A.D.D. is real - I've got it, my older son has it. I used to work with a lawyer that had it. I would have thought he was crazy, I would have thought that my son was crazy, but since both of them acted the same way, I figured it was something real, and researched it. That's how I found out I've got it, too, but not very bad.
If you ever knew someone who had a bad case, you'd know it was real. One young cousin has it really bad, and he's maddening. I wish you could meet him, after talking to him for five minutes you'd be saying, "what's wrong with this kid?" He's very bright, and very articulate, but if he's distracted during a sentence, he'll completely lose track and start talking about something else. At a stressful event like a family get together, with people he wants to talk to walking back and forth, it's really bizarre.
One explanation I've read is that we are just different, neurologically, we are better at multi-processing and scanning constantly for new information. It's only a handicap because society doesn't have a use for us, except as something like a trial lawyer - the world can be in a maelstrom all around me but I can keep track of all the bits, but I am the hyper-focus type.
I should clarify that I don't have ADHD, that's different. I had a client diagnose me when she saw that I kept my cases all piled on my desk in individual stacks, and explained that if I don't see something, I'll forget about it. "Horizontal filing," she called it, and it's a common sign. |
