I've thought long and hard about ADD and it's effect on my life. and now reflecting back i realize i don't think i would want it to be cured. If it wasn't for my friend ADD i wouldn't be a guitarist, bassist, drummer and vocalist all in one. not too mention, my friend ADD leaves me gifts all the time. "wow i forgot all about this DVD i rented 2 months ago" or "oh man, i haven't seen this bike in months, time to ride again!" or "i never did finish beating this video game". my friend ADD also gives me the ability to subconsiously block out people i don't like. "what was he just talking about? oh well!" and who could forget the 8 different books that me and my friend are reading at once. that we will probably never finish. can you believe that there are people without ADD that finish entire books in a week? how boring! wheres the suspense in that? theres nothing like reading a chapter a year in your favorite horror book. man those people must hate life. i also enjoy the impulsiveness that he brings into my life. standing in the electronics store looking at that new piece of computer equipment he eggs me on, and i tell my g/f "i have have that, no you don't understand, I HAVE to get this!!" who needs a legitmate reason right? my friend ADD has also given me some cat - like abilities, for instance, during commericials of any t.v. show i walk the perimeter of my apartment. peering out each window as i pass them. (ya know! to make sure there are no intruders) it makes me feel much safer.

all in all ADD has made my life more interesting to say the least. while medication helps deal with the frustration. it by no means cures it. and i'm glad. because i've gotten pretty close with my friend ADD. i don't know what i'd do without him.


anyone else think of ADD as frustrating at times but not really all that bad in the big picture?

hehe. life would be a lot boring if not for ADD. yep... but i hate it when it comes to starting or finishing paperworks

There is a certain amount of "ADD Pride" here at the forums... it definitely has its advantages...

I do not Have a Disease
I do not Have Add

I am ADD

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I have allways enjoyed my approch to ADD but I have to admit I have never looked at it in the way "arigsd" is seeing it

Congratulations and thank you for opening my eyes to a new prespective