Definitions and my two cents:)

[Amusedfall]

Haha just for fun I looked up the these definitions on urbandictionary.com.

1. Boredom-A severe disease infecting millions of people all over the world is which they constantly exhibit certain behaviors like lack of movement, construction of various pointless structures, doodling, talking about pointless things.
2. ADHD- The ability to think of a bazillion things at once but never able to concentrate on just one leaving the person in a constant state of bliss so that you are never doing the right thing at the right time.

Just my two cents but I think that one of the major issues with procrastination I have learned without sounding so technical is that, the ADD brain is extremely intelligent and reacts much quicker than that regular/normal type of human beings brain does and that we as ADD's have a hard time completing things yes but also that we need so much more than the mundane to interest us and things like housework and laundry and such are just too boring to get excited about so we just leave them undone for a time while we daydream on the bigger mysteries of the universe until we either have to do some laundry or go buy new underwear..lol and remember Albert Einstein couldn't tie his shoes now that's a pretty mundane task!

[varied_in_style]

I can agree to that. Lol! I find it very hard to sit down and concentrate on school work, especially when I am no longer in the school building but at home on my computer where all my games and music are.
World of Warcraft is very addicting. >_>

[Diane 1986]

I love those definitions! And I completely agree with you about the annoyingly mundane tasks of housework and laundry- I loathe folding clothes, dusting, washing dishes, and so many others of those incredibly dull chores that unfortunately just have to be done (except for the dusting- I don't bother with that one until you can literally see the dust from across the room. I'm at that point now, d*mmit. And I don't even want to think about the state of my kitchen. I'm out of clean dishes and of places where I can put all the dirty ones.)

For some strange reason though, I absolutely LOVE organizing when I take my meds. Before I started them a few months ago, my apartment was a collection of junk drawers, boxes with random things tossed in them (some that hadn't been unpacked from moving!), and general clutter scattered everywhere. Now everything has a place! Then over the holiday break, I didn't take my meds (because they suppress my appetite), and the clutter started to come back- I guess when I'm not taking my meds I'm not able to figure out a good organizational system (or my brain just insists on doing more interesting things).

I also agree with your theory about why procrastination is such a problem for ADDers. The reason that I have such a hard time completing papers is that I get bored with my topic. I'm always really excited about it at first, I do tons of research (yay hyperfocus!), and I have a great time learning all these fascinating things. Then I start making outlines and trying to organize my research. I never end up with a coherent outline, but I make sense of everything in my head, and at that point, I'm done. My curiosity is satisfied, and my brain is no longer interested. It sucks because I know that I've probably put in more work than most of the other students, but I end up with a crappy grade because what I ultimately turn in is a half-completed mess.

But despite the annoyances that come with ADD, there's no way I'd ever trade in for a normal brain. Life would be so boring!

[ADHDTigger]

Diane, I just love reading the joy in you!

[EvolutionV8]

Originally Posted by Amusedfall

2. ADHD- The ability to think of a bazillion things at once but never able to concentrate on just one leaving the person in a constant state of bliss so that you are never doing the right thing at the right time.

This relates to me, with the exception of "a constant state of bliss", there is bliss in it, but also a lot of pain at times aswell.

Originally Posted by Amusedfall

we need so much more than the mundane to interest us and things like housework and laundry and such are just too boring to get excited about so we just leave them undone for a time while we daydream on the bigger mysteries of the universe until we either have to do some laundry or go buy new underwear..lol and remember Albert Einstein couldn't tie his shoes now that's a pretty mundane task!

bold type = my emphasis

'Many things are just too boring to get excited about', this is why I lean towards the theory that my brains reward activation processes are not working as well as they should. I require constant 'interesting' stimulation to activate my brains reward chemicals. Dishes and laundry just don't trigger my happy chemicals. And, I wish the necessary mundane tasks did trigger my reward system.