Are you ADD? Sounds like you could very well be the inattentive type of ADD. You do need to go in and get an assessment with a professional AND you need to stop trying to self-medicate by yourself!! Yes, you may need meds to assist you wih focusing on tasks so that you can get them completed (get that executive functioning area of the brain on board) but please let the doctors do the decision making on that.

Now you've got mom nervous about meds because you started purchasing them 'off the streets' by yourself. Perhaps if you sit down with her and have a good heart to heart talk with her, you might be able to explain all the things that you've been experiencing and how its been creating problems for you at school.

Tell her that it was foolish for you to have bought your own supply of meds but that all you had really been trying to do was solve your problems but you realize you need more help to get to your goals in life. See if you can get her on board by asking her to accompany you to at least one visit with the doctor. Once she sees that you're now going to follow a doctor's advice for using meds (if he/she thinks it might be helpful) she might be more supportive of you.

She's just been scared by you going out and 'doing' drugs without direction from a doctor. You need to earn her trust again because afterall, these are potent medications. Wonderful for us if we truly need them, but dangerous to those who don't require them!

Good luck!

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