Hi there
Thank you for your message and for getting in touch to tell me how you are. You say this is the first time you have talked to anyone about how your feeling, and I’m really glad that you have decided to make this important first step.
You have told me that you have ADHD and that you feel this effects you in ways you don’t like, such as having to take tablets, getting sexual feelings about things you don’t want to and just feeling different to other people. I can hear that you feel quite alone with these feelings. It sounds like you could do with some support with how to cope with the feelings you get from having ADHD.
I’m wondering if you have been given advice or help with how to cope from your doctor or who diagnosed you? Perhaps you could ask them for some more support. There are other young people who also have ADHD and have similar feelings to what you describe. Perhaps your doctor would know of some support groups in your area where you could talk to other young people that have been through similar experiences. I can hear that you find it difficult talking about your feelings to anyone, but perhaps you would feel comfortable just listening to other people at first.
You say that you have been bullied in the past and now you feel like you can’t leave the house. It sounds like you have been through a really difficult time and you are being really brave trying to get support with your feelings.
You can always phone ChildLine on 0800 1111 or sign up to send them an email or have a 1-2-1 online chat to talk to a ChildLine counsellor about how you are feeling. They speak to young people about the problems you have described, and would be able to support you when you are feeling sad, and talk through what’s going on for you. I can hear that you don’t like feeling sad on your own and ChildLine would like to be there to listen and support you confidentially.
I hope that you have found this information useful and thank you for writing to me.
Take care
Sam