ADULT WITH LD

I wonder where to go. I always thought that Learning Disabilities only were a problem as a kid. I am 23 and I don't know how to do any taxes and my parents do them. I can't have a job except working for my father. I am obnoxious when I get stuck on the same subject such as a plane crash. I work at a heating company which my father and grandfather own and they are very nice to me and allow me to work there. I can't do any mechanical work because I could never learn it even if I tried. People will ask me things and I will only hear half of what they say. For example they will tell me to get the rag from the bag left corner of the truck and I will look in front of the truck. I can't retain my reading comprehension even though I can read words fine. My vocabulary is terrible and I constantly have to tell people that. I was bullied in school horribly by teachers and students and so I have no friends. The schools never did anything to help me out with that with the exception of one. I changed schools constantly. The pressure of learning disabilities has made me emotionally disturbed. I am severely Obsessive-Compulsive. I have bipolar and depression. I can't take Ritalin because with the bipolar it was making me high and then low.
I wonder mainly what kind of support groups are for Adults with LD. I left college because of my emotional problems. I was at a great school in Colorado that had lots of help, but my emotional problems, which I believe are rooted in my learning disabilities were to much. I went to a specialized private high school that was fabulous except they were only for the academic side of learning disabilities and not the emotional baggage that comes with it and I was made fun of a lot.
Thanks for reading.

GUIFFRE, just wanted to add that your vocabulary seems perfectly acceptable to me. But you know what I've noticed, from years of communicating on internet forums, is that my own vocabulary is much better in writing than it is face to face! That may be just a limitation we need to live with.

I also left college because of this LD, though I didn't know it at the time. My LD seems to have severly limited my "career" options, too. This might be sexist, but it's true so far; I'm a stay-at-home-mom blessed with a supportive husband. I am happy to care for my kids and help out in class to the extent of my abilities. But I didn't exactly give up some high powered, satisfying career to care for the kids. I suspect the whole career subject is more difficult for men than women, as women have the "homemaker" outlet. Men are expected to perform on the job more than women are.

(Actually, you didn't imply your gender in your post... :oops: )

At 23 y.o. you still have plenty of time to take advantage of everything that's being discovered about ld's all the time. Be gentle with yourself. [/b]