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Published: 2011-03-21 17:16:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 21941; Favourites: 1150; Downloads: 150
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Truuue story.This is the thing which has consumed my life for the past 2 weeks. >_> I originally meant it to be one long strip, but then had to make it into pages for my class just to have a way to print it and present it, but I compiled it back into a long strip for here on teh web.
I am so sick of looking at this thing. So much stress over it and there are a lot of problems I last minute noticed and didn't have time to fix >_< Oh well.
Not really much else to say...
Hope you guys are at least amused by it.EDIT: Daily Deviation? Wooooah! Thanks guys!!
I'm swamped with things to respond to now, but here's some more overall thoughts on the topic that have been brought up in comments:
1 - ADD is more than just procrastination and not being able to focus. Everyone is "a little ADD", yes, but the problem is when its something you're having trouble everyday with most things versus just one thing you don't want to do. You have trouble getting even simple things done, can't follow directions, zone out in the middle of conversations, etc. For more info, I recommend this site: [link]
2 - I'm not necessarily advocating medicine or saying everyone should take them. It's up to the individual and what works for them. They're also not a "cure" - it just gives you more of the boost you need to do what you should. I saw a specialist before going on medication who taught me note-taking/studying methods and time management skills, but my meds help me to follow through with what I know I have to do more consistently.
Anyway, thanks again for the DD
I'll try to get to everyone's comments eventually...but there sure are a lot. o-o
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Comments: 362
...oh wow...add glasses and make the hair brown and this would be a story about me XD
I can like 100% relate to this.
I take concerta and without it I am such a derp and I cannot even focus on drawing or watching a movie let alone focus on things that need to get done... with it though I work wonders and become so focused on tasks that I forget to stop and eat XD
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hahaha! I tried concerta but it didn't work for me so I'm on Strattera now. 
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Hahaha! Heck my food does not make it out of the microwave half the time!
*I pop food in the microwave and go off to finish something meaning to take a few minutes...
*3 hours later my sister tries to use the microwave
her "Whoes dried up spaghetti is this?!"
me "gerd damnit not again!"
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LOL we're so bad...I think we really do share the same life
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this is me, except I need my meds, right now I can't take them and it's all I can do to stay focused for 5 minutes
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Congratz! And did you draw this on a Cintiq! That looks like a Cintiq tablet! I really want one of those!
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Thanks! And yup, it is a cintiq...I love my tablet~
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I WANT ONE!
You did a fabulous job with this, by the way!
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haha so does everyone who sees me working on mine XD The money is cost was totally worth it though; I've had it for years and it still works great.
Thank you very much! ^_^
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It is!? I KNEW IT! Now that I know, I'm so getting it! I'll persuade my dad to get it for me!
Sure thing!
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Oh, you're Falconer on the SJ Forums! Congratulations on the DD!
It's a really good thing that you could figure that problem out. As for the artistic part, every panel is great, the pose on the 2nd one was my personal favourite, and the coloring fits as well.
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Haha it is me indeed! XD Thanks; glad you like it!
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I totally know what you mean! D: i'm actually ADHD (not that i ever noticed much of a difference between the two but who cares) i know when i was young whenever i didn't take my meds I would flip out and do pretty much NOTHING productive..... except run around the house with my head cut off annoying my family >w<
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You might not notice a difference between the two, but since my cousin has ADHD I definitely can haha!
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I can really relate to this XD I have really bad depression along with Bipolar and Seasonal affective disorder and ADD.
If I stop taking my Meds I go batshit. I work at our college every year and do this program called "Jumpstart" where we take kids with academic disabilities and orient them to the college. I have seen a lot of students decide not to take or to irregularly take their meds and usually it is the deciding factor of whether they can stay in college or not.
My really good friend from Jumpstart stopped taking their meds for ADD and failed out her second quarter. I feel that Medication REALLY does make a difference if you Have ADD. But the medication isn't for everyone. I have ADD along with my depression and all the other problems and I can't take ADD medicine because it makes me focus on the wrong things and also stimulants are awful for me :/
I'm really glad you got a DD 
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Wow - bipolar, SAD, and ADD?! That sounds crazy! D:
It definitely does make a difference for some people. I used to have depression, but that was before I was diagnosed with ADD - and as we have realized now, I was depressed then because of a lot of the problems ADD was causing me. :/ (oh how much grief I could have been spared of if we'd found out sooner!)
Anyway, thanks a lot for the comment! I wish you the best!
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Same to you!!! <3 I'm glad that you are not depressed now Because Depression SUCKS.
I'm sure that this comic can raise a lot of awareness towards students with academic disabilities
WE ARE NOT ALONE!
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Yes, we definitely not! Depression is really the worst D: The responses people have had to this comic have really blown me away...it's amazing! I had no idea people could take so much from it. I've also gotten to hear a lot of other people's stories and experiences and its been pretty cool.
Thanks again for commenting!
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That's sort of how I used to be. But I stopped taking my meds when I was 13. I admit, life wasn't the best, but I actually took control of my ADD. Despite not being able to ever fully focus on something, I have used my ADD to increase the speed of my mental capacity. The people who know how well I do in school are generally surprised to hear I have ADD and do not take medication.
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I wasn't diagnosed until near the end of my years in high school and my friends didn't believe me that I had it because they didn't understand how I could have ADD and still be in honors classes and a pretty good student. I guess I just had enough natural intelligence to compensate and I was a pretty good note taker - in subjects I liked. In everything I liked, I did great, and in anything else...wellllll not so much XD I'd do okay, but those were usually the classes I would completely forget about assignments or make a lot of simple mistakes on tests.
Anywho, thanks for commenting! I wish you the best!
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I know the feeling of forgetting things. >.> I'm notorious around here for my bad memory for things other than games and algebra. Plus various facts that pop up from time to time. But despite that, I passed school easily, without studying, or only taking notes when they were part of the grade. I thought fast, using my ADD. I rarely went to honor student status, but that was by choice. I didn't want to be seen as the smart guy. I wanted to be seen as a guy who is a good friend.
And you are most welcome. And thank you. lol I hope the rest of your day goes well, as life should be.
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I have ADD and my bro has ADHD (I swear it's as if he doesn't take his medication) and I freaking RELY on my medication. I'll be so hopelessly useless without it.
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I know a kid with ADHD...
He obviously does not take his meds. -____-'
And I think it's true that everyone is "a little ADD." :'D
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haha My cousin has ADHD and he used to never take his meds when he visited us. He would be so all over the place! Drove my parents nuts! XD
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I'm surprised my poor math teacher hasn't snapped yet. -___-' Even the other kids without ADHD are as bad as him in math class. ONLY math class. -___-'
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Ugh, this feels like me right now. I should be doing my term paper but I keep going on sites hoping something interesting will pop up.
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haha what has the internet done to us? XD Good luck with your paper!
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Thanks! I just finished it, cool.
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XD I have ADD.... but I don't take medication for it, I play with Silly Putty. I always have a case with me, they each last up to a month, the color changing kind doesn't last as long. I actually found a study that they did where items that have sensory appeal help students with ADD who are better able to focus if they can have something in their hands.
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Interesting! I hadn't heard of that before, but I feel like that totally makes sense. I usually always feel like I have to be doing something with my hands...even when I'm watching a movie, I always have to be doing something (which drives my family crazy haha). I think I might have to try that out sometime.
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..... I.... Love.... Silly Putty.... You should totally try it.... @w@
Heh, I could totally wreak havock with the studies that were done. I had an employer yell at me several times because I had my Silly Putty with me, I could have waved these studies in their faces "I HAS ADD'S LEAVE ME ALONE!" XD I probably... wouldn't go quite that far... but it was a little awful trying to cope for 8.5 hours without it.
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I used to have ADD, and it runs in my family like yours, but I actually was able to train myself to focus after a few years. Now I don't have that problem anymore. Willpower does work for some of us 
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Nice! 
Anyway, thanks! Glad you liked it!
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You know what.
This makes me wonder if I have ADD as well. lulz
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lol you and the rest of dA now.
...WHAT HAVE I DONE.
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Ugh this is me, except I don't have meds haha.
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It surprises me how many ADDs are here on DA... as far as I know don't have it myself, but I'm sure have problems focusing sometimes and remembering stuff -not to mention the procrastination lol- ... still managed to get through college successfully
Good thing the pills work for you, I know some cases where they just turn people into "zombies" instead of helping...
Anyway, it's an excellent comic, so well drawn and I love the fact that you take your problem with humor
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It seems like ADD is common among artist people...hmmm..
Glad you got through school successfully! Good job!
Anyway, thanks! Glad you liked it.
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I don't take medicine...but I haz ADD - DEAR GOD ITSA DD CONGRATS
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