"i have been suffering through add and dyslexia my whole life. together, the two work together to make your life a hell pit. dyslexia made it harder for me to understand things and add made it hard for me to keep my focus long enough to understand it. i have been on and off add medications throughout my life, all which had negatives which outweighed the positives. i am now 17, i also lost hope in myself that i would ever be, &quot;normal&quot;. it was taking me as least 10 times as long to complete task as my classmates. i started to become a burnout... until, i was prescribed adderall. my head that once felt like a rock, now feels totally capable of thinking. my grades went up and now i have hope. i still have challenges, but they are manageable."