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[kc5jck]

Very well put @Pallist

I have seen the “long version” that contains the clips from above.  Since first viewing it, and the random clips, I have read about the theory that this is primarily an executive function disorder.

With this new understanding, I find that these Barkley videos make more sense to me and that indeed ADHD does not impart or replace a person’s natural talents.  It can at best cause them to come up with creative and “outside of the box” solutions, but doesn’t make them anything but “disorganized , forgetful,  and unmotivated.”

I also believe that you don’t outgrow it.  You learn to compensate for it or else people go from saying “he’s a handfull” when you’re little to WTF when you’re grown.

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