Hey there. I am 30 years old now but I have always wanted to ask someone about this. I have bad ADHD and have tried medication to no avail.
Was on Ritalin growing up till 9. I Have had many jobs in my life but I was never fired I just quit form being “over stimulated.”
I would honestly not know how to do anything right and when the manager talks to me it's almost like my head is a radio and the antenna does not catch what he/she is saying and I end up messing up a lot.
Was made fun of a lot especially in my first job at Target. I would not be able to stock the aisles quick enough and would have trouble finding the places to put things and it would take me to long.
This continued all the way till now. Each year I have a bit of W2s cause I job hop so much. I don't know what to do this can't continue I am eventually going to be homless.
The jobs I Have don't train me enough and they give me 3 days or so and expect me to know everything which is practically impossible for me. I was in learning disability as well when I was in school. I am being left behind in life due to my disabilities and I hate it when people say don't use it as a crutch I am not trying to its hard for me and I wish people knew how hard it is.
Has anyone else with ADHD dealt with this? What did you do? I am at a loss. I have no family and was abandoned when I was a child due to my disabilities growing up.
It's crazy some of the simplest of tasks takes me weeks to learn while others it takes a day or days. Jobs really need to get better to helping people like me and giving Me more time and help.
Thanks.