Toofat, I really enjoyed reading your post. I’ve recently found out that I have ADD-even though I still have my doubts if I was diagnosed correctly- and some parts of my personality just seem to fit with the ADD traits.
I’ve always been very artistic and into music, love to draw and play the guitar, etc. and I wonder if it weren’t for the ADD if I would be so much into all of this. probably not. I guess that just for having different brains and feeling the world in a more intense way makes us pay attention to things regular people don’t. So, i guess ADD can be a gift.
of course, as Billd suggested, ADD might also be a curse for making the accomplishment of simple daily stuff a very hard task. I used to be very anxious to the point of not wanting to go out and see people. I was so inattentive that it made me almost fail in some subjects. I haven’t been able to finish university yet because it just gets too boring and I start hating everything. So, looking at it this way, it could pretty much be a curse.
That’s what medication is for. And a good therapist. Ritalin has helped me a lot, along with Lexapro (antidepressant). Hopefully my new therapist is going to help also. I know we can deal with the bad part of ADD, and if we do, the only thing left is our creativity, sense of humor, sensitivity. the good side of it. Those make us different in a way, and we should be proud of that.
Rebbeka-cheers from Brazil! 