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I have had a hard time in the past with meth and cigarettes and cocaine and drinking. I got clean a few years ago but I have had a hard time keeping a job since then. My problem is I tend to lose focus and so I am not very good at following directions. I think I have things together and then at the end I get in trouble for forgetting half of what I was supposed to be doing. I was like this in school as well. It seems strange, but when using I seemed more able to keep things straight than I am now. Not that I was able to really hold down a job then either. My girlfriend now works as a teacher’s assistant for special needs kids. She says the way I am is exactly like a lot of the kids that come to her with ADHD. Since she said this I have been reading up on ADHD on the internet and it the symptoms of ADHD seem to match who I am exactly. Maybe if I can get my ADHD cured I can have more luck on the job. But the problem is the medication for ADHD is something that I know can be abused. I have even used Ritalin once or twice. I am not sure I could stay off meth if I had that little taste of speed every day. Is there any way to control ADHD without using drugs?
