Sum it up.

For my final post I thought it would be a great idea to sum up the inside look in to my life with ADD. Negative stigmas almost held me back from achieving what I was capable of achieving. But with this risk factor I learned to stand on my own two feet and stand up for myself and what I know to be true. This will end up being a major protective factor for me as I go through my life course. As many of y'all can tell with my screen name Yes I am a republican and this will make me a minority in this field. However, because I have already learned to cope and deal with being an outsider I will be able to stand up straight and move forward in this field. As for the distractions this is not something that I have not dealt with my whole life and will continue to struggle with for the rest of my life. The risk factor for this problem would be that most employers do not want to deal with having to make accommodations for me. This is hard to believe knowing what field I am working in but it is a fact of life that I hope this will change in the future. I know that the place where I am currently working does not want to give me my accommodations but then reprimands me for getting behind in my paperwork. But how can an individual who has ADD and is so easily distracted complete their work when there is no set schedule for seeing clients and doing paperwork. As far as the doctor problem I hope to find a psychiatrist who is willing to accept new patients. There are not enough doctors who are willing and able to treat adults with learning disorders are stretched to thin. This is a major risk fact for individuals who have a disability. The anxiety and depression that comes along with ADD has not been researched enough and how the medications for ADD affects these problems. I hope that those of you who bothered to read my blogs and leave a comment learned a little bit about the daily difficulties adults with ADD go through. Most adults take vacations to get away from their stress and frustrations but adults with disabilities even when on vacations still carry these stresses with them. By not being able to get away from themselves depression and suicide become major risk factors for adults with ADD. These adults often do not have anybody to vent to because unless you have this disorder you will never completely know what it is truly like. The majority of society has a negative view on this problem and think that adults with ADD use this as an excuse for not accomplishing things. Or they will think that they should just take some medication and get over it. Either way you are stuck in your own world wishing that you were just normal. It is hard to live as an outsider and even more difficult to learn who to talk to about the stresses from your illness. My hope for all who read my blogs is for all of the future social workers to have a better insight into some of the life course problems with this disorder. I hope that everybody has a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas. See y'all next year...