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ADD/ADHD

In reply to the discussion: There's no such thing as ADD. [View all]

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
10. Have you come to understand more about your ADD?
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 05:25 PM
Dec 2019

Do you do self-analysis to try to figure out what concentration aids work best for you?

I am not trying to be an ass, but people have overcome disabilities to rise to the very top of their fields. The great super-lawyer David Bois is dyslectic. He has to struggle with things that most people take for granted. But he used his disability as an advantage, not to gain sympathy, but to make himself the best lawyer that he could possibly be. I would guess that he faces daily challenges, but he also seems to have developed his personalized system for surmounting those challenges. As I pointed out to another poster, I have been a lifelong slow reader, the scrowling text at the start of a Star Wars movie is absolutely freaking torture for my, especially if I am with someone else who may ask, "did you read that?", but I am also a pretty accomplished engineer.

There's no such thing as ADD. [View all] Phentex Apr 2014 OP
Not "simply" a catch-all diagnosis. Nitram Apr 2014 #1
Or "act IN". School makes some kids crazy. Really. n/t Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 #2
It's amazing LWolf Oct 2014 #5
I was bored out of my mind in 5th grade and would probably be diagnosed with ADD today. Fortunately, Nitram Sep 2019 #7
Did you explain to your student how focused he had to be Blue_true Dec 2019 #9
A little disagreement mikahawkins Oct 2020 #15
welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2020 #16
I got bored in school I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2022 #18
ADD is not simply a catch-all diagnosis. mapol Sep 2019 #6
"no two people afflicted with ADD or ADHD are the same. Nobody knows what causes this kind of thing" Nitram Sep 2019 #8
ADHD is generally defined is a lower than everage level of dopamine in the frontal cortex. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #11
Thanks, jorge, for the informative post. I'm glad to hear you've benefitted from ritalin. Nitram Sep 2020 #12
Thanks! I've only had it for a few months and I am still in disbelief of how much it has helped me. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #13
Yeah, right. There's also no such thing as.... meow2u3 Apr 2014 #3
Drives me crazy when people say Add doesn't exsist really then whats made trublu992 Jun 2014 #4
Have you come to understand more about your ADD? Blue_true Dec 2019 #10
Wes Clark was diagnosed True Blue American May 2023 #22
Sorry that people have given you such a hard time about it, trublu992. WSSlover Apr 2021 #17
not know ClaudiaBradley Oct 2020 #14
Because if it exists, it complicates their judgement of bad, lazy kids. quakerboy Nov 2022 #19
Better late than never Blappy Nov 2022 #20
Adhd is fucking real I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #21
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