Seeking Advice

Hello, I'll try to summarize.

Basically, I'm 18 now. I struggle really really hard to pay attention because of a pretty severe amount of ADHD. My mom would usually artificially manage this stuff by sitting next to me 24/7 and helping me out personally + some medication that didn't help as much as I really would've preferred, but I was 13 or whatever so it took me ages to ever realize it wasn't doing it so I could swap.

Okay, fast forward to today. I failed a lot of things in high school. Due to circumstances, my mom has pretty much no intention to help me anymore, and obviously 'im an adult i should be able to do this' so.. I'm trying to pull it all together.

I got very, very depressed and failed many classes in my college prep school. It was a wonderful track I completely let slip through my fingers because I was 14-16, but so miserable and inattentive I couldn't work. I want to make things work again. I am now in a virtual school, in a program where I'm basically homeschooled.

I really want to find a way to get my high school diploma. I've heard it's more beneficial than a GED or homeschool diploma and I really want to find a way to get into some sort of higher education. I don't have a particular goal in mind as I've been so exhausted and I have an immunocompromised family member + a very young sibling (mom immuncompromised as my brother was born during COVID) and I have spent so many years inside, I don't know what I can even do with myself.

I've recently pretty much all but finished my 11th grade requirements, but I unfortunately just barely missed the ability to start the full time virtual school that's available. Now I'm stuck feeling like.. "What should I do now?"

I mainly came here to ask for suggestions, but also if I could possibly do half of the 12th grade stuff in homeschooling and then transfer into fulltime halfway, would this achieve me the diploma I seek?

Any thoughts welcome.

Submitted July 17, 2026 at 11:01PM by zornography1 https://ift.tt/D0aOyXt