21 Things People With ADHD Wish Everyone Would Understand

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Keira Butler
Created by Keira Butler
On May 26, 2015
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a real medical condition that is often discredited by many.

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A lot of people think people with ADHD should "just concentrate harder", but it's not that simple.

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Just because we have a harder time focusing, doesn't mean we're not intelligent!

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In fact, for many of us, our grades in school were not an accurate reflection of our intelligence.

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ADHD is not a result of bad parenting or lack of discipline.

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We have a tendency to get bored easily. Very easily.

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Working on long projects takes us even longer because we are constantly being distracted by something.

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However, getting up and moving around can actually help us process information.

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People with ADHD like to talk. A lot.

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Telling us to "calm down" is really counter productive.

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We're not faking our disorder just for the meds.

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And no, you can't have some of our Adderall to help you study for finals!

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We’re constantly losing our personal belongings no matter how hard we try to keep them in order.

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Sometimes, we’re really into something for a few seconds and then we’re literally over it.

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ADHD doesn’t just affect children.

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Staying seated for a long period of time? HAHHAHA, ya right!

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Once we start to focus, you better not interrupt us!

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When other people jokingly claim that they have ADD, we're just like...

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When our meds starts to wear off, we’re just like…

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Sometimes it’s difficult for us to concen- WAIT DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!

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We consider it an accomplishment that we’ve made it to the end of this list!

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