The Forums › Forums › Emotional Journey › I'm Excited/Relieved › Hoping other's can add to the positive's having ADD.Here are a few I have found! › Re: Hoping other's can add to the positive's having ADD.Here are a few I have found!
I went back and looked at Hallowell’s video, linked above. What he says is this: ADD can indeed be bad, bad business (he even uses the word “curse”)—until you get it diagnosed and treated. THEN, he says, all sorts of opportunities will open up. While Barkley is loathe to ascribe to ADD the various upsides Hallowell does, I’m not sure Dr. B would object to that main point. The purpose of treatment is to mitigate the symptoms of the disorder… or “trait,” or whatever. Once the symptoms subside or go away, so does the danger. Who could fail to see the logic in that? What I don’t understand is why Hallowell refuses to call it a disorder, but then turns around and admits that without treatment, catastrophe can, and often does, ensue. If it’s just a benign “trait,” why not just let it be?
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