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SwampYankee · #3 07-22-2013, 05:04 PM

I deal with many of the same issues, Tyler. I skated right through H.S. (level one, decent grades) and stumbled a little in college, all while doing the bare minimum. I was an organizational mess (I know there are pics of my desk somewhere here) and procrastinator extraordinaire. I have no doubt I would have been diagnosed with one disorder or another nowadays but I just kept my head down and soldiered on.

While I still have a ways to go, getting myself into a routine has really helped me from home to work and home again with the necessary motivation and focus. Even to the point of writing it down and doing my daily to-do list. My cup of coffee has become an important part of it. It's become somewhat of a reset button.

Sticking to my routine, as with anything else, it the hardest part. I just forced myself to do it. While I still can't sit down and read for extended periods of time without wandering off on another tangent, I can keep myself on target and get whatever time-sensitive tasks done when they need to be done.

While I'm not proud to admit it, we did try several different medications on my oldest son for a couple years. (Whoever said payback is a b!tch was spot on!) Neither he nor we were impressed with the results or how he felt while on it so we stopped. All is not rosy now with him, but they're acceptable and he's far more sociable and has a much better appetite since getting off them.