Twice Exceptional in a World built for the Neurologically Mundane.

Twice exceptional is a term meant to define someone like myself. Someone with a learning disability or handicap who is very gifted in other areas or who has an extremely high IQ. A website I came across was saying that twice-exceptional people, because their giftedness can often hide their handicap, their handicap can often hide their giftedness and are often mislabeled as lazy. This was absolutely the case for me in college the first time around. My professors had no experience with meeting a person with special needs on their own level and they went out of their way to make it clear that they weren't interested in doing so. Yes I'm exceptionally gifted and talented but their are specific areas where my mind can lag, and sometimes I can get very frustrated and give up, usually around things like cleaning and organization. In addition to my ADD, I also get migraines and panic attacks. There is a positive side though to my ADD, I'm also what's termed a super creative. Ordinary people have an organizational mode and a creative mode, I've got a creative mode and a super creative mode where I've been known to almost black out and produce some amazing work of art where I step back and go "Wow, did I do that?". This time around I'm going to step up an education plan for myself. I plan to take my meds (HUGE CHANGE), talk to my counselor and my professors about my condition, buy a season pass to Six Flags since its walking distance of the school and will help me deal with my adrenaline addiction, not take on too heavy of a class load and make use of all the help and aid available to me.