Do other people with learning disabilities and/or ADHD feel alone in their struggles?

[vichick]

Sometimes I just feel like no one understands how hard I work to do the things I do. I have ADHD, Dyslexia ans several other 'specific learning disabilities'. I spend HOURS a night on homework when others spend only one, just to pull an 80%. Then uneducated people tell me that I am faking it (like my father), that I am retarded, that I'll never be anyone, that I'll never accomplish anything. I just get so discouraged. I'm in high school, and I am in all the 'good' classes (the ones you need to go to university) and I have an IEP, but some teaches just don't get it. Some of my peers just don't get it. I take learning strategies (which is the only class I take that 'normal' kids don't take), there are 5 other boys and three other girls, and the others call us 'the tards'. Anyone else feel like they are the only one in the whole world that struggles like this?

[S a r a h]

I feel you and no exactly what you mean and are going through. Wow is amazing how similar our stories are...I alwasy that that no one out there works and puts in sooo much effert as I do. homework lets take last night for example...school ends at 3 got home at 330 started immedately on my math hw finished half my math homework by time it was 8 30 and then started crying because I did not understand anything and felt soo alone and no matter how hard I tryed I was still only on number 2 and when I went to check the answers they were both wrong. So I started reading a chapter in catcher in the rye for english and finished that chapter at 1 30 AM. I am also taking a study skills class which is not a main stream class, but all the rest are regular. sophmore takin geometry.
So yes I definately know what ur feelling..so I guess now we atleast know that theres 2 of us lol