Whichever way an ADD-person may go, it still seems that the ones I know
are not happy with having this disease (as they call it). It definitely
is no fun for their parents, teachers and partners.
No offence to anyone but seeing it from the outside and hearing the way
people expres their inner unrest is not something I'd desire.

Christy

Wally Day wrote:

>>Not everyone w/ADD is "edgy."   Some aren't hyperactive at all.
>>
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>True. There are a number of 'sub-designations' of ADD. (ADD, ADDHD,
>ADDOC, etc.)
>
>>Some w/ADD can focus in the extreme,
>>
>
>Also true. We call it "hyper-focus". Some kids seem to be unable to
>focus onanything one minute, and then exclude all outside influences
>the next, "hyper-focusing" on one thing. Most notably video or
>computer games.
>
>It's not that *all* of us don't have some of these traits. It's just
>that in some of us they are (much?) more pronounced.
>