before it's due.

·         I hate when people notice that I have lost focus, and they ask me what I'm thinking about.

·         I hate having to plan my every waking moment so I won’t get distracted and mess up something important.

·         I hate having great ideas that will never come to fruition and the hundreds of projects that I've never finished.

·         I hate when people tell me to just "try harder."

·         I hate that an ADHD life isn’t simple or easy.

Cynthia Hammer, MSW

Cynthia Hammer, MSW, was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD in 1992 when she was 49 years old. The following year she created the non-profit organization, ADD Resources, with a mission to educate adults and helping professionals about ADHD in adults. She ran the organization for 15 years before retiring.

During the Covid isolation she wrote a book about her life with inattentive ADHD which should be published by the end of this year. In writing the book, she was dismayed to learn that children with inattentive ADHD continue to be under-diagnosed and adults with inattentive ADHD often are incorrectly diagnosed with depression or anxiety.

She created a new non-profit in 2021, the Inattentive ADHD Coalition (www.iadhd.org), to create more awareness about inattentive ADHD and the need for early diagnosis and treatment.

https://www.iadhd.org
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