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ADHD and Me: Discovering a Learning Style That Works For Me!

  I've read a couple of Facebook posts recently about struggles with studying due to ADHD, and it reminded me of the battle I had surviving the final module of my degree!  One of the main reasons I chose a private ADHD diagnosis was because I wanted support for the final two modules of my degree.  I was fortunate to be able to study full-time for the last two years of my degree.  However, without the structure of going to work, my life quickly unravelled.  I can't remember the exact point when I strongly suspected I had ADHD, but I think the suspicion started to grow, especially when I showed my husband a list of inattentive symptoms, and I had every single one of them!  To go back a little.  I always felt as though I had underachieved.  I had to retake my 'O' Levels (the precursor to GCSEs) as I only passed three of them, and I passed one 'A' Level.  After that, there were a couple of BTech courses which I failed. I felt like a disappointmen...