Re: Why is ADD such a sensitive subject for some people?

[Anonymous]

I wanted to read all the responses, but this one of those days where my attention span is that of a ferret after a peppermint mocha cappuccino with two extra espresso shots, so, here are my thoughts off the cuff, I’ll read the rest of the responses later. Those who know me (and my kids, who were diagnosed with ADD as young children) KNOW that I walk to the beat of a different drummer and are fine with it. Now, on the professional front, colleagues have noted that I am “different”, but only a few have correctly figured that my “difference” is ADD. I am clinically trained in Internal Medicine, and self-trained in humor writing – my writing colleagues “get” me, my medical colleagues, not so much. ADD has been good for writing, not so for medical practice; right now, all I do is write. I’ll go back to practice when my kids are totally done with school, so my husband and I can go to a rural, underserved area and I can work in a little clinic by my lonesome. ADD is a sensitive topic for me because it is seen as a negative in terms of day to day interactions with fellow physicians.

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