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IF you happen to glance at my application, you can see that I am your average high school student, achieving exemplary grades, participating in clubs, top ten percentile of my class and all of those inspiring attributes/achievements. However, if you scan the inside of my medicine cabinet, you’ll find miscellaneous orange bottles with prescriptions written to me, Erin Michelle Garcia. Adderall, Dexedrine, Ritalin, Concerta. People who see kids with ADHD assume it is a phase of their youth. They assume that these kids are just troubled children, that they’ll grow out of it eventually. For me, ADHD is not just a phase, or a temper tantrum, or hormones, it is a burden that I will live with for the rest of my life. Many people know symptoms of ADHD include trouble completing tasks, hyperactivity, forgetfulness, and the inability to focus. To combat these symptoms, I am prescribed an assortment of colorful pills with their own symptoms that aren’t so animated. These symptoms include drowsiness, decreased appetite, and disassociation. I wake up feeling as if I have oatmeal for brains. My friends constantly ask if I am …show more content…

Why can’t I be exceptionally bright and ADHD? I am not my ADHD. I am four years of marching band and choir, NHS publicity chair, computer science club member, English language tutor. An exceptionally bright girl coming from a low income family in an area that lives below the poverty line. If you examine beyond my application and into my personal life and my social media, you will find I am the mother of eight dogs, the middle child and only girl in a family of five, the singer for the Weslaco East High School jazz band and a future

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