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Also check for the book called “Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults – A Different Way of Thinking” by Lynn Weiss, Ph.D. She has ADD, and so does her son. She raised him while arguing with the school’s administration, supplementing his education as needed, etc.

I just did a much longer post on this in the “Myth Debunking” discussion. It includes Dr. Weiss’s list of 29 positive attributes of ADD.

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There is a book called something like “You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?” Talk about being on target! lol I’m in West Virginia. ADHD is considered a disability if the person feels that the condition interferes in their work, etc. I’ve received some accommodation at my job.

If others don’t believe, then too bad. No matter what you believe, say or write, there’s *always* someone out there who will disagree. Unless the non-believer has a lot of control over your work and/or life, it doesn’t matter that the person doesn’t believe.

I’ve read a very encouraging book. The author is a counselor whose now-adult son grew up with ADHD. She also has the condition. I’ll try to add the list of 29 positive traits of someone with ADD. They’re really cool!

The title is Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults – A Different Way of Thinking, by Lynn Weiss, Ph.D. (She’s also written ADD on the Job

Here’s the list: “Twenty-Nine Positive Attributes of ADD”
1. Sensitive
2. Empathetic with the feelings of others
3. Feels things deeply.
4. Creative in nature (including problem solving)
5. Inventive
6. Often sees things from a unique perspective.
7. Great at finding things that are lost.
8. Perceptually acute.
9. Stand-up comic.
10. Spontaneous
11. Fun
12. Energetic
13. Open and unsecretive
14. Eager for acceptance and willing to work for it
15. Responsive to positive enforcement
16. Doesn’t harbor resentment
17. Quick to do what one likes to do
18. Difficult to fool
19. Looks past surface appearance to the core of people, situations and issues
20. Down to earth
21. Good networker
22. Sees unique relationships between people and things
23. Cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary (SW14: re education and thought)
24. Less likely to get in a rut or go stale
25. Original, with a sense of humor
26. Observant
27. Loyal
28. Intense when interested in something
29. More likely to do things because they want to than because they should, thus often wholehearted in efforts.

I found this book in my local library. The other important thing about the book is that Dr. Weiss believes that there is a continuum of ADHD symptoms, and a person can have all of the symptoms or just part of them. Actually, the same line of thinking is currently held in Autism research.

“Check it out!”

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Hi, Folks, I’m fairly new to the site, and this is my first posting. I’ve been on one medication or another all my life. My thyroid gland quit working when I was an infant. Once the folks figured out the problem, they started me on the thyroid medication. It’s easy to tell when I don’t take it. When I was a kid, I used to play a game of how many days it would take my parents to figure it out. When I became 13, however, everyone said to take it every day, because tadpoles don’t become frogs with insufficient thyroid hormone in their systems. Whoa!

Years later, in the 90s, my chronic depression got enough attention that I started therapy, and started medication for it. I and others around me can really tell the difference when I don’t take it. I also take meds for anxiety. Both are genetic, and that made it easier to accept the need.

When I was finally diagnosed with ADD after age 50, I was started on one med. After a few years, I was changed to another. The dosage on that was just increased. (Hey, I became fatter.)

I’m “normal” for me, but am a very cool person. I’m cool because I’ve achieved many of the things I’ve wanted in this life: college degree, published books, helped raise step-sons, etc., etc. It took a long time to develop this self-esteem, but it makes life more enjoyable, now and again.

I’ve not been able to relate to Pigmonkey’s attitudes about meds, but I respect the sentiments. I’m just showing that certain missing chemicals are needed. It doesn’t mean you become a zombie or something worse. You don’t become a executive type, etc., etc.

Did any of you know that there’s actually a 12-step program for Adult ADD?

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