If you were able to get on the computer, join this site, type and post - you're not retarded. So we can rule that out. However, ADD can really give you the feeling of retardedness. It's horrible for me. I can't finish anything. I have both ADD and Social Anxiety (I'm fine with people but I have all the other symptoms). It's a horrible combination to have and I get so down on myself.
Meds don't help with skills and I stopped going to my councler because she wasn't giving me advice on how to cope and/or skills. I have plenty of self-help books but I can't read them because of the ADD. I just don't know what to do or where to turn. Winter is rolling in and now my SAD will kick in. I'm in a pickle. Maybe that'll make a great topic title. Gotta keep a sense of humor. It's the only thing that gets me through anything.

No NO No. I encourage you to talk to an educational psyhologist or ADD is really
a description of lessened attention and focusing. It really should be diagnosed with educational evaluation and various other kinds of data. It has nothing to do with intelligence. If someone is MR that is based on more than just IQ.
Intelligence and happiness are not = or success. Go to CHADD.org for more infor
drdorrie

Drdorrie said it well! I'm 56, have had ADD all my life and have had tons of people try to tell me I'm stupid. Ironically, I'm smart enough to join two different high-IQ societies, so I know for a fact I'm not retarded -- just typically (for ADD) unfocused and disorganized. Don't beat yourself up -- you are NOT A RETARD.