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Hi! I& #39;m Raven, and I have ADHD. This is a thread and very much an incomplete collection of my early childhood shenanigans and experiences that will be in my book one day. (Enters 6 year old Raven)
I am/was very smart and would ZOOM through my work as a child. The INSTANT I got the work it was done. Instead of sitting at my desk like a neurotypical child, I would pretend to be a frog and jump from desktop to desktop. I was literally playing leapfrog with myself on DESKS 
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I also would get up and spin around during the middle of the class. I had no idea that wasn& #39;t the right thing to do, it just felt natural for me and very relaxing. I was still learning, just spinning around while doing it. The teacher would tell me to sit. I COULDN& #39;T.
We had a behavior indicator system where we went home with a log. Green=good day. Yellow=had some trouble. Red=bad day. I couldn& #39;t fix the red ones but I would run over the yellow ones with a blue crayon to make green so my mom wouldn& #39;t know that I royally BOTCHED my school day.
My teachers kept putting me in time out. My mom was pissed & cussed out the teacher. Told her to stop putting me in time out. I went to "special ed" & calmed down a LITTLE BIT. They also at the same time put me in the "gifted and talented program". I was confused by the changes.
I rode the "short bus" and I was told that I would smack all of the kids on the bus. Including myself. WHY? I don& #39;t know https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit lĂ€chelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit lĂ€chelnden Augen"> I also jumped off of a really tall statue and have a scar on my knee from this incident to this day. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit lĂ€chelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit lĂ€chelnden Augen">
They decided to let me skip grades. I went from first grade to third grade. That actually helped me A LOT, although it took me a while to get used to being with older kids. I aced my way through high school & sports. I ended up starting high school when I was about 12 years old.
In high school, I was no longer "in special ed", but I liked to go in the special ed classrooms sometimes during lunchtime or study halls because it was a comfortable place and I had friends in there. I was a cheerleader, track runner, and in science olympiad.
Little did I know at that point that I had not grown out of my ADHD and I was to experience a new journey as an adult with ADHD that looks pretty much nothing like childhood ADHD https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht"> at least in my case. I& #39;m still navigating it but I& #39;m learning new things about myself everyday.
