>>11227341I could definitely tell something was wrong later on, but all the way through high school I thought it was normal to procrastinate on school projects for as long as possible. I was always good at math and science, but I would wait till literally the day before to do English/Social Studies class projects. My parents helped me through a good deal of the organizational skill issues, and as long as the work was trivial I could handle it on my own, but once I got into my 3rd year of college with 300-400 level classes it was too much. I knew how to do the assignments, but couldn't accurately judge the time it would take and wasted it all playing video games or sleeping in. I would put off huge assignments for weeks only to write the whole thing off near the end as not worth the effort, lying to myself saying "I'll make it up with the next assignment". Once I failed a few classes this way I knew something was wrong, but I blamed myself for being lazy and unmotivated. It wasn't until I started lying to my parents about my grades, couldn't even get myself to work on something even if I wanted to, and had a mental breakdown that I realized something was really wrong and got diagnosed and medicated. I was in a dark place but was able to make it through because I had people who cared about me. All the problems I had diminished once I got medicated and now I have a good job and am living on my own. I still struggle with some things related to living on my own, but it is manageable. I would recommend getting medicated ASAP, but if that isn't an option, getting a good exercise regiment + sleep schedule service up, and finding someone to keep you accountable(family, friend, coworker or otherwise) is what kept me going for so long.</blog>
