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Hi. I recently introduced a young relative to my ADD coach. He had been diagnosed as a kid but had not had any treatment since being a young teenager, and now he’s in his early 20s.
At first, the coaching produced dramatic results, and he is getting along with his parents much, much better. But at the last visit, the coach was convinced that he had mild ADD and he doesn’t need her help anymore. He agrees and feels very validated.
He is doing better at attending school and getting his work done. But he has a “talking thing” that I feel is a real liability. When he gets started on a topic he likes, such as computing and tech gadgets, he can pontificate at high decibels for an hour (until I say I have a headache and need some quiet time). He also espouses opinions about the world that aren’t necessarily true. When challenged gently, he insists he has researched and knows everything about the topic, even when he actually has no experience in the matter. Once he has an idea of something he thinks is right to do, he cannot let go of it.
This is really hard on his family members, who have been through a lot in recent years. His talking thing is immediately noticeable by anyone, and it’s so ingrained I don’t know if even the school of hard knocks can help.
There are other issues, but this seems to me to be the road block to his becoming self-sufficient someday.
Do you have any advice?
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