... for the 'elephant in the living room ("ADD is wonderful") crew' : -

http://www.brainworks.info/add16.html

That was very interesting information. Thank you for sharing it with all of us

The part I found PARTICULARLY interesting was : -

"However, some of the most tragic figures attempting “self-help” measures are the ADD individuals whose “coping strategy” involves what might be called “an addiction to structures.” These ADDers deal with reality by becoming obsessed perfectionists in terms of schedules and routines; instead of employing their positive ADD qualities to achieve a balance, they seem to want to crush the “ADD side” of themselves under the weight of obligations and penalties. Their motivations are drawn from constant anxiety, from the fear that at any moment, their carefully constructed “house of cards” could fly apart. Stress becomes the driving force of their existence, and once their lives are reduced to regimentation, they then demand the same behaviors from their co–workers, friends, and family members. For these ADD adults, any benefits of this flawed “remedy” are offset by the collateral damage incurred. "

Which may resonate with a few (and I stress 'a few') members here.
The only way I could get a grip on my day-to-day life was with regimentation and structure.
And the cost IS enormous.
The cost is essentially freedom.
But I'd rather that than the chaos and despair of my free-style ADD self.
Yes, it's clipped my wings and made life incomparably more hum-drum - but we live in the real world, where the economic and practical consequences of failing to tame the chaos-daemon are cripplingly costly.

Moderation in all things.. :D

Moderation in all things.. :D .... including moderation. ;)

Heh ! ... easy for a moderator to say. :)

Extremly interesting article. I can realte to alot of what is said in it. I now see a major corrilation between my ADD and recently losing my job. I do challenge authority, and that is obviously something I need to work on.

GREAT ARTICLE!

.... including moderation. ;)

Heh ! ... easy for a moderator to say. :)
Oh the blood I doth shed! ;)

"First of all, the development of emotional maturity in ADD adults follows the same pattern as in ADD children; there is a 30% “delay” in emotional growth when compared to non-ADD peers. In other words, the ADD adult who enters a management training program at age 24 actually operates at the maturity level of a 16 year old."

Is that actually true? :eek:

'Twas a rather informative article, I'm glad you ran me across it! I'm wishing, now, that I had seen it a couple months ago as to include some of its input in my health research paper! I was being my weirdo self and scanning over the mental health topics I could do trying to see which ones I've been diagnosed with, lol. It's supposed to be funny, as I've been misdiagnosed with nearly EVERYthing until last January when they finally decided to try me for an ADD test, yea, way to go certified doctors! Just kidding. Anyhow, yea I picked ADD because I was like hey, kill two birds with one stone... I can learn about what I'm dealing with, as well as educate the stupid jocks that inhibit my health class.

I ended up getting marked down because I "didn't relate to the class" enough... Sure, so I used "big words" and discussed the theories of neurological causes and what not in ADD patients, sorry teacher that you took that in college and still know nothing about it but don't mark me down for it! Sorry! Tangent!

Thanks for the article though! Quite informative! :)

.... including moderation. ;)

Heh ! ... easy for a moderator to say. :)


Haw! This response made me laugh so hard I almost started losing drops!

Motorbrain

"First of all, the development of emotional maturity in ADD adults follows the same pattern as in ADD children; there is a 30% “delay” in emotional growth when compared to non-ADD peers. In other words, the ADD adult who enters a management training program at age 24 actually operates at the maturity level of a 16 year old."

Is that actually true? :eek:

I believe it, in principle. I don't know of any justification for the 30% number, but I believe the delay exists.