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OMG... I have ADHD

... and have had it since I was a kid. Here is a list of ADHD symptoms . I certainly have always suffered from ADHD, Predominantly Inattentive Type . I exhibited each and every of the nine symptoms described there. And I suffer from them today too! My parents always attributed it to "just the way she is" with a lot of eye rolling. They applied the traditional slap-on-the-bottom therapy. It did give short lasting, but expected results. Little did they know what I suffered from... Ah! won't it break my mom's heart to think of how many times she spanked her child who was in dire need of medications and therapy on which governments here spend to the point of bankrupcy and therapists build their careers and buy their Mercs. And for all the times my teachers thought I just wasn't paying attention, see... it wasn't my fault! Show a sensitive heart here! What an inconsiderate and unaware world I grew up in! No wonder I am as messed up as I am. Now only if I had had th