I started medication for ADHD and anxiety almost a month ago. I'm on a non-stimulant and it's been doing wonders for me. However, things from my pre-medicine days are still catching up to me. Case in freaking point:

Two days ago I'm driving home after quickly grabbing coffee for my husband and me. It's early, I'm not dressed for the weather, and a snowstorm is brewing. It's not an excuse for rolling a stop sign, but it's what I did as I rushed to get home. I got pulled over less than a block from home and was kicking myself for being so dumb. It took a while for the officer to bring me the ticket, and it's because apparently when he looked up my information he found a warrant issued for my arrest.

A warrant. Me. The person who got one speeding ticket in college and spends most of her free time doing puzzles and watching regency dramas. I was shocked and confused. Another officer arrived and asked for my emergency contact information and to pull off to a less busy road, and I thought- I'm literally about to be arrested and I have no idea what I could have done.

Thank god, my sister is an attorney. I call her crying and she stays on the phone with me. Eventually, the first officer comes back and explains that he doesn't recognize the warrant- something about theft of loaned or entrusted items. He asks if this rings any bells, and of course, it doesn't. He says that he can tell I'm shaken and confused, so he lets me go home without even a warning for rolling the stop sign because "you have bigger fish to fry". I'm extremely grateful and inch my way home.

My sister explains that it's a misdemeanor, it may carry a year in jail time, and there will definitely be a hefty fine. But she promises to help me figure it out and avoid jail. We're still super confused as to what's going on. The next day is a holiday, so the court is closed, but she says she'll call when they're open and submit herself on my behalf as my attorney and find out what she can.

A few hours later the officer calls me and says he dug into it- library books. I have five library books overdue by three months. And then I rememeber- in my trunk is the bag of books I keep meaning to return but have clearly forgotten about.

Library. Books. I never received a notice that they'd put a warrant out for me, by mail, phone, or emai.

This isn't totally sorted yet. We're having a snowstorm, so the courts are closed. My court date is early April, so there's time, but I'll be nauseous until it's over. I don't have to go to court thanks to my sister, and she knows the prosecutor and fully believes she will work it out.

But oh my god. My ADHD almost got me arrested. If the officer wasn't as kind, I'd be sitting in jail through this snowstorm with no idea why I was sitting there.

Oh my freaking god.