Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder, I have perceived through experience that this maybe the wrong name for

this disorder. I think most people have Attention Surplus Disorder. I

mean, life being what it is, who can pay attention to anything for

very long? Is it really a sign of mental health to be able to balance

your checkbook, sit still in your chair, and never speak out of turn?

As far as I can see, any people who can perform these tasks are the

people who have a functional problem.

Anyway, be that as it may, there is this syndrome called ADD or ADHD,

depending on what book you read. So what's it like to have ADD? Some

people say the so-called syndrome doesn't even exist, but believe me,

it does. Many metaphors come to mind to describe it. It's like 10

people asking me a different question all at the same time, and

expecting me to answer every question correctly. I can only pick out

pieces of a few questions, and it's really frustrating not being able

to answer everyone question. Or it's like listening to a radio station

with a lot of static and you have to strain to hear what's going on.

Or, it's like trying to build a house of cards in a dust storm. You

have to build a structure to protect yourself from the wind before you

can even start on the cards.

In other ways it's like being super-charged all the time. I get one

idea and I have to act on it, and then I have another idea before I

have finished up with the first one, and so I go for that one, but of

course a third idea intercepts the second, and you just have to follow

that one,...

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...ave to work in short spurts instead of an extended amount

of time. Time management is an effective tool that helps focus on

daily tasks than others take for granted. I break tasks down into

smaller tasks than can be more efficiently managed. This is the

structure that is needed to for someone with this disorder.

Before the syndrome is diagnosed, a way of living may be filled with

pain and misunderstanding. After the diagnosis is made, one often

finds new possibilities and the chance for real change. Finally, there

is a reason for acting the way I do. The adult syndrome of ADD, so

long unrecognized, is now at last bursting upon the scene. Thankfully,

adults who have had to think of themselves as defective or unable to

get their acts together, will instead be able to make the most of

their considerable abilities.