ADD

I’ve always had ADD; when I was younger I took medication for it but as I got older I learned to compensate for it and stopped taking medication.  Well I recently had the worst experience with ADD and a test.  Tests have always been hard for me and I’ve especially struggled with finishing tests on time.  So I had been studying like crazy for an upcoming math and because of work just being busy I decided I would take it the last night. 

My cousin Donevan took the test earlier that day and he told me about his experience.  He said that he got 100 percent and that it took him an hour and a half.  I was excited because I knew that I was well prepared and would do well.  Donevan isn’t a super-fast test taker either so I assumed giving me self a little over and hour and a half would give me plenty of time.  Well I was wrong. Within the first 15 minutes I knew that there was no way I would finish the test.  As soon as I made this realization I had an anxiety attack and my body shut down.  Material that I knew well was suddenly foreign to me and I just kept skipping problems in hopes I would find one that my brain could handle.  In the end I got a 36 percent.  It was without a doubt the worst testing experience of my life.

The one good thing is that it motivated me to meet with a school counselor and I have since been given accommodations including time and half for tests and an isolated test-taking room.