Parents still have trouble accepting my needs...

<p>As I have discussed previously, I received a very late diagnosis of ADHD (despite symptoms reported since I was five years old) in my junior year of COLLEGE. This diagnosis came after much frustration.</p>

<p>I am finally learning to utilize my resources, but my past academic problems still haunt me on my transcript.</p>

<p>My parents, however, are still having difficulty accepting that I am "less than perfect". One parent thinks it's an "excuse for being lazy", while the other one thinks "everyone has to deal with the same thing" and thinks I could learn a lesson from my (non-ADHD) cousin, who is only a high school junior and is a positive example of a "role model" of "studying hard". How humiliating!</p>

<p>I don't see how this is supposed to help other than instilling feelings of jealousy in me.</p>

<p>(Believe me, as a college student, I put a lot more time into studying than this cousin - or really, any high school student, yet studying the conventional way is inherently harder for me due to the executive function impairment, which for some reason they can't understand.)</p>

<p>I have bought books on ADHD and told my parents to read them; they refuse to.</p>

<p>Yes my parents love me, but some things are difficult to understand for them. It's frustrating to be told you're lying to the point that you actually believe it.</p>

<p>I sort of wish ADHD was called something else - maybe something referring to executive function.</p>

<p>Okay, so stop trying to make them believe something they have a hard time accepting. Don’t mean to sound cold, but “So What?” if your parents don’t believe you. just go on your merry way, do the best you can, think positive and that’s all a parent can ask of you. Who cares how your cousin does? There’s always someone better than you and someone worse than you. What counts is Persistence, Integrity, Work Ethic and you WILL succeed. good luck.</p>