‘A Constant Itchiness Inside Your Body’ — Growing Up With Undiagnosed ADHD

I spent my childhood unknowingly compensating for ADHD

Daniel Wood
Elemental
Published in
9 min readJul 8, 2020

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“Maybe I don’t need medication at all,” I told my boyfriend before immediately realizing I was pouring my tea into the sink instead of a cup. This was a year ago — I could not decide if I wanted to try meds. It all seemed so surreal. Here I was…

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Daniel Wood
Elemental

An enthusiastic psychology student who likes balancing on the edge of various disciplines, aspiring researcher in psychobiology, Central European, ADHDer.