Your ADD/ADHD Strengths & Weakness

[justhope]

I know we chit and chat on here...and I do like to get to know people too...

So since we all have this lovely thing in common....

What do you think is one thing your ADD makes you good at or you consider a strength?

And what do you think is one of your weaknesses?


My strength is my hypersensitivity, empathy...makes me in tune with people and their feelings...I see them coming...if they are full of it, and I can get right to the heart of the matter and cut past all the BS....


My weakness: Prograstination for the finer things...paying bills, paperwork..laundry...
And wearing my heart on my sleeve!

[Chris2]

Strengths
1. ........................ummmmmmmmmmm none

Weaknesses
1. Daydreaming
2. Restlessness (carling inside my own skin)
3. Not being able to wait for things
4. Poor short term memory
5. lots more I cant think of right now

[justhope]

Originally Posted by Chris2

Strengths
1. ........................ummmmmmmmmmm none

Weaknesses
1. Daydreaming
2. Restlessness (carling inside my own skin)
3. Not being able to wait for things
4. Poor short term memory
5. lots more I cant think of right now

Chris I am sure there is something good?
I hope you are just being silly...we all have some kind of strengths?
Are you on meds? just curious? Or ever had a coaching buddy?

[Crazy~Feet]

Good topic, Sis!

My strengths: empathy, out-of-the-box thinking, lack of judgemental BS, ability to mentally multitask (at the speed of smell, I might add!), life outside societal norms does not faze me much, ability to determine my own standards w/o societal BS making me feel bad about it, ability to advocate for my kids and others.

My weaknesses: procrastination, too many good ideas never see the light of day, intelligence building to pre-explosive state in brain due to ADHD holding me back from using it.

Probably more if I think of them. I might repost.

[justhope]

Yes I have the whole multi-tasking thing going for me too!

The only problem is the progratination kicks in sometimes...and of course the loved adreline rush we love to get by waiting until the last minute then wizzzing through things...often leads to overload ...frustration...and meltdowns...

So it's kind of a good, if I watch it...
and bad if I don't......

[Chris2]

Originally Posted by justhope

Chris I am sure there is something good?
I hope you are just being silly...we all have some kind of strengths?
Are you on meds? just curious? Or ever had a coaching buddy?

Yes I have strengths, but I don’t think I would attribute any of them to ADD. I am going to start meds in two weeks, once I see the specialist (a neurologist that specializes in ADD). I think if I can break the fog, I wont need a coach, but I could be wrong. I have a very rigid personally type that I hope will take over completely, if fog lifts.

[justhope]

Well I hope the meds help. And having ADD isn't all weakness.

There are many good things that come along with ADD. It's learning to control the extremes of it.

I hope your meds help you find the strengths...and help overcome the weakness....Good luck to you!

[debkansas]

My good qualities are:

I can remember all the words to songs that I love. Even if I haven't heard them in years. When they come on the radio I can sing them all the way through.

I can see someone in a movie and I can remember all the names of other movies that they were in and name the characters that they played in those movies.

I am a fantastic multi-tasking cook. I can cook Thanksgiving dinner for a family of 15 and not even break a sweat.

I am a walking talking phone book...my head is so full of phone numbers its scary.

I am very creative when it comes to decorating don't let me in Hobby Lobby unsupervised!!! hahaha

I am a wonderful motivator...I have a knack for getting people all jazzed up about things....by the time I am done with them they can take on the world.


My downfalls are:

I can't pay bills worth a darn
I procrastinate EVERYTHING
I am a terrible house keeper
I am not consistent with ANYTHING!!!
I lose things all the time
I am late for everything
I am a compulsive emotional eater

[swivelhead]

the good

• creative/artistic
• rapid, out-of-the-box thinking- specialize in grey areas/hate b&w
• energetic (you know, i kinda dig my hyperactivity, tell you the truth)
• hyperfocus (i dig that part of ADHD too)
• people tend to get a kick outta me when they're not frustrated by me
• my ability to shake negativity easily
• intelligence and hopeless curiosity

the bad

• attention span of a gnat
• procrastination
• inability to express my thoughts coherently to normals... guess that's why i seek the company of fellow nutjobs
• given to excess
• slave to my vices
• forgetful (that ****es a lot of people off)

the ugly

• once you get me riled, i harbor a temper to match my fake red hair
• once my temper's going, i have a vicious tongue. Hey, at least i don't get physical. And if i throw something at you, i'll make sure it doesn't actually hit you, and i'll make sure it's nothing breakable. Usually.

[lunaslobo]

st. Can remember all the songs that shaped my life.
wk. cat remember where I put my wallet or keys.
st. empathy for what others are feeling.
wk. can be inpatient with family.
st. very creative at times.
wk. cant keep any of my things organized.
st love writing and have great ideas
wk cant stay on one topic long

these are just a few i have lots more. thanks for the topic.

[mrs A]

Hi,
This is a very good topic. It is very educational for me as a Non-Adder spouse and mother.
Hope to read more!!!
mrs A

[Desert Dweller]

The Yeahs / The Nays

Y: Able to think out side the box
N: Being alone out side the box

Y: Being able to read 3 books at a time (jumping from book to book)
N: Not being able to read a book if it doesn't catch my intrest on the first page

Y: Able to talk circles around others to win arguments
N: Loving to Argue

Y: Having a gifted IQ
N: People thinking I am stupid because I can't get anything done

Y: Knowing a little about a lot of things
N: Not knowing a lot about anything

Y: Having 2 sons that I love very much
N: Yelling at my sons when I am furstrated with myself

Y: Having a great sense of humor
N: My husband not getting my great sense of humor sometimes

Y: Having a nice vehicle to drive
N: WHERES MY KEYS?!!??!!? I AM LATE!!!!!!

Y: Finding this website
N: Not being able to stop typing this list and I am supposed to be picking my mother-in-law up right now!!! WHERES MY KEYS??!!??!!??!?!???!?!?!??!?!?!?

[lunaslobo]

st: able to think on my feet
wk: staying on my feet to long
st: can come up with many many work at home ideas
wk: cant stick to one
st: Have lots of energy
wk: hard to stay in one place for long
st: love working with people
wk: can be impatient with people at times
st: can be a take charge kind of person
wk: sometimes dont listen to others point of view.

[Zach326]

Condition dictates

[justhope]

Originally Posted by Zach326

Condition dictates

Can you explain more Zach?
hmmmm???