this hits home randomly when i woke up this morning i remembered all the times i procrastinated so hard on a school project or subject that my elementary school teacher stuck my desk out in the hall so i would get my work done and that was agony and now in my mid thirties im realizing that the reason i just couldnt force myself to do whatever project wasnt really a lack of discipline like the adults would say it was because shes really smart but if she would just apply herself was the broken record of every single parent teacher conference from 3rd grade onward   and because i wasnt like jason in our class with adhd i was just being rebellious    its been interesting to read the comments of other women who are struggling to cope as they get older i can see myself reflected in their experiences    i was diagnosed with adhd by a neuropsychologist at 18 following a tbi i think the tbi ruined my established coping methods but i didnt take the diagnosis seriously at the time so ive continued through adulthood with untreated adhd and now its finally gotten to the point where im struggling to function   seeing that other people have similar situations is extremely helpful