Re: Communication between ADHD people

[Anonymous]

Well, my husband and I both have ADD, and sometimes things don’t flow too well between us! I guess that’s because he’s a different subtype (not sure what we are in that respect), so he is the type of person who wants to talk about all the gritty details and take forever to work something out (he has a BA in philosophy), and I am the one who jumps straight through all the detail to the brilliant idea that just HAS TO BE DONE NOW! It drives both of us batty at times but we are starting to understand each other better in light of the ADD.

I do have a good friend in Virginia (I’m in Canada) who has ADD (undiagnosed, but she’s pretty sure, she’s a nurse) whom I talk to a lot on the phone and by email, and we are constantly able to jump through conversations, fill in each others thoughts, build on what the other comes up with to create something even better. It’s as if our brains are wired together at times! And that is very satisfying. Everyone else thinks we are a bit crazy but they let us do our own thing when we’re together.

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