ADHD peeps from older generations typically were not diagnosed at all, so they were just classified as lazy, and some parents tried to "fix" this laziness with some pretty heavy handed methods if you know what I mean.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Lazy? You mean slow gaited like a mule. That was my dads description of me. I am left handed too which is why I could never be as good as him at many things. May he rot.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I sometimes wonder if I am but this would be the opposite of my childhood experience. I was "introverted" or socially ackward they would say but I did well in classes which was usually the yard stick for laziness. getting homework done. it is interesting to see all the takes from this community.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There's plenty of ADHD people who excel in school actually. It can go either way. Often it depends on how much luck you have with your teachers. If they happen to have a compatible type to ADHD children, or are ND themselves, it tends to go massively better. My child went from failing school to excelling, by just a change of school and teachers.

[–] DokPsy@infosec.pub 1 points 17 hours ago

My grades were pretty much dependent on how much homework and long term projects were worth cause I almost never did either. Test grades were usually good though

[–] Carbonizer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was one of those ADHD kids who was socially awkard but excelled in class too. I was (and still am) probably awkward because I was at best ostracized and at worst bullied by every kid in school, but it is what it is.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 day ago

I was lucky in that my high school was large enough that there were like a half dozen of us so we had a little group. oh man though the small catholic school before that was not great.