Those of you who are or were in school

[2_Flowers_n_Lil_B]

Do you ever feel like you need an extended break sometimes? I have been back in school since Sept and finshing my spring quarter in the next couple of weeks then off to the summer quater. I am just feeling so spent out right now and feel like I need a break. Unfortanly a break doesn't fit into my plans, I will be considered a junior by winter, and want to get my assoc. by the end of next spring then finish with my B.S. The reason why I would be a junior before I assoc. is because I was doing another major and my classes that transfered goes to my electives. and some to my main courses. I am only going part time, but I feel like I need another year break KWIM? what did you do to overcome this? I am a good student currently on the honor roll and pulling A's in my classes right now, but I feel like if I keep going at this pace then I would be going down hill.

[Becky]

I feel that way also, but that is cuz my kids drive me nuts half the time and I can't get anything done. Do't you have little kids also?? If you do, I am sure they add to the stress, sometimes I think mine try to.

I did end up taking a year off due to moving and then having to go to a new school and then being on a waiting list, and it was not fun. All year I sat here and waited for school to start (only 3 more months). If you really did take time off you'd feel like you were waisting time.

I have always had my kids with a sitter/daycare for an extra 2 hours a day so I can study in peace. I have to pay the same for 5 hours or 12 hours so I might as well use a few to do something constructive with it, like study. Maybe that would give you a little extra time to catch your breath? Sorry I was not much help, but I know how you feel.

Becky

[mynameisdustin]

I am getting ready to go back to school and I am nervous. But I am doing everything in my power to prepare for it. The last couple of semesters I dropped out because all of a sudden my priorities changed and I needed a break. So, I am on a medication combination that helped my situation at work, so I am hoping that school will be the same. I am also seeing a therapist to help out with the transition back in to school.

[ADDMD]

Flower, I know what you are going through. The best thing to do is to concentrate on your next exam/assignment and not worry about what has been going on so far.

Ironically, I am in the process of becoming a doctor myself , and trust me, with this ADD, it is hard as hell .

Just know, that as long as you go on, you are winning .

Best of luck, and keep us appraised of what is going on.

This is my first post on this board and I can already see that there are others who share the same predicament as me. I am going to have a lot to say/ share here.

[doctoralstudent]

Hello,

I am new here but am happy to see that there are others in college. I have struggled with ADD all of my life but was only diagnosed two years ago. I am struggling now because I am only two courses and a dissertation away from recieving my Ph.d. in Counseling and Psychology. Unfortunately, since I am now registered with disability services at my college I have been made to feel like an outcast within my department.

I am currently recieving a scholarship that I was awarded last year for Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year. But as irony would have it, I recieved a letter stating that i am on academic probation within my department and may be let go from the program. So currently, I am on scholarship and academic probation. How does that work, I don't know.

Since my disability is not physically noticeable and my field of study is counseling and psychology, I feel I am being thrown up road block after road block in en effort to make me give up. And as you know it is a struggle enough having ADD in college without people trying to hold you back.

Have any of you experienced this covert prejudice from your professors?

I am trying to stay strong and do what I have to do to finish my degree but it is a daily struggle.

This is why i searched the internet for support from others like me. It is hard to explain to others how my brain opperates and I am frustrated with encouragements such as "try harder" "study more". But I am even more frustrated by those who say that I am not giving my best effort, not focusing enough on school, and most of all asking for more time and effort from my professors than a doctoral student should.

It is hard constantly being compared to my fellow doctoral students. I am trying my best but having ADD and being a doctoral student do not go hand in hand.

Sorry my message is so long but I am just really excited to talk to other adult college students with ADD.

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