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@pete-puma: Good question. I’ve not seen any evidence either, just a lot of statements in books. However, since there are categories such as Inattentive, Combined, Hyperactive, etc. I would guess that the fewer of those traits you have, the less impaired you are going to be.
Anecdotally speaking, I consider myself less impaired relative to other ADDers, and I base that on some of the experiences I’ve read about here in this forum. This is in no small part due to the fact that I personally don’t have any major problems with hyperactivity or impulsiveness. More the opposite, really. Perhaps that could just be seen as impairment of a different sort, but that’s getting subjective, unless you can measure how many opportunities I’ve missed due to lack of action.
Regarding the Barkley lectures, I’m curious – who’s his audience? Is he addressing folks with ADD or is he speaking to the professional community? To me it seems geared more toward the latter, but I can’t tell for sure.
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