A situation in my life where I was not successful was being born with horrible ADHD (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) the most commonly and treated psychological disorder in children that causes disruption in concentration, impulsive behavior and hyperactivity. Affecting four to five percent of the child population only in the United States, this disorder has proven to have shaping effects in different facets of people's life. I was diagnosed with it when I was six years old in the first grade. Building myself as a person trying to carry out the “average teenage student” life with ADHD has been the biggest challenge just to cooperate with.  Every morning I take a powerful 30 milligram dosage of Vyvvanse (ADHD medication) that allows me to focus throughout the half of the day.  Without this medication I wouldn’t be able to write a paragraph without drifting off into my vast imagination. ADHD medication has had many draw backs for me that I’ve noticed and have learned to cooperate with over the many years. Taking ADHD medication makes me unbelievably socially awkward. The hyper focus buzz of the medication causes me to have impaired speech by slowing down the speed which I talk and makes me hesitate often. This makes holding conversations with others difficult for me and reading books out loud in class seem impossible and endless. Many kids in the past have called me awkward or weird from this in the past. Learning to live with this side effect of the medication, I’m very quiet for the majority of the buzz.  Having ADHD allows me to have special accommodations within school which requires to get extended time on tests and assignments which is mandated to my IEP (individualized education programs). Having an IEP plan makes me considered an ESE (exceptional student education) student which labels me to having a disability. Being told numerous times during IEP meetings or talking about ADHD that it’s a disability make