ADHD/ADD....help.............?

so lately i did some research online and i found out that i might be one of those people with ADD. you know at first i though it was cool and all cuz alot of famos people out there have ADD like newton,T.eddison,einstein,etc. and i said to myself wow maybe one day i could become just like them but now i kinda figured im really really dumb more like retarted...i guess now i know why they call it ADD u intend to picture and imagen yourself for something your not.
so here is my question how can i get rid of this "curse"?what can i do to actually focus in school and be intelligent?why cant i have the gift the blessing like all my other friends do?why does it take 50 times for me to memorize something when other people only have to do it once and the fastest way as possible?what should i do? i cant move on like this

well im slightly dislexic.i started out coping with it by reading things slowly and figuring out in my head if it made sense, and then xifing it mentlaly if it didnt. i kpet doing that and worked on it until i could read a normal speed. the doctor said that the way i am reading, if i wasnt fixing them in my head, ti would be almost 3 times the normal speed. sorry i didnt answer the question but just saying that newton eddison and einstein probably said to themselves that they were gonna be one of those retarded kids, and yet we remember them centuries later for their famous accomplishments.

I know a number of people with ADHD/ADD.. including my brother and my best friend.

Both went to psychologists about it, and the doctors prescribed medication that would keep them focused. They take it in the morning before school. I don't believe they take it on the weekends and they definitely don't take it in the summer. Only thing is, it results in a loss of appetite in most cases.

You can't get rid of it but you can aid it. Keep this in mind: Einstein was a C-student.

just say to yourself ITS ALL IN MY HEAD....IDK i kinda have ADD, I controled it by putting my thoughts aside right down things i might tend to forget, excersise my brain, and occupy myself wth music.

check your blood sugar.

um... try asking your doctor about some kind of medication, my brother has AD-HD and he used to do really bad in school but now hes on aderall and hes doing a lot better