It's ok too seek a therapist to talk through these feelings

It can be very helpful to discuss things with someone not emotionally involved.

I don't know what you mean by "LEO" when you refer to your boyfriend, A therapist can help but don't stop until you find a good one. I know there are a lot of bad ones out there. I gave up a while ago because I wasn't getting anywhere.

Its best to get a grip on this now. Have you talked to a medical doctor yet? It was a big help for me and I hope it works for you.

Parents often hope that if they are hard line with their kids, the kids will get over the growth hump and escape their problems. The difficulty with anxiety though is it can be biochemical and no amount of manning up is going to save you from the adrenaline flooding through your body.

Your parents love you, but they don't know everything. My mother thought I was a drama queen. How convenient. She was in her own bubble and had no idea how anyone else was feeling...

Go to the doctor. Tell the doctor. See what counselling you can get, sometimes doctors can refer you to free counsellors if you ask very sweetly. There are charities out there...

Getting a counsellor is incredibly useful because they will hold your hand through the process of getting medication, seeing if the medication works... they're like a pseudo big sister/brother. There to assist you in whatever is bugging you, really. They won't do your homework for you but they will help you with most anything else.

Just take this on as your own task. Your parents love you but they're behind the perspex wall of their own understanding. You as a millennial have to take ownership of your life in this new world, and don't rely on us fogeys from the last one knowing all the answers.

I had similar experience .My mom was always "anti-meds" and thought I could snap out of it. Well,I could not and medication has been the best thing for me-I have tried to stop taking meds in past,never again!!! I accept the fact that I will be on them for rest of my life and I am ok with that and so is my mom. She finally understands(:

Btw---I really benefit from group therapy. It helps knowing other people feel the same as you.

Hello. I know how you feel. I have ADHD as well as several people in my family including 2 of three of my kids. My dad was against meds when me and my younger sister were growing up bc he thought that they would make us 'zombies' if we took them. But so many things have changed with meds today then when I was a kid. When I was in my early 20s I started getting help and started taking meds. Had a great therapist in my hometown and then when I moved I have had some many therapist bc they keep leaving and moving to different areas so I would have to start all over with a new one. I am now on the hunt for a new one. I am on meds now and things are going ok so far. But over the years I found something that helped me out some. I do a lot of writing, like a journal. some days I will write 1 or 2 pages and other days I will write 5 to 10 pages. It can be anything that is on my mind that day, what I did that day, what my kids did, how I am feeling, etc. I learned years ago that writing how you feel down to get it off your 'chest' or mind helped and was used as a coping skill. I have been doing it for a few years now. I keep them in a blinder and start a new one each year. I also would take a single subject spiral notebook and would use one page to write about something and I only have that one page to get out what I was feeling or wanted to say. I would write about how it felt to have ADHD, depression, certain people, etc. I think doing the single notebook thing helped a lot. But I keep paper and pens next to my couch to do some writing through out the day then after a few days I will put them in my blinder to get it all together in order by date.