Get some ADD medication. No, seriously. Completely ignore everything in the school but your work.

>>7929878
How should I go about getting it? If it means anything I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was younger but my parents didn't want to get the medication since they heard bad about it.
I'd rather not ignore everything else if I didn't have to either.

>>7929905
Stay the fuck away from Ritalin, that shit zombifies you. I don't have ADHD, but I was prescribed Atomoxetine because I get severely apathetic and shut down under stress; it keeps you working. If you go see a psychologist or your doctor I'm sure if you give them the reasons why you want to take the medication they'll give it to you.

>>7929920
Alright but how do I do that? This is very helpful but I don't even know how to go about it and I would have to ask my parents to take me unfortunately... And if I were to tell them they would just laugh at me.

>>7929937
Wow, geez. If your parents are that big of dicks that they wont help you when you ask for it, I'd say you're fucked. However, tell them that you want it for school and that you've realized how important getting your diploma is. A good parent would try their best to help you out here.

>>7929920
Huh, I've always found it funny how most people detested ritalin, but I could only turn my life around and start doing shit after I got on it :x guess it varies from person to person

>>7929953
Well, no. After they would laugh they would look up hippie/natural ways to handle it like they did when I was younger and it just calmed me down a bit. I'll try to tell them but I'm still really nervous about everything else.
Thank you so much for helping regardless.

>>7929965
Ohhh god, a couple of THOSE tools, eh? Hmm, maybe try and ask a guidance counselor at the school to help you convince your parents that it could help.

>>7929983
Yeah... I don't really want to go to school without the medication first though. That's just me being a baby but I'm scared.

Wow OP is me.
Except i'm 27.

At least there's hope for you...

Cant you do High School online?

>>7930035
Sup buddy, how's life? I have forgotten what sunlight feels like.

>>7930035
Do you mind sharing your story? Are you sure there's no hope for you?

>>7930042
I looked into it. I can't seem to find anything proper in my area and the other option I found was paying 1000$. I don't have any money and my family is generally poor so that's out of the question at this time.

>>7930050

FEELS LIKE BURNING

>>7930051

i'll try and keep this as short as possible

had major social anxiety in high school, barely spoke to anyone, made people feel uncomfortable with the silence.
had 1 or 2 friends who would ditch me for "cooler" people whenever possible.

education wasn't a high priority for me back then, i hated the environment, the people, i was just unhappy. i was passing subjects... barely.

but i left before graduating due to a suicide attempt.

i really wish i knew how important education was back then, i think maybe i would have worked harder and ignored everyone else because when you leave HS none of that social stuff matters.

Anyways... since then i've had part time jobs and have done volunteer work with animals...

but lately i'm just in a complete rut. socially isolated and co-dependent. i always feel intellectually inferior to everyone so i just avoid everyone and dont say much if i have to interact.

Well thats enough rambling... I just wish i were your age so I could do things differently.

I'm guessing you don't live in Australia... there are some good and affordable options for completing high school online here.

>>7930130
The social anxiety thing feels familiar. It's hard to focus on things when you just feel like utter shit.

I don't mind the rambling since it's good to get things out and it's nice to know what would probably happen if I don't change. And I don't live in Australia.
Are you happy now, though?

There must be some prescription drug for this.

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Don't know what else to tell you that other people haven't already. Maybe talk to one of the counselors at your school about your problems and they could help. They're familiar with dickshit parents.

>>7930310
I don't go to school, I dropped out. I'm afraid of people and afraid of leaving the house and have only done so four times in the past two years.
While I know what to do about some of these things now, I still don't know how to handle this.

another bump