Another Young'un

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Hey everyone, I'm Matt; I'm new here, and I thought it might be a good idea to introduce myself. I found out about Wrong Planet from a seminar (for lack of a better word) that one of my parents went to at which Alex (I assume you guys know who I mean when I say that) spoke. I am currently 16 (and a half) years old, and I am in 11th grade, which has also been the hardest year of my life. I had been diagnosed with ADHD / Depression after psychological testing had occurred around nine years ago, and I was not able to get any academic supports. I have been in therapy ever since then and have only become more depressed throughout my life.

My life started the whole downward spiral last spring/summer, when I had been recommended to do psychological testing by my current therapist. The psychologist who did the testing gave a long report, recommending certain accommodations for school, a social group, and diagnosing me with PDD / Aspergers. Even better was that my schedule was set up so that I would be in the IB Diploma Program (for those who don't know it, it's basically college level courses [like AP] with extra stuff added in, like community service and a long paper at the end) starting next year. The psychologist told me to drop that and to take only IB classes in math and science, which were my two strong subjects.

I haven't mentioned it yet, but I have struggled with the homework aspect of school. That was where most of the accommodations were directed towards. I just can't seem to motivate myself to do it, and I had only been getting good grades because I was naturally smart at the subjects. My grades would have been even higher if I had done every assignment for every class.

I had never had any suicidal thoughts in my life, up until this point. To make a long story short, I had two serious instances at school related to that, was pulled out of school for 3 weeks and put into a day treatment program, then was put into an intensive outpatient program. I then applied for an IEP, but was eventually overwhelmed with the pressure I was getting from homework, and since the IEP wouldn't accommodate me with the things I needed most (they had some stuff in the meantime, although it wasn't enough), I ended up switching to a school that could accommodate me right away, as well as provide smaller classes.

I am still struggling with the social aspects and have not found a friend at my new school, but other than that, things are slowly getting better from last fall / winter.

[/lengthyintroduction] (Sorry! )

If you read my introduction, thanks, I really appreciate it - even if you didn't post. If not, or if you didn't read the whole thing, don't sweat it - I know it was a little long, and I got carried away a bit.

Let me know if you have any questions; I was in a rush to get this done, since I'm eating dinner fairly soon, so not everything is clear I'm assuming.

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to WP... i think you will fit right in here...

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Nice to meet you, Matt. Here's wishing you a great school year and much happiness, from a fellow homework-hater/depressed person.

Welcome Matt

Hey!

Welcome to WP.

There is an upper limit on the amount of homework you should be doing. Talk to a few people and find out what that limit is for your age/year group.

Apply it.

Don't stress out about homework - school isn't everything and there's a lot of life after it.

Don't worry about mucking it up - you have reading and writing skills already - do we really care what William Suxspeare said about codpieces? Do we really think that most people are going to need a background in calculus?

nope.

Welcome

Hello there. Welcome to WP. Hope you like it here.

Thanks, everyone, for the support, and thanks for letting me know about the age limit thing as well as everything else, gbollard.

I like your avatar. Welcome.

To WrongPlanet!! !

Nice to meet you, Matt.

Hey Matt
Don't you worry about your lengthy introduction, the whole point is to let others know who you are, and you did admirably.

Welcome to WP and I am glad that things are getting better

Hi, Matt!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Welcome to WP (and yes, I read the entire text )